1 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.

1 Onus Ægypti. Ecce Dominus ascendet super nubem levem,
et ingredietur Ægyptum,
et commovebuntur simulacra Ægypti a facie ejus,
et cor Ægypti tabescet in medio ejus,

2 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.

2 et concurrere faciam Ægyptios adversus Ægyptios;
et pugnabit vir contra fratrem suum, et vir contra amicum suum,
civitas adversus civitatem, regnum adversus regnum.

3 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.

3 Et dirumpetur spiritus Ægypti in visceribus ejus,
et consilium ejus præcipitabo;
et interrogabunt simulacra sua, et divinos suos,
et pythones, et ariolos.

4 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.

4 Et tradam Ægyptum in manu dominorum crudelium,
et rex fortis dominabitur eorum,
ait Dominus Deus exercituum.

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

5 Et arescet aqua de mari,
et fluvius desolabitur atque siccabitur.

6 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.

6 Et deficient flumina,
attenuabuntur et siccabuntur rivi aggerum,
calamus et juncus marcescet.

7 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.

7 Nudabitur alveus rivi a fonte suo,
et omnis sementis irrigua
siccabitur, arescet, et non erit.

8 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.

8 Et mœrebunt piscatores,
et lugebunt omnes mittentes in flumen hamum;
et expandentes rete super faciem aquarum emarcescent.

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

9 Confundentur qui operabantur linum,
pectentes et texentes subtilia.

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

10 Et erunt irrigua ejus flaccentia:
omnes qui faciebant lacunas ad capiendos pisces.

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?

11 Stulti principes Taneos,
sapientes consiliarii Pharaonis
dederunt consilium insipiens.
Quomodo dicetis Pharaoni:
Filius sapientium ego,
filius regum antiquorum?

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.

12 Ubi nunc sunt sapientes tui?
annuntient tibi, et indicent
quid cogitaverit Dominus exercituum super Ægyptum.

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.

13 Stulti facti sunt principes Taneos,
emarcuerunt principes Mempheos;
deceperunt Ægyptum, angulum populorum ejus.

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.

14 Dominus miscuit in medio ejus spiritum vertiginis;
et errare fecerunt Ægyptum in omni opere suo,
sicut errat ebrius et vomens.

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

15 Et non erit Ægypto opus
quod faciat caput et caudam,
incurvantem et refrenantem.

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.

16 In die illa erit Ægyptus quasi mulieres;
et stupebunt, et timebunt
a facie commotionis manus Domini exercituum,
quam ipse movebit super eam.

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.

17 Et erit terra Juda
Ægypto in pavorem;
omnis qui illius fuerit recordatus pavebit
a facie consilii Domini exercituum,
quod ipse cogitavit super eam.

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.

18 In die illa erunt quinque civitates
in terra Ægypti
loquentes lingua Chanaan,
et jurantes per Dominum exercituum:
Civitas solis vocabitur una.

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.

19 In die illa erit altare Domini
in medio terræ Ægypti,
et titulus Domini juxta terminum ejus.

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.

20 Erit in signum et in testimonium Domino exercituum
in terra Ægypti;
clamabunt enim ad Dominum a facie tribulationis,
et mittet eis salvatorem
et propugnatorem qui liberet eos.

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.

21 Et cognoscetur Dominus ab Ægypto,
et cognoscent Ægyptii Dominum
in die illa;
et colent eum in hostiis et in muneribus;
et vota vovebunt Domino, et solvent.

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.

22 Et percutiet Dominus Ægyptum plaga,
et sanabit eam;
et revertentur ad Dominum,
et placabitur eis, et sanabit eos.

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.

23 In die illa erit via
de Ægypto in Assyrios;
et intrabit Assyrius Ægyptum,
et Ægyptius in Assyrios,
et servient Ægyptii Assur.

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

24 In die illa erit Israël tertius
Ægyptio et Assyrio;
benedictio in medio terræ

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.

25 cui benedixit Dominus exercituum, dicens:
Benedictus populus meus Ægypti,
et opus manuum mearum Assyrio;
hæreditas autem mea Israël.