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
1A prophecy against Egypt:
See, the Lord rides on a swift cloud
and is coming to Egypt.
The idols of Egypt tremble before him,
and the hearts of the Egyptians melt with fear.
2“I will stir up Egyptian against Egyptian—
brother will fight against brother,
neighbor against neighbor,
city against city,
kingdom against kingdom.
3The Egyptians will lose heart,
and I will bring their plans to nothing;
they will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead,
the mediums and the spiritists.
4I will hand the Egyptians over
to the power of a cruel master,
and a fierce king will rule over them,”
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.
5The waters of the river will dry up,
and the riverbed will be parched and dry.
6The canals will stink;
the streams of Egypt will dwindle and dry up.
The reeds and rushes will wither,
7also the plants along the Nile,
at the mouth of the river.
Every sown field along the Nile
will become parched, will blow away and be no more.
8The fishermen will groan and lament,
all who cast hooks into the Nile;
those who throw nets on the water
will pine away.
9Those who work with combed flax will despair,
the weavers of fine linen will lose hope.
10The workers in cloth will be dejected,
and all the wage earners will be sick at heart.
11The officials of Zoan are nothing but fools;
the wise counselors of Pharaoh give senseless advice.
How can you say to Pharaoh,
“I am one of the wise men,
a disciple of the ancient kings”?
12Where are your wise men now?
Let them show you and make known
what the Lord Almighty
has planned against Egypt.
13The officials of Zoan have become fools,
the leaders of Memphis are deceived;
the cornerstones of her peoples
have led Egypt astray.
14The Lord has poured into them
a spirit of dizziness;
they make Egypt stagger in all that she does,
as a drunkard staggers around in his vomit.
15There is nothing Egypt can do—
head or tail, palm branch or reed.
16In that day the Egyptians will become weaklings. They will shudder with fear at the uplifted hand that the Lord Almighty raises against them. 17And the land of Judah will bring terror to the Egyptians; everyone to whom Judah is mentioned will be terrified, because of what the Lord Almighty is planning against them.
18In that day five cities in Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the Lord Almighty. One of them will be called the City of the Sun.19:18 Some manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls, Symmachus and Vulgate; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text City of Destruction
19In that day there will be an altar to the Lord in the heart of Egypt, and a monument to the Lord at its border. 20It will be a sign and witness to the Lord Almighty in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the Lord because of their oppressors, he will send them a savior and defender, and he will rescue them. 21So the Lord will make himself known to the Egyptians, and in that day they will acknowledge the Lord. They will worship with sacrifices and grain offerings; they will make vows to the Lord and keep them. 22The Lord will strike Egypt with a plague; he will strike them and heal them. They will turn to the Lord, and he will respond to their pleas and heal them.
23In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together. 24In that day Israel will be the third, along with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing19:24 Or Assyria, whose names will be used in blessings (see Gen. 48:20); or Assyria, who will be seen by others as blessed on the earth. 25The Lord Almighty will bless them, saying, “Blessed be Egypt my people, Assyria my handiwork, and Israel my inheritance.”
