Jezekiel 33

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

١ وَأَوْحَى إِلَيَّ الرَّبُّ قَائِلاً:

2 Son of man, speak to the children of your people, and you shall say to them, On whatever land I shall bring a sword, and the people of the land take one man of 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 and he shall see the sword coming upon the land, and blow the trumpet, and sound an alarm to the people;

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

4 and he that hears the sound of the trumpet shall hear [indeed], and [yet] not take heed, and the sword shall come upon him, and overtake him, his blood shall be upon his [own] head.

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

5 Because he heard the sound of the trumpet, and took no heed, his blood shall be upon him: but the other, because he took heed, has 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 see the sword coming, and do not sound the trumpet, and the people do not watch; and the sword come, and take a soul from among them, that [soul] is taken because of its iniquity; but the blood [thereof] will I 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 And you, son of man, I have set you [as] a watchman to the house of Israel, and you shall hear a word from my mouth.

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

8 When I say to the sinner, You shall surely die; [if] you speak not to warn the wicked from his way, the wicked himself shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require 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 But if you forewarn the wicked of his way to turn from it, and he turn not from his way, he shall die in his ungodliness; but you have delivered your own soul.

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

10 And you, son of man, say to the house of Israel; Thus have you spoken, saying, Our errors, and our iniquities weigh upon us, and we pine away in them, and how then shall 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 Say to them, Thus says the Lord; [As] I live, I desire not the death of the ungodly, as that the ungodly should turn from his way and live: turn you heartily from your way; for why will you die, O 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 Say to the children of your people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him, in the day wherein he errs: and the iniquity of the ungodly shall not harm him, in the day wherein he turns from his iniquity, but the righteous [erring] shall not be able to deliver himself.

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 say to the righteous, [You shall live; and] he trusts in his righteousness, and shall commit iniquity, none of his righteousnesses shall be remembered; in his unrighteousness which he has wrought, in it shall he die.

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 And when I say to the ungodly, You shall surely die; and he shall turn from his sin, and do judgment and justice,

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

15 and return the pledge, and repay that which he has robbed, [and] walk in the ordinances of life, so as to do no wrong; he shall surely live, and shall 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 which he has committed shall be remembered: because he has wrought judgment and righteousness; by them shall he live.

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

17 Yet the children of your people will say, The way of the Lord is not straight: whereas this their way is not straight.

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

18 When the righteous turns away from his righteousness, and shall commit iniquities, then shall he die in them.

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

19 And when the sinner turns from his iniquity, and shall do judgment and righteousness, he shall live by them.

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

20 And this is that which you said, The way of the Lord is [not] straight. I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one for his ways.

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

21 And it came to pass in the tenth year of our captivity, in the twelfth month, on the fifth [day] of the month, [that] one that had escaped from Jerusalem came to me, saying, The city is taken.

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 hand of the Lord had come upon me in the evening, before he came; and he opened my mouth, when he came to me in the morning: and my mouth was open, it was no longer kept closed.

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

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

٢٣ فَأَوْحَى إِلَيَّ الرَّبُّ بِكَلِمَتِهِ قَائِلاً:

24 Son of man, they that inhabit the desolate [places] on the land of Israel say, Abram was one, and he possessed the land: and we are more numerous; to us the land is given for a possession.

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.

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

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

27 Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord God, [As] I live, surely they that are in the desolate places shall fall by swords and they that are in the open plain shall be given for food to the wild beasts of the field, and them that are in the fortified [cities] and them that are in the caves I will kill with 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 And I will make the land desert, and the pride of her strength shall perish; and the mountains of Israel shall be made desolate by reason of no man passing through.

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

29 And they shall know that I am the Lord; and I will make their land desert, and it shall be made desolate because of all their abominations which they have wrought.

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

30 And [as for] you, son of man, the children of your people are they that speak concerning you by the walls, and in the porches of the houses, and they talk one to another, saying, Let us come together, and let us hear the [words] that proceed 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 approach you as a people comes together, and sit before you, and hear your words, but they will not do them: for [there is] falsehood in their mouth, and their heart [goes] after their pollutions.

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 And you are to them as a sound of a sweet, well-tuned lute, and they will hear your words, but they will not do them.

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

33 But whenever it shall come [to pass], they will say, Behold, it is come: and they shall know that there was a prophet in the midst of them.

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