Ezekiel 30
1 BAWIPA e lawk kai koe bout a pha teh,
Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]
2 tami capa lawk dei haw, Bawipa Jehovah ni hettelah a dei, Aiyoe! hote hnin hanelah hram haw.
“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 Hote hnin a hnai toe. BAWIPA e hnin a hnai toe. Khopâuinae hnin, miphunnaw rawpnae hnin,
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 Izip lathueng vah tahloi a pha vaiteh, Ethiopia lathueng vah, lungtangponae hnin a pha han. Izip vah thei e naw a rawp toteh, a taminaw koung la pouh vaiteh, adu ungnae be raphoe pouh han.
[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 Ethiopia, Put hoi Lud ka kambawng e tamihu pueng, Khubnaw, kâhuiko e khocanaw pueng teh Izipnaw hoi tahloi hoi reirei a due awh han.
[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 BAWIPA ni hettelah a dei, Izip ram ka dounrouk nakunghai a rawp vaiteh, a due han. Izip ram thasainae a bawilennae a pout han. Migdol hoi Syene totouh, tahloi hoi be a due awh han, telah Bawipa Jehovah ni a dei.
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 Ka rawk e ramnaw dawk buet touh e lah ao han. Kingdi e khopuinaw dawk Izip khonaw hai a bawk awh han.
Egypt will become the most deserted country in the world, and its cities will be ruined, surrounded by ruined cities [in nearby nations].
8 Izip ram dawk hmai ka tâco sak vaiteh, kabawmkungnaw be ka raphoe torei teh, BAWIPA lah ka o tie a panue awh han.
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 Hot hnin navah, ka kâhruetcuet hoeh e Ethiopianaw, kâran sak hanelah, kai koehoi patounenaw teh amamae long hoi a cei awh han. Izip ram e hnin patetlah lungthin reithainae hah ahnimae a lathueng a pha han, khenhaw! atu a pha lahun.
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 Bawipa Jehovah ni hettelah a dei. Babilon siangpahrang Nebukhadnezar e kut hoi Izip taminaw pueng be ka thei han.
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 Ram raphoe hanelah, ama hoi a san miphunnaw koe takikathopoung e hah pha sak e lah ao han, Izip lathueng vah tahloi palik awh vaiteh ram teh tami ro hoi a kawi sak awh han.
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 Hahoi tuipui hah ka hak sak vaiteh, ram teh tamikayonnaw koe ka yo han. A ram hoi a thung e kaawm pueng hah miphunnaw e kut hoi be ka raphoe han, kai BAWIPA ni ka dei toe telah ati.
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 Bawipa Jehovah ni hettelah a dei, meikaphawk hai ka raphoe han, Noph hoi meikaphawk hah ka pâmit han, Izip ram dawk Bawi roeroe awm mahoeh toe, Izip ram dawk taki lungpuennae hah ka o sak han.
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 Pathros hah kai ni ka raphoe han, Zoan vah hmai ka tâco sak vaiteh, No kho dawk lawkcengnae ka kuep sak han.
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 Izip kalupnae Sin kho lathueng vah, ka lungkhueknae ka kamnue sak vaiteh, No khocanaw hah be ka thei han.
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 Izip ram dawk hmai ka tâco sak han, Sin kho teh, kângai mathoe awh han. No kho hai be a tip han. Noph kho teh, hnintangkuem a kângairu han.
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 kho hoi Pibeseth thoundounnaw hah tahloi hoi a due awh han. Hete khopuinaw hah san lah a ceikhai awh han.
[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 Izip tahroe hah ka khoe vaiteh, a kâoupkhai e a thasainae hah ka pout sak navah, Taphanhes vah khodai nah kho a hmo han. Khopâui vaiteh kho thung e canunaw teh san lah a man awh han.
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 Hettelah Izip ram vah lawkcengnae hah ka kuep sak han, hottelah kai teh BAWIPA lah ka o tie a panue awh han telah ati.
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 hlaibun, thapa yung pasuek, hnin sari hnin BAWIPA e lawk kai koe a pha teh,
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 Tami capa Izip siangpahrang Faro e a kut hah ka khoe pouh toe. Khenhaw! tahloi patuep thai totouh, bout a thasai nahanelah, tâsi hluk teh bout kawm mahoeh toe.
“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 Hatdawkvah, Bawipa Jehovah ni hettelah a dei. Khenhaw! Izip ram Faro hah ka taran. Kâkhoe tangcoung e a kut hah a hawinae koelae hai bout ka khoe han, hahoi a kut dawk e tahloi hah a kut dawk hoi ka bo sak han.
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 Izipnaw hah miphunnaw rahak hoi kâkayei sak vaiteh, ram tangkuem koe ka yawng sak han.
I will cause the people of Egypt to be scattered among the nations [DOU].
24 Babilon kut hah a thasai sak vaiteh, a kut dawk tahloi ka sin sak han. Faro e kut teh ka khoe pouh han. Siangpahrang hmalah, ahni teh due hane patetlah a hmâ ka cat e patetlah a hram han.
[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 Babilon siangpahrang e a kut a thasai sak vaiteh, Faro e kut teh be a kamyai han. Babilon siangpahrang e kut dawk tahloi ka poe vaiteh, Izip ram taranlahoi a palik navah, kai teh BAWIPA lah ka o tie hah a panue awh han.
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 Izipnaw hah miphunnaw thung hoi kâkayei sak vaiteh, ram tangkuem koe koung ka pâlei han, hahoi BAWIPA lah ka o tie hah a panue awh han, telah ati.
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].’”
