حِزْقِيال 36

١ 1 «أَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، فَتَنَبَّأْ لِجِبَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَقُلْ: اسْمَعِي يَا جِبَالَ إِسْرَائِيلَ كَلِمَةَ الرَّبِّ.

You human, prophesy about the mountains in Israel. Say to them, “You mountains in Israel, listen to what Yahweh says.

٢ 2 هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: لأَنَّ الْعَدُوَّ قَدْ تَهَكَّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ قَائِلاً: هَهْ. قَدْ صَارَتِ الْمُرْتَفَعَاتُ الْقَدِيمَةُ مِيرَاثاً لَنَا.

This is what Yahweh the Lord says: Your enemies [happily] said about you, ‘Aha! The mountains in Israel that have existed for a long time have become ours!’”

٣ 3 لِذَلِكَ تَنَبَّأْ وَقُلْ: لأَنَّهُمْ قَدْ دَمَّرُوكُمْ وَاقْتَحَمُوكُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ جِهَةٍ لِتُصْبِحُوا مِيرَاثاً لِسَائِرِ الأُمَمِ، وَصِرْتُمْ حَدِيثَ كُلِّ شَفَةٍ وَمَذَمَّةَ الشَّعْبِ،

Therefore prophesy about those mountains and say, “This is what Yahweh the Lord declares: [Armies of other nations] attacked you [DOU] from every direction, with the result that your land became abandoned, and people of other nations occupied you, and they spoke maliciously about you and slandered you.

٤ 4 لِذَلِكَ اسْمَعِي يَا جِبَالَ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَحْيَ السَّيِّدِ الرَّبِّ لِلْجِبَالِ وَالآكَامِ وَالأَنْهَارِ وَالأَوْدِيَةِ وَلِلْخَرَائِبِ الْمُقْفِرَةِ وَلِلْمُدُنِ الْمَهْجُورَةِ الَّتِي صَارَتْ نَهْباً لِبَقِيَّةِ الأُمَمِ الْمُحِيطَةِ بِها وَمَثَارَ اسْتِهْزَاءٍ:

Therefore, you mountains in Israel, listen to this message from me. I, Yahweh the Lord, have something to say to the hills and mountains, to the ravines and valleys, to the deserted ruins and towns whose valuable possessions have been taken and their people ridiculed by the people of other nations around them. This is what I, Yahweh the Lord, declare: I am very angry [DOU] with the people of Edom and other nations; they have forced you [Israeli people] to endure them insulting you.

٥ 5 هَا أَنَا فِي أَثْنَاءِ احْتِدَامِ نَارِ غَيْرَتِي أَصْدَرْتُ قَضَائِي عَلَى بَقِيَّةِ الأُمَمِ وَعَلَى أَدُومَ قَاطِبَةً، الَّذِينَ اغْتَصَبُوا أَرْضِي مِيرَاثاً لَهُمْ، بِقُلُوبٍ مُغْتَبِطَةٍ وَنُفُوسٍ حَاقِدَةٍ لِتَكُونَ لَهُمْ نَهْباً وَغَنِيمَةً.

٦ 6 لِذَلِكَ تَنَبَّأْ عَنْ أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَقُلْ لِلْجِبَالِ وَالتِّلالِ وَالأَوْدِيَةِ: هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: هَا أَنَا فِي غَيْرَتِي وَسَخَطِي قَدْ أَصْدَرْتُ قَضَائِي لأَنَّكُمْ قَدْ تَحَمَّلْتُمْ تَعْيِيرَ الأُمَمِ،

٧ 7 فَأَقْسَمْتُ أَنْ تَتَحَمَّلَ الأُمَمُ الْمُحِيطَةُ بِكُمْ عَارَ أَنْفُسِهِمْ.

Therefore, this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: Lifting up my arm, I solemnly declare that the people of the nations that are around you will also endure being insulted.

٨ 8 أَمَّا أَنْتِ يَا جِبَالَ إِسْرَائِيلَ فَتُفْرِخِينَ فُرُوعَكِ، وَتَحْمِلُ أَشْجَارُكِ أَثْمَاراً لِشَعْبِي إِسْرَائِيلَ لأَنَّ مَوْعِدَ رُجُوعِهِمْ بَاتَ وَشِيكاً.

But [I say to] you mountains in Israel that huge crops of fruit will grow on your trees for my Israeli people, because they will soon return home [from Babylonia].

٩ 9 فَأَنَا لَكِ، أَعْتَنِي بِكِ فَتُحْرَثِينَ وَتُزْرَعِينَ.

I (am concerned about/will take care of) you, and I will bless you. I will [enable farmers to] plow the ground and plant seed there.

١٠ 10 وَأَجْعَلُكِ آهِلَةً بِالنَّاسِ، كُلِّ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَتُعْمَرُ الْمُدُنُ وَتُبْنَى الْخَرَائِبُ.

I will cause the number of people who live on you mountains and everywhere else in Israel to greatly increase. People will live in the towns and rebuild [houses where there are now only] ruins.

١١ 11 وَأُكَثِّرُ عَلَيْكِ الإِنْسَانَ وَالْبَهِيمَةَ فَيَكْثُرُونَ وَيُثْمِرُونَ، فَتُصْبِحِينَ آهِلَةً كَسَالِفِ الزَّمَانِ، وَأُحْسِنُ إِلَيْكِ أَكْثَرَ مِمَّا أَحْسَنْتُ فِي الأَيَّامِ الْغَابِرَةِ، فَتُدْرِكُونَ جَمِيعاً أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ.

I will cause the number of people and domestic animals to increase. People will have many children [IDM, DOU]. I will enable people to live there like they did previously, and I will enable them to prosper like they did before. Then you will know that it is I, Yahweh, [who have the power to do what I say that I will do].

١٢ 12 وَأَجْعَلُ النَّاسَ مِنْ شَعْبِي إِسْرَائِيلَ يَخْطِرُونَ عَلَيْكِ، فَيَرِثُونَكِ وَتَكُونِينَ لَهُمْ مِلْكاً وَلا تُثْكِلِينَهُمْ مِنْ بَعْدُ.

I will enable my Israeli people to walk through your mountains. They will own you; you will be their permanent possession. Never again will their children die.

١٣ 13 لأَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا لَكِ: أَنْتِ مُفْتَرِسَةُ النَّاسِ وَمُثْكِلَةُ شُعُوبِكِ

This is also what I, Yahweh the Lord, say to you: People say that [only a small amount of food is produced on your mountains, and as a result the people of Israel] die from hunger.

١٤ 14 لِهَذَا لَنْ تَفْتَرِسِي النَّاسَ بَعْدُ، وَلَنْ تُثْكِلِي شُعُوبَكِ يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ.

Therefore, I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that no longer will that happen.

١٥ 15 وَلا يَتَرَدَّدُ فِيكِ مِنْ بَعْدُ تَعْيِيرُ الأُمَمِ، وَلا تَحْمِلِينَ تَعْيِيرَ الشُّعُوبِ وَلا تَعُودِينَ تُعْثِرِينَ شُعُوبَكِ يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ».

No longer will the people of other nations ridicule you; no longer will they laugh at you; no longer will [the armies of] other nations conquer you. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have declared that it will happen.”

١٦ 16 وَأَوْحَى إِلَيَّ الرَّبُّ بِكَلِمَتِهِ قَائِلاً:

Yahweh gave me another message. He said,

١٧ 17 «يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، عِنْدَمَا أَقَامَ شَعْبُ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي أَرْضِهِمْ نَجَّسُوهَا بِطُرُقِهِمِ الشِّرِّيرَةِ وَتَصَرُّفَاتِهِمْ. كَانَتْ طَرِيقُهُمْ أَمَامِي نَجِسَةً كَنَجَاسَةِ الطَّامِثِ.

“You human, when the Israeli people were living in their own land, they (defiled it/caused it to become unacceptable to me) by the things that they did. I considered that their behavior was [disgusting], like [SIM] the rags/cloths that women use during their monthly menstrual periods.

١٨ 18 فَسَكَبْتُ غَضَبِي عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ جَرَّاءِ مَا سَفَكُوهُ مِنْ دَمٍ عَلَى الأَرْضِ الَّتِي نَجَّسُوهَا بِأَصْنَامِهِمْ.

So I severely punished [MTY] them, because they had murdered [MTY] many people and because they had defiled the land by [worshiping] idols there.

١٩ 19 فَفَرَّقْتُهُمْ بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ وَشَتَّتُّهُمْ فِي الْبُلْدَانِ، وَدِنْتُهُمْ بِمُقْتَضَى طَرِيقِهِمْ وَتَصَرُّفَاتِهِمْ.

I caused them to be scattered among many nations [DOU]. I punished [MTY] them like they deserved to be punished because of their very evil behavior [DOU].

٢٠ 20 وَحِينَ اسْتَقَرُّوا بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ الَّتِي تَفَرَّقُوا بَيْنَهَا، دَنَّسُوا اسْمِي الْقُدُّوسَ إِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمْ: هَؤُلاءِ شَعْبُ الرَّبِّ وَقَدْ طُرِدُوا مِنْ أَرْضِهِ.

And wherever they went among those nations, they caused my reputation [MTY] to be disgraced. What has happened is that the people in those countries said about the Israeli people, ‘They belong to Yahweh, but they were forced to leave the land that he [gave to them].’

٢١ 21 فَغِرْتُ عَلَى اسْمِي الَّذِي نَجَّسَهُ شَعْبُ إِسْرَائِيلَ بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ الَّتِي تَفَرَّقُوا بَيْنَهَا.

But I was concerned about my reputation, which the people of Israel had disgraced among the nations to which they were forced to go.

٢٢ 22 لِذَلِكَ قُلْ لِشَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: لَيْسَ لأَجْلِكُمْ أَنَا مُوْشِكٌ أَن أَعْمَلَ (عَظَائِمَ) يَا شَعْبَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، بَلْ غَيْرَةً عَلَى اسْمِي الَّذِي دَنَّسْتُمُوهُ بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ الَّتِي تَفَرَّقْتُمْ بَيْنَهَا.

Therefore, say to the Israeli people, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: You Israeli people, it is not for your sake that I am going to do these things. Instead, it is for the sake of my sacred reputation, which you have disgraced among the nations to which you were forced to go.

٢٣ 23 فَأُقَدِّسُ اسْمِي الْعَظِيمَ الَّذِي صَارَ بِسَبَبِكُمْ مُنَجَّساً بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ الَّتِي تَفَرَّقْتُمْ بَيْنَهَا، فَتُدْرِكُ الأُمَمُ أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ حِينَ أَتَقَدَّسُ فِيكُمْ أَمَامَ أَعْيُنِهِمْ يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ.

I will show that my reputation is sacred, a reputation which you have disgraced among the nations to which you were forced to go. And when I show the nations that I am holy, the people of those nations will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].

٢٤ 24 إِذْ آخُذُكُمْ مِنْ بَيْنِ الأُمَمِ وَأَجْمَعُكُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ الْبُلْدَانِ وَأُحْضِرُكُمْ إِلَى أَرْضِكُمْ،

What I will do is to bring you back from those nations. I will gather you from all the countries [to which you were forced to go], and bring you back to your own land.

٢٥ 25 وَأَرُشُّ عَلَيْكُمْ مَاءً نَقِيًّا فَتَطْهُرُونَ مِنْ كُلِّ نَجَاسَتِكُمْ وَمِنْ كُلِّ أَصْنَامِكُمْ،

[It will be as though] [MET] I will sprinkle clean water on you, and then you will be clean. I will cause you to be cleansed from everything that has defiled you, and I will cause you to stop worshiping idols.

٢٦ 26 وَأَهَبُكُمْ قَلْباً جَدِيداً، وَأَضَعُ فِي دَاخِلِكُمْ رُوحاً جَدِيدَةً، وَأَنْتَزِعُ مِنْ لَحْمِكُمْ قَلْبَ الْحَجَرِ وَأُعْطِيكُمْ عِوَضاً عَنْهُ قَلْبَ لَحْمٍ.

I will give you a completely new way of thinking [IDM]. I will enable you to stop being stubborn [IDM], and I will enable you to obey me from your inner beings [IDM].

٢٧ 27 وَأَضَعُ رُوحِي فِي دَاخِلِكُمْ فَأَجْعَلُكُمْ تُمَارِسُونَ فَرَائِضِي وَتُطِيعُونَ أَحْكَامِي عَامِلِينَ بِها،

I will put my Spirit within you and enable you to carefully obey all my laws [DOU].

٢٨ 28 وَتَسْكُنُونَ الأَرْضَ الَّتِي وَهَبْتُهَا لِآبَائِكُمْ وَتَكُونُونَ لِي شَعْباً وَأَنَا أَكُونُ لَكُمْ إِلَهاً،

You will again live in the land that I gave to your ancestors. You will be my people, and I will be your God.

٢٩ 29 وَأُخَلِّصُكُمْ مِنْ جَمِيعِ نَجَاسَتِكُمْ وَآمُرُ الْحِنْطَةَ أَنْ تَتَكَاثَرَ، وَلا أَجْلِبُ عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَجَاعَةَ.

I will free you from all your disgraceful behavior. I will cause your grain to be plentiful, and I will not send a famine to you again.

٣٠ 30 وَأُكَثِّرُ أَثْمَارَ الأَشْجَارِ وَمَحَاصِيلَ الْحَقْلِ لِئَلّا تَتَعَرَّضُوا لِعَارِ الْجُوعِ بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ.

I will cause your fruit trees to produce plenty of fruit and your ground to produce plenty of good crops, with the result that you will no longer be ridiculed by the people of other nations because of your not having enough food.

٣١ 31 فَتَذْكُرُونَ طُرُقَكُمُ الأَثِيمَةَ وَتَصَرُّفَاتِكُمُ الطَّالِحَةَ، وَتَمْقُتُونَ أَنْفُسَكُمْ فِي أَعْيُنِكُمْ لِمَا ارْتَكَبْتُمْ مِنْ آثَامٍ وَرَجَاسَاتٍ.

When that happens, you will think about your previous evil behavior and wicked deeds, and you will (be very displeased with/hate) yourselves for your sins and the detestable things that you did.

٣٢ 32 لِهَذَا اعْلَمُوا أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِنْ أَجْلِكُمْ أَنَا أَفْعَلُ هَذَا، يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ، فَاخْجَلُوا وَاخْزَوْا مِنْ طُرُقِكُمْ يَا شَعْبَ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

But I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that I want you to know that it is not for your sake that I will do those things. You Israeli people ought to be ashamed of your behavior.

٣٣ 33 وَهَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: فِي الْيَوْمِ الَّذِي أُطَهِّرُكُمْ فِيهِ مِنْ كُلِّ آثَامِكُمْ أُسْكِنُكُمْ فِي الْمُدُنِ فَتُبْنَى الْخَرَائِبُ،

This is also what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: At the time that I forgive you for all the sins that you have committed, I will enable you to live in your towns again and to build houses where there are now only ruins.

٣٤ 34 وَتُفْلَحُ الأَرْضُ الْجَرْدَاءُ عِوَضَ أَنْ تَبْقَى أَرْضاً خَرِبَةً فِي عَيْنَيْ كُلِّ عَابِرٍ.

People who walk through your country will see that your land is again cultivated instead of (being desolate/having nothing growing in it).

٣٥ 35 فَيَقُولُونَ: قَدْ صَارَتْ هَذِهِ الأَرْضُ الْجَرْدَاءُ كَجَنَّةِ عَدْنٍ، وَأَصْبَحَتِ الْمُدُنُ الْمَهْجُورَةُ الْمُتَهَدِّمَةُ مُدُناً مُحَصَّنَةً آهِلَةً.

They will say, “This land that was ruined has become [very fertile/productive] like [SIM] the garden of Eden! The cities that were piles of ruins, empty and destroyed, now have walls around them, and people live in those cities.”

٣٦ 36 فَتُدْرِكُ الأُمَمُ الَّتِي مَا بَرِحَتْ حَوْلَكُمْ أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ، قَدْ بَنَيْتُ مَا تَهَدَّمَ، وَغَرَسْتُ مَا أَقْفَرَ أَنَا الرَّبُّ قَدْ نَطَقْتُ وَأُنْجِزُ مَا وَعَدْتُ بِهِ.

When that happens, the people in the nations that are around you that still exist will know that it is I, Yahweh, who have enabled you to rebuild what was destroyed, and to again plant crops in the fields that had nothing growing in them. I, Yahweh, have said [that it will happen], and I will cause it to happen.

٣٧ 37 عِنْدَئِذٍ أَجْعَلُ شَعْبَ إِسْرَائِيلَ يَلْتَمِسُونَ هَذَا مِنِّي، فَأَسْتَجِيبُ لِمَطْلَبِهِمْ: أَنْ أُكَثِّرَهُمْ كَقَطِيعِ غَنَمٍ.

This is also what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: Again I will heed what you Israeli people are pleading for me to do for you. I will cause your people to be as numerous as your sheep,

٣٨ 38 كَغَنَمِ الذَّبَائِحِ الْمُقَدَّسَةِ، كَغَنَمِ أُورُشَلِيمَ فِي مَوَاسِمِ أَعْيَادِهَا، فَتَكْتَظُّ الْمُدُنُ الْخَرِبَةُ بِجَمَاعَاتِ النَّاسِ الْغَفِيرَةِ، فَيُدْرِكُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ».

as numerous as the flocks of sheep that will be needed for offerings in Jerusalem during your regular festivals. The cities that are now ruined will be filled with people, and then you will know that I, Yahweh the Lord, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].’”