حِزْقِيال 8

١ 1 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،

And it comes to pass, in the sixth year, in the sixth [month], on the fifth of the month, I am sitting in my house, and [the] elderly of Judah are sitting before me, and there a hand of Lord YHWH falls on me,

٢ 2 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.

and I look, and behold, a likeness as the appearance of fire, from the appearance of His loins and downward—fire, and from His loins and upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the color of electrum.

٣ 3 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.

And He puts forth a form of a hand, and takes me by a lock of my head, and [the] Spirit lifts me up between the earth and the heavens, and brings me to Jerusalem in visions of God, to the opening of the inner gate that is facing the north, where the seat of the figure of jealousy [is] that is making jealous,

٤ 4 فَإِذَا بِمَجْدِ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ حَالٌّ هُنَاكَ كَمَا كَانَ حَالًّا فِي الرُّؤْيَا الَّتِي شَاهَدْتُهَا فِي السَّهْلِ.

and behold, there the glory of the God of Israel [is] as the appearance that I saw in the valley.

٥ 5 ثُمَّ خَاطَبَنِي: «يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، الْتَفِتِ الآنَ نَحْوَ الشِّمَالِ». فَالْتَفَتُّ وَإذَا بِي أَرَى مِنَ شِمَالِيِّ بَابِ الْمَذْبَحِ تِمْثَالَ الْغَيْرَةِ هَذَا مُنْتَصِباً فِي الْمَدْخَلِ.

And He says to me, “Son of man, now lift up your eyes [toward] the way of the north.” And I lift up my eyes [toward] the way of the north, and behold, on the north of the gate of the altar [is] this figure of jealousy, at the entrance.

٦ 6 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».

And He says to me, “Son of man, are you seeing what they are doing? The great abominations that the house of Israel is doing here, to keep far off from My sanctuary; and turn again, [and] see great abominations.”

٧ 7 ثُمَّ أَحْضَرَنِي إِلَى مَدْخَلِ السَّاحَةِ، فَنَظَرْتُ وَإذَا بِثُقْبٍ فِي الْجِدَارِ،

And He brings me to an opening of the court, and I look, and behold, a hole in the wall;

٨ 8 فَقَالَ لِي: «يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، انْقُبْ فِي الْجِدَارِ». فَنَقَبْتُ الْجِدَارَ وَإذَا بَابٌ.

and He says to me, “Son of man, now dig through the wall”; and I dig through the wall, and behold, an opening.

٩ 9 فَقَالَ لِي: «ادْخُلْ وَاشْهَدِ الأَرْجَاسَ الْمَقِيتَةَ الَّتِي يَرْتَكِبُونَهَا هُنَا».

And He says to me, “Go in, and see the evil abominations that they are doing here.”

١٠ 10 فَدَخَلْتُ وَنَظَرْتُ، فَإِذَا كُلُّ تَصَاوِيرِ أَشْكَالِ الْحَيَوَانَاتِ وَالْبَهَائِمِ النَّجِسَةِ، وَجَمِيعُ أَصْنَامِ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ مَرْسُومَةٌ عَلَى كُلِّ جَوَانِبِ الْجُدْرَانِ،

And I go in, and look, and behold, every form of creeping thing, and detestable beast—and all the idols of the house of Israel—carved on the wall, all around,

١١ 11 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.

and seventy men from [the] elderly of the house of Israel—and Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing in their midst—are standing before them, and each [with] his censer in his hand, and [the] abundance of [the] cloud of the incense is going up.

١٢ 12 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.

And He says to me, “Have you seen, son of man, that which elderly of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each in [the] inner chambers of his imagery, for they are saying, YHWH is not seeing us, YHWH has forsaken the land?”

١٣ 13 وَلَكِنِ انْتَظِرْ فَلا تَلْبَثُ أَنْ تَشْهَدَ أَرْجَاساً أَفْظَعَ يَرْتَكِبُونَهَا».

And He says to me, “Turn again, [and] see [the] great abominations that they are doing.”

١٤ 14 ثُمَّ أَحْضَرَنِي إِلَى الْمَدْخَلِ الشِّمَالِيِّ لِبَوَّابَةِ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ، فَإِذَا هُنَاكَ نِسَاءٌ يَنْدُبْنَ تَمُّوزَ (إِلَهِ الْخِصْبِ).

And He brings me to the opening of the gate of the house of YHWH that [is] at the north, and behold, there the women are sitting, weeping for Tammuz.

١٥ 15 فَقَالَ لِي: «أَشَهِدْتَ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ؟ انْتَظِرْ فَلا تَلْبَثُ أَنْ تَشْهَدَ أَرْجَاساً أَفْظَعَ مِنْ هَذِهِ».

And He says to me, “Have you seen, son of man? Turn again, [and] see greater abominations than these.”

١٦ 16 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.

And He brings me into the inner court of the house of YHWH, and behold, at the opening of the temple of YHWH, between the porch and the altar, about twenty-five men, their backs toward the temple of YHWH, and their faces eastward, and they are bowing themselves eastward to the sun.

١٧ 17 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

And He says to me, “Have you seen, son of man? Has it been a light thing to the house of Judah to do the abomination that they have done here, that they have filled the land with violence, and turn back to provoke Me to anger? And behold, they are putting forth the branch to their nose!

١٨ 18 لِذَلِكَ أُعَاقِبُهُمْ بِالْغَضَبِ، وَلا تَتَرَأَّفُ عَيْنِي عَلَيْهِمْ، وَلا أَعْفُو، وَإِنِ اسْتَغَاثُوا بِصَوْتٍ عَالٍ لَا أَسْتَجِيبُ لَهُمْ».

And I also deal in fury, My eye does not pity, nor do I spare, and they have cried [with] a loud voice in My ears and I do not hear them.”