Ezekiel 21
1 Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]
| وَأَوْحَى إِلَيَّ الرَّبُّ بِكَلِمَتِهِ قَائِلاً: | ١ |
2 “You human, turn toward Jerusalem. Preach about what will happen to the temple [there]. Preach about what will happen to the Israeli people.
| «يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ: الْتَفِتْ نَحْوَ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَتَنَبَّأْ عَلَى الْمَقَادِسِ وَعَلَى أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ | ٢ |
3 Say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh says: I am opposed to you.
| وَقُلْ لأَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ، هَا أَنَا أَنْقَلِبُ عَلَيْكِ وَأَسْتَلُّ سَيْفِي مِنْ غِمْدِهِ فَأَسْتَأْصِلُ مِنْكِ الصَّالِحَ وَالطَّالِحَ. | ٣ |
4 [what I will do to you will be as though] [MET] I will pull my sword from its sheath [and strike you]. I will kill everyone, including righteous people and wicked people [DOU]. I will get rid of everyone, from the south to the north.
| لِذَلِكَ يَخْرُجُ سَيْفِي مِنْ غِمْدِهِ فَيَقْضِي عَلَى كُلِّ إِنْسَانٍ مِنَ الْجَنُوبِ إِلَى الشِّمَالِ. | ٤ |
5 Then everyone will know [it is as though] I, Yahweh, have struck people with my sword, and I will not put it back in its sheath again.’
| فَيُدْرِكُ كُلُّ بَشَرٍ أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ، سَلَلْتُ سَيْفِي مِنْ غِمْدِهِ وَلَنْ يَرْتَدَّ إِلَيْهِ. | ٥ |
6 Therefore, you human, groan! Groan in front of the Israeli people very sadly and sorrowfully [IDM, DOU].
| أَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، فَتَنَهَّدْ بِقَلْبٍ مُنْكَسِرٍ وَحُزْنٍ مَرِيرٍ أَمَامَهُمْ | ٦ |
7 And when they ask you, ‘Why are you groaning?’ tell them, ‘Because of the news that they soon will hear. Everyone will be very fearful [IDM], and their knees will become as weak as [SIM] water. [A great disaster] will soon occur. That is what Yahweh the Lord is promising.’”
| فَإِنْ سَأَلُوكَ: عَلَى مَاذَا تَتَنَهَّدُ؟ تُجِبْهُمْ: عَلَى الأَخْبَارِ الْوَارِدَةِ الَّتِي تُذِيبُ كُلَّ قَلْبٍ، فَتَسْتَرْخِي الأَيْدِي وَيَعْتَرِي الْيَأْسُ كُلَّ رُوحٍ، وَتُصْبِحُ الرُّكَبُ كَالْمَاءِ. هَا هِيَ الأَخْبَارُ وَارِدَةٌ وَلابُدَّ أَنْ تَتِمَّ، يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ». | ٧ |
8 Yahweh gave me another message. [He said],
| وَأَوْحَى إِلَيَّ الرَّبُّ بِكَلِمَتِهِ قَائِلاً: | ٨ |
9 “You human, prophesy and say [to them], ‘This is what Yahweh says: I have sharpened my sword and polished it.
| «يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، تَنَبَّأْ وَقُلْ: هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ: سَيْفٌ، سَيْفٌ قَدْ تَمَّ سَنُّهُ وَصَقْلُهُ أَيْضاً. | ٩ |
10 It is sharpened in order that I can [many people with it]; it is polished so that it will flash like lightning. The people of Judah will not [their being punished like this], but they did not repent [I only struck them] with a stick.
| قَدْ سُنَّ لِلذَّبْحِ، وَصُقِلَ لِيُوْمِضَ بِالْبَرِيقِ فَهَلْ نَغْتَبِطُ (قَائِلِينَ): عَصَا ابْنِي تَحْتَقِرُ كُلَّ قَضِيبٍ؟ | ١٠ |
11 A sword should be polished, and be grasped [in someone’s hand]. It should be sharpened and polished, ready for someone to use it to kill people.
| قَدْ أُعْطِيَ السَّيْفُ لِيُصْقَلَ وَيُجَرَّدَ بِالْكَفِّ، وَهَا هُوَ بَعْدَ سَنِّهِ وَصَقْلِهِ يُسَلَّمُ لِيَدِ الْقَاتِلِ. | ١١ |
12 [So, ] you human, cry and wail, because I will use my sword to kill my people, including the leaders of Israel. They and all the other people, my people, will be killed by swords, so beat your [to show that you are sad].
| اُصْرُخْ وَأَعْوِلْ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ لأَنَّهُ يَتَسَلَّطُ عَلَى شَعْبِي وَعَلَى كُلِّ رُؤَسَاءِ إِسْرَائِيلَ؛ يَتَعَرَّضُ شَعْبِي لأَهْوَالٍ مِنْ جَرَّاءِ هَذَا السَّيْفِ، لِذَلِكَ اضْرِبْ عَلَى صَدْرِكَ فَزَعاً. | ١٢ |
13 I am about to test my people, and the kings [MTY] of Judah will not escape being punished. That is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say.
| لأَنَّ الامْتِحَانَ قَدْ أُعِدَّ وَمَاذَا يَحْدُثُ إِنْ لَمْ تُقْبَلْ هَذِهِ الْعَصَا الْمُحْتَقِرَةُ؟ يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ. | ١٣ |
14 So, you human, prophesy; clap your [to show that you are very happy about what is going to happen]. My sword will strike them again and again; it is a sword for slaughtering many people, while I attack them from every side.
| فَتَنَبَّأْ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، وَاصْفِقْ كَفّاً عَلَى كَفٍّ، وَلْيَضْرِبْ السَّيْفُ مَرَّتَيْنِ، بَلْ ثَلاثَ مَرَّاتٍ. إِنَّهُ سَيْفُ الْقَتْلَى، سَيْفُ الْمَجْزَرَةِ الْعَظِيمَةِ الْمُحْدِقَةِ بِهِمْ، | ١٤ |
15 In order that people will be very much afraid [IDM] and many people will be killed, I have [soldiers holding] my swords at every [city] gate, ready to slaughter people. Those swords will flash like lightning, as the [soldiers] grasp them to slaughter people.
| لِكَيْ تَذُوبَ الْقُلُوبُ، فَيَتَهَاوَى كَثِيرُونَ صَرْعَى عِنْدَ كُلِّ بَوَّابَاتِهِمْ. لِهَذَا جَرَّدْتُ سَيْفاً مُتَقَلِّباً بَرَّاقاً مَصْقُولاً مُتَأَهِّباً لِلذَّبْحِ. | ١٥ |
16 Their swords [APO] will slash to the right and [then] to the left, whichever way they turn the blades.
| فَيَا سَيْفُ اجْرَحْ يَمِيناً، اجْرَحْ شِمَالاً، اجْرَحْ كَيْفَمَا تَوَجَّهَ حَدُّكَ. | ١٦ |
17 Then I will clap my [triumphantly]; and [then] I will no longer be angry. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it.’”
| وَأَنَا أَيْضاً أُصَفِّقُ بِكَفِّي وَأُهَدِّئُ سَوْرَةَ غَضَبِي، أَنَا الرَّبُّ تَكَلَّمْتُ». | ١٧ |
18 Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]
| وَأَوْحَى إِلَيَّ الرَّبُّ بِكَلِمَتِهِ قَائِلاً: | ١٨ |
19 “You human, [a map], and on it mark two roads for the King of Babylonia to march [along with his army, carrying] their swords. When they depart from their country, they will come to a sign post where the road divides.
| «أَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، فَخَطِّطْ طَرِيقَيْنِ لِزَحْفِ سَيْفِ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ. مِنْ أَرْضٍ وَاحِدَةٍ تَخْرُجُ الطَّرِيقَانِ، وَأَقِمْ مَعْلَماً عِنْدَ نَاصِيَةِ الطَّرِيقِ الْمُفْضِيَةِ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ. | ١٩ |
20 [If they continue on the one road, ] they will attack [city], the capital of the Ammon people-group. [If they continue on the other road, ] they will come to Judah and to Jerusalem, [a city] with walls around it.
| خَطِّطْ طَرِيقاً يَسْلُكُهُ السَّيْفُ عَلَى رَبَّةِ عَمُّونَ وَعَلَى يَهُوذَا فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ الْحَصِينَةِ، | ٢٠ |
21 [When the army of] Babylonia comes to where the road divides, [they will stop], and the king will perform magic rituals [to decide which road to go on]. He will throw arrows; [then] consult his [about which road to go on], and he will (examine/look at) the [of a sheep].
| لأَنَّ مَلِكَ بَابِلَ قَدْ تَوَقَّفَ عِنْدَ مَفْرَقِ الطَّرِيقَيْنِ عَلَى النَّاصِيَةِ، يَلْتَمِسُ عِرَافَةً، فَضَرَبَ بِالسِّهَامِ، وَطَلَبَ مَشُورَةَ أَصْنَامِ أَسْلافِهِ، وَنَظَرَ إِلَى الْكَبِدِ. | ٢١ |
22 With his right hand he will pick up the arrow marked ‘Jerusalem’. He will [command his soldiers to go to Jerusalem. When they arrive there, they] will set up (rams/devices to [down the walls], ) and [then] the king will give the command for them to slaughter [the people]. They will shout [a battle-cry], and they will set up the rams against the [city] gates. They will build a dirt ramp [against the walls around the city], and set up things to bash those walls.
| فَعَنْ يَمِينِهِ أُلْقِيَتْ قُرْعَةٌ عَلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ لإِقَامَةِ الْمَجَانِقِ، وَإِصْدَارِ الأَوَامِرِ بِالْقَتْلِ، وَإِطْلاقِ هُتَافِ الْحَرْبِ، لِنَصْبِ الْمَجَانِقِ عَلَى الأَبْوَابِ، لإِقَامَةِ مِتْرَسَةٍ لِبِنَاءِ بُرْجٍ. | ٢٢ |
23 The [in Jerusalem] who had promised [to be loyal to the King of Babylonia will think that those rituals must be wrong. They will think that his army should not be attacking them]. But he will remind them of the sins [MTY] that they had committed, [his army] will capture them.
| وَلَكِنَّهَا تَبْدُو لِمَنْ أَقْسَمَ بِالْوَلاءِ لِلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ أَنَّهَا عِرَافَةٌ كَاذِبَةٌ، وَلَكِنَّ مَلِكَ بَابِلَ يَتَذَكَّرُ نَكْثَهُمْ لِلْعَهْدِ فَيُؤْخَذُونَ بِهِ. | ٢٣ |
24 Therefore, [tell the Israeli people that] this is what Yahweh the Lord says: ‘You people have allowed everyone to see that you are openly [against the King of Babylonia], and by doing that you have shown that everything that you do is sinful. Therefore you will be captured and [to Babylonia].’
| لِذَلِكَ، هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: لأَنَّكُمْ ذَكَّرْتُمْ بِإِثْمِكُمْ، إِذِ انْكَشَفَ تَمَرُّدُكُمْ، فَتَجَلَّتْ خَطَايَاكُمْ فِي كُلِّ مَا ارْتَكَبْتُمُوهُ مِنْ أَعْمَالٍ، لِهَذَا إِذْ ذَكَّرْتُمْ بِأَنْفُسِكُمْ يُقْبَضُ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْيَدِ. | ٢٤ |
25 Also, say, ‘You very wicked [DOU] king of Israel, it is your [to die]. It is the time for you to be punished.’
| وَأَنْتَ أَيُّهَا الْمَطْعُونُ الأَثِيمُ، مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ، يَا مَنْ أَزِفَ يَوْمُهُ فِي سَاعَةِ الْعِقَابِ النِّهَائِيِّ | ٢٥ |
26 And this is what Yahweh the Lord says [to you soldiers from Babylonia]: ‘Take off [the king’s] turban and his crown, because now things will be different than they were [before]. [in Jerusalem] who had no authority will now be given authority, and those who had authority will have their authority taken from them.
| اخْلَعِ الْعَمَامَةَ، وَانْزِعِ التَّاجَ، فَلَنْ يَبْقَى الْحَالُ كَسَالِفِ الْعَهْدِ بِهِ، ارْفَعْ الْوَضِيعَ، وَضَعْ الرَّفِيعَ. | ٢٦ |
27 [Jerusalem] will be completely ruined. I will cause it to be ruined, and it will not be rebuilt/restored until the king to whom the city truly belongs comes; I will give it to [to rule it].’”
| هَا أَنَا أَقْلِبُهُ، أَقْلِبُهُ، أقْلِبُهُ، حَتَّى لَا يَبْقَى مِنْهُ أَثَرٌ، إِلَى أَنْ يَأْتِيَ صَاحِبُ الْحُكْمِ، فَأُعْطِيَهُ إِيَّاهُ. | ٢٧ |
28 “And, you human, prophesy and say [this]: 'This is what Yahweh the Lord says about the Ammon people-group, and about what they have said to insult [Israel]: [“The King of Babylon says, ] ‘[My soldiers have] swords’ [APO]; they have pulled out those swords to slaughter many people. They have polished them in order to kill people, and to make those swords flash like lightning.
| أَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، فَتَنَبَّأْ وَقُلْ هَذَا مَا يَقْضِي بِهِ الرَّبُّ عَلَى بَنِي عَمُّونَ وَعَلَى تَعْيِيرِهِمْ: هَا سَيْفٌ، سَيْفٌ مَسْلُولٌ لِلذَّبْحِ، مَصْقُولٌ لِلالْتِهَامِ يُوْمِضُ كَالْبَرْقِ. | ٢٨ |
29 [Your prophets] have given you false visions about [what will happen to] you, and they have given you messages that are not true. So swords will strike the necks of those wicked people; it is time for them to be killed; it is the day when they will be [for their sins].
| فَبَيْنَمَا يَرَوْنَ لَكَ رُؤىً بَاطِلَةً، وَيَنْطِقُونَ لَكَ بِعِرَافَةٍ كَاذِبَةٍ يَطْرَحُكَ (السَّيْفُ) كَيْ تَلْقَى حَتْفَكَ فَوْقَ جُثَثِ الْقَتْلَى الأَشْرَارِ الَّذِينَ حَانَ يَوْمُهُمْ فِي سَاعَةِ الْعِقَابِ النِّهَائِيِّ. | ٢٩ |
30 You must put your swords back in their sheaths [because the days for you to slaughter your enemies are ended]. I will judge those people in the country where they were born.
| أَعِدْهُ إِلَى غِمْدِهِ. فَفِي الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي خُلِقْتِ فِيهِ يَا مَمْلَكَةَ عَمُّونَ، فِي أَرْضِ مَوْلِدِكِ، أُحَاكِمُكِ. | ٣٠ |
31 I will pour out my punishment [MTY] on them. Because I am very angry with them, my breath on them will scorch them [like] fire [MET]. I will allow brutal men to capture them, men who are experts in killing people.
| وَأَصُبُّ عَلَيْكِ غَضَبِي، وَأَنْفُخُ عَلَيْكِ بِنَارِ غَيْظِي وَأُسَلِّمُكِ لِقَبْضَةِ رِجَالٍ أَفْظَاظٍ مُتَمَرِّسِينَ فِي التَّدْمِيرِ. | ٣١ |
32 You will be [like] fuel [MET] [that is burned] in a fire. Your blood will be shed in your own land. No one will remember you any more. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it.” '”
| فَتَكُونِينَ وَقُوداً لِلنَّارِ، وَيَهْطِلُ دَمُكِ فِي وَسَطِ الأَرْضِ، وَلا تُذْكَرِينَ فِيمَا بَعْدُ لأَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ تَكَلَّمْتُ». | ٣٢ |
