1 I n the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first of the month, the word of the Lord came to me saying,

فِي اليَومِ الأوَّلِ مِنَ الشَّهرِ الثّانِي عَشَرَ مِنَ السَّنَةِ الثّانِيَةَ عَشْرَةَ مِنَ السَّبيِ، أتَتْ إلَيَّ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ:

2 “ Son of man, take up a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him, ‘You compared yourself to a young lion of the nations, Yet you are like the monster in the seas; And you burst forth in your rivers And muddied the waters with your feet And fouled their rivers.’”

«يا إنْسانُ، غَنِّ أُغنِيَةَ حُزنٍ عَلَى فِرْعَوْنَ مَلِكِ مِصرَ: «‹شَبَّهْتَ نَفسَكَ بِأسَدٍ وَسَطَ الأُمَمِ، لَكِنَّكَ تِنِّينُ البِحارِ. اندَفَعْتَ مِنْ نَهرِكَ، مُهَيِّجاً المِياهَ بِقَدَمَيكَ، دائِساً أنهارَهُمْ وَمُعَكِّراً مِياهَها.›»

3 T hus says the Lord God, “Now I will spread My net over you With a company of many peoples, And they shall lift you up in My net.

هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: «سَأُلقِي شَبَكَتِي عَلَيكَ، حِينَ أجمَعُ شُعُوباً كَثِيرَةً عَلَيكَ، فَيَسحَبُونَكَ فِي شَبَكَتِي.

4 “ I will leave you on the land; I will cast you on the open field. And I will cause all the birds of the heavens to dwell on you, And I will satisfy the beasts of the whole earth with you.

وَسَأترُكُكَ هُناكَ عَلَى الأرْضِ الجّافَّةِ، وَسَأُلقِيكَ فِي السِّهُولِ المَكشُوفَةِ. وَسَأُنزِلُ طُيُورَ السَّماءِ لِتَقتاتَ عَلَيكَ، وَسَأُطعِمُ حَيَواناتِ الأرْضِ مِنكَ حَتَّى يَشبَعُوا.

5 “ I will lay your flesh on the mountains And fill the valleys with your refuse.

سَأُلقِي جَسَدَكَ عَلَى الجِبالِ، وَسَأملأُ الوِديانَ بِجُثَثِكَ.

6 “ I will also make the land drink the discharge of your blood As far as the mountains, And the ravines will be full of you.

سَأَغْمَرُ الأرْضَ الجّافَّةَ بِدَمِكَ، وَأملأُ الأودِيَةَ بِهِ حَتَّى قِمَمِ الجِبالِ.

7 “ And when I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars; I will cover the sun with a cloud And the moon will not give its light.

وَحِينَ تَزُولُ، سَأُغَطِّي السَّماءَ وَأُسَوِّدُ نُجُومَها. سَأُغَطِّي الشَّمسَ بِالغُيُومِ، وَلَنْ يَظهَرَ نُورُ القَمَرِ.

8 “ All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you And will set darkness on your land,” Declares the Lord God.

سَأجعَلُ كُلَّ الأنوارِ المُشرِقَةِ سَوداءَ بِسَبَبِكَ، وَسَأنشُرُ الظُّلمَةَ عَلَى أرْضِكَ.» هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ.

9 “ I will also trouble the hearts of many peoples when I bring your destruction among the nations, into lands which you have not known.

«سأُثِيرُ غَضَبَ أمَمٍ كَثِيرَةٍ، إذْ سأحمِلُكَ أسِيراً بَينَ الأُمَمُ، إلَى بِلادٍ لا تَعْرِفُها.

10 I will make many peoples appalled at you, and their kings will be horribly afraid of you when I brandish My sword before them; and they will tremble every moment, every man for his own life, on the day of your fall.”

سَتَندَهِشُ أُمَمٌ كَثِيرَةً مِنكَ. وَسَيَقِفُ شَعرُ رُؤُوسِ المُلُوكِ خَوفاً حِينَ أُحرِّكُ سَيفِي أمامَهُمْ. وَسَيَخافُ الجَمِيعُ مِنْ فُقدانِ حَياتِهِمْ حِينَ يَسمَعُونَ بِدَمارِكَ.»

11 F or thus says the Lord God, “The sword of the king of Babylon will come upon you.

فَهَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: «سَيَأتِي سَيفُ مَلِكِ بابِلَ عَلَيكَ!

12 B y the swords of the mighty ones I will cause your hordes to fall; all of them are tyrants of the nations, And they will devastate the pride of Egypt, And all its hordes will be destroyed.

سَأُبِيدُ جُيُوشَكَ بِسيُوفِ المُحارِبِينَ الأقوِياءِ – كُلُّهُمْ مُرعِبُونَ بَينَ الأُمَمِ. سَيَسلِبُونَ كُلَّ ما تَفخَرُ مِصرُ بِهِ، وَيُهلِكُونَ كُلُّ جُيُوشِها.

13 “ I will also destroy all its cattle from beside many waters; And the foot of man will not muddy them anymore And the hoofs of beasts will not muddy them.

سَأُزِيلُ ماشِيَتَها عَنِ المِياهِ الكَثِيرَةِ، وَلَنْ تَبقَى رِجلُ إنسانٍ أوْ حافِرُ حَيَوانٍ تُحَرِّكُ هَذِهِ المِياهَ.

14 “ Then I will make their waters settle And will cause their rivers to run like oil,” Declares the Lord God.

حِينَئِذٍ، سَأجعَلُ مِياهَهُمْ هادِئَةً، وَقَنَواتِهِمْ تَتَدَفَّقُ بِسَلاسَةٍ كَما لَوْ أنَّها زَيتٌ.» يَقُولُ الرّبُّ الإلَهُ.

15 “ When I make the land of Egypt a desolation, And the land is destitute of that which filled it, When I smite all those who live in it, Then they shall know that I am the Lord.

«حِينَ أُسَلِّمُ مِصرَ لِلدَّمارِ، فَإنَّ غِنى الأرْضِ سيَزُولُ عَنها، حِينَ أضرِبُ كُلَّ سُكّانِها. حِينَئِذٍ، سَيَعرِفُونَ أنِّي أنا اللهُ.»

16 T his is a lamentation and they shall chant it. The daughters of the nations shall chant it. Over Egypt and over all her hordes they shall chant it,” declares the Lord God.

هَذِهِ أُغنِيَةُ حُزنٍ سَتُغَنِّيها نِساءُ الأُمَمِ الأُخرَى عَلَى مِصرَ وَكُلِّ جُيُوشِها وَسُكّانِها. يَقُولُ الرّبُّ الإلَهُ.

17 I n the twelfth year, on the fifteenth of the month, the word of the Lord came to me saying,

فِي اليَومِ الخامِسَ عَشَرَ مِنَ الشَّهرِ الثّانِي عَشَرَ مِنَ السَّنَةِ الثّانِيَةَ عَشْرَةَ مِنَ السَّبيِ، أتَتْ إلَيَّ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ:

18 “ Son of man, wail for the hordes of Egypt and bring it down, her and the daughters of the powerful nations, to the nether world, with those who go down to the pit;

«يا إنْسانُ، غَنِّ أُغنِيَةَ حُزنٍ عَلَى جيُوشِ مِصرَ. أنزِلْهُمْ إلَى الأسفَلِ مَعَ مِصرَ وَمُدَنِ الشُّعُوبِ الجَلِيلَةِ، إلَى العالَمِ السُّفلِيِّ، مَعَ النّازِلِينَ إلَى حُفرَةِ المَوْتِ.

19 ‘ Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and make your bed with the uncircumcised.’

«هَلْ شابَهَكَ أَحَدٌ فِي الجَمالِ؟ فَانزِلْ وَاستَلقِ مَعَ اللامَخْتُونِينَ.

20 T hey shall fall in the midst of those who are slain by the sword. She is given over to the sword; they have drawn her and all her hordes away.

سَتَسقُطُ مِصرُ بَيْنَ المَقتُولِينَ بِالسَّيفِ. قَدْ عُيِّنَتْ مِصرُ لِلسَّيفِ. سَباها العَدُوُّ مَعَ كُلِّ جُيُوشِها.

21 T he strong among the mighty ones shall speak of him and his helpers from the midst of Sheol, ‘They have gone down, they lie still, the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.’

سَيَتَكَلَّمُ قادَةُ الحَربِ وَمُعاوِنُوهُمْ عَنهُ وَعَنْ مُعاوِنِيهِ فِي وَسَطِ الهاوِيَةِ، فَيَقُولُونَ: ‹نَزَلَ غَيرُ المَختُونِينَ، وَاضطَجَعُوا وَسَطَ المَقْتولِينَ بِالسَّيفِ.›

22 “ Assyria is there and all her company; her graves are round about her. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword,

«أشُّورُ فِي الهاوِيَةِ مَعَ رِفاقِها وَقُبُورُهُمْ مِنْ حَولِها. كُلُّهُمْ قَتلَى سَقَطُوا بِالسَّيفِ.

23 w hose graves are set in the remotest parts of the pit and her company is round about her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword, who spread terror in the land of the living.

جُعِلَتْ قُبُورُهُمْ فِي أعماقِ حُفرَةِ المَوْتِ. قُبُورُ رِفاقِها حَولَ قَبرِها. كُلُّهُمْ قَتلَى سَقَطُوا بِالسَّيفِ، وَكانُوا سابِقاً يَنشُرُونَ الرُّعبَ فِي أرْضِ الأحياءِ.

24 “ Elam is there and all her hordes around her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who went down uncircumcised to the lower parts of the earth, who instilled their terror in the land of the living and bore their disgrace with those who went down to the pit.

«عِيلامُ فِي الهاوِيَةِ مَعَ جُمهُورِها وَقُبُورُهُمْ مِنْ حَولِها. كُلُّهُمْ قَتلَى سَقَطُوا بِالسَّيفِ. نَزَلُوا بِلا خِتانٍ إلَى العالَمِ السَّفلِيِّ، وَكانُوا سابِقاً يَنشُرُونَ الرُّعبَ فِي أرْضِ الأحياءِ. لَكِنَّهُمْ حَمَلُوا عارَهُمْ وَنَزَلُوا مَعَ الَّذِينَ نَزَلُوا إلَى حُفرَةِ المَوْتِ.

25 T hey have made a bed for her among the slain with all her hordes. Her graves are around it, they are all uncircumcised, slain by the sword (although their terror was instilled in the land of the living), and they bore their disgrace with those who go down to the pit; they were put in the midst of the slain.

جَعَلُوا لِعيلامَ وَجُمهُورِها فِراشاً بَينَ المَذبُوحِينَ. وَقُبُورُهُمْ مِنْ حَولِها. كُلُّهُمْ غَيرُ مَختُونِينَ وَقَتلَى سَقَطُوا بِالسَّيفِ، نَزَلُوا بِلا خِتانٍ إلَى العالَمِ السَّفلِيِّ، وَكانُوا سابِقاً يَنشُرُونَ الرُّعبَ فِي أرْضِ الأحياءِ. لَكِنَّهُمْ حَمَلُوا عارَهُمْ وَنَزَلُوا مَعَ الَّذِينَ نَزَلُوا إلَى حُفرَةِ المَوْتِ، لَيَكُونُوا وَسَطَ المَذبُوحِينَ.

26 “ Meshech, Tubal and all their hordes are there; their graves surround them. All of them were slain by the sword uncircumcised, though they instilled their terror in the land of the living.

«ماشِكُ وَتُوبالُ فِي الهاوِيَةِ مَعَ جَيشِهِما وَقُبُورُهُمْ مِنْ حَولِهما. كُلُّهُمْ قَتلَى سَقَطُوا بِالسَّيفِ، وَكانُوا سابِقاً يَنشُرُونَ الرُّعبَ فِي أرْضِ الأحياءِ.

27 N or do they lie beside the fallen heroes of the uncircumcised, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war and whose swords were laid under their heads; but the punishment for their iniquity rested on their bones, though the terror of these heroes was once in the land of the living.

لَنْ يَستَلقُوا مَعَ المُحارِبِينَ الَّذِينَ سَقَطُوا مِنْ جُيُوشِ غَيرِ المَختُونِينَ الَّذِينَ نَزَلُوا إلَى مَكانِ الأمواتِ مَعَ أسلِحَةِ الحربِ الَّتِي تَخُصُّهُمْ، الَّذِينَ وُضِعَتْ سُيُوفُهُمْ تَحتَ رُؤُوسِهِمْ. سَتَحمِلُ عِظامُهُمْ ذُنُوبَهُمْ، لأنَّهُمْ كانُوا يَنشُرُونَ الرُّعبَ فِي أرْضِ الأحياءِ.

28 B ut in the midst of the uncircumcised you will be broken and lie with those slain by the sword.

«وَأنتَ، يا فِرعَوْنُ سَتَنكَسِرُ وَسَطَ غَيرِ المَختُونِينَ وَتَستَلقِي هُناكَ مَعَ المَقتُولِينَ بِالسَّيفِ.

29 “ There also is Edom, its kings and all its princes, who for all their might are laid with those slain by the sword; they will lie with the uncircumcised and with those who go down to the pit.

«أدُومُ فِي الهاوِيَةِ مَعَ مُلُوكِها وَرُؤَسائِها، الَّذِينَ بِالرَّغمِ مِنْ قُوَّتِهِمْ وُضِعُوا هُناكَ مَعَ المَقتُولِينَ بِالسَّيفِ. يَستَلقُونَ هُناكَ مَعَ غَيرِ المَختُونِينَ، وَمَعَ النّازِلِينَ إلَى حُفرَةِ المَوْتِ.

30 “ There also are the chiefs of the north, all of them, and all the Sidonians, who in spite of the terror resulting from their might, in shame went down with the slain. So they lay down uncircumcised with those slain by the sword and bore their disgrace with those who go down to the pit.

«قادَةُ الشَّمالِ جَميعاً فِي الهاوِيَةِ مَعَ كُلِّ الصِّيدُونِيِّينَ. نَزَلُوا بِعارِهِمْ مَعَ المَذبُوحِينَ، بِسَبَبِ الرُّعبِ الَّذِي أثارُوهُ بِقُوَّتِهِمْ. استَلقَوْا بِلا خِتانٍ مَعَ القَتلَى الَّذِينَ سَقَطُوا بِالسَّيفِ. حَمَلُوا عارَهُمْ وَنَزَلُوا مَعَ الَّذِينَ نَزَلُوا إلَى حُفرَةِ المَوْتِ.

31 “ These Pharaoh will see, and he will be comforted for all his hordes slain by the sword, even Pharaoh and all his army,” declares the Lord God.

«سَيَراهُمْ فِرعَوْنُ فَيَتَعَزَّى عَنْ كُلِّ جُيُوشِهِ الَّذِينَ قُتِلُوا بِالسَّيفِ.» يَقُولُ الرّبُّ الإلَهُ.

32 “ Though I instilled a terror of him in the land of the living, yet he will be made to lie down among the uncircumcised along with those slain by the sword, even Pharaoh and all his hordes,” declares the Lord God.

«لأنّي زَرَعتُ خَوفَهُ فِي أرْضِ الأحياءِ، وَسَيَستَلقِي فِرْعَوْنُ وَكُلُّ جُيُوشِهِ وَسَطَ غَيرِ المَختُونِينَ المَقتُولِينَ بِالسَّيفِ.» هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ.