< Ezekiel 8 >

1 And it comes to pass, in the sixth year, in the sixth [month], on the fifth of the month, I am sitting in my house, and [the] elderly of Judah are sitting before me, and there a hand of Lord YHWH falls on me,
وَكَانَ فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلسَّادِسَةِ، فِي ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلسَّادِسِ، فِي ٱلْخَامِسِ مِنَ ٱلشَّهْرِ، وَأَنَا جَالِسٌ فِي بَيْتِي، وَمَشَايِخُ يَهُوذَا جَالِسُونَ أَمَامِي، أَنَّ يَدَ ٱلسَّيِّدِ ٱلرَّبِّ وَقَعَتْ عَلَيَّ هُنَاكَ.١
2 and I look, and behold, a likeness as the appearance of fire, from the appearance of His loins and downward—fire, and from His loins and upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the color of electrum.
فَنَظَرْتُ وَإِذَا شِبْهٌ كَمَنْظَرِ نَارٍ، مِنْ مَنْظَرِ حَقْوَيْهِ إِلَى تَحْتُ نَارٌ، وَمِنْ حَقْوَيْهِ إِلَى فَوْقُ كَمَنْظَرِ لَمَعَانٍ كَشِبْهِ ٱلنُّحَاسِ ٱللّاَمِعِ.٢
3 And He puts forth a form of a hand, and takes me by a lock of my head, and [the] Spirit lifts me up between the earth and the heavens, and brings me to Jerusalem in visions of God, to the opening of the inner gate that is facing the north, where the seat of the figure of jealousy [is] that is making jealous,
وَمَدَّ شِبْهَ يَدٍ وَأَخَذَنِي بِنَاصِيَةِ رَأْسِي، وَرَفَعَنِي رُوحٌ بَيْنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱلسَّمَاءِ، وَأَتَى بِي فِي رُؤَى ٱللهِ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ، إِلَى مَدْخَلِ ٱلْبَابِ ٱلدَّاخِلِيِّ ٱلْمُتَّجِهِ نَحْوَ ٱلشِّمَالِ، حَيْثُ مَجْلِسُ تِمْثَالِ ٱلْغَيْرَةِ، ٱلْمُهَيِّجِ ٱلْغَيْرَةِ.٣
4 and behold, there the glory of the God of Israel [is] as the appearance that I saw in the valley.
وَإِذَا مَجْدُ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ هُنَاكَ مِثْلُ ٱلرُّؤْيَا ٱلَّتِي رَأَيْتُهَا فِي ٱلْبُقْعَةِ.٤
5 And He says to me, “Son of man, now lift up your eyes [toward] the way of the north.” And I lift up my eyes [toward] the way of the north, and behold, on the north of the gate of the altar [is] this figure of jealousy, at the entrance.
ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي: «يَا ٱبْنَ آدَمَ، ٱرْفَعْ عَيْنَيْكَ نَحْوَ طَرِيقِ ٱلشِّمَالِ». فَرَفَعْتُ عَيْنَيَّ نَحْوَ طَرِيقِ ٱلشِّمَالِ، وَإِذَا مِنْ شِمَالِيِّ بَابِ ٱلْمَذْبَحِ تِمْثَالُ ٱلْغَيْرَةِ هَذَا فِي ٱلْمَدْخَلِ.٥
6 And He says to me, “Son of man, are you seeing what they are doing? The great abominations that the house of Israel is doing here, to keep far off from My sanctuary; and turn again, [and] see great abominations.”
وَقَالَ لِي: «يَا ٱبْنَ آدَمَ، هَلْ رَأَيْتَ مَا هُمْ عَامِلُونَ؟ ٱلرَّجَاسَاتِ ٱلْعَظِيمَةَ ٱلَّتِي بَيْتُ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَامِلُهَا هُنَا لِإِبْعَادِي عَنْ مَقْدِسِي. وَبَعْدُ تَعُودُ تَنْظُرُ رَجَاسَاتٍ أَعْظَمَ».٦
7 And He brings me to an opening of the court, and I look, and behold, a hole in the wall;
ثُمَّ جَاءَ بِي إِلَى بَابِ ٱلدَّارِ، فَنَظَرْتُ وَإِذَا ثَقْبٌ فِي ٱلْحَائِطِ.٧
8 and He says to me, “Son of man, now dig through the wall”; and I dig through the wall, and behold, an opening.
ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي: «يَا ٱبْنَ آدَمَ، ٱنْقُبْ فِي ٱلْحَائِطِ». فَنَقَبْتُ فِي ٱلْحَائِطِ، فَإِذَا بَابٌ.٨
9 And He says to me, “Go in, and see the evil abominations that they are doing here.”
وَقَالَ لِي: «ٱدْخُلْ وَٱنْظُرِ ٱلرَّجَاسَاتِ ٱلشِّرِّيرَةَ ٱلَّتِي هُمْ عَامِلُوهَا هُنَا».٩
10 And I go in, and look, and behold, every form of creeping thing, and detestable beast—and all the idols of the house of Israel—carved on the wall, all around,
فَدَخَلْتُ وَنَظَرْتُ وَإِذَا كُلُّ شَكْلِ دَبَّابَاتٍ وَحَيَوَانٍ نَجِسٍ، وَكُلُّ أَصْنَامٍ بَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، مَرْسُومَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْحَائِطِ عَلَى دَائِرِهِ.١٠
11 and seventy men from [the] elderly of the house of Israel—and Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing in their midst—are standing before them, and each [with] his censer in his hand, and [the] abundance of [the] cloud of the incense is going up.
وَوَاقِفٌ قُدَّامَهَا سَبْعُونَ رَجُلًا مِنْ شُيُوخِ بَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَيَازَنْيَا بْنُ شَافَانَ قَائِمٌ فِي وَسْطِهِمْ، وَكُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِجْمَرَتُهُ فِي يَدِهِ، وَعِطْرُ عَنَانِ ٱلْبَخُورِ صَاعِدٌ.١١
12 And He says to me, “Have you seen, son of man, that which elderly of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each in [the] inner chambers of his imagery, for they are saying, YHWH is not seeing us, YHWH has forsaken the land?”
ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي: «أَرَأَيْتَ يَا ٱبْنَ آدَمَ مَا تَفْعَلُهُ شُيُوخُ بَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي ٱلظَّلَامِ، كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ فِي مَخَادِعِ تَصَاوِيرِهِ؟ لِأَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ: ٱلرَّبُّ لَا يَرَانَا! ٱلرَّبُّ قَدْ تَرَكَ ٱلْأَرْضَ!».١٢
13 And He says to me, “Turn again, [and] see [the] great abominations that they are doing.”
وَقَالَ لِي: «بَعْدُ تَعُودُ تَنْظُرُ رَجَاسَاتٍ أَعْظَمَ هُمْ عَامِلُوهَا».١٣
14 And He brings me to the opening of the gate of the house of YHWH that [is] at the north, and behold, there the women are sitting, weeping for Tammuz.
فَجَاءَ بِي إِلَى مَدْخَلِ بَابِ بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱلَّذِي مِنْ جِهَةِ ٱلشِّمَالِ، وَإِذَا هُنَاكَ نِسْوَةٌ جَالِسَاتٌ يَبْكِينَ عَلَى تَمُّوزَ.١٤
15 And He says to me, “Have you seen, son of man? Turn again, [and] see greater abominations than these.”
فَقَالَ لِي: «أَرَأَيْتَ هَذَا يَا ٱبْنَ آدَمَ؟ بَعْدُ تَعُودُ تَنْظُرُ رَجَاسَاتٍ أَعْظَمَ مِنْ هَذِهِ».١٥
16 And He brings me into the inner court of the house of YHWH, and behold, at the opening of the temple of YHWH, between the porch and the altar, about twenty-five men, their backs toward the temple of YHWH, and their faces eastward, and they are bowing themselves eastward to the sun.
فَجَاءَ بِي إِلَى دَارِ بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱلدَّاخِلِيَّةِ، وَإِذَا عِنْدَ بَابِ هَيْكَلِ ٱلرَّبِّ، بَيْنَ ٱلرِّوَاقِ وَٱلْمَذْبَحِ، نَحْوُ خَمْسَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ رَجُلًا ظُهُورُهُمْ نَحْوَ هَيْكَلِ ٱلرَّبِّ وَوُجُوهُهُمْ نَحْوَ ٱلشَّرْقِ، وَهُمْ سَاجِدُونَ لِلشَّمْسِ نَحْوَ ٱلشَّرْقِ.١٦
17 And He says to me, “Have you seen, son of man? Has it been a light thing to the house of Judah to do the abomination that they have done here, that they have filled the land with violence, and turn back to provoke Me to anger? And behold, they are putting forth the branch to their nose!
وَقَالَ لِي: «أَرَأَيْتَ يَاٱبْنَ آدَمَ؟ أَقَلِيلٌ لِبَيْتِ يَهُوذَا عَمَلُ ٱلرَّجَاسَاتِ ٱلَّتِي عَمِلُوهَا هُنَا؟ لِأَنَّهُمْ قَدْ مَلَأُوا ٱلْأَرْضَ ظُلْمًا وَيَعُودُونَ لِإِغَاظَتِي، وَهَا هُمْ يُقَرِّبُونَ ٱلْغُصْنَ إِلَى أَنْفِهِمْ.١٧
18 And I also deal in fury, My eye does not pity, nor do I spare, and they have cried [with] a loud voice in My ears and I do not hear them.”
فَأَنَا أَيْضًا أُعَامِلُ بِٱلْغَضَبِ، لَا تُشْفُقُ عَيْنِي وَلَا أَعْفُو. وَإِنْ صَرَخُوا فِي أُذُنَيَّ بِصَوْتٍ عَالٍ لَا أَسْمَعُهُمْ».١٨

< Ezekiel 8 >