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1 上主的話傳給我說:「
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:
2 人子,你要講預言說:吾主上主這樣說:你們應悲哀;禍哉,那一日!
'Son of man, prophesy, and say: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Wail ye: Woe worth the day!
3 因為那一日近了,上主的日子近了,那是密雲的日子,是異民的終期。
For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a day of clouds, it shall be the time of the nations.
4 刀劍必臨於埃及;傷亡者橫臥在埃及時,恐怖必籠罩著雇士。她的財富必被搶去,她的基礎必被拆毀。
And a sword shall come upon Egypt, and convulsion shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt; and they shall take away her abundance, and her foundation shall be broken down.
5 雇士、普特、路得和一切雜族,利比亞和同他們結盟的本地人,都要喪身刀下。
Ethiopia, and Put, and Lud, and all the mingled people, and Cub, and the children of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.
6 上主這樣說:凡支持埃及的人都要喪亡,她驕傲的勢力必要衰落,由米革多耳到色威乃的人,必喪身刀下──吾主上主的斷語──
Thus saith the LORD: They also that uphold Egypt shall fall, and the pride of her power shall come down; from Migdol to Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord GOD.
7 她要在荒蕪地帶中,成為最荒蕪的;她的城在荒廢的城中,將成為最荒廢的。
And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted.
8 當我在埃及點火時,凡輔佐她的都要毀滅,那時他們便承認我是上主。
And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and all her helpers are destroyed.
9 在那一日,我必派遣使主,乘著船,恐嚇安居的雇士;恐怖必要籠罩他們,如埃及的日子。看,已來到了。
In that day shall messengers go forth from before Me in ships to make the confident Ethiopians afraid; and there shall come convulsion upon them in the day of Egypt; for, lo, it cometh.
10 吾主上主這樣說:我要藉巴比倫王拿步高的手,消滅埃及的民眾。
Thus saith the Lord GOD: I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease, by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.
11 他和跟他來的人民,是萬民中最兇殘的;他們被派來,是為破壞此地;他們將拔刀攻打埃及,使此地充滿傷亡的人。
He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought in to destroy the land; and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.
12 我要使河流成為乾地,把此地賣給惡人,藉外人的手破壞此地和此地的一切:這是我,上主說的。
And I will make the rivers dry, and will give the land over into the hand of evil men; and I will make the land desolate, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers; I the LORD have spoken it.
13 吾主上主這樣說:我必要消滅偶像,使邪神由諾夫絕跡,由埃及再不出現王侯;使恐怖降在埃及地,
Thus saith the Lord GOD: I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause the things of nought to cease from Noph; and there shall be no more a prince out of the land of Egypt; and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.
14 使帕特洛斯變為曠野,在左罕點火,對諾施行懲罰。
And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set a fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No.
15 我要向新──埃及的要塞,發洩我的怒氣,剷除諾的民眾。
And I will pour My fury upon Sin, the stronghold of Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of No.
16 我要在埃及點火,新必因恐怖而戰慄,諾必被破壞,諾夫白日遭受敵人攻擊。
And I will set a fire in Egypt; Sin shall be in great convulsion, and No shall be rent asunder; and in Noph shall come adversaries in the day-time.
17 翁及丕貝色特的壯丁必喪身刀下,二城的人都要被擄去。
The young men of Aven and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword; and these cities shall go into captivity.
18 當我在塔黑培乃斯打斷埃及的權杖,消滅她驕傲的勢力時,白日將變為黑暗,烏雲籠罩著她,她的女兒也要被擄去。
At Tehaphnehes also the day shall withdraw itself, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt, and the pride of her power shall cease in her; as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.
19 當我對埃及施行懲罰時,他們必承認我是上主。」
Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt; and they shall know that I am the LORD.'
20 十一年一月初七日,上主的話傳給我說:「
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:
21 人子,我打斷了埃及王法郎的臂膊,看,沒有人包紮,沒有人敷藥,或用繃帶裹起,使臂膊有力拿劍。
'Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it hath not been bound up to be healed, to put a roller, that it be bound up and wax strong, that it hold the sword.
22 為此,吾主上主這樣說:看,我要打擊埃及王法郎,打斷他那還有力量的臂膊,使刀由他手中跌落。
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.
23 我要將埃及人分散到外邦,把他們散布在各地。
And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
24 我必要加強巴比倫王的臂膊,把我的刀放在他手中;我要打斷法郎的臂膊,使他在那人面前呻吟,像受傷的人呻吟一樣。
And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put My sword in his hand; but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.
25 我要加強巴比倫王的臂膊,而法郎的臂膊反要衰弱;當我把我的刀交在巴比倫王手中,使他伸向埃及地時,他們便要承認我是上主。
And I will hold up the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall put My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt.
26 我要將埃及人分散到外邦,把他們散佈在各地:如此,他們便要承認我是上主。」
And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them through the countries; and they shall know that I am the LORD.'

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