1 And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers. 3 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net. 4 Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain upon thee, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee. 5 And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with thy height. 6 I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee. 7 And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light. 8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD. 9 I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known. 10 Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall.
11 For thus saith the Lord GOD; The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee. 12 By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall, the terrible of the nations, all of them: and they shall spoil the pomp of Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed. 13 I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside the great waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of beasts trouble them. 14 Then will I make their waters deep, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord GOD. 15 When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the country shall be destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that dwell therein, then shall they know that I am the LORD. 16 This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her: the daughters of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament for her, even for Egypt, and for all her multitude, saith the Lord GOD.
17 It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 18 Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit. 19 Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised. 20 They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes. 21 The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword. 22 Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword: 23 Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit, and her company is round about her grave: all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which caused terror in the land of the living. 24 There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit. 25 They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword: though their terror was caused in the land of the living, yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of them that be slain. 26 There is Meshech, Tubal, and all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though they caused their terror in the land of the living. 27 And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living. 28 Yea, thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shalt lie with them that are slain with the sword. 29 There is Edom, her kings, and all her princes, which with their might are laid by them that were slain by the sword: they shall lie with the uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit. 30 There be the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Zidonians, which are gone down with the slain; with their terror they are ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit. 31 Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his multitude, even Pharaoh and all his army slain by the sword, saith the Lord GOD. 32 For I have caused my terror in the land of the living: and he shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that are slain with the sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD.
1 十二年十二月初一日, 耶和华的话临到我说:
2 "人子啊! 你要为埃及王法老作一首哀歌, 对他说: ‘你像列国中的少壮狮子, 又像海中的海怪, 你在河中翻腾, 用你的爪搅动河水, 使江河浑浊。
3 主耶和华这样说: 我必用多国的群众, 把我的网撒在你身上, 他们必用我的网把你拉上来。
4 我必把你丢弃在地上, 拋掷在田野, 使空中的飞鸟都住在你身上, 使地上所有的野兽都吃你而得饱足。
5 我必把你的肉丢在山上, 把你高大的尸体填满山谷。
6 我必用你流出的血浇灌地面, 直到山上, 水沟都必充满你的血。
7 我毁灭你的时候, 必把天遮蔽, 使天上的星昏暗, 用密云遮盖太阳; 月亮也必不发光。
8 我必使天上所有的光体都在你以上变为昏暗; 我必使黑暗笼罩你的地; 这是主耶和华的宣告。
9 我使你在列国中灭亡的消息, 传到你所不认识的列邦的时候, 我必使万族的心感到不安。
10 我在他们面前向你挥动刀剑的时候, 他们必因你惊骇, 他们的君王也必因你非常恐慌; 在你倾覆的日子, 他们各人都必为自己的性命时刻战兢。
11 "‘主耶和华这样说: 巴比伦王的刀必临到你。
12 我必借着勇士的刀使你的众民倒下, 这些勇士都是列国中最强横的人。他们必毁灭埃及所夸耀的; 埃及的众民都必消灭。
13 我必从众水的旁边, 除灭埃及所有的牲畜; 人的脚必不再搅浊这些水, 牲畜的蹄也不这样作。
14 那时, 我必使众水澄清, 使江河的水像油一样缓流; 这是主耶和华的宣告。
15 我使埃及地荒凉, 使这地失去它所充满的, 又击杀其中所有的居民。那时, 他们就知道我是耶和华。
16 这就是人为埃及所唱的哀歌, 列国的女子必唱这哀歌; 她们必为埃及和它的众民唱这哀歌。这是主耶和华的宣告。’"
17 十二年十二月十五日, 耶和华的话临到我说:
18 "人子啊! 你要为埃及的众民哀号, 要把埃及和强国的女子, 与下坑的人一同送到地府那里。
19 你要对埃及说: ‘你比谁更优越呢?你下去与那些没有受割礼的人一起长眠吧! ’
20 他们必倒在那些被刀所杀的人中间; 刀既拔出, 埃及和它的众民都要被拉下去。
21 勇士中最强的必在阴间论到埃及和帮助埃及的说: ‘他们已经下来了, 他们与没有受割礼的, 就是被刀所杀的人, 一起长眠。’
22 "亚述和它的军队都在那里; 他们的坟墓在它周围; 他们都是被杀死的, 是倒在刀下的。
23 他们的坟墓是放在坑中极深之处, 亚述的众军都在它坟墓的周围, 全是被杀死的, 是倒在刀下的; 他们曾使惊恐散布在活人之地。
24 "以拦也在那里, 它的众民都在它坟墓的周围, 全是被杀死的, 是倒在刀下的; 他们没有受割礼而下到地府去; 他们曾使惊恐散布在活人之地, 现在他们与下坑的人一同担当自己的羞辱。
25 在被杀的人中, 有床为它和它的众民安设; 他们的坟墓都在它周围; 他们都是没有受割礼的, 是被刀所杀的; 他们曾使惊恐散布在活人之地。现在他们与下坑的人一同担当自己的羞辱; 以拦被安置在被杀的人中间。
26 "米设、土巴和它们所有的人民都在那里; 他们的坟墓都在米设和土巴的周围; 他们都是没有受割礼的, 是被刀所杀的; 他们曾使惊恐散布在活人之地。
27 他们不都是与那些没有受割礼而倒毙的勇士一起长眠吗?这些勇士都带着兵器下到阴间, 刀剑都放在自己的头下。他们的罪孽是在自己的骨头上。他们曾使惊恐散布在活人之地。
28 法老啊! 至于你, 你必在没有受割礼的人中被毁灭, 与那些被刀所杀的人一起长眠。
29 "以东也在那里, 以东的众王和所有首领虽然英勇, 还是与被刀所杀的人列在一起。他们必与没有受割礼而下坑的人一起长眠。
30 "在那里有北方的众首领和所有西顿人; 他们都与被杀死的人一同下去, 他们虽然英勇, 使人惊恐, 还是蒙受了羞辱; 他们没有受割礼而与那些被刀所杀的人一起长眠, 与那些下坑的人一同担当羞辱。
31 "法老看见他们, 就必为被刀所杀的众民, 就是法老自己和他的全军, 得了安慰。这是主耶和华的宣告。
32 虽然我任凭法老使惊恐散布在活人之地, 他和他的众民必在没有受割礼的人中, 与被刀所杀的人一起长眠。这是主耶和华的宣告。"