Ezekiel 38

1 A message from the Lord came to me, saying,

١ وَأَوْحَى إِلَيَّ الرَّبُّ بِكَلِمَتِهِ قَائِلاً:

2 “Son of man, face towards Gog of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. Prophesy against him

٢ «يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، الْتَفِتْ بِوَجْهِكَ نَحْوَ جُوجٍ، أَرْضِ مَاجُوجَ رَئِيسِ رُوشٍ مَاشِكَ وَتُوبَالَ وَتَنَبَّأْ عَلَيْهِ،

3 and declare that this is what the Lord God says: Watch out, I am condemning you, Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.

٣ وَقُلْ، هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: هَا أَنَا أَنْقَلِبُ عَلَيْكَ يَا جُوجُ رَئِيسُ رُوشٍ مَاشِكَ وَتُوبَالَ،

4 I will send you in a different direction, put hooks in your jaws, and drag you out with your whole army, including your horses, your horsemen in uniform, and a host of men with large and small shields and bucklers, all waving their swords.

٤ وَأَقْهَرُكَ وَأَضَعُ شَكَائِمَ فِي فَكَّيْكَ، وَأَطْرُدُكَ أَنْتَ وَكُلَّ جَيْشِكَ، خَيْلاً وَفُرْسَاناً وَجَمِيعُهُمْ مُرْتَدُونَ أَفْخَرَ ثِيَابٍ، جُمْهُوراً غَفِيراً كُلُّهُمْ حَمَلَةُ أَتْرَاسٍ وَمَجَانَّ مِنْ كُلِّ قَابِضِ سَيْفٍ.

5 Soldiers from Persia, Cush, and Put will join them, all equipped with shields and helmets,

٥ وَمِنْ جُمْلَتِهِمْ رِجَالُ فَارِسَ وَكُوشَ وَفُوطَ يَحْمِلُ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِجَنّاً وَخُوذَةً،

6 together with Gomer and all its armies, as well as Beth-togarmah from the distant places of the north with all its armies—and many other nations that join with you.

٦ وَأَيْضاً جُومَرُ وَكُلُّ جُيُوشِهِ، وَبَيْتُ تُوجَرْمَةَ مِنْ أَقَاصِي الشِّمَالِ مَعَ كُلِّ جَيْشِهِ. جَمِيعُهُمْ جُيُوشٌ غَفِيرَةٌ اجْتَمَعَتْ إِلَيْكَ.

7 Get ready! Make sure you and your whole army with you is prepared. You're the one in charge of them.

٧ تَأَهَّبْ وَاسْتَعِدَّ أَنْتَ وَجَمِيعُ الْجُيُوشِ الْمُنْضَمَّةِ إِلَيْكَ، لأَنَّكَ أَصْبَحْتَ لَهُمْ قَائِداً،

8 A long time later you will be called to battle. In the final years you will invade a country that has recovered from war. Its people will have been gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel, which had been abandoned for a long time. They had been brought back from the nations, and were all living in safety.

٨ إِذْ بَعْدَ أَيَّامٍ كَثِيرَةٍ تُسْتَدْعَى لِلْقِتَالِ، فَتُقْبِلُ فِي السِّنِينَ الأَخِيرَةِ إِلَى الأَرْضِ النَّاجِيَةِ مِنَ السَّيْفِ الَّتِي تَمَّ جَمْعُ أَهْلِهَا مِنْ بَيْنِ شُعُوبٍ كَثِيرَةٍ، فَأَقَامُوا مُطْمَئِنِّينَ عَلَى جِبَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّتِي كَانَتْ دَائِماً مُقْفِرَةً فِي نَظَرِ الَّذِينَ لُمَّ شَتَاتُهُمْ مِنْ بَيْنِ الأُمَمِ،

9 You and your whole army, and the armies of many nations with you, will advance like an incoming storm, like a cloud that covers the land.

٩ فَتَأْتِي مُنْدَفِعاً كَزَوْبَعَةٍ، وَتَكُونُ كَسَحَابَةٍ تُغَطِّي الأَرْضَ أَنْتَ وَجُيُوشُكَ وَكُلُّ مَنْ مَعَكَ مِنْ شُعُوبٍ كَثِيرَةٍ.

10 This is what the Lord God says: On that day you will start thinking about things in your mind, and you will come up with an evil plan.

١٠ وَيَحْدُثُ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ أَنَّ أَفْكَارَ سُوءٍ تُرَاوِدُكَ

11 You tell yourself, ‘I'm going to attack a country of undefended villages, a peaceful people who don't suspect an attack. They all live in towns without defensive walls or barred gates.

١١ فَتَقُولُ: أَزْحَفُ عَلَى أَرْضٍ عَرَاءٍ مَكْشُوفَةٍ وَأُهَاجِمُ الْمُطْمَئِنِّينَ السَّاكِنِينَ فِي أَمْنٍ، الْمُقِيمِينَ كُلَّهُمْ مِنْ غَيْرِ سُورٍ يَقِيهِمْ، وَلَيْسَ لَدَيْهِمْ مَزَالِيجُ وَلا مَصَارِيعُ،

12 I'll be able to loot them—I'll rob them of their possessions. I'll attack those places that were once ruined but now are inhabited again. I'll attack a people brought back from the other nations, who now own livestock and possessions, living in the center of the country.’

١٢ لِلاسْتِيلاءِ عَلَى الأَسْلابِ وَنَهْبِ الْغَنَائِمِ وَمُهَاجَمَةِ الْخَرَائِبِ الَّتِي أَصْبَحَتْ آهِلَةً، وَلِمُحَارَبَةِ الشَّعْبِ الْمُجْتَمِعِ مِنْ بَيْنِ الأُمَمِ، الْمُقْتَنِي مَاشِيَةً وَأَمْلاكاً، السَّاكِنِ فِي مَرْكَزِ الأَرْضِ.

13 Sheba and Dedan and the traders from Tarshish with all its strong leaders will ask, ‘Are you going to loot the place? Have you gathered your armies to rob them, to carry away silver and gold, to take cattle and possessions—to grab a great deal of plunder?’

١٣ وَيَسْأَلُكَ أَهْلُ شَبَا وَرُودُسَ وَتُجَّارُ تَرْشِيشَ وَكُلُّ قُرَاهَا؛ أَقَادِمٌ أَنْتَ لِلاِسْتِيلاءِ عَلَى الأَسْلابِ؟ هَلْ حَشَدْتَ جُيُوشَكَ لِنَهْبِ الْغَنَائِمِ وَلِحَمْلِ الْفِضَّةِ وَالذَّهَبِ وَأَخْذِ الْمَاشِيَةِ وَالْمُقْتَنَيَاتِ وَلِلسَّلْبِ الْعَظِيمِ؟

14 So prophesy, son of man, and tell Gog that this is what the Lord God says: On the day you attack aren't you going to notice that my people Israel are unsuspecting?

١٤ لِذَلِكَ تَنَبَّأْ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، وَقُلْ لِجُوجَ: هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ عِنْدَمَا يَسْكُنُ شَعْبِي إِسْرَائِيلُ آمِناً، أَلا تَعْلَمُ ذَلِكَ؟

15 You'll advance from your place in the distant north, you and your many allies, everyone riding horses, a huge number of men, a massive army.

١٥ وَتُقْبِلُ أَنْتَ مِنْ مَقَرِّكَ فِي أَقَاصِي الشِّمَالِ مَعَ جُيُوشٍ غَفِيرَةٍ، تُغَشِّي الأَرْضَ؛ كُلُّهُمْ رَاكِبُو خَيْلٍ وَجَمْعٌ عَظِيمٌ وَجَيْشٌ كَثِيرٌ.

16 You will attack my people Israel like a cloud that covers the land. Gog, in the last days I will send you to attack my land, so that the nations may acknowledge me as holy when I reveal myself to them by what I do through you.

١٦ وَتَزْحَفُ عَلَى شَعْبِي إِسْرَائِيلَ كَسَحَابَةٍ تُغَطِّي الأَرْضَ، أَنِّي فِي الأَيَّامِ الأَخِيرَةِ آتِي بِكَ إِلَى أَرْضِي لِكَيْ تَعْرِفَنِي الشُّعُوبُ عِنْدَمَا تَتَجَلَّى قَدَاسَتِي حِينَ أُدَمِّرُكَ يَا جُوجُ أَمَامَ عُيُونِهِمْ. هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ:

17 This is what the Lord God says: Aren't you the one of whom I spoke about long ago through my servants, the prophets of Israel? During that time didn't they prophesy for years that I would have you come and attack them?

١٧ أَلَسْتَ أَنْتَ الَّذِي تَحَدَّثْتُ عَنْهُ فِي الأَيَّامِ الْغَابِرَةِ عَلَى أَلْسِنَةِ عَبِيدِي أَنْبِيَاءِ إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّذِينَ تَنَبَّأُوا فِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ لِسِنِينَ كَثِيرَةٍ بِأَنِّي سَآتِي بِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ؟

18 Now on that day, the day when Gog comes to attack the country of Israel, I will become very angry, declares the Lord God.

١٨ وَيَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ عِنْدَمَا يَزْحَفُ جُوجُ عَلَى أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ يَحْتَدِمُ غَضَبِي فِي وَجْهِي.

19 In my passionate, furious anger I announce that at that time a violent earthquake will hit of the country of Israel.

١٩ وَفِي خِضَمِّ غَيْرَتِي وَاتِّقَادِ سَخَطِي أَقُولُ إِنَّهُ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ تَحْدُثُ هَزَّةٌ عَظِيمَةٌ فِي أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ،

20 Everything that lives on the earth will tremble at my presence—the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the wild animals, every creature that runs upon the ground, and every human being. The mountains will be torn down, the cliffs will collapse, and every wall will be knocked to the ground.

٢٠ فَيَرْتَعِشُ مِنْ حَضْرَتِي سَمَكُ الْبَحْرِ وَطُيُورُ السَّمَاءِ وَوُحُوشُ الْبَرِّيَّةِ وَجَمِيعُ الْحَيَوَانَاتِ الدَّابَّةِ عَلَى الأَرْضِ، وَكُلُّ النَّاسِ الَّذِينَ عَلَى وَجْهِ الْمَسْكُونَةِ، وَتَنْدَكُّ الْجِبَالُ وَتَسْقُطُ الْمَعَاقِلُ وَتَنْهَارُ كُلُّ الأَسْوَارِ إِلَى الأَرْضِ.

21 I will call for an attack on Gog from all my mountains, declares the Lord God. Everyone will attack his brother with sword.

٢١ وَأُسَلِّطُ عَلَيْهِ السَّيْفَ فِي كُلِّ جِبَالِي يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ، فَيَكُونُ سَيْفُ كُلِّ رَجُلٍ ضِدَّ أَخِيهِ.

22 I will punish him with disease and bloodshed. I will send rainstorms, hailstones, fire, and sulfur down on him and his army, and on the armies of his many allies.

٢٢ وَأَدِينُهُ بِالْوَبَاءِ وَبِالدَّمِ، وَأُمْطِرُ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى جُيُوشِهِ وَعَلَى جُمُوعِ حُلَفَائِهِ الْغَفِيرَةِ مَطَراً جَارِفاً وَبَرَداً عَظِيماً وَنَاراً وَكِبْرِيتاً.

23 I will demonstrate my true power and holiness, revealing myself to many nations. Then they will acknowledge that I am the Lord.”

٢٣ فَأُعَظِّمُ نَفْسِي وَأُقَدِّسُهَا، وَأُعْلِنُ ذَاتِي عَلَى مَرْأَى مِنْ كُلِّ الأُمَمِ، فَيُدْرِكُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ».