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 the LORD came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers. 3 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net. 4 Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain upon thee, and I will fill 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 rivers shall be full of thee. 7 And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light. 8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD. 9 I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known. 10 Yea, I will make many people 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 GOD; 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, all of them: and they shall spoil the pomp of Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed. 13 I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside the great 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 deep, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord GOD. 15 When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the country shall be destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that dwell therein, then shall they know that I am the LORD. 16 This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her: the daughters of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament for her, even for Egypt, and for all her multitude, saith the Lord GOD.

17 It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of the month, that the word of the LORD 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 and all her multitudes. 21 The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword. 22 Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword: 23 Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit, and her company is round about her grave: all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which 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, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they 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 him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword: though their terror was caused in the land of the living, yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of them that be slain. 26 There is Meshech, Tubal, and all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though 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, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living. 28 Yea, thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shalt lie with them that are slain with the sword. 29 There is Edom, her kings, and all her princes, which with their might are laid by them that were slain by the sword: they shall lie with the uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit. 30 There be the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Zidonians, which are gone down with the slain; with their terror they are ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with them that be 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 GOD. 32 For I have caused my terror in the land of the living: and he shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that are slain with the sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD.

1 En in die twaalfde jaar, in die twaalfde maand, op die eerste van die maand, het die woord van die HERE tot my gekom en gesê:

2 Mensekind, hef 'n klaaglied aan oor Farao, die koning van Egipte, en sê vir hom: Jong leeu onder die volke, verlore is jy! En jy was soos 'n draak in die groot water, en jy het uitgebreek in jou strome en die waters geroer met jou pote en die strome daarvan troebel gemaak.

3 So sê die Here HERE: So sal Ek dan my net oor jou uitsprei deur 'n vergadering van baie volke, en hulle sal jou optrek in my vangnet.

4 Dan sal Ek jou neerwerp op die land, jou wegslinger op die oop veld; en Ek sal al die voëls van die hemel op jou laat sit en die wilde diere van die hele aarde aan jou versadig.

5 En Ek sal jou vlees weggee op die berge en die dale vol maak met jou hoogheid.

6 En Ek sal jou stroomland natmaak met jou bloed tot by die berge; en die klowe sal vol word van jou.

7 En as Ek jou uitblus, sal Ek die hemel oordek en sy sterre verdonker; Ek sal die son met wolke oordek, en die maan sal sy lig nie laat skyn nie.

8 Al die skynende ligte aan die hemel, die sal Ek om jou ontwil duister maak, en Ek sal duisternis gee oor jou land, spreek die Here HERE.

9 En Ek sal die hart van baie volke bekommerd maak as Ek jou verbreking onder die nasies uitbring, na lande wat jy nie geken het nie.

10 En Ek sal maak dat baie volke oor jou verstom staan en hulle konings sal oor jou gril van skrik as Ek my swaard voor hulle swaai; en hulle sal elke oomblik sidder, elkeen vir sy lewe, op die dag van jou val.

11 Want so sê die Here HERE: Die swaard van die koning van Babel sal oor jou kom.

12 Ek sal jou menigte laat val deur swaarde van helde -- die geweldigste nasies, hulle almal; en hulle sal die prag van Egipte verwoes, en sy hele menigte sal verdelg word.

13 En Ek sal al sy vee laat omkom by die groot waters; en geen mensevoet sal dit weer laat roer nie en geen dier se kloue dit troebel maak nie.

14 Dan sal Ek hulle waters laat besink en hulle riviere laat vloei soos olie, spreek die Here HERE.

15 As Ek Egipteland 'n wildernis maak en die land woes lê, van sy volheid beroof, as Ek almal wat daarin woon, verslaan het, dan sal hulle weet dat Ek die HERE is.

16 'n Klaaglied is dit, en hulle moet dit sing; die dogters van die nasies moet dit sing; hulle moet dit sing oor Egipte en oor sy hele menigte, spreek die Here HERE.

17 En in die twaalfde jaar, op die vyftiende van die maand, het die woord van die HERE tot my gekom en gesê:

18 Mensekind, weeklaag oor die menigte van Egipte, en laat hulle neerdaal hy met die dogters van geweldige nasies in die onderste plekke van die aarde, by die wat in die kuil neergedaal het.

19 Bo wie is jy skoon? Daal af, en laat jou neerlê by die onbesnedenes.

20 Onder die wat deur die swaard verslaan is, sal hulle val; die swaard is aangegee; trek hom weg saam met sy hele menigte.

21 Die magtigste helde sal hom, met sy helpers, toespreek uit die doderyk uit: Hulle het neergedaal, hulle lê daar -- die onbesnedenes, verslaan deur die swaard.

22 Daar is Assur en sy hele menigte; hulle grafte is rondom hom; hulle is almal verslaan, geval deur die swaard;

23 wie se grafte gemaak is in die uithoeke van die kuil, en sy menigte is rondom sy graf; hulle is almal verslaan, geval deur die swaard, hulle wat skrik versprei het in die land van die lewendes.

24 Daar is Elam en sy hele menigte rondom sy graf; hulle is almal verslaan, geval deur die swaard, hulle wat onbesnede neergedaal het in die onderste plekke van die aarde, wat skrik voor hulle versprei het in die land van die lewendes en nou hulle skande dra by die wat in die kuil neergedaal het.

25 Onder die wat verslaan is, het hulle vir hom 'n bed gemaak saam met sy hele menigte; rondom hom is hulle grafte; hulle is almal onbesnede, verslaan deur die swaard, omdat skrik voor hulle versprei is in die land van die lewendes; en nou dra hulle hul skande by die wat in die kuil neergedaal het. Onder die wat verslaan is, is hy neergelê.

26 Daar is Meseg-Tubal en sy hele menigte; rondom hom is hulle grafte; hulle is almal onbesnede, verslaan deur die swaard, omdat hulle skrik voor hulle versprei het in die land van die lewendes.

27 Maar hulle lê nie by die helde wat geval het uit die onbesnedenes, wat na die doderyk neergedaal het saam met hulle oorlogswapens en wie se swaarde onder hulle hoofde gesit is nie; wie se ongeregtighede nogtans op hulle gebeente is, omdat die skrik vir die helde in die land van die lewendes was.

28 Jy sal ook verbreek word onder die onbesnedenes, en jy sal lê by die wat deur die swaard verslaan is.

29 Daar is Edom, sy konings en al sy vorste, wat ondanks hulle dapperheid neergelê is by die wat verslaan is deur die swaard; hulle lê by die onbesnedenes en by die wat in die kuil neergedaal het.

30 Daar is die vorste van die Noorde, hulle almal, en al die Sidoniërs wat neergedaal het saam met die wat verslaan is, en beskaamd staan ondanks die skrik deur hulle verwek vanweë hulle dapperheid; en nou lê hulle onbesnede by die wat verslaan is deur die swaard, en dra hulle skande by die wat in die kuil neergedaal het.

31 Farao sal hulle sien en hom troos oor sy hele menigte; deur die swaard verslaan is Farao en sy hele leër, spreek die Here HERE.

32 Want Ek het skrik vir hom versprei in die land van die lewendes; daarom sal hy neergelê word onder die onbesnedenes, by die wat verslaan is deur die swaard -- Farao en sy hele menigte, spreek die Here HERE.