¹Et Udsagn om Ægypten. Se, HERREN farer på letten Sky og kommer til Ægypten; Ægyptens Guder bæver for ham, Ægyptens Hjerte smelter i Brystet.

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.

²Jeg hidser Ægypten mod Ægypten, så de kæmper Broder mod Broder, Ven mod Ven, By mod By, Rige mod Rige.

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

³Ægyptens Forstand står stille, dets Råd gør jeg til intet, så de søger Guder og Manere, Genfærd og Ånder.

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.

⁴Jeg giver Ægypten hen i en hårdhjertet Herres Hånd, en Voldskonge bliver deres Hersker, så lyder det fra Herren, Hærskarers HERRE.

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.

⁵Vandet i Floden svinder, Strømmen bliver sid og tør;

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

⁶Strømmene udspreder Stank, Ægyptens Floder svinder og tørres; Rør og Siv visner hen,

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

⁷alt Græsset ved Nilbredden dør, al Sæd ved Nilen hentørres, svinder og er ikke mere.

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.

⁸Fiskerne sukker og sørger, alle, som meder i Nilen; de, som, sætter Garn i Vandet, gribes af Modløshed.

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.

⁹Til Skamme er de, som væver Linned, Heglersker og de, som væver Byssus;

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

¹⁰Spinderne er sønderknust, hver Daglejer sørger bittert.

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

¹¹Kun Dårer er Zoans Øverster, Faraos viseste Rådmænd så dumt et Råd. Hvor kan I sige til Farao: "Jeg er en Ætling af Vismænd, Ætling af Fortidens Konger?"

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?`

¹²Ja, hvor er nu dine Vismænd? Lad dem dog kundgøre dig og lade dig vide, hvad Hærskarers HERRE har for mod Ægypten!

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!

¹³Hans Fyrster blev Dårer: Fyrster i Nof blev Tåber. Ægypten er bragt til at rave af Stammernes Hjørnesten.

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.

¹⁴I dets Indre har HERREN udgydt Svimmelheds Ånd; Ægypten fik de til at rave i al dets Id, som den drukne raver i sit Spy.

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.

¹⁵For Ægypten lykkes intet, hverken for Hoved eller Hale, Palme eller Siv.

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

¹⁶På hin Dag skal Ægypten blive som Kvinder; det skal ængstes og grue for Hærskarers HERREs svungne Hånd, som han svinger imod det.

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.

¹⁷Judas Land bliver Ægypten en Rædsel; hver Gang nogen minder dem derom, gribes de af Angst for, hvad Hærskarers HERRE har for imod det.

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.

¹⁸På hin Dag skal fem Byer i Ægypten tale Kana'ans Tungemål og sværge ved Hærskarers HERRE; en af dem skal kaldes Ir-Haheres.

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.

¹⁹På hin Dag skal HERREN have et Alter midt i Ægypten og en Stenstøtte ved dets Grænse.

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,

²⁰Det skal være Tegn og Vidne for Hærskarers HERRE i Ægypten; når de råber til HERREN over dem, som mishandler dem, vil han sende dem en Frelser; han skal stride og udfri dem.

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.

²¹Da skal HERREN give sig til Kende for Ægypten, Ægypterne skal lære HERREN at kende på hin Dag; de skal bringe Slagtoffer og Afgrødeoffer og gøre Løfter til HERREN og indfri dem.

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].

²²HERREN skal slå Ægypten, slå og læge; og når de omvender sig til HERREN, bønhører han dem og læger dem.

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.

²³På hin Dag skal der gå en banet Vej fra Ægypten til Assyrien, og Assyrien skal komme til Ægypten og Ægypten til Assyrien, og Ægypten skal tjene Herren sammen med Assyrien.

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.

²⁴På hin Dag skal Israel selvtredje, sammen med Ægypten og Assyrien, være en Velsignelse midt på Jorden,

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

²⁵som Hærskarers HERRE velsigner med de Ord: "Velsignet være Ægypten, mit Folk, og Assyrien, mine Hænders Værk, og Israel, min Arvelod!"

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!`