¹ εν τω ετει τω δεκατω εν τω δεκατω μηνι μια του μηνος εγενετο λογος κυριου προς με λεγων

² υιε ανθρωπου στηρισον το προσωπον σου επι φαραω βασιλεα αιγυπτου και προφητευσον επ' αυτον και επ' αιγυπτον ολην

³ και ειπον ταδε λεγει κυριος ιδου εγω επι φαραω τον δρακοντα τον μεγαν τον εγκαθημενον εν μεσω ποταμων αυτου τον λεγοντα εμοι εισιν οι ποταμοι και εγω εποιησα αυτους

⁴ και εγω δωσω παγιδας εις τας σιαγονας σου και προσκολλησω τους ιχθυς του ποταμου σου προς τας πτερυγας σου και αναξω σε εκ μεσου του ποταμου σου και παντας τους ιχθυας του ποταμου σου

⁵ και καταβαλω σε εν ταχει και παντας τους ιχθυας του ποταμου σου επι προσωπον του πεδιου πεση και ου μη συναχθης και ου μη περισταλης τοις θηριοις της γης και τοις πετεινοις του ουρανου δεδωκα σε εις καταβρωμα

⁶ και γνωσονται παντες οι κατοικουντες αιγυπτον οτι εγω ειμι κυριος ανθ' ων εγενηθης ραβδος καλαμινη τω οικω ισραηλ

⁷ οτε επελαβοντο σου τη χειρι αυτων εθλασθης και οτε επεκρατησεν επ' αυτους πασα χειρ και οτε επανεπαυσαντο επι σε συνετριβης και συνεκλασας αυτων πασαν οσφυν

⁸ δια τουτο ταδε λεγει κυριος ιδου εγω επαγω επι σε ρομφαιαν και απολω ανθρωπους απο σου και κτηνη

⁹ και εσται η γη αιγυπτου απωλεια και ερημος και γνωσονται οτι εγω ειμι κυριος αντι του λεγειν σε οι ποταμοι εμοι εισιν και εγω εποιησα αυτους

¹⁰ δια τουτο ιδου εγω επι σε και επι παντας τους ποταμους σου και δωσω γην αιγυπτου εις ερημον και ρομφαιαν και απωλειαν απο μαγδωλου και συηνης και εως οριων αιθιοπων

¹¹ ου μη διελθη εν αυτη πους ανθρωπου και πους κτηνους ου μη διελθη αυτην και ου κατοικηθησεται τεσσαρακοντα ετη

¹² και δωσω την γην αυτης απωλειαν εν μεσω γης ηρημωμενης και αι πολεις αυτης εν μεσω πολεων ηρημωμενων εσονται τεσσαρακοντα ετη και διασπερω αιγυπτον εν τοις εθνεσιν και λικμησω αυτους εις τας χωρας

¹³ ταδε λεγει κυριος μετα τεσσαρακοντα ετη συναξω τους αιγυπτιους απο των εθνων ου διεσκορπισθησαν εκει

¹⁴ και αποστρεψω την αιχμαλωσιαν των αιγυπτιων και κατοικισω αυτους εν γη παθουρης εν τη γη οθεν ελημφθησαν και εσται αρχη ταπεινη

¹⁵ παρα πασας τας αρχας ου μη υψωθη ετι επι τα εθνη και ολιγοστους αυτους ποιησω του μη ειναι αυτους πλειονας εν τοις εθνεσιν

¹⁶ και ουκετι εσονται τω οικω ισραηλ εις ελπιδα αναμιμνησκουσαν ανομιαν εν τω αυτους ακολουθησαι οπισω αυτων και γνωσονται οτι εγω ειμι κυριος

¹⁷ και εγενετο εν τω εβδομω και εικοστω ετει μια του μηνος του πρωτου εγενετο λογος κυριου προς με λεγων

¹⁸ υιε ανθρωπου ναβουχοδονοσορ βασιλευς βαβυλωνος κατεδουλωσατο αυτου την δυναμιν δουλεια μεγαλη επι τυρου πασα κεφαλη φαλακρα και πας ωμος μαδων και μισθος ουκ εγενηθη αυτω και τη δυναμει αυτου επι τυρου και της δουλειας ης εδουλευσαν επ' αυτην

¹⁹ ταδε λεγει κυριος κυριος ιδου διδωμι τω ναβουχοδονοσορ βασιλει βαβυλωνος γην αιγυπτου και προνομευσει την προνομην αυτης και σκυλευσει τα σκυλα αυτης και εσται μισθος τη δυναμει αυτου

²⁰ αντι της λειτουργιας αυτου ης εδουλευσεν επι τυρον δεδωκα αυτω γην αιγυπτου ταδε λεγει κυριος κυριος

²¹ εν τη ημερα εκεινη ανατελει κερας παντι τω οικω ισραηλ και σοι δωσω στομα ανεωγμενον εν μεσω αυτων και γνωσονται οτι εγω ειμι κυριος

¹ In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

² "Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.

³ Speak and say, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lies in the midst of his rivers, that has said, 'My river is my own, and I have made it for myself.'

⁴ I will put hooks in your jaws, and I will make the fish of your rivers stick to your scales; and I will bring you up out of the midst of your rivers, with all the fish of your rivers which stick to your scales.

⁵ I'll cast you forth into the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers. You'll fall on the open field. You won't be brought together, nor gathered. I have given you for food to the animals of the earth and to the birds of the sky.

⁶ All the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am Yahweh, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

⁷ When they took hold of you by your hand, you broke, and tore all their shoulders; and when they leaned on you, you broke, and paralyzed all of their thighs."

⁸ Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Behold, I will bring a sword on you, and will cut off man and animal from you.

⁹ The land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste; and they shall know that I am Yahweh. Because he has said, 'The river is mine, and I have made it;'

¹⁰ therefore, behold, I am against you, and against your rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from the tower of Seveneh even to the border of Ethiopia.

¹¹ No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of animal shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.

¹² I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of the countries that are desolate; and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be a desolation forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries."

¹³ For thus says the Lord Yahweh: "At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the peoples where they were scattered;

¹⁴ and I will bring back the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their birth; and they shall be there a base kingdom.

¹⁵ It shall be the base of the kingdoms; neither shall it any more lift itself up above the nations: and I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations.

¹⁶ It shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, bringing iniquity to memory, when they turn to look after them: and they shall know that I am the Lord Yahweh."'"

¹⁷ It came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first [month], in the first [day] of the month, the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

¹⁸ Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyre: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was worn; yet had he no wages, nor his army, from Tyre, for the service that he had served against it.

¹⁹ Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and he shall carry off 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 as his recompense for which he served, because they worked for me, says the Lord Yahweh.

²¹ In that day will I cause a horn to bud forth to the house of Israel, and I will give you the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.