Jezekiel 21

1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

١ وَأَوْحَى إِلَيَّ الرَّبُّ بِكَلِمَتِهِ قَائِلاً:

2 Therefore prophesy, son of man, set your face steadfastly towards Jerusalem, and look towards their holy places, and you shall prophesy against the land of Israel,

٢ «يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ: الْتَفِتْ نَحْوَ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَتَنَبَّأْ عَلَى الْمَقَادِسِ وَعَلَى أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ

3 and you shall say to the land of Israel, Thus says the Lord; Behold, I am against you, and I will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and I will destroy out of you the transgressor and unrighteous.

٣ وَقُلْ لأَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ، هَا أَنَا أَنْقَلِبُ عَلَيْكِ وَأَسْتَلُّ سَيْفِي مِنْ غِمْدِهِ فَأَسْتَأْصِلُ مِنْكِ الصَّالِحَ وَالطَّالِحَ.

4 Because I will destroy out of you the unrighteous and the transgressor, [therefore] so shall my sword come forth out of its sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:

٤ لِذَلِكَ يَخْرُجُ سَيْفِي مِنْ غِمْدِهِ فَيَقْضِي عَلَى كُلِّ إِنْسَانٍ مِنَ الْجَنُوبِ إِلَى الشِّمَالِ.

5 and all flesh shall know that I the Lord have drawn forth my sword out of its sheath: it shall not return any more.

٥ فَيُدْرِكُ كُلُّ بَشَرٍ أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ، سَلَلْتُ سَيْفِي مِنْ غِمْدِهِ وَلَنْ يَرْتَدَّ إِلَيْهِ.

6 And you, son of man, groan with the breaking of your loins; you shall even groan heavily in their sight.

٦ أَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، فَتَنَهَّدْ بِقَلْبٍ مُنْكَسِرٍ وَحُزْنٍ مَرِيرٍ أَمَامَهُمْ

7 And it shall come to pass, if they shall say to you, Therefore do you groan? that you shall say, For the report; because it comes: and every heart shall break, and all hands shall become feeble, and all flesh and every spirit shall faint, and all thighs shall be defiled with moisture: behold, it comes, says the Lord.

٧ فَإِنْ سَأَلُوكَ: عَلَى مَاذَا تَتَنَهَّدُ؟ تُجِبْهُمْ: عَلَى الأَخْبَارِ الْوَارِدَةِ الَّتِي تُذِيبُ كُلَّ قَلْبٍ، فَتَسْتَرْخِي الأَيْدِي وَيَعْتَرِي الْيَأْسُ كُلَّ رُوحٍ، وَتُصْبِحُ الرُّكَبُ كَالْمَاءِ. هَا هِيَ الأَخْبَارُ وَارِدَةٌ وَلابُدَّ أَنْ تَتِمَّ، يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ».

8 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

٨ وَأَوْحَى إِلَيَّ الرَّبُّ بِكَلِمَتِهِ قَائِلاً:

9 Son of man, prophesy, and you shall say, Thus says the Lord; Say, Sword, sword, be sharpened and rage,

٩ «يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، تَنَبَّأْ وَقُلْ: هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ: سَيْفٌ، سَيْفٌ قَدْ تَمَّ سَنُّهُ وَصَقْلُهُ أَيْضاً.

10 that you may kill victims; be sharpened that you may be bright, ready for slaughter, kill, set at nothing, despise every tree.

١٠ قَدْ سُنَّ لِلذَّبْحِ، وَصُقِلَ لِيُوْمِضَ بِالْبَرِيقِ فَهَلْ نَغْتَبِطُ (قَائِلِينَ): عَصَا ابْنِي تَحْتَقِرُ كُلَّ قَضِيبٍ؟

11 And he made it ready for his hand to hold: the sword is sharpened, it is ready to put into the hand of the slayer.

١١ قَدْ أُعْطِيَ السَّيْفُ لِيُصْقَلَ وَيُجَرَّدَ بِالْكَفِّ، وَهَا هُوَ بَعْدَ سَنِّهِ وَصَقْلِهِ يُسَلَّمُ لِيَدِ الْقَاتِلِ.

12 Cry out and howl, son of man: for this [sword] is come upon my people, this [sword is come] upon all the princes of Israel: they shall be as strangers: [judgement] with the sword is come upon my people: therefore clap your hands, for sentence has been passed:

١٢ اُصْرُخْ وَأَعْوِلْ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ لأَنَّهُ يَتَسَلَّطُ عَلَى شَعْبِي وَعَلَى كُلِّ رُؤَسَاءِ إِسْرَائِيلَ؛ يَتَعَرَّضُ شَعْبِي لأَهْوَالٍ مِنْ جَرَّاءِ هَذَا السَّيْفِ، لِذَلِكَ اضْرِبْ عَلَى صَدْرِكَ فَزَعاً.

13 and what if even the tribe be rejected? it shall not be, says the Lord God.

١٣ لأَنَّ الامْتِحَانَ قَدْ أُعِدَّ وَمَاذَا يَحْدُثُ إِنْ لَمْ تُقْبَلْ هَذِهِ الْعَصَا الْمُحْتَقِرَةُ؟ يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ.

14 And you, son of man, prophesy, and clap your hands, and take a second sword: the third sword is [the sword] of the slain, the great sword of the slain: and you shall strike them with amazement, lest the heart should faint

١٤ فَتَنَبَّأْ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، وَاصْفِقْ كَفّاً عَلَى كَفٍّ، وَلْيَضْرِبْ السَّيْفُ مَرَّتَيْنِ، بَلْ ثَلاثَ مَرَّاتٍ. إِنَّهُ سَيْفُ الْقَتْلَى، سَيْفُ الْمَجْزَرَةِ الْعَظِيمَةِ الْمُحْدِقَةِ بِهِمْ،

15 and the weak ones be multiplied at every gate—they are given up to the slaughter of the sword: it is well fitted for slaughter, it is well fitted for glittering.

١٥ لِكَيْ تَذُوبَ الْقُلُوبُ، فَيَتَهَاوَى كَثِيرُونَ صَرْعَى عِنْدَ كُلِّ بَوَّابَاتِهِمْ. لِهَذَا جَرَّدْتُ سَيْفاً مُتَقَلِّباً بَرَّاقاً مَصْقُولاً مُتَأَهِّباً لِلذَّبْحِ.

16 And do you go on, sharpen yourself on the right and on the left wherever your face may set itself.

١٦ فَيَا سَيْفُ اجْرَحْ يَمِيناً، اجْرَحْ شِمَالاً، اجْرَحْ كَيْفَمَا تَوَجَّهَ حَدُّكَ.

17 And I also will clap my hands, and let loose my fury: I the Lord have spoken [it].

١٧ وَأَنَا أَيْضاً أُصَفِّقُ بِكَفِّي وَأُهَدِّئُ سَوْرَةَ غَضَبِي، أَنَا الرَّبُّ تَكَلَّمْتُ».

18 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

١٨ وَأَوْحَى إِلَيَّ الرَّبُّ بِكَلِمَتِهِ قَائِلاً:

19 and you, son of man, appoint you two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may enter in: the two shall go forth of one country; and [there shall be] a force at the top of the way of the city, you shall set [it] at the top of the way,

١٩ «أَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، فَخَطِّطْ طَرِيقَيْنِ لِزَحْفِ سَيْفِ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ. مِنْ أَرْضٍ وَاحِدَةٍ تَخْرُجُ الطَّرِيقَانِ، وَأَقِمْ مَعْلَماً عِنْدَ نَاصِيَةِ الطَّرِيقِ الْمُفْضِيَةِ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ.

20 that the sword may enter in upon Rabbath of the children of Ammon, and upon Judea, and upon Jerusalem in the midst thereof.

٢٠ خَطِّطْ طَرِيقاً يَسْلُكُهُ السَّيْفُ عَلَى رَبَّةِ عَمُّونَ وَعَلَى يَهُوذَا فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ الْحَصِينَةِ،

21 For the king of Babylon shall stand on the old way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination, to make bright the arrow, and to enquire of the graven images, and to examine [the victims].

٢١ لأَنَّ مَلِكَ بَابِلَ قَدْ تَوَقَّفَ عِنْدَ مَفْرَقِ الطَّرِيقَيْنِ عَلَى النَّاصِيَةِ، يَلْتَمِسُ عِرَافَةً، فَضَرَبَ بِالسِّهَامِ، وَطَلَبَ مَشُورَةَ أَصْنَامِ أَسْلافِهِ، وَنَظَرَ إِلَى الْكَبِدِ.

22 On his right was the divination against Jerusalem, to cast a mound, to open the mouth in shouting, to lift up the voice with crying, to cast a mound against her gates, to cast up a heap, and to build forts.

٢٢ فَعَنْ يَمِينِهِ أُلْقِيَتْ قُرْعَةٌ عَلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ لإِقَامَةِ الْمَجَانِقِ، وَإِصْدَارِ الأَوَامِرِ بِالْقَتْلِ، وَإِطْلاقِ هُتَافِ الْحَرْبِ، لِنَصْبِ الْمَجَانِقِ عَلَى الأَبْوَابِ، لإِقَامَةِ مِتْرَسَةٍ لِبِنَاءِ بُرْجٍ.

23 And he was to them as one using divination before them, and he himself recounting his iniquities, that they might be borne in mind.

٢٣ وَلَكِنَّهَا تَبْدُو لِمَنْ أَقْسَمَ بِالْوَلاءِ لِلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ أَنَّهَا عِرَافَةٌ كَاذِبَةٌ، وَلَكِنَّ مَلِكَ بَابِلَ يَتَذَكَّرُ نَكْثَهُمْ لِلْعَهْدِ فَيُؤْخَذُونَ بِهِ.

24 Therefore thus says the Lord, Because you have caused your iniquities to be remembered, in the discovery of your wickedness, so that your sins should be seen, in all your wickedness and in your [evil] practices; because you have caused remembrance [of them], in these shall you be taken.

٢٤ لِذَلِكَ، هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: لأَنَّكُمْ ذَكَّرْتُمْ بِإِثْمِكُمْ، إِذِ انْكَشَفَ تَمَرُّدُكُمْ، فَتَجَلَّتْ خَطَايَاكُمْ فِي كُلِّ مَا ارْتَكَبْتُمُوهُ مِنْ أَعْمَالٍ، لِهَذَا إِذْ ذَكَّرْتُمْ بِأَنْفُسِكُمْ يُقْبَضُ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْيَدِ.

25 And you profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day, [even] an end, is come in a sea of iniquity, thus says the Lord;

٢٥ وَأَنْتَ أَيُّهَا الْمَطْعُونُ الأَثِيمُ، مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ، يَا مَنْ أَزِفَ يَوْمُهُ فِي سَاعَةِ الْعِقَابِ النِّهَائِيِّ

26 You have taken off the mitre and put on the crown, it shall not have such [another] after it: you have abased that which was high, and exalted that which was low.

٢٦ اخْلَعِ الْعَمَامَةَ، وَانْزِعِ التَّاجَ، فَلَنْ يَبْقَى الْحَالُ كَسَالِفِ الْعَهْدِ بِهِ، ارْفَعْ الْوَضِيعَ، وَضَعْ الرَّفِيعَ.

27 Injustice, injustice, injustice, will I make it: woe to it: such shall it be until he comes to whom it belongs; and I will deliver [it] to him.

٢٧ هَا أَنَا أَقْلِبُهُ، أَقْلِبُهُ، أقْلِبُهُ، حَتَّى لَا يَبْقَى مِنْهُ أَثَرٌ، إِلَى أَنْ يَأْتِيَ صَاحِبُ الْحُكْمِ، فَأُعْطِيَهُ إِيَّاهُ.

28 And you, son of man, prophesy, and you shall say, Thus says the Lord, concerning the children of Ammon, and concerning their reproach; and you shall say, O sword, sword, drawn for slaughter, and drawn for destruction, awake, that you may gleam.

٢٨ أَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، فَتَنَبَّأْ وَقُلْ هَذَا مَا يَقْضِي بِهِ الرَّبُّ عَلَى بَنِي عَمُّونَ وَعَلَى تَعْيِيرِهِمْ: هَا سَيْفٌ، سَيْفٌ مَسْلُولٌ لِلذَّبْحِ، مَصْقُولٌ لِلالْتِهَامِ يُوْمِضُ كَالْبَرْقِ.

29 While you are seeing vain [visions], and while you are prophesying falsehoods, to bring yourself upon the necks of ungodly transgressors, the day is come, [even] an end, in a season of iniquity.

٢٩ فَبَيْنَمَا يَرَوْنَ لَكَ رُؤىً بَاطِلَةً، وَيَنْطِقُونَ لَكَ بِعِرَافَةٍ كَاذِبَةٍ يَطْرَحُكَ (السَّيْفُ) كَيْ تَلْقَى حَتْفَكَ فَوْقَ جُثَثِ الْقَتْلَى الأَشْرَارِ الَّذِينَ حَانَ يَوْمُهُمْ فِي سَاعَةِ الْعِقَابِ النِّهَائِيِّ.

30 Turn, rest not in this place wherein you were born: in your own land will I judge you.

٣٠ أَعِدْهُ إِلَى غِمْدِهِ. فَفِي الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي خُلِقْتِ فِيهِ يَا مَمْلَكَةَ عَمُّونَ، فِي أَرْضِ مَوْلِدِكِ، أُحَاكِمُكِ.

31 And I will pour out my wrath upon you, I will blow upon you with the fire of my wrath, and I will deliver you into the hands of barbarians skilled in working destruction.

٣١ وَأَصُبُّ عَلَيْكِ غَضَبِي، وَأَنْفُخُ عَلَيْكِ بِنَارِ غَيْظِي وَأُسَلِّمُكِ لِقَبْضَةِ رِجَالٍ أَفْظَاظٍ مُتَمَرِّسِينَ فِي التَّدْمِيرِ.

32 You shall be fuel for fire; your blood shall be in the midst of your land; there shall be no remembrance at all of you: for I the Lord have spoken [it].

٣٢ فَتَكُونِينَ وَقُوداً لِلنَّارِ، وَيَهْطِلُ دَمُكِ فِي وَسَطِ الأَرْضِ، وَلا تُذْكَرِينَ فِيمَا بَعْدُ لأَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ تَكَلَّمْتُ».