Ezekiel 9

1 He cried also in my ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man [with] his destroying weapon in his hand.

١ ثُمَّ صَرَخَ فِي مَسْمَعِي بِصَوْتٍ عَالٍ قَائِلاً: «لِيَقْتَرِبْ مُحَافِظُو الْمَدِينَةِ. لِيَقْتَرِبْ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مُتَزَوِّداً بِأَدَاةِ تَدْمِيرِهِ».

2 And behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth towards the north, and every man a slaughter-weapon in his hand; and one man among them [was] clothed with linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side: and they went in and stood beside the brazen altar.

٢ فَأَقْبَلَ سِتَّةُ رِجَالٍ مِنْ طَرِيقِ الْبَابِ الشِّمَالِيِّ الأَعْلَى، وَكُلُّ وَاحِدٍ يَحْمِلُ عُدَّةَ تَدْمِيرِهِ بِيَدِهِ، يَتَوَسَّطُهُمْ رَجُلٌ مُرْتَدٍ كَتَّاناً، وَعَلَى خَاصِرَتِهِ دَوَاةُ كَاتِبٍ. فَدَخَلُوا وَوَقَفُوا إِلَى جُوَارِ مَذْبَحِ النُّحَاسِ.

3 And the glory of the God of Israel had gone up from the cherub on which he was, to the threshhold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, who [had] the writer's inkhorn by his side;

٣ فَارْتَفَعَ مَجْدُ الرَّبِّ مِنْ حَيْثُ كَانَ حَالًّا فَوْقَ الْكَرُوبِيمِ، وَاتَّجَهَ نَحْوَ عَتَبَةِ الْبَابِ. وَنَادَى الرَّجُلَ الْمُرْتَدِيَ ثَوْبَ الْكَتَّانِ، الْحَامِلَ عَلَى خَاصِرَتِهِ دَوَاةَ الْكَاتِبِ

4 And the LORD said to him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that are done in the midst of it.

٤ وَقَالَ لَهُ الرَّبُّ: «اجْتَزْ وَسَطَ مَدِينَةِ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَارْسُمْ سِمَةً عَلَى جِبَاهِ الرِّجَالِ الَّذِينَ يَئِنُّونَ وَيَزْفَرُونَ عَلَى كُلِّ مَا ارْتُكِبَ مِنْ أَرْجَاسٍ فِيهَا».

5 And to the others he said in my hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:

٥ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِلسِّتَّةِ الآخَرِينَ عَلَى مَسْمَعِي: «اعْبُرُوا فِي الْمَدِينَةِ خَلْفَهُ وَاقْتُلُوا. لَا تَتَرَأَّفْ عُيُونُكُمْ وَلا تَعْفُوا.

6 Slay utterly old [and] young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom [is] the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the elderly men who [were] before the house.

٦ أَهْلِكُوا الشَّيْخَ وَالشَّابَّ وَالْعَذْرَاءَ وَالطِّفْلَ وَالنِّسَاءَ. وَلَكِنْ لَا تَقْرَبُوا مِنْ أَيِّ إِنْسَانٍ عَلَيْهِ السِّمَةُ، وَابْتَدِئُوا مِنْ مَقْدِسِي». فَابْتَدَأُوا يُهْلِكُونَ الرِّجَالَ وَالشُّيُوخَ الْمَوْجُودِينَ أَمَامَ الْهَيْكَلِ.

7 And he said to them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.

٧ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «نَجِّسُوا الْهَيْكَلَ وَامْلَأُوا سَاحَاتِهِ بِالْقَتْلَى، ثُمَّ اخْرُجُوا». فَانْدَفَعُوا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ وَشَرَعُوا يَقْتُلُونَ.

8 And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem?

٨ وَبَيْنَمَا هُمْ يَقْتُلُونَ بَقِيتُ أَنَا وَحْدِي. فَانْطَرَحْتُ عَلَى وَجْهِي وَصَرَخْتُ قَائِلاً: «آهِ أَيُّهَا السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ، أَتُفْنِي جَمِيعَ الْبَقِيَّةِ الْبَاقِيَةِ مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي سَخَطِكَ عَلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ؟»

9 Then said he to me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah [is] exceeding great, and the land [is] full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not.

٩ فَأَجَابَنِي: «إِنَّ إِثْمَ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوذَا عَظِيمٌ جِدّاً جِدّاً، وَقَدْ غَرِقَتِ الأَرْضُ بِالدِّمَاءِ، وَامْتَلأَتِ الْمَدِينَةُ فَسَاداً لأَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ: قَدْ هَجَرَ الرَّبُّ الأَرْضَ، وَالرَّبُّ لَا يَرَى.

10 And as for me also, my eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, [but] I will recompense their way upon their head.

١٠ لِذَلِكَ أَنَا أَيْضاً لَا تَتَرَأَّفُ عَيْنِي وَلا أَعْفُو، إِنَّمَا أُوْقِعُ ذَنْبَ تَصَرُّفَاتِهِمْ عَلَى رُؤُوسِهِمْ».

11 And behold, the man clothed with linen, who [had] the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me.

١١ ثُمَّ مَا لَبِثَ الرَّجُلُ الْمُرْتَدِي الْكَتَّانَ الْحَامِلُ عَلَى خَاصِرَتِهِ دَاوَةَ الْكَاتِبِ أَنْ رَفَعَ تَقْرِيرَهُ قَائِلاً: «إِنِّي فَعَلْتُ كَمَا أَمَرْتَنِي».