Ezekiel 30
1 Immay kaniak ti sao ni Yahweh a kunana,
Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]
2 “Anak ti tao, agipadtoka ket ibagam, 'kastoy ti kuna ti Apo a ni Yahweh: Idung-awmo, “Asi pay ti dumteng nga aldaw!”
“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 Asidegen ti aldaw! Asidegen ti aldaw para kenni Yahweh! Aldawto daytoy dagiti ulep, tiempo a mapasamakto dagiti nakabutbuteng a banbanag kadagiti nasion!
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 Kalpasanna, umayto ti kampilan a maibusor iti Egipto, ket addanto panagladingit idiay Cus inton maidasay idiay Egipto dagiti napapatay a tattao—inton alaenda ti kinabaknangna, ken inton madadael dagiti pundasionna!
[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 Ti Cus, Libya, ken Lydia ken dagiti amin a ganggannaet, agraman dagiti tattao a maibilang iti katulagan—mapasagdanto amin babaen iti kampilan!
[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 Kastoy ti kuna ni Yahweh: Mapasagto ngarud dagiti mangtultulong iti Egipto, ken mapukawto ti kinatangsit ti pigsana. Mapasagto dagiti soldadoda manipud Migdol agingga iti Siene babaen iti kampilan! —Kastoy ti pakaammo ti Apo a ni Yahweh!
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 Maupaydanto iti nagtetengngaan dagiti nabaybay-an a daga, ken maibilangto dagiti siudadda kadagiti nadadael a siudad!
Egypt will become the most deserted country in the world, and its cities will be ruined, surrounded by ruined cities [in nearby nations].
8 Ket maammoandanto a Siak ni Yahweh, inton mangpasgedak iti apuy iti Egipto, ken inton madadael dagiti amin a mangtultulong kenkuana!
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 Iti dayta nga aldaw, manipud iti sangoanak, rummuarto dagiti mensahero a nakabarko tapno butbutngenda ti natalged a Cus, ket addanto panagladingit kadakuada iti aldaw a mapasamak iti Egipto dagiti nakabutbuteng a banbanag. Ta adtoy! Umadanin daytoy!
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 Kastoy ti kuna ti Apo a ni Yahweh: Gibusakto dagiti adu a tattao ti Egipto babaen iti ima ni Nebucadnesar nga ari ti Babilonia.
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 Isuna ken dagiti armadana, dagiti mangbutbuteng kadagiti nasion ket maiyegto a mangdadael iti daga; asutendanto dagiti kampilanda maibusor iti Egipto ken punnoenda ti daga kadagiti natay a tattao!
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 Pagbalinekto a namaga a daga dagiti karayan, ket ilakokto ti daga kadagiti nadangkes a tattao. Pagbalinekto a langalang ti daga ken ti amin nga adda iti daytoy babaen iti ima dagiti ganggannaet! Siak a ni Yahweh, ti nangipakaammo iti daytoy!
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 Kastoy ti kuna ti Apo a ni Yahweh: Dadaelekto dagiti didiosen, ken gibusakto dagiti awan serserbina a didiosen ti Memfis. Awanto iti prinsipe iti daga ti Egipto, ket butbutngekto ti daga ti Egipto!
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 Ket pagbalinekto a langalang ti Patros ken mangpasgedak iti apuy idiay Zoan, ken ukomekto ti Tebes.
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 Ta ibukbukkonto ti pungtotko iti Pelusium, ti sarikedked ti Egipto, ken gibusakto dagiti adu a tattao ti Tebes.
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 Kalpasanna, mangpasgedakto iti apuy idiay Egipto. Agladingitto iti nakaro ti Pelusium, ken madadaelto ti Tebes. Inaldawto nga adda kabusor ti Memfis.
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 Mapasagto dagiti agtutubo a lallaki ti Heliopolis ken Bubastis babaen iti kampilan, ken masakupto dagiti siudadda.
[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 Idiay Tafnes, iyimutto ti aldaw ti lawagna inton dadaelek sadiay ti sangol ti Egipto, ken agpatingganto ti kinatangsit ti pigsana. Addanto ulep a manglinged kenkuana, ken matiliwto a kas balud dagiti annakna a babbai.
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 Ipatungpalkonto ti panangukomko idiay Egipto tapno maammoanda a siak ni Yahweh.'''
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 Ket napasamak nga iti maika-sangapulo ket maysa a tawen iti maika-pito nga aldaw iti umuna a bulan, immay kaniak ti sao ni Yahweh a kunana,
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 “Anak ti tao, tinukkolko ti takkiag ni Faraon nga ari ti Egipto. Kitaem! Saan daytoy a nabedbedan ken saan a makaawat iti agas; awan ti makabael a mangbedbed iti daytoy, isu a saan a napigsa a mangiggem iti kampilan.
“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 Ngarud, kastoy ti kuna ti Apo a ni Yahweh, 'Kitaem, ni Faraon nga ari ti Egipto! Ta tukkolekto ti takkiagna, ti napigsa ken ti natukkol, ken tinnagekto ti kampilan manipud iti imana.
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 Ket iwarawarakto ti Egipto kadagiti nasion ken iwaraskonto ida kadagiti daga.
I will cause the people of Egypt to be scattered among the nations [DOU].
24 Papigsaekto dagiti takkiag ti ari ti Babilonia ken ipaiggemko ti kampilanko iti imana tapno madangrak ti takkiag ni Faraon. Agasugto isuna iti sangoanan ti ari ti Babilonia a kas iti panagasug ti matmatay a tao.
[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 Ta papigsaekto dagiti takkiag ti ari ti Babilonia, bayat a kumapkapuy dagiti ima ni Faraon. Ket maammoandanto a siak ni Yahweh, inton ipaiggemko ti kampilanko iti ima ti ari ti Babilonia; ta rautennanto ti daga ti Egipto babaen iti daytoy.
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 Isu nga iwarawarakto ti Egipto kadagiti nasion ken iwarasko ida kadagiti daga. Ket maammoandanto a siak ni Yahweh!'''
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].’”
