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关于埃及的预言

19 关于埃及的默示:

看哪!耶和华驾着轻快的云,

来到埃及;

埃及的偶像在他面前战兢,

埃及人的心都惊怕。

我要激动埃及人去攻击埃及人,

他们就相争起来,各人攻击自己的兄弟,各人攻击自己的邻舍,

城攻击城;国攻击国。

埃及人的意志必消沉,

我要破坏他们的计谋;

他们必求问偶像、念咒的、

交鬼的和行巫术的。

我必把埃及人交在残暴的主人手中;

凶猛的君王要管辖他们;这是主万军之耶和华说的。

海中的众水必干透,

河床必枯竭干涸。

河道必发臭,

埃及众河流的水必消退干涸;

苇子和芦荻都必枯萎。

尼罗河旁、尼罗河口的草田,

以及沿着尼罗河所种的田都必枯干,

被吹散,不再存在。

打鱼的人必哀号;

所有在尼罗河上垂钓的必悲伤;

那些在水面上撒网的,必灰心难过。

那些用梳好的麻来纺纱的,

和那些织白布的,都必羞愧。

10 埃及的柱石必被打碎,

所有受雇的工人也必心里忧愁。

11 琐安的领袖非常愚昧,

法老那些最有智慧的谋士所筹算的,

都成为愚昧。

你们怎能对法老说:

“我是智慧人的儿子,是古代君王的后裔”呢?

12 你的智慧人在哪里呢?

万军之耶和华向埃及所定的旨意是怎样的?

就让他们告诉你,使你知道吧!

13 琐安的领袖都变为愚昧,

挪弗的领袖都受了欺骗;

那些在埃及支派中作房角石的,

使埃及人走错了路。

14 耶和华让歪曲的灵搀入埃及当中,

以致他们使埃及一切所作的都有谬误,

好象醉酒的人呕吐的时候,东倒西歪一样。

15 无论是头或尾、棕枝或芦苇所作的,

都不能为埃及成就甚么事。

16 到那日,埃及人必像妇人一样。他们必因万军之耶和华在埃及之上挥手而战兢恐惧。 17 犹大地必使埃及惊恐;无论谁向埃及人提起犹大地,他们都惧怕,因为这是万军之耶和华向埃及所定的旨意。

18 到那日,埃及地必有五座城的人说迦南的方言,又指着万军之耶和华起誓,必有一座城称为“毁灭城”(“毁灭城”或译:“太阳城”)。

19 到那日,在埃及地必有一座献给耶和华的祭坛;在埃及的边界上必有一根献给耶和华的柱子。 20 这都要在埃及地作万军之耶和华的记号和证据。埃及人因受人欺压向耶和华哀求的时候,他就差派一位拯救者和维护者到他们那里,他必拯救他们。 21 耶和华必被埃及人认识。到那日,埃及人必认识耶和华;他们也要用祭物和供物来敬拜他,并且向耶和华许愿、还愿。 22 耶和华必击打埃及,既击打、又医治,他们就回转归向耶和华,他必应允他们的祷告,医治他们。

23 到那日,必有一条从埃及通到亚述的大道;亚述人要进到埃及,埃及人也要进入亚述;埃及人要与亚述人一同敬拜耶和华。

24 到那日,以色列必与埃及和亚述一起成为地上列国的祝福。 25 万军之耶和华赐福给他们,说:“我的子民埃及,我手的工程亚述,我的产业以色列,都是有福的!”

Egypt Will Be Punished

19 (A) This is a message about Egypt:

The Lord comes to Egypt,
    riding swiftly on a cloud.
The people are weak from fear.
Their idols tremble
    as he approaches and says,
“I will punish Egypt
    with civil war—
neighbors, cities, and kingdoms
    will fight each other.

“Egypt will be discouraged
    when I confuse their plans.
They will try to get advice
    from their idols,
from the spirits of the dead,
    and from fortunetellers.
I will put the Egyptians
under the power of a cruel,
    heartless king.
I, the Lord All-Powerful,
    have promised this.”

Trouble along the Nile

The Nile River will dry up
    and become parched land.
Its streams will stink,
    Egypt will have no water,
and the reeds and tall grass
    will dry up.
Fields along the Nile
will be completely barren;
    every plant will disappear.

Those who fish in the Nile
will be discouraged
    and mourn.
None of the cloth makers[a]
will know what to do,
    and they will turn pale.[b]
10 Weavers will be confused;
paid workers will cry and mourn.

Egypt's Helpless Leaders

11 The king's officials in Zoan[c]
are foolish themselves
    and give stupid advice.
How can they say to him,
    “We are very wise,
and our families go back
    to kings of long ago?”
12 Where are those wise men now?
    If they can, let them say
what the Lord All-Powerful
    intends for Egypt.

13 The royal officials in Zoan
and in Memphis
    are foolish and deceived.
The leaders in every state
have given bad advice
    to the nation.
14 The Lord has confused Egypt;
its leaders have made it stagger
    and vomit like a drunkard.
15 No one in Egypt can do a thing,
    no matter who they are.

16 When the Lord All-Powerful punishes Egypt with his mighty arm, the Egyptians will become terribly weak and will tremble with fear. 17 They will be so terrified of Judah that they will be frightened by the very mention of its name. This will happen because of what the Lord All-Powerful is planning against Egypt.

The Lord Will Bless Egypt, Assyria, and Israel

18 The time is coming when Hebrew will be spoken in five Egyptian cities, and their people will become followers of the Lord. One of these cities will be called City of the Sun.[d]

19 In the heart of Egypt an altar will be set up for the Lord; at its border a shrine will be built to honor him. 20 These will remind the Egyptians that the Lord All-Powerful is with them. And when they are in trouble and ask for help, he will send someone to rescue them from their enemies. 21 The Lord will show the Egyptians who he is, and they will know and worship the Lord. They will bring him sacrifices and offerings, and they will keep their promises to him. 22 After the Lord has punished Egypt, the people will turn to him. Then he will answer their prayers, and the Egyptians will be healed.

23 At that time a good road will run from Egypt to Assyria. The Egyptians and the Assyrians will travel back and forth from Egypt to Assyria, and they will worship together. 24 Israel will join with these two countries. They will be a blessing to everyone on earth, 25 then the Lord All-Powerful will bless them by saying,

“The Egyptians are my people.
I created the Assyrians
    and chose the Israelites.”

Footnotes

  1. 19.9 cloth makers: Cloth was made from several kinds of plants that grew in the fields along the Nile.
  2. 19.9 turn pale: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
  3. 19.11 Zoan: The city of Tanis in the Nile delta.
  4. 19.18 City of the Sun: Some manuscripts of the Standard Hebrew Text, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and one ancient translation; most manuscripts of the Standard Hebrew Text have “City of Destruction.” This probably refers to Heliopolis which means “City of the Sun” (see Jeremiah 43.13).

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

19 The burden of Egypt. Behold, the Lord rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.

And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.

And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.

And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts.

And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.

And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.

The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more.

The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.

Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be confounded.

10 And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make sluices and ponds for fish.

11 Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?

12 Where are they? where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now, and let them know what the Lord of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.

13 The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof.

14 The Lord hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.

15 Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do.

16 In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the Lord of hosts, which he shaketh over it.

17 And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, every one that maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the Lord of hosts, which he hath determined against it.

18 In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the Lord of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction.

19 In that day shall there be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the Lord.

20 And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the Lord because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them.

21 And the Lord shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the Lord in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea, they shall vow a vow unto the Lord, and perform it.

22 And the Lord shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and they shall return even to the Lord, and he shall be intreated of them, and shall heal them.

23 In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians.

24 In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land:

25 Whom the Lord of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.