حِزْقِيال 6

١ 1 وَأَوْحَى إِلَيَّ الرَّبُّ قَائِلاً:

A message from the Lord came to me that said,

٢ 2 «يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، الْتَفِتْ بِوَجْهِكَ نَحْوَ جِبَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَتَنَبَّأْ عَلَيْهَا،

“Son of man, face towards of Israel's mountains and prophesy against them.

٣ 3 وَقُلْ: يَا جِبَالَ إِسْرَائِيلَ أَصْغِي إِلَى كَلِمَةِ السَّيِّدِ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي يَقُولُ لِلْجِبَالِ وَالتِّلالِ وَالأَنْهَارِ وَالأَوْدِيَةِ: هَا أَنَا أَجْلِبُ عَلَيْكُمْ سَيْفاً وَأَهْدِمُ مُرْتَفَعَاتِكُمْ،

Tell them: Mountains of Israel, listen to the message from the Lord God! This is what the Lord God says to the mountains and the hills, to the gorges and the valleys: I'm going to attack you and destroy your high places.

٤ 4 فَتُصْبِحُ مَذَابِحُكُمْ أَطْلالاً، وَتَتَحَطَّمُ مَذَابِحُ بَخُورِكُمْ وَأَطْرَحُ قَتْلاكُمْ أَمَامَ أَصْنَامِكُمْ،

Your pagan altars will be torn down, and your incense altars will be smashed to pieces. I will kill your idol worshipers right in front of their idols.

٥ 5 وَأُلْقِي جُثَثَ أَبْنَاءِ إِسْرَائِيلَ أَمَامَ أَوْثَانِهِمْ، وَأُذَرِّي عِظَامَكُمْ حَوْلَ مَذَابِحِكُمْ.

I will put the dead bodies of you Israelites in front of your idols and scatter your bones around your altars.

٦ 6 وَحَيْثُمَا تُقِيمُونَ تَتَحَوَّلُ مُدُنُكُمْ إِلَى أَطْلالٍ، وَمُرْتَفَعَاتُ عِبَادَتِكُمْ إِلَى خَرَائِبَ، وَأَصْنَامُكُمْ إِلَى حُطَامٍ وَدَمَارٍ، وَمَذَابِحُ بَخُورِكُمْ إِلَى أَنْقَاضٍ، وَأَعْمَالُكُمْ إِلَى فَنَاءٍ،

Everywhere you live, the towns will be turned into rubble and the high places torn down. Your altars will be demolished and defiled. Your idols will be smashed and completely destroyed. Your incense altars will be knocked down, and all that you made will be ruined.

٧ 7 وَيَسْقُطُ الْقَتِيلُ فِي وَسَطِكُمْ، فَتُدْرِكُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ.

People will be killed all throughout your country. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

٨ 8 وَأَعْفُو عَنْ بَقِيَّةٍ مِنْكُمْ لِيَكُونَ لَكُمْ نَاجُونَ مِنَ السَّيْفِ يَتَشَتَّتُونَ بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ، إِذْ تَتَبَدَّدُونَ فِي كُلِّ الأَرْضِ.

However, I will let some of you survive and scatter you among the different nations and countries.

٩ 9 عِنْدَئِذٍ يَذْكُرُنِي النَّاجُونَ مِنْكُمْ، الْمُشَتَّتُونَ بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ الَّتِي سَبَيْتُهُمْ إِلَيْهَا، لأَنِّي سَحَقْتُ قُلُوبَهُمُ الزَّانِيَةَ الَّتِي ضَلَّتْ عَنِّي، وَعُيُونَهُمُ الَّتِي زَاغَتْ وَرَاءَ أَصْنَامِهِمْ، فَيَعَافُونَ أَنْفُسَهُمْ مِنْ جَرَّاءِ مَا ارْتَكَبُوهُ مِنْ شُرُورٍ، وَمِنْ أَجْلِ مَا اقْتَرَفُوهُ مِنْ أَرْجَاسٍ،

Once they are they are there as prisoners in the nations, then the survivors will remember me. They will realize how sad they made me by their spiritual adultery as they deserted me with their eyes full of lust as they worshiped idols. They will hate themselves for the evil things they did, for all their disgusting sins.

١٠ 10 فَيُدْرِكُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ، لَمْ أَتَكَلَّمْ عَبَثاً حِينَ تَوَعَّدْتُهُمْ بِهَذَا الشَّرِّ».

Then they will know that I am the Lord, and that I was not pretending when I warned them about bringing this disaster upon them.

١١ 11 وَهَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: «صَفِّقْ بِيَدَيْكَ، وَاخْبِطْ بِرِجْلِكَ قَائِلاً: آهِ مِنْ كُلِّ رَجَاسَاتِ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ الشِّرِّيرَةِ، فَإِنَّهُمْ سَيَمُوتُونَ بِالسَّيْفِ وَالْجُوعِ وَالْوَبَاءِ.

This is what the Lord God says: Hit yourself with your hands, stomp your feet, and shout out ‘Oh no!’ Do this because of all the terrible wickedness of the people of Israel. They are going to die by the sword and famine and disease.

١٢ 12 يَمُوتُ الْبَعِيدُ بِالْوَبَاءِ، وَالْقَرِيبُ يَصْرَعُهُ السَّيْفُ، وَالْبَاقِي مِنْهُمْ وَالْمُحَاصَرُ تَقْضِي عَلَيْهِمِ الْمَجَاعَةُ. وَهَكَذَا أَنْفُثُ فِيهِمْ حَنَقِي.

Those living far away will die from of disease, those who are close by will be killed by the sword, and those who are left will die of starvation. This is how I will express my anger towards them.

١٣ 13 عِنْدَئِذٍ تُدْرِكُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ، حِينَ يَتَنَاثَرُ قَتْلاهُمْ بَيْنَ أَصْنَامِهِمْ حَوْلَ مَذَابِحِهِمْ، وَفَوْقَ كُلِّ أَكَمَةٍ عَالِيَةٍ، وَعَلَى قِمَمِ جَمِيعِ الْجِبَالِ، وَتَحْتَ كُلِّ شَجَرَةٍ خَضْرَاءَ وَبَلُّوطَةٍ مُوْرِقَةٍ حَيْثُ كَانُوا يُقَرِّبُونَ رَائِحَةَ سُرُورٍ لِكُلِّ أَوْثَانِهِمْ.

Then you will know that I am the Lord—when the idol worshipers lie dead among their idols and altars on the top of every hill and mountain, and under every green tree and large oak. These were the pagan shrines where they offered sweet-smelling incense to all their idols.

١٤ 14 وَأَمُدُّ يَدِي عَلَيْهِمْ فِي جَمِيعِ مَوَاطِنِ إِقَامَتِهِمْ، فَأَجْعَلُ الأَرْضَ خَرِبَةً مُوْحِشَةً مِنَ الصَّحْرَاءِ إِلَى دَبْلَةَ، فَيُدْرِكُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ».

I'm going to lift up my hand to punish them. In every place they live I will make their country a wasteland, all the way from the desert in the south to Diblah in the north. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”