حِزْقِيال 30
| وَأَوْحَى إِلَيَّ الرَّبُّ بِكَلِمَتِهِ قَائِلاً: | ١ 1 |
Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]
| «يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، تَنَبَّأْ وَقُلْ: هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: وَلْوِلُوا قَائِلِينَ: يَا لَلْيَوْمِ الرَّهِيبِ! | 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.
| إِنَّ يَوْمَ الرَّبِّ بَاتَ وَشِيكاً؛ يَوْمُ الرَّبِّ قَرِيبٌ، إِنَّهُ يَوْمٌ مُكْفَهِرٌّ بِالْغُيُومِ، سَاعَةُ دَيْنُونَةٍ لِلأُمَمِ، | 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.
| إِذْ يُجَرَّدُ سَيْفٌ عَلَى مِصْرَ، فَيَعُمُّ الذُّعْرُ الشَّدِيدُ كُوشَ، عِنْدَمَا يَتَهَاوَى قَتْلَى مِصْرَ وَيُسْتَوْلَى عَلَى ثَرْوَتِهَا، وَتُنْقَضُ 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.
| ثُمَّ تَسْقُطُ مَعَهُمْ بِالسَّيْفِ كُوشُ وَفُوطُ وَلُودُ وَشِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّةِ وَلِيبِيَا وَشُعُوبُ الأَرْضِ الْمُتَحَالِفَةِ مَعَهُمْ. | 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.”
| حَقّاً يَسْقُطُ مُنَاصِرُ مِصْرَ وَتُذَلُّ كِبْرِيَاءُ عِزَّتِهَا، فَيَتَهَاوَى بِالسَّيْفِ سُكَّانُهَا مِنْ مَجْدَلَ إِلَى أَسْوَانَ، يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ. | 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.
| فَتُصْبِحُ أَكْثَرَ الأَرَاضِي الْمُقْفِرَةِ وَحْشَةً، وَتَضْحَى مُدُنُهَا أَكْثَرَ الْمُدُنِ خَرَاباً! | 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].
| فَيُدْرِكُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ حِينَ أُضْرِمُ نَاراً فِي مِصْرَ وَيَنْهَارُ جَمِيعُ حُلَفَائِهَا. | 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 الْيَوْمِ يُسْرِعُ رُسُلِي إِلَى كُوشَ الْمُطْمَئِنَّةِ لِيُثِيرُوا فِيهَا الرُّعْبَ فِي يَوْمِ هَلاكِ مِصْرَ، الَّذِي لابُدَّ أَنْ يَتَحَقَّقَ. | 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!”
| لأَنِّي سَأُفْنِي جَمَاهِيرَ مِصْرَ بِيَدِ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرَ 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.
| إِذْ يُقْبِلُ هُوَ وَجَيْشُهُ، أَعْتَى جُيُوشِ الأُمَمِ، لِخَرَابِ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ، فَيُجَرِّدُونَ عَلَيْهَا سُيُوفَهُمْ وَيَمْلأُونَ أَرْضَهَا بِالْقَتْلَى. | 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.
| وَأُجَفِّفُ مَجَارِي نَهْرِ النِّيلِ، وَأَبِيعُ الأَرْضَ لِقَوْمٍ أَشْرَارٍ، وَأُخَرِّبُ الْبِلادَ فِيهَا بِيَدِ غُرَبَاءَ. أَنَا الرَّبُّ قَضَيْتُ. | 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.”
| ثُمَّ أُحَطِّمُ الأَصْنَامَ وَأُزِيلُ الأَوْثَانَ مِنْ مَمْفِيسَ، وَلا يَبْقَى بَعْدُ رَئِيسٌ فِي دِيَارِ مِصْرَ، وَأُلْقِي فِيهَا الرُّعْبَ. | 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.
| وَأُخَرِّبُ فَتْرُوسَ، وَأُضْرِمُ نَاراً فِي صُوعَنَ، وَأُنَفِّذُ أَحْكَاماً فِي طِيبَةَ. | 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].
| وَأَصُبُّ غَضَبِي عَلَى سِينَ حِصْنِ مِصْرَ، وَأُبِيدُ أَهْلَ طِيبَةَ. | 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 نَاراً فِي مِصْرَ فَتُقَاسِي سِينُ أَشَدَّ الأَلَمِ، وَتَتَمَزَّقُ طِيبَةُ شَرَّ تَمْزِيقٍ، وَتَتَعَرَّضُ مَمْفِيسُ لِلرُّعْبِ فِي كُلِّ 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.
| وَيَتَسَاقَطُ بِالسَّيْفِ شُبَّانُ آوَنَ وَفِيبِسْتَةَ، وَيُسْبَى بَقِيَّةُ سُكَّانِهَا | 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 النَّهَارُ فِي تَحْفَنْحِيسَ عِنْدَمَا أُحَطِّمُ أَنْيَارَ مِصْرَ هُنَاكَ، وَتَتَلاشَى كِبْرِيَاءُ عِزَّتِهَا. أَمَّا هِيَ فَتَغْشَاهَا سَحَابَةٌ، وَتُسْبَى بَنَاتُهَا. | 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].”
| وَهَكَذَا أُنَفِّذُ أَحْكَاماً فِي مِصْرَ، فَيُدْرِكُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ». | 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].’”
| وَفِي الْيَوْمِ السَّابِعِ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الأَوَّلِ الْعِبْرِيِّ (أَيْ آذَارَ – مَارِسَ) مِنَ السَّنَةِ الْحَادِيَةِ عَشْرَةَ (مِنْ سَبْيِ الْمَلِكِ يَهُويَاكِينَ)، أَوْحَى إِلَيَّ الرَّبُّ بِكَلِمَتِهِ قَائِلاً: | 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 ابْنَ آدَمَ، إِنِّي حَطَّمْتُ ذِرَاعَ فِرْعَوْنَ مَلِكِ مِصْرَ، وَلَنْ تُجْبَرَ بِالرَّفَائِدِ أَوِ الْعَصَائِبِ، فَتُجَرِّدُ سَيْفاً، | 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.
| وَهَا أَنَا أَنْقَلِبُ عَلَى فِرْعَوْنَ مَلِكِ مِصْرَ وَأُحَطِّمُ ذِرَاعَيْهِ، السَّلِيمَةَ وَالْمَكْسُورَةَ، وَأُسْقِطُ السَّيْفَ 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 الْمِصْرِيِّينَ بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ وَأُفَرِّقُهُمْ فِي الْبُلْدَانِ. | ٢٣ 23 |
I will cause the people of Egypt to be scattered among the nations [DOU].
| وَأُشَدِّدُ ذِرَاعَيْ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ وَأَضَعُ سَيْفِي فِي يَدِهِ، وَأُحَطِّمُ ذِرَاعَ فِرْعَوْنَ، فَيَئِنُّ أَمَامَهُ أَنِينَ الْجَرِيحِ. | 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 فَتَتَهَاوَيَانِ، فَيُدْرِكُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ حِينَ أَضَعُ سَيْفِي فِي يَدِ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ، فَيُجَرِّدُهُ عَلَى دِيَارِ 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.
| وَأُبَدِّدُ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ وَأُمَزِّقُهُمْ فِي الْبُلْدَانِ، فَيُدْرِكُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ». | 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].’”
