Ezekiel 29
1 Kum hra, thapa yung hra, hnin hlaikahni navah, BAWIPA e lawk teh kai koe a pha teh,
Almost ten [after we had been taken to Babylonia], on the twelfth day of the tenth [of that year], Yahweh gave me another message. [He said to me],
2 tami capa Izip siangpahrang Faro taranlahoi kangdout sin nateh ahni hoi Izip ram pueng taranlahoi lawk pâpho haw.
“You human, turn toward Egypt and proclaim the terrible things that will happen to the king of Egypt and all his people.
3 Pato nateh Bawipa Jehovah ni a dei e hah dei pouh haw, Izip siangpahrang Faro, tuipui lungui dawk ka tabawk e, takikathopoung e khorui, tuipui heh kaie doeh, kama hanelah ka sak e doeh katetkung nang hah na taran.
Give the king this message from [me], Yahweh the Lord: ‘You king of Egypt, I am your enemy; [you are like] [MET] a great monster/crocodile that lies in the [along the Nile River]. You say, “The Nile [River] is mine; I made it [for myself].”
4 Hateiteh na pâkha dawk hradang hoi na vawi vaiteh, tuipui dawk e tanganaw hah nange na lakep dawk ka kâbet sak han, nange tuipui lungui hoi kai ni ka rasa han, tuipui dawk kaawm e tanganaw, nange na lakep dawk ka kâbet sak han.
But [it will be as though] I will put hooks in your jaws and drag you out [from the river] onto the land, with fish sticking to your scales.
5 Nang hoi na tuipui dawk e tanga pueng hah, kahrawngum na ceitakhai vaiteh, kahrawngum vah na bo han, na racawng vaiteh bout na pâkhueng mahoeh toe, kahrawng e sarang hoi kalvan e tavanaw e rawca lah na poe han.
I will leave you and all those fish to die in the desert; you will fall onto the ground, and your [corpse] will not be picked up and buried, because I have declared that your flesh will be food for the wild animals and birds.
6 Isarel imthung hanelah lungpum sonron patetlah ao dawkvah, Izip vah kho ka sak e pueng ni, kai heh BAWIPA lah ka o tie a panue awh han.
When that happens, all the people of Egypt will know that it is I, Yahweh, [who have the power to do what I say that I will do]. The Israeli people [trusted that you would help them]. But you have been [like] [MET] a reed pole in their hands.
7 Kut hoi na man awh navah khoe pouh teh, ahnimae loungnaw pueng na rakhing pouh, nang dawk a kamngawi awh navah, nang na kâkhoe vaiteh ahnimae a keng na pataw sak.
And when they leaned on that pole, it splintered and tore open their shoulders. When they leaned on you, [it was as though] you were a pole that broke, and as a result you wrenched their backs.
8 Hatdawkvah, Bawipa Jehovah ni hettelah a dei. Khenhaw! na lathueng vah tahloi ka pha sak vaiteh, tami hoi saringnaw be ka thei han.
Therefore, this is what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say: “I will bring [your enemies to attack] you with their swords, and they will kill your people and your animals.
9 Izip ram teh tami kingdi lah ao han, hahoi kai teh BAWIPA lah ka o e hah a panue awh han. Bangkongtetpawiteh, tuipui hai kaie lah ao teh, ka sak e doeh, telah ati.
Egypt will become an empty desert. Then the people of Egypt will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].” You [proudly] said, “The Nile [River] is mine; I made it!”
10 Hatdawkvah, kai ni na taran teh, nange tuipui Migdol hoi Syene, Ethiopia khori totouh, Izip ram teh tahloi hoi be ka thei vaiteh kingdi lah ka o sak han.
Therefore I am opposed to you and your streams, and I will cause Egypt to be ruined, and cause it to be an empty desert, from Migdol [in the north] to Aswan [in the south], as far [south] as the border of Ethiopia.
11 A kum 40 totouh tami cet mahoeh. Saring hai cet mahoeh, apihai karingkung awm mahoeh.
For 40 years no one will walk through that area, and no one will live there.
12 Ka rawk e ramnaw dawk Izip ram teh kai ni ka raphoe han, tami kingdinae khonaw dawk a kum 40 touh Izip ramnaw dawk a rawk awh han. Izipnaw hah a ram tangkuem koe kai ni kâkayei sak han.
Egypt will be barren/empty, and it will be surrounded by other desolate nations. The cities in Egypt will be empty and deserted for 40 years, surrounded by ruined cities in nearby nations. I will cause the people of Egypt to be scattered to countries [far away].
13 Hateiteh, Bawipa Jehovah ni hettelah a dei, kum 40 a pha hnukkhu Izip heh a kâkayeinae koehoi tamihu koehoi ka kaw vaiteh, ka pâkhueng han.
But this is what [I], Yahweh the Lord, [also] say: “At the end of 40 years, I will enable the people of Egypt to return home [again] from the nations to which they were scattered.
14 Izipnaw hah santoungnae koehoi ka bankhai vaiteh, a onae ram dawk kârahnoum e uknaeram lah ao awh han.
I will bring back the people of Egypt who had been captured, and I will enable them to live again in the Pathros area [in the south], where they lived previously. But Egypt will be a very unimportant [DOU] kingdom.
15 Jentelnaw hah bout uk awh mahoeh, uknaeramnaw pueng dawk kathoungcalah ao han, alouke miphun hah bout uk sak hoeh nahanlah ka rahnoum sak han.
It will be the least important of [all] the nations; it will never again be greater than the nearby countries. I will cause Egypt to be very weak, with the result that it will never again rule over other nations.
16 Ahnimouh koelah kangvawi e pueng ni a payonnae a kâpanue awh dawkvah, Isarelnaw kâuepkhai poung e lah awm mahoeh, hahoi Bawipa Jehovah lah ka o tie a panue awh han.
[When that happens, the leaders of] Israel will no longer be tempted to ask Egypt to help them. Egypt will be punished, and that will cause the Israeli people to not forget that they previously sinned by trusting that Egypt could help them. And the people of Israel will know that I, Yahweh the Lord, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].” '”
17 Kum 27, thapa yung pasuek, hnin pasuek nah BAWIPA e lawk kai koe bout a pha teh,
Almost twenty-seven years [after we had been taken to Babylonia], on the first day [of the new year], Yahweh gave me this message:
18 tami capa Babilon siangpahrang Nebukhadnezar ni Taire taranlahoi thaw kalenpoung tawk hanelah, a ransahu hah a patoun. Tami pueng tampasam a nganae hoi aloungnaw be a kâpin toe, hatei, ama hoi a ransahu ni hai thaw a tawk awh e dawk Taire koe hoi a meknae banghai hmawt awh hoeh.
“You human, the army of king Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon fought very hard against Tyre, with the result that their heads were rubbed bare and their shoulders became (raw/full of blisters). But Nebuchadnezzar and his army did not get any valuable things from Tyre to reward them for their hard work [to destroy Tyre].
19 Hatdawkvah, Bawipa Jehovah ni hettelah a dei, khenhaw! Izip ram teh, Babilon siangpahrang Nebukhadnezar koevah ka poe han, a hnopai moikapap lah a lawp vaiteh, lawphno lah be ao vaiteh, hot teh ransahu e tawkphu lah ao han.
Therefore, this is what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say: 'I will enable King Nebuchadnezzar’s army to conquer Egypt. They will carry away from there all the valuable things, in order that the king can give them to his soldiers.
20 Kaie thaw a tawk awh dawkvah, Izip ram heh a tawkphu lah ka poe telah Bawipa Jehovah ni ati.
I will enable them to conquer Egypt as a reward for what they did [to Tyre], because [I], Yahweh say that [it was as though] his army was working for me, [doing what I wanted them to do, when they destroyed Tyre].
21 Hote hnin navah, Isarel imthung hanelah, ki ka cawn sak han. Ahnimouh koe na pahni ka ang sak han, hottelah hoi BAWIPA lah ka o tie hah a panue awh han telah ati.
And some day Israel will become a glorious nation [MET] again. When that happens, I will cause the Israeli people to respect what you say [MTY]. And then they will know that [it has happened because] I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].'”
