Ezekiel 30

1 and to be word LORD to(wards) me to/for to say

Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]

2 son: child man to prophesy and to say thus to say Lord YHWH/God to wail alas! to/for day

“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 for near day and near day to/for LORD day cloud time nation to be

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 and to come (in): come sword in/on/with Egypt and to be anguish in/on/with Cush in/on/with to fall: kill slain: killed in/on/with Egypt and to take: take crowd her and to overthrow foundation her

[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 Cush and Put and Lud and all [the] Arabia and Libya and son: descendant/people land: country/planet [the] covenant with them in/on/with sword to fall: kill

[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 thus to say LORD and to fall: kill to support Egypt and to go down pride strength her from Migdol Syene in/on/with sword to fall: kill in/on/with her utterance Lord YHWH/God

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 and be desolate: destroyed in/on/with midst land: country/planet be desolate: destroyed and city his in/on/with midst city to destroy to be

Egypt will become the most deserted country in the world, and its cities will be ruined, surrounded by ruined cities [in nearby nations].

8 and to know for I LORD in/on/with to give: put I fire in/on/with Egypt and to break all to help her

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 in/on/with day [the] he/she/it to come out: come messenger from to/for face: before my in/on/with ship to/for to tremble [obj] Cush security and to be anguish in/on/with them in/on/with day Egypt for behold to come (in): come

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 thus to say Lord YHWH/God and to cease [obj] crowd Egypt in/on/with hand: power Nebuchadnezzar king Babylon

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 he/she/it and people his with him ruthless nation to come (in): bring to/for to ruin [the] land: country/planet and to empty sword their upon Egypt and to fill [obj] [the] land: country/planet slain: killed

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 and to give: make Nile dry ground and to sell [obj] [the] land: country/planet in/on/with hand: power bad: evil and be desolate: destroyed land: country/planet and fullness her in/on/with hand: power be a stranger I LORD to speak: speak

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 thus to say Lord YHWH/God and to perish idol and to cease idol from Memphis and leader from land: country/planet Egypt not to be still and to give: put fear in/on/with land: country/planet Egypt

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 and be desolate: destroyed [obj] Pathros and to give: put fire in/on/with Zoan and to make: do judgment in/on/with Thebes

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 and to pour: pour rage my upon Pelusium security Egypt and to cut: eliminate [obj] crowd Thebes

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 and to give: put fire in/on/with Egypt to twist: writh in pain (to twist: writh in pain *Q(k)*) Pelusium and Thebes to be to/for to break up/open and Memphis distress by day

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 youth On and Pi-beseth Pi-beseth in/on/with sword to fall: kill and they(fem.) in/on/with captivity to go: went

[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 and in/on/with Tahpanhes to withhold [the] day in/on/with to break I there [obj] yoke Egypt and to cease in/on/with her pride strength her he/she/it cloud to cover her and daughter her in/on/with captivity to go: went

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 and to make: do judgment in/on/with Egypt and to know for I LORD

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 and to be in/on/with one ten year in/on/with first in/on/with seven to/for month to be word LORD to(wards) me to/for to say

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 son: child man [obj] arm Pharaoh king Egypt to break and behold not to saddle/tie to/for to give: do remedy to/for to set: make bandage to/for to saddle/tie her to/for to strengthen: strengthen her to/for to capture in/on/with sword

“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 to/for so thus to say Lord YHWH/God look! I to(wards) Pharaoh king Egypt and to break [obj] arm his [obj] [the] strong and [obj] [the] to break and to fall: fall [obj] [the] sword from hand his

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 and to scatter [obj] Egypt in/on/with nation and to scatter them in/on/with land: country/planet

I will cause the people of Egypt to be scattered among the nations [DOU].

24 and to strengthen: strengthen [obj] arm king Babylon and to give: put [obj] sword my in/on/with hand his and to break [obj] arm Pharaoh and to groan groan slain: wounded to/for face: before his

[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 and to strengthen: strengthen [obj] arm king Babylon and arm Pharaoh to fall: fall and to know for I LORD in/on/with to give: put I sword my in/on/with hand king Babylon and to stretch [obj] her to(wards) land: country/planet Egypt

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 and to scatter [obj] Egypt in/on/with nation and to scatter [obj] them in/on/with land: country/planet and to know for I LORD

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].’”