Prepare ye the shield and buckler, and go forth to battle.
Prepare the table: behold in the watch-tower them that eat and drink. Arise, ye princes, take up the shield.
Draw thee water for the siege, build up thy bulwarks: go into the clay, and tread, work it and make brick.
He is come up that shall destroy before thy face, that shall keep the siege: watch the way, fortify thy loins, strengthen thy power exceedingly.
Proclaim ye this among the nations: prepare war, rouse up the strong: let them come, let all the men of war come up.
Declare ye to Egypt and publish it in Magdal, and let it be known in Memphis and in Taphnis. Say ye: Stand up, and prepare thyself: for the sword shall devour all round about thee.