Ezequiel 29
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Profecia contra o Egito
29 No dia 12 do décimo mês[a], do décimo ano da prisão do rei Jeconias, veio até mim a mensagem do Senhor. 2 “Homem mortal, vira-te para o Egito e profetiza contra o seu rei, o Faraó, e contra todo o seu povo. 3 Comunica-lhes o que o Senhor Deus diz: Sou teu inimigo, ó Faraó, rei do Egito, poderoso monstro marinho que te estendes no meio dos teus rios. Tu disseste: ‘É meu, o Nilo! Criei-o para mim próprio!’ 4 Por isso, te porei anzóis no nariz e tirar-te-ei para fora da terra com peixes colados às tuas escamas. 5 Deixar-te-ei morrer no deserto, não só a ti, mas também a todo o teu peixe, sem mesmo serem enterrados. Servirás de alimento aos animais selvagens e aos pássaros. 6 Então todos os habitantes do Egito saberão que eu sou o Senhor!
A tua força, com a qual Israel contava, falhou. Israel apoiou-se em ti, mas eras um bordão já rachado. 7 Ao pegar-te com a mão, acabaste por te partir, rasgaste-lhe o ombro, deixaste-o incapaz de se mexer.
8 Por isso, te diz o Senhor Deus: Trarei um exército contra ti, ó Egito, que destruirá tanto as pessoas como os animais. 9 A terra do Egito há de tornar-se numa região desolada e os seus habitantes dar-se-ão conta de que eu sou o Senhor, e que fiz tal coisa.
Tu dizes: ‘O Nilo é meu! Fui eu quem o fiz!’ 10 Por isso, estou contra ti e contra o teu rio; arrasarei completamente a tua terra, desde Migdol até Assuão e até aos confins de Cuche[b]. 11 Durante 40 anos não passará vivalma por lá, seja gente, sejam animais! Ninguém viverá ali! 12 Farei do Egito uma desolação, rodeada de nações desoladas. As suas cidades manter-se-ão em ruínas durante 40 anos. Mandarei os egípcios exilados para outras terras.
13 No entanto, o Senhor Deus diz: Passados esses 40 anos, tornarei a trazer os egípcios das nações para onde foram banidos. 14 Restaurarei as riquezas do Egito e farei com que regressem à região de Patros, no sul do Egito, à sua terra natal. 15 Contudo, não passará dum país de menor importância, sem projeção. Será apenas mais uma nação subdesenvolvida; nunca mais se levantará acima das outras; jamais atingirá a importância que tinha antes.
16 Israel nunca mais esperará que lhes venha ajuda da parte do Egito. Sempre que pensar em tal coisa, logo se lembrará do pecado que antes cometeu, ao confiar em tal auxílio. E Israel saberá que só eu sou o Senhor Deus!”
Nabucodonozor levará consigo todas as riquezas egípcias como compensação
17 No vigésimo sétimo ano[c] do cativeiro do rei Jeconias, no primeiro dia do primeiro mês[d], veio até mim esta mensagem da parte do Senhor: 18 “Homem mortal, o exército do rei Nabucodonozor da Babilónia combateu duramente contra Tiro. As cabeças dos soldados tornaram-se calvas; os seus ombros esfolaram-se e empolaram[e]. Nabucodonozor não recebeu por isso nenhuma compensação nem pôde pagar ao exército por todo esse trabalho. 19 Por isso, diz o Senhor Deus, lhe será dada a terra do Egito. O rei Nabucodonozor levará consigo todas as riquezas egípcias como compensação, 20 pois tem trabalhado para mim durante estes 13 anos em Tiro, diz o Senhor Deus.
21 Naquele dia farei desabrochar o poder na casa de Israel e deixarei que tu, Ezequiel, lhe dirijas de novo a palavra. Então todos entenderão que eu sou o Senhor!”
Footnotes
- 29.1 Mês de Tebet. Entre a lua nova do mês de dezembro e o mês de janeiro.
- 29.10 Embora nalgumas traduções bíblicas apareça como Etiópia, Cuche estava localizada a sul do Egito, numa área que envolve hoje parte da Etiópia e do Sudão.
- 29.17 Seria o ano 571 a.C.
- 29.17 Mês de Abibe ou Nisan. Entre a lua nova do mês de março e o mês de abril.
- 29.18 A calvície e os ombros esfolados são efeitos do carregar grandes quantidades de terra necessárias à construção de valados e rampas, e também provavelmente uma tentativa frustrada de construção duma ponte para a ilha-fortaleza.
Ezekiel 29
King James Version
29 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt:
3 Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.
4 But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.
5 And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven.
6 And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the Lord, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
7 When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.
8 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee.
9 And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am the Lord: because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it.
10 Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia.
11 No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.
12 And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
13 Yet thus saith the Lord God; At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered:
14 And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation; and they shall be there a base kingdom.
15 It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations.
16 And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after them: but they shall know that I am the Lord God.
17 And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first month, in the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
18 Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it:
19 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.
20 I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord God.
21 In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud forth, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 29
New King James Version
Proclamation Against Egypt
29 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 2 “Son of man, (A)set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and (B)against all Egypt. 3 Speak, and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God:
(C)“Behold, I am against you,
O Pharaoh king of Egypt,
O great (D)monster who lies in the midst of his rivers,
(E)Who has said, ‘My [a]River is my own;
I have made it for myself.’
4 But (F)I will put hooks in your jaws,
And cause the fish of your rivers to stick to your scales;
I will bring you up out of the midst of your rivers,
And all the fish in your rivers will stick to your scales.
5 I will leave you in the wilderness,
You and all the fish of your rivers;
You shall fall on the [b]open (G)field;
(H)You shall not be picked up or [c]gathered.
(I)I have given you as food
To the beasts of the field
And to the birds of the heavens.
6 “Then all the inhabitants of Egypt
Shall know that I am the Lord,
Because they have been a (J)staff of reed to the house of Israel.
7 (K)When they took hold of you with the hand,
You broke and tore all their [d]shoulders;
When they leaned on you,
You broke and made all their backs quiver.”
8 ‘Therefore thus says the Lord God: “Surely I will bring (L)a sword upon you and cut off from you man and beast. 9 And the land of Egypt shall become (M)desolate and waste; then they will know that I am the Lord, because he said, ‘The River is mine, and I have made it.’ 10 Indeed, therefore, I am against you and against your rivers, (N)and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, (O)from [e]Migdol to Syene, as far as the border of Ethiopia. 11 (P)Neither foot of man shall pass through it nor foot of beast pass through it, and it shall be uninhabited forty years. 12 (Q)I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate; and among the cities that are laid waste, her cities shall be desolate forty years; and I will (R)scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries.”
13 ‘Yet, thus says the Lord God: “At the (S)end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the peoples among whom they were scattered. 14 I will bring back the captives of Egypt and cause them to return to the land of Pathros, to the land of their origin, and there they shall be a (T)lowly kingdom. 15 It shall be the lowliest of kingdoms; it shall never again exalt itself above the nations, for I will diminish them so that they will not rule over the nations anymore. 16 No longer shall it be (U)the confidence of the house of Israel, but will remind them of their iniquity when they turned to follow them. Then they shall know that I am the Lord God.” ’ ”
Babylonia Will Plunder Egypt
17 And it came to pass in the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 18 “Son of man, (V)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre; every head was made (W)bald, and every shoulder rubbed raw; yet neither he nor his army received wages from Tyre, for the labor which they expended on it. 19 Therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Surely I will give the land of Egypt to (X)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; he shall take away her wealth, carry off her spoil, and remove her pillage; and that will be the wages for his army. 20 I have given him the land of Egypt for his labor, because they (Y)worked for Me,’ says the Lord God.
21 ‘In that day (Z)I will cause the [f]horn of the house of Israel to spring forth, and I will (AA)open your mouth to speak in their midst. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.’ ”
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 29:3 The Nile
- Ezekiel 29:5 Lit. face of the field
- Ezekiel 29:5 So with MT, LXX, Vg.; some Heb. mss., Tg. buried
- Ezekiel 29:7 So with MT, Vg.; LXX, Syr. hand
- Ezekiel 29:10 Or the tower
- Ezekiel 29:21 Strength
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