Ezekiel 35

1 Yahweh gave me another message. He said,

١ وَأَوْحَى إِلَيَّ الرَّبُّ بِكَلِمَتِهِ قَائِلاً:

2 “You human, turn toward Edom and prophesy what will happen to its people. Say that this is what Yahweh says to them:

٢ «يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، الْتَفِتْ بِوَجْهِكَ نَحْوَ جَبَلِ سَعِيرَ وَتَنَبَّأْ عَلَيْهِ.

3 ‘You who live near Seir Mountain [in Edom], I am opposed to you, and I will use my power [MTY] to strike you and cause your country to become a wasteland.

٣ وَقُلْ لأَهْلِهِ: هَا أَنَا أَنْقَلِبُ عَلَيْكَ يَا جَبَلَ سَعِيرَ وَأُعَاقِبُكَ لأَجْعَلَكَ خَرَاباً مُقْفِراً.

4 I will cause your country to be ruined and desolate. When that happens, people will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].

٤ أَجْعَلُ مُدُنَكَ أَطْلالاً وَتَكُونُ أَنْتَ مُقْفِراً، فَتُدْرِكُ أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ.

5 You have always been enemies of the Israeli people. You [rejoiced] when they experienced a great disaster: [their enemies attacked them with] swords, when I punished them [for the sins that they had committed].

٥ لأَنَّكَ أَضْمَرْتَ فِي نَفْسِكَ بُغْضَةً أَبَدِيَّةً، وَأَسْلَمْتَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى حَدِّ السَّيْفِ فِي أَثْنَاءِ مِحْنَتِهِمْ، فِي سَاعَةِ دَيْنُونَةِ إِثْمِهِمْ.

6 Therefore, I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that as surely as I am alive, I will allow [your enemies] to slaughter [MTY] you and continue to slaughter you. You were happy when [LIT] others were slaughtered;

٦ لِذَلِكَ حَيٌّ أَنَا يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ، إِنِّي أُعِدُّكَ لِسَفْكِ الدَّمِ، وَالدَّمُ يَتَعَقَّبُكَ. لأَنَّكَ لَمْ تَمْقُتْ سَفْكَ الدَّمِ فَالدَّمُ يَتَعَقَّبُكَ.

7 so I will cause Seir Mountain to be abandoned/deserted, and I will get rid of anyone who enters it or leaves it.

٧ فَأُحَوِّلُ جَبَلَ سَعِيرَ إِلَى أَطْلالٍ وَأَسْتَأْصِلُ مِنْهُ كُلَّ ذَاهِبٍ وَآيِبٍ.

8 I will cause your mountains to be filled with [the corpses of] those who have been killed. The corpses of those who have been killed by [your enemies’] swords will lie on your hills and in your valleys and in all your ravines.

٨ وَأَجْعَلُ جِبَالَهُ تَكْتَظُّ بِقَتْلاهُ، فَيَتَسَاقَطُونَ فِي تِلالِكَ وَأَوْدِيَتِكَ وَجَمِيعِ أَنْهَارِكَ صَرْعَى السَّيْفِ.

9 I will cause your land to be deserted forever. No one will live in your towns again. When that happens, you will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].

٩ وَأُحِيلُكَ إِلَى خَرَائِبَ أَبَدِيَّةٍ، فَلا يَبْقَى لِمُدُنِكَ أَثَرٌ، فَتُدْرِكُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ.

10 You people said, “Israel and Judah will become ours. We will take over their territory!” You said that even though I, Yahweh, was still there [and protecting them].

١٠ لأَنَّكَ قُلْتَ: إِنَّ هَاتَيْنِ الأُمَّتَيْنِ، وَهَاتَيْنِ الأَرْضَيْنِ تُصْبِحَانِ لِي فَأَمْتَلِكُهُمَا، وَلَوْ كَانَ الرَّبُّ هُنَاكَ.

11 Therefore, I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that as surely as I am alive, I will punish [MTY] you for being angry with my people, envying them, and hating them.

١١ لِذَلِكَ حَيٌّ أَنَا يقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: لَأُعَامِلَنَّكَ بِمُقْتَضَى غَضَبِكَ وَحَسَدِكَ اللَّذَيْنِ أَبْدَيْتَهُمَا فِي بَغْضَائِكَ لَهُمْ، فَأُعْلِنُ ذَاتِي عِنْدَمَا أَدِينُكَ.

12 Then you will know that I, Yahweh, have heard all the disgusting things that you have said about the mountains in Israel. You said that they have been ruined/devastated, and that they have been given to you to occupy [MET].

١٢ فَتُدْرِكُ أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ قَدْ سَمِعْتُ كُلَّ إِهَانَتِكَ الَّتِي عَيَّرْتَ بِها جِبَالَ إِسْرَائِيلَ قَائِلاً: قَدْ أَصْبَحَتْ خَرَاباً وَصَارَتْ لَنَا مَغْنَماً.

13 When you insulted me, I heard all that you said about me.

١٣ قَدْ تَبَاهَيْتُمْ عَلَيَّ بِأَفْوَاهِكُمْ، وَأَكْثَرْتُمْ مِنْ لَغْوِكُمْ عَلَيَّ وَأَنَا سَمِعْتُ.

14 So this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: You people who live on Seir Mountain and in all the other places in Edom, when I cause your land to become desolate, everyone in the entire world will rejoice.

١٤ فَفِي مَوْسِمِ الرَّبِيعِ أَجْعَلُكَ مُقْفِراً

15 You were happy when the land [MTY] of the Israeli people became desolate, so I will cause your land to become desolate. When that happens, people will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].’”

١٥ وَكَمَا فَرِحْتَ لِخَرَابِ مِيرَاثِ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، كَذَلِكَ أَفْعَلُ بِكَ، فَتَصِيرُ يَا جَبَلَ سَعِيرَ خَرَاباً أَنْتَ وَكُلُّ بِلادِ أَدُومَ فَتُدْرِكُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ».