حِزْقِيَال 5

١ 1 «وَأَنْتَ يَا ٱبْنَ آدَمَ، فَخُذْ لِنَفْسِكَ سِكِّينًا حَادًّا، مُوسَى ٱلْحَلَّاقِ تَأْخُذُ لِنَفْسِكَ، وَأَمْرِرْهَا عَلَى رَأْسِكَ وَعَلَى لِحْيَتِكَ. وَخُذْ لِنَفْسِكَ مِيزَانًا لِلْوَزْنِ وَٱقْسِمْهُ،

“You, son of man, take a sharp sword. You shall take it as a barber’s razor to yourself, and shall cause it to pass over your head and over your beard. Then take balances to weigh and divide the hair.

٢ 2 وَأَحْرِقْ بِٱلنَّارِ ثُلُثَهُ فِي وَسْطِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ إِذَا تَمَّتْ أَيَّامُ ٱلْحِصَارِ. وَخُذْ ثُلُثًا وَٱضْرِبْهُ بِٱلسَّيْفِ حَوَالَيْهِ، وَذَرِّ ثُلُثًا إِلَى ٱلرِّيحِ، وَأَنَا أَسْتَلُّ سَيْفًا وَرَاءَهُمْ.

A third part you shall burn in the fire in the middle of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled. You shall take a third part, and strike with the sword around it. A third part you shall scatter to the wind, and I will draw out a sword after them.

٣ 3 وَخُذْ مِنْهُ قَلِيلًا بِٱلْعَدَدِ وَصُرَّهُ فِي أَذْيَالِكَ.

You shall take a small number of these and bind them in the folds of your robe.

٤ 4 وَخُذْ مِنْهُ أَيْضًا وَأَلْقِهِ فِي وَسْطِ ٱلنَّارِ، وَأَحْرِقْهُ بِٱلنَّارِ. مِنْهُ تَخْرُجُ نَارٌ عَلَى كُلِّ بَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

Of these again you shall take, and cast them into the middle of the fire, and burn them in the fire. From it a fire will come out into all the house of Israel.

٥ 5 «هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ: هَذِهِ أُورُشَلِيمُ. فِي وَسْطِ ٱلشُّعُوبِ قَدْ أَقَمْتُهَا وَحَوَالَيْهَا ٱلْأَرَاضِي.

“The Lord Yahweh says: ‘This is Jerusalem. I have set her in the middle of the nations, and countries are around her.

٦ 6 فَخَالَفَتْ أَحْكَامِي بِأَشَرَّ مِنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ، وَفَرَائِضِي بِأَشَرَّ مِنَ ٱلْأَرَاضِي ٱلَّتِي حَوَالَيْهَا، لِأَنَّ أَحْكَامِي رَفَضُوهَا وَفَرَائِضِي لَمْ يَسْلُكُوا فِيهَا.

She has rebelled against my ordinances in doing wickedness more than the nations, and against my statutes more than the countries that are around her; for they have rejected my ordinances, and as for my statutes, they have not walked in them.’

٧ 7 لِأَجْلِ ذَلِكَ هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ: مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّكُمْ ضَجَجْتُمْ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ ٱلَّتِي حَوَالَيْكُمْ، وَلَمْ تَسْلُكُوا فِي فَرَائِضِي، وَلَمْ تَعْمَلُوا حَسَبَ أَحْكَامِي، وَلَا عَمِلْتُمْ حَسَبَ أَحْكَامِ ٱلْأُمَمِ ٱلَّتِي حَوَالَيْكُمْ،

“Therefore the Lord Yahweh says: ‘Because you are more turbulent than the nations that are around you, and have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept my ordinances, neither have followed the ordinances of the nations that are around you;

٨ 8 لِذَلِكَ هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ: هَا إِنِّي أَنَا أَيْضًا عَلَيْكِ، وَسَأُجْرِي فِي وَسْطِكِ أَحْكَامًا أَمَامَ عُيُونِ ٱلْأُمَمِ،

therefore the Lord Yahweh says: ‘Behold, I, even I, am against you; and I will execute judgments among you in the sight of the nations.

٩ 9 وَأَفْعَلُ بِكِ مَا لَمْ أَفْعَلْ، وَمَا لَنْ أَفْعَلَ مِثْلَهُ بَعْدُ، بِسَبَبِ كُلِّ أَرْجَاسِكِ.

I will do in you that which I have not done, and which I will not do anything like it any more, because of all your abominations.

١٠ 10 لِأَجْلِ ذَلِكَ تَأْكُلُ ٱلْآبَاءُ ٱلْأَبْنَاءَ فِي وَسْطِكِ، وَٱلْأَبْنَاءُ يَأْكُلُونَ آبَاءَهُمْ. وَأُجْرِي فِيكِ أَحْكَامًا، وَأُذَرِّي بَقِيَّتَكِ كُلَّهَا فِي كُلِّ رِيحٍ.

Therefore the fathers will eat the sons within you, and the sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments on you; and I will scatter the whole remnant of you to all the winds.

١١ 11 مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ حَيٌّ أَنَا، يَقُولُ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ، مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّكِ قَدْ نَجَّسْتِ مَقْدِسِي بِكُلِّ مَكْرُهَاتِكِ وَبِكُلِّ أَرْجَاسِكِ، فَأَنَا أَيْضًا أَجُزُّ وَلَا تُشْفُقُ عَيْنِي، وَأَنَا أَيْضًا لَا أَعْفُو.

Therefore as I live,’ says the Lord Yahweh, ‘surely, because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable things, and with all your abominations, therefore I will also diminish you. My eye won’t spare, and I will have no pity.

١٢ 12 ثُلُثُكِ يَمُوتُ بِٱلْوَبَإِ، وَبِالْجُوعِ يَفْنَوْنَ فِي وَسْطِكِ. وَثُلُثٌ يَسْقُطُ بِٱلسَّيْفِ مِنْ حَوْلِكِ، وَثُلُثٌ أُذَرِّيهِ فِي كُلِّ رِيحٍ، وَأَسْتَلُّ سَيْفًا وَرَاءَهُمْ.

A third part of you will die with the pestilence, and they will be consumed with famine within you. A third part will fall by the sword around you. A third part I will scatter to all the winds, and will draw out a sword after them.

١٣ 13 وَإِذَا تَمَّ غَضَبِي وَأَحْلَلْتُ سَخَطِي عَلَيْهِمْ وَتَشَفَّيْتُ، يَعْلَمُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ تَكَلَّمْتُ فِي غَيْرَتِي، إِذَا أَتْمَمْتُ سَخَطِي فِيهِمْ.

“‘Thus my anger will be accomplished, and I will cause my wrath toward them to rest, and I will be comforted. They will know that I, Yahweh, have spoken in my zeal, when I have accomplished my wrath on them.

١٤ 14 وَأَجْعَلُكِ خَرَابًا وَعَارًا بَيْنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ ٱلَّتِي حَوَالَيْكِ أَمَامَ عَيْنَيْ كُلِّ عَابِرٍ،

“‘Moreover I will make you a desolation and a reproach among the nations that are around you, in the sight of all that pass by.

١٥ 15 فَتَكُونِينَ عَارًا وَلَعْنَةً وَتَأْدِيبًا وَدَهَشًا لِلْأُمَمِ ٱلَّتِي حَوَالَيْكِ، إِذَا أَجْرَيْتُ فِيكِ أَحْكَامًا بِغَضَبٍ وَبِسَخَطٍ وَبِتَوْبِيخَاتٍ حَامِيَةٍ. أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ تَكَلَّمْتُ.

So it will be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment, to the nations that are around you, when I execute judgments on you in anger and in wrath, and in wrathful rebukes—I, Yahweh, have spoken it—

١٦ 16 إِذَا أَرْسَلْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ سِهَامَ ٱلْجُوعِ ٱلشِّرِّيرَةَ ٱلَّتِي تَكُونُ لِلْخَرَابِ ٱلَّتِي أُرْسِلُهَا لِخَرَابِكُمْ، وَأَزِيدُ ٱلْجُوعَ عَلَيْكُمْ، وَأُكَسِّرُ لَكُمْ قِوَامَ ٱلْخُبْزِ،

when I send on them the evil arrows of famine that are for destruction, which I will send to destroy you. I will increase the famine on you and will break your staff of bread.

١٧ 17 وَإِذَا أَرْسَلْتُ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْجُوعَ وَٱلْوُحُوشَ ٱلرَّدِيئَةَ فَتُثْكِلُكِ، وَيَعْبُرُ فِيكِ ٱلْوَبَأُ وَٱلدَّمُ، وَأَجْلُبُ عَلَيْكِ سَيْفًا. أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ تَكَلَّمْتُ».

I will send on you famine and evil animals, and they will bereave you. Pestilence and blood will pass through you. I will bring the sword on you. I, Yahweh, have spoken it.’”