حِزْقِيَال 30
| وَكَانَ إِلَيَّ كَلَامُ ٱلرَّبِّ قَائِلًا: | ١ 1 |
Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]
| «يَا ٱبْنَ آدَمَ تَنَبَّأْ وَقُلْ: هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ: وَلْوِلُوا: يَا لِلْيَوْمِ! | ٢ 2 |
“You human, prophesy [about what will happen to Egypt]. Say, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: “Weep and wail [DOU], because terrible things will happen some day.
| لِأَنَّ ٱلْيَوْمَ قَرِيبٌ، وَيَوْمٌ لِلرَّبِّ قَرِيبٌ، يَوْمُ غَيْمٍ. يَكُونُ وَقْتًا لِلْأُمَمِ. | ٣ 3 |
That day is near, the day when I, Yahweh, [will punish people]; it will be a day of [dark] clouds and disaster for [many] nations.
| وَيَأْتِي سَيْفٌ عَلَى مِصْرَ، وَيَكُونُ فِي كُوشَ خَوْفٌ شَدِيدٌ، عِنْدَ سُقُوطِ ٱلْقَتْلَى فِي مِصْرَ، وَيَأْخُذُونَ ثَرْوَتَهَا وَتُهْدَمُ أُسُسُهَا. | ٤ 4 |
[An enemy army] [PRS] will come to attack Egypt with their swords, and there will be great distress [among the people] in Ethiopia. [Many] people will be killed in Egypt; everything valuable will be taken away, and [even] the foundations [of the buildings] will be torn down.
| يَسْقُطُ مَعَهُمْ بِٱلسَّيْفِ كُوشُ وَفُوطُ وَلُودُ وَكُلُّ ٱللَّفِيفِ، وَكُوبُ وَبَنُو أَرْضِ ٱلْعَهْدِ. | ٥ 5 |
[Soldiers of] Ethiopia, Libya, Lydia, and from all of Arabia, and [all the other] groups who are their allies, will be killed in the battles.”
| هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: وَيَسْقُطُ عَاضِدُو مِصْرَ، وَتَنْحَطُّ كِبْرِيَاءُ عِزَّتِهَا. مِنْ مَجْدَلَ إِلَى أَسْوَانَ يَسْقُطُونَ فِيهَا بِٱلسَّيْفِ، يَقُولُ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ. | ٦ 6 |
This is what [I], Yahweh say: “The allies of Egypt will be defeated, and the power that [the people of Egypt] are proud of will end. From Migdol [city in the north] to Aswan [city in the south], the soldiers of Egypt will be killed by their enemies’ swords”; [that is what I], Yahweh the Lord, declare.
| فَتُقْفِرُ فِي وَسْطِ ٱلْأَرَاضِي ٱلْمُقْفِرَةِ، وَتَكُونُ مُدُنُهَا فِي وَسْطِ ٱلْمُدُنِ ٱلْخَرِبَةِ. | ٧ 7 |
Egypt will become the most deserted country in the world, and its cities will be ruined, surrounded by ruined cities [in nearby nations].
| فَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ عِنْدَ إِضْرَامِي نَارًا فِي مِصْرَ، وَيُكْسَرُ جَمِيعُ أَعْوَانِهَا. | ٨ 8 |
Then, when I cause [everything in] Egypt to be burned in fires, and all their allies are defeated, people will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].
| فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ قِبَلِي رُسُلٌ فِي سُفُنٍ لِتَخْوِيفِ كُوشَ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةِ، فَيَأْتِي عَلَيْهِمْ خَوْفٌ عَظِيمٌ كَمَا فِي يَوْمِ مِصْرَ، لِأَنَّهُ هُوَذَا يَأْتِي. | ٩ 9 |
At that time, I will send messengers to go [swiftly up the Nile River] in boats to cause the people of Ethiopia who (are complacent/confident/think that nothing terrible will happen to them) to become afraid. They will be terrified [PRS] when Egypt is destroyed; and it will soon be that time!”
| «هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ: إِنِّي أُبِيدُ ثَرْوَةَ مِصْرَ بِيَدِ نَبُوخَذْرَاصَّرَ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ. | ١٠ 10 |
This is what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say: “By the power of [MTY] of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon I will get rid of very many people in Egypt.
| هُوَ وَشَعْبُهُ مَعَهُ، عُتَاةُ ٱلْأُمَمِ يُؤْتَى بِهِمْ لِخَرَابِ ٱلْأَرْضِ، فَيُجَرِّدُونَ سُيُوفَهُمْ عَلَى مِصْرَ وَيَمْلَأُونَ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِنَ ٱلْقَتْلَى. | ١١ 11 |
Nebuchadnezzar and his army, whose soldiers are extremely ruthless, will come to destroy Egypt. They will pull out their swords and fill Egypt with [the corpses of] those whom they have killed.
| وَأَجْعَلُ ٱلْأَنْهَارَ يَابِسَةً وَأَبِيعُ ٱلْأَرْضَ لِيَدِ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ، وَأُخْرِبُ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَمِلْأَهَا بِيَدِ ٱلْغُرَبَاءِ. أَنَا ٱلرَّبَّ تَكَلَّمْتُ. | ١٢ 12 |
I will cause the Nile [River] to become dry, and I will sell the nation to evil men. By the power [MTY] of foreigners I will ruin the land and everything that is in it. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have predicted it.”
| هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ: وَأُبِيدُ ٱلْأَصْنَامَ وَأُبَطِّلُ ٱلْأَوْثَانَ مِنْ نُوفَ. وَلَا يَكُونُ بَعْدُ رَئِيسٌ مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ، وَأُلْقِي ٱلرُّعْبَ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ. | ١٣ 13 |
This is [also] what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say: “I will cause the idols and statues [of idols] [DOU] in Memphis [city] to be destroyed. No longer will there be a king in Egypt, and all over the land, people will be terrified. I will cause [the people of] Egypt to be very afraid.
| وَأُخْرِبُ فَتْرُوسَ، وَأُضْرِمُ نَارًا في صُوعَنَ، وَأُجْرِي أَحْكَامًا فِي نُو. | ١٤ 14 |
I will cause the Pathros [area in southern Egypt] to be abandoned. I will start fires in Zoan [city in northeast Egypt] and punish [the people in] Thebes, [the capital of southern Egypt].
| وَأَسْكُبُ غَضَبِي عَلَى سِينَ، حِصْنِ مِصْرَ، وَأَسْتَأْصِلُ جُمْهُورَ نُو. | ١٥ 15 |
I will pour out my punishment [MTY] on [the fortress in] Pelusium [at the eastern end of Egypt], and I will get rid of very many people in Thebes.
| وَأُضْرِمُ نَارًا فِي مِصْرَ. سِينُ تَتَوَجَّعُ تَوَجُّعًا، وَنُو تَكُونُ لِلتَّمْزِيقِ، وَلِنُوفَ ضِيقَاتٌ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ. | ١٦ 16 |
I will burn Egypt by fires; [the people in] Pelusium will suffer severe pain. [Enemies] will conquer Thebes, and [the people in] Memphis will constantly be terrified.
| شُبَّانُ آوَنَ وَفِيبِسْتَةَ يَسْقُطُونَ بِٱلسَّيْفِ، وَهُمَا تَذْهَبَانِ إِلَى ٱلسَّبْيِ. | ١٧ 17 |
[Many] young men in Heliopolis and Bubastis [cities in northern Egypt] will be killed by [their enemies] swords, and the others [from those cities] will be captured and taken [to Babylon].
| وَيُظْلِمُ ٱلنَّهَارُ فِي تَحْفَنْحِيسَ عِنْدَ كَسْرِي أَنْيَارَ مِصْرَ هُنَاكَ. وَتَبْطُلُ فِيهَا كِبْرِيَاءُ عِزِّهَا. أَمَّا هِيَ فَتَغْشَاهَا سَحَابَةٌ، وَتَذْهَبُ بَنَاتُهَا إِلَى ٱلسَّبْيِ. | ١٨ 18 |
It will be a dark day [of destruction] at Tahpenes [city in northeast Egypt] when I cause the power [MET] of Egypt to end; that country will no longer be proud of being strong. [It will be as though] a dark cloud will cover Egypt, because the people of its villages will be captured and forced to go [to Babylon].”
| فَأُجْرِي أَحْكَامًا فِي مِصْرَ، فَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ». | ١٩ 19 |
That is how I will punish Egypt, and people will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].’”
| وَكَانَ فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلْحَادِيَةِ عَشَرَةَ، فِي ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلْأَوَّلِ، فِي ٱلسَّابِعِ مِنَ ٱلشَّهْرِ، أَنَّ كَلَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ صَارَ إِلَيَّ قَائِلًا: | ٢٠ 20 |
Almost eleven years [after we had been taken to Babylon], on the seventh day of the first month [of that year], Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]
| «يَا ٱبْنَ آدَمَ، إِنِّي كَسَرْتُ ذِرَاعَ فِرْعَوْنَ مَلِكِ مِصْرَ، وَهَا هِيَ لَنْ تُجْبَرُ بِوَضْعِ رَفَائِدَ وَلَا بِوَضْعِ عِصَابَةٍ لِتُجْبَرَ فَتُمْسِكَ ٱلسَّيْفَ. | ٢١ 21 |
“You human, I [have enabled the army of Nebuchadnezzar to defeat the army of] the King of Egypt. [It is as though] I have broken one of the arms of the King of Egypt, and it has not been bandaged in order that it could be healed, and it has not been put in splints in order that [after it heals] the arm will be strong [enough] to hold a sword.
| لِذَلِكَ هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ: هَأَنَذَا عَلَى فِرْعَوْنَ مَلِكِ مِصْرَ، فَأُكَسِّرُ ذِرَاعَيْهِ ٱلْقَوِيَّةَ وَٱلْمَكْسُورَةَ، وَأُسْقِطُ ٱلسَّيْفَ مِنْ يَدِهِ. | ٢٢ 22 |
Therefore, this is what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘I am the enemy of the King of Egypt. [I will completely destroy the power of Egypt; it is as though] now I will break both of the king’s arms, the good/strong one and the broken one, and cause the sword to fall from his hand.
| وَأُشَتِّتُ ٱلْمِصْرِيِّينَ بَيْنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ، وَأُذَرِّيهِمْ فِي ٱلْأَرَاضِي. | ٢٣ 23 |
I will cause the people of Egypt to be scattered among the nations [DOU].
| وَأُشَدِّدُ ذِرَاعَيْ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ وَأَجْعَلُ سَيْفِي فِي يَدِهِ، وَأُكَسِّرُ ذِرَاعَيْ فِرْعَوْنَ فَيَئِنُّ قُدَّامَهُ أَنِينَ ٱلْجَرِيحِ. | ٢٤ 24 |
[It is as though] I will strengthen the arms of the King of Babylon and put a sword in his hand, and [as though] I will break the arms of the king of Egypt, and he will groan in front of the King of Babylon like [SIM] a soldier who is wounded and about to die.
| وَأُشَدِّدُ ذِرَاعَيْ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ، أَمَّا ذِرَاعَا فِرْعَوْنَ فَتَسْقُطَانِ، فَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ حِينَ أَجْعَلُ سَيْفِي فِي يَدِ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ، فَيَمُدُّهُ عَلَى أَرْضِ مِصْرَ. | ٢٥ 25 |
I will cause the power [MTY] of the King of Babylon to become greater, and the power of the king of Egypt will be useless [MET]. When that happens, when I give power to the army of the King of Babylon, they will use that power to attack Egypt.
| وَأُشَتِّتُ ٱلْمِصْرِيِّينَ بَيْنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ وَأُذَرِّيهِمْ فِي ٱلْأَرَاضِي، فَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ». | ٢٦ 26 |
I will cause the people of Egypt to be scattered among the nations [DOU]. And when that happens, the people [of Egypt] will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do] [DOU].’”
