حِزْقِيال 21

١ 1 وَأَوْحَى إِلَيَّ الرَّبُّ بِكَلِمَتِهِ قَائِلاً:

And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

٢ 2 «يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ: الْتَفِتْ نَحْوَ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَتَنَبَّأْ عَلَى الْمَقَادِسِ وَعَلَى أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ

Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop [thy word] toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,

٣ 3 وَقُلْ لأَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ، هَا أَنَا أَنْقَلِبُ عَلَيْكِ وَأَسْتَلُّ سَيْفِي مِنْ غِمْدِهِ فَأَسْتَأْصِلُ مِنْكِ الصَّالِحَ وَالطَّالِحَ.

And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I [am] against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.

٤ 4 لِذَلِكَ يَخْرُجُ سَيْفِي مِنْ غِمْدِهِ فَيَقْضِي عَلَى كُلِّ إِنْسَانٍ مِنَ الْجَنُوبِ إِلَى الشِّمَالِ.

Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:

٥ 5 فَيُدْرِكُ كُلُّ بَشَرٍ أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ، سَلَلْتُ سَيْفِي مِنْ غِمْدِهِ وَلَنْ يَرْتَدَّ إِلَيْهِ.

That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.

٦ 6 أَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، فَتَنَهَّدْ بِقَلْبٍ مُنْكَسِرٍ وَحُزْنٍ مَرِيرٍ أَمَامَهُمْ

Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of [thy] loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.

٧ 7 فَإِنْ سَأَلُوكَ: عَلَى مَاذَا تَتَنَهَّدُ؟ تُجِبْهُمْ: عَلَى الأَخْبَارِ الْوَارِدَةِ الَّتِي تُذِيبُ كُلَّ قَلْبٍ، فَتَسْتَرْخِي الأَيْدِي وَيَعْتَرِي الْيَأْسُ كُلَّ رُوحٍ، وَتُصْبِحُ الرُّكَبُ كَالْمَاءِ. هَا هِيَ الأَخْبَارُ وَارِدَةٌ وَلابُدَّ أَنْ تَتِمَّ، يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ».

And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak [as] water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD.

٨ 8 وَأَوْحَى إِلَيَّ الرَّبُّ بِكَلِمَتِهِ قَائِلاً:

Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

٩ 9 «يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، تَنَبَّأْ وَقُلْ: هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ: سَيْفٌ، سَيْفٌ قَدْ تَمَّ سَنُّهُ وَصَقْلُهُ أَيْضاً.

Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished:

١٠ 10 قَدْ سُنَّ لِلذَّبْحِ، وَصُقِلَ لِيُوْمِضَ بِالْبَرِيقِ فَهَلْ نَغْتَبِطُ (قَائِلِينَ): عَصَا ابْنِي تَحْتَقِرُ كُلَّ قَضِيبٍ؟

It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, [as] every tree.

١١ 11 قَدْ أُعْطِيَ السَّيْفُ لِيُصْقَلَ وَيُجَرَّدَ بِالْكَفِّ، وَهَا هُوَ بَعْدَ سَنِّهِ وَصَقْلِهِ يُسَلَّمُ لِيَدِ الْقَاتِلِ.

And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.

١٢ 12 اُصْرُخْ وَأَعْوِلْ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ لأَنَّهُ يَتَسَلَّطُ عَلَى شَعْبِي وَعَلَى كُلِّ رُؤَسَاءِ إِسْرَائِيلَ؛ يَتَعَرَّضُ شَعْبِي لأَهْوَالٍ مِنْ جَرَّاءِ هَذَا السَّيْفِ، لِذَلِكَ اضْرِبْ عَلَى صَدْرِكَ فَزَعاً.

Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it [shall be] upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon [thy] thigh.

١٣ 13 لأَنَّ الامْتِحَانَ قَدْ أُعِدَّ وَمَاذَا يَحْدُثُ إِنْ لَمْ تُقْبَلْ هَذِهِ الْعَصَا الْمُحْتَقِرَةُ؟ يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ.

Because [it is] a trial, and what if [the sword] contemn even the rod? it shall be no [more], saith the Lord GOD.

١٤ 14 فَتَنَبَّأْ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، وَاصْفِقْ كَفّاً عَلَى كَفٍّ، وَلْيَضْرِبْ السَّيْفُ مَرَّتَيْنِ، بَلْ ثَلاثَ مَرَّاتٍ. إِنَّهُ سَيْفُ الْقَتْلَى، سَيْفُ الْمَجْزَرَةِ الْعَظِيمَةِ الْمُحْدِقَةِ بِهِمْ،

Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite [thine] hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it [is] the sword of the great [men that are] slain, which entereth into their privy chambers.

١٥ 15 لِكَيْ تَذُوبَ الْقُلُوبُ، فَيَتَهَاوَى كَثِيرُونَ صَرْعَى عِنْدَ كُلِّ بَوَّابَاتِهِمْ. لِهَذَا جَرَّدْتُ سَيْفاً مُتَقَلِّباً بَرَّاقاً مَصْقُولاً مُتَأَهِّباً لِلذَّبْحِ.

I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that [their] heart may faint, and [their] ruins be multiplied: ah! [it is] made bright, [it is] wrapped up for the slaughter.

١٦ 16 فَيَا سَيْفُ اجْرَحْ يَمِيناً، اجْرَحْ شِمَالاً، اجْرَحْ كَيْفَمَا تَوَجَّهَ حَدُّكَ.

Go thee one way or other, [either] on the right hand, [or] on the left, whithersoever thy face [is] set.

١٧ 17 وَأَنَا أَيْضاً أُصَفِّقُ بِكَفِّي وَأُهَدِّئُ سَوْرَةَ غَضَبِي، أَنَا الرَّبُّ تَكَلَّمْتُ».

I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the LORD have said [it].

١٨ 18 وَأَوْحَى إِلَيَّ الرَّبُّ بِكَلِمَتِهِ قَائِلاً:

The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,

١٩ 19 «أَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، فَخَطِّطْ طَرِيقَيْنِ لِزَحْفِ سَيْفِ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ. مِنْ أَرْضٍ وَاحِدَةٍ تَخْرُجُ الطَّرِيقَانِ، وَأَقِمْ مَعْلَماً عِنْدَ نَاصِيَةِ الطَّرِيقِ الْمُفْضِيَةِ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ.

Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and choose thou a place, choose [it] at the head of the way to the city.

٢٠ 20 خَطِّطْ طَرِيقاً يَسْلُكُهُ السَّيْفُ عَلَى رَبَّةِ عَمُّونَ وَعَلَى يَهُوذَا فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ الْحَصِينَةِ،

Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.

٢١ 21 لأَنَّ مَلِكَ بَابِلَ قَدْ تَوَقَّفَ عِنْدَ مَفْرَقِ الطَّرِيقَيْنِ عَلَى النَّاصِيَةِ، يَلْتَمِسُ عِرَافَةً، فَضَرَبَ بِالسِّهَامِ، وَطَلَبَ مَشُورَةَ أَصْنَامِ أَسْلافِهِ، وَنَظَرَ إِلَى الْكَبِدِ.

For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made [his] arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.

٢٢ 22 فَعَنْ يَمِينِهِ أُلْقِيَتْ قُرْعَةٌ عَلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ لإِقَامَةِ الْمَجَانِقِ، وَإِصْدَارِ الأَوَامِرِ بِالْقَتْلِ، وَإِطْلاقِ هُتَافِ الْحَرْبِ، لِنَصْبِ الْمَجَانِقِ عَلَى الأَبْوَابِ، لإِقَامَةِ مِتْرَسَةٍ لِبِنَاءِ بُرْجٍ.

At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint [battering] rams against the gates, to cast a mount, [and] to build a fort.

٢٣ 23 وَلَكِنَّهَا تَبْدُو لِمَنْ أَقْسَمَ بِالْوَلاءِ لِلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ أَنَّهَا عِرَافَةٌ كَاذِبَةٌ، وَلَكِنَّ مَلِكَ بَابِلَ يَتَذَكَّرُ نَكْثَهُمْ لِلْعَهْدِ فَيُؤْخَذُونَ بِهِ.

And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken.

٢٤ 24 لِذَلِكَ، هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: لأَنَّكُمْ ذَكَّرْتُمْ بِإِثْمِكُمْ، إِذِ انْكَشَفَ تَمَرُّدُكُمْ، فَتَجَلَّتْ خَطَايَاكُمْ فِي كُلِّ مَا ارْتَكَبْتُمُوهُ مِنْ أَعْمَالٍ، لِهَذَا إِذْ ذَكَّرْتُمْ بِأَنْفُسِكُمْ يُقْبَضُ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْيَدِ.

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because, [I say], that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand.

٢٥ 25 وَأَنْتَ أَيُّهَا الْمَطْعُونُ الأَثِيمُ، مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ، يَا مَنْ أَزِفَ يَوْمُهُ فِي سَاعَةِ الْعِقَابِ النِّهَائِيِّ

And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity [shall have] an end,

٢٦ 26 اخْلَعِ الْعَمَامَةَ، وَانْزِعِ التَّاجَ، فَلَنْ يَبْقَى الْحَالُ كَسَالِفِ الْعَهْدِ بِهِ، ارْفَعْ الْوَضِيعَ، وَضَعْ الرَّفِيعَ.

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this [shall] not [be] the same: exalt [him that is] low, and abase [him that is] high.

٢٧ 27 هَا أَنَا أَقْلِبُهُ، أَقْلِبُهُ، أقْلِبُهُ، حَتَّى لَا يَبْقَى مِنْهُ أَثَرٌ، إِلَى أَنْ يَأْتِيَ صَاحِبُ الْحُكْمِ، فَأُعْطِيَهُ إِيَّاهُ.

I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no [more], until he come whose right it is; and I will give it [him].

٢٨ 28 أَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، فَتَنَبَّأْ وَقُلْ هَذَا مَا يَقْضِي بِهِ الرَّبُّ عَلَى بَنِي عَمُّونَ وَعَلَى تَعْيِيرِهِمْ: هَا سَيْفٌ، سَيْفٌ مَسْلُولٌ لِلذَّبْحِ، مَصْقُولٌ لِلالْتِهَامِ يُوْمِضُ كَالْبَرْقِ.

And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword [is] drawn: for the slaughter [it is] furbished, to consume because of the glittering:

٢٩ 29 فَبَيْنَمَا يَرَوْنَ لَكَ رُؤىً بَاطِلَةً، وَيَنْطِقُونَ لَكَ بِعِرَافَةٍ كَاذِبَةٍ يَطْرَحُكَ (السَّيْفُ) كَيْ تَلْقَى حَتْفَكَ فَوْقَ جُثَثِ الْقَتْلَى الأَشْرَارِ الَّذِينَ حَانَ يَوْمُهُمْ فِي سَاعَةِ الْعِقَابِ النِّهَائِيِّ.

Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of [them that are] slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity [shall have] an end.

٣٠ 30 أَعِدْهُ إِلَى غِمْدِهِ. فَفِي الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي خُلِقْتِ فِيهِ يَا مَمْلَكَةَ عَمُّونَ، فِي أَرْضِ مَوْلِدِكِ، أُحَاكِمُكِ.

Shall I cause [it] to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.

٣١ 31 وَأَصُبُّ عَلَيْكِ غَضَبِي، وَأَنْفُخُ عَلَيْكِ بِنَارِ غَيْظِي وَأُسَلِّمُكِ لِقَبْضَةِ رِجَالٍ أَفْظَاظٍ مُتَمَرِّسِينَ فِي التَّدْمِيرِ.

And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, [and] skilful to destroy.

٣٢ 32 فَتَكُونِينَ وَقُوداً لِلنَّارِ، وَيَهْطِلُ دَمُكِ فِي وَسَطِ الأَرْضِ، وَلا تُذْكَرِينَ فِيمَا بَعْدُ لأَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ تَكَلَّمْتُ».

Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt be no [more] remembered: for I the LORD have spoken [it].