The king of Egypt shall be overthrown: 9. and the kingdom wasted forty years: 13. It shall be repaired to a mean state. 17. And shall be given to the king of Babylon, for his service in destroying Tyre.The king of Ægypt shal be ouerthrowne: 9. and the kingdom wasted fourtie yeares: 13. It shal be repared to a meane state. 17. And shal be geuen to the king of Babylon, for his seruice in destroying Tyre.✦
In the tenth year, the tenth month, the eleventh day of the month, the word of our Lord was made to me, saying:IN ∷ the tenth yeare, the tenth moneth, the eleuenth day of the moneth, the word of our Lord was made to me, saying:✦In anno decimo, decimo mense, undecima die mensis, factum est verbum Domini ad me, dicens :
2Son of man, set thy face against Pharao the king of Egypt: and thou shalt prophesy of him, and of all Egypt.Sonne of man, set thy face against Pharao the king of Ægypt: and thou shalt prophecie of him, and of al Ægypt.Fili hominis, pone faciem tuam contra Pharaonem regem Ægypti, et prophetabis de eo, et de Ægypto universa.
3Speak, and thou shalt say: Thus saith our Lord God: Behold I to thee Pharao king of Egypt, thou great dragon, which liest in the midst of thy rivers, and sayest: The river is mine, and I made it myself.Speake, and thou shalt say: Thus saith our Lord God: Behold I to thee Pharao king of Ægypt, thou great dragon, which lyest in the middes of thy riuers, and sayest: The riuer is mine, and I made it my selfe.✦Loquere, et dices : [Hæc dicit Dominus Deus : Ecce ego ad te, Pharao rex Ægypti, draco magne, qui cubas in medio fluminum tuorum, et dicis : Meus est fluvius, et ego feci memetipsum.
4And I will put a bridle in thy jaws: and I will fasten the fishes of thy rivers to thy scales: and I will draw thee out of the midst of thy rivers, and all thy fishes shall stick to thy scales.And I wil put a bridle in thy iawes: and I wil fasten the fishes of thy riuers to thy scales: and I wil draw thee out of the middes of thy riuers, and al thy fishes shal sticke to thy scales.✦Et ponam frenum in maxillis tuis, et agglutinabo pisces fluminum tuorum squamis tuis, et extraham te de medio fluminum tuorum, et universi pisces tui squamis tuis adhærebunt.
5And I will cast thee forth into the desert, and all the fishes of thy river: thou shalt fall upon the face of the earth, thou shalt not be collected, nor gathered together: to the beasts of the earth, and to the fowls of the heaven have I given thee to be devoured.And I wil cast thee forth into the desert, and al the fishes of thy riuer: thou shalt fal vpon the face of the earth, thou shalt not be collected, nor gathered together: to the beasts of the earth, and to the foules of the heauen haue I geuen thee to be deuoured.✦Et projiciam te in desertum, et omnes pisces fluminis tui : super faciem terræ cades ; non colligeris, neque congregaberis : bestiis terræ et volatilibus cæli dedi te ad devorandum.
6And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the Lord: for that thou hast been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.And al the inhabitants of Ægypt shal know that I am the Lord: for that thou hast bene a staffe of reede to the house of Israel.✦Et scient omnes habitatores Ægypti quia ego Dominus, pro eo quod fuisti baculus arundineus domui Israël :
7When they took thee with the hand, and thou wast broken, and didst lacerasti: pay for the use of; tore / rent apart all their shoulder: and they leaning upon thee, thou wast broken, and didst dissolve all their renes: a horse's reins; the loins / kidneys.When they tooke thee with the hand, and thou wast broken, and didst rent al their shoulder: and they leaning vpon thee, thou wast broken, and didst dissolue al their reines.✦quando apprehenderunt te manu, et confractus es, et lacerasti omnem humerum eorum : et innitentibus eis super te comminutus es, et dissolvisti omnes renes eorum.
8Therefore thus saith our Lord God: Behold I will bring upon thee the sword: and will kill out of thee man, and beast.Therfore thus saith our Lord God: Behold I wil bring vpon thee the sword: and wil kil out of thee man, and beast.Propterea hæc dicit Dominus Deus : Ecce ego adducam super te gladium, et interficiam de te hominem et jumentum.
9And the Land of Egypt shall be into a desert, and into a wilderness: and they shall know that I am the Lord: for that thou hast said: The river is mine, and I made it.And the Land of Ægypt shal be into a desert, and into a wildernes: and they shal know that I am the Lord: for that thou hast sayd: The riuer is mine, and I made it.✦Et erit terra Ægypti in desertum et in solitudinem : et scient quia ego Dominus, pro eo quod dixeris : Fluvius meus est, et ego feci eum.
10Therefore behold I to thee, and to thy rivers: and I will give the Land of Egypt into desolations, destroyed with the sword, from the tower of Syene, even to the borders of Ethiopia.Therfore behold I to thee, and to thy riuers: and I wil geue the Land of Ægypt into desolations, destroyed with the sword, from the tower of Syene, euen to the borders of Æthiopia.✦Idcirco ecce ego ad te, et ad flumina tua : daboque terram Ægypti in solitudines, gladio dissipatam, a turre Syenes usque ad terminos Æthiopiæ.
11The foot of man shall not pass through it, neither shall the foot of beast go in it: and it shall not be inhabited forty years.The foote of man shal not passe through it, neither shal the foote of beast goe in it: and it shal not be inhabited fourtie yeares.Non pertransibit eam pes hominis, neque pes jumenti gradietur in ea, et non habitabitur quadraginta annis.
12And I will make the Land of Egypt desert in the midst of desert lands, and the cities thereof in the midst of cities overthrown, and they shall be desolate forty years: and I will disperse the Egyptians into nations, and will scatter them into the lands.And I wil make the Land of Ægypt desert in the middes of desert lands, & the cities therof in the middes of cities ouerthrowen, and they shal be desolate fourtie yeares: and I wil disperse the Ægyptians into nationes, and wil scatter them into the landes.✦Daboque terram Ægypti desertam in medio terrarum desertarum, et civitates ejus in medio urbium subversarum, et erunt desolatæ quadraginta annis : et dispergam Ægyptios in nationes, et ventilabo eos in terras.
13Because thus saith our Lord God: After the end of forty years I will gather Egypt out of the peoples in which they had been dispersed.Because thus saith our Lord God: After the end of fourtie years I wil gather Ægypt out of the peoples in which they had bene dispersed.Quia hæc dicit Dominus Deus : Post finem quadraginta annorum congregabo Ægyptum de populis in quibus dispersi fuerant.
14And I will bring back the captivity of Egypt, and will place them in the land of Phatures, in the land of their nativity, and they shall be there as a low kingdom:And I wil bring backe the captiuitie of Ægypt, and wil place them in the land of Phatures, in the land of their natiuitie, and they shal be there as a low kingdom:✦Et reducam captivitatem Ægypti, et collocabo eos in terra Phathures, in terra nativitatis suæ, et erunt ibi in regnum humile.
15among other kingdoms it shall be lowest, and it shall no more be elevabitur: promoted in rank; lifted up / exalted over the nations, and I will diminish them that they rule not over the Gentiles.among other kingdoms it shal be lowest, and it shal no more be eleuated ouer the nations, and I wil diminish them that they rule not ouer the Gentils.✦Inter cetera regna erit humillima, et non elevabitur ultra super nationes, et imminuam eos ne imperent gentibus.
16And they shall no more be to the house of Israel in confidentia: a secret entrusted; a trust / reliance, teaching iniquity, that they may flee, and follow them: and they shall know that I am the Lord God.And they shl no more be to the house of Israel in confidence, teaching iniquitie, that they may flee, and folow them: and they shal know that I am the Lord God.✦Neque erunt ultra domui Israël in confidentia, docentes iniquitatem ut fugiant, et sequantur eos : et scient quia ego Dominus Deus.]
17And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first, in the first of the month: the word of our Lord was made to me, saying:And it came to passe in ∷ the seuen and twenteth yeare, in the first, in the first of the moneth: the word of our Lord was made to me, saying:✦Et factum est in vigesimo et septimo anno, in primo, in una mensis : factum est verbum Domini ad me, dicens :
18Son of man, Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon hath made his army to serve with great service against Tyre: every head made bald, and every shoulder hath the hair plucked off: and there hath been no reward rendered him, nor his army concerning Tyre, for the service that he served me against it.Sonne of man, Nabuchodnosor the king of Babylon hath made his armie to serue with great seruice agaynst Tyre: euerie head made bald, and euerie shoulder hath the heare plucked of: and ∷ there hath bene no reward rendred him, nor his armie concerning Tyre, for the seruice that he serued me agaynst it.✦[Fili hominis, Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis servire fecit exercitum suum servitute magna adversum Tyrum : omne caput decalvatum, et omnis humerus depilatus est : et merces non est reddita ei, neque exercitui ejus, de Tyro, pro servitute qua servivit mihi adversus eam.
19Therefore thus saith our Lord God: Behold I will give Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon in the Land of Egypt: and he shall take the multitude thereof, and take the booties thereof for a praedabitur: a beast that is hunted; plunder taken in war, and diripiet: a firearm; to plunder / ransack the spoils thereof: and it shall be a reward for his army,Therfore thus sayth our Lord God: Behold I wil geue Nabuchodonsor the king of Babylon in the Land of Ægypt: and he shal take the multitude therof, and take the booties therof for a praye, and rifle the spoiles therof: and it shal be ∷ a reward for his armie,✦Propterea hæc dicit Dominus Deus : Ecce ego dabo Nabuchodonosor regem Babylonis in terra Ægypti : et accipiet multitudinem ejus, et deprædabitur manubias ejus, et diripiet spolia ejus : et erit merces exercitui illius,
20and for the work, that he served me against it: I have given him the Land of Egypt, for that they have laboured for me, saith our Lord God.and for the worke, that he serued me agaynst it: I haue geuen him the Land of Ægypt, for that they haue labored for me, sayth our Lord God.et operi quo servivit adversus eam : dedi ei terram Ægypti pro eo quod laboraverit mihi, ait Dominus Deus.
21In that day there shall a cornu: a symbol of power / strength spring to the house of Israel, and I will give thee an open mouth in the midst of them: and they shall know that I am the Lord.In that day there shal a horne spring to the house of Israel, and I wil geue thee an open mouth in the middes of them: and they shal know that I am the Lord.✦In die illo pullulabit cornu domui Israël, et tibi dabo apertum os in medio eorum, et scient quia ego Dominus.]
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.