1 ف ِي اليَومِ الثّانِي عَشَرَ مِنَ الشَّهرِ العاشِرِ مِنَ السَّنَةِ العاشِرَةِ مِنَ السَّبيِ، أتَتْ إلَيَّ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ:

In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

2 « يا إنْسانُ، التَفِتْ إلَى فِرعَوْن، مَلِكِ مِصْرَ، وَتَنَبَّأْ ضِدَّهُ وَضِدَّ كُلِّ مِصْرَ.

Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt:

3 ه َذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: «‹يا فِرعَوْنُ، يا مَلِكَ مِصرَ، ها أنا أُقِفُ ضِدَّكَ، أيُّها التِّمساحُ الرّابِضُ فِي النَّهرِ. تَقُولُ: نَهرُ النِّيلِ لِي. أنا صَنَعتُهُ.

speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.

4 « ‹سَأضَعُ صِنَّارَةً فِي فَكِّكَ، وَسَأجعَلُ السَّمَكَ الَّذِي فِي قَنَواتِكَ يَلتَصِقُ بِحَراشِفِكَ، وَسَأسحَبُكَ مِنْ قَنَواتِكَ.

But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.

5 ح ِينَئِذٍ، سَأُلقِي بِكَ وَبِسَمَكِ قَنَواتِكَ إلَى الصَّحراءِ. سَتَسقُطُ عَلَى الأرْضِ، وَلَنْ تُجمَعَ عِظامُكَ للِدَّفنِ. سَأجعلُكَ طَعاماً للِحَيَواناتِ البَرِّيَّةِ وَالنُّسُورِ.

And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven.

6 ح ِينَئِذٍ، سَيَعرِفُ كُلُّ سُكّانِ مِصرَ أنِّي أنا اللهُ. «‹لأنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ كَالعُكّازِ الضَّعِيفِ لإسْرائِيلَ.

And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the Lord, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

7 ح ِينَ أمسَكُوكَ بِإيدِيهِمْ، انكَسَرْتَ وَمَزَّقْتَ كَتِفَهُمْ. وَحِينَ تَوَكَأوا عَلَيكَ، تَحَطْمَتَ وَالتَوَتْ ظُهُورُهُمْ.›»

When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.

8 ل ِهَذا، هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: «سَأرفَعُ سَيفاً عَلَيكَ، وَسَأُهلِكُ فِيكَ النّاسَ وَالحَيَواناتِ!

Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee.

9 ح ِينَئِذٍ، سَتُصبِحُ مِصرُ أرْضاً مُدَمَّرَةً وَخَرِبَةً، وَسَيَعرِفُ المَصرِيُّونَ أنِّي أنا اللهُ! فَقَدْ قالَ فِرعَوْنُ: ‹هَذا نَهرِي. أنا صَنَعتُهُ.›

And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am the Lord: because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it.

10 « لِهَذا أنا ضِدُّكِ وَضِدُّ نَهْرَكِ. سَأُحَوِّلُ كُلَّ أرْضِ مِصرَ، مِنْ مَجْدَلَ إلَى أسْوانَ وَحَتَّى حُدُودِ كُوشَ، إلَى سِلسِلَةٍ مِنَ الأماكِنِ الخَرِبَةِ.

Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia.

11 ل َنْ يُسافِرَ فِيها إنسانٌ أوْ حَيَوانٌ. سَتَكُونُ بِلا سُكّانٍ لِمُدَّةِ أربَعِينَ عاماً.

No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.

12 ح ِينَئِذٍ، سَأجعَلُ مِصرَ إحدَى الأراضِي الخَرِبَةَ. وَسَتَكُونُ مُدُنُها وَسَطَ المُدُنِ الخَرِبَةِ الكَثِيرَةِ لِمُدَّةِ أربَعِينَ عاماً. سَأُبَعثِرُ المَصرِيِّينَ وَسَطَ الأُمَمِ فِي الأراضِي الأُخرَى!»

And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

13 ف َهَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: «فِي نهايَةِ الأربَعِينَ سَنَةٍ، سَأجمَعُ المَصرِيِّينَ ثانِيَةً مِنْ وَسَطِ الشُّعُوبِ الَّتِي تَبَعثَرُوا وَسَطَها،

Yet thus saith the Lord God; At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered:

14 ث ُمَّ سَأُعِيدُ المَسبِيِّينَ المَصرِيِّينَ إلَى فَتْرُوسَ مَوطِنِهُمُ الأصلِيُّ، وَسَيَكُونُونَ أُمَّةً صَغِيرَةً.

and I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation; and they shall be there a base kingdom.

15 س َتَكُونُ إحدَى الدُّوَلِ الصَّغِيرَةِ، وَلَنْ تَقُومَ ثانِيَةً لِتَحكُمَ عَلَى الأُمَمِ الأُخرَى. سَأُبقِيكَ صَغَيراً حَتَّى لا تَتَسَلَّطَ عَلَى الأُمَمِ.

It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations.

16 ل َنْ تَعُودَ مِصرُ دَولَةً تَعتَمِدُ إسْرائِيلُ عَلَيها، وَلَنْ تَعُودَ تُذَكِّرَهُمْ بِغَلطَتِهِمْ حِينَ التَفَتوا إلَيها للِحُصُولِ عَلَى المَعُونَةِ وَالدَّعمِ.» حِينَئِذٍ، تَعلَمُ إسْرائِيلُ أنِّي أنا الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ.

And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after them: but they shall know that I am the Lord God.

17 ف ِي اليَومِ الأوَّلِ مِنَ الشَّهرِ الأوَّلِ مِنَ السَّنَةِ السّابِعَةِ وَالعِشرِينَ مِنَ السَّبيِ، أتَتْ إلَيَّ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ:

And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first month, in the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

18 « يا إنْسانُ، نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ، مَلِكُ بابِلَ، أجهَدَ قُوّاتِهِ ضِدَّ صُورَ. وَمَعْ أنَّ كُلَّ رَأسٍ حُلِقَ وَكُلَّ كَتِفٍ سُلِخَتْ فِي صُورَ، لَكِنَّ قُوّاتِهِ لَمْ تَنَلْ أيَّةَ مُكافأةٍ عَلَى عَمَلِها الجادِّ وَالكَثِيرِ ضِدَّ صُورَ.

Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it:

19 ل ِذَلِكَ، هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: ‹سَأُعطِي نَبُوخَذْناصَّرَ، مَلِكَ بابِلَ، أرْضَ مِصرَ. سَيَأخُذُ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ شَعباً كَثِيراً مِنْ مِصرَ، وَسَيَأخذُ مِنها غَنِيمَةً وَسَلباً كَثِيراً، فَتَكُونُ هَذِهِ أُجرَةَ قُوّاتِهِ.

therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.

20 س َأُعطِيهِ مِصرَ مُقابِلَ العَمَلِ الَّذِي قامَ بِهِ لأجلِي.› يَقُولُ الرّبُّ الإلَهُ.

I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord God.

21 ف ِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ، سَأُعطِي بَني إسْرائِيلَ قُوَّةً. أمّا أُنتَ يا حَزْقِيالُ، سَأُعطِيكَ فُرصَةً لِتُثبِتَ لَهُمْ صِدْقَ رِسالَتِكَ. حِينَئِذٍ، يَعلَمُونَ أنِّي أنا اللهُ.»

In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud forth, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am the Lord.