Ezekiela 30
1 Niheo amako indraike ty tsara’ Iehovà nanao ty hoe:
Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]
2 O ana’ondatio, mitokia ami’ty hoe: Hoe ty nafè’ Iehovà Talè: Mangololoiha! Feh’ ohatse ty andro!
“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 Antitotse i àndroy, mitotoke ty andro’ Iehovà, andro higoboñe; ty andro’ o kilakila’ ndatio.
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 Hiambotrak’ amy Mitsraime ty fibara, Fangirifiriam-bey e Kose ao, ie hitsingoritritse e Mitsraime ao o zinamañeo, hasese’ iareo añe o valobohò’eo, vaho harotsake o faha’eo.
[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 Hitrao-pihotrak’ ama’e am-pibara t’i Kose naho i Pote naho i Lode naho ondaty mifanamboentamboeñeo naho i Kobe, rekets’ ondati’ i tane mpiama’eio.
[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 Hoe ty nafè’ Iehovà: Songa hikorovoke ze mpanohañe i Mitsraime, hipoñake ka ty firengevoha’e amo haozara’eo, hampihotrahe’ ty fibara iereo boak’ am-pitalakesañ’ abo’ i Siene, hoe t’Iehovà Talè.
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 Ho koaheñe amo fifeheañe harotsakeo iereo, vaho hitrao-pijoiañe amo rova ho joieñeo o rova’eo.
Egypt will become the most deserted country in the world, and its cities will be ruined, surrounded by ruined cities [in nearby nations].
8 Le ho fohi’ iareo te Izaho Iehovà, t’ie namiañe afo e Mitsraime ao naho fonga ho folake o mpañolo’eo.
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 Hionjoñe boak’ amako amy andro zay ty niraheñe an-tsambo maro hampangebahebake o nte Kose manintsiñeo, le hirevendreveñe manahake tañ’andro’ i Mitsraime; fa heheke te ho tondroke.
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 Hoe ty nafè’ Iehovà Talè, hajiheko ty valobohò’ i Mitsraime am-pità’ i Nebokadnetsare mpanjaka’ i Bavele.
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 Ie rekets’ ondati’eo; le hendeseñe hampianto i taney o maozatse amo kilakila’ ndatioo naho hapontsoa’iareo fibara t’i Mitsraime, vaho hañatseke i taney ami’ty vinono.
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 Ho maiheko o sakao, le hatoloko am-pità’ o tsereheñeo i taney; vaho ho joieko i taney naho ze hene ama’e ao am-pitàn’ambahiny. Izaho Iehovà ty nitsara.
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 Ty hoe ty nafè’ Iehovà Talè: Ho fonga joieko o saren-drahao, hajiheko ka o samposampo’ i Nofeo tsy ho aman-droandriañe ty tane’ Mitsraime, vaho hapoko an-tane Mitsraime ty anifañe.
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 Hanoeko bangiñe ty Patrose le hamiañako afo ty Tsoane, vaho hafetsako amy No ty zaka.
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 Hakofòko amy Sine ty fifomboko, i haozara’ i Mitsraimey; naho haitoako ty valobohò’ i No.
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 Hampirehetako afo ty Mitsraime; hanaintaiñe ty Sine, hitori-anjake ty No, ho forekekèñe boak’ andro t’i Nofe.
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 Hampihotrahem-pibara o ajalahi’ i Avene naho i Pi-Beseteo, vaho hasese añe aman-drohy i rova rey.
[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 Hanoeñe maieñe ty andro e Tapanekese ao ie hampipozaheko ty joka’ o nte-Mitsraimeo, naho hijihetse ama’e ty habohabohan-kaozara’e; ie hikopaha’ ty rahoñe, vaho hasese am-pandrohizañe añe o anak’ampela’eo.
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 Izay ty hametsahako zaka amy Mitsraime; vaho ho fohi’ iereo te Izaho Iehovà.
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 Aa ie amy andro faha-fito’ i volam-baloha’ ty taom-paha-folo-raik’ambiy, le niheo amako ty tsara’ Iehovà nanao ty hoe:
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 O ana’ondatio, fa pinozako ty sira’ i Parò mpanjaka’ i Mitsraime; le Inao, t’ie tsy nibandieñe amañ’ aoly, tsy naholonkoloñe ho melañe, hahafitam-pibara.
“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 Aa le hoe ty nafè’ Iehovà Talè; Oniño te hatreatrèko t’i Parò mpanjaka’ i Mitsraime, naho ho pozaheko i sira’ey, i maozatsey, i nifolakey; vaho havotsoko am-pità’e ty fibara’e.
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 Le hampiparaitaheko amo kilakila’ ndatio o nte-Mitsraimeo, vaho hampiboelèko amo fifeheañeo.
I will cause the people of Egypt to be scattered among the nations [DOU].
24 Le hampaozareko o sira’ i mpanjaka’ i Baveleo, naho hapoko am-pità’e ty fibarako, fe ho pozaheko o sira’ i Paròo, vaho hitretretretre manahake ty fañitoza ondaty fere mitarik’ aiñe taolo’eo.
[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 Aa le hampaozareko ty sira’ i mpanjaka’ i Baveley, fe hiradorado ambane o sira’ i Paroo; le ho fohi’ iareo te Izaho Iehovà, ie atoloko am-pitàm-panjaka’ i Bavele ty fibarako vaho hatorakitsi’e an-tane Mitsraime.
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 Le habaratsako amo kilakila’ ndatio o nte-Mitsraimeo, naho havarakaiko amo fifeheañeo, vaho ho fohi’ iareo te Izaho Iehovà.
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].’”
