A Message About Egypt
1A message from the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet. It was about the nations.
2Here is what the Lord says about Egypt.
Here is his message against the army of Pharaoh Necho. He was king of Egypt. Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, won the battle over Necho’s army. That happened at Carchemish on the Euphrates River. It was in the fourth year that Jehoiakim was king of Judah. He was the son of Josiah. The message says,
3“Egyptians, prepare your shields!
Prepare large and small shields alike!
March out for battle!
4Get the horses and chariots ready to ride!
Take up your battle positions!
Put on your helmets!
Shine up your spears!
Put on your armor!
5What do I see?
The Egyptians are terrified.
They are pulling back.
Their soldiers are losing.
They run away as fast as they can.
They do not look back.
There is terror on every side,” announces the Lord.
6“Those who run fast can’t get away.
Those who are strong can’t escape.
In the north by the Euphrates River
they trip and fall.
7“Who is this that rises like the Nile River?
Who rises like rivers of rushing waters?
8Egypt rises like the Nile River.
It rises like rivers of rushing waters.
Egypt says, ‘I will rise and cover the earth.
I’ll destroy cities and their people.’
9Charge, you horses!
Drive fast, you chariot drivers!
March on, you soldiers!
March on, you men of Cush and Put who carry shields.
March on, you men of Lydia who shoot arrows.
10But that day belongs to me.
I am the Lord who rules over all.
It is a day for me to pay back my enemies.
My sword will eat until it is satisfied.
It will drink until it is not thirsty for blood anymore.
I am the Lord. I am the Lord who rules over all.
I will offer a sacrifice.
I will offer it in the land of the north
by the Euphrates River.
11“People of Egypt,
go up to Gilead and get some healing lotion.
You may try many medicines, but you will not be healed.
There isn’t any healing for you.
12The nations will hear about your shame.
Your cries of pain will fill the earth.
One soldier will trip over another.
Both of them will fall down together.”
13Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, was coming to attack Egypt. Here is the message the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about it. He said,
14“Egyptians, here is what I want you to announce in your land.
Announce it in the city of Migdol.
Also announce it in Memphis and Tahpanhes.
Say, ‘Take up your battle positions! Get ready!
The sword eats up those around you.’
15Why are your soldiers lying on the ground?
They can’t stand, because I bring them down.
16They will trip again and again.
They will fall over one another.
They will say, ‘Get up. Let’s go back home.
Let’s return to our own people and our own lands.
Let’s get away from the swords
that will bring us great harm.’
17The Egyptian soldiers will cry out,
‘Pharaoh, our king, is only a loud noise.
He has missed his chance to win the battle.’
18“I am the King.
My name is the Lord Who Rules Over All.
Someone will come who is like Mount Tabor among the mountains.
He is like Mount Carmel by the Mediterranean Sea.
And that is just as sure as I am alive,”
announces the King.
19“So pack your belongings, you who live in Egypt.
You will be taken away from your land.
Memphis will be completely destroyed.
Its buildings will be broken down.
No one will live there.
20“Egypt is like a beautiful young cow.
But Nebuchadnezzar is coming against her from the north.
He will bite her like a fly.
21Hired soldiers are in Egypt’s army.
They are like fat calves.
All of them will turn and run away.
They will not hold their positions.
The day of trouble is coming on them.
The time for them to be punished is near.
22The Egyptians will hiss like a snake that is trying to get away.
A powerful army will advance against them.
Their enemies will come against them with axes.
They will be like those who cut down trees.
23Egypt is like a thick forest.
But they will chop it down,” announces the Lord.
“There are more of their enemies than there are locusts.
In fact, they can’t even be counted.
24The nation of Egypt will be put to shame.
It will be handed over to the people of the north.”
25The Lord who rules over all is the God of Israel. He says, “I am about to punish Amon, the god of Thebes. I will also punish Pharaoh. I will punish Egypt and its gods and kings. And I will punish those who depend on Pharaoh. 26I will hand them over to those who want to kill them. I will give them to Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, and his officers. But later, many people will live in Egypt again as in times past,” announces the Lord.
27“People of Jacob, do not be afraid.
You are my servant.
Israel, do not be terrified.
I will bring you safely out of a place far away.
I will bring your children back
from the land where they were taken.
Your people will have peace and security again.
And no one will make them afraid.
28People of Jacob, do not be afraid.
You are my servant.
I am with you,”
announces the Lord.
“I will completely destroy all the nations
among which I scatter you.
But I will not completely destroy you.
I will correct you. But I will be fair.
I will not let you go without any punishment.”
Àṣọtẹ́lẹ̀ ní tí Ejibiti
146.1-28: Isa 19; El 29.1–32.32; Sk 14.18-19.Èyí ni ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa tí ó tọ Jeremiah wòlíì wá nípa àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè:
2Ní ti Ejibiti:
Èyí ni ọ̀rọ̀ nípa àwọn ọmọ-ogun Farao Neko ọba Ejibiti ẹni tí a borí rẹ̀ ní Karkemiṣi, ní odò Eufurate láti ọwọ́ Nebukadnessari ọba Babeli ní ọdún kẹrin Jehoiakimu ọmọ Josiah ọba Juda:
3“Ẹ múra àpáta, èyí tí ó tóbi, àti èyí tí ó kéré,
kí ẹ sì súnmọ́ ojú ìjà!
4Ẹ di ẹṣin ní gàárì,
kí ẹ sì gùn ún.
Ẹ dúró lẹ́sẹẹsẹ
pẹ̀lú àṣíborí yín!
Ẹ dán ọ̀kọ̀ yín,
kí ẹ sì wọ ẹ̀wù irin.
546.5: Jr 6.25; 20.3,10; 49.29; Sm 31.13.Kí ni nǹkan tí mo tún rí?
Wọ́n bẹ̀rù,
wọ́n sì ń padà sẹ́yìn,
wọ́n ti ṣẹ́gun àwọn jagunjagun.
Wọ́n sá,
wọn kò sì bojú wẹ̀yìn,
ìbẹ̀rù sì wà níbi gbogbo,”
ni Olúwa wí.
6“Ẹni tí ó yára kì yóò le sálọ,
tàbí alágbára kò ní lè sá àsálà.
Ní àríwá ní ibi odò Eufurate
wọn yóò kọsẹ̀, wọn yóò sì ṣubú.
7“Ta ni èyí tí ó gòkè wá bí odò Ejibiti,
tí omi rẹ̀ ń ru gẹ́gẹ́ bí odò wọ̀n-ọn-nì?
8Ejibiti dìde bí odò náà,
bí omi odò tí ń ru.
Ó sì wí pé, ‘Èmi yóò dìde, n ó sì bo gbogbo ilẹ̀ ayé.’
Èmi yóò pa ìlú àti àwọn ènìyàn rẹ̀ run.
9Ẹ gòkè wá ẹ̀yin ẹṣin,
ẹ sì sáré kíkankíkan ẹ̀yin kẹ̀kẹ́.
Kí àwọn alágbára túbọ̀ tẹ̀síwájú,
àwọn ará Kuṣi àti àwọn ará Puti tí ń di asà mú;
àti àwọn ará Lidia tí ń fa ọrun.
10Ṣùgbọ́n ọjọ́ náà jẹ́ ti Olúwa, Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun,
ọjọ́ ìgbẹ̀san, ìgbẹ̀san lára àwọn ọ̀tá rẹ̀.
Idà yóò sì jẹ́ títí yóò fi ní ìtẹ́lọ́rùn,
títí yóò fi pa òǹgbẹ rẹ̀ rẹ́ pẹ̀lú ẹ̀jẹ̀.
Nítorí pé Olúwa, Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun yóò rú ẹbọ
ní ilẹ̀ gúúsù ní odò Eufurate.
11“Gòkè lọ sí Gileadi, kí o sì mú ìkunra,
ìwọ wúńdíá ọmọbìnrin Ejibiti.
Ṣùgbọ́n ní asán ni ìwọ ń lo oògùn,
kì yóò sí ìwòsàn fún ọ.
12Àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè yóò gbọ́ nípa ìtìjú rẹ,
igbe rẹ yóò kún gbogbo ayé.
Jagunjagun yóò máa ṣubú lu ara wọn lórí rẹ,
àwọn méjèèjì yóò sì jọ ṣubú papọ̀.”
13Èyí ni ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa tí ó bá Jeremiah wòlíì nì sọ nípa wíwá Nebukadnessari ọba Babeli láti lọ dojú ìjà kọ Ejibiti:
14“Kéde èyí ní Ejibiti, sì sọ ọ́ ní Migdoli,
sọ ọ́ ní Memfisi àti Tafanesi:
‘Dúró sí ààyè rẹ kí o sì múra sílẹ̀,
nítorí pé idà náà ń pa àwọn tí ó yí ọ ká.’
15Èéṣe tí àwọn akọni rẹ fi ṣubú?
Wọn kò ní le dìde dúró, nítorí Olúwa yóò tì wọ́n ṣubú.
16Wọn yóò máa ṣubú léraléra
wọn yóò máa ṣubú lu ara wọn.
Wọn yóò sọ wí pé, ‘Ẹ dìde, ẹ jẹ́ kí a padà
sí ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn ènìyàn wa àti ilẹ̀ ìbí wa,
kúrò níbi idà àwọn aninilára.’
17Níbẹ̀ ni wọn ó kígbe pé,
‘Ariwo lásán ni Farao ọba Ejibiti pa,
ó ti sọ àǹfààní rẹ̀ nù.’
18“Bí èmi ti wà láààyè,” ni ọba,
ẹni tí orúkọ rẹ̀ ń jẹ́ Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun wí pé,
“nítòótọ́ gẹ́gẹ́ bí Tabori láàrín àwọn òkè àti
gẹ́gẹ́ bi Karmeli lẹ́bàá Òkun bẹ́ẹ̀ ni òun yóò dé.
19Ìwọ, ọmọbìnrin ti ń gbé Ejibiti
pèsè ohun èlò ìrìnàjò fún ara rẹ
nítorí Memfisi yóò di ahoro
a ó sì fi jóná, láìní olùgbé.
20“Ẹgbọrọ abo màlúù tó lẹ́wà ní Ejibiti
ṣùgbọ́n eṣinṣin ìparun dé,
ó dé láti àríwá.
21Àwọn jagunjagun rẹ̀
dàbí àbọ́pa akọ màlúù.
Àwọn pẹ̀lú yóò yípadà,
wọn ó sì jùmọ̀ sá,
wọn kò ní le dúró,
Nítorí tí ọjọ́ ibi ń bọ̀ lórí wọn
àsìkò láti jẹ wọ́n ní ìyà.
22Ejibiti yóò pòṣé bí ejò tí ń sá
bí ọmọ-ogun ṣe ń tọ̀ ọ́ wá pẹ̀lú agbára.
Wọn ó tọ̀ ọ́ wá pẹ̀lú àáké,
gẹ́gẹ́ bí i ti agégi.
23Wọn o gé igbó rẹ̀ lulẹ̀,”
ni Olúwa wí,
“nítorí ti a kò le rídìí rẹ̀,
nítorí pé wọ́n pọ̀ ju ẹlẹ́ǹgà lọ, wọ́n sì jẹ́ àìníye.
24A ó dójútì ọmọbìnrin Ejibiti,
a ó fà á lé ọwọ́ àwọn ènìyàn àríwá.”
25Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun, Ọlọ́run Israẹli wí pé: “Èmi yóò rọ̀jò ìyà mi sórí Amoni òrìṣà Tebesi, sórí Farao, sórí Ejibiti àti àwọn òrìṣà rẹ̀ àti sórí àwọn ọba rẹ̀ àti sórí àwọn tó gbẹ́kẹ̀lé Farao. 26Èmi ó sì fi wọ́n lé àwọn tó wá ẹ̀mí wọn lọ́wọ́, lé Nebukadnessari ọba Babeli, ṣùgbọ́n lẹ́yìn ìgbà díẹ̀, Ejibiti yóò sì di gbígbé bí i ti àtijọ́,” ni Olúwa wí.
27“Má bẹ̀rù, ìwọ Jakọbu ìránṣẹ́ mi,
má fòyà, ìwọ Israẹli.
Dájúdájú èmi ó gbà ọ́ láti ọ̀nà jíjìn,
àwọn ọmọ ọmọ rẹ ní ilẹ̀ ìgbèkùn.
Jakọbu yóò tún ní àlàáfíà àti ààbò,
kò sì ṣí ẹni tí yóò dẹ́rùbà á.
28Má bẹ̀rù, Jakọbu ìránṣẹ́ mi,
nítorí pé mo wà pẹ̀lú rẹ,” bẹ́ẹ̀ ni Olúwa wí.
“Bí mo tilẹ̀ pa gbogbo orílẹ̀-èdè run,
láàrín àwọn tí mo fọ́n yín ká sí.
Èmi kò ní run yín tán.
Èmi yóò jẹ ọ́ ní ìyà lórí òdodo,
èmi kí yóò jọ̀wọ́ rẹ lọ́wọ́ lọ láìjẹ ọ́ ní yà.”
