Ezekiel 30
1 Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]
主の言葉がわたしに臨んだ、
2 “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.
「人の子よ、預言して言え、主なる神はこう言われる、嘆け、その日はわざわいだ。
3 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.
その日は近い、主の日は近い。これは雲の日、異邦人の滅びの時である。
4 [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.
つるぎがエジプトに臨む。エジプトで殺される者の倒れる時、エチオピヤには苦しみがあり、その財宝は奪い去られ、その基は破られる。
5 [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.”
エチオピヤ、プテ、ルデ、アラビヤ、リビヤおよび同盟国の人々は、彼らと共につるぎに倒れる。
6 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.
主はこう言われる、エジプトを助ける者は倒れ、その誇る力はうせる。ミグドルからスエネまで、人々はつるぎによってそのうちに倒れると主なる神が言われる。
7 Egypt will become the most deserted country in the world, and its cities will be ruined, surrounded by ruined cities [in nearby nations].
それは荒れて、荒れはてた国々のうちにあり、その町々は荒れた町々のうちにある。
8 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].
わたしがエジプトに火を送り、これを助ける者が皆滅びる時、彼らはわたしが主であることを知る。
9 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!”
その日、早足の使者がわたしから出て、何事も知らぬエチオピヤびとを恐れさせる。そしてかのエジプトの滅びの日に、彼らに苦しみが来る。見よ、これはかならず来る。
10 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.
主なる神はこう言われる、わたしはバビロンの王ネブカデレザルの手によってエジプトの富を滅ぼす。
11 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.
彼と彼に従うその民、すなわち国民のうちの最も恐るべき者がきて、その地を滅ぼす。彼らはつるぎを抜いて、エジプトを攻め、殺した者を国に満たす。
12 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.”
わたしはナイル川をからし、その国を悪しき者の手に売り、異邦人の手によって国とその中のものとを荒す。主なるわたしはこれを言った。
13 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.
主なる神はこう言われる、わたしは偶像をこわし、メンピスで偶像を滅ぼす。エジプトの国には、もはや君たる者がなくなる。わたしはエジプトの国に恐れを与える。
14 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].
わたしはパテロスを荒し、ゾアンに火を放ち、テーベにさばきをおこない、
15 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.
わたしの怒りを、エジプトの要害であるペルシゥムに注ぎ、テーベの群衆を断ち、
16 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.
エジプトに火を下す。ペルシゥムはいたく苦しみ、テーベは打ち破られ、その城壁は破壊され、
17 [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].
オンとピベセテの若者はつるぎに倒れ、女たちは捕え移される。
18 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].”
わたしがエジプトの支配を砕く時、テパネスでは日は暗くなり、その誇る力は絶え、雲はこれをおおい、その娘たちは捕え移される。
19 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].’”
このようにわたしはエジプトにさばきを行う。そのとき彼らはわたしが主であることを知る」。
20 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, ]
第十一年の一月七日に主の言葉がわたしに臨んだ、
21 “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.
「人の子よ、わたしはエジプトの王パロの腕を折った。見よ、これは包まれず、いやされず、ほうたいをも施されない。それは強くなって、つるぎを執ることができない。
22 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.
それゆえ、主なる神はこう言われる、見よ、わたしはエジプトの王パロを攻め、その強い腕と、折れた腕とを共に折り、その手からつるぎを落させる。
23 I will cause the people of Egypt to be scattered among the nations [DOU].
わたしはエジプトびとを、もろもろの国民の中に散らし、国々に散らす。
24 [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.
わたしはバビロンの王の腕を強くし、わたしのつるぎを、その手に与える。しかしわたしはパロの腕を折るゆえ、彼は深手を負った者のように、彼の前にうめく。
25 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.
わたしがバビロンの王の腕を強くし、パロの腕がたれる時、彼らはわたしが主であることを知る。わたしがわたしのつるぎを、バビロンの王に授け、これをエジプトの国に向かって伸べさせ、
26 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].’”
わたしがエジプトびとを、もろもろの国民の中に散らし、国々に散らす時、彼らはわたしが主であることを知る」。
