حِزْقِيال 3

١ 1 ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي: «يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، كُلْ مَا تَجِدُهُ. كُلْ هَذَا الدَّرْجَ وامْضِ وَخَاطِبْ شَعْبَ إِسْرَائِيلَ».

Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that you find; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel.

٢ 2 فَفَتَحْتُ فَمِي فَأَطْعَمَنِي هَذَا الدَّرْجَ،

So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll.

٣ 3 وَقَالَ لِي: «أَطْعِمْ جَوْفَكَ وَامْلَأْهُ بِهَذَا الدَّرْجِ الَّذِي أُعْطِيكَ إِيَّاهُ». فَالْتَهَمْتُهُ، فَكَانَ فِي فَمِي فِي حَلاوَةِ الْعَسَلِ.

And he said unto me, Son of man, cause your belly to eat, and fill your bowels with this roll that I give you. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.

٤ 4 ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي: «يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، انْطَلِقْ إِلَى شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَخَاطِبْهُمْ بِكَلِمَاتِي.

And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get you unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.

٥ 5 فَإِنَّكَ لَسْتَ مُرْسَلاً إِلَى أُمَّةٍ ذَاتِ لَهْجَةٍ غَرِيبَةٍ وَلُغَةٍ مُبْهَمَةٍ، بَلْ إِلَى شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ،

For you are not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel;

٦ 6 وَلا إِلَى شُعُوبٍ كَثِيرَةٍ غَرِيبَةِ اللهَجَاتِ وَمُبْهَمَةِ اللُّغَاتِ لَا تَفْهَمُ كَلامَهُمْ. حَقّاً لَوْ أَرْسَلْتُكَ إِلَى هَؤُلاءِ لَسَمِعُوا لَكَ!

Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words you can not understand. Surely, had I sent you to them, they would have hearkened unto you.

٧ 7 لَكِنَّ شَعْبَ إِسْرَائِيلَ لَا يَوَدُّونَ الاسْتِمَاعَ لَكَ، لأَنَّهُمْ لَا يَوَدُّونَ الاسْتِمَاعَ لِي، لأَنَّهُمْ جَمِيعاً مُعَانِدُونَ قُسَاةُ الْقُلُوبِ.

But the house of Israel will not hearken unto you; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are shameless and hardhearted.

٨ 8 هَا أَنَا قَدْ جَعَلْتُ وَجْهَكَ صُلْباً مِثْلَ وُجُوهِهِمْ، وَجَبْهَتَكَ قَاسِيَةً مِثْلَ جِبَاهِهِمْ.

Behold, I have made your face strong against their faces, and your forehead strong against their foreheads.

٩ 9 قَدْ جَعَلْتُ جَبْهَتَكَ فِي صَلابَةِ الْمَاسِ، أَقْسَى مِنَ الصَّوَّانِ، فَلا تَخَفْ مِنْهُمْ وَلا تَرْتَعِبْ مِنْ مَرْآهُمْ لأَنَّهُمْ شَعْبٌ مُتَمَرِّدٌ».

As an adamant harder than flint have I made your forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.

١٠ 10 ثُمَّ أَرْدَفَ قَائِلاً: «يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، اسْتَوْعِبْ فِي قَلْبِكَ كُلَّ مَا أُحَدِّثُكَ بِهِ مِنْ كَلامٍ، وَاسْتَمِعْ إِلَيْهِ بِأُذُنَيْنِ مُرْهَفَتَيْنِ.

Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto you receive in your heart, and hear with your ears.

١١ 11 وَامْضِ إِلَى الْمَسْبِيِّينَ مِنْ أَبْنَاءِ شَعْبِكَ وَقُلْ لَهُمْ: هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ. سَوَاءٌ سَمِعُوا لَكَ أَوْ أَبَوْا».

And go, get you to them of the captivity, unto the children of your people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus says the Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.

١٢ 12 ثُمَّ حَمَلَنِي الرُّوحُ، فَسَمِعْتُ خَلْفِي صَوْتَ زَلْزَلَةٍ عَنِيفَةٍ قَائِلاً: «مُبَارَكٌ مَجْدُ الرَّبِّ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ».

Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the LORD from his place.

١٣ 13 فَكَانَ ذَلِكَ صَوْتُ أَجْنِحَةٍ حِينَ تَلامَسَتْ، وَصَوْتُ الْعَجَلاتِ الْمُجَاوِرَةِ لَهَا، فَبَدَا كَجَلَبَةِ زِلْزَالٍ عَنِيفٍ.

I heard also the noise of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the noise of the wheels opposite to them, and a noise of a great rushing.

١٤ 14 وَهَكَذَا حَلَّقَ بِي رُوحُ الرَّبِّ وَحَمَلَنِي بَعِيداً، وَقَدْ جَاشَتْ حَرَارَةُ رُوحِي بِمَرَارَةِ نَفْسِي، وَلَكِنْ كَانَتْ يَدُ الرَّبِّ عَلَيَّ شَدِيدَةً.

So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.

١٥ 15 ثُمَّ أَقْبَلْتُ عَلَى الْمَسْبِيِّينَ الْقَاطِنِينَ إِلَى جُوَارِ نَهْرِ خَابُورَ عِنْدَ تَلِّ أَبِيبَ، فَأَقَمْتُ هُنَاكَ حَيْثُ يَسْكُنُونَ مُتَحَيِّراً سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ.

Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days.

١٦ 16 وَفِي خِتَامِ السَّبْعَةِ الأَيَّامِ، أَوْحَى إِلَيَّ الرَّبُّ بِكَلِمَتِهِ قَائِلاً:

And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

١٧ 17 «يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، قَدْ جَعَلْتُكَ رَقِيباً لِشَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَأَصْغِ إِلَى كَلِمَتِي وَأَنْذِرْهُمْ بِها عَلَى لِسَانِي.

Son of man, I have made you a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.

١٨ 18 فَإِذَا قُلْتُ لِلشِّرِّيرِ: أَنْتَ لابُدَّ مَائِتٌ، وَأَنْتَ لَمْ تُنْذِرْهُ وَلَمْ تُحَذِّرْهُ لِيَرْجِعَ عَنْ طُرُقِهِ الأَثِيمَةِ فَيَحْيَا، فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ الشِّرِّيرَ يَمُوتُ بِذَنْبِهِ، أَمَّا دَمُهُ فَمِنْ يَدِكَ أَطْلُبُهُ.

When I say unto the wicked, You shall surely die; and you give him not warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at your hand.

١٩ 19 لَكِنْ إِنْ أَنْذَرْتَ الشِّرِّيرَ وَلَمْ يَرْجِعْ عَنْ شَرِّهِ وَعَنْ طُرُقِهِ الأَثِيمَةِ، فَإِنَّهُ يَمُوتُ بِذَنْبِهِ، وَتَنْجُو أَنْتَ بِنَفْسِكَ.

Yet if you warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.

٢٠ 20 وَكَذَلِكَ إِنْ حَادَ الْبَارُّ عَنْ بِرِّهِ وَارْتَكَبَ الإِثْمَ، وَنَصَبْتُ أَمَامَهُ مَعْثَرَةً، فَإِنَّهُ يَمُوتُ. وَلأَنَّكَ لَمْ تُنْذِرْهُ فَإِنَّهُ يَمُوتُ بِذَنْبِهِ وَلا تُذْكَرُ بَعْدُ أَعْمَالُهُ الصَّالِحَةُ الَّتِي قَامَ بِها، أَمَّا دَمُهُ فَمِنْ يَدِكَ أَطْلُبُهُ.

Again, When a righteous man does turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall die: because you have not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at your hand.

٢١ 21 أَمَّا إِنْ كُنْتَ قَدْ أَنْذَرْتَ الْبَارَّ حَتَّى لَا يُخْطِئَ، وَلَمْ يُخْطِئْ، فَإِنَّهُ حَتْماً يَحْيَا لأَنَّهُ قَبِلَ الإِنْذَارَ، وَتَنْجُو أَنْتَ بِنَفْسِكَ».

Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he does not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also you have delivered your soul.

٢٢ 22 ثُمَّ كَانَتْ هُنَاكَ عَلَيَّ يَدُ الرَّبِّ فَقَالَ لِي: «قُمُ اخْرُجْ إِلَى السَّهْلِ فَأُخَاطِبَكَ».

And the hand of the LORD was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with you.

٢٣ 23 فَنَهَضْتُ وَمَضَيْتُ إِلَى السَّهْلِ، وَهُنَاكَ رَأَيْتُ مَجْدَ الرَّبِّ وَاقِفاً، مُمَاثِلاً لِمَجْدِ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي رَأَيْتُهُ عِنْدَ نَهْرِ خَابُورَ، فَانْطَرَحْتُ عَلَى وَجْهِي.

Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of the LORD stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of Chebar: and I fell on my face.

٢٤ 24 فَدَخَلَ فِيَّ الرُّوحُ وَأَقَامَنِي عَلَى قَدَمَيَّ، ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي: «اذْهَبْ وَاعْتَزِلْ فِي بَيْتِكَ.

Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spoke with me, and said unto me, Go, shut yourself within your house.

٢٥ 25 وَأَنْتَ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، هَا هُمْ يَرْبِطُونَكَ بِالْحِبَالِ وَيُقَيِّدُونَكَ فَلا تَخْرُجُ فِي مَا بَيْنَهُمْ.

But you, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon you, and shall bind you with them, and you shall not go out among them:

٢٦ 26 وَأُلْصِقُ لِسَانَكَ بِحَنَكِكَ فَتَبْكَمُ وَتَكُفُّ عَنْ تَقْرِيعِهِمْ لأَنَّهُمْ شَعْبٌ مُتَمَرِّدٌ.

And I will make your tongue cleave to the roof of your mouth, that you shall be dumb, and shall not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house.

٢٧ 27 وَلَكِنْ عِنْدَمَا أُخَاطِبُكَ، أَفْتَحُ فَمَكَ فَتَقُولُ لَهُمْ: هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ، مَنْ يَسْمَعْ فَلْيَسْمَعْ، وَمَنْ يَأْبَ فَلْيَمْتَنِعْ، لأَنَّهُمْ شَعْبٌ مُتَمَرِّدٌ».

But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall say unto them, Thus says the Lord GOD; He that hears, let him hear; and he that forbears, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house.