Misraim Ho Kwadwom
1Awurade asɛm baa me nkyɛn se: 2“Onipa ba, hyɛ nkɔm na ka se: ‘Sɛɛ na Otumfo Awurade se:
“ ‘Twa adwo na ka se,
“Ao da no!”
3Na da no abɛn,
Awurade da no abɛn,
omununkum da,
amanaman no atemmu bere.
4Afoa bi bɛsɔre atia Misraim,
na ahoyeraw bɛba Kus so.
Sɛ apirafo totɔ wɔ Misraim a
wɔbɛsoa nʼahonyade akɔ
na wɔabubu ne fapem agu fam.
5Kus ne Put, Lidia ne Arabia nyinaa, Libia ne bɔhyɛ asase no so nnipa ne Misraim bɛtotɔ wɔ afoa ano.
6“ ‘Sɛɛ na Awurade se:
“ ‘Misraim nnamfonom bɛtotɔ
na nʼahomaso ahoɔden bedi no huammɔ.
Efi Migdol kosi Aswan
wɔbɛtotɔ wɔ afoa a ɛwɔ ne mu no ano,
Otumfo Awurade asɛm ni.
7Wɔbɛdeda mpan
wɔ nsase a ada mpan mu,
na wɔn nkuropɔn bebubu aka
nkuropɔn a abubu ho.
8Afei wobehu sɛ mene Awurade no,
bere a mede ogya ato Misraim mu
na madwerɛw nʼaboafo nyinaa no.
9“ ‘Saa da no, asomafo de ahyɛn befi me nkyɛn akohunahuna Kus a ne tirim yɛ no dɛ no. Ne ho bɛyeraw no wɔ Misraim atemmuda no, na ampa ara ɛbɛba mu.
10“ ‘Sɛɛ na Otumfo Awurade se:
“ ‘Mede Misraim dɔm bebrebe no bɛba awiei
mɛfa Babiloniahene Nebukadnessar so.
11Ɔno ne nʼasraafo; amanaman no mu anuɔdenfo,
wɔde wɔn bɛba abɛsɛe asase no.
Wɔbɛtwe wɔn afoa atia Misraim
na wɔde afunu ahyɛ asase no so ma.
12Mɛma Nil mu nsu ayow
na matɔn asase no ama nnipa bɔne;
menam ananafo so
bɛsɛe asase no ne nea ɛwɔ mu nyinaa.
Me Awurade na maka.
13“ ‘Sɛɛ na Otumfo Awurade se:
“ ‘Mɛsɛe ahoni no
na mede Memfis nsɛsode ahorow no aba awiei.
Misraim rennya mmapɔmma bio,
na mɛma hu aba asase no so nyinaa.
14Mɛsɛe Misraim Atifi,
ato Soan mu gya
na matwe Tebes aso.
15Mehwie mʼabufuwhyew agu Pɛlusum so,
Misraim bammɔ dennen no,
na matwa Tebes nnipa bebrebe no agu.
16Mɛto Misraim mu gya;
Pɛlusum de ɔyaw bebubu ne mu.
Ahum bebu afa Tebes so;
na Memfis bedi abooboo da biara.
17Heliopolis ne Bubastis mmerante
bɛtotɔ wɔ afoa ano,
na nkuropɔn no ankasa bɛkɔ nnommum mu.
18Sum kabii beduru Tapanhes, da no
sɛ mibubu Misraim konnua no a;
hɔ na nʼahomaso ahoɔden bɛba awiei.
Omununkum bɛkata no so,
na ne nkuraa bɛkɔ nnommum mu.
19Ɛno nti mɛtwe Misraim aso,
na wobehu sɛ mene Awurade no.’ ”
20Afe a ɛto so dubaako no, ɔsram a edi kan no da a ɛto so ason no, Awurade asɛm baa me nkyɛn se: 21“Onipa ba, mabu Misraimhene Farao basa mu. Wɔnkyekyeree, na atoa bio; na wɔmfa nhyɛɛ ntama bamma mu na anya ahoɔden a ɔde beso afoa mu. 22Ɛno nti, Otumfo Awurade na ose: Mene Misraimhene Farao anya; mebubu nʼabasa abien no mu; basa a eye ne nea mu abu no, na mama afoa afi ne nsam atɔ fam. 23Mede Misraimfo bɛkɔ amanaman mu na mahwete wɔn agu nsase so. 24Mɛhyɛ Babiloniahene basa mu den na mede mʼafoa ahyɛ ne nsa, nanso Farao de, mebu nʼabasa mu, na wasi apini wɔ nʼanim sɛ obi a wapira opirabɔne. 25Mɛma Babiloniahene abasa mu ayɛ den, nanso Farao abasa bedwudwo asensɛn ne ho. Sɛ mede mʼafoa hyɛ Babiloniahene nsa na ɔma so tia Misraim a, wobehu sɛ mene Awurade no. 26Mede Misraimfo bɛkɔ amanaman mu na mahwete wɔn agu nsase no so. Ɛno na wobehu sɛ mene Awurade no.”
A Lament Over Egypt
1The word of the Lord came to me: 2“Son of man, prophesy and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:
“ ‘Wail and say,
“Alas for that day!”
3For the day is near,
the day of the Lord is near—
a day of clouds,
a time of doom for the nations.
4A sword will come against Egypt,
and anguish will come upon Cush.30:4 That is, the upper Nile region; also in verses 5 and 9
When the slain fall in Egypt,
her wealth will be carried away
and her foundations torn down.
5Cush and Libya, Lydia and all Arabia, Kub and the people of the covenant land will fall by the sword along with Egypt.
6“ ‘This is what the Lord says:
“ ‘The allies of Egypt will fall
and her proud strength will fail.
From Migdol to Aswan
they will fall by the sword within her,
declares the Sovereign Lord.
7“ ‘They will be desolate
among desolate lands,
and their cities will lie
among ruined cities.
8Then they will know that I am the Lord,
when I set fire to Egypt
and all her helpers are crushed.
9“ ‘On that day messengers will go out from me in ships to frighten Cush out of her complacency. Anguish will take hold of them on the day of Egypt’s doom, for it is sure to come.
10“ ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:
“ ‘I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt
by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
11He and his army—the most ruthless of nations—
will be brought in to destroy the land.
They will draw their swords against Egypt
and fill the land with the slain.
12I will dry up the waters of the Nile
and sell the land to an evil nation;
by the hand of foreigners
I will lay waste the land and everything in it.
I the Lord have spoken.
13“ ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:
“ ‘I will destroy the idols
and put an end to the images in Memphis.
No longer will there be a prince in Egypt,
and I will spread fear throughout the land.
14I will lay waste Upper Egypt,
set fire to Zoan
and inflict punishment on Thebes.
15I will pour out my wrath on Pelusium,
the stronghold of Egypt,
and wipe out the hordes of Thebes.
16I will set fire to Egypt;
Pelusium will writhe in agony.
Thebes will be taken by storm;
Memphis will be in constant distress.
17The young men of Heliopolis and Bubastis
will fall by the sword,
and the cities themselves will go into captivity.
18Dark will be the day at Tahpanhes
when I break the yoke of Egypt;
there her proud strength will come to an end.
She will be covered with clouds,
and her villages will go into captivity.
19So I will inflict punishment on Egypt,
and they will know that I am the Lord.’ ”
Pharaoh’s Arms Are Broken
20In the eleventh year, in the first month on the seventh day, the word of the Lord came to me: 21“Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. It has not been bound up to be healed or put in a splint so that it may become strong enough to hold a sword. 22Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will break both his arms, the good arm as well as the broken one, and make the sword fall from his hand. 23I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them through the countries. 24I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put my sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan before him like a mortally wounded man. 25I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fall limp. Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he brandishes it against Egypt. 26I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them through the countries. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”
