以賽亞書 19
1 有關埃及的神諭：看，上主乘著輕快的彩雲，來到了埃及，埃及的偶像在他面前戰慄，埃及人的心靈在己身內消溶。
A message about Egypt. Look, the Lord is riding on a fast-moving cloud on his way to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the Egyptians will become weak with fear.
2 我要激動埃及人相反埃及人，使人人與自己的兄弟相鬥，人人與自己的近人作對，城與城爭，國與國戰。
I will encourage Egyptians to attack other Egyptians. They will fight each other, neighbor versus neighbor, town versus town, and kingdom versus kingdom.
3 埃及的精神要紛亂，我要混亂她的計謀；為此他們必要去卜問神明、巫覡、陰魂和術士。
I will destroy the confidence of the Egyptians. I will have their plans become all mixed up. They will ask their idols and the spirits of the dead what to do through mediums and spiritists.
4 我要把埃及交在暴君手中，暴虐的君王要統治他們－－這是主，萬軍上主的斷語。
I will hand the Egyptians over to a harsh dictator. A cruel king will rule over them, declares the Lord.
5 海洋的水將乾涸，江河將荒涼乾旱；
The waters of the Nile will fail, and its riverbed will be sunbaked and dry.
6 水道都將發臭，埃及的河渠都要轉弱乾涸；蘆荻和昌蒲必將萎謝；
The channels will start to stink; the branches of the Nile in Egypt will dry to a trickle and dry up; the reeds and rushes will wither away.
7 河畔的蘆葦必將枯萎，沿河的植物，盡將凋零，吹散，消滅。
The vegetation along the banks of the Nile, and all the plants in the cultivated land along the Nile, will dry up and be blown away. Everything will be gone.
8 漁夫必要呻吟嘆息，河畔垂釣者必要悲傷，水面撒網者必要沮喪。
Fishermen will mourn: all of them all who use hooks to fish in the Nile will weep and wail, along with those who fish by throwing nets into the water.
9 種植亞麻者必要羞慚，理麻婦與紡織工也都要面色蒼白。
The workers who prepare the flax for linen and the weavers of white fabric will be in despair.
10 她的顯貴將受輕視，受僱的工人莫不意志消沉。
The cloth workers will be depressed, and everyone who earns a wage will feel sick inside.
11 左罕的首領極其愚蠢，法郎的謀士出的，盡是糊塗計謀；你們怎敢對法郎說：「我是賢者的子孫，古代帝王的後裔﹖」
The leaders of Zoan are stupid. Pharaoh's wise counselors give advice that doesn't make sense. How can you tell Pharaoh, “I myself am a wise man, descended from ancient kings”?
12 你的賢士如今在那裏﹖何不讓他們告訴你知道，萬軍的上主對埃及打了什麼主意！
So where are your wise counselors? Let them tell you so you can understand what the Lord Almighty has planned to do to Egypt.
13 左罕的首領都夠糊塗，諾夫的首領被人愚弄，各州的諸侯使埃及陷入迷途。
The leaders of Zoan have become stupid; the leaders of Memphis have been fooled; the important leaders of Egypt have misled their people.
14 上主在他們中間注入了昏神，叫他們使埃及在自己所作的事上無不錯亂，有如醉漢在嘔吐中打滾。
The Lord has mixed up a spirit of confusion for them to drink, making the Egyptians stagger around in everything they do, like a drunk slipping up on his own vomit.
15 不論是為首的、為尾的、為棕枝的、或為蘆葦的作什麼，為埃及無所作為。
Nobody in Egypt can do anything, whoever they are—head or tail, palm tree or reed.
16 到那天，埃及面對著正在她身上揮動著的萬軍上主的手臂，將如婦女般的戰慄害怕。
At that time the Egyptians will become like women. They will shake with fear when the Lord Almighty raises his arm against them.
17 猶大地將成為埃及的恐怖；凡提及她的，無不對萬軍的上主對埃及所打的主意而害怕。
The land of Judah will be a source of terror to Egypt for whenever Judah is mentioned, all Egyptians will tremble over what the Lord Almighty has planned to do to them.
18 到那天，在埃及境內將有五座城說客納罕話，並指著萬軍的上主起誓，且有一座稱作「太陽城。」
At that time there will be five cities in Egypt that speak the language of Canaan and who have sworn to worship the Lord Almighty. One of them will be called the City of the Sun.
19 到那天，在埃及地域中，將有一座獻與上主的祭壇，在她的邊界上，將有一個為上主建立的石柱。
At that time there will be an altar to the Lord right in the middle of Egypt, and a stone monument to the Lord on its border.
20 這在埃及境內，將成為萬軍上主的記號和證據：當他們面臨迫害呼號上主時，他必給他們遣發一位救主，來奮鬥拯救他們。
This will be a sign and a witness to the presence of the Lord Almighty in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the Lord for help because they are being oppressed, he will send them a savior to fight for them and to rescue them.
21 到那天，上主將為埃及所認識，埃及要認識上主，並奉獻犧牲和祭品，向上主許願還願。
The Lord will make himself known to Egypt, and at that time Egypt will come to know the Lord. They will worship him with sacrifices and offerings; they will make promises to the Lord and keep them.
22 上主將打擊埃及，打擊只是為醫治；他們要歸依上主，上主要俯聽他們，要醫治他們。
The Lord will inflict a plague on Egypt. He will do this, but he will heal them. They will come back to the Lord. He will respond to their prayers and heal them.
23 到那天，將有一條大路，由埃及通至亞述：亞述人要到埃及去，埃及人要到亞述來；埃及和亞述將共同敬拜上主。
At that time there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt, and the Egyptians will go to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together.
24 到那天，以色列將屬第三，聯同埃及和亞述成為大地上受祝福的，
At that time Israel will be the third part of this alliance, joining with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing to the whole of the earth.
25 因為萬軍的上主曾這樣祝福說：「我的百姓埃及，我雙手的工程亞述，我的嗣業以色列，是應受祝福的！」
The Lord Almighty will bless them, saying, “Blessed be Egypt, my people, Assyria, the creation of my hands, and Israel, my special possession.”
