Ezekiel 9

1 And he called before my ears with a loud voice, saying, Let those come near that have charge to punish the city, and every man with his destroying weapon 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 direction of the upper gate, which is turned toward the north, and every man with his weapon of destruction in his hand; and one man in the midst of them was clothed in linen, with a writer's materials by his side: and they went in, and placed themselves beside the copper 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 ascended up from the cherub, whereupon it had been, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed in linen, who had the writer's materials by his side.

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 the Lord said unto him, Pass through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and inscribe a mark upon the foreheads of the men who sigh and who complain because of all the abominations which are done in the midst of it.

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 to the others he said before my ears, Pass ye through the city after him, and smite: let your eye not look with pity, and do not spare;

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

6 The aged, youth, and virgin, and little children, and women shall ye slay and destroy; but come not near any man upon whom the mark is; and at my sanctuary shall ye begin. Then they began with the ancient men who were before 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 unto them, Make unclean the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go forth. And they went forth, and they smote in the city.

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

8 And it came to pass, while they were smiting them, and I alone was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried out, and said, Ah Lord Eternal! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel when thou pourest out thy fury over 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 unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and of Judah is exceedingly great, and the land is full of blood-guiltiness, and the city full of injustice; for they have said, The Lord hath forsaken the land, and the Lord seeth not.

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 And as for me also, my eye shall not look with pity, and I will not spare; but I will bring their course upon their own head.

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

11 And, behold, the man clothed in linen, who had the writing materials by his side, brought back word, saying, I have done according to all that thou hast commanded me.

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