关于埃及的预言

19 以下是关于埃及的预言:

看啊,耶和华驾着疾驰的云来到埃及。
埃及的偶像在祂面前颤抖,
埃及人胆战心惊。
“我必使埃及人彼此为敌——手足相残,
邻居互斗,城邑相争,
邦国互攻。
埃及人必灰心丧志,
我必破坏他们的计谋。
他们必求问偶像、巫师、灵媒和术士。
我必将埃及人交给一位残忍的主人,
一位暴君必统治他们。”
这是主——万军之耶和华说的。

尼罗河必枯竭,
河床必干涸。
河流必发臭,
埃及的河流逐渐枯竭。
芦荻和灯心草必枯死,
尼罗河两岸青草枯黄,
田地龟裂,庄稼被风吹去,
荡然无存。
所有在尼罗河下钩的渔夫都哀哭悲伤,
在河上撒网的人都伤痛。
纺纱织布的人一筹莫展,
感到绝望。
10 埃及的显贵都没落,
靠工钱维生的人都忧心忡忡。

11 埃及王聪明的谋士——琐安的首领们变得愚不可及。
他们怎敢在埃及王面前自称是古圣先贤的子孙呢?
12 埃及王啊,你的智者在哪里呢?
让他们把万军之耶和华对付埃及的计划告诉你吧!
13 琐安的首领愚昧,
挪弗的首领糊涂。
他们是埃及的房角石,
却把埃及人引入歧途。
14 耶和华使错谬的灵进入他们当中,
使他们像又呕又吐、东倒西歪的醉汉,
做什么都错误百出。
15 埃及从首领到平民,
从权贵到草根必一筹莫展。

16 到那日,当万军之耶和华挥拳惩罚的时候,埃及人必恐惧战抖,如柔弱的女子。 17 他们必对犹大充满恐惧,一听见犹大的名字就害怕,因为万军之耶和华定下计划要对付他们。 18 到那日,埃及必有五座城的人讲迦南的语言,并信奉万军之耶和华,其中有一座必叫灭亡城[a]

19 到那日,埃及的中央必有一座为耶和华筑的祭坛,边境必有一根为耶和华立的石柱。 20 这是万军之耶和华在埃及的记号和凭据。埃及人因受到欺压就呼求耶和华,祂必差遣一位救主保护、拯救他们。 21 耶和华必向埃及人彰显自己。到那日,埃及人必认识祂,带着祭物和供品来敬拜祂,向祂许愿还愿。 22 耶和华必击打他们,也必医治他们。他们必归向耶和华,祂必应允他们的祷告,医治他们。

23 到那日,必有一条大道连接埃及和亚述,两国人民可以互相往来,一同敬拜耶和华。 24 到那日,以色列必与埃及和亚述一同成为世人的祝福。 25 万军之耶和华必赐福给他们,说:“我的子民埃及、我手中的杰作亚述、我的产业以色列都有福了!”

Footnotes

  1. 19:18 灭亡城”有些抄本作“太阳城”。

關於埃及的預言

19 以下是關於埃及的預言:

看啊,耶和華駕著疾馳的雲來到埃及。
埃及的偶像在祂面前顫抖,
埃及人膽戰心驚。
「我必使埃及人彼此為敵——手足相殘,
鄰居互鬥,城邑相爭,
邦國互攻。
埃及人必灰心喪志,
我必破壞他們的計謀。
他們必求問偶像、巫師、靈媒和術士。
我必將埃及人交給一位殘忍的主人,
一位暴君必統治他們。」
這是主——萬軍之耶和華說的。

尼羅河必枯竭,
河床必乾涸。
河流必發臭,
埃及的河流逐漸枯竭。
蘆荻和燈心草必枯死,
尼羅河兩岸青草枯黃,
田地龜裂,莊稼被風吹去,
蕩然無存。
所有在尼羅河下鉤的漁夫都哀哭悲傷,
在河上撒網的人都傷痛。
紡紗織布的人一籌莫展,
感到絕望。
10 埃及的顯貴都沒落,
靠工錢維生的人都憂心忡忡。

11 埃及王聰明的謀士——瑣安的首領們變得愚不可及。
他們怎敢在埃及王面前自稱是古聖先賢的子孫呢?
12 埃及王啊,你的智者在哪裡呢?
讓他們把萬軍之耶和華對付埃及的計劃告訴你吧!
13 瑣安的首領愚昧,
挪弗的首領糊塗。
他們是埃及的房角石,
卻把埃及人引入歧途。
14 耶和華使錯謬的靈進入他們當中,
使他們像又嘔又吐、東倒西歪的醉漢,
做什麼都錯誤百出。
15 埃及從首領到平民,
從權貴到草根必一籌莫展。

16 到那日,當萬軍之耶和華揮拳懲罰的時候,埃及人必恐懼戰抖,如柔弱的女子。 17 他們必對猶大充滿恐懼,一聽見猶大的名字就害怕,因為萬軍之耶和華定下計劃要對付他們。 18 到那日,埃及必有五座城的人講迦南的語言,並信奉萬軍之耶和華,其中有一座必叫滅亡城[a]

19 到那日,埃及的中央必有一座為耶和華築的祭壇,邊境必有一根為耶和華立的石柱。 20 這是萬軍之耶和華在埃及的記號和憑據。埃及人因受到欺壓就呼求耶和華,祂必差遣一位救主保護、拯救他們。 21 耶和華必向埃及人彰顯自己。到那日,埃及人必認識祂,帶著祭物和供品來敬拜祂,向祂許願還願。 22 耶和華必擊打他們,也必醫治他們。他們必歸向耶和華,祂必應允他們的禱告,醫治他們。

23 到那日,必有一條大道連接埃及和亞述,兩國人民可以互相往來,一同敬拜耶和華。 24 到那日,以色列必與埃及和亞述一同成為世人的祝福。 25 萬軍之耶和華必賜福給他們,說:「我的子民埃及、我手中的傑作亞述、我的產業以色列都有福了!」

Footnotes

  1. 19·18 滅亡城」有些抄本作「太陽城」。

A Prophecy Against Egypt

19 A prophecy(A) against Egypt:(B)

See, the Lord rides on a swift cloud(C)
    and is coming to Egypt.
The idols of Egypt tremble before him,
    and the hearts of the Egyptians melt(D) with fear.

“I will stir up Egyptian against Egyptian—
    brother will fight against brother,(E)
    neighbor against neighbor,
    city against city,
    kingdom against kingdom.(F)
The Egyptians will lose heart,(G)
    and I will bring their plans(H) to nothing;(I)
they will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead,
    the mediums and the spiritists.(J)
I will hand the Egyptians over
    to the power of a cruel master,
and a fierce king(K) will rule over them,”
    declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.

The waters of the river will dry up,(L)
    and the riverbed will be parched and dry.(M)
The canals will stink;(N)
    the streams of Egypt will dwindle and dry up.(O)
The reeds(P) and rushes will wither,(Q)
    also the plants(R) along the Nile,
    at the mouth of the river.
Every sown field(S) along the Nile
    will become parched, will blow away and be no more.(T)
The fishermen(U) will groan and lament,
    all who cast hooks(V) into the Nile;
those who throw nets on the water
    will pine away.
Those who work with combed flax(W) will despair,
    the weavers of fine linen(X) will lose hope.
10 The workers in cloth will be dejected,
    and all the wage earners will be sick at heart.

11 The officials of Zoan(Y) are nothing but fools;
    the wise counselors(Z) of Pharaoh give senseless advice.(AA)
How can you say to Pharaoh,
    “I am one of the wise men,(AB)
    a disciple of the ancient kings”?

12 Where are your wise men(AC) now?
    Let them show you and make known
what the Lord Almighty
    has planned(AD) against Egypt.
13 The officials of Zoan(AE) have become fools,
    the leaders of Memphis(AF) are deceived;
the cornerstones(AG) of her peoples
    have led Egypt astray.
14 The Lord has poured into them
    a spirit of dizziness;(AH)
they make Egypt stagger in all that she does,
    as a drunkard staggers(AI) around in his vomit.
15 There is nothing Egypt can do—
    head or tail, palm branch or reed.(AJ)

16 In that day(AK) the Egyptians will become weaklings.(AL) They will shudder with fear(AM) at the uplifted hand(AN) that the Lord Almighty raises against them. 17 And the land of Judah will bring terror to the Egyptians; everyone to whom Judah is mentioned will be terrified,(AO) because of what the Lord Almighty is planning(AP) against them.

18 In that day(AQ) five cities(AR) in Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance(AS) to the Lord Almighty. One of them will be called the City of the Sun.[a](AT)

19 In that day(AU) there will be an altar(AV) to the Lord in the heart of Egypt,(AW) and a monument(AX) to the Lord at its border. 20 It will be a sign and witness(AY) to the Lord Almighty in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the Lord because of their oppressors, he will send them a savior(AZ) and defender, and he will rescue(BA) them. 21 So the Lord will make himself known to the Egyptians, and in that day they will acknowledge(BB) the Lord. They will worship(BC) with sacrifices and grain offerings; they will make vows to the Lord and keep them.(BD) 22 The Lord will strike(BE) Egypt with a plague;(BF) he will strike them and heal them. They will turn(BG) to the Lord, and he will respond to their pleas and heal(BH) them.

23 In that day(BI) there will be a highway(BJ) from Egypt to Assyria.(BK) The Assyrians will go to Egypt and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship(BL) together. 24 In that day(BM) Israel will be the third, along with Egypt and Assyria,(BN) a blessing[b](BO) on the earth. 25 The Lord Almighty will bless(BP) them, saying, “Blessed be Egypt my people,(BQ) Assyria my handiwork,(BR) and Israel my inheritance.(BS)

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 19:18 Some manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls, Symmachus and Vulgate; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text City of Destruction
  2. Isaiah 19:24 Or Assyria, whose names will be used in blessings (see Gen. 48:20); or Assyria, who will be seen by others as blessed

关于埃及的预言

19 以下是关于埃及的预言:

看啊,耶和华驾着疾驰的云来到埃及。
埃及的偶像在祂面前颤抖,
埃及人胆战心惊。
“我必使埃及人彼此为敌——手足相残,
邻居互斗,城邑相争,
邦国互攻。
埃及人必灰心丧志,
我必破坏他们的计谋。
他们必求问偶像、巫师、灵媒和术士。
我必将埃及人交给一位残忍的主人,
一位暴君必统治他们。”
这是主——万军之耶和华说的。

尼罗河必枯竭,
河床必干涸。
河流必发臭,
埃及的河流逐渐枯竭。
芦荻和灯心草必枯死,
尼罗河两岸青草枯黄,
田地龟裂,庄稼被风吹去,
荡然无存。
所有在尼罗河下钩的渔夫都哀哭悲伤,
在河上撒网的人都伤痛。
纺纱织布的人一筹莫展,
感到绝望。
10 埃及的显贵都没落,
靠工钱维生的人都忧心忡忡。

11 埃及王聪明的谋士——琐安的首领们变得愚不可及。
他们怎敢在埃及王面前自称是古圣先贤的子孙呢?
12 埃及王啊,你的智者在哪里呢?
让他们把万军之耶和华对付埃及的计划告诉你吧!
13 琐安的首领愚昧,
挪弗的首领糊涂。
他们是埃及的房角石,
却把埃及人引入歧途。
14 耶和华使错谬的灵进入他们当中,
使他们像又呕又吐、东倒西歪的醉汉,
做什么都错误百出。
15 埃及从首领到平民,
从权贵到草根必一筹莫展。

16 到那日,当万军之耶和华挥拳惩罚的时候,埃及人必恐惧战抖,如柔弱的女子。 17 他们必对犹大充满恐惧,一听见犹大的名字就害怕,因为万军之耶和华定下计划要对付他们。 18 到那日,埃及必有五座城的人讲迦南的语言,并信奉万军之耶和华,其中有一座必叫灭亡城[a]

19 到那日,埃及的中央必有一座为耶和华筑的祭坛,边境必有一根为耶和华立的石柱。 20 这是万军之耶和华在埃及的记号和凭据。埃及人因受到欺压就呼求耶和华,祂必差遣一位救主保护、拯救他们。 21 耶和华必向埃及人彰显自己。到那日,埃及人必认识祂,带着祭物和供品来敬拜祂,向祂许愿还愿。 22 耶和华必击打他们,也必医治他们。他们必归向耶和华,祂必应允他们的祷告,医治他们。

23 到那日,必有一条大道连接埃及和亚述,两国人民可以互相往来,一同敬拜耶和华。 24 到那日,以色列必与埃及和亚述一同成为世人的祝福。 25 万军之耶和华必赐福给他们,说:“我的子民埃及、我手中的杰作亚述、我的产业以色列都有福了!”

Footnotes

  1. 19:18 灭亡城”有些抄本作“太阳城”。

關於埃及的預言

19 以下是關於埃及的預言:

看啊,耶和華駕著疾馳的雲來到埃及。
埃及的偶像在祂面前顫抖,
埃及人膽戰心驚。
「我必使埃及人彼此為敵——手足相殘,
鄰居互鬥,城邑相爭,
邦國互攻。
埃及人必灰心喪志,
我必破壞他們的計謀。
他們必求問偶像、巫師、靈媒和術士。
我必將埃及人交給一位殘忍的主人,
一位暴君必統治他們。」
這是主——萬軍之耶和華說的。

尼羅河必枯竭,
河床必乾涸。
河流必發臭,
埃及的河流逐漸枯竭。
蘆荻和燈心草必枯死,
尼羅河兩岸青草枯黃,
田地龜裂,莊稼被風吹去,
蕩然無存。
所有在尼羅河下鉤的漁夫都哀哭悲傷,
在河上撒網的人都傷痛。
紡紗織布的人一籌莫展,
感到絕望。
10 埃及的顯貴都沒落,
靠工錢維生的人都憂心忡忡。

11 埃及王聰明的謀士——瑣安的首領們變得愚不可及。
他們怎敢在埃及王面前自稱是古聖先賢的子孫呢?
12 埃及王啊,你的智者在哪裡呢?
讓他們把萬軍之耶和華對付埃及的計劃告訴你吧!
13 瑣安的首領愚昧,
挪弗的首領糊塗。
他們是埃及的房角石,
卻把埃及人引入歧途。
14 耶和華使錯謬的靈進入他們當中,
使他們像又嘔又吐、東倒西歪的醉漢,
做什麼都錯誤百出。
15 埃及從首領到平民,
從權貴到草根必一籌莫展。

16 到那日,當萬軍之耶和華揮拳懲罰的時候,埃及人必恐懼戰抖,如柔弱的女子。 17 他們必對猶大充滿恐懼,一聽見猶大的名字就害怕,因為萬軍之耶和華定下計劃要對付他們。 18 到那日,埃及必有五座城的人講迦南的語言,並信奉萬軍之耶和華,其中有一座必叫滅亡城[a]

19 到那日,埃及的中央必有一座為耶和華築的祭壇,邊境必有一根為耶和華立的石柱。 20 這是萬軍之耶和華在埃及的記號和憑據。埃及人因受到欺壓就呼求耶和華,祂必差遣一位救主保護、拯救他們。 21 耶和華必向埃及人彰顯自己。到那日,埃及人必認識祂,帶著祭物和供品來敬拜祂,向祂許願還願。 22 耶和華必擊打他們,也必醫治他們。他們必歸向耶和華,祂必應允他們的禱告,醫治他們。

23 到那日,必有一條大道連接埃及和亞述,兩國人民可以互相往來,一同敬拜耶和華。 24 到那日,以色列必與埃及和亞述一同成為世人的祝福。 25 萬軍之耶和華必賜福給他們,說:「我的子民埃及、我手中的傑作亞述、我的產業以色列都有福了!」

Footnotes

  1. 19·18 滅亡城」有些抄本作「太陽城」。

A Prophecy Against Egypt

19 A prophecy(A) against Egypt:(B)

See, the Lord rides on a swift cloud(C)
    and is coming to Egypt.
The idols of Egypt tremble before him,
    and the hearts of the Egyptians melt(D) with fear.

“I will stir up Egyptian against Egyptian—
    brother will fight against brother,(E)
    neighbor against neighbor,
    city against city,
    kingdom against kingdom.(F)
The Egyptians will lose heart,(G)
    and I will bring their plans(H) to nothing;(I)
they will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead,
    the mediums and the spiritists.(J)
I will hand the Egyptians over
    to the power of a cruel master,
and a fierce king(K) will rule over them,”
    declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.

The waters of the river will dry up,(L)
    and the riverbed will be parched and dry.(M)
The canals will stink;(N)
    the streams of Egypt will dwindle and dry up.(O)
The reeds(P) and rushes will wither,(Q)
    also the plants(R) along the Nile,
    at the mouth of the river.
Every sown field(S) along the Nile
    will become parched, will blow away and be no more.(T)
The fishermen(U) will groan and lament,
    all who cast hooks(V) into the Nile;
those who throw nets on the water
    will pine away.
Those who work with combed flax(W) will despair,
    the weavers of fine linen(X) will lose hope.
10 The workers in cloth will be dejected,
    and all the wage earners will be sick at heart.

11 The officials of Zoan(Y) are nothing but fools;
    the wise counselors(Z) of Pharaoh give senseless advice.(AA)
How can you say to Pharaoh,
    “I am one of the wise men,(AB)
    a disciple of the ancient kings”?

12 Where are your wise men(AC) now?
    Let them show you and make known
what the Lord Almighty
    has planned(AD) against Egypt.
13 The officials of Zoan(AE) have become fools,
    the leaders of Memphis(AF) are deceived;
the cornerstones(AG) of her peoples
    have led Egypt astray.
14 The Lord has poured into them
    a spirit of dizziness;(AH)
they make Egypt stagger in all that she does,
    as a drunkard staggers(AI) around in his vomit.
15 There is nothing Egypt can do—
    head or tail, palm branch or reed.(AJ)

16 In that day(AK) the Egyptians will become weaklings.(AL) They will shudder with fear(AM) at the uplifted hand(AN) that the Lord Almighty raises against them. 17 And the land of Judah will bring terror to the Egyptians; everyone to whom Judah is mentioned will be terrified,(AO) because of what the Lord Almighty is planning(AP) against them.

18 In that day(AQ) five cities(AR) in Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance(AS) to the Lord Almighty. One of them will be called the City of the Sun.[a](AT)

19 In that day(AU) there will be an altar(AV) to the Lord in the heart of Egypt,(AW) and a monument(AX) to the Lord at its border. 20 It will be a sign and witness(AY) to the Lord Almighty in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the Lord because of their oppressors, he will send them a savior(AZ) and defender, and he will rescue(BA) them. 21 So the Lord will make himself known to the Egyptians, and in that day they will acknowledge(BB) the Lord. They will worship(BC) with sacrifices and grain offerings; they will make vows to the Lord and keep them.(BD) 22 The Lord will strike(BE) Egypt with a plague;(BF) he will strike them and heal them. They will turn(BG) to the Lord, and he will respond to their pleas and heal(BH) them.

23 In that day(BI) there will be a highway(BJ) from Egypt to Assyria.(BK) The Assyrians will go to Egypt and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship(BL) together. 24 In that day(BM) Israel will be the third, along with Egypt and Assyria,(BN) a blessing[b](BO) on the earth. 25 The Lord Almighty will bless(BP) them, saying, “Blessed be Egypt my people,(BQ) Assyria my handiwork,(BR) and Israel my inheritance.(BS)

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 19:18 Some manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls, Symmachus and Vulgate; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text City of Destruction
  2. Isaiah 19:24 Or Assyria, whose names will be used in blessings (see Gen. 48:20); or Assyria, who will be seen by others as blessed