حِزْقِيال 47

١ 1 ثُمَّ أَرْجَعَنِي إِلَى مَدْخَلِ الْهَيْكَلِ، وَإذَا بِمِيَاهٍ تَتَدَفَّقُ مِنْ تَحْتِ عَتَبَتِهِ نَحْوَ الشَّرْقِ، لأَنَّ وَاجِهَةَ الْهَيْكَلِ كَانَتْ نَحْوَ الشَّرْقِ. وَكَانَتِ الْمِيَاهُ جَارِيَةً مِنْ تَحْتُ، مِنْ أَسْفَلِ الطَّرَفِ الأَيْمَنِ لِعَتَبَةِ الْهَيْكَلِ جَنُوبِيَّ الْمَذْبَحِ.

Then the man brought me back to the entrance of the temple, and I saw water flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was coming down from under the south side of the temple, south of the altar.

٢ 2 ثُمَّ انْطَلَقَ بِي مِنْ طَرِيقِ بَابِ الشِّمَالِ، سَالِكاً بِيَ الطَّرِيقَ الْخَارِجِيَّةَ إِلَى الْبَابِ الشَّرْقِيِّ الْخَارِجِيِّ، وَإذَا بِالْمِيَاهِ تَجْرِي فِي الْجَانِبِ الأَيْمَنِ.

Next he brought me out through the north gate and led me around the outside to the outer gate facing east, and there I saw the water trickling out from the south side.

٣ 3 وَبَعْدَ أَنْ خَرَجَ الرَّجُلُ نَحْوَ الْمَشْرِقِ شَرَعَ يَقِيسُ أَلْفَ ذِرَاعٍ (نَحْوَ خَمْسِ مِئَةِ مِتْرٍ) بِخَيْطِ قِيَاسٍ كَانَ بِيَدِهِ. وَاجْتَازَ بِي الْمِيَاهَ الَّتِي بَلَغَ عُمْقُهَا إِلَى الْكَعْبَيْنِ.

As the man went eastward with a measuring line in his hand, he measured off a thousand cubits and led me through ankle-deep water.

٤ 4 ثُمَّ قَاسَ أَلْفَ ذِرَاعٍ (نَحْوَ خَمْسِ مِئَةِ مِتْرٍ) أُخْرَى وَاجْتَازَ بِيَ الْمِيَاهَ الَّتِي بَلَغَ عُمْقُهَا الرُّكْبَتَيْنِ، وَعَادَ فَقَاسَ أَلْفَ ذِرَاعٍ (نَحْوَ خَمْسِ مِئَةِ مِتْرٍ) ثَالِثَةً وَاجْتَازَ بِيَ الْمِيَاهَ الَّتِي بَلَغَ عُمْقُهَا إِلَى الْحَقْوَيْنِ.

Then he measured off a thousand cubits and led me through knee-deep water. Again he measured a thousand cubits and led me through waist-deep water.

٥ 5 ثُمَّ قَاسَ أَلْفَ ذِرَاعٍ (نَحْوَ خَمْسِ مِئَةِ مِتْرٍ) رَابِعَةً، وَإذَا بِنَهْرٍ لَمْ أَسْتَطِعْ خَوْضَهُ، لأَنَّ الْمِيَاهَ كَانَتْ طَاغِيَةً عَمِيقَةً، مِيَاهَ سِبَاحَةٍ لِنَهْرٍ يَتَعَذَّرُ عُبُورُهُ.

Once again he measured off a thousand cubits, but now it was a river that I could not cross, because the water had risen and was deep enough for swimming—a river that could not be crossed on foot.

٦ 6 وَقَالَ لِي: «أَرَأَيْتَ هَذَا يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ؟» ثُمَّ أَعَادَنِي إِلَى شَاطِئِ النَّهْرِ،

“Son of man, do you see this?” he asked. Then he led me back to the bank of the river.

٧ 7 وَإذَا بِي أَجِدُ عَلَيْهِ أَشْجَاراً كَثِيرَةً قَائِمَةً عَلَى ضَفَّتَيْهِ،

When I arrived, I saw a great number of trees along both banks of the river.

٨ 8 وَقَالَ لِي: «هَذِهِ الْمِيَاهُ جَارِيَةٌ نَحْوَ الْمِنْطَقَةِ الشَّرْقِيَّةِ، وَمُنْحَدِرَةٌ إِلَى الْغَوْرِ حَيْثُ تَصُبُّ فِي الْبَحْرِ (الْمَيِّتِ) فَتَجْعَلُ مِيَاهَهُ عَذْبَةً.

And he said to me, “This water flows out to the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah. When it empties into the Sea, the water there becomes fresh.

٩ 9 وَفِي مَجَارِيهِ تَعِيشُ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ حَيَّةٍ وَتَتَكَاثَرُ الأَسْمَاكُ، لأَنَّ مِيَاهَهُ تَبْلُغُ إِلَيْهَا، فَيَبْرَأُ كُلُّ مَا تَبْلُغُ إِلَيْهِ مِيَاهُ النَّهْرِ وَتَسْرِي الْحَيَاةُ فِيهِ.

Wherever the river flows, there will be swarms of living creatures and a great number of fish, because it flows there and makes the waters fresh; so wherever the river flows, everything will flourish.

١٠ 10 وَيَجْتَمِعُ الصَّيَّادُونَ عَلَى شَاطِئِهِ مِنْ عَيْنِ جَدْيٍ إِلَى عَيْنِ عِجْلايِمَ، فَيُصْبِحُ مَبْسَطاً لِشِبَاكِهِمْ، وَيَعِجُّ بِكُلِّ أَصْنَافِ الأَسْمَاكِ، كَسَمَكِ الْبَحْرِ الْعَظِيمِ (البَحْرِ الْمُتَوَسِّطِ).

Fishermen will stand by the shore; from En-gedi to En-eglaim they will spread their nets to catch fish of many kinds, like the fish of the Great Sea.

١١ 11 أَمَّا مُسْتَنْقَعَاتُهُ وَبِرَكُهُ فَلا تَبْرَأُ مِنْ مُلُوحَتِهَا.

But the swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they will be left for salt.

١٢ 12 وَتَنْمُو عَلَى ضَفَّتَيْهِ كُلُّ أَنْوَاعِ أَشْجَارِ الْفَاكِهَةِ الَّتِي تُؤْكَلُ. لَا يَذْبُلُ وَرَقُهَا وَلا يَنْقَطِعُ ثَمَرُهَا. تَحْمِلُ أَثْمَارَهَا فِي كُلِّ شَهْرٍ، لأَنَّ مِيَاهَ النَّهْرِ تَنْبُعُ مِنَ الْمَقْدِسِ، فَتَكُونُ ثِمَارُ أَشْجَارِهِ لِلأَكْلِ وَوَرَقُهَا عَقَاقِيرُ لِلْمُدَاوَاةِ».

Along both banks of the river, fruit trees of all kinds will grow. Their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not fail. Each month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will be used for food and their leaves for healing.”

١٣ 13 وَهَذِهِ هِيَ حُدُودُ الأَرْضِ الَّتِي تَمْتَلِكُونَهَا بِحَسَبِ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ الاثْنَيْ عَشَرَ. يَكُونُ لِذُرِّيَّةِ يُوسُفَ نَصِيبَانِ.

This is what the Lord GOD says: “These are the boundaries by which you are to divide the land as an inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel; Joseph shall receive two portions.

١٤ 14 وَتَقْسِمُونَ بَيْنَكُمْ بِالتَّسَاوِي هَذِهِ الأَرْضَ الَّتِي أَقْسَمْتُ لِآبَائِكُمْ أَنْ أَهَبَهَا لَهُمْ لِتَكُونَ لَكُمْ مِيرَاثاً.

You are to divide it equally among them. Because I swore with an uplifted hand to give it to your forefathers, this land will fall to you as an inheritance.

١٥ 15 وَهَذِهِ هِيَ حُدُودُ الأَرْضِ نَحْوَ الشِّمَالِ: مِنَ الْبَحْرِ الْكَبِيرِ مُرُوراً بِطَرِيقِ حِثْلُونَ حَتَّى صَدَدَ.

This shall be the boundary of the land: On the north side it will extend from the Great Sea by way of Hethlon through Lebo-hamath to Zedad,

١٦ 16 وَمِنْ حَمَاةَ وَبَيْرُوثَةَ وَسِبْرَائِمَ الْوَاقِعَةِ بَيْنَ تُخْمِ دِمَشْقَ وَتُخُمِ حَمَاةَ وَحَصْرَ الْوُسْطَى الَّتِي عَلَى حُدُودِ حَوْرَانَ.

Berothah, and Sibraim (which is on the border between Damascus and Hamath), as far as Hazer-hatticon, which is on the border of Hauran.

١٧ 17 فَتَمْتَدُّ الْحُدُودُ الشِّمَالِيَّةُ مِنَ الْبَحْرِ إِلَى حَصْرَ عِينَانَ الَّتِي عَلَى الْحُدُودِ الشِّمَالِيَّةِ مَعَ حَمَاةَ وَإِلَى حُدُودِ دِمَشْقَ جَنُوباً. فَتَكُونُ هَذِهِ هِيَ حُدُودُكُمُ الشِّمَالِيَّةُ.

So the border will run from the Sea to Hazar-enan, along the northern border of Damascus, with the territory of Hamath to the north. This will be the northern boundary.

١٨ 18 وَتَمْتَدُّ الْحُدُودُ الشَّرْقِيَّةُ مِنْ حَصْرَ عِينَانَ، بَيْنَ حَوْرَانَ وَدِمَشْقَ وَعَلَى طُولِ الأُرْدُنِّ الْفَاصِلِ بَيْنَ جَلْعَادَ وَإِسْرَائِيلَ، مُرُوراً بِالْبَحْرِ الْمَيِّتِ حَتَّى ثامَارَ. فَتَكُونُ هَذِهِ هِيَ حُدُودُكُمُ الشَّرْقِيَّةُ.

On the east side the border will run between Hauran and Damascus, along the Jordan between Gilead and the land of Israel, to the Eastern Sea and as far as Tamar. This will be the eastern boundary.

١٩ 19 أَمَّا الْحُدُودُ الْجَنُوبِيَّةُ فَتَمْتَدُّ غَرْباً مِنْ ثَامَارَ إِلَى مِيَاهِ مَرِيبُوثَ قَادَشَ، وَمِنْ مُتَفَرَّعِ نَهْرِ مِصْرَ إِلَى الْبَحْرِ الْكَبِيرِ، فَتَكُونُ هَذِهِ هِيَ حُدُودُكُمُ الْجَنُوبِيَّةُ.

On the south side it will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, and along the Brook of Egypt to the Great Sea. This will be the southern boundary.

٢٠ 20 أَمَّا الْحُدُودُ الْغَرْبِيَّةُ فَتَكُونُ تُخْمَ الْبَحْرِ الْكَبِيرِ، فَتَمْتَدُّ مِنَ الْحُدُودِ الْجَنُوبِيَّةِ إِلَى مَدْخَلِ حَمَاةَ شَمَالاً. فَتَكَونُ هَذِهِ هِيَ حُدُودُكُمُ الْغَرْبِيَّةُ.

And on the west side, the Great Sea will be the boundary up to a point opposite Lebo-hamath. This will be the western boundary.

٢١ 21 وَهَكَذَا تَقْتَسِمُونَ هَذِهِ الأَرْضَ بِحَسَبِ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

You are to divide this land among yourselves according to the tribes of Israel.

٢٢ 22 تَقْتَسِمُونَهَا بِالْقُرْعَةِ لِتَكُونَ مِيرَاثاً لَكُمْ وَلِلْغُرَبَاءِ وَالْمُقِيمِينَ بَيْنَكُمْ، الَّذِينَ أَنْجَبُوا أَبْنَاءَ فِي وَسَطِكُمْ، فَيَكُونُونَ لَكُمْ كَالْمُوَاطِنِينَ مِنْ أَبْنَاءِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَيَرِثُونَ بَيْنَكُمْ فِي وَسَطِ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

You shall allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the foreigners who dwell among you and who have children. You are to treat them as native-born Israelites; along with you, they shall be allotted an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.

٢٣ 23 فَتُعْطُونَ الْغَرِيبَ مِيرَاثاً فِي أَرْضِ السِّبْطِ الَّتِي يَتَغَرَّبُ فِيهَا يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ.

In whatever tribe a foreigner dwells, you are to assign his inheritance there,” declares the Lord GOD.