1 And the word of our Lord was made to me, saying:
1 And ¹the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
2 Son of man prophesy, and say: Thus saith our Lord God: Howl ye, woe, woe to the day:
2 Son of man prophesy, and say: Thus saith the Lord God: Howl ye, Woe, woe to the day:
3 because the day is near, and the day of our Lord approacheth: the day of a cloud, the time of the Gentiles shall be.
3 For the day is near, yea the day of the Lord is near: a cloudy day, it shall be the time of the nations.
4 And the sword shall come into Ægypt: & there shall be fear in Æthiopia, when the wounded shall fall in Ægypt, & the multitude thereof shall be taken away, and the foundations thereof be destroyed.
4 And the sword shall come upon Egypt: and there shall be dread in Ethiopia, when the wounded shall fall in Egypt, and the multitude thereof shall be taken away, and the foundations thereof shall be destroyed.
5 Æthiopia, and Libya, and the Lydians, and all the rest of the common people, and Chub, and the children of the land of covenant, shall fall with them by the sword.
5 Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the rest of the crowd, and Chub, and the children of the land of the covenant, shall fall with them by the sword.
6 Thus saith our Lord God: And they shall fall that underprop Ægypt, and the pride of the empire thereof shall be destroyed: from the tower of Siena shall they fall in it by the sword, saith our Lord the God of hosts.
6 Thus saith the Lord God: They also that uphold Egypt shall fall, and the pride of her empire shall be brought down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord the God of hosts.
7 And they shall be dissipated in the midst of desolate lands, and the cities thereof shall be in the midst of desert cities.
7 And they shall be desolate in the midst of the lands that are desolate, and the cities thereof shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted.
8 And they shall know that I am the Lord: when I shall have given fire in Ægypt, and all the aiders thereof shall be broken.
8 And they shall know that I am the Lord: when I shall have set a fire in Egypt, and all the helpers thereof shall be destroyed.
9 In that day shall messengers go forth from my face in galleys to terrify the confidence of Æthiopia, and there shall be fear among them in the day of Ægypt: because it shall come without doubt.
9 In that day shall messengers go forth from my face in ships to destroy the confidence of Ethiopia, and there shall be dread among them in the day of Egypt: because it shall certainly come.
10 Thus saith our Lord God: I will make the multitude of Ægypt to cease in the hand of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon.
10 Thus saith the Lord God: I will make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon.
11 He and his people with him the strongest of the Gentiles shall be brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords upon Ægypt: and shall fill the land with the slain.
11 He and his people with him, the strongest of nations, shall be brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords upon Egypt: and shall fill the land with the slain.
12 And I will make the channels of the rivers dry, and will deliver the land into the hands of the most wicked: and will dissipate the land and the fullness thereof in the hands of aliens, I the Lord have spoken.
12 And I will make the channels of the rivers dry, and will deliver the land into the hand of the wicked: and will lay waste the land and all that is therein by the hands of strangers, I the Lord have spoken it.
13 Thus saith our Lord God: And I will destroy the idols, and I will make the idols to cease out of Memphis: and duke of the land of Ægypt there shall be no more: and I will give terror in the land of Ægypt.
13 ²Thus saith the Lord God I will also destroy the idols, and I will make an end of the idols of Memphis: and there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt and I will cause a terror in the land of Egypt.
14 And I will destroy the land of Phathures, and will give fire in Taphnis, and will do judgements in Alexandria.
14 And I will destroy the land of Phatures, and will make a fire in Taphnis, and will execute judgments in Alexandria.
15 And I will pour out mine indignation upon Pelusium the strength of Ægypt, and will kill the multitude of Alexandria,
15 And I will pour out my indignation upon Pelusium the strength of Egypt, and will cut off the multitude of Alexandria.
16 And will give fire in Ægypt: as a woman in travail shall Pelusium sorrow, and Alexandria shall be dissipated, and in Memphis daily distresses.
16 And I will make a fire in Egypt: Pelusium shall be in pain like a woman in labor, and Alexandria shall be laid waste, and in Memphis there shall be daily distresses.
17 The young men of Heliopolis, and of Bubasti shall fall by the sword, and themselves shall be led captive.
17 The young men of Heliopolis, and of Bubastus shall fall by the sword, and they themselves shall go into captivity.
18 And in Taphnis the day shall wax black, when I shall have broken there the sceptres of Ægypt, and the pride of the might thereof shall fail in it: the cloud shall cover her, & her daughters shall be led into captivity.
18 And in Taphnis the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the scepters of Egypt, and the pride of her power shall cease in her: a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall be led into captivity.
19 And I will do judgements in Ægypt: & they shall know that I am the Lord.
19 And I will 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 of the month, the word of our Lord was made to me, saying:
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 to me, saying:
21 Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharao king of Ægypt: and behold it is not wound up, that health might be restored to it, that it might be bound with cloths, & swaddled with linen clouts, that recovering strength it might hold the sword.
21 Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharao king of Egypt: and behold it is not bound up, to be healed, to be tied up with clothes, and swathed with linen, that it might recover strength, and hold the sword.
22 Therefore thus saith our Lord God: Behold I to Pharao king of Ægypt, and I will break into pieces his strong arm, already broken: and I will cast down the sword out of his hand:
22 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I come against Pharao king of Egypt, and I will break into pieces his strong arm, which is already broken: and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand:
23 and will disperse Ægypt among the Gentiles, & will scatter them in the lands.
23 And I will disperse Egypt among the nations, and scatter them through the countries.
24 And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and will give my sword in his hand: and I will break the arms of Pharao, and the slain before his face shall groan with groanings.
24 And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and will put my sword in his hand: and I will break the arms of Pharao, and they shall groan bitterly being slain before his face.
25 And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharao shall fall, and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall give my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall have stretched it forth upon the Land of Ægypt:
25 And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharao shall fall: and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall have given my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall have stretched it forth upon the land of Egypt.
26 And I will disperse Ægypt into nations, and will scatter them into lands, and they shall know that I am the Lord.
26 And I will disperse Egypt among the nations, and will scatter them through the countries, and they shall know that I am the Lord.