为埃及唱哀歌
1耶和华对我说： 2“人子啊，你要说预言，这样宣告主耶和华的话，
“‘哀号吧！你们要为那日悲伤。
3因为日子近了，耶和华的日子近了，
那是乌云密布的日子，
列国沦亡的时候。
4必有刀剑攻击埃及，
埃及必尸横遍野，
古实必痛苦不堪。
敌人要掳掠埃及的财富，
摧毁她的根基。
5古实、弗、路德、阿拉伯和利比亚以及她的其他盟友都必与她一同死于刀下。’
6“耶和华说，
‘埃及的盟友都要覆灭，
埃及的傲气必荡然无存，
从密夺到色弗尼的居民都要丧身刀下。
这是主耶和华说的。
7埃及要变成荒地中的荒地，
她的城邑要沦为废墟中的废墟。
8我要点火烧埃及，
埃及的所有盟友都要灭亡。
那时，他们就知道我是耶和华。
9“‘在那日，我要差遣使者乘船出去惊吓安逸的古实人，在埃及遭难的日子，他们必痛苦不堪。看啊，这日子快到了。’
10“主耶和华说，
“‘我要借巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒的手消灭埃及的百姓。
11他和追随他的都是万民中最残暴的人。
我要差他们去毁灭埃及，
大肆杀戮，
使埃及尸骨遍野。
12我要使尼罗河干涸，
把土地卖给恶人，
我要借外族人的手使地和地上的一切都荒废，
这是我耶和华说的。’
13“主耶和华说，
‘我要毁灭偶像，
铲除挪弗的神像。
埃及再没有君王，
国内到处充满恐惧。
14我要使巴特罗荒废，
放火焚烧琐安，
审判底比斯，
15把我的烈怒倾倒在埃及的堡垒——训，
消灭底比斯的百姓。
16我要放火烧埃及，
训要受痛苦的折磨，
底比斯要被攻破，
挪弗终日惶恐不已，
17亚文和比伯实的壮丁必死于刀下，
众城都要遭受掳掠。
18我粉碎埃及势力的那天，
答比匿日月无光，
她的锐气全消。
乌云要笼罩她，
她城邑的居民要被掳去。
19我必这样审判埃及，
他们就知道我是耶和华。’”
20第十一年一月七日，耶和华对我说： 21“人子啊，我打断了埃及王法老的臂膀，没有人替他敷药包扎，以致他无力拿刀。 22主耶和华说，‘我要与埃及王法老为敌，我要把他那强壮的臂膀和曾经受伤的臂膀一起打断，使刀从他手中掉落。 23我要把埃及人驱散到列国，分散到列邦。 24我要使巴比伦王的臂膀强壮有力，把我的刀交在他手中。我要打断法老的臂膀，使法老在他面前像受了致命伤的人一样呻吟。 25我要使巴比伦王的臂膀强壮有力，而法老的双臂必软弱无力。我要把我的刀交在巴比伦王手中，让他挥刀攻击埃及。那时他们就知道我是耶和华。 26我要把埃及人驱散到列国，分散到列邦，这样他们就知道我是耶和华。’”
1The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, 2Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth the day! 3For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen. 4And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.30.4 pain: or, fear 5Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.30.5 Libya: Heb. Phut30.5 men: Heb. children 6Thus saith the LORD; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord GOD.30.6 from…: or, from Migdol to Syene 7And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted. 8And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed.30.8 destroyed: Heb. broken 9In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh. 10Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon. 11He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain. 12And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I the LORD have spoken it.30.12 dry: Heb. drought30.12 all…: Heb. the fulness thereof 13Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause their images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt. 14And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No.30.14 Zoan: or, Tanis 15And I will pour my fury upon Sin, the strength of Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of No.30.15 Sin: or, Pelusium 16And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily. 17The young men of Aven and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword: and these cities shall go into captivity.30.17 Aven: or, Heliopolis30.17 Pi-beseth: or, Pubastum 18At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.30.18 darkened: or, restrained 19Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
20¶ And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 21Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword. 22Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand. 23And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries. 24And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh’s arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man. 25But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt. 26And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them among the countries; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
