Yehezkiel 30
1 TUHAN berbicara lagi, kata-Nya,
Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]
2 "Hai manusia fana, meramallah dan sampaikanlah kepada bangsa Mesir apa yang Aku TUHAN Yang Mahatinggi katakan kepada mereka. Berserulah dan merataplah begini: Aduh! Hari TUHAN sudah dekat! Ia akan segera bertindak. Hari itu gelap dan berawan, saat bangsa-bangsa menerima hukuman.
“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.
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 Musibah besar akan menimpa Sudan. Di Mesir akan ada peperangan. Kurban-kurban akan berjatuhan; seluruh negeri dirampok dan dijadikan reruntuhan.
[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 Dalam pertempuran itu akan terbunuh juga para prajurit sewaan dari Sudan, Lidia, Libia, Arab, Kub dan bahkan dari bangsa-Ku sendiri."
[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 TUHAN Yang Mahatinggi berkata, "Dari Migdol di utara sampai ke Aswan di selatan, semua sekutu Mesir akan gugur dalam pertempuran. Dan tentara Mesir yang sombong itu akan hancur berantakan. Aku TUHAN Yang Mahatinggi telah berbicara.
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 Negeri itu akan menjadi negeri yang sunyi sepi di antara negeri-negeri sepi lainnya, dan kota-kotanya akan menjadi puing-puing.
Egypt will become the most deserted country in the world, and its cities will be ruined, surrounded by ruined cities [in nearby nations].
8 Bilamana Aku membakar Mesir dan membunuh semua sekutunya, tahulah mereka bahwa Akulah TUHAN.
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 Bilamana hari itu tiba, dan Mesir telah hancur, Aku akan mengirim utusan-utusan dengan kapal-kapal untuk mengejutkan orang-orang Sudan yang tak curiga itu, maka mereka akan ketakutan. Sungguh, hari itu akan datang!"
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 TUHAN Yang Mahatinggi berkata, "Aku akan memakai Raja Nebukadnezar dari Babel untuk menghancurkan seluruh kekayaan Mesir.
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 Nebukadnezar bersama tentaranya yang tidak kenal ampun akan datang dan menghancurkan tanah itu. Mereka akan menyerang Mesir dengan pedang, dan mayat-mayat akan berserakan di negeri itu.
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 Aku akan mengeringkan Sungai Nil dan menyerahkan seluruh Mesir kepada orang-orang jahat. Orang-orang asing akan Kusuruh memusnahkan seluruh negeri itu. Aku, TUHAN, telah berbicara."
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 TUHAN Yang Mahatinggi berkata, "Aku akan menghancurkan berhala-berhala dan dewa-dewa di Memfis. Tak akan ada lagi raja di Mesir. Seluruh penduduknya akan Kubuat ketakutan.
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 Seluruh Mesir selatan akan Kujadikan sunyi sepi dan kota Soan di utara akan Kubakar. Tebe ibukota itu akan Kuhukum,
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 dan kekayaannya akan Kumusnahkan. Aku akan melepaskan kemarahan-Ku kepada Pelusium, kota yang menjadi benteng Mesir,
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 dan kota itu akan sangat menderita. Sungguh, Aku akan membakar Mesir. Tembok-tembok kota Tebe akan runtuh dan kota itu akan dilanda banjir.
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 Pemuda-pemuda kota Heliopolis dan Bubastis akan tewas dalam pertempuran, dan wanita-wanita akan ditawan.
[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 Pada saat Aku mengakhiri kedaulatan Mesir dan mengambil kuasanya yang begitu dibanggakannya, Tahpanhes akan diliputi kegelapan dan wanita-wanitanya akan ditawan.
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 Demikianlah Aku akan menghukum Mesir, maka tahulah mereka bahwa Akulah TUHAN."
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 Pada tanggal tujuh bulan satu dalam tahun kesebelas masa pembuangan kami, TUHAN berkata kepadaku,
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 "Hai manusia fana, Aku telah mematahkan lengan raja Mesir, dan tak ada yang membalut lengannya itu atau mengurutnya supaya sembuh dan menjadi cukup kuat untuk memegang pedang lagi.
“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 Aku TUHAN Yang Mahatinggi berkata: Aku ini musuh raja Mesir, dan kedua lengannya akan Kupatahkan, baik yang masih kuat maupun yang sudah patah. Maka pedang itu akan jatuh dari tangannya.
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 Aku akan menceraiberaikan orang Mesir ke seluruh dunia.
I will cause the people of Egypt to be scattered among the nations [DOU].
24 Lalu akan Kukuatkan lengan raja Babel, dan Kutaruh pedang-Ku dalam tangannya. Tetapi lengan raja Mesir akan Kupatahkan sehingga ia akan mengerang dan mati di hadapan raja Babel, musuhnya.
[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 Sungguh, raja Mesir akan Kulemahkan, sedangkan raja Babel akan Kukuatkan. Bilamana Kuberikan pedang-Ku kepadanya, dan ia mengacungkannya ke arah Mesir, mereka akan tahu bahwa Akulah TUHAN.
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 Aku akan menyebarkan orang-orang Mesir ke seluruh dunia. Maka tahulah mereka bahwa Akulah TUHAN."
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].’”
