Ezekiel 30
1 BOEIPA ol te kai taengah ha pawk tih,
Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]
2 “Hlang capa aw, tonghma lamtah ka Boeipa Yahovah kah a thui he thui pah. Ya-oe hnin at ham khaw rhung mai saw.
“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.
3 Khohnin tah yoei ngawn coeng, BOEIPA kah khohnin tah yoei ngawn. Namtom kah a tue tah cingmai khohnin la om.
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.
4 Te vaengah Egypt te cunghang loh a thoeng thil tih a thueknah loh Kusah soah tla ni. Egypt ah rhok a cungku vaengah a pilnu te a loh pah vetih a khoengim a koengloeng pah ni.
[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.
5 Kusah neh Put khaw, Lud neh namcom boeih, Khub neh a taengkah paipi khohmuen koca rhoek khaw cunghang dongah cungku uh ni.
[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.”
6 BOEIPA loh he ni a thui. Egypt aka talong rhoek khaw cungku uh vetih a sarhi kah hoemdamnah khaw tla ni. Syene Migdol lamkah khaw cunghang dongah amah la cungku uh ni. He tah ka Boeipa Yahovah kah olphong ni.
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.
7 Aka pong khohmuen lakli ah pong uh vetih a khopuei rhoek khaw a khah tangtae khopuei rhoek lakli ah om uh ni.
Egypt will become the most deserted country in the world, and its cities will be ruined, surrounded by ruined cities [in nearby nations].
8 Kai he BOEIPA la a ming uh bitni. Egypt te hmai ka hlae thil vetih anih aka bom rhoek khaw boeih bawt uh ni.
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].
9 Te khohnin ah ngaikhuek Kusah lakueng hamla puencawn rhoek te ka mikhmuh lamloh timbaw neh cet uh ni. A thoeng kuekluek ham dongah Egypt kah khohnin ah amih te thueknah loh a thoeng thil ni.
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!”
10 Ka Boeipa Yahovah loh he ni a thui. Egypt hlangping te Babylon manghai Nebukhanezar kut neh ka kangkuen sak ni.
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.
11 Amah neh a taengkah a pilnam loh khohmuen phae ham namtom hlanghaeng te hang khuen. Te dongah Egypt te a cunghang neh a thun uh vetih khohmuen te rhok a bae sak ni.
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.
12 Sokko te lanhak la ka poeh sak vetih khohmuen te boethae kut ah ka yoih pah ni. Khohmuen neh a khuikah boeih te kholong kut neh ka pong sak ni. Kai BOEIPA loh ka thui coeng.
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.”
13 Ka Boeipa Yahovah loh he ni a thui. Mueirhol ka milh sak vetih Noph kah muei te ka kangkuen sak ni. Egypt khohmuen kah khoboei khaw om voel pawt vetih Egypt khohmuen ah rhihnah ka paek ni.
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.
14 Parthros te ka pong sak vetih Zoan te hmai neh ka hoeh ni. No te khaw tholhphu ka suk thil ni.
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].
15 Ka kosi he Egypt lunghim Sin soah ka hawk vetih No hlangping te ka thup ni.
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.
16 Egypt te hmai neh ka hlae vaengah kilkul la kilkul vetih kilkul voek bitni. Sin neh No neh Noph he khothaih rhal ah a ueth la om bitni.
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.
17 Aven neh Pibeseth tongpang rhoek te cunghang dongah cungku uh vetih amih te tamna la cet uh ni.
[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].
18 Egypt hnokohcung te pahoi ka khaem vaengah Tahpanhes ah khothaih khaw hmuep ni. Te vaengah a khuikah hoemdamnah a sarhi khaw kangkuen vetih amah te cingmai loh a thing ni. A tanu rhoek khaw tamna la cet uh ni.
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].”
19 Egypt soah tholhphu ka suk tangloeng daengah ni BOEIPA kamah he m'ming uh eh,” a ti.
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].’”
20 Kum hlai khat hla lamhma hnin rhih dongla a om vaengah BOEIPA ol te kai taengla ha pawk tih,
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, ]
21 “Hlang capa aw, Egypt manghai Pharaoh a bantha ka khaem pah coeng. Si paek ham khaw poi pah pawh ne. A khopnah a khueh tih a poi pah daengah man cunghang a tuuk vaengah a na suidae.
“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.
22 Te dongah Ka Boeipa Yahovah he ni a thui. Egypt manghai Pharaoh ka pai thil coeng he. A ban aka tlungluen te aka khaem bangla ka khaem pah vetih a kut lamkah cunghang ka hlong sak ni.
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.
23 Egypt te namtom taengah ka taek ka yak vetih amih te diklai ah ka haeh ni.
I will cause the people of Egypt to be scattered among the nations [DOU].
24 Babylon manghai kah a ban te ka moem pah vetih ka cunghang he a kut ah ka paek ni. Pharaoh ban te ka khaem vetih a mikhmuh ah rhok kah nguekcoinah bangla nguekcoi ni.
[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.
25 Babylon manghai te bantha ka caang sak tih Pharaoh bantha a tlak vaengah BOEIPA kamah he m'ming uh bitni. Ka cunghang he Babylon manghai kut ah ka paek vetih Egypt khohmuen te a luklek thil ni.
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.
26 Egypt te namtom taengah ka taek ka yak tih amih te diklai la ka haeh vaengah BOEIPA kamah he m'ming uh bitni,” a ti.
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].’”
