Ezekiel 30

1 LEUM GOD El sifil kaskas nu sik ac fahk,

Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]

2 “Mwet sukawil moul la, palye ac fahkak kas su nga, LEUM GOD Fulatlana, fahk inge. Kom in wowoyak ac fahk kas inge: Sie len aksangeng summa!

“You human, prophesy [about what will happen to Egypt]. Say, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: “Weep and wail [DOU], because terrible things will happen some day.

3 Len sac apkuranme, len se ma LEUM GOD El ac mukuila, Sie len lohsrlosr ke pukunyeng, ac len in lokoalok nu sin mutunfacl uh.

That day is near, the day when I, Yahweh, [will punish people]; it will be a day of [dark] clouds and disaster for [many] nations.

4 Ac fah oasr mweun in facl Egypt Ac ongoiya lulap in acn Ethiopia. Mwet puspis in acn Egypt ac fah anwuki. Facl sac ac fah kunausyukla Ac ma nukewa we fah musalla.

[An enemy army] [PRS] will come to attack Egypt with their swords, and there will be great distress [among the people] in Ethiopia. [Many] people will be killed in Egypt; everything valuable will be taken away, and [even] the foundations [of the buildings] will be torn down.

5 “Mwet mweun nukewa ma utuku liki acn Ethiopia, Libya, Lydia, Arabia, Kub, ac oayapa liki inmasrlon mwet luk sifacna, ac fah misa ke mweun sac.”

[Soldiers of] Ethiopia, Libya, Lydia, and from all of Arabia, and [all the other] groups who are their allies, will be killed in the battles.”

6 LEUM GOD El fahk, “Liki acn Migdol layen epang, nwe in acn Aswan layen eir, mwet nukewa ma loango acn Egypt ac fah anwuki ke mweun uh. Un mwet mweun watwen lun acn Egypt ac fah kunausyukla. Nga, LEUM GOD Fulatlana, pa fahk ma inge.

This is what [I], Yahweh say: “The allies of Egypt will be defeated, and the power that [the people of Egypt] are proud of will end. From Migdol [city in the north] to Aswan [city in the south], the soldiers of Egypt will be killed by their enemies’ swords”; [that is what I], Yahweh the Lord, declare.

7 Facl sac ac fah arulana sikiyukla yohk liki acn nukewa faclu, ac siti we uh ac fah oan arulana musalsalu.

Egypt will become the most deserted country in the world, and its cities will be ruined, surrounded by ruined cities [in nearby nations].

8 Ke nga ac esukak acn Egypt, ac mwet loango acn we nukewa misa uh, na elos ac fah etu lah nga pa LEUM GOD.

Then, when I cause [everything in] Egypt to be burned in fires, and all their allies are defeated, people will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].

9 “Ke len se ma kunanula acn Egypt, nga ac fah supwala mwet utuk kas in oayak som nu Ethiopia, in okasak mwet we su tiana etu ke ma sikyak inge, ac elos ac fah arulana tuninfongla. Len sacn akuranna tuku!”

At that time, I will send messengers to go [swiftly up the Nile River] in boats to cause the people of Ethiopia who (are complacent/confident/think that nothing terrible will happen to them) to become afraid. They will be terrified [PRS] when Egypt is destroyed; and it will soon be that time!”

10 LEUM GOD Fulatlana El fahk, “Nga ac fah orekmakunul Tokosra Nebuchadnezzar lun acn Babylonia in tulokinya mwe kasrup lun Egypt.

This is what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say: “By the power of [MTY] of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon I will get rid of very many people in Egypt.

11 El, ac mwet mweun sulallal lal, ac fah tuku ac sukela acn we. Elos ac fah mweuni acn Egypt ke cutlass, na facl sac ac fah sessesla ke monin mwet misa.

Nebuchadnezzar and his army, whose soldiers are extremely ruthless, will come to destroy Egypt. They will pull out their swords and fill Egypt with [the corpses of] those whom they have killed.

12 Nga ac fah oru Infacl Nile in paola, ac sang facl Egypt nu inpoun mwet koluk. Mwet in mutunfacl saya ac fah arulana kunausla acn we nufon. Nga, LEUM GOD, pa fahk ma inge.”

I will cause the Nile [River] to become dry, and I will sell the nation to evil men. By the power [MTY] of foreigners I will ruin the land and everything that is in it. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have predicted it.”

13 Na LEUM GOD Fulatlana El fahk, “Nga ac fah kunausla ma sruloala ac god lusrongten nukewa in acn Memphis. Ac fah wangin mwet in leumi acn Egypt, ac nga fah oru tuh mwet nukewa in arulana sangeng.

This is [also] what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say: “I will cause the idols and statues [of idols] [DOU] in Memphis [city] to be destroyed. No longer will there be a king in Egypt, and all over the land, people will be terrified. I will cause [the people of] Egypt to be very afraid.

14 Nga ac oru tuh siti Pathros layen eir in Egypt in sikiyukla, ac esukak siti Zoan layen epang. Nga ac fah kalyei Thebes, capital lun acn we.

I will cause the Pathros [area in southern Egypt] to be abandoned. I will start fires in Zoan [city in northeast Egypt] and punish [the people in] Thebes, [the capital of southern Egypt].

15 Nga ac fah oru tuh Pelusium, su potiyukyak arulana ku, in pula kasrkusrak luk. Nga fah kunausla un mwet mweun lun acn Thebes.

I will pour out my punishment [MTY] on [the fortress in] Pelusium [at the eastern end of Egypt], and I will get rid of very many people in Thebes.

16 Nga fah esukak acn Egypt, ac siti Pelusium ac fah muta in keok lulap. Pot lun acn Thebes ac fah kunausyukla, ac siti uh ac fah sronoti.

I will burn Egypt by fires; [the people in] Pelusium will suffer severe pain. [Enemies] will conquer Thebes, and [the people in] Memphis will constantly be terrified.

17 Mukul fusr in siti Heliopolis ac Bubastis ac fah misa ke mweun, ac mwet saya ac fah sruoh ac muta in kapir.

[Many] young men in Heliopolis and Bubastis [cities in northern Egypt] will be killed by [their enemies] swords, and the others [from those cities] will be captured and taken [to Babylon].

18 Lohsr lulap ac fah putati nu fin Tahpanhes ke nga ac kunausla ku lun acn Egypt ac aksafyela ku se ma elos konkin kac. Sie pukunyeng ac fah afinya facl Egypt, ac mwet in siti nukewa we ac fah sruoh ac muta in kapir.

It will be a dark day [of destruction] at Tahpenes [city in northeast Egypt] when I cause the power [MET] of Egypt to end; that country will no longer be proud of being strong. [It will be as though] a dark cloud will cover Egypt, because the people of its villages will be captured and forced to go [to Babylon].”

19 Ke nga ac kalyei acn Egypt in lumah se inge, elos ac fah etu lah nga pa LEUM GOD.”

That is how I will punish Egypt, and people will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].’”

20 Ke len akitkosr in malem se meet ke yac aksingoul sie in sruoh lasr, LEUM GOD El kaskas nu sik ac fahk,

Almost eleven years [after we had been taken to Babylon], on the seventh day of the first month [of that year], Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]

21 “Mwet sukawil, nga koteya poun tokosra lun Egypt. Wanginna mwet kapriya ku lohsak in mahla tuh elan ku in sifil sruok cutlass natul.

“You human, I [have enabled the army of Nebuchadnezzar to defeat the army of] the King of Egypt. [It is as though] I have broken one of the arms of the King of Egypt, and it has not been bandaged in order that it could be healed, and it has not been put in splints in order that [after it heals] the arm will be strong [enough] to hold a sword.

22 Na pa inge ma nga, LEUM GOD Fulatlana, ac fahk uh: Nga lainul tokosra lun Egypt. Nga ac fah kotalik paol kewa — lacpo ma srakna wo, ac layen ma musalla tari — na cutlass natul ac fah putatla liki paol.

Therefore, this is what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘I am the enemy of the King of Egypt. [I will completely destroy the power of Egypt; it is as though] now I will break both of the king’s arms, the good/strong one and the broken one, and cause the sword to fall from his hand.

23 Nga ac fah akfahsryelik mwet Egypt nu fin faclu nufon.

I will cause the people of Egypt to be scattered among the nations [DOU].

24 Na nga ac fah akkeye poun tokosra lun Babylonia, ac sang nu inpaol cutlass nutik uh. Tusruktu nga ac koteya poun tokosra lun Egypt, ac el ac fah sasao ac misa ye mutun mwet lokoalok lal.

[It is as though] I will strengthen the arms of the King of Babylon and put a sword in his hand, and [as though] I will break the arms of the king of Egypt, and he will groan in front of the King of Babylon like [SIM] a soldier who is wounded and about to die.

25 Aok, nga fah akmunasyal, ac akkeye tokosra lun Babylonia. Ke nga ac sang cutlass nutik uh nu sel ac el kolla nu facl Egypt, mwet nukewa ac fah etu lah nga pa LEUM GOD.

I will cause the power [MTY] of the King of Babylon to become greater, and the power of the king of Egypt will be useless [MET]. When that happens, when I give power to the army of the King of Babylon, they will use that power to attack Egypt.

26 Nga ac akfahsryelik mwet Egypt nu fin faclu nufon. Na elos ac fah etu lah nga pa LEUM GOD.”

I will cause the people of Egypt to be scattered among the nations [DOU]. And when that happens, the people [of Egypt] will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do] [DOU].’”