Esekiel 30
1 Og Herrens ord kom til meg, han sagde:
Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]
2 Menneskjeson! Spå og seg: So segjer Herren, Herren: Barma dykk: «Å! for ein dag!»
“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 For nær er ein dag, ein dag for Herren; ein myrkskya dag, ei uppgjerdstid for folkeslagi skal det vera.
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 Og sverd skal koma mot Egyptarland, og Ætiopia skal få skjelve-rider når ihelstungne fell i Egyptarland. Og dei skal taka landsens rikdom, og grunnvollarne skal verta nedrivne.
[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 Ætiopar og folk frå Put og Lud og alt blandingsfolket og Kub og sønerne åt sambandslandet skal falla for sverd i lag med deim.
[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 So segjer Herren: Dei som styd Egyptarland, skal falla, og ovmodet og magti skal kverva; frå Migdol til Syene skal folket falla for sverd, segjer Herren, Herren.
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 Og i øyde skal dei liggja millom øydeland, og byarne skal vera millom øydestader.
Egypt will become the most deserted country in the world, and its cities will be ruined, surrounded by ruined cities [in nearby nations].
8 Og dei skal sanna at eg er Herren, når eg kveikjer eld på Egyptarland, og alle deira hjelparar vert krasa.
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 Den dagen skal det fara sendemenner frå mi åsyn på skip til å setja støkk i det ottelause Ætiopia, og det skal få skjelve-rider som på Egyptarlands dag. For sjå, det kjem.
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 So segjer Herren, Herren: Eg vil hava Nebukadressar, Babel-kongen, til å gjera ende på den ståkande mengdi i Egyptarland.
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 Han og lyden hans med honom, valdsmennerne millom folki, skal verta henta til å herja landet. Og dei skal draga sine sverd mot Egyptarland og fylla landet med drepne menner.
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 Eg vil lata elvarne torna og selja landet i henderne på illmenne. Og eg vil hava framande til å øyda landet og alt som i det er; eg, Herren, hev tala.
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 So segjer Herren, Herren: Eg vil tyna dei ufysne gudarne og rydja ut avgudarne or Nof, og aldri meir skal der vera ein fyrste or Egyptarland, og eg vil leggja rædsla på Egyptarland.
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 Og eg vil leggja Patros i øyde og setja eld på Soan, og halda dom yver No.
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 Eg vil renna ut min harm yver Sin, den sterke verni åt Egyptarland, og rydja ut den ståkande mengdi 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 Og eg vil setja eld på Egyptarland, Sin skal bivrande skjelva, og i No bryt dei seg inn, og inn i Nof kjem fiendar ljose dagen.
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 Dei unge menner i Aven og Pibeset skal falla for sverd, og sjølve skal dei fara i utlægd.
[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 I Tehafnehes skal dagen myrkna når eg der bryt sund egyptaroket, og ovmodet og magti skal endast. Sjølv vert det sveipt i skyer, og døtterne lyt fara i utlægd.
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 Og eg vil halda dom yver Egyptarland, og dei skal sanna at eg er Herren.
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 So hende det i det ellevte året, den sjuande dagen i fyrste månaden, at Herrens ord kom til meg; han sagde:
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 Menneskjeson! Armen åt Farao, egyptarkongen, hev eg brote forderva. Og sjå, han er ikkje vorten umbunden til helsebot, og linda til å bera i fatle, so han kunde sterkna til å gripa sverdet.
“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 Difor, so segjer Herren, Herren: Sjå, eg skal finna Farao, Egyptarlands-kongen, og eg skal brjota armarne hans sund, både den heile og den sundbrotne, og lata sverdet falla or handi hans.
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 Eg vil spreida egyptarane ibland folki og strå deim ut i landi.
I will cause the people of Egypt to be scattered among the nations [DOU].
24 Og Babel-kongens armar skal eg styrkja og gjeva honom sverdet mitt i hand. Men Faraos armar vil eg brjota, og han skal stynja for hans åsyn som ein stungen mann.
[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 Ja, Babel-kongens armar vil eg styrkja, men Faraos armar skal siga ned. Og dei skal sanna at eg er Herren, når eg gjev Babel-kongen sverdet mitt i hand, og han retter det ut mot Egyptarland.
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 Og eg vil spreida egyptarane ibland folki og strå deim ut i landi, og dei skal sanna at eg er Herren.
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].’”
