حِزْقِيال 8
| وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الْخَامِسِ مِنْ الشَّهْرِ السَّادِسِ الْعِبْرِيِّ (أَيْ آبَ – أُغُسْطُسَ) مِنَ السَّنَةِ السَّادِسَةِ، بَيْنَمَا كُنْتُ جَالِساً فِي بَيْتِي، وَشُيُوخُ يَهُوذَا مَاثِلُونَ أَمَامِي، حَلَّتْ عَلَيَّ قُوَّةُ السَّيِّدِ الرَّبِّ هُنَاكَ، | ١ 1 |
On the fifth day of the sixth month of the sixth year, I was sitting in my house with the elders of Judah and the power of the Lord God came over me there.
| فَنَظَرْتُ وَإذَا بِشِبْهِ إِنْسَانٍ وَكَأَنَّهُ مِنْ نَارٍ، وَبَدَا وَكَأَنَّ نَاراً تَتَأَجَّجُ مِنْ حَقْوَيْهِ إِلَى أَسْفَلُ. أَمَّا مِنْ حَقْوَيْهِ فَمَا فَوْقُ فَبَدَا لَمَعَانٌ كَلَمَعَانِ النُّحَاسِ الْمُتَأَلِّقِ. | ٢ 2 |
I looked around and saw a being that looked like a man. From what seemed to be his waist downwards, he looked like fire. From what seemed to his waist upwards, he looked like brightly glowing metal.
| ثُمَّ مَدَّ شِبْهَ يَدٍ وَقَبَضَ عَلَيَّ بِنَاصِيَةِ رَأْسِي، وَحَلَّقَ بِي رُوحٌ بَيْنَ الأَرْضِ وَالسَّمَاءِ وَأَحْضَرَنِي فِي رُؤَى اللهِ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ، إِلَى مَدْخَلِ الْبَوَّابَةِ الشِّمَالِيَّةِ لِلسَّاحَةِ الدَّاخِلِيَّةِ، حَيْثُ يَنْتَصِبُ التِّمْثَالُ الْمُثِيرُ لِلْغَيْرَةِ. | ٣ 3 |
He reached out what seemed to be a hand and picked me up by my hair. The Spirit took me up into the sky, and in the vision God was giving me he carried me to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the Temple's inner courtyard, where the offensive idol that made God angry had been placed.
| فَإِذَا بِمَجْدِ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ حَالٌّ هُنَاكَ كَمَا كَانَ حَالًّا فِي الرُّؤْيَا الَّتِي شَاهَدْتُهَا فِي السَّهْلِ. | ٤ 4 |
I saw the glory of the God of Israel there, just like I had in the vision I'd seen in the valley.
| ثُمَّ خَاطَبَنِي: «يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، الْتَفِتِ الآنَ نَحْوَ الشِّمَالِ». فَالْتَفَتُّ وَإذَا بِي أَرَى مِنَ شِمَالِيِّ بَابِ الْمَذْبَحِ تِمْثَالَ الْغَيْرَةِ هَذَا مُنْتَصِباً فِي الْمَدْخَلِ. | ٥ 5 |
“Son of man,” he told me, “now look to the north.” So I looked to the north, and in the entrance to the north of the Altar Gate I saw this idol that angered God.
| وَقَالَ لِي: «يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، هَلْ شَاهَدْتَ مَا يَرْتَكِبُونَ: هَذِهِ الرَّجَاسَاتِ الْفَظِيعَةَ الَّتِي يَقْتَرِفُهَا شَعْبُ إِسْرَائِيلَ لِيُبْعِدُونِي عَنْ مَقْدِسِي؟ وَلَكِنِ انْتَظِرْ، فَلا تَلْبَثُ أَنْ تَشْهَدَ أَرْجَاساً أَفْظَعَ». | ٦ 6 |
“Son of man,” he said to me, “can you see what they are doing? Look at the disgusting sins the people of Israel are committing that are driving me far away from my sanctuary? But you're going to see even more disgusting sins than these!”
| ثُمَّ أَحْضَرَنِي إِلَى مَدْخَلِ السَّاحَةِ، فَنَظَرْتُ وَإذَا بِثُقْبٍ فِي الْجِدَارِ، | ٧ 7 |
He took me to the entrance to the Temple courtyard. As I looked around, I saw a hole in the wall.
| فَقَالَ لِي: «يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، انْقُبْ فِي الْجِدَارِ». فَنَقَبْتُ الْجِدَارَ وَإذَا بَابٌ. | ٨ 8 |
“Son of man,” he told me, “pull the wall apart.” So I pulled the wall apart and found a doorway.
| فَقَالَ لِي: «ادْخُلْ وَاشْهَدِ الأَرْجَاسَ الْمَقِيتَةَ الَّتِي يَرْتَكِبُونَهَا هُنَا». | ٩ 9 |
He told me, “Go through the wall and see the evil and disgusting things they are doing in here.”
| فَدَخَلْتُ وَنَظَرْتُ، فَإِذَا كُلُّ تَصَاوِيرِ أَشْكَالِ الْحَيَوَانَاتِ وَالْبَهَائِمِ النَّجِسَةِ، وَجَمِيعُ أَصْنَامِ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ مَرْسُومَةٌ عَلَى كُلِّ جَوَانِبِ الْجُدْرَانِ، | ١٠ 10 |
So I went through the wall and saw carved images covering the walls, representing all kinds of reptiles and disgusting animals, as well as all the idols worshiped by the people of Israel.
| وَقَدْ مَثَلَ أَمَامَهَا سَبْعُونَ رَجُلاً مِنْ شُيُوخِ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَانْتَصَبَ فِي وَسَطِهِمْ يَازَنْيَا بْنُ شَافَانَ، وَفِي يَدِ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ مِجْمَرَتُهُ تَتَصَاعَدُ مِنْهَا غَمَامَةٌ عَطِرَةٌ مِنَ الْبَخُورِ. | ١١ 11 |
Seventy elders of the house of Israel were standing in front of them, including Jaazaniah son of Shaphan. They all were holding censers, producing a sweet-smelling cloud of incense that rose above them.
| فَقَالَ لِي: «أَرَأَيْتَ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ مَا يَقْتَرِفُهُ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ شُيُوخِ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي مِحْرَابِ تَمَاثِيلِهِ الْمَنْحُوتَةِ قَائِلِينَ: الرَّبُّ لَا يَرَانَا! الرَّبُّ قَدْ هَجَرَ الأَرْضَ. | ١٢ 12 |
“Son of man,” he said to me, “can you see what the elders of the people of Israel are doing here in the dark, with each one worshiping in the shrine room of his own idol? This is what they're saying: ‘The Lord can't see what we're doing; besides the Lord has abandoned our country!’”
| وَلَكِنِ انْتَظِرْ فَلا تَلْبَثُ أَنْ تَشْهَدَ أَرْجَاساً أَفْظَعَ يَرْتَكِبُونَهَا». | ١٣ 13 |
The Lord went on to tell me, “You're going to see them doing even more disgusting things than these!”
| ثُمَّ أَحْضَرَنِي إِلَى الْمَدْخَلِ الشِّمَالِيِّ لِبَوَّابَةِ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ، فَإِذَا هُنَاكَ نِسَاءٌ يَنْدُبْنَ تَمُّوزَ (إِلَهِ الْخِصْبِ). | ١٤ 14 |
Then he took me to the north entrance of the Lord's Temple. I saw women sitting there, weeping for the god Tammuz.
| فَقَالَ لِي: «أَشَهِدْتَ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ؟ انْتَظِرْ فَلا تَلْبَثُ أَنْ تَشْهَدَ أَرْجَاساً أَفْظَعَ مِنْ هَذِهِ». | ١٥ 15 |
“Son of man,” he said to me, “have you seen this? But you're going to see even more disgusting things than these!”
| ثُمَّ أَحْضَرَنِي إِلَى الْفِنَاءِ الدَّاخِلِيِّ لِبَيْتِ الرَّبِّ، فَإِذَا عِنْدَ مَدْخَلِ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ بَيْنَ الرُّوَاقِ وَالْمَذْبَحِ نَحْوَ خَمْسَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ رَجُلاً أَدَارُوا ظُهُورَهُمْ لِهَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ، وَاتَّجَهُوا بِوُجُوهِهِمْ نَحْوَ الشَّرْقِ سَاجِدِينَ لِلشَّمْسِ. | ١٦ 16 |
He took me to the inner courtyard of the Lord's Temple and right there at the entrance to the Temple, between the porch and the altar, were around twenty-five men. They had their backs to the Temple, and were facing towards the east. They were bowing in worship of the sun rising in the east.
| فَقَالَ لِي: «أَشَهِدْتَ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ؟ أَقَلِيلٌ مَا ارْتَكَبَهُ شَعْبُ يَهُوذَا مِنْ رَجَاسَاتٍ هُنَا؟ فَقَدْ عَاثُوا فِي الأَرْضِ فَسَاداً، وَثَابَرُوا عَلَى إِغَاظَتِي، وَقَرَّبُوا كُلَّ مَا هُوَ مُنْتِنٌ فِي هَيْكَلِي | ١٧ 17 |
“Son of man,” he said to me, “have you seen this? The people of Judah aren't content just to do these disgusting things. They also commit violent crimes across the country and keep on making me angry. Look at how they're deliberately insulting me!
| لِذَلِكَ أُعَاقِبُهُمْ بِالْغَضَبِ، وَلا تَتَرَأَّفُ عَيْنِي عَلَيْهِمْ، وَلا أَعْفُو، وَإِنِ اسْتَغَاثُوا بِصَوْتٍ عَالٍ لَا أَسْتَجِيبُ لَهُمْ». | ١٨ 18 |
As a result I will respond in anger. I won't treat them kindly; I won't be merciful to them. Even though they shout loudly for my help, I won't listen to them.”
