Ezekiel 21
1 Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]
| ויהי דבר יהוה אלי לאמר |
2 “You human, turn toward Jerusalem. Preach about what will happen to the temple [there]. Preach about what will happen to the Israeli people.
| בן אדם שים פניך אל ירושלם והטף אל מקדשים והנבא אל אדמת ישראל |
3 Say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh says: I am opposed to you.
| ואמרת לאדמת ישראל כה אמר יהוה הנני אליך והוצאתי חרבי מתערה והכרתי ממך צדיק ורשע |
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.
| יען אשר הכרתי ממך צדיק ורשע לכן תצא חרבי מתערה אל כל בשר--מנגב צפון |
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.’
| וידעו כל בשר כי אני יהוה הוצאתי חרבי מתערה לא תשוב עוד |
6 Therefore, you human, groan! Groan in front of the Israeli people very sadly and sorrowfully [IDM, DOU].
| ואתה בן אדם האנח בשברון מתנים ובמרירות תאנח לעיניהם |
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.’”
| והיה כי יאמרו אליך על מה אתה נאנח ואמרת אל שמועה כי באה ונמס כל לב ורפו כל ידים וכהתה כל רוח וכל ברכים תלכנה מים--הנה באה ונהיתה נאם אדני יהוה |
8 Yahweh gave me another message. [He said],
| ויהי דבר יהוה אלי לאמר |
9 “You human, prophesy and say [to them], ‘This is what Yahweh says: I have sharpened my sword and polished it.
| בן אדם--הנבא ואמרת כה אמר אדני אמר חרב חרב הוחדה וגם מרוטה |
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.
| למען טבח טבח הוחדה למען היה לה ברק מרטה או נשיש שבט בני מאסת כל עץ |
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.
| ויתן אתה למרטה לתפש בכף היא הוחדה חרב והיא מרטה לתת אותה ביד הורג |
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].
| זעק והילל בן אדם--כי היא היתה בעמי היא בכל נשיאי ישראל מגורי אל חרב היו את עמי לכן ספק אל ירך |
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.
| כי בחן--ומה אם גם שבט מאסת לא יהיה נאם אדני יהוה |
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.
| ואתה בן אדם--הנבא והך כף אל כף ותכפל חרב שלישתה חרב חללים--היא חרב חלל הגדול החדרת להם |
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.
| למען למוג לב והרבה המכשלים--על כל שעריהם נתתי אבחת חרב אח עשויה לברק מעטה לטבח |
16 Their swords [APO] will slash to the right and [then] to the left, whichever way they turn the blades.
| התאחדי הימני השימי השמילי אנה פניך מעדות |
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.’”
| וגם אני אכה כפי אל כפי והניחתי חמתי אני יהוה דברתי |
18 Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]
| ויהי דבר יהוה אלי לאמר |
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.
| ואתה בן אדם שים לך שנים דרכים לבוא חרב מלך בבל--מארץ אחד יצאו שניהם ויד ברא בראש דרך עיר ברא |
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.
| דרך תשים--לבוא חרב את רבת בני עמון ואת יהודה בירושלם בצורה |
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].
| כי עמד מלך בבל אל אם הדרך בראש שני הדרכים--לקסם קסם קלקל בחצים שאל בתרפים ראה בכבד |
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.
| בימינו היה הקסם ירושלם לשום כרים לפתח פה ברצח להרים קול בתרועה--לשום כרים על שערים לשפך סללה לבנות דיק |
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.
| והיה להם כקסום (כקסם) שוא בעיניהם שבעי שבעות להם והוא מזכיר עון להתפש |
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].’
| לכן כה אמר אדני יהוה יען הזכרכם עונכם בהגלות פשעיכם להראות חטאותיכם בכל עלילותיכם--יען הזכרכם בכף תתפשו |
25 Also, say, ‘You very wicked [DOU] king of Israel, it is your [to die]. It is the time for you to be punished.’
| ואתה חלל רשע נשיא ישראל אשר בא יומו בעת עון קץ |
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.
| כה אמר אדני יהוה הסיר המצנפת והרים העטרה זאת לא זאת--השפלה הגבה והגבה השפיל |
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].’”
| עוה עוה עוה אשימנה גם זאת לא היה עד בא אשר לו המשפט ונתתיו |
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.
| ואתה בן אדם הנבא ואמרת כה אמר אדני יהוה אל בני עמון ואל חרפתם ואמרת חרב חרב פתוחה לטבח מרוטה להכיל למען ברק |
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].
| בחזות לך שוא בקסם לך כזב--לתת אותך אל צוארי חללי רשעים אשר בא יומם בעת עון קץ |
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.
| השב אל תערה במקום אשר נבראת בארץ מכרותיך אשפט אתך |
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.
| ושפכתי עליך זעמי באש עברתי אפיח עליך ונתתיך ביד אנשים בערים חרשי משחית |
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.” '”
| לאש תהיה לאכלה דמך יהיה בתוך הארץ לא תזכרי כי אני יהוה דברתי |
