God Will Punish Egypt
1 This is a message about Egypt.
The Lord is coming to Egypt, riding swiftly on a cloud. The Egyptian idols tremble before him, and the people of Egypt lose their courage. 2 The Lord says, “I will stir up civil war in Egypt and turn brother against brother and neighbor against neighbor. Rival cities will fight each other, and rival kings will struggle for power. 3 I am going to frustrate the plans of the Egyptians and destroy their morale. They will ask their idols to help them, and they will go and consult mediums and ask the spirits of the dead for advice. 4 I will hand the Egyptians over to a tyrant, to a cruel king who will rule them. I, the Lord Almighty, have spoken.”
5 The water will be low in the Nile, and the river will gradually dry up. 6 The channels of the river will stink as they slowly go dry. Reeds and rushes will wither, 7 and all the crops planted along the banks of the Nile will dry up and be blown away. 8 Everyone who earns a living by fishing in the Nile will groan and cry; their hooks and their nets will be useless. 9 Those who make linen cloth will be in despair; 10 weavers and skilled workers will be broken and depressed.
11 The leaders of the city of Zoan are fools! Egypt's wisest people give stupid advice! How do they dare to tell the king that they are successors to the ancient scholars and kings? 12 King of Egypt, where are those clever advisers of yours? Perhaps they can tell you what plans the Lord Almighty has for Egypt. 13 The leaders of Zoan and Memphis are fools. They were supposed to lead the nation, but they have misled it. 14 The Lord has made them give confusing advice. As a result, Egypt does everything wrong and staggers like a drunk slipping on his own vomit. 15 No one in Egypt, rich or poor, important or unknown, can offer help.
Egypt Will Worship the Lord
16 A time is coming when the people of Egypt will be as timid as women. They will tremble in terror when they see that the Lord Almighty has stretched out his hand to punish them. 17 The people of Egypt will be terrified of Judah every time they are reminded of the fate that the Lord Almighty has prepared for them.
18 When that time comes, the Hebrew language will be spoken in five Egyptian cities. The people there will take their oaths in the name of the Lord Almighty. One of the cities will be called, “City of the Sun.”
19 When that time comes, there will be an altar to the Lord in the land of Egypt and a stone pillar dedicated to him at the Egyptian border. 20 They will be symbols of the Lord Almighty's presence in Egypt. When the people there are oppressed and call out to the Lord for help, he will send someone to rescue them. 21 The Lord will reveal himself to the Egyptian people, and then they will acknowledge and worship him, and bring him sacrifices and offerings. They will make solemn promises to him and do what they promise. 22 The Lord will punish the Egyptians, but then he will heal them. They will turn to him, and he will hear their prayers and heal them.
23 When that time comes, there will be a highway between Egypt and Assyria. The people of these two countries will travel back and forth between them, and the two nations will worship together. 24 When that time comes, Israel will rank with Egypt and Assyria, and these three nations will be a blessing to all the world. 25 The Lord Almighty will bless them and say, “I will bless you, Egypt, my people; you, Assyria, whom I created; and you, Israel, my chosen people.”
Vēstījums par Ēģipti
1 Vēstījums par Ēģipti.
Redzi, Kungs straujā mākonī jāj,
līdz Ēģiptē nonāk,
mūk Ēģiptes dievekļi no viņa vaiga,
un ēģiptiešu sirdis nu ļimst!
2 “Es sakūdīšu ēģiptiešus pret ēģiptiešiem,
tie cīnīsies vīrs pret vīru un brālis pret brāli,
pilsēta ar pilsētu un valsts ar valsti.
3 Ēģiptiešiem tad noplaks dūša,
es viņu nodomus izjaukšu,
un tie meklēs
elkus un pareģus, garu izsaucējus un zintniekus!
4 Es nodošu ēģiptiešus bargam kungam,
un stiprs ķēniņš valdīs pār tiem,”
saka Dievs, Pulku Kungs.
5 Izsusīs Nīlas ūdeņi,
upe izkaltīs un izžūs!
6 Straumes pūs,
izsīks un izžūs Nīlas attekas,
niedres un meldri trunēs!
7 Nīlas palienes, Nīlas attekas,
viss, ko nes Nīla, –
izžūs, iznīks, vairs nebūs!
8 Vaimanās zvejnieki un sēros,
ikviens, kas reiz Nīlā metis āķi,
kas ūdenī tīklu vilcis, – tas skums!
9 Paliks kaunā linu mērcēji,
vērpējas un kokvilnas audējas!
10 Tās zemes stiprums tiks sagrauts,
bēdāsies visi, kas strādā par algu!
11 Tiešām niekkalbji ir Coanas augstmaņi,
faraona gudrajiem padomniekiem ir muļķa padoms,
kā varat faraonam teikt:
es gudro dēls, no seniem ķēniņiem cēlies!
12 Kur tad ir tavi gudrie,
lai taču viņi tev stāsta un teic,
ko Pulku Kungs par Ēģipti lēmis!
13 Apstulbuši Coanas augstmaņi,
dulni Memfisas augstmaņi,
Ēģipti pievīluši savas cilts stūrakmeņi!
14 Kungs tai uzsūtījis viltus garu,
ka Ēģipte streipuļo visā, ko dara, –
kā dzērājs streipuļo vemdams!
15 Ēģiptē neko nepaveiks –
ne galva, ne aste,
ne ozols, ne smilga!
16 Tajā dienā ēģiptieši būs kā sievas un trīcēs bailēs no Pulku Kunga rokas, ko viņš pret tiem atvēzējis! 17 Tad ēģiptieši baidīsies no Jūdas zemes – ikviens, kam viņš liks to atcerēties, bīsies Pulku Kunga nodoma, ko viņš par tiem lēmis.
Ēģipte, Asīrija un Israēls atgriezīsies pie Kunga
18 Tajā dienā Ēģiptes zemē būs piecas pilsētas, kur runās Kanaānas mēlē un zvērēs Pulku Kungam – Īr-Heresa būs viena no tām!
19 Tajā dienā Ēģiptes zemes vidū būs altāris Kungam un tā malā uzsliets piemiņas stabs Kungam! 20 Tā būs zīme un liecība Pulku Kungam Ēģiptes zemē, kad brēks uz Kungu apspiedēju dēļ, un viņš tiem sūtīs glābēju, pats ies strīdā un izglābs viņus! 21 Kungs atklāsies ēģiptiešiem, un ēģiptieši todien pazīs Kungu, un tie kalpos ar upuriem un labības dāvanām un dos Kungam solījumus, un pildīs tos. 22 Un Kungs sitīs Ēģipti – sitīs un dziedinās, un tie atgriezīsies pie Kunga, un viņš tos uzklausīs un dziedēs.
23 Tajā dienā no Ēģiptes uz Asīriju ies lielceļš, un asīrieši nāks uz Ēģipti, un ēģiptieši uz Asīriju, un ēģiptieši kalpos Dievam kopā ar asīriešiem.
24 Tajā dienā Israēls būs trešais kopā ar Ēģipti un Asīriju par svētību zemei, 25 ko Pulku Kungs svētījis, sacīdams: “Svētīta mana tauta Ēģipte un manu roku darbs Asīrija, un mans mantojums Israēls!”
