Ezekiel 28

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

١ وَأَوْحَى إِلَيَّ الرَّبُّ بِكَلِمَتِهِ قَائِلاً:

2 Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyre, Thus hath said the Lord Eternal, Whereas thy heart was lifted up, and thou saidst, A god am I, on the seat of the gods do I dwell, in the heart of the seas; yet thou art but a man, and not God, while thou esteemest thy mind equal to the mind of God;

٢ «يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، قُلْ لِمَلِكِ صُورَ، هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: لأَنَّكَ تَكَبَّرْتَ وَقُلْتَ: أَنَا إِلَهٌ، وَأَتَرَبَّعُ فِي مَجْلِسِ الآلِهَةِ، فِي قَلْبِ الْبِحَارِ؛ مَعَ أَنَّكَ إِنْسَانٌ وَلَسْتَ إِلَهاً، وَإِنْ ظَنَنْتَ أَنَّ لَدَيْكَ حِكْمَةَ الآلِهَةِ!

3 Behold, thou wast wiser than Daniel; no secret was obscure to thee;

٣ هَا أَنْتَ أَحْكَمُ مِنْ دَانِيالَ وَلا يَخْفَى عَلَيْكَ سِرٌّ.

4 With thy wisdom and with thy understanding hadst thou gotten thee riches, and hadst gotten gold and silver into thy treasuries;

٤ قَدِ اسْتَحْوَذْتَ بِحِكْمَتِكَ وَفَهْمِكَ عَلَى الذَّهَبِ وَالْفِضَّةِ وَادَّخَرْتَهَا فِي خَزَائِنِكَ،

5 By the abundance of thy wisdom in thy traffic hadst thou increased thy riches; and thy heart was lifted up because of thy riches:

٥ وَبِمَهَارَتِكَ الْعَظِيمَةِ فِي التِّجَارَةِ ضَاعَفْتَ ثَرْوَتَكَ، فَتَكَبَّرَ قَلْبُكَ لِفَرْطِ غِنَاكَ.

6 Therefore thus hath said the Lord Eternal, Because thou hast esteemed thy mind equal to the mind of God,

٦ لِذَلِكَ يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: لأَنَّكَ ظَنَنْتَ أَنَّ لَدَيْكَ حِكْمَةَ الآلِهَةِ،

7 Therefore, behold, will I bring over thee strangers, the fiercest • of nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall profane thy elegance.

٧ هَا أَنَا أُثِيرُ عَلَيْكَ غُرَبَاءَ مِنْ أَعْتَى الأُمَمِ، فَيُجَرِّدُونَ سُيُوفَهُمْ عَلَى بَهَاءِ حِكْمَتِكَ، وَيُدَنِّسُونَ جَمَالَكَ.

8 Down to the grave will they cast thee, and thou shalt die the deaths of the slain in the heart of the seas.

٨ يَطْرَحُونَكَ إِلَى الْهَاوِيَةِ فَتَمُوتُ مَوْتَ الْقَتْلَى فِي أَعْمَاقِ الْبِحَارِ.

9 Wilt thou then say, I am God, before him that slayeth thee? when thou art but a man, and no God, in the hand of him that fatally wounded thee.

٩ أَتَظَلُّ تَقُولُ أَنَئِذٍ أَمَامَ قَاتِلِكَ: أَنَا إِلَهٌ؟ أَنْتَ إِنْسَانٌ لَا إِلَهٌ فِي قَبْضَةِ ذَابِحِيكَ.

10 The deaths of the uncircumcised shalt thou die by the hand of strangers; for I have spoken it, saith the Lord Eternal.

١٠ فَتَلْقَى حَتْفَكَ كَالْغُلْفِ بِيَدِ الْغُرَبَاءِ، لأَنِّي أَنَا قَضَيْتُ يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ».

11 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

١١ وَأَوْحَى إِلَيَّ الرَّبُّ بِكَلِمَتِهِ قَائِلاً:

12 Son of man, take up a lamentation concerning the king of Tyre, and say unto him, Thus hath said the Lord Eternal, Thou wast complete in outline, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

١٢ «يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، انْدُبْ مَلِكَ صُورَ بِمَرْثَاةٍ وَقُلْ لَهُ هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: كُنْتَ خَاتِمَ الْكَمَالِ، مُفْعَماً بِالْحِكْمَةِ وَكَامِلَ الْجَمَالِ.

13 In 'Eden the garden of God didst thou abide; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, the topaz, and the diamond, the chrysolite, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold; thy tabrets and thy flutes of artificial workmanship were prepared in thee on the day thou wast created.

١٣ كُنْتَ فِي جَنَّةِ اللهِ عَدْنٍ، حِجَابُكَ كُلُّ حَجَرٍ كَرِيمٍ: عَقِيقٌ أَحْمَرُ وَيَاقُوتٌ أَصْفَرُ وَعَقِيقٌ أَبْيَضُ وَزَبَرْجَدٌ وَجَزْعٌ وَيَشْبٌ وَيَاقُوتٌ أَزْرَقُ وَبَهْرَمَانُ وَزُمُرُّدٌ وَذَهَبٌ. صَاغُوا مِنْهُ بُيُوتَ حِجَارَتِكَ الْكَرِيمَةِ وَتَرْصِيعَاتِكَ يَوْمَ خُلِقْتَ.

14 Thou wast a cherub with outspread covering [wings]; and I had set thee upon the holy mountain of God [as] thou wast; in the midst of the stones of fire didst thou wander.

١٤ وَمَسَحْتُكَ لِتَكُونَ الْكَرُوبِيمَ الْمُظَلِّلَ وَأَقَمْتُكَ عَلَى جَبَلِ اللهِ الْمُقَدَّسِ، وَتَمَشَّيْتَ بَيْنَ حِجَارَةِ النَّارِ.

15 Perfect wast thou in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till wickedness was found in thee.

١٥ كُنْتَ كَامِلاً فِي طُرُقِكَ مُنْذُ يَوْمَ خُلِقْتَ إِلَى أَنْ وُجِدَ فِيكَ إِثْمٌ.

16 By the abundance of thy commerce thou wast filled to thy centre with violence, and thou didst sin: therefore I degraded thee out of the mountain of God; and I destroyed thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.

١٦ إِنَّمَا بِسَبَبِ كَثْرَةِ تِجَارَتِكَ امْتَلأَ دَاخِلُكَ ظُلْماً، فَأَخْطَأْتَ. لِهَذَا أَطْرَحُكَ مِنْ جَبَلِ اللهِ كَشَيْءٍ نَجِسٍ، وَأُبِيدُكَ أَيُّهَا الْكَرُوبُ الْمُظَلِّلُ مِنْ بَيْنِ حِجَارَةِ النَّارِ.

17 Thy heart was lifted up through thy beauty, thou didst corrupt thy wisdom by reason of thy elegance: [therefore] I cast thee down to the ground, before kings did I set thee that they might gaze on thee.

١٧ قَدْ تَكَبَّرَ قَلْبُكَ بِسَبَبِ بَهَائِكَ، وَأَفْسَدْتَ حِكْمَتَكَ مِنْ جَرَّاءِ جَلالِكَ. سَأُلْقِي بِكَ إِلَى الأَرْضِ أَمَامَ الْمُلُوكِ لِتَكُونَ عُرْضَةً لِعُيُونِهِمِ الْهَازِئَةِ.

18 Through the abundance of thy iniquities, through the wickedness of thy commerce didst thou profane thy sanctuaries: therefore brought I forth fire from the midst of thee, this devoured thee, and I changed thee to ashes upon the earth before the eyes of all those that saw thee.

١٨ قَدْ نَجَّسْتَ مَقَادِسَكَ بِفَرْطِ آثَامِكَ وَتِجَارَتِكَ الظَّالِمَةِ. لِذَلِكَ أَجْعَلُ النَّارَ تَنْدَلِعُ مِنْ وَسَطِكَ فَتَلْتَهِمُكَ، وَأُحَوِّلُكَ إِلَى رَمَادٍ عَلَى الأَرْضِ أَمَامَ كُلِّ مَنْ يَرَاكَ.

19 All that know thee among the people are astonished concerning thee: thou art as though thou hadst not been, and thou shalt not be any more for ever.

١٩ فَيَتَحَيَّرُ لِمَا أَصَابَكَ جَمِيعُ الَّذِينَ يَعْرِفُونَكَ بَيْنَ الشُّعُوبِ، إِذْ تَحُلُّ بِكَ الأَهْوَالُ وَلا يَبْقَى مِنْكَ أَثَرٌ».

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

٢٠ وَأَوْحَى إِلَيَّ الرَّبُّ بِكَلِمَتِهِ قَائِلاً:

21 Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it,

٢١ «يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، الْتَفِتْ بِوَجْهِكَ نَحْوَ صَيْدُونَ وَتَنَبَّأْ عَلَيْهَا.

22 And thou shalt say, Thus hath said the Lord Eternal, Behold, I am against thee, O Zidon, and I will be honored in the midst of thee: and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I execute judgments on her, and will be sanctified on her.

٢٢ وَقُلْ هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: هَا أَنَا أَنْقَلِبُ عَلَيْكِ يَا صيْدُونُ وَأَتَجَلَّى بِمَجْدِي فِيكِ فَيُدْرِكُ سُكَّانُكِ أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ حِينَ أُنَفِّذُ فِيكِ أَحْكَاماً وَأَتَقَدَّسُ فِي وَسَطِكِ.

23 And I will send out against her pestilence, and blood-[shedding] into her streets; and the deadly wounded shall be felled in the midst of her by the sword [that is] against her from every side: and they shall know that I am the Lord.

٢٣ أَجْعَلُ الْوَبَأَ يَتَفَشَّى فِيكِ وَتُسْفَكُ دِمَاءٌ فِي أَزِقَّتِكِ، وَيَتَسَاقَطُ فِي وَسَطِكِ جَرْحَى السَّيْفِ الَّذِي يُحْدِقُ بِكِ مِنْ كُلِّ نَاحِيَةٍ، فَيُدْرِكُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ.

24 And there shall be no more unto the house of Israel a pricking brier, nor painful thorn from all that are round about them, that despoil them: and they shall know that I am the Lord Eternal.

٢٤ فَلا يَتَعَرَّضُ شَعْبُ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى وَخَزَاتِ الْعُلَّيْقِ وَلا إلَى شَوْكَةٍ مُؤْذِيَةٍ مِنَ الأُمَمِ الْمُحِيطَةِ بِهِمْ مِمَّنْ تُبْغِضُهُمْ، فَيُدْرِكُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ.

25 Thus hath said the Lord Eternal, When I gather the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified on them before the eyes of the nations: then shall they dwell in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob.

٢٥ وَهَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: عِنْدَمَا أَجْمَعُ شَعْبَ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ بَيْنِ الشُّعُوبِ الَّتِي تَفَرَّقُوا إِلَيْهَا، وَتَتَجَلَّى قَدَاسَتِي فِيهِمْ أَمَامَ عُيُونِ الأُمَمِ، عِنْدَمَا يَعُودُونَ وَيَسْتَوْطِنُونَ فِي أَرْضِهِمِ الَّتِي وَهَبْتُهَا لِعَبْدِي يَعْقُوبَ،

26 And they shall dwell thereupon in safety, and they shall build houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell in safety; when I execute judgments on all those that despoiled them from round about them: and they shall know that I am the Lord their God.

٢٦ وَيُقِيمُونَ فِيهَا مُطْمَئِنِّينَ وَيُشَيِّدُونَ بُيُوتاً وَيَغْرِسُونَ كُرُوماً وَيَسْكُنُونَ آمِنِينَ. وَعِنْدَمَا أُنَفِّذُ أَحْكَاماً فِي جَمِيعِ أَعْدَائِهِمِ الْمُحِيطِينَ بِهِمْ، عِنْدَئِذٍ يُدْرِكُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُهُمْ».