Ezekiel 33

1 The LORD’s word came to me, saying,

١ وَأَوْحَى إِلَيَّ الرَّبُّ قَائِلاً:

2 “Son of man, speak to the children of your people, and tell them, ‘When I bring the sword on a land, and the people of the land take a man from among them, and set him for their watchman,

٢ «يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، خَاطِبْ أَبْنَاءَ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَقُلْ لَهُمْ: إِذَا جَلَبْتُ سَيْفاً عَلَى أَرْضٍ كَانَ أَهْلُهَا قَدْ أَقَامُوا لَهُمْ رَقِيباً مِنْ بَيْنِهِمْ.

3 if, when he sees the sword come on the land, he blows the trumpet and warns the people,

٣ فَإِذَا رَأَى الأَعْدَاءَ مُقْبِلِينَ لِمُهَاجَمَةِ الأَرْضِ، فَنَفَخَ بِالْبُوقِ تَحْذِيراً لِلشَّعْبِ،

4 then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet and does not heed the warning, if the sword comes and takes him away, his blood will be on his own head.

٤ فَمَنْ يَسْمَعُ دَوِيَّ الْبُوقِ وَلا يَحْتَرِسُ، ثُمَّ أَتَى السَّيْفُ وَقَتَلَهُ، فَدَمُهُ يَقَعُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ.

5 He heard the sound of the trumpet and did not take warning. His blood will be on him; whereas if he had heeded the warning, he would have delivered his soul.

٥ لأَنَّهُ سَمِعَ دَوِيَّ الْبُوقِ وَلَمْ يَحْتَرِسْ. لِهَذَا يَكُونُ دَمُهُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ، إِذْ لَوِ احْتَرَسَ لأَنْقَذَ نَفْسَهُ.

6 But if the watchman sees the sword come and does not blow the trumpet, and the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at the watchman’s hand.’

٦ وَلَكِنْ إِنْ رَأَى الرَّقِيبُ الْعَدُوَّ مُقْبِلاً وَلَمْ يَنْفُخْ بِالْبُوقِ، فَلَمْ يَحْتَرِسِ الشَّعْبُ، فَأَقْدَمَ الْعَدُوُّ وَقَتَلَ نَفْساً مِنْهُمْ، فَالْقَتِيلُ قَدْ لاقَى حَتْفَهُ جَزَاءَ ذَنْبِهِ، أَمَّا دَمُهُ فَمِنْ يَدِ الرَّقِيبِ أَطْلُبُهُ.

7 “So you, son of man, I have set you a watchman to the house of Israel. Therefore hear the word from my mouth, and give them warnings from me.

٧ وَأَنْتَ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، قَدْ أَقَمْتُكَ رَقِيباً لِشَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَتَسْمَعُ قَضَائِي، وَتُحَذِّرُهُمْ مِنْ قِبَلِي.

8 When I tell the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you will surely die,’ and you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, but I will require his blood at your hand.

٨ إِنْ قُلْتُ لِلشِّرِّيرِ: يَا شِرِّيرُ إِنَّكَ حَتْماً تَمُوتُ مِنْ أَجْلِ شَرِّكَ، وَلَمْ تَعْمَدْ إِلَى تَحْذِيرِهِ مِنْ طَرِيقِهِ، فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ الشِّرِّيرَ يَمُوتُ بِذَنْبِهِ، أَمَّا دَمُهُ فَمِنْ يَدِكَ أَطْلُبُهُ.

9 Nevertheless, if you warn the wicked of his way to turn from it, and he does not turn from his way; he will die in his iniquity, but you have delivered your soul.

٩ وَلَكِنْ إِنْ حَذَّرْتَ الشِّرِّيرَ لِيَرْتَدِعَ عَنْ طَرِيقِهِ فَأَبَى فَهُوَ يَمُوتُ بِذَنْبِهِ، أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَتَكُونُ قَدْ خَلَّصْتَ نَفْسَكَ.

10 “You, son of man, tell the house of Israel: ‘You say this, “Our transgressions and our sins are on us, and we pine away in them. How then can we live?”’

١٠ وَأَنْتَ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، قُلْ لِشَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: أَنْتُمْ تَقُولُونَ: حَقّاً إِنَّ مَعَاصِينَا وَخَطَايَانَا وَاقِعَةٌ عَلَيْنَا، وَبِهَا نَحْنُ هَالِكُونَ، فَكَيْفَ إِذاً نَحْيَا؟

11 Tell them, ‘“As I live,” says the Lord GOD, “I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why will you die, house of Israel?”’

١١ قُلْ لَهُمْ: حَيٌّ أَنَا يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ، إِنِّي لَا أَبْتَهِجُ بِمَوْتِ الشِّرِّيرِ بَلْ بِأَنْ يَرْتَدِعَ عَنْ غِيِّهِ وَيَحْيَا. ارْجِعُوا، ارْجِعُوا عَنْ طُرُقِكُمِ الرَّدِيئَةِ! لِمَاذَا تَمُوتُونَ يَا شَعْبَ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟

12 “You, son of man, tell the children of your people, ‘The righteousness of the righteous will not deliver him in the day of his disobedience. And as for the wickedness of the wicked, he will not fall by it in the day that he turns from his wickedness; neither will he who is righteous be able to live by it in the day that he sins.

١٢ وَأَنْتَ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، قُلْ لأَبْنَاءِ شَعْبِكَ: لَا يَنْجُو الْبَارُّ بِبِرِّهِ فِي يَوْمِ مَعْصِيَتِهِ، وَلا يَعْثُرُ الشِّرِّيرُ بِشَرِّهِ فِي يَوْمِ تَوْبَتِهِ. كَذَلِكَ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ الْبَارُّ أَنْ يَحْيَا بِبِرِّهِ فِي يَوْمِ اقْتِرَافِهِ لِخَطِيئَتِهِ.

13 When I tell the righteous that he will surely live, if he trusts in his righteousness and commits iniquity, none of his righteous deeds will be remembered; but he will die in his iniquity that he has committed.

١٣ وَإِنْ قُلْتَ لِلْبَارِّ إِنَّكَ لَا مَحَالَةَ تَحْيَا، فَاعْتَمَدَ عَلَى بِرِّهِ وَأَثِمَ، فَإِنَّ بِرَّهُ كُلَّهُ لَا يُذْكَرُ لَهُ، بَلْ يَمُوتُ بِمَا ارْتَكَبَ مِنْ إِثْمٍ.

14 Again, when I say to the wicked, “You will surely die,” if he turns from his sin and does that which is lawful and right,

١٤ وَإذَا قُلْتَ لِلشِّرِّيرِ إِنَّكَ لَا مَحَالَةَ مَائِتٌ: فَارْتَدَعَ عَنْ خَطِيئَتِهِ وَمَارَسَ الْعَدْلَ وَالْحَقَّ،

15 if the wicked restore the pledge, give again that which he had taken by robbery, walk in the statutes of life, committing no iniquity, he will surely live. He will not die.

١٥ وَرَدَّ الرَّهْنَ، وَعَوَّضَ عَمَّا اغْتَصَبَهُ، وَسَلَكَ فِي الْفَرَائِضِ الَّتِي تُؤَمِّنُ لَهُ الْحَيَاةَ، مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَرْتَكِبَ إِثْماً، فَإِنَّهُ لَا مَحَالَةَ يَحْيَا وَلا يَمُوتُ فِي خَطَايَاهُ،

16 None of his sins that he has committed will be remembered against him. He has done that which is lawful and right. He will surely live.

١٦ وَلا تُذْكَرُ كُلُّ خَطِيئَةٍ ارْتَكَبَهَا، لأَنَّهُ عَادَ فَمَارَسَ الْعَدْلَ وَالْحَقَّ. إِنَّهُ حَيَاةً يَحْيَا!

17 “‘Yet the children of your people say, “The way of the Lord is not fair;” but as for them, their way is not fair.

١٧ وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ يَدَّعِي أَبْنَاءُ شَعْبِكَ أَنَّ طَرِيقَ الرَّبِّ مُعْوَجَّةٌ. بَلْ إِنَّ طَرِيقَهُمْ هُمْ هِيَ الْمُعْوَجَّةُ.

18 When the righteous turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he will even die therein.

١٨ فَعِنْدَ ارْتِدَادِ الْبَارِّ عَنْ بِرِّهِ وَارْتِكَابِهِ الإِثْمَ فَإِنَّهُ بِهِ يَمُوتُ.

19 When the wicked turns from his wickedness and does that which is lawful and right, he will live by it.

١٩ وَعِنْدَ ارْتِدَاعِ الشِّرِّيرِ عَنْ غِيِّهِ، وَمُمَارَسَتِهِ الْعَدْلَ وَالْحَقَّ، فَإِنَّهُ بِهِمَا يَحْيَا.

20 Yet you say, “The way of the Lord is not fair.” House of Israel, I will judge every one of you after his ways.’”

٢٠ وَأَنْتُمْ مَعَ ذَلِكَ تَقُولُونَ إِنَّ طَرِيقَ الرَّبِّ مُعْوَجَّةٌ. إِنَّنِي أَدِينُ كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ بِمُقْتَضَى طُرُقِهِ يَا شَعْبَ إِسْرَائِيلَ».

21 In the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, one who had escaped out of Jerusalem came to me, saying, “The city has been defeated!”

٢١ وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الْخَامِسِ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الْعَاشِرِ مِنَ السَّنَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ سَبْيِنَا، أَقْبَلَ إِلَيَّ نَاجٍ مِنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَقَالَ: «قَدْ تَمَّ تَدْمِيرُ الْمَدِينَةِ».

22 Now the LORD’s hand had been on me in the evening, before he who had escaped came; and he had opened my mouth until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no longer mute.

٢٢ وَكَانَتْ يَدُ الرَّبِّ عَلَيَّ فِي الْمَسَاءِ قُبَيْلَ مَجِيءِ النَّاجِي، وَفَتَحَ الرَّبُّ فَمِي فِي الصَّبَاحِ عِنْدَ وُصُولِهِ، فَانْفَكَّتْ عُقْدَةُ لِسَانِي وَلَمْ أَعُدْ أَبْكَمَ.

23 The LORD’s word came to me, saying,

٢٣ فَأَوْحَى إِلَيَّ الرَّبُّ بِكَلِمَتِهِ قَائِلاً:

24 “Son of man, those who inhabit the waste places in the land of Israel speak, saying, ‘Abraham was one, and he inherited the land; but we are many. The land is given us for inheritance.’

٢٤ «يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، إِنَّ الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي خَرَائِبِ أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ كَانَ فَرْداً وَاحِداً وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ وَرِثَ الأَرْضَ، وَهَكَذَا نَحْنُ كَثِيرُونَ، وَقَدْ وُهِبَتْ لَنَا الأَرْضُ مِيرَاثاً.

25 Therefore tell them, ‘The Lord GOD says: “You eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood. So should you possess the land?

٢٥ لِذَلِكَ قُلْ لَهُمْ: أَتَأْكُلُونَ اللَّحْمَ بِالدَّمِ وَتَتَعَلَّقُ عُيُونُكُمْ بِأَصْنَامِكُمْ وَتَسْفِكُونَ الدَّمَ، ثُمَّ تَرِثُونَ الأَرْضَ؟

26 You stand on your sword, you work abomination, and every one of you defiles his neighbor’s wife. So should you possess the land?”’

٢٦ اعْتَمَدْتُمْ عَلَى سُيُوفِكُمْ، وَارْتَكَبْتُمُ الْمُوبِقَاتِ، وَزَنَى كُلٌّ مِنْكُمْ مَعَ امْرَأَةِ صَاحِبِهِ. فَهَلْ تَرِثُونَ الأَرْضَ؟

27 “You shall tell them, ‘The Lord GOD says: “As I live, surely those who are in the waste places will fall by the sword. I will give whoever is in the open field to the animals to be devoured, and those who are in the strongholds and in the caves will die of the pestilence.

٢٧ قُلْ لَهُمْ، هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: حَيٌّ أَنَا، إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يُقِيمُونَ فِي الْخَرَائِبِ يُقْتَلُونَ بِالسَّيْفِ، وَالَّذِينَ يَسْكُنُونَ فِي الْعَرَاءِ أَبْذِلُهُمْ قُوتاً لِلْوُحُوشِ، وَالْمُتَمَنِّعُونَ فِي الْحُصُونِ وَالْمَغَاوِرِ يَمُوتُونَ بِالْوَبَاءِ.

28 I will make the land a desolation and an astonishment. The pride of her power will cease. The mountains of Israel will be desolate, so that no one will pass through.

٢٨ فَأَجْعَلُ الأَرْضَ أَطْلالاً مُقْفِرَةً وَتَبْطُلُ كِبْرِيَاءُ عِزَّتِهَا، وَتُصْبِحُ جِبَالُ إِسْرَائِيلَ جَرْدَاءَ لَا يَجْتَازُ بِها عَابِرٌ.

29 Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have made the land a desolation and an astonishment because of all their abominations which they have committed.”’

٢٩ فَيُدْرِكُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ حِينَ أَجْعَلُ الأَرْضَ خَرِبَةً مُقْفِرَةً مِنْ جَرَّاءِ مَا ارْتَكَبُوهُ مِنْ رَجَاسَاتٍ.

30 “As for you, son of man, the children of your people talk about you by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak to one another, everyone to his brother, saying, ‘Please come and hear what the word is that comes out from the LORD.’

٣٠ أَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ فَإِنَّ أَبْنَاءَ شَعْبِكَ يَتَحَدَّثُونَ عَنْكَ بِجُوَارِ الْجُدْرَانِ وَفِي مَدَاخِلِ أَبْوَابِ الْبُيُوتِ، وَيُخَاطِبُ أَحَدُهُمُ الآخَرَ، وَالرَّجُلُ أَخَاهُ قَائِلِينَ: هَيَّا تَعَالَوْا اسْمَعُوا كَلامَ الْوَحْيِ الصَّادِرِ مِنْ عِنْدِ الرَّبِّ.

31 They come to you as the people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but do not do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain.

٣١ وَيُقْبِلُونَ إِلَيْكَ مِثْلَ سَائِرِ الشَّعْبِ وَيَجْلِسُونَ فِي حَضْرَتِكَ نَظِيرَ شَعْبِي، وَيُصْغُونَ إِلَى كَلامِكَ وَلا يَعْمَلُونَ بِهِ. إِنَّهُمْ يُعْرِبُونَ عَنْ أَشْوَاقِهِمْ بِكَلامِهِمْ، أَمَّا قَلْبُهُمْ فَقَدْ غَوَى وَرَاءَ مَكْسَبِهِمْ.

32 Behold, you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument; for they hear your words, but they do not do them.

٣٢ وَهَا أَنْتَ لَهُمْ كَقَصِيدَةِ حُبٍّ يَتَغَنَّى بِها ذُو صَوْتٍ عَذْبٍ، يُحْسِنُ الْعَزْفَ، فَيُصْغُونَ إِلَى كَلامِكَ وَلا يَعْمَلُونَ بِهِ.

33 “When this comes to pass—behold, it comes—then they will know that a prophet has been among them.”

٣٣ وَإذَا تَحَقَّقَ هَذَا، وَهُوَ لابُدَّ أَنْ يَتِمَّ، يُدْرِكُونَ أَنَّ نَبِيًّا كَانَ بَيْنَهُمْ».