Ndebelombeli ngekwe Egipiti
1 Mu gole le bugumi, mu mwedzi we bugumi, mu zhuba le bugumi lina kubili, dama la Yahwe lakazha kundili liti, 2 “Nkololo we nthu, lingisana na Faro mambo we Egipiti ulebesembeli nge kukwe nenge kwe Egipiti yose. 3 Lebeleka naye uti, ‘She Yahwe bakati,
“ ‘Bona ndobhayana nawe,
iwe Faro mambo we Egipiti.
Iwe bhophona gulu lakabutha
pakati kwe hwobana dzidzo,
Iwe unoti, “Gwizi gwe Naili nge gwangu,
ndakaguzwithamila.”
4 Ndowolonga zwihweko mu shaya dzidzo,
ndibe ndithama kuti hwobe dze hwobana dzidzo dzinamatile makwapa awo.
Ndowokukwebela kuzhe kwe hwobana dzidzo,
ne hwobe dzose dze hwobana dzidzo
dzakanamatila makwapa awo.
5 Ndowokulashila mu tjilambanyika,
iwe ne hwobe dzose dze hwobana dzidzo.
Unowowila mu lenje
ngono awutowotogwa ukabiganyiwa.
Ndakupa zwibandana zwe shango ne nyuni dze shango
kube zojiwa zwadzo.
6 Ipapo bose bagali be Egipiti banowoziba
kuti ndimi Yahwe
ngoti iwe wabe uli ludozo gwe lushanga
ku bathu be Iziraela.
7 Ha bekubhata nge luboko, unovunika,
ube upalula mathudzi abo,
ne bekunayila unovunika
ngono ube ututhula thunji dzabo.
8 “ ‘Ndizo wali She Yahwe bakati, Bona ndowozhisa thumo kubhayana nawe ngono lowobulaya bathu babo ne phuka dzidzo. 9 Shango ye Egipiti inowobe dukuthuku ikabe shakadzwa. Ndipo pabanowoziba kuti ndimi Yahwe. Se wakati, “Gwizi gwe Naili nge gwangu, ndimi ndakaguthama,” 10 ndizo wali ndobhayana nawe ne hwobana dzidzo ngono ndowothama Egipiti shakadzwa ne dukuthuku kudwa ku Migidolo ne Siyene kuyenda bukule gunonoti ku Itopiya. 11 Akuna nthu unowopinda ne muili kene ili phuka, akuna unowogala ikoko kwe makole ali makumi manna. 12 Ndowothama Egipiti ikabe dukuthuku pakati kwe shango dzakathukudzika ne mizi yawo mikulu inowothukudzika kwe makole ali makumi manna pakati kwe mizi yakathukudzika. Ngono ndowopaladzila Baegipiti mu njudzi abatatabadza nge shango.
13 “ ‘Nenguba kwakajalo She Yahwe bakati, Kubupelo gwe makole ali makumi ali manna ndowokubunganya Baegipiti kudwa mu njudzi dzabakabe bapalalila mu dzili. 14 Ndowobabuza kudwa mu butapiwa ababgwiliza ku shango ye Patirosi, shango yabakapaluka muili ngono ikoko banowobe bumambo gu pasi. 15 Gowobe bumambo gu pasi tjose kwe bumambo, agutowo tjabe gungakula gukazwikudza gukabe pezhugwi kwe njudzi. Ndoguthama kuti gusitjasime, gusitjabe gungabusa zwitjaba kakale. 16 Egipiti ayitowofa yagagwabgwe nge bathu be Iziraela, koga inowobe ikumbuludzo tje tjibi tjabo ha bekumbula kuwana bhatsho mubali. Ndiko banowoziba kuti ndimi She Yahwe.’ ”
Egipiti inowotapigwa nge Bhabhiloni
17 Mu gole le bumakumi ali mabili ana ali kutendeka, mu mwedzi we kutanga mu zhuba le kutanga, dama la Yahwe lakazha kundili liti, 18 “Nkololo we nthu, Nebukadineza mambo we Bhabhiloni wakasimisa ngwa iye kagwa ne Tire kwakabangalala, nsholo mmwe ne mmwe ukasubuka ukasala una bhalo ne thudzi limwe ne limwe likasusubuka, koga iye mambo ne ngwa iye bakasiwane mbhayilo mu kugwa ikoku kwabo ne Tire. 19 Ndizo wali She Yahwe bakati, Ndowolonga Egipiti mu maboko a Nebukadineza mambo we Bhabhiloni, ngono unowotola fumwa yayo kayenda nayo. Unowokubulula katapila shango uli iwo mbhayilo we ngwa iye. 20 Ndampa Egipiti se mbuyilo ye matatabuko awe ngoti iye ne ngwa iye bakakushingila imi, kojalo She Yahwe.
21 “Mu zhuba ilelo ndowopa simba bathu be Iziraela, ngono imi ndowozhula nlomo uwo pakati kwabo. Ipapo banowoziba kuti ndimi Yahwe.”
Judgment on the King of Egypt
1 Ten years after King Jehoiachin and the rest of us had been led away as prisoners to Babylonia, the Lord spoke to me on the twelfth day of the tenth month. He said:
2 Ezekiel, son of man, condemn the king of Egypt. Tell him and his people 3 that I am saying:
King of Egypt, you were like a giant crocodile lying in a river. You acted as though you owned the Nile and made it for yourself. But now I, the Lord God, am your enemy! 4 I will put a hook in your jaw and pull you out of the water, and all the fish in your river will stick to your scaly body. 5 I'll throw you and the fish into the desert, and your body will fall on the hard ground. You will be left unburied, and wild animals and birds will eat your flesh. 6 Then everyone in Egypt will know that I am the Lord.
You and your nation refused to help the people of Israel and were nothing more than a broken stick. 7 When they reached out to you for support, you broke in half, cutting their arms and making them fall.
8 So I, the Lord God, will send troops to attack you, king of Egypt. They will kill your people and livestock, 9 until your land is a barren desert. Then you will know that I have done these things.
You claimed that you made the Nile River and control it. 10 Now I am turning against you and your river. Your nation will be nothing but an empty wasteland all the way from the town of Migdol in the north to Aswan in the south, and as far as the border of Ethiopia. 11 No human or animal will even dare travel through Egypt, because no sign of life will be found there for 40 years. 12 It will be the most barren place on earth. Every city in Egypt will lie in ruins during those 40 years, and I will scatter your people throughout the nations of the world.
13 Then after those 40 years have passed, I will bring your people back from the places where I scattered them. 14 They will once again live in their homeland in southern Egypt. But they will be a weak kingdom 15 and won't ever be strong enough to rule nations, as they did in the past. 16 My own people Israel will never again depend on your nation. In fact, when the Israelites remember what happened to you Egyptians, they will realize how wrong they were to turn to you for help. Then the Israelites will know that I, the Lord God, did these things.
King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia Will Conquer Egypt
17 Twenty-seven years after King Jehoiachin and the rest of us had been led away as prisoners to Babylonia, the Lord spoke to me on the first day of the first month. He said:
18 King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia has attacked the city of Tyre. He forced his soldiers to carry so many heavy loads that their heads were rubbed bald, and their shoulders were red and sore. Nebuchadnezzar and his army still could not capture the city. 19 So now I will hand over the nation of Egypt to him. He will take Egypt's valuable treasures and give them to his own troops. 20 Egypt will be his reward, because he and his army have been following my orders. I, the Lord God, have spoken.
21 Ezekiel, when Egypt is defeated, I will make the people of Israel strong, and I will give you the power to speak to them. Then they will know that I, the Lord, have done these things.