1 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 Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt: 3 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 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 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 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 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 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee. 9 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 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 No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years. 12 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

1 第十年十月十二日， 耶和华的话临到我说：

2 "人子啊！ 你要面向埃及王法老， 说预言攻击他和埃及全地。

3 你要说： ‘主耶和华这样说： 埃及王法老啊！ 我要与你为敌， 你这卧在自己河中的大海怪， 你曾经说过： "这河是我的， 是我自己造的。"

4 但我耶和华必用钩子钩住你的腮颊， 使你河中的鱼都紧贴着你的鳞甲， 我必把你和你河中所有紧贴着你的鳞甲的鱼， 都从你河中拉上来。

5 我必把你和你河中所有的鱼， 都丢在旷野； 你必倒在田间， 无人收殓， 无人埋葬。我已经把你给了地上的走兽和空中的飞鸟作食物。

6 埃及所有的居民就都知道我是耶和华。因为你作了以色列家芦苇的杖。

7 他们用手抓住你的时候， 你就断裂， 伤了他们的肩头； 他们倚靠你， 你就折断、扭伤了他们的腰。

8 因此， 主耶和华这样说： 看哪！ 我必使刀剑攻击你， 把人和牲畜都从你那里剪除。

9 埃及地必荒凉废弃， 人就知道我是耶和华。"’因为法老曾说： "这河是我的， 是我自己做的。"

10 所以我必与你和你的河为敌； 我必使埃及地， 从密夺到色弗尼， 直到古实边界， 都全然荒凉废弃。

11 人的脚必不经过那里， 兽的蹄也不经过那里； 四十年之久， 无人居住。

12 我必使埃及成为荒地中的荒地， 四十年之久， 它的城必成为废城中的废城。我必把埃及人分散到列邦， 四散在各地。

13 "‘主耶和华这样说： 满了四十年， 我必把埃及人从他们所分散到的万族中招聚回来。

14 我必使埃及被掳的人归回， 使他们归回自己根源之地巴忒罗， 在那里他们必成为低微的国。

15 这国必成为列国中最低微的， 也必不能再攀到列国之上； 我必使他们弱小， 以致他们不能再管辖列国。

16 埃及必不再作以色列家的倚靠； 每逢以色列家转去仰赖埃及人的时候， 他们就想起自己的罪孽。这样， 他们就知道我是主耶和华。’"

17 二十七年正月初一日， 耶和华的话临到我说：

18 "人子啊！ 巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒使他的军兵千辛万苦攻打推罗， 以致各人都头秃肩破； 但是他和他的军兵攻打推罗所付出的辛劳， 并没有从那里得到什么报酬。

19 因此， 主耶和华这样说： 看哪！ 我必把埃及地赐给巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒， 他把埃及的财富带走， 抢其中的财为掳物， 夺其中的货为掠物， 作他军兵的报酬。

20 我把埃及地赐给他， 作辛劳的报酬， 因为他们都是为我效力的。这是主耶和华的宣告。

21 到了那天， 我必使以色列家的角生出来， 我也必使你以西结在他们中间开口。他们就知道我是耶和华。"