Ezekiel 17

1 And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying,

١ وَكَانَ إِلَيَّ كَلَامُ ٱلرَّبِّ قَائِلًا:

2 “Son of man, put forth a riddle, and use an allegory to the house of Israel,

٢ «يَا ٱبْنَ آدَمَ، حَاجِ أُحْجِيَّةً وَمَثِّلْ مَثَلًا لِبَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ،

3 and you have said, Thus said Lord YHWH: The great eagle, great-winged, long-pinioned, Full of feathers, that has diverse colors, Has come to Lebanon, And he takes the foliage of the cedar,

٣ وَقُلْ: هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ: نَسْرٌ عَظِيمٌ كَبِيرُ ٱلْجَنَاحَيْنِ، طَوِيلُ ٱلْقَوَادِمِ، وَاسِعُ ٱلْمَنَاكِبِ، ذُو تَهَاوِيلَ، جَاءَ إِلَى لُبْنَانَ وَأَخَذَ فَرْعَ ٱلْأَرْزِ.

4 He has cropped the top of its tender twigs, And he brings it to the land of Canaan. He has placed it in a city of merchants.

٤ قَصَفَ رَأْسَ خَرَاعِيبِهِ، وَجَاءَ بِهِ إِلَى أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ، وَجَعَلَهُ فِي مَدِينَةِ ٱلتُّجَّارِ.

5 And he takes of the seed of the land, And puts it in a field of seed, He took [it] by many waters, He has set it in a conspicuous place.

٥ وَأَخَذَ مِنْ زَرْعِ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَأَلْقَاهُ فِي حَقْلِ ٱلزَّرْعِ، وَجَعَلَهُ عَلَى مِيَاهٍ كَثِيرَةٍ. أَقَامَهُ كَٱلصَّفْصَافِ،

6 And it springs up, and becomes a spreading vine, humble of stature, To turn its thin shoots toward itself, And its roots are under it, And it becomes a vine, and makes boughs, And sends forth beautiful branches.

٦ فَنَبَتَ وَصَارَ كَرْمَةً مُنْتَشِرَةً قَصِيرَةَ ٱلسَّاقِ. ٱنْعَطَفَتْ عَلَيْهِ زَرَاجِينُهَا وَكَانَتْ أُصُولُهَا تَحْتَهُ، فَصَارَتْ كَرْمَةً وَأَنْبَتَتْ فُرُوعًا وَأَفْرَخَتْ أَغْصَانًا.

7 And there is another great eagle, Great-winged, and abounding with feathers, And behold, this vine has bent its roots toward him, And it has sent out its thin shoots toward him, To water it from the furrows of its planting,

٧ وَكَانَ نَسْرٌ آخَرُ عَظِيمٌ كَبِيرُ ٱلْجَنَاحَيْنِ وَاسِعُ ٱلْمَنْكَبِ، فَإِذَا بِهَذِهِ ٱلْكَرْمَةِ عَطَفَتْ عَلَيْهِ أُصُولَهَا وَأَنْبَتَتْ نَحْوَهُ زَرَاجِينَهَا لِيَسْقِيَهَا فِي خَمَائِلِ غَرْسِهَا.

8 On a good field, by many waters, it is planted, to make branches, and to bear fruit, to be for a good vine.

٨ فِي حَقْلٍ جَيِّدٍ عَلَى مِيَاهٍ كَثِيرَةٍ هِيَ مَغْرُوسَةٌ لِتُنْبِتَ أَغْصَانَهَا وَتَحْمِلَ ثَمَرًا، فَتَكُونَ كَرْمَةً وَاسِعَةً.

9 Say, Thus said Lord YHWH: It prospers—does he not draw out its roots, And cut off its fruit, and it is withered? [In] all the leaves of its springing it withers, And not by great strength, or by numerous people, To lift it up by its roots.

٩ قُلْ: هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ: هَلْ تَنْجَحُ؟ أَفَلَا يَقْلَعُ أُصُولَهَا وَيَقْطَعُ ثَمَرَهَا فَتَيْبَسَ؟ كُلٌّ مِنْ أَوْرَاقِ أَغْصَانِهَا تَيْبَسُ، وَلَيْسَ بِذِرَاعٍ عَظِيمَةٍ أَوْ بِشَعْبٍ كَثِيرٍ لِيَقْلَعُوهَا مِنْ أُصُولِهَا.

10 And behold, the planted thing—does it prosper? When the east wind comes against it, does it not utterly wither? On the furrows of its springing it withers.”

١٠ هَا هِيَ ٱلْمَغْرُوسَةُ، فَهَلْ تَنْجَحُ؟ أَلَا تَيْبَسُ يَبْسًا كَأَنَّ رِيحًا شَرْقِيَّةً أَصَابَتْهَا؟ فِي خَمَائِلِ نَبْتِهَا تَيْبَسُ».

11 And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying,

١١ وَكَانَ إِلَيَّ كَلَامُ ٱلرَّبِّ قَائِلًا:

12 “Now say to the house of rebellion, Have you not known what these [are]? Say, Behold, the king of Babylon has come to Jerusalem, And he takes its king, and its princes, And brings them to himself to Babylon.

١٢ «قُلْ لِلْبَيْتِ ٱلْمُتَمَرِّدِ: أَمَا عَلِمْتُمْ مَا هَذِهِ؟ قُلْ: هُوَذَا مَلِكُ بَابِلَ قَدْ جَاءَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ وَأَخَذَ مَلِكَهَا وَرُؤَسَاءَهَا وَجَاءَ بِهِمْ إِلَيْهِ إِلَى بَابِلَ.

13 And he takes of the seed of the kingdom, And makes a covenant with him, And brings him into an oath, And he has taken the mighty of the land,

١٣ وَأَخَذَ مِنَ ٱلزَّرْعِ ٱلْمَلِكِيِّ وَقَطَعَ مَعَهُ عَهْدًا وَأَدْخَلَهُ فِي قَسَمٍ، وَأَخَذَ أَقْوِيَاءَ ٱلْأَرْضِ،

14 That the kingdom may be humble, That it may not lift itself up, To keep his covenant—that it may stand.

١٤ لِتَكُونَ ٱلْمَمْلَكَةُ حَقِيرَةً وَلَا تَرْتَفِعَ، لِتَحْفَظَ ٱلْعَهْدَ فَتَثْبُتَ.

15 And he rebels against him, To send his messengers to Egypt, To give to him horses, and many people, Does he prosper? Does he who is doing these things escape? And has he broken covenant and escaped?

١٥ فَتَمَرَّدَ عَلَيْهِ بِإِرْسَالِهِ رُسُلَهُ إِلَى مِصْرَ لِيُعْطُوهُ خَيْلًا وَشَعْبًا كَثِيرِينَ. فَهَلْ يَنْجَحُ؟ هَلْ يُفْلِتُ فَاعِلُ هَذَا؟ أَوْ يَنْقُضُ عَهْدًا وَيُفْلِتُ؟

16 [As] I live—a declaration of Lord YHWH, Does he not—in the place of the king who is causing him to reign, Whose oath he has despised, And whose covenant he has broken—die with him in the midst of Babylon?

١٦ حَيٌّ أَنَا، يَقُولُ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ، إِنَّ فِي مَوْضِعِ ٱلْمَلِكِ ٱلَّذِي مَلَّكَهُ، ٱلَّذِي ٱزْدَرَى قَسَمَهُ وَنَقَضَ عَهْدَهُ، فَعِنْدَهُ فِي وَسْطِ بَابِلَ يَمُوتُ.

17 And not with a great force, and with a numerous assembly, Does Pharaoh maintain him in battle, By pouring out a mound, and in building a fortification, To cut off many souls.

١٧ وَلَا بِجَيْشٍ عَظِيمٍ وَجَمْعٍ غَفِيرٍ يُعِينُهُ فِرْعَوْنُ فِي ٱلْحَرْبِ، بِإِقَامَةِ مِتْرَسَةٍ وَبِبِنَاءِ بُرْجٍ لِقَطْعِ نُفُوسٍ كَثِيرَةٍ.

18 And he despised the oath—to break covenant, And behold, he has given his hand, And all these he has done—he does not escape.

١٨ إِذِ ٱزْدَرَى ٱلْقَسَمَ لِنَقْضِ ٱلْعَهْدِ، وَهُوَذَا قَدْ أَعْطَى يَدَهُ وَفَعَلَ هَذَا كُلَّهُ فَلَا يُفْلِتُ.

19 Therefore, thus said Lord YHWH: [As] I live—My oath that he has despised, And My covenant that he has broken, Have I not put it on his head?

١٩ لِأَجْلِ ذَلِكَ هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ: حَيٌّ أَنَا، إِنَّ قَسَمِي ٱلَّذِي ٱزْدَرَاهُ، وَعَهْدِي ٱلَّذِي نَقَضَهُ، أَرُدُّهُمَا عَلَى رَأْسِهِ.

20 And I have spread out My snare for him, And he has been caught in My net, And I have brought him to Babylon, And judged him there [for the] trespass That he has trespassed against Me.

٢٠ وَأَبْسُطُ شَبَكَتِي عَلَيْهِ فَيُؤْخَذُ فِي شَرَكِي، وَآتِي بِهِ إِلَى بَابِلَ وَأُحَاكِمُهُ هُنَاكَ عَلَى خِيَانَتِهِ ٱلَّتِي خَانَنِي بِهَا.

21 And all his fugitives, with all his bands, Fall by sword, and those remaining, They are spread out to every wind, And you have known that I, YHWH, have spoken.

٢١ وَكُلُّ هَارِبِيهِ وَكُلُّ جُيُوشِهِ يَسْقُطُونَ بِٱلسَّيْفِ، وَٱلْبَاقُونَ يُذَرُّونَ فِي كُلِّ رِيحٍ، فَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ تَكَلَّمْتُ.

22 Thus said Lord YHWH: I have taken of the foliage of the high cedar, And I have set [it], I crop a tender one from the top of its tender shoots, And I have planted [it] on a high and lofty mountain.

٢٢ «هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ: وَآخُذُ أَنَا مِنْ فَرْعِ ٱلْأَرْزِ ٱلْعَالِي وَأَغْرِسُهُ، وَأَقْطِفُ مِنْ رَأْسِ خَرَاعِيبِهِ غُصْنًا وَأَغْرِسُهُ عَلَى جَبَلٍ عَالٍ وَشَامِخٍ.

23 In a mountain—the high place of Israel, I plant it, And it has borne boughs, and yielded fruit, And become a good cedar, And every bird of every [kind of] wing has dwelt under it, They dwell in the shade of its thin shoots.

٢٣ فِي جَبَلِ إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلْعَالِي أَغْرِسُهُ، فَيُنْبِتُ أَغْصَانًا وَيَحْمِلُ ثَمَرًا وَيَكُونُ أَرْزًا وَاسِعًا، فَيَسْكُنُ تَحْتَهُ كُلَّ طَائِرٍ، كُلُّ ذِي جَنَاحٍ يَسْكُنُ فِي ظِلِّ أَغْصَانِهِ.

24 And all trees of the field have known That I, YHWH, have made the high tree low, I have set the low tree on high, I have dried up the moist tree, And I have caused the dry tree to flourish, I, YHWH, have spoken, and have done [it]!”

٢٤ فَتَعْلَمُ جَمِيعُ أَشْجَارِ ٱلْحَقْلِ أَنِّي أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ، وَضَعْتُ ٱلشَّجَرَةَ ٱلرَّفِيعَةَ، وَرَفَعْتُ ٱلشَّجَرَةَ ٱلْوَضِيعَةَ، وَيَبَّسْتُ ٱلشَّجَرَةَ ٱلْخَضْرَاءَ، وَأَفْرَخْتُ ٱلشَّجَرَةَ ٱلْيَابِسَةَ. أَنَا ٱلرَّبَّ تَكَلَّمْتُ وَفَعَلْتُ».