以西結書 29
1 第十年十月十二日，耶和華的話臨到我說：
In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the LORD’s word came to me, saying,
2 「人子啊，你要向埃及王法老預言攻擊他和埃及全地，
“Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.
3 說主耶和華如此說： 埃及王法老啊， 我與你這臥在自己河中的大魚為敵。 你曾說：這河是我的， 是我為自己造的。
Speak and say, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lies in the middle of his rivers, that has said, ‘My river is my own, and I have made it for myself.’
4 我－耶和華必用鉤子鉤住你的腮頰， 又使江河中的魚貼住你的鱗甲； 我必將你和所有貼住你鱗甲的魚， 從江河中拉上來，
I will put hooks in your jaws, and I will make the fish of your rivers stick to your scales. I will bring you up out of the middle of your rivers, with all the fish of your rivers which stick to your scales.
5 把你並江河中的魚都拋在曠野； 你必倒在田間， 不被收殮，不被掩埋。 我已將你給地上野獸、空中飛鳥作食物。
I’ll cast you out into the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers. You’ll fall on the open field. You won’t be brought together or gathered. I have given you for food to the animals of the earth and to the birds of the sky.
6 「埃及一切的居民，因向以色列家成了蘆葦的杖，就知道我是耶和華。
“‘“All the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
7 他們用手持住你，你就斷折，傷了他們的肩；他們倚靠你，你就斷折，閃了他們的腰。
When they took hold of you by your hand, you broke and tore all their shoulders. When they leaned on you, you broke and paralysed all of their thighs.”
8 所以主耶和華如此說：我必使刀劍臨到你，從你中間將人與牲畜剪除。
“‘Therefore the Lord GOD says: “Behold, I will bring a sword on you, and will cut off man and animal from you.
9 埃及地必荒廢淒涼，他們就知道我是耶和華。 「因為法老說：『這河是我的，是我所造的』，
The land of Egypt will be a desolation and a waste. Then they will know that I am the LORD. “‘“Because he has said, ‘The river is mine, and I have made it,’
10 所以我必與你並你的江河為敵，使埃及地，從色弗尼塔直到古實境界，全然荒廢淒涼。
therefore, behold, I am against you and against your rivers. I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from the tower of Seveneh even to the border of Ethiopia.
11 人的腳、獸的蹄都不經過，四十年之久並無人居住。
No foot of man will pass through it, nor will any animal foot pass through it. It won’t be inhabited for forty years.
12 我必使埃及地在荒涼的國中成為荒涼，使埃及城在荒廢的城中變為荒廢，共有四十年。我必將埃及人分散在列國，四散在列邦。」
I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the middle of the countries that are desolate. Her cities amongst the cities that are laid waste will be a desolation forty years. I will scatter the Egyptians amongst the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.”
13 主耶和華如此說：「滿了四十年，我必招聚分散在各國民中的埃及人。
“‘For the Lord GOD says: “At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the peoples where they were scattered.
14 我必叫埃及被擄的人回來，使他們歸回本地巴忒羅。在那裏必成為低微的國，
I will reverse the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their birth. There they will be a lowly kingdom.
15 必為列國中最低微的，也不再自高於列國之上。我必減少他們，以致不再轄制列國。
It will be the lowest of the kingdoms. It won’t lift itself up above the nations any more. I will diminish them so that they will no longer rule over the nations.
16 埃及必不再作以色列家所倚靠的；以色列家仰望埃及人的時候，便思念罪孽。他們就知道我是主耶和華。」
It will no longer be the confidence of the house of Israel, bringing iniquity to memory, when they turn to look after them. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.”’”
17 二十七年正月初一日，耶和華的話臨到我說：
It came to pass in the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, in the first day of the month, the LORD’s word came to me, saying,
18 「人子啊，巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒使他的軍兵大大效勞，攻打泰爾，以致頭都光禿，肩都磨破；然而他和他的軍兵攻打泰爾，並沒有從那裏得甚麼酬勞。
“Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyre. Every head was made bald, and every shoulder was worn; yet he had no wages, nor did his army, from Tyre, for the service that he had served against it.
19 所以主耶和華如此說：我必將埃及地賜給巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒；他必擄掠埃及群眾，搶其中的財為擄物，奪其中的貨為掠物，這就可以作他軍兵的酬勞。
Therefore the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. He will carry off her multitude, take her plunder, and take her prey. That will be the wages for his army.
20 我將埃及地賜給他，酬他所效的勞，因王與軍兵是為我勤勞。這是主耶和華說的。
I have given him the land of Egypt as his payment for which he served, because they worked for me,’ says the Lord GOD.
21 「當那日，我必使以色列家的角發生，又必使你－以西結在他們中間得以開口；他們就知道我是耶和華。」
“In that day I will cause a horn to sprout for the house of Israel, and I will open your mouth amongst them. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
