Jezekiel 9

1 And he cried in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, The judgment of the city has drawn near; and each had the weapons of destruction in his hand.

١ ثُمَّ صَرَخَ فِي مَسْمَعِي بِصَوْتٍ عَالٍ قَائِلاً: «لِيَقْتَرِبْ مُحَافِظُو الْمَدِينَةِ. لِيَقْتَرِبْ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مُتَزَوِّداً بِأَدَاةِ تَدْمِيرِهِ».

2 And, behold, six men came from the way of the high gate that looks toward the north, and each one's axe was in his hand; and there was one man in the midst of them clothed with a long robe down to the feet, and a sapphire girdle was on his loins: and they came in and stood near the brazen altar.

٢ فَأَقْبَلَ سِتَّةُ رِجَالٍ مِنْ طَرِيقِ الْبَابِ الشِّمَالِيِّ الأَعْلَى، وَكُلُّ وَاحِدٍ يَحْمِلُ عُدَّةَ تَدْمِيرِهِ بِيَدِهِ، يَتَوَسَّطُهُمْ رَجُلٌ مُرْتَدٍ كَتَّاناً، وَعَلَى خَاصِرَتِهِ دَوَاةُ كَاتِبٍ. فَدَخَلُوا وَوَقَفُوا إِلَى جُوَارِ مَذْبَحِ النُّحَاسِ.

3 And the glory of the God of Israel, that was upon them, went up from the cherubs to the porch of the house. And he called the man that was clothed with the long robe, who had the girdle on his loins;

٣ فَارْتَفَعَ مَجْدُ الرَّبِّ مِنْ حَيْثُ كَانَ حَالًّا فَوْقَ الْكَرُوبِيمِ، وَاتَّجَهَ نَحْوَ عَتَبَةِ الْبَابِ. وَنَادَى الرَّجُلَ الْمُرْتَدِيَ ثَوْبَ الْكَتَّانِ، الْحَامِلَ عَلَى خَاصِرَتِهِ دَوَاةَ الْكَاتِبِ

4 And said to him, Go through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark on the foreheads of the men that groan and that grieve for all the iniquities that are done in the midst of them.

٤ وَقَالَ لَهُ الرَّبُّ: «اجْتَزْ وَسَطَ مَدِينَةِ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَارْسُمْ سِمَةً عَلَى جِبَاهِ الرِّجَالِ الَّذِينَ يَئِنُّونَ وَيَزْفَرُونَ عَلَى كُلِّ مَا ارْتُكِبَ مِنْ أَرْجَاسٍ فِيهَا».

5 And he said to the first in my hearing, Go after him into the city, and strike: and let not your eyes spare, and have no mercy.

٥ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِلسِّتَّةِ الآخَرِينَ عَلَى مَسْمَعِي: «اعْبُرُوا فِي الْمَدِينَةِ خَلْفَهُ وَاقْتُلُوا. لَا تَتَرَأَّفْ عُيُونُكُمْ وَلا تَعْفُوا.

6 Slay utterly old man and youth, and virgin, and infants, and women: but go you not near any on whom is the mark: begin at my sanctuary. So they began with the elder men who were within in the house.

٦ أَهْلِكُوا الشَّيْخَ وَالشَّابَّ وَالْعَذْرَاءَ وَالطِّفْلَ وَالنِّسَاءَ. وَلَكِنْ لَا تَقْرَبُوا مِنْ أَيِّ إِنْسَانٍ عَلَيْهِ السِّمَةُ، وَابْتَدِئُوا مِنْ مَقْدِسِي». فَابْتَدَأُوا يُهْلِكُونَ الرِّجَالَ وَالشُّيُوخَ الْمَوْجُودِينَ أَمَامَ الْهَيْكَلِ.

7 And he said to them, Defile the house, and go out and fill the ways with dead bodies, and strike.

٧ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «نَجِّسُوا الْهَيْكَلَ وَامْلَأُوا سَاحَاتِهِ بِالْقَتْلَى، ثُمَّ اخْرُجُوا». فَانْدَفَعُوا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ وَشَرَعُوا يَقْتُلُونَ.

8 And it came to pass as they were striking, that I fell upon my face, and cried out, and said, Alas, O Lord! will you destroy the remnant of Israel, in pouring out your wrath upon Jerusalem?

٨ وَبَيْنَمَا هُمْ يَقْتُلُونَ بَقِيتُ أَنَا وَحْدِي. فَانْطَرَحْتُ عَلَى وَجْهِي وَصَرَخْتُ قَائِلاً: «آهِ أَيُّهَا السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ، أَتُفْنِي جَمِيعَ الْبَقِيَّةِ الْبَاقِيَةِ مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي سَخَطِكَ عَلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ؟»

9 Then said he to me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Juda is become very exceedingly great: for the land is filled with many nations, and the city is filled with iniquity and uncleanness: because they have said, The Lord has forsaken the earth, The Lord looks not upon [it].

٩ فَأَجَابَنِي: «إِنَّ إِثْمَ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوذَا عَظِيمٌ جِدّاً جِدّاً، وَقَدْ غَرِقَتِ الأَرْضُ بِالدِّمَاءِ، وَامْتَلأَتِ الْمَدِينَةُ فَسَاداً لأَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ: قَدْ هَجَرَ الرَّبُّ الأَرْضَ، وَالرَّبُّ لَا يَرَى.

10 Therefore mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have any mercy: I have recompensed their ways upon their heads.

١٠ لِذَلِكَ أَنَا أَيْضاً لَا تَتَرَأَّفُ عَيْنِي وَلا أَعْفُو، إِنَّمَا أُوْقِعُ ذَنْبَ تَصَرُّفَاتِهِمْ عَلَى رُؤُوسِهِمْ».

11 And, behold, the man clothed with the long robe, and girded with the girdle about his loins, answered and said, I have done as you did command me.

١١ ثُمَّ مَا لَبِثَ الرَّجُلُ الْمُرْتَدِي الْكَتَّانَ الْحَامِلُ عَلَى خَاصِرَتِهِ دَاوَةَ الْكَاتِبِ أَنْ رَفَعَ تَقْرِيرَهُ قَائِلاً: «إِنِّي فَعَلْتُ كَمَا أَمَرْتَنِي».