Ezekiel 24

1 Again, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,

١ وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الْعَاشِرِ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الْعَاشِرِ فِي السَّنَةِ التَّاسِعَةِ (مِنْ أَسْرِ الْمَلِكِ يَهُويَاقِيمَ)، أَوْحَى الرَّبُّ إِلَيِّ بِكَلِمَتِهِ قَائِلاً:

2 Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this selfsame day; the king of Babylon drew close to Jerusalem this selfsame day.

٢ «يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، دَوِّنِ اسْمَ هَذَا الْيَوْمِ بِعَيْنِهِ، فَإِنَّ مَلِكَ بَابِلَ قَدْ حَاصَرَ فِيهِ أُورُشَلِيمَ.

3 And utter a parable to the rebellious house, and say to them, Thus says the lord Jehovah: Set on the caldron. Set it on, and also pour water into it.

٣ وَاضْرِبْ مَثَلاً لِلشَّعْبِ الْمُتَمَرِّدِ وَقُلْ لَهُمْ: هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: ضَعِ الْقِدْرَ وَصُبَّ فِيهَا مَاءً.

4 Gather the pieces of it into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.

٤ وَاطْرَحْ فِيهَا قِطَعَ الذَّبِيحَةِ، كُلَّ قِطْعَةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ، الْفَخْذَ وَالْكَتِفَ وَخِيَارَ الْعِظَامِ.

5 Take the choice of the flock, and also a pile of wood for the bones under the caldron. Make it boil well, yea, let the bones of it be boiled in the midst of it.

٥ لِتَكُنِ الذَّبِيحَةُ مُنْتَقَاةً مِنْ خِيَارِ الْغَنَمِ، وَضَعْهَا فَوْقَ كَوْمَةِ الْعِظَامِ. اغْلِهَا جَيِّداً حَتَّى تُسْلَقَ عِظَامُهَا فِيهَا.

6 Therefore thus says the lord Jehovah: Woe to the bloody city, to the caldron whose rust is therein, and whose rust has not gone out of it! Take out of it piece after piece. No lot has fallen upon it.

٦ لأَنَّ هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: وَيْلٌ لِلْمَدِينَةِ سَافِكَةِ الدِّمَاءِ، وَلِلْقِدْرِ الْمُغَشَّاةِ بِزِنْجَارِهَا الَّذِي لَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا. فَرِّغُوهَا قِطْعَةً قِطْعَةً مِنْ غَيْرِ اقْتِرَاعٍ عَلَيْهَا.

7 For her blood is in the midst of her. She set it upon the bare rock. She did not pour it upon the ground to cover it with dust.

٧ لأَنَّ دَمَهَا مَا بَرِحَ فِيهَا، قَدْ وَضَعَتْهُ عَلَى صَخْرَةٍ جَرْدَاءَ، لَمْ تُرِقْهُ عَلَى الأَرْضِ لِتُوَارِيَهُ بِالتُّرَابِ

8 That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have set her blood upon the bare rock, that it should not be covered.

٨ وَحَتَّى تُثِيرَ الْغَضَبَ الْمُفْضِي إِلَى الانْتِقَامِ وَضَعْتُ دَمَهَا عَلَى صَخْرَةٍ جَرْدَاءَ لِئَلّا يُوَارَى.

9 Therefore thus says the lord Jehovah: Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great.

٩ لِذَلِكَ وَيْلٌ لِلْمَدِينَةِ سَافِكَةِ الدِّمَاءِ، فَإِنِّي أَنَا أَجْعَلُ كُومَةَ حَطَبِهَا عَظِيمَةً.

10 Heap on the wood; make the fire hot. Boil the flesh well, and make the broth thick. And let the bones be burned.

١٠ كَثِّرِ الْحَطَبَ، أَضْرِمِ النَّارَ، أَنْضِجِ اللَّحْمَ وَضَعْ عَلَيْهِ التَّوَابِلَ وَلْتُحْرَقِ الْعِظَامُ.

11 Then set it empty upon the coals of it, that it may be hot, and the brass of it may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed.

١١ ثُمَّ ضَعِ الْقِدْرَ فَارِغَةً عَلَى الْجَمْرِ حَتَّى تَحْمَى وَيَتَوَهَّجَ نُحَاسُهَا، فَيَذُوبَ قَذَرُهَا وَيَفْنَى زِنْجَارُهَا.

12 She has wearied herself with toil, yet her great scum does not go forth out of her, her scum by fire.

١٢ قَدْ أَجْهَدَتْ نَفْسِي بِمَتَاعِبِهَا وَلَمْ تَتَطَهَّرْ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ زِنْجَارِهَا فَصَارَ مَآلُهُ لِلنَّارِ.

13 In thy filthiness is lewdness. Because I have cleansed thee and thou were not cleansed, thou shall not be cleansed from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my wrath toward thee to rest.

١٣ فِي قَذَارَتِكِ رَذِيلَةٌ لأَنِّي سَعَيْتُ لِتَطْهِيرِكِ، فَلَمْ تَطْهُرِي وَلَنْ تَطْهُرِي مِنْ نَجَاسَتِكِ حَتَّى أَصُبَّ عَلَيْكِ غَضَبِي.

14 I, Jehovah, have spoken it. It shall come to pass, and I will do it. I will not go back. I will neither spare, nor will I relent. According to thy ways, and according to thy doings, they shall judge thee, says the lord Jehovah.

١٤ أَنَا الرَّبُّ قَدْ تَكَلَّمْتُ، وَمَا قَضَيْتُ بِهِ لابُدَّ أَنْ يَتِمَّ. لَنْ أَرْجِعَ عَنْهُ وَلَنْ أُشْفِقَ وَلَنْ أَنْدَمَ، بَلْ يَحْكُمُونَ عَلَيْكِ بِمُقْتَضَى تَصَرُّفَاتِكِ وَطُرُقِكِ، يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ».

15 Also the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,

١٥ وَأَوْحَى إِلَيَّ الرَّبُّ بِكَلِمَتِهِ قَائِلاً:

16 Son of man, behold, I take the desire of thine eyes away from thee with a stroke. Yet thou shall neither mourn nor weep. Neither shall thy tears run down.

١٦ «يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، هَا أَنَا أَحْرِمُكَ مِنْ بَهْجَةِ عَيْنَيْكَ عَلَى أَثَرِ فَاجِعَةٍ. فَلا تَنُحْ وَلا تَبْكِ وَلا تَذْرِفْ دُمُوعَكَ.

17 Sigh, but not aloud. Make no mourning for the dead. Bind thy headdress upon thee, and put thy shoes upon thy feet. And do not cover thy lips, and do not eat the bread of men.

١٧ تَنَهَّدْ بِصَمْتٍ. لَا تُقِمْ مَنَاحَةً عَلَى الْمَوْتَى. تَلَفَّعْ بِعِصَابَتِكَ وَضَعْ نَعْلَيْكَ فِي رِجْلَيْكَ. لَا تَحْجُبْ شَارِبَيْكَ وَلا تَأْكُلْ مِنْ خُبْزِ النَّاسِ».

18 So I spoke to the people in the morning, and at evening my wife died. And I did in the morning as I was commanded.

١٨ فَخَاطَبْتُ الشَّعْبَ فِي الصَّبَاحِ، وَعِنْدَ الْمَسَاءِ تُوُفِّيَتْ زَوْجَتِي، فَفَعَلْتُ فِي الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي مَا أُمِرْتُ بِهِ.

19 And the people said to me, Will thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou do so?

١٩ فَسَأَلَنِي الشَّعْبُ: «أَلا تُخْبِرُنَا مَا تَعْنِيهِ لَنَا هَذِهِ الأُمُورُ الَّتِي أَنْتَ تَصْنَعُهَا؟»

20 Then I said to them, The word of Jehovah came to me, saying,

٢٠ فَأَجَبْتُهُمْ: «قَدْ أَوْحَى إِلَيَّ الرَّبُّ بِكَلامِهِ قَائِلاً:

21 Speak to the house of Israel, Thus says the lord Jehovah: Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul has compassion. And your sons and your daughters whom ye have left behind shall fall by the sword.

٢١ أَبْلِغْ شَعْبَ إِسْرَائِيلَ: هَا أَنَا مُزْمِعٌ عَلَى تَنْجِيسِ مَقْدِسي فَخْرِ عِزِّكُمْ وَمُشْتَهَى أَعْيُنِكُمْ، وَبَهْجَةِ نُفُوسِكُمْ، فَيَتَهَاوَى أَبْنَاؤُكُمْ وَبَنَاتُكُمُ الَّذِينَ خَلَّفْتُمُوهُمْ وَرَاءَكُمْ صَرْعَى بِالسَّيْفِ.

22 And ye shall do as I have done. Ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.

٢٢ وَتَفْعَلُونَ كَمَا فَعَلْتُ: لَا تَحْجُبُونَ شَوَارِبَكُمْ وَلا تَأْكُلُونَ مِنْ خُبْزِ النَّاسِ،

23 And your coverings shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet. Ye shall not mourn nor weep, but ye shall pine away in your iniquities, and moan one toward another.

٢٣ وَتَكُونُ عَصَائِبُكُمْ عَلَى رُؤُوسِكُمْ، وَنِعَالُكُمْ فِي أَرْجُلِكُمْ. لَا تَنُوحُونَ وَلا تَنْدُبُونَ إِنَّمَا تَبِيدُونَ بِآثَامِكُمْ، وَيَئِنُّ بَعْضُكُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ.

24 Thus Ezekiel shall be to you a sign, according to all that he has done ye shall do. When this comes, then ye shall know that I am the lord Jehovah.

٢٤ وَهَكَذَا يُصْبِحُ حِزْقِيَالُ لَكُمْ آيَةً: فَتَصْنَعُونَ كَمَا صَنَعَ. فَإِنْ تَمَّ هَذَا تُدْرِكُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ.

25 And thou, son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that upon which they set their heart-their sons and their daughters-

٢٥ أَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، فَفِي الْيَوْمِ الَّذِي أَحْرِمُهُمْ فِيهِ مِنْ عِزِّهِمْ وَبَهْجَةِ فَخْرِهِمْ، وَمُشْتَهَى عُيُونِهِمْ، وَلَذَّةِ قُلُوبِهِمْ (أَيْ أَبْنَائِهِمْ وَبَنَاتِهِمْ)،

26 that in that day he who escapes shall come to thee, to cause thee to hear it with thine ears?

٢٦ يُقْبِلُ إِلَيْكَ النَّاجِي فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ لِيُبَلِّغَكَ هَذِهِ الأَخْبَارَ.

27 In that day thy mouth shall be opened to him who is escaped, and thou shall speak, and no more be mute. So thou shall be a sign to them, and they shall know that I am Jehovah.

٢٧ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يَنْفَتِحُ فَمُكَ فَتُخَاطِبُ النَّاجِيَ الْمُنْفَلِتَ وَلا تَكُونُ بَعْدُ أَبْكَمَ، وَتَكُونُ لَهُمْ آيَةً، فَيُدْرِكُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ».