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, on the twelfth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

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

“Son of man, set your 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 says the Lord God: “Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies in the midst of his rivers, Who has said, ‘My River is my own; 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 your jaws, And cause the fish of your rivers to stick to your scales; I will bring you up out of the midst of your rivers, And all the fish in your rivers will stick to your scales.

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

I will leave you in the wilderness, You and all the fish of your rivers; You shall fall on the open field; You shall not be picked up or gathered. I have given you as food To the beasts of the field And to the birds of the heavens.

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

“Then 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 you with the hand, You broke and tore all their shoulders; When they leaned on you, You broke and made all their backs quiver.”

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

‘Therefore thus says the Lord God: “Surely I will bring a sword upon you and cut off from you man and beast.

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 become desolate and waste; then they will know that I am the Lord, because he 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.

Indeed, therefore, I am against you and against your rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from Migdol to Syene, as far as the border of Ethiopia.

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

Neither foot of man shall pass through it nor foot of beast pass through it, and it shall be uninhabited 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!»

I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate; and among the cities that are laid waste, her cities shall be desolate forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout 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 says the Lord God: “At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the peoples among whom they were scattered.

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

I will bring back the captives of Egypt and cause them to return to the land of Pathros, to the land of their origin, and there they shall be a lowly 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 lowliest of kingdoms; it shall never again exalt itself above the nations, for I will diminish them so that they will not rule over the nations anymore.

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.

No longer shall it be the confidence of the house of Israel, but will remind them of their iniquity when they turned to follow them. Then they shall know that I am the Lord God.”’” Babylonia Will Plunder Egypt

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 twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to 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, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre; every head was made bald, and every shoulder rubbed raw; yet neither he nor his army received wages from Tyre, for the labor which they expended on 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 says the Lord God: ‘Surely I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; he shall take away her wealth, carry off her spoil, and remove her pillage; and that will 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 labor, because they worked for Me,’ says 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 I will cause the horn of the house of Israel to spring forth, and I will open your mouth to speak in their midst. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.’”