¹关于埃及的预言

¹The burden of Egypt. Lo, Jehovah is riding on a swift thick cloud, And He hath entered Egypt, And moved have been the idols of Egypt at His presence, And the heart of Egypt melteth in its midst.

²我要激动埃及人去攻击埃及人，他们就相争起来，各人攻击自己的兄弟，各人攻击自己的邻舍，城攻击城；国攻击国。

²And I armed Egyptians against Egyptians, And they fought, each against his brother, And each against his neighbour, City against city, kingdom against kingdom.

³埃及人的意志必消沉，我要破坏他们的计谋；他们必求问偶像、念咒的、交鬼的和行巫术的。

³And emptied out hath been in its midst the spirit of Egypt. And its counsel I swallow up, And they have sought unto the idols, And unto the charmers, And unto those having familiar spirits, And unto the wizards.

⁴我必把埃及人交在残暴的主人手中；凶猛的君王要管辖他们；这是主万军之耶和华说的。

⁴And I have delivered the Egyptians Into the hand of a hard lord, And a strong king doth rule over them, An affirmation of the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts.

⁵海中的众水必干透，河床必枯竭干涸。

⁵And failed have waters from the sea, And a river is wasted and dried up.

⁶河道必发臭，埃及众河流的水必消退干涸；苇子和芦荻都必枯萎。

⁶And they have turned away the flowings, Weak and dried up have been brooks of the bulwark, Reed and flag have withered.

⁷尼罗河旁、尼罗河口的草田，以及沿着尼罗河所种的田都必枯干，被吹散，不再存在。

⁷Exposed things by the brook, by the edge of the brook, And every sown thing of the brook, hath withered, It hath been driven away, and is not.

⁸打鱼的人必哀号；所有在尼罗河上垂钓的必悲伤；那些在水面上撒网的，必灰心难过。

⁸And lamented have the fishers, And mourned have all casting angle into a brook, And those spreading nets on the face of the waters have languished.

⁹那些用梳好的麻来纺纱的，和那些织白布的，都必羞愧。

⁹And ashamed have been makers of fine flax, And weavers of net-works.

¹⁰埃及的柱石必被打碎，所有受雇的工人也必心里忧愁。

¹⁰And its foundations have been smitten, All making wages [are] afflicted in soul.

¹¹琐安的领袖非常愚昧，法老那些最有智慧的谋士所筹算的，都成为愚昧。你们怎能对法老说：“我是智慧人的儿子，是古代君王的后裔”呢？

¹¹Only, fools [are] the princes of Zoan, The counsel of the wise ones of the counsellors of Pharaoh hath become brutish. How say ye unto Pharaoh, `A son of the wise am I, a son of kings of antiquity?`

¹²你的智慧人在哪里呢？万军之耶和华向埃及所定的旨意是怎样的？就让他们告诉你，使你知道吧！

¹²Where [are] they now, thy wise ones? Yea, let them tell to thee, I pray thee, And they know what Jehovah of Hosts hath counselled against Egypt!

¹³琐安的领袖都变为愚昧，挪弗的领袖都受了欺骗；那些在埃及支派中作房角石的，使埃及人走错了路。

¹³Foolish have been princes of Zoan, Lifted up have been princes of Noph, And they have caused Egypt to err, The chief of her tribes.

¹⁴耶和华让歪曲的灵搀入埃及当中，以致他们使埃及一切所作的都有谬误，好像醉酒的人呕吐的时候，东倒西歪一样。

¹⁴Jehovah hath mingled in her midst A spirit of perverseness, And they have caused Egypt to err in all its work, As a drunkard erreth in his vomit.

¹⁵无论是头或尾、棕枝或芦苇所作的，都不能为埃及成就什么事。

¹⁵And there is no work to Egypt, That head or tail, branch or reed, may do.

¹⁶到那日，埃及人必像妇人一样。他们必因万军之耶和华在埃及之上挥手而战兢恐惧。

¹⁶In that day is Egypt like women, And it hath mourned, and been afraid, Because of the waving of the hand of Jehovah of Hosts, That He is waving over it.

¹⁷犹大地必使埃及惊恐；无论谁向埃及人提起犹大地，他们都惧怕，因为这是万军之耶和华向埃及所定的旨意。

¹⁷And the land of Judah hath been to Egypt for a cause of staggering, Every one who doth mention it, for himself feareth, Because of the counsel of Jehovah of Hosts, That He is counselling against it.

¹⁸到那日，埃及地必有五座城的人说迦南的方言，又指着万军之耶和华起誓，必有一座城称为“毁灭城”（“毁灭城”或译：“太阳城”）。

¹⁸In that day there are five cities in the land of Egypt, Speaking the lip of Canaan, And swearing to Jehovah of Hosts, `The city of destruction,` is said of one.

¹⁹到那日，在埃及地必有一座献给耶和华的祭坛；在埃及的边界上必有一根献给耶和华的柱子。

¹⁹In that day there is an altar to Jehovah In the midst of the land of Egypt, And a standing pillar near its border to Jehovah,

²⁰这都要在埃及地作万军之耶和华的记号和证据。埃及人因受人欺压向耶和华哀求的时候，他就差派一位拯救者和维护者到他们那里，他必拯救他们。

²⁰And it hath been for a sign and for a testimony, To Jehovah of Hosts in the land of Egypt, For they cry unto Jehovah from the face of oppressors, And He sendeth to them a saviour, Even a great one, and hath delivered them.

²¹耶和华必被埃及人认识。到那日，埃及人必认识耶和华；他们也要用祭物和供物来敬拜他，并且向耶和华许愿、还愿。

²¹And known hath been Jehovah to Egypt, And the Egyptians have known Jehovah in that day, And done sacrifice and present, And vowed a vow to Jehovah, and completed [it].

²²耶和华必击打埃及，既击打、又医治，他们就回转归向耶和华，他必应允他们的祷告，医治他们。

²²And Jehovah hath smitten Egypt, smiting and healing, And they have turned back unto Jehovah, And He hath been entreated of them, And hath healed them.

²³到那日，必有一条从埃及通到亚述的大道；亚述人要进到埃及，埃及人也要进入亚述；埃及人要与亚述人一同敬拜耶和华。

²³In that day is a highway out of Egypt to Asshur, And come in have the Assyrians to Egypt, And the Egyptians into Asshur, And the Egyptians have served with the Assyrians.

²⁴到那日，以色列必与埃及和亚述一起成为地上列国的祝福。

²⁴In that day is Israel third, After Egypt, and after Asshur, A blessing in the heart of the earth.

²⁵万军之耶和华赐福给他们，说：“我的子民埃及，我手的工程亚述，我的产业以色列，都是有福的！”

²⁵In that Jehovah of Hosts did bless it, saying, `Blessed [is] My people — Egypt, And the work of My hands — Asshur, And Mine inheritance — Israel!`