1 ¡ Ay de los que descienden a Egipto en busca de ayuda, confían en los caballos y ponen su esperanza en los carros, porque son muchos, y en los jinetes, porque son valientes; pero no miran al Santo de Israel ni buscan a Jehová!

It is bad for those who go down to Egypt for help, and trust in the many horses and war-wagons, and in the much strength of their horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel or ask the Lord for help.

2 P ero él también es sabio, traerá el mal y no retirará sus palabras. Se levantará, pues, contra la casa de los malignos y contra el auxilio de los que hacen iniquidad.

Yet He is wise and brings trouble, and does not take back His words. He will go against the house of wrong-doers, and against the helpers of those who sin.

3 L os egipcios son hombres y no Dios; sus caballos, carne y no espíritu; de manera que al extender Jehová su mano, caerá el ayudador y caerá el ayudado. Todos ellos desfallecerán a una.

The Egyptians are men, and not God. Their horses are flesh and not spirit. The Lord puts out His hand, and the helper and the one who is helped will fall. All of them will be destroyed together.

4 J ehová me habló de esta manera: «Como al león o al cachorro de león que ruge sobre la presa no lo espantan las voces de una cuadrilla de pastores que se reúne contra él, ni se acobarda por el tropel de ellos, así Jehová de los ejércitos descenderá a pelear sobre el monte Sión y sobre su collado.

For the Lord has said to me, “As the lion or the young lion makes noise over the food he has killed, and when a group of shepherds go against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, or troubled by their noise. In the same way, the Lord of All will come down to fight on Mount Zion and on its hill.”

5 C omo las aves que vuelan, así amparará Jehová de los ejércitos a Jerusalén, amparando, librando, preservando y salvando.»

Like flying birds, the Lord of All will keep Jerusalem safe. He will keep it safe and bring it out of trouble. He will pass over and save it.

6 ¡ Volved a aquel contra quien se rebelaron gravemente los hijos de Israel!

O sons of Israel, return to Him against Whom you have sinned much.

7 P orque en aquel día arrojará el hombre sus ídolos de plata y sus ídolos de oro, que para vosotros han hecho vuestras manos pecadoras.

For in that day every man will throw away his silver and gold objects of worship, which his sinful hands have made.

8 E ntonces caerá Asiria por espada no de varón; la consumirá espada no de hombre. Y aun si escapa de la presencia de la espada, sus jóvenes serán tributarios.

And the Assyrian will fall by a sword that is not of man, a sword that man has had no part of will destroy him. He will run from the sword, and his young men will be made to work hard.

9 D e miedo huirá su fortaleza y sus príncipes, con pavor, dejarán sus banderas, dice Jehová, cuyo fuego está en Sión y su horno en Jerusalén.

“His safe place will pass away because of fear. And his rulers will be afraid of the flags lifted up,” says the Lord, Whose fire is in Zion and Whose place of burning is in Jerusalem.