حِزْقِيَال 29

١ 1 فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلْعَاشِرَةِ، فِي ٱلثَّانِي عَشَرَ مِنَ ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلْعَاشِرِ، كَانَ إِلَيَّ كَلَامُ ٱلرَّبِّ قَائِلًا:

In the tenth year, in the tenth month on the twelfth day of the month, the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

٢ 2 «يَا ٱبْنَ آدَمَ، ٱجْعَلْ وَجْهَكَ نَحْوَ فِرْعَوْنَ مَلِكِ مِصْرَ وَتَنَبَّأْ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى مِصْرَ كُلِّهَا.

“Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh, the king of Egypt; prophesy against him and against all of Egypt.

٣ 3 تَكَلَّمْ وَقُلْ: هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ: هَأَنَذَا عَلَيْكَ يَا فِرْعَوْنُ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ، ٱلتِّمْسَاحُ ٱلْكَبِيرُ ٱلرَّابِضُ فِي وَسْطِ أَنْهَارِهِ، ٱلَّذِي قَالَ: نَهْرِي لِي، وَأَنَا عَمِلْتُهُ لِنَفْسِي.

Declare and say, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: Behold! I am against you, Pharaoh, king of Egypt. You, the great sea monster that lurks in the midst of the river, that says, “My river is my own. I have made it for myself.”

٤ 4 فَأَجْعَلُ خَزَائِمَ فِي فَكَّيْكَ وَأُلْزِقُ سَمَكَ أَنْهَارِكَ بِحَرْشَفِكَ، وَأُطْلِعُكَ مِنْ وَسْطِ أَنْهَارِكَ وَكُلُّ سَمَكِ أَنْهَارِكَ مُلْزَقٌ بِحَرْشَفِكَ.

For I will place hooks in your jaw, and the fish of your Nile will cling to your scales; I will lift you up from the middle of your river along with all the fish of the river that cling to your scales.

٥ 5 وَأَتْرُكُكَ فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ أَنْتَ وَجَمِيعَ سَمَكِ أَنْهَارِكَ. عَلَى وَجْهِ ٱلْحَقْلِ تَسْقُطُ فَلَا تُجْمَعُ وَلَا تُلَمُّ. بَذَلْتُكَ طَعَامًا لِوُحُوشِ ٱلْبَرِّ وَلِطُيُورِ ٱلسَّمَاءِ.

I will throw you down into the wilderness, you and all the fish from your river. You will fall on the open field; you will not be gathered nor lifted up. I will give you as food to the living things of the earth and to the birds of the heavens.

٦ 6 وَيَعْلَمُ كُلُّ سُكَّانِ مِصْرَ أَنِّي أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ، مِنْ أَجْلِ كَوْنِهِمْ عُكَّازَ قَصَبٍ لِبَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

Then all the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am Yahweh, because they have been a reed stalk to the house of Israel.

٧ 7 عِنْدَ مَسْكِهِمْ بِكَ بِٱلْكَفِّ، ٱنْكَسَرْتَ وَمَزَّقْتَ لَهُمْ كُلَّ كَتِفٍ، وَلَمَّا تَوَكَّأُوا عَلَيْكَ ٱنْكَسَرْتَ وَقَلْقَلْتَ كُلَّ مُتُونِهِمْ.

When they took hold of you in their hand, you broke and tore open their shoulder; and when they leaned on you, you were broken, and you caused their legs to be unsteady.

٨ 8 «لِذَلِكَ هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ: هَأَنَذَا أَجْلِبُ عَلَيْكَ سَيْفًا، وَأَسْتَأْصِلُ مِنْكَ ٱلْإِنْسَانَ وَٱلْحَيَوَانَ.

Therefore the Lord Yahweh says this: Behold! I will bring a sword against you. I will cut off both man and beast from you.

٩ 9 وَتَكُونُ أَرْضُ مِصْرَ مُقْفِرَةً وَخَرِبَةً، فَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ، لِأَنَّهُ قَالَ: ٱلنَّهْرُ لِي وَأَنَا عَمِلْتُهُ.

So the land of Egypt will become desolate and a ruin. Then they will know that I am Yahweh, because the sea monster had said, “The river is mine, for I have made it.”

١٠ 10 لِذَلِكَ هَأَنَذَا عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَى أَنْهَارِكَ، وَأَجْعَلُ أَرْضَ مِصْرَ خِرَبًا خَرِبَةً مُقْفِرَةً، مِنْ مَجْدَلَ إِلَى أَسْوَانَ، إِلَى تُخْمِ كُوشَ.

Therefore, behold! I am against you and against your river, so I will give the land of Egypt over to desolation and waste, and you will become a wasteland from the Migdol to Syene and the borders of Cush.

١١ 11 لَا تَمُرُّ فِيهَا رِجْلُ إِنْسَانٍ، وَلَا تَمُرُّ فِيهَا رِجْلُ بَهِيمَةٍ، وَلَا تُسْكَنُ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً.

No man's foot will pass through it, and no wild animal's foot will pass through it. It will not be inhabited for forty years.

١٢ 12 وَأَجْعَلُ أَرْضَ مِصْرَ مُقْفِرَةً فِي وَسْطِ ٱلْأَرَاضِي ٱلْمُقْفِرَةِ، وَمُدُنَهَا فِي وَسْطِ ٱلْمُدُنِ ٱلْخَرِبَةِ تَكُونُ مُقْفِرَةً أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً. وَأُشَتِّتُ ٱلْمِصْرِيِّينَ بَيْنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ، وَأُبَدِّدُهُمْ فِي ٱلْأَرَاضِي.

For I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of uninhabited lands, and its cities in the midst of wasted cities will become a desolation for forty years; then I will scatter Egypt among the nations, and I will disperse them though the lands.

١٣ 13 لِأَنَّهُ هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ: عِنْدَ نَهَايَةِ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً أَجْمَعُ ٱلْمِصْرِيِّينَ مِنَ ٱلشُّعُوبِ ٱلَّذِينَ تَشَتَّتُوا بَيْنَهُمْ،

For the Lord Yahweh says this: At the end of forty years I will gather Egypt from the peoples among whom they were scattered.

١٤ 14 وَأَرُدُّ سَبْيَ مِصْرَ، وَأُرْجِعُهُمْ إِلَى أَرْضِ فَتْرُوسَ، إِلَى أَرْضِ مِيلَادِهِمْ، وَيَكُونُونَ هُنَاكَ مَمْلَكَةً حَقِيرَةً.

I will restore the fortunes of Egypt and bring them back to the region of Pathros, to the land of their origin. Then they will be a lowly kingdom there.

١٥ 15 تَكُونُ أَحْقَرَ ٱلْمَمَالِكِ فَلَا تَرْتَفِعُ بَعْدُ عَلَى ٱلْأُمَمِ، وَأُقَلِّلُهُمْ لِكَيْلَا يَتَسَلَّطُوا عَلَى ٱلْأُمَمِ.

It will be the lowliest of the kingdoms, and it will not be lifted up any more among the nations. I will diminish them so they will no longer rule over nations.

١٦ 16 فَلَا تَكُونُ بَعْدُ مُعْتَمَدًا لِبَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، مُذَكِّرَةَ ٱلْإِثْمِ بِٱنْصِرَافِهِمْ وَرَاءَهُمْ، وَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ».

The Egyptians will no longer be a reason for confidence for the house of Israel. Instead, they will be a reminder of the iniquity that Israel committed when they turned to Egypt for help. Then they will know that I am the Lord Yahweh.'”

١٧ 17 وَكَانَ فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلسَّابِعَةِ وَٱلْعِشْرِينَ، فِي ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلْأَوَّلِ، فِي أَوَّلِ ٱلشَّهْرِ، أَنَّ كَلَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ كَانَ إِلَيَّ قَائِلًا:

Then it came about in the twenty-seventh year on the first of the first month, that the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

١٨ 18 «يَا ٱبْنَ آدَمَ، إِنَّ نَبُوخَذْرَاصَّرَ مَلِكَ بَابِلَ ٱسْتَخْدَمَ جَيْشَهُ خِدْمَةً شَدِيدَةً عَلَى صُورَ. كُلُّ رَأْسٍ قَرِعَ، وَكُلُّ كَتِفٍ تَجَرَّدَتْ، وَلَمْ تَكُنْ لَهُ وَلَا لِجَيْشِهِ أُجْرَةٌ مِنْ صُورَ لِأَجْلِ خِدْمَتِهِ ٱلَّتِي خَدَمَ بِهَا عَلَيْهَا.

“Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon stationed his army to do hard work against Tyre. Every head was rubbed until it was made bald, and every shoulder was made raw. Yet he and his army received no payment from Tyre for the hard work that he carried out against it.

١٩ 19 لِذَلِكَ هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ: هَأَنَذَا أَبْذُلُ أَرْضَ مِصْرَ لِنَبُوخَذْرَاصَّرَ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ، فَيَأْخُذُ ثَرْوَتَهَا، وَيَغْنَمُ غَنِيمَتَهَا، وَيَنْهَبُ نَهْبَهَا فَتَكُونُ أُجْرَةً لِجَيْشِهِ.

Therefore the Lord Yahweh says this, 'Behold! I am giving the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and he will take away its wealth, plunder its possessions, and carry off all he finds there; that will be his army's wages.

٢٠ 20 قَدْ أَعْطَيْتُهُ أَرْضَ مِصْرَ لِأَجْلِ شُغْلِهِ ٱلَّذِي خَدَمَ بِهِ، لِأَنَّهُمْ عَمِلُوا لِأَجْلِي، يَقُولُ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ.

I have given him the land of Egypt as the wages for the work they did for me—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration.

٢١ 21 فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ أُنْبِتُ قَرْنًا لِبَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. وَأَجْعَلُ لَكَ فَتْحَ ٱلْفَمِ فِي وَسْطِهِمْ، فَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ».

On that day I will make a horn sprout up for the house of Israel, and I make you speak in their midst, so that they will know that I am Yahweh.'”