حِزْقِيال 24
| وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الْعَاشِرِ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الْعَاشِرِ فِي السَّنَةِ التَّاسِعَةِ (مِنْ أَسْرِ الْمَلِكِ يَهُويَاقِيمَ)، أَوْحَى الرَّبُّ إِلَيِّ بِكَلِمَتِهِ قَائِلاً: | ١ 1 |
Almost nine [after we had been taken to Babylonia], on the tenth day of the tenth month [of that year], Yahweh gave me this message:
| «يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، دَوِّنِ اسْمَ هَذَا الْيَوْمِ بِعَيْنِهِ، فَإِنَّ مَلِكَ بَابِلَ قَدْ حَاصَرَ فِيهِ أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ٢ 2 |
“You human, write down what day of the month this is. On this [the army of] King of Babylon has surrounded Jerusalem.
| وَاضْرِبْ مَثَلاً لِلشَّعْبِ الْمُتَمَرِّدِ وَقُلْ لَهُمْ: هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: ضَعِ الْقِدْرَ وَصُبَّ فِيهَا مَاءً. | ٣ 3 |
Tell those rebellious Israeli people [MTY] [in Babylon] a parable. Say this to them: This is what Yahweh the Lord says: ‘Pour water into the [cooking] pot and put the pot [the fire].
| وَاطْرَحْ فِيهَا قِطَعَ الذَّبِيحَةِ، كُلَّ قِطْعَةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ، الْفَخْذَ وَالْكَتِفَ وَخِيَارَ الْعِظَامِ. | ٤ 4 |
Put into the pot some pieces of [from one of your best sheep]: Put in the leg and shoulder, [which are] the best pieces. [Then] fill [the rest of] the pot with the best bones.
| لِتَكُنِ الذَّبِيحَةُ مُنْتَقَاةً مِنْ خِيَارِ الْغَنَمِ، وَضَعْهَا فَوْقَ كَوْمَةِ الْعِظَامِ. اغْلِهَا جَيِّداً حَتَّى تُسْلَقَ عِظَامُهَا فِيهَا. | ٥ 5 |
Pile wood on the fire, and cook the bones and the meat in the boiling water.’
| لأَنَّ هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: وَيْلٌ لِلْمَدِينَةِ سَافِكَةِ الدِّمَاءِ، وَلِلْقِدْرِ الْمُغَشَّاةِ بِزِنْجَارِهَا الَّذِي لَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا. فَرِّغُوهَا قِطْعَةً قِطْعَةً مِنْ غَيْرِ اقْتِرَاعٍ عَلَيْهَا. | ٦ 6 |
[Do that] because this is what Yahweh the Lord says: ‘Terrible things will happen [Jerusalem]; it is city that is full of murderers [MTY], [a city that is like] [MET] a scorched pot whose black residue inside cannot be removed. Take the pieces [of meat] out of the pot, but do not choose which pieces to take out.
| لأَنَّ دَمَهَا مَا بَرِحَ فِيهَا، قَدْ وَضَعَتْهُ عَلَى صَخْرَةٍ جَرْدَاءَ، لَمْ تُرِقْهُ عَلَى الأَرْضِ لِتُوَارِيَهُ بِالتُّرَابِ | ٧ 7 |
The blood of the people who were murdered in Jerusalem is still there; they were murdered on the bare rocks, not on the soil, where their blood could be covered.
| وَحَتَّى تُثِيرَ الْغَضَبَ الْمُفْضِي إِلَى الانْتِقَامِ وَضَعْتُ دَمَهَا عَلَى صَخْرَةٍ جَرْدَاءَ لِئَلّا يُوَارَى. | ٨ 8 |
But I am the one who caused the blood of those who were murdered [MTY] to be smeared on the bare rock, where their blood could not be covered; I did that in order [I could see it and] then be angry and get revenge.’
| لِذَلِكَ وَيْلٌ لِلْمَدِينَةِ سَافِكَةِ الدِّمَاءِ، فَإِنِّي أَنَا أَجْعَلُ كُومَةَ حَطَبِهَا عَظِيمَةً. | ٩ 9 |
Therefore, this is what [I], Yahweh the Lord say: ‘Terrible things will happen to that city that is full of murderers [MTY]! [It will be as though] I also will pile high [the wood in the fire].
| كَثِّرِ الْحَطَبَ، أَضْرِمِ النَّارَ، أَنْضِجِ اللَّحْمَ وَضَعْ عَلَيْهِ التَّوَابِلَ وَلْتُحْرَقِ الْعِظَامُ. | ١٠ 10 |
[So], heap on the wood and light the fire! Cook the meat well, and mix some spices with it; cook it until the bones are charred.
| ثُمَّ ضَعِ الْقِدْرَ فَارِغَةً عَلَى الْجَمْرِ حَتَّى تَحْمَى وَيَتَوَهَّجَ نُحَاسُهَا، فَيَذُوبَ قَذَرُهَا وَيَفْنَى زِنْجَارُهَا. | ١١ 11 |
Then set the empty pot on the [of the fire] until the pot becomes [very] hot and the copper glows, with the result that the impurities and the rust will be burned up.
| قَدْ أَجْهَدَتْ نَفْسِي بِمَتَاعِبِهَا وَلَمْ تَتَطَهَّرْ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ زِنْجَارِهَا فَصَارَ مَآلُهُ لِلنَّارِ. | ١٢ 12 |
[It is as though] I tried to get rid of that rust, but I was not able to do it, [not even] by putting that pot in a fire.
| فِي قَذَارَتِكِ رَذِيلَةٌ لأَنِّي سَعَيْتُ لِتَطْهِيرِكِ، فَلَمْ تَطْهُرِي وَلَنْ تَطْهُرِي مِنْ نَجَاسَتِكِ حَتَّى أَصُبَّ عَلَيْكِ غَضَبِي. | ١٣ 13 |
The [in the pot represents] your immoral behavior. I tried to cleanse you from your wicked behavior, but you did not allow me to do that. So you will not be [from the guilt of your sin] [I have punished you and] I am no longer angry.
| أَنَا الرَّبُّ قَدْ تَكَلَّمْتُ، وَمَا قَضَيْتُ بِهِ لابُدَّ أَنْ يَتِمَّ. لَنْ أَرْجِعَ عَنْهُ وَلَنْ أُشْفِقَ وَلَنْ أَنْدَمَ، بَلْ يَحْكُمُونَ عَلَيْكِ بِمُقْتَضَى تَصَرُّفَاتِكِ وَطُرُقِكِ، يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ». | ١٤ 14 |
I, Yahweh, have said [that I will surely punish you]. [And it is time] for me to do that. I will not change my mind; I will not refrain from punishing you, and I will not pity you. I will judge you [and punish you] as you deserve to be punished for your sinful behavior. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh the Lord, have said it.”’”
| وَأَوْحَى إِلَيَّ الرَّبُّ بِكَلِمَتِهِ قَائِلاً: | ١٥ 15 |
[One day] Yahweh gave me this message:
| «يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، هَا أَنَا أَحْرِمُكَ مِنْ بَهْجَةِ عَيْنَيْكَ عَلَى أَثَرِ فَاجِعَةٍ. فَلا تَنُحْ وَلا تَبْكِ وَلا تَذْرِفْ دُمُوعَكَ. | ١٦ 16 |
“You human, I am going to suddenly take from [your wife], whom you love very much. [when she dies], do [show that you are] sad or lament or cry.
| تَنَهَّدْ بِصَمْتٍ. لَا تُقِمْ مَنَاحَةً عَلَى الْمَوْتَى. تَلَفَّعْ بِعِصَابَتِكَ وَضَعْ نَعْلَيْكَ فِي رِجْلَيْكَ. لَا تَحْجُبْ شَارِبَيْكَ وَلا تَأْكُلْ مِنْ خُبْزِ النَّاسِ». | ١٧ 17 |
Groan quietly; do not cry [openly] for her. [Keep] your turban wrapped around your head, [instead of being barefoot, keep] your sandals on your feet. Do not cover the lower part of your [to show that you are sad]. And do not eat the kind of food that people who are mourning usually eat.”
| فَخَاطَبْتُ الشَّعْبَ فِي الصَّبَاحِ، وَعِنْدَ الْمَسَاءِ تُوُفِّيَتْ زَوْجَتِي، فَفَعَلْتُ فِي الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي مَا أُمِرْتُ بِهِ. | ١٨ 18 |
[one morning] I talked to the [as usual], and that evening my wife [suddenly] died. The next morning I did what [Yahweh] had told me to do.
| فَسَأَلَنِي الشَّعْبُ: «أَلا تُخْبِرُنَا مَا تَعْنِيهِ لَنَا هَذِهِ الأُمُورُ الَّتِي أَنْتَ تَصْنَعُهَا؟» | ١٩ 19 |
Then the people asked me, “What do the things that you are doing signify to us?”
| فَأَجَبْتُهُمْ: «قَدْ أَوْحَى إِلَيَّ الرَّبُّ بِكَلامِهِ قَائِلاً: | ٢٠ 20 |
So I said to them, “[This is what] Yahweh told me:
| أَبْلِغْ شَعْبَ إِسْرَائِيلَ: هَا أَنَا مُزْمِعٌ عَلَى تَنْجِيسِ مَقْدِسي فَخْرِ عِزِّكُمْ وَمُشْتَهَى أَعْيُنِكُمْ، وَبَهْجَةِ نُفُوسِكُمْ، فَيَتَهَاوَى أَبْنَاؤُكُمْ وَبَنَاتُكُمُ الَّذِينَ خَلَّفْتُمُوهُمْ وَرَاءَكُمْ صَرْعَى بِالسَّيْفِ. | ٢١ 21 |
‘Tell the Israeli people [MTY] that I am about to destroy the temple, [the building] that you are very proud of, the building that you delight to look at. Your children whom you [in Jerusalem when you were forced to come to Babylon] will be killed [their enemies’] swords.
| وَتَفْعَلُونَ كَمَا فَعَلْتُ: لَا تَحْجُبُونَ شَوَارِبَكُمْ وَلا تَأْكُلُونَ مِنْ خُبْزِ النَّاسِ، | ٢٢ 22 |
[When that happens], you will do like I have done: You will not cover the lower part of your faces, or eat the kinds of food that people who are mourning usually eat.
| وَتَكُونُ عَصَائِبُكُمْ عَلَى رُؤُوسِكُمْ، وَنِعَالُكُمْ فِي أَرْجُلِكُمْ. لَا تَنُوحُونَ وَلا تَنْدُبُونَ إِنَّمَا تَبِيدُونَ بِآثَامِكُمْ، وَيَئِنُّ بَعْضُكُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ. | ٢٣ 23 |
[You will keep] your turbans wrapped around your heads and [keep] your sandals on your feet. You will not mourn or cry, but your bodies will become very thin and slowly die because of your sins. And you will groan to each other.
| وَهَكَذَا يُصْبِحُ حِزْقِيَالُ لَكُمْ آيَةً: فَتَصْنَعُونَ كَمَا صَنَعَ. فَإِنْ تَمَّ هَذَا تُدْرِكُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ. | ٢٤ 24 |
Ezekiel will be a warning to you, and you must do what he has done. When that happens, you will know that I, Yahweh the [have the power to do what I say that I will do].’”
| أَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، فَفِي الْيَوْمِ الَّذِي أَحْرِمُهُمْ فِيهِ مِنْ عِزِّهِمْ وَبَهْجَةِ فَخْرِهِمْ، وَمُشْتَهَى عُيُونِهِمْ، وَلَذَّةِ قُلُوبِهِمْ (أَيْ أَبْنَائِهِمْ وَبَنَاتِهِمْ)، | ٢٥ 25 |
[Then Yahweh said to me], “You human, [soon] I will destroy their sacred temple, which they rejoice about and which they respect and delight to look at, and [I will get rid of] their sons and daughters also.
| يُقْبِلُ إِلَيْكَ النَّاجِي فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ لِيُبَلِّغَكَ هَذِهِ الأَخْبَارَ. | ٢٦ 26 |
On that day, someone will escape [from Jerusalem] and come and tell you what has happened [there].
| فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يَنْفَتِحُ فَمُكَ فَتُخَاطِبُ النَّاجِيَ الْمُنْفَلِتَ وَلا تَكُونُ بَعْدُ أَبْكَمَ، وَتَكُونُ لَهُمْ آيَةً، فَيُدْرِكُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ». | ٢٧ 27 |
When that happens, you will be able to speak again [MTY] [without constraint]. You two will talk together [DOU]. You will be a warning to the people; and they will know that I, Yahweh the Lord, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].”
