Ezekiela 29
1 Amy andro faha-folo-ro’ambi’ i volam-paha-folo’ i taom-paha-foloy le niheo amako ty tsara’ Iehovà nanao ty hoe:
Almost ten [after we had been taken to Babylonia], on the twelfth day of the tenth [of that year], Yahweh gave me another message. [He said to me],
2 O ana’ondatio, ampañatrefo amy Parò mpanjaka’ i Mitsraime ty lahara’o vaho mitokia ama’e naho amy Mitsraime iaby.
“You human, turn toward Egypt and proclaim the terrible things that will happen to the king of Egypt and all his people.
3 Itaroño ty hoe, Hoe ty nafè’ Iehovà Talè: Oniño te miatreatre azo iraho ry Parò, mpanjaka’ i Mitsraime, ty fañaneñe jabajaba mitsalalampatse añivo’ o saka’eo, manao ty hoe: Ahiko o sàkakoo, fa namboareko ho ahy.
Give the king this message from [me], Yahweh the Lord: ‘You king of Egypt, I am your enemy; [you are like] [MET] a great monster/crocodile that lies in the [along the Nile River]. You say, “The Nile [River] is mine; I made it [for myself].”
4 Aa le hajoko am-balañorà’o ao ty porengotse vaho hampipetaheko an-tsisi’o eo o fian-tsaka’oo, le hakareko boak’ añivo’ o saka’oo rekets’ o fian-tsaka’o mipiteke amo sisi’o iabio,
But [it will be as though] I will put hooks in your jaws and drag you out [from the river] onto the land, with fish sticking to your scales.
5 vaho hahifiko an-dratraratra añe, ihe naho o fian-tsaka’o iabio hideboñe a’ moka añe, tsy hatontoñe, tsy havory; fa natoloko ho fihina’ o bibin-kivokeo naho o voron-dikerañeo.
I will leave you and all those fish to die in the desert; you will fall onto the ground, and your [corpse] will not be picked up and buried, because I have declared that your flesh will be food for the wild animals and birds.
6 Ie amy zay ho fohi’ ze hene mpimoneñe e Mitsraime ao te Izaho Iehovà, amy t’ie nitahom-bararata amy anjomba’ Israeley.
When that happens, all the people of Egypt will know that it is I, Yahweh, [who have the power to do what I say that I will do]. The Israeli people [trusted that you would help them]. But you have been [like] [MET] a reed pole in their hands.
7 Rinambe’ iareo am-pitàn-drehe le nipekañe nandriatse ty fità’ iareo iaby; aa ie niato ama’o le nifolake nampikoletrake o toha’ iareoo.
And when they leaned on that pole, it splintered and tore open their shoulders. When they leaned on you, [it was as though] you were a pole that broke, and as a result you wrenched their backs.
8 Aa le hoe ty nafè’ Iehovà Talè: Inao te hendesako fibara hañitoako ze ondaty naho hare ama’o ao.
Therefore, this is what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say: “I will bring [your enemies to attack] you with their swords, and they will kill your people and your animals.
9 Le ho bangìñe naho koake ty tane Mitsraime; vaho ho fohi’ areo te Izaho Iehovà, amy ty natao’o ty hoe, Ahiko i sakay, izaho ty nañoreñe aze,
Egypt will become an empty desert. Then the people of Egypt will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].” You [proudly] said, “The Nile [River] is mine; I made it!”
10 le oniño te atreatrèko irehe, naho o saka’oo, vaho hampangoakoaheko ty Mitsraime ho vahiny boak’ am-pitilik’abo’ i Sieney pak’añ’efe-tane’ i Kose añe.
Therefore I am opposed to you and your streams, and I will cause Egypt to be ruined, and cause it to be an empty desert, from Migdol [in the north] to Aswan [in the south], as far [south] as the border of Ethiopia.
11 Leo fandia’ ondaty tsy hiranga ao; tsy ho rangaen-tombom-biby, vaho tsy ho amam-pimoneñe am-para’ ty efa-polo taoñe.
For 40 years no one will walk through that area, and no one will live there.
12 Le hanoeko bangìñe añivo’ o fifeheañe vahinio ty Mitsraime, naho ho koak’ añivo’ o rova narotsakoo o rova’eo; naho hampiparatsiaheko añivo’ o kilakila’ ndatio añe o nte-Mitsraimeo naho havitavitako amo fifeheañeo,
Egypt will be barren/empty, and it will be surrounded by other desolate nations. The cities in Egypt will be empty and deserted for 40 years, surrounded by ruined cities in nearby nations. I will cause the people of Egypt to be scattered to countries [far away].
13 le hoe t’Iehovà Talè: Naho modo i taoñe efa-polo rey le hatontoko boak’ am’ ondaty nampivarakaihako iareo o nte-Mitsraimeo.
But this is what [I], Yahweh the Lord, [also] say: “At the end of 40 years, I will enable the people of Egypt to return home [again] from the nations to which they were scattered.
14 Le hampibaliheko ty fandrohizañe i Mitsraime, naho hampoliko mb’an-tane’ Patrose mb’eo, mb’an-tane fimoneña’ iareo, f’ie ho fifiheañe mireke.
I will bring back the people of Egypt who had been captured, and I will enable them to live again in the Pathros area [in the south], where they lived previously. But Egypt will be a very unimportant [DOU] kingdom.
15 Hireke re te amo fifelehañe ila’eo; tsy hañonjom-batañe ka ambone’ o fifeheañe ila’eo, fa hafotsako tsy hifehea’ iareo o kilakila’ ndatio ka.
It will be the least important of [all] the nations; it will never again be greater than the nearby countries. I will cause Egypt to be very weak, with the result that it will never again rule over other nations.
16 Toe tsy ho fiatoa’ ty anjomba’ Israele ka re, hampitiahie’e o hakeo’eo, ie orihe’ iereo fihaino, fa ho fohi’ iareo te Izaho Iehovà Talè.
[When that happens, the leaders of] Israel will no longer be tempted to ask Egypt to help them. Egypt will be punished, and that will cause the Israeli people to not forget that they previously sinned by trusting that Egypt could help them. And the people of Israel will know that I, Yahweh the Lord, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].” '”
17 Aa ie amy andro valoha’ i volam-baloha’ i taom-paha-roapolo-fito-ambiy, le niheo amako ty tsara’ Iehovà ami’ty hoe:
Almost twenty-seven years [after we had been taken to Babylonia], on the first day [of the new year], Yahweh gave me this message:
18 O ana’ondatio, Nampitoroñe’ i Nebokadnetsare mpanjaka’ i Bavele fitoroñam-bey amy Tsaore o lahin-defo’eo; songa peake o añambone’eo naho sindre nivoloseñe o soro’eo; fe tsy nitambezen-dre ndra i lia-rai’ey ty amy Tsore, amy fitoloñañe nanoe’e ama’ey.
“You human, the army of king Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon fought very hard against Tyre, with the result that their heads were rubbed bare and their shoulders became (raw/full of blisters). But Nebuchadnezzar and his army did not get any valuable things from Tyre to reward them for their hard work [to destroy Tyre].
19 Aa le hoe ty nafè’ Iehovà Talè: Ingo, atoloko am-pità’ i Nebokadnetsare mpanjaka’ i Bavele ty tane’ Mitsraime; le hendese’e o valobohò’eo naho ho kopahe’e o vara’eo, vaho ho rambese’e o hare’eo; izay ty ho tamben-dahin-defo’e.
Therefore, this is what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say: 'I will enable King Nebuchadnezzar’s army to conquer Egypt. They will carry away from there all the valuable things, in order that the king can give them to his soldiers.
20 Fa natoloko aze ty tane Mitsraime ty amy fitoloñañe nitoroña’ey, amy te nitoroñe ahy hoe t’Iehovà Talè.
I will enable them to conquer Egypt as a reward for what they did [to Tyre], because [I], Yahweh say that [it was as though] his army was working for me, [doing what I wanted them to do, when they destroyed Tyre].
21 Amy andro zay, le hampitàroke ty tsifa’ i anjomba’ Israeley iraho, le hatoloko azo ty fisokafam-palie añivo’ iareo ao; vaho ho fohi’ iareo te Izaho Iehovà.
And some day Israel will become a glorious nation [MET] again. When that happens, I will cause the Israeli people to respect what you say [MTY]. And then they will know that [it has happened because] I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].'”
