¹Issanda sõna, mis tuli prohvet Jeremijale rahvaste kohta:

¹The word of Yahweh which came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations.

²Egiptuse kohta - Egiptuse kuninga, vaarao Neko sõjaväe kohta, kes oli Frati jõe ääres Karkemises, keda Paabeli kuningas Nebukadnetsar lõi Juuda kuninga Joojakimi, Joosija poja neljandal aastal:

²Of Egypt: concerning the army of Pharaoh Necoh king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah.

³'Seadke valmis kilp ja kaitsevari ning tulge sõtta!

³Prepare the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle!

⁴Rakendage hobused! Ratsanikud, istuge selga! Asuge kohtadele, kiivrid peas! Haljastage piigid, riietuge soomusrüüdesse!

⁴Harness the horses, and get up, you horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, put on the coats of mail.

⁵Mis ma näen? Neil on hirm, nad taanduvad? Nende sangarid on löödud, nad põgenevad üha ega vaata tagasi. Hirm on igal pool - ütleb Issand.

⁵Why have I seen it? they are dismayed and are turned backward; and their mighty ones are beaten down, and have fled apace, and don’t look back: terror is on every side, says Yahweh.

⁶Ei saa pakku kiire ega pääse vägev; põhja pool, Frati jõe ääres, nad komistavad ja langevad.

⁶Don’t let the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and fallen.

⁷Kes see on, kes tõuseb nagu Niilus, kelle veed voogavad jõgedena?

⁷Who is this who rises up like the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers?

⁸Egiptus tõuseb nagu Niilus ja ta veed voogavad jõgedena. Ta ütleb: 'Ma tõusen, katan maa. Ma hävitan linna ja selle elanikud.'

⁸Egypt rises up like the Nile, and his waters toss themselves like the rivers: and he says, I will rise up, I will cover the earth; I will destroy cities and its inhabitants.

⁹Sööstke püsti, hobused, kihutage pööraselt, sõjavankrid! Minge välja, võitlejad: etiooplased ja puudid, kilbikandjad, ja luudid, vilunud ammumehed!

⁹Go up, you horses; and rage, you chariots; and let the mighty men go forth: Cush and Put, who handle the shield; and the Ludim, who handle and bend the bow.

¹⁰See päev on Issandal, vägede Issandal, kättemaksupäev oma vaenlastele tasumiseks. Mõõk sööb, küllastub ja joobub nende verest; sest Issandal, vägede Issandal, on tapaohver põhjamaal Frati jõe ääres.

¹⁰For that day is of the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour and be satiate, and shall drink its fill of their blood; for the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, has a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.

¹¹Mine üles Gileadi ja võta palsamit, neitsi, Egiptuse tütar! Asjata tarvitad palju ravimeid - sinul ei ole paranemist.

¹¹Go up into Gilead, and take balm, virgin daughter of Egypt: in vain do you use many medicines; there is no healing for you.

¹²Rahvad kuulevad su häbist ja su hädakisa täidab maa; sest vägev komistab vägeva peale ja üheskoos langevad mõlemad.'

¹²The nations have heard of your shame, and the earth is full of your cry; for the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty, they are fallen both of them together.

¹³Sõna, mis Issand rääkis prohvet Jeremijale Paabeli kuninga Nebukadnetsari tulekust Egiptusemaad lööma:

¹³The word that Yahweh spoke to Jeremiah the prophet, how that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon should come and strike the land of Egypt.

¹⁴'Andke teada Egiptuses ja kuulutage Migdolis, kuulutage Noofis ja Tahpanheesis, öelge: Astu ette ja ole valmis, sest mõõk õgib juba su ümber!

¹⁴Declare in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Memphis and in Tahpanhes: say, Stand forth, and prepare; for the sword has devoured around you.

¹⁵Miks põgenes Apis? Ei jäänud püsima su härg, sest Issand ajas selle ära.

¹⁵Why are your strong ones swept away? they didn’t stand, because Yahweh pushed them.

¹⁶Ta pani komistama paljusid, kes ka langesid üksteise peale ja ütlesid: 'Tõuskem ja mingem tagasi oma rahva juurde ja oma sünnimaale, kaugele hävitava mõõga eest!'

¹⁶He made many to stumble, yes, they fell one on another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our birth, from the oppressing sword.

¹⁷Hüüdke vaaraole, Egiptuse kuningale: Kiidukukk, kes laskis silmapilgu mööda!

¹⁷They cried there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he has let the appointed time pass by.

¹⁸Nii tõesti kui ma elan, ütleb kuningas, kelle nimi on vägede Issand - tõesti, otsekui Taabor mägede keskel ja Karmel mere ääres - tuleb tema.

¹⁸As I live, says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Armies, surely like Tabor among the mountains, and like Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.

¹⁹Sea oma kraam vangiteekonnaks valmis, sina, kes sa seal elad, Egiptuse tütar! Sest Noof muutub õudseks, elaniketa varemeiks.

¹⁹You daughter who dwells in Egypt, furnish yourself to go into captivity; for Memphis shall become a desolation, and shall be burnt up, without inhabitant.

²⁰Egiptus on ilus õhvake, aga põhja poolt tuleb parm, tuleb.

²⁰Egypt is a very beautiful heifer; but destruction out of the north has come, it has come.

²¹Palgasõduridki tema keskel on otsekui nuumvasikad; sest needki pöörduvad ja põgenevad üheskoos ega pea vastu, kui neile tuleb õnnetusepäev, nende karistusaeg.

²¹Also her hired men in the midst of her are like calves of the stall; for they also are turned back, they are fled away together, they didn’t stand: for the day of their calamity has come on them, the time of their visitation.

²²Tema hääl on kui vingerdava ussi sisin. Sest nad saabuvad sõjaväega ja tulevad kirvestega tema kallale otsekui puuraiujad.

²²The sound of it shall go like the serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as wood cutters.

²³Nad raiuvad maha tema metsa, ütleb Issand, kuigi see on läbitungimatu; sest neid on rohkem kui rohutirtse ja ükski ei suuda neid lugeda.

²³They shall cut down her forest, says Yahweh, though it can’t be searched; because they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable.

²⁴Häbisse jääb Egiptuse tütar, ta antakse põhjamaa rahva kätte.

²⁴The daughter of Egypt shall be disappointed; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.

²⁵Vägede Issand, Iisraeli Jumal, on öelnud: Vaata, ma karistan Noo Aamonit, ja vaaraod, Egiptust ning selle jumalaid ja kuningaid, vaaraod ja neid, kes loodavad tema peale.

²⁵Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Behold, I will punish Amon of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with her gods, and her kings; even Pharaoh, and those who trust in him:

²⁶Ja ma annan nad nende kätte, kes püüavad nende elu, Paabeli kuninga Nebukadnetsari ja tema sulaste kätte. Aga pärast seda elatakse seal nagu muistseil päevil, ütleb Issand.

²⁶and I will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants; and afterwards it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, says Yahweh.

²⁷Aga sina, mu sulane Jaakob, ära karda, ja Iisrael, ära ehmu! Sest vaata, ma päästan sind kaugelt ja sinu soo tema vangipõlvemaalt. Jaakob tuleb tagasi ning elab rahus ja muretult, ilma et keegi teda hirmutaks.

²⁷But don’t you be afraid, Jacob my servant, neither be dismayed, Israel: for, behold, I will save you from afar, and your seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.

²⁸Sina, mu sulane Jaakob, ära karda, ütleb Issand, sest mina olen sinuga. Sest ma teen lõpu kõigile rahvaile, kelle sekka ma olen sind pillutanud; aga sinule ma ei tee lõppu: ma karistan sind õiglaselt, aga hoopis karistamata ma sind küll ei jäta.'

²⁸Don’t you be afraid, O Jacob my servant, says Yahweh; for I am with you: for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have driven you; but I will not make a full end of you, but I will correct you in measure, and will in no way leave you unpunished.