Jezekiel 29

1 In the twelfth year, in the tenth month, on the first [day] of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

١ وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّانِي عَشَرَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الْعَاشِرِ الْعِبْرِيِّ (أَيْ كَانُونَ الأَوَّلِ – دِيسَمْبَرَ) مِنَ السَّنَةِ الْعَاشِرَةِ (لِسَبْيِ الْمَلِكِ يَهُويَاكِينَ)، أَوْحَى إِلَيَّ الرَّبُّ بِكَلِمَتِهِ قَائِلاً:

2 Son of man, set your face against Pharao king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against the whole of Egypt:

٢ «يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، الْتَفِتْ نَحْوَ فِرْعَوْنَ مَلِكِ مِصْرَ وَتَنَبَّأْ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى مِصْرَ كُلِّهَا

3 and say, Thus says the Lord; Behold, I am against Pharao, the great dragon that lies in the midst of his rivers, that says, The rivers are mine, and I made them.

٣ وَقُلْ هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: هَا أَنَا أَنْقَلِبُ عَلَيْكَ يَا فِرْعَوْنُ مَلِكَ مِصْرَ، أَيُّهَا التِّمْسَاحُ الْكَامِنُ فِي وَسَطِ أَنْهَارِهِ، الْقَائِلُ: النَّهْرُ لِي وَقَدْ صَنَعْتُهُ لِنَفْسِي.

4 And I will put hooks in your jaws, and I will cause the fish of your river to stick to your sides, and I will bring you up out of the midst of your river:

٤ هَا أَنَا أَضَعُ خَزَائِمَ فِي فَكَّيْكَ وَأَجْعَلُ سَمَكَ أَنْهَارِكَ يَلْتَصِقُ بِحَرَاشِفِكَ، وَأُخْرِجُكَ قَسْراً مِنْ أَنْهَارِكَ، وَأَسْمَاكُهَا مَا بَرِحَتْ لاصِقَةً بِحَرَاشِفِكَ.

5 and I will quickly cast down you and all the fish of your river: you shall fall on the face of the plain, and shall by no means be gathered, and shall not be brought together: I have given you for food to the wild beasts of the earth and to the fowls of the sky.

٥ وَأَهْجُرُكَ فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ مَعَ جَمِيعِ سَمَكِ أَنْهَارِكَ، فَتَتَهَاوَى عَلَى سَطْحِ أَرْضِ الصَّحْرَاءِ فَلا تُجْمَعُ وَلاتُلَمُّ بَلْ تَكُونُ قُوتاً لِوُحُوشِ الْبَرِّ وَلِطُيُورِ السَّمَاءِ.

6 And all the dwellers in Egypt shall know that I am the Lord, because you have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

٦ فَيُدْرِكُ كُلُّ أَهْلِ مِصْرَ أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ، لأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا عُكَّازَ قَصَبٍ هَشَّةً لِشَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ،

7 When they took hold of you with their hand, you did break: and when every hand was clapped against them, and when they leaned on you, you were utterly broken, and did crush the loins of them all.

٧ مَا إِنِ اعْتَمَدُوا عَلَيْكَ بِأَكُفِّهِمْ حَتَّى انْكَسَرْتَ وَمَزَّقْتَ أَكْتَافَهُمْ، وَعِنْدَمَا تَوَكَّأُوا عَلَيْكَ تَحَطَّمْتَ وَقَصَفْتَ كُلَّ مُتُونِهِمْ.

8 Therefore thus says the Lord; Behold, I [will] bring a sword upon you, and will cut off from you man and beast;

٨ لِذَلِكَ هَا أَنَا أَجْلِبُ عَلَيْكَ سَيْفاً وَأَسْتَأْصِلُ مِنْكَ الإِنْسَانَ وَالْحَيَوَانَ،

9 and the land of Egypt shall be ruined and desert; and they shall know that I am the Lord; because you say, The rivers are mine, and I made them.

٩ فَتُصْبِحُ دِيَارُ مِصْرَ مُقْفِرَةً خَرِبَةً، فَيُدْرِكُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ، لأَنَّ فِرْعَوْنَ قَالَ: لِيَ النَّهْرُ وَأَنَا قَدْ صَنَعْتُهُ.

10 Therefore, behold, I am against you, and against all your rivers, and I will give up the land of Egypt to desolation, and the sword, and destruction, from Magdol and Syene even to the borders of the Ethiopians.

١٠ لِذَلِكَ هَا أَنَا أَنْقَلِبُ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَى أَنْهَارِكَ، وَأَجْعَلُ أَرَاضِي مِصْرَ خَرَائِبَ مُتَرَدِّمَةً مُقْفِرَةً، مِنْ مَجْدَلَ إِلَى أَسْوَانَ حَتَّى تُخُومِ إِثْيُوبِيَا.

11 No foot of man shall pass through it, and no foot of beast shall pass through it, and it shall not be inhabited for forty years.

١١ لَا تَمُرُّ بِها قَدَمُ إِنْسَانٍ وَلا تَجْتَازُهَا رِجْلُ بَهِيمَةٍ، وَتَظَلُّ مَهْجُورَةً مِنَ النَّاسِ طَوَالَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً.

12 And I will cause her land to be utterly destroyed in the midst of a land that is desolate, and her cities shall be [desolate] forty years in the midst of cities that are desolate: and I will disperse Egypt among the nations, and will utterly scatter them into the countries.

١٢ وَأَجْعَلُ دِيَارَ مِصْرَ الأَكْثَرَ وَحْشَةً بَيْنَ الأَرَاضِي الْمُقْفِرَةِ، وَتَظَلُّ مُدُنُهَا الأَكْثَرَ خَرَاباً بَيْنَ الْمُدُنِ الْخَرِبَةِ وَأَشَدَّهَا وَحْشَةً طَوَالَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً، وَأُشَتِّتُ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ وَأُفَرِّقُهُمْ فِي الْبُلْدَانِ.

13 Thus says the Lord; After forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the nations among whom they have been scattered;

١٣ وَفِي نِهَايَةِ الأَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً أَجْمَعُ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ مِنْ بَيْنِ الشُّعُوبِ الَّتِي تَشَتَّتُوا بَيْنَهَا.

14 and I will turn the captivity of the Egyptians, and will cause them to dwell in the land of Phathore, in the land whence they were taken;

١٤ وَأَرُدُّ سَبْيَهُمْ، وَأُعِيدُهُمْ إِلَى أَرْضِ فَتْرُوسَ مَوْطِنِهِمْ، فَيَكُونُونَ هُنَاكَ مَمْلَكَةً حَقِيرَةً.

15 and it shall be a base kingdom beyond all [other] kingdoms; it shall not any more be exalted over the nations; and I will make them few in number, that they may not be [great] among the nations.

١٥ بَلْ تَكُونُ أَحْقَرَ الْمَمَالِكِ فَلا تَتَشَامَخُ بَعْدُ عَلَى بَقِيَّةِ الأُمَمِ، وَأَجْعَلُهُمْ أَقَلِّيَّةً لِئَلّا يَتَسَلَّطُوا عَلَى الشُّعُوبِ.

16 And they shall no more be to the house of Israel a confidence bringing iniquity to remembrance, when they follow after them; and they shall know that I am the Lord.

١٦ فَلا تَكُونُ بَعْدُ مَحَطَّ اعْتِمَادٍ لِشَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، بَلْ تُذَكِّرُهُمْ بِإِثْمِهِمْ حِينَ ضَلُّوا وَرَاءَهُمْ، فَيُدْرِكُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ».

17 And it came to pass in the twenty-seventh year, on the first [day] of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

١٧ وَفِي مَطْلَعِ الشَّهْرِ الأَوَّلِ الْعِبْرِيِّ (أَيْ آذَارَ – مَارِسَ) فِي السَّنَةِ السَّابِعَةِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ (مِنْ سَبْيِ الْمَلِكِ يَهُويَاكِينَ) أَوْحَى إِلَيَّ الرَّبُّ بِكَلِمَتِهِ قَائِلاً:

18 Son of man, Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyre; every head was bald, and every shoulder peeled; yet there was no reward to him or to his army [serving] against Tyre, nor for the service wherewith they served against it.

١٨ «يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، إِنَّ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرَ مَلِكَ بَابِلَ قَدْ سَخَّرَ جَيْشَهُ أَشَدَّ تَسْخِيرٍ ضِدَّ صُورَ، فَأَصْبَحَتْ كُلُّ رَأْسٍ مِنْ رُؤُوسِ جُنُودِهِ صَلْعَاءَ، وَكُلُّ كَتِفٍ مُجَرَّدَةً مِنَ الثِّيَابِ. وَلَكِنْ لَمْ يَغْنَمْ هُوَ وَلا جَيْشُهُ شَيْئاً مِنْ صُورَ رَغْمَ مَا كَابَدَهُ مِنْ جَهْدٍ لِلاِسْتِيلاءِ عَلَيْهَا.

19 Thus says the Lord God; Behold, I [will] give to Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon the land of Egypt, and he shall take the plunder thereof, and seize the spoils thereof; and [it] shall be a reward for his army.

١٩ لِذَلِكَ هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: هَا أَنَا أَبْذُلُ دِيَارَ مِصْرَ لِنَبُوخَذْنَصَّرَ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ فَيَسْتَوْلِي عَلَى ثَرْوَتِهَا، وَيَسْلُبُهَا غَنَائِمَهَا وَيَنْهَبُهَا، فَتَكُونُ هَذِهِ أُجْرَةً لِجَيْشِهِ.

20 In return for his service wherewith he served against Tyre, I have given him the land of Egypt; thus says the Lord God:

٢٠ قَدْ أَعْطَيْتُهُ أَرْضَ مِصْرَ لِقَاءَ تَعَبِهِ، لأَنَّهُ وَجَيْشَهُ قَدْ عَمِلُوا فِي خِدْمَتِي، يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ.

21 In that day shall a horn spring forth for all the house of Israel, and I will give you an open mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am the Lord.

٢١ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ، أُنْمِي قُوَّةَ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَأَفْتَحُ فَمَكَ بَيْنَهُمْ، فَيُدْرِكُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ».