Nkɔmhyɛ A Ɛfa Misraim
1Nkɔmhyɛ a ɛfa Misraim ho:
Monhwɛ! Awurade nam ahoɔhare omununkum mu
na ɔreba Misraim.
Misraim ahoni ho popo wɔ nʼanim,
na Misraimfo koma botow wɔ wɔn mu.
2“Mɛma Misraimfo atwa wɔn ho ako,
onua bɛko atia onua,
ɔyɔnko atia ɔyɔnko,
kuropɔn atia kuropɔn,
ahenni atia ahenni.
3Misraimfo no rennya abodwo,
na mɛma wɔn nhyehyɛe ayɛ ɔkwa.
Wɔbɛkɔ abisa wɔ ahoni, ne awufo ahonhom,
samanfrɛfo ne nkonyaayifo nkyɛn.
4Mede Misraim bɛhyɛ
owura tirimuɔdenfo tumi ase,
na ɔhene a ɔyɛ keka bedi wɔn so,”
sɛnea Asafo Awurade se ni.
5Nsubɔnten mu nsu bɛyow,
na konkɔn bɛwo ayɛ wosee.
6Nsuka beyi hua;
na nsuwa a ɛwɔ Misraim bɛtwe na ayow.
Demmire ne sare bekisakisa,
7Nil nsunoa nnua nso,
nea ɛwɔ asubɔnten no abɔe no.
Nil nsunoa so mfuw nyinaa
bɛwo wosee na awu koraa.
8Apopofo nyinaa besi apini atwa adwo,
wɔn a wɔto darewa wɔ Nil mu nyinaa;
wɔn a wogu asau wɔ nsu no so
bedi awerɛhow.
9Wɔn a wɔde asaawa yɛ adwuma aba mu bebu,
wɔn a wɔnwen nwera no anidaso bɛsa.
10Wɔn a wɔyɛ ntama ho adwuma bɛyɛ mmɔbɔ
na wɔn a wogye akatua nyinaa koma bɛbotow.
11Soan adwumayɛfo nka hwee sɛ nkwaseafo;
Farao agyinatufo anyansafo ma afotu bɔne.
Ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na woaka akyerɛ Farao se,
“Meyɛ anyansafo no mu baako,
tete ahemfo no kyidifo?”
12Wʼanyansafo no wɔ he afei?
Ma wɔnkyerɛ wo na ma wonhu
nea Asafo Awurade
ahyehyɛ atia Misraim.
13Soan adwumayɛfo abɛyɛ nkwaseafo,
wɔadaadaa Memfis19.13 Na Memfis yɛ Misraim kuropɔn. akwankyerɛfo
ne nnipa no ntuano
ama Misraim afom kwan.
14Awurade ahwie
anisobiri honhom agu wɔn mu;
wɔma Misraim tɔ ntintan wɔ biribiara a ɔyɛ mu,
te sɛ nea ɔsabowfo tɔ ntintan wɔ ne fe ho no.
15Biribiara nni hɔ a Misraim betumi ayɛ,
sɛ eti anaa ɛto, abɛ anaa demmire.
16Saa da no, Misraimfo bɛyɛ sɛ mmea, Asafo Awurade nsa a wama so atia wɔn no bɛma wɔn abɔ hu na wɔn ho apopo. 17Na Yuda asase no bɛma Misraimfo abɔ hu, obiara a ɔbɛte Yuda din no besuro, esiane nea Asafo Awurade rehyehyɛ atia wɔn nti.
18Saa da no, Misraim nkurɔpɔn anum bɛka Kanaan kasa na wɔaka Asafo Awurade ntam. Wɔbɛfrɛ wɔn mu ɔbaako se Ɔsɛe Kuropɔn.
19Saa da no, wobesi afɔremuka wɔ Misraim mfimfini ama Awurade, na wɔasi nkaedum wɔ ne hye so nso ama Awurade. 20Ɛbɛyɛ nsɛnkyerɛnne ne adansede ama Asafo Awurade wɔ Misraim asase so. Sɛ wɔn nhyɛsofo nti wosu frɛ Awurade a, ɔbɛsoma ogyefo ne bammɔni, na obegye wɔn. 21Enti Awurade bɛda ne ho adi akyerɛ Misraimfo, na saa da no wobehu Awurade. Wɔde afɔrebɔ ne nnuan bɛsom, wɔbɛhyɛ Awurade bɔ, na wɔadi so. 22Awurade de ɔyaredɔm bɛbɔ Misraim; ɔde bɛbɔ wɔn na wasa wɔn yare. Wɔbɛdan akɔ Awurade nkyɛn, na obetie wɔn sufrɛ, na wasa wɔn yare.
23Saa da no, ɔtempɔn befi Misraim ne Asiria. Asiriafo bɛkɔ Misraim na Misraimfo akɔ Asiria. Misraimfo ne Asiriafo bɛbɔ mu asom. 24Saa da no Israel bɛto Misraim ne Asiria so sɛ abiɛsa, a ayɛ nhyira wɔ asase so. 25Na Asafo Awurade behyira wɔn, aka se, “Nhyira nka Misraim, me nkurɔfo, Asiria me nsa ano adwuma ne Israel mʼagyapade.”
A Prophecy Against Egypt
1Here is a prophecy against Egypt that the Lord gave me.
The Lord is coming to Egypt.
He’s riding on a cloud that moves very fast.
The statues of the gods in Egypt tremble with fear because of him.
The hearts of the people there melt with fear.
2The Lord says, “I will stir up one Egyptian against another.
Relatives will fight against relatives.
Neighbors will fight against one another.
Cities will fight against cities.
Kingdoms will fight against one another.
3The people of Egypt will lose hope.
I will keep them from doing what they plan to do.
They will ask their gods for advice.
They will turn to the spirits of dead people for help.
They will go to people who get messages from those who have died.
They will ask for advice from people who talk to the spirits of the dead.
4I will hand the Egyptians over
to a mean and unkind master.
A powerful king will rule over them,” announces the Lord.
He is the Lord who rules over all.
5The waters of the Nile River will dry up.
The bottom of it will be cracked and dry.
6Its canals will stink.
And the streams of Egypt will get smaller and smaller
until they dry up.
The tall grass that grows along the river will dry up.
7So will the plants along the banks of the Nile.
Even the planted fields along the Nile will dry up.
Everything that grows there will blow away and disappear.
8The fishermen will moan.
All those who drop hooks into the Nile will weep.
Those who throw their nets on the water
will become very sad.
9Those who make clothes out of flax will lose hope.
So will those who weave fine linen.
10Those who work with cloth will be unhappy.
And all those who work for money will be sick at heart.
11The officials of the city of Zoan are very foolish.
Pharaoh’s wise men give advice that doesn’t make any sense.
How can they dare to say to Pharaoh,
“We’re among the wise men”?
How can they say to him,
“We’re like the advisers to the kings of long ago”?
12Pharaoh, where are your wise men now?
Let them tell you
what the Lord who rules over all
has planned against Egypt.
13The officials of Zoan have become foolish.
The leaders of Memphis have been lied to.
The most important leaders in Egypt
have led its people astray.
14The Lord has given them
a spirit that makes them feel dizzy.
They make Egypt unsteady in everything it does.
Egypt is like a person who drinks too much.
He throws up and then walks around in the mess he’s made.
15No one in Egypt can do anything to help them.
Its elders and important leaders can’t help them.
Its prophets and priests can’t do anything.
Those who rule over others can’t help.
And those who bow down to them can’t help either.
16In days to come, the people of Egypt will become weak. The Lord who rules over all will raise his hand against them. Then they will tremble with fear. 17The people of Judah will bring terror to the Egyptians. Everyone in Egypt who hears the name of Judah will be terrified. That’s because of what the Lord who rules over all is planning to do to them.
18At that time the people of five cities in Egypt will worship the Lord. He is the Lord who rules over all. They will use the Hebrew language when they worship him. They will promise to be faithful to him. One of those cities will be called the City of the Sun.
19At that time there will be an altar to the Lord in the middle of Egypt. There will be a monument to him at its border. 20They will remind people that the Lord who rules over all is worshiped in Egypt. The people there will cry out to the Lord. They will cry out because of those who treat them badly. He will send someone to stand up for them and save them. And he will set them free. 21So the Lord will make himself known to the people of Egypt. At that time they will recognize that he is the Lord. They will worship him by bringing sacrifices and grain offerings to him. They will make promises to the Lord. And they will keep them. 22The Lord will strike Egypt with a plague. But then he will heal them. They will turn to the Lord. And he will answer their prayers and heal them.
23At that time there will be a wide road from Egypt to Assyria. The people of Assyria will go to Egypt. And the people of Egypt will go to Assyria. The people of Egypt and Assyria will worship the Lord together. 24At that time Egypt, Assyria and Israel will be a blessing to the whole earth. 25The Lord who rules over all will bless those three nations. He will say, “Let the Egyptians be blessed. They are my people. Let the Assyrians be blessed. My hands created them. And let the Israelites be blessed. They are my very own people.”
