1 No ano duodécimo, no duodécimo mês, no primeiro dia do mês, veio a mim a palavra do Senhor, dizendo: 2 Filho do homem, levanta uma lamentação contra Faraó, rei do Egito, e dize-lhe: Foste comparado a um filho de leão entre as nações, mas não passas de um crocodilo nas águas; agitavas as águas, turvando-as com os pés, sujando os rios. 3 Assim diz o Senhor Deus: Estenderei sobre ti a minha rede no meio de muitos povos, que te puxarão para fora na minha rede. 4 Então, te deixarei em terra; no campo aberto, te lançarei e farei morar sobre ti todas as aves do céu; e se fartarão de ti os animais de toda a terra. 5 Porei as tuas carnes sobre os montes e encherei os vales da tua corpulência. 6 Com o teu sangue que se derrama, regarei a terra até aos montes, e dele se encherão as correntes. 7 Quando eu te extinguir, cobrirei os céus e farei enegrecer as suas estrelas; encobrirei o sol com uma nuvem, e a lua não resplandecerá a sua luz. 8 Por tua causa, vestirei de preto todos os brilhantes luminares do céu e trarei trevas sobre o teu país, diz o Senhor Deus. 9 Afligirei o coração de muitos povos, quando se levar às nações, às terras que não conheceste, a notícia da tua destruição. 10 Farei que muitos povos fiquem pasmados a teu respeito, e os seus reis tremam sobremaneira, quando eu brandir a minha espada ante o seu rosto; estremecerão a cada momento, cada um pela sua vida, no dia da tua queda.

11 Pois assim diz o Senhor Deus: A espada do rei da Babilônia virá contra ti. 12 Farei cair a tua multidão com as espadas dos valentes, que são todos os mais terríveis dos povos; eles destruirão a soberba do Egito, e toda a sua pompa será destruída. 13 Farei perecer todos os seus animais ao longo de muitas águas; pé de homem não as turbará, nem as turbarão unhas de animais. 14 Então, farei assentar as suas águas; e farei correr os seus rios como o azeite, diz o Senhor Deus. 15 Quando eu tornar a terra do Egito em desolação e a terra for destituída de tudo que a enchia, e quando eu ferir a todos os que nela habitam, então, saberão que eu sou o Senhor. 16 Esta é a lamentação que se fará, que farão as filhas das nações; sobre o Egito e toda sua pompa se lamentará, diz o Senhor Deus.

17 Também no ano duodécimo, aos quinze dias do primeiro mês, veio a mim a palavra do Senhor, dizendo: 18 Filho do homem, pranteia sobre a multidão do Egito, faze-a descer, a ela e as filhas das nações formosas, às profundezas da terra, juntamente com os que descem à cova. 19 A quem sobrepujas tu em beleza? Desce e deita-te com os incircuncisos. 20 No meio daqueles que foram traspassados à espada, eles cairão; à espada, ele está entregue; arrastai o Egito e a toda a sua multidão. 21 Os mais poderosos dos valentes, juntamente com os que o socorrem, lhe gritarão do além: Desceram e lá jazem eles, os incircuncisos, traspassados à espada.

22 Ali, está a Assíria com todo o seu povo; em redor dela, todos os seus sepulcros; todos eles foram traspassados e caíram à espada. 23 Os seus sepulcros foram postos nas extremidades da cova, e todo o seu povo se encontra ao redor do seu sepulcro; todos foram traspassados, e caíram à espada os que tinham causado espanto na terra dos viventes.

24 Ali, está Elão com todo o seu povo, em redor do seu sepulcro; todos eles foram traspassados e caíram à espada; eles, os incircuncisos, desceram às profundezas da terra, causaram terror na terra dos viventes e levaram a sua vergonha com os que desceram à cova. 25 No meio dos traspassados, lhe puseram um leito entre todo o seu povo; ao redor dele, estão os seus sepulcros; todos eles são incircuncisos, traspassados à espada, porque causaram terror na terra dos viventes e levaram a sua vergonha com os que desceram à cova; no meio dos traspassados, foram postos.

26 Ali, estão Meseque e Tubal com todo o seu povo; ao redor deles, estão os seus sepulcros; todos eles são incircuncisos e traspassados à espada, porquanto causaram terror na terra dos viventes. 27 E não se acharão com os valentes de outrora que, dentre os incircuncisos, caíram e desceram ao sepulcro com as suas próprias armas de guerra e com a espada debaixo da cabeça; a iniquidade deles está sobre os seus ossos, porque eram o terror dos heróis na terra dos viventes. 28 Também tu, Egito, serás quebrado no meio dos incircuncisos e jazerás com os que foram traspassados à espada.

29 Ali, está Edom, os seus reis e todos os seus príncipes, que, apesar do seu poder, foram postos com os que foram traspassados à espada; estes jazem com os incircuncisos e com os que desceram à cova.

30 Ali, estão os príncipes do Norte, todos eles, e todos os sidônios, que desceram com os traspassados, envergonhados com o terror causado pelo seu poder; e jazem incircuncisos com os que foram traspassados à espada e levam a sua vergonha com os que desceram à cova.

31 Faraó os verá e se consolará com toda a sua multidão; sim, o próprio Faraó e todo o seu exército, pelo que jazerá no meio dos traspassados à espada, diz o Senhor Deus. 32 Porque também eu pus o meu espanto na terra dos viventes; pelo que jazerá, no meio dos incircuncisos, com os traspassados à espada, Faraó e todo o seu povo, diz o Senhor Deus.

1 And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, take up a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou wast likened unto a young lion of the nations: yet art thou as a monster in the seas; and thou didst break forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers. 3 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will spread out my net upon thee with a company of many peoples; and they shall bring thee up in my net. 4 And I will leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the birds of the heavens to settle upon thee, and I will satisfy the beasts of the whole earth with thee. 5 And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with thy height. 6 I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the watercourses shall be full of thee. 7 And when I shall extinguish thee, I will cover the heavens, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light. 8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord Jehovah. 9 I will also vex the hearts of many peoples, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known. 10 Yea, I will make many peoples amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall.

11 For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee. 12 By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall; the terrible of the nations are they all: and they shall bring to nought the pride of Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed. 13 I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside many waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of beasts trouble them. 14 Then will I make their waters clear, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord Jehovah. 15 When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate and waste, a land destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that dwell therein, then shall they know that I am Jehovah. 16 This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament; the daughters of the nations shall lament therewith; over Egypt, and over all her multitude, shall they lament therewith, saith the Lord Jehovah.

17 It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of the month, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, 18 Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit. 19 Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised. 20 They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword; draw her away and all her multitudes. 21 The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of Sheol with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie still, even the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.

22 Asshur is there and all her company; her graves are round about her; all of them slain, fallen by the sword; 23 whose graves are set in the uttermost parts of the pit, and her company is round about her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who caused terror in the land of the living.

24 There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, who caused their terror in the land of the living, and have borne their shame with them that go down to the pit. 25 They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude; her graves are round about her; all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; for their terror was caused in the land of the living, and they have borne their shame with them that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of them that are slain.

26 There is Meshech, Tubal, and all their multitude; their graves are round about them; all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; for they caused their terror in the land of the living. 27 And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, that are gone down to Sheol with their weapons of war, and have laid their swords under their heads, and their iniquities are upon their bones; for they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living. 28 But thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shalt lie with them that are slain by the sword.

29 There is Edom, her kings and all her princes, who in their might are laid with them that are slain by the sword: they shall lie with the uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit. 30 There are the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Sidonians, who are gone down with the slain; in the terror which they caused by their might they are put to shame; and they lie uncircumcised with them that are slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit.

31 Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his multitude, even Pharaoh and all his army, slain by the sword, saith the Lord Jehovah. 32 For I have put his terror in the land of the living; and he shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised, with them that are slain by the sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord Jehovah.

1 In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month on the first day, the word of the LORD came to me:

2 "Son of man, take up a lament concerning Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: "'You are like a lion among the nations; you are like a monster in the seas thrashing about in your streams, churning the water with your feet and muddying the streams.

3 "'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: "'With a great throng of people I will cast my net over you, and they will haul you up in my net.

4 I will throw you on the land and hurl you on the open field. I will let all the birds of the sky settle on you and all the animals of the wild gorge themselves on you.

5 I will spread your flesh on the mountains and fill the valleys with your remains.

6 I will drench the land with your flowing blood all the way to the mountains, and the ravines will be filled with your flesh.

7 When I snuff you out, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.

8 All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you; I will bring darkness over your land, declares the Sovereign LORD.

9 I will trouble the hearts of many peoples when I bring about your destruction among the nations, among "lands you have not known.

10 I will cause many peoples to be appalled at you, and their kings will shudder with horror because of you when I brandish my sword before them. On the day of your downfall each of them will tremble every moment for his life.

11 "'For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: "'The sword of the king of Babylon will come against you.

12 I will cause your hordes to fall by the swords of mighty men — the most ruthless of all nations. They will shatter the pride of Egypt, and all her hordes will be overthrown.

13 I will destroy all her cattle from beside abundant waters no longer to be stirred by the foot of man or muddied by the hooves of cattle.

14 Then I will let her waters settle and make her streams flow like oil, declares the Sovereign LORD.

15 When I make Egypt desolate and strip the land of everything in it, when I strike down all who live there, then they will know that I am the LORD.'

16 "This is the lament they will chant for her. The daughters of the nations will chant it; for Egypt and all her hordes they will chant it, declares the Sovereign LORD."

17 In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me:

18 "Son of man, wail for the hordes of Egypt and consign to the earth below both her and the daughters of mighty nations, along with those who go down to the pit.

19 Say to them, 'Are you more favored than others? Go down and be laid among the uncircumcised.'

20 They will fall among those killed by the sword. The sword is drawn; let her be dragged off with all her hordes.

21 From within the realm of the dead the mighty leaders will say of Egypt and her allies, 'They have come down and they lie with the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword.'

22 "Assyria is there with her whole army; she is surrounded by the graves of all her slain, all who have fallen by the sword.

23 Their graves are in the depths of the pit and her army lies around her grave. All who had spread terror in the land of the living are slain, fallen by the sword.

24 "Elam is there, with all her hordes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword. All who had spread terror in the land of the living went down uncircumcised to the earth below. They bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.

25 A bed is made for her among the slain, with all her hordes around her grave. All of them are uncircumcised, killed by the sword. Because their terror had spread in the land of the living, they bear their shame with those who go down to the pit; they are laid among the slain.

26 "Meshek and Tubal are there, with all their hordes around their graves. All of them are uncircumcised, killed by the sword because they spread their terror in the land of the living.

27 But they do not lie with the fallen warriors of old, "who went down to the realm of the dead with their weapons of war —their swords placed under their heads and their shields "resting on their bones —though these warriors also had terrorized the land of the living.

28 "You too, Pharaoh, will be broken and will lie among the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword.

29 "Edom is there, her kings and all her princes; despite their power, they are laid with those killed by the sword. They lie with the uncircumcised, with those who go down to the pit.

30 "All the princes of the north and all the Sidonians are there; they went down with the slain in disgrace despite the terror caused by their power. They lie uncircumcised with those killed by the sword and bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.

31 "Pharaoh —he and all his army —will see them and he will be consoled for all his hordes that were killed by the sword, declares the Sovereign LORD.

32 Although I had him spread terror in the land of the living, Pharaoh and all his hordes will be laid among the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword, declares the Sovereign LORD."