حِزْقِيَال 3

١ 1 فَقَالَ لِي: «يَا ٱبْنَ آدَمَ، كُلْ مَا تَجِدُهُ. كُلْ هَذَا ٱلدَّرْجَ، وَٱذْهَبْ كَلِّمْ بَيْتَ إِسْرَائِيلَ».

And he said to me: Son of man, eat all that thou shalt find: eat this book, and go speak to the children of Israel.

٢ 2 فَفَتَحْتُ فَمِي فَأَطْعَمَنِي ذَلِكَ ٱلدَّرْجَ.

And I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that book:

٣ 3 وَقَالَ لِي: «يَا ٱبْنَ آدَمَ، أَطْعِمْ بَطْنَكَ وَٱمْلَأْ جَوْفَكَ مِنْ هَذَا ٱلدَّرْجِ ٱلَّذِي أَنَا مُعْطِيكَهُ». فَأَكَلْتُهُ فَصَارَ فِي فَمِي كَٱلْعَسَلِ حَلَاوَةً.

And he said to me: Son of man, thy belly shall eat, and thy bowels shall be filled with this book, which I give thee. And I did eat it: and it was sweet as honey in my mouth.

٤ 4 فَقَالَ لِي: «يَا ٱبْنَ آدَمَ، ٱذْهَبِ ٱمْضِ إِلَى بَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَكَلِّمْهُمْ بِكَلَامِي.

And he said to me: Son of man, go to the house of Israel, and thou shalt speak my words to them.

٥ 5 لِأَنَّكَ غَيْرُ مُرْسَلٍ إِلَى شَعْبٍ غَامِضِ ٱللُّغَةِ وَثَقِيلِ ٱللِّسَانِ، بَلْ إِلَى بَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

For thou art not sent to a people of a profound speech, and of an unknown tongue, but to the house of Israel:

٦ 6 لَا إِلَى شُعُوبٍ كَثِيرَةٍ غَامِضَةِ ٱللُّغَةِ وَثَقِيلَةِ ٱللِّسَانِ لَسْتَ تَفْهَمُ كَلَامَهُمْ. فَلَوْ أَرْسَلْتُكَ إِلَى هَؤُلَاءِ لَسَمِعُوا لَكَ.

Nor to many nations of a strange speech, and of an unknown tongue, whose words thou canst not understand: and if thou wert sent to them, they would hearken to thee.

٧ 7 لَكِنَّ بَيْتَ إِسْرَائِيلَ لَا يَشَاءُ أَنْ يَسْمَعَ لَكَ، لِأَنَّهُمْ لَا يَشَاؤُونَ أَنْ يَسْمَعُوا لِي. لِأَنَّ كُلَّ بَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ صِلَابُ ٱلْجِبَاهِ وَقُسَاةُ ٱلْقُلُوبِ.

But the house of Israel will not hearken to thee: because they will not hearken to me: for all the house of Israel are of a hard forehead and an obstinate heart.

٨ 8 هَأَنَذَا قَدْ جَعَلْتُ وَجْهَكَ صُلْبًا مِثْلَ وُجُوهِهِمْ، وَجَبْهَتَكَ صُلْبَةً مِثْلَ جِبَاهِهِمْ،

Behold I have made thy face stronger than their faces: and thy forehead harder than their foreheads.

٩ 9 قَدْ جَعَلْتُ جَبْهَتَكَ كَٱلْمَاسِ أَصْلَبَ مِنَ ٱلصَّوَّانِ، فَلَا تَخَفْهُمْ وَلَا تَرْتَعِبْ مِنْ وُجُوهِهِمْ لِأَنَّهُمْ بَيْتٌ مُتَمَرِّدٌ».

I have made thy face like an adamant and like flint: fear them not, neither be thou dismayed at their presence: for they are a provoking house.

١٠ 10 وَقَالَ لِي: «يَا ٱبْنَ آدَمَ، كُلُّ ٱلْكَلَامِ ٱلَّذِي أُكَلِّمُكَ بِهِ، أَوْعِهِ فِي قَلْبِكَ وَٱسْمَعْهُ بِأُذُنَيْكَ.

And he said to me: Son of man, receive in thy heart, and hear with thy ears, all the words that I speak to thee:

١١ 11 وَٱمْضِ ٱذْهَبْ إِلَى ٱلْمَسْبِيِّينَ، إِلَى بَنِي شَعْبِكَ، وَكَلِّمْهُمْ وَقُلْ لَهُمْ: هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ، إِنْ سَمِعُوا وَإِنِ ٱمْتَنَعُوا».

And go get thee in to them of the captivity, to the children of thy people, and thou shalt speak to them, and shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord: If so be they will hear and will forbear.

١٢ 12 ثُمَّ حَمَلَنِي رُوحٌ، فَسَمِعْتُ خَلْفِي صَوْتَ رَعْدٍ عَظِيمٍ: «مُبَارَكٌ مَجْدُ ٱلرَّبِّ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ».

And the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great commotion, saying: Blessed be the glory of the Lord, from his place.

١٣ 13 وَصَوْتَ أَجْنِحَةِ ٱلْحَيَوَانَاتِ ٱلْمُتَلَاصِقَةِ ٱلْوَاحِدُ بِأَخِيهِ وَصَوْتَ ٱلْبَكَرَاتِ مَعَهَا وَصَوْتَ رَعْدٍ عَظِيمٍ.

And the noise of the wings of the living creatures striking one against another, and the noise of the wheels following the living creatures, and the noise of a great commotion.

١٤ 14 فَحَمَلَنِي ٱلرُّوحُ وَأَخَذَنِي، فَذَهَبْتُ مُرًّا فِي حَرَارَةِ رُوحِي، وَيَدُ ٱلرَّبِّ كَانَتْ شَدِيدَةً عَلَيَّ.

The spirit also lifted me, and took me up: and I went away in bitterness in the indignation of my spirit: for the hand of the Lord was with me, strengthening me.

١٥ 15 فَجِئْتُ إِلَى ٱلْمَسْبِيِّينَ عِنْدَ تَلِّ أَبِيبَ، ٱلسَّاكِنِينَ عْنْدَ نَهْرِ خَابُورَ. وَحَيْثُ سَكَنُوا هُنَاكَ سَكَنْتُ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ مُتَحَيِّرًا فِي وَسْطِهِمْ.

And I came to them of the captivity, to the heap of new corn, to them that dwelt by the river Chobar, and I sat where they sat: and I remained there seven days mourning in the midst of them.

١٦ 16 وَكَانَ عِنْدَ تَمَامِ ٱلسَّبْعَةِ ٱلْأَيَّامِ أَنَّ كَلِمَةَ ٱلرَّبِّ صَارَتْ إِلَيَّ قَائِلَةً:

And at the end of seven days the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

١٧ 17 «يَا ٱبْنَ آدَمَ، قَدْ جَعَلْتُكَ رَقِيبًا لِبَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. فَٱسْمَعِ ٱلْكَلِمَةَ مِنْ فَمِي وَأَنْذِرْهُمْ مِنْ قِبَلِي.

Son of man, I have made thee a watchman to the house of Israel: and thou shalt hear the word out of my mouth, and shalt tell it them from me.

١٨ 18 إِذَا قُلْتُ لِلشِّرِّيرِ: مَوْتًا تَمُوتُ، وَمَا أَنْذَرْتَهُ أَنْتَ وَلَا تَكَلَّمْتَ إِنْذَارًا لِلشِّرِّيرِ مِنْ طَرِيقِهِ ٱلرَّدِيئَةِ لِإِحْيَائِهِ، فَذَلِكَ ٱلشِّرِّيرُ يَمُوتُ بِإِثْمِهِ، أَمَّا دَمُهُ فَمِنْ يَدِكَ أَطْلُبُهُ.

If, when I say to the wicked, Thou shalt surely die: thou declare it not to him, nor speak to him, that he may be converted from his wicked way, and live: the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but I will require his blood at thy hand.

١٩ 19 وَإِنْ أَنْذَرْتَ أَنْتَ ٱلشِّرِّيرَ وَلَمْ يَرْجِعْ عَنْ شَرِّهِ وَلَا عَنْ طَرِيقِهِ ٱلرَّدِيئَةِ، فَإِنَّهُ يَمُوتُ بِإِثْمِهِ، أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَقَدْ نَجَّيْتَ نَفْسَكَ.

But if thou give warning to the wicked, and he be not converted from his wickedness, and from his evil way: he indeed shall die in his iniquity, but thou hast delivered thy soul.

٢٠ 20 وَٱلْبَارُّ إِنْ رَجَعَ عَنْ بِرِّهِ وَعَمِلَ إِثْمًا وَجَعَلْتُ مُعْثِرَةً أَمَامَهُ فَإِنَّهُ يَمُوتُ. لِأَنَّكَ لَمْ تُنْذِرْهُ، يَمُوتُ فِي خَطِيَّتِهِ وَلَا يُذْكَرُ بِرُّهُ ٱلَّذِي عَمِلَهُ، أَمَّا دَمُهُ فَمِنْ يَدِكَ أَطْلُبُهُ.

Moreover if the just man shall turn away from his justice, and shall commit iniquity: I will lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die, because thou hast not given him warning: he shall die in his sin, and his justices which he hath done, shall not be remembered: but I will require his blood at thy hand.

٢١ 21 وَإِنْ أَنْذَرْتَ أَنْتَ ٱلْبَارَّ مِنْ أَنْ يُخْطِئَ ٱلْبَارُّ، وَهُوَ لَمْ يُخْطِئْ، فَإِنَّهُ حَيَاةً يَحْيَا لِأَنَّهُ أُنْذِرَ، وَأَنْتَ تَكُونُ قَدْ نَجَّيْتَ نَفْسَكَ».

But if thou warn the just man, that the just may not sin, and he doth not sin: living he shall live, because thou hast warned him, and thou hast delivered thy soul.

٢٢ 22 وَكَانَتْ يَدُ ٱلرَّبِّ عَلَيَّ هُنَاكَ، وَقَالَ لِي: «قُمُ ٱخْرُجْ إِلَى ٱلْبُقْعَةِ وَهُنَاكَ أُكَلِّمُكَ».

And the hand of the Lord was upon me, and he said to me: Rise and go forth into the plain, and there I will speak to thee.

٢٣ 23 فَقُمْتُ وَخَرَجْتُ إِلَى ٱلْبُقْعَةِ، وَإِذَا بِمَجْدِ ٱلرَّبِّ وَاقِفٌ هُنَاكَ كَٱلْمَجْدِ ٱلَّذِي رَأَيْتُهُ عِنْدَ نَهْرِ خَابُورَ، فَخَرَرْتُ عَلَى وَجْهِي.

And I rose up, and went forth into the plain: and behold the glory of the Lord stood there, like the glory which I saw by the river Chobar: and I fell upon my face.

٢٤ 24 فَدَخَلَ فِيَّ رُوحٌ وَأَقَامَنِي عَلَى قَدَمَيَّ، ثُمَّ كَلَّمَنِي وَقَالَ لِي: «اِذْهَبْ أَغْلِقْ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ فِي وَسْطِ بَيْتِكَ.

And the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet: and he spoke to me, and said to me: Go in; and shut thyself up in the midst of thy house.

٢٥ 25 وَأَنْتَ يَا ٱبْنَ آدَمَ، فَهَا هُمْ يَضَعُونَ عَلَيْكَ رُبُطًا وَيُقَيِّدُونَكَ بِهَا، فَلَا تَخْرُجُ فِي وَسْطِهِمْ.

And thou, O son of man, behold they shall put bands upon thee, and they shall bind thee with them: and thou shalt not go forth from the midst of them.

٢٦ 26 وَأُلْصِقُ لِسَانَكَ بِحَنَكِكَ فَتَبْكَمُ، وَلَا تَكُونُ لَهُمْ رَجُلًا مُوَبِّخًا، لِأَنَّهُمْ بَيْتٌ مُتَمَرِّدٌ.

And I will make thy tongue stick fast to the roof of thy mouth, and thou shalt be dumb, and not as a man that reproveth: because they are a provoking house.

٢٧ 27 فَإِذَا كَلَّمْتُكَ أَفْتَحُ فَمَكَ فَتَقُولُ لَهُمْ: هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ: مَنْ يَسْمَعْ فَلْيَسْمَعْ، وَمَنْ يَمْتَنِعْ فَلْيَمْتَنِعْ. لِأَنَّهُمْ بَيْتٌ مُتَمَرِّدٌ».

But when I shall speak to thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: He that heareth, let him hear: and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a provoking house.