以西結書 30
1 上主的話傳給我說：「
The LORD’s word came again to 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, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Wail, ‘Alas for 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 LORD’s day is near. It will be a day of clouds, a 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。
A sword will come on Egypt, and anguish will be in Ethiopia, when the slain fall in Egypt. They take away her multitude, and her foundations are 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, Put, Lud, all the mixed people, Cub, and the children of the land that is allied with them, will 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──
“‘The LORD says: “They also who uphold Egypt will fall. The pride of her power will come down. They will fall by the sword in it from the tower of Seveneh,” says 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。
“They will be desolate in the middle of the countries that are desolate. Her cities will be amongst 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。
They will 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 messengers will go out from before me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid. There will be anguish on them, as in the day of Egypt; for, behold, it comes.”
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。
“‘The Lord GOD says: “I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease, by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar 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, will be brought in to destroy the land. They will 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。
I will make the rivers dry, and will sell the land into the hand of evil men. I will make the land desolate, and all that is therein, by the hand of foreigners. 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，
“‘The Lord GOD says: “I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause the images to cease from Memphis. There will be no more a prince from the land of Egypt. 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。
I will make Pathros desolate, and will set a fire in Zoan, and will execute judgements on No.
15 我要向新──埃及的要塞，發洩我的怒氣，剷除諾的民眾。
I will pour my wrath on Sin, the stronghold of Egypt. 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。
I will set a fire in Egypt Sin will be in great anguish. No will be broken up. Memphis will have adversaries in the daytime.
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 Pibeseth will fall by the sword. They will 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 will withdraw itself, when I break the yokes of Egypt there. The pride of her power will cease in her. As for her, a cloud will cover her, and her daughters will go into captivity.
19 當我對埃及施行懲罰時，他們必承認我是上主。」
Thus I will execute judgements on Egypt. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”’”
20 十一年一月初七日，上主的話傳給我說：「
In the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, the LORD’s word came to 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. Behold, it has not been bound up, to apply medicines, to put a bandage to bind it, that it may become strong to 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 the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong arm, and that which was broken. 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。
I will scatter the Egyptians amongst 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。
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 will groan before the king of Babylon with the groaning of a mortally 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。
I will hold up the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fall down. Then they will know that I am the LORD when I put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he stretches it out on 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。」
I will scatter the Egyptians amongst the nations and disperse them through the countries. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”
