Ezekiel

1And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying:

2'Son of man, prophesy, and thou hast said: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Howl ye, ha! for the day!

3For near [is] a day, near [is] a day to Jehovah! A day of clouds, the time of nations it is.

4And come in hath a sword to Egypt, And there hath been great pain in Cush, In the falling of the wounded in Egypt, And they have taken its store, And broken down have been its foundations.

5Cush, and Phut, and Lud, and all the mixture, and Chub, And the sons of the land of the covenant with them by sword do fall,

6Thus said Jehovah: And — fallen have supporters of Egypt, And come down hath the arrogance of her strength, From Migdol to Syene, by sword they fall in her, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

7And they have been desolated in the midst of desolate lands, And its cities are in the midst of wasted cities.

8And they have known that I [am] Jehovah, In My giving fire against Egypt, And broken have been all her helpers.

9In that day go forth do messengers from before Me in ships, To trouble confident Cush, And there hath been great pain among them, As the day of Egypt, for lo, it hath come.

10Thus said the Lord Jehovah: I have caused the multitude of Egypt to cease, By the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon,

11He and his people with him — the terrible of nations, Are brought in to destroy the land, And they have drawn their swords against Egypt, And have filled the land [with] the wounded.

12And I have made floods a dry place, And I have sold the land into the hand of evil doers, And I have made desolate the land, And its fulness, by the hand of strangers, I, Jehovah, have spoken.

13Thus said the Lord Jehovah: And — I have destroyed idols, And caused vain things to cease from Noph, And a prince of the land of Egypt there is no more, And I give fear in the land of Egypt.

14And I have made Pathros desolate, And I have given fire against Zoan, And I have done judgments in No,

15And I have poured out My fury on Sin, the stronghold of Egypt, And I have cut off the multitude of No.

16And I have given fire against Egypt, Greatly pained is Sin, and No is to be rent, And Noph hath daily distresses.

17The youths of Aven and Pi-Beseth by sword do fall, And these into captivity do go.

18And in Tehaphnehes hath the day been dark, In My breaking there the yokes of Egypt, And ceased in her hath the excellency of her strength, She — a cloud doth cover her, And her daughters into captivity do go.

19And I have done judgments in Egypt, And they have known that I [am] Jehovah.'

20And it cometh to pass, in the eleventh year, in the first [month], in the seventh of the month, hath a word of Jehovah been unto me, saying: 'Son of man,

21The arm of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, I have broken, And lo, it hath not been bound up to give healing, To put a bandage to bind it, To strengthen it — to lay hold on the sword.

22Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I [am] against Pharaoh, king of Egypt, And I have broken his arms, The strong one and the broken one, And have caused the sword to fall out of his hand,

23And scattered the Egyptians among nations, And I have spread them through lands,

24And strengthened the arms of the king of Babylon, And I have given My sword into his hand, And I have broken the arms of Pharaoh, And he hath groaned the groans of a pierced one — before him.

25And I have strengthened the arms of the king of Babylon, And the arms of Pharaoh do fall down, And they have known that I [am] Jehovah, In My giving My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, And he hath stretched it out toward the land of Egypt.

26And I have scattered the Egyptians among nations, And I have spread them through lands, And they have known that I [am] Jehovah!'

耶和华要惩罚埃及

1耶和华的话又临到我说：

2「人子啊，你要发预言说，主耶和华如此说：哀哉这日！你们应当哭号。

3因为耶和华的日子临近， 就是密云之日， 列国受罚之期。

4必有刀剑临到埃及； 在埃及被杀之人仆倒的时候， 古实人就有痛苦， 人民必被掳掠， 基址必被拆毁。

5古实人、弗人、路德人、杂族的人民，并古巴人，以及同盟之地的人都要与埃及人一同倒在刀下。」

6耶和华如此说： 扶助埃及的也必倾倒。 埃及因势力而有的骄傲必降低微； 其中的人民，从色弗尼塔起必倒在刀下。 这是主耶和华说的。

7埃及地在荒凉的国中必成为荒凉； 埃及城在荒废的城中也变为荒废。

8我在埃及中使火着起； 帮助埃及的，都被灭绝。 那时，他们就知道我是耶和华。

9「到那日，必有使者坐船，从我面前出去，使安逸无虑的古实人惊惧；必有痛苦临到他们，好像埃及遭灾的日子一样。看哪，这事临近了！

10主耶和华如此说： 我必借巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒的手， 除灭埃及众人。

11他和随从他的人， 就是列国中强暴的， 必进来毁灭这地。 他们必拔刀攻击埃及， 使遍地有被杀的人。

12我必使江河干涸， 将地卖在恶人的手中； 我必借外邦人的手， 使这地和其中所有的变为凄凉。 这是我—耶和华说的。

13主耶和华如此说： 我必毁灭偶像， 从挪弗除灭神像； 必不再有君王出自埃及地。 我要使埃及地的人惧怕。

14我必使巴忒罗荒凉， 在琐安中使火着起， 向挪施行审判。

15我必将我的忿怒倒在埃及的保障上， 就是训上， 并要剪除挪的众人。

16我必在埃及中使火着起； 训必大大痛苦； 挪必被攻破； 挪弗白日见仇敌。

17亚文和比伯实的少年人必倒在刀下； 这些城的人必被掳掠。

18我在答比匿折断埃及的诸轭， 使她因势力而有的骄傲在其中止息。 那时，日光必退去； 至于这城，必有密云遮蔽， 其中的女子必被掳掠。

19我必这样向埃及施行审判， 他们就知道我是耶和华。」

埃及王破碎的力量

20十一年正月初七日，耶和华的话临到我说：

21「人子啊，我已打折埃及王法老的膀臂；没有敷药，也没有用布缠好，使他有力持刀。

22所以主耶和华如此说：看哪，我与埃及王法老为敌，必将他有力的膀臂和已打折的膀臂全行打断，使刀从他手中坠落。

23我必将埃及人分散在列国，四散在列邦。

24我必使巴比伦王的膀臂有力，将我的刀交在他手中；却要打断法老的膀臂，他就在巴比伦王面前唉哼，如同受死伤的人一样。

25我必扶持巴比伦王的膀臂，法老的膀臂却要下垂；我将我的刀交在巴比伦王手中，他必举刀攻击埃及地，他们就知道我是耶和华。

26我必将埃及人分散在列国，四散在列邦；他们就知道我是耶和华。」