Ezekiel 8

1 In the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, the Lord GOD’s hand fell on me there.

١ وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الْخَامِسِ مِنْ الشَّهْرِ السَّادِسِ الْعِبْرِيِّ (أَيْ آبَ – أُغُسْطُسَ) مِنَ السَّنَةِ السَّادِسَةِ، بَيْنَمَا كُنْتُ جَالِساً فِي بَيْتِي، وَشُيُوخُ يَهُوذَا مَاثِلُونَ أَمَامِي، حَلَّتْ عَلَيَّ قُوَّةُ السَّيِّدِ الرَّبِّ هُنَاكَ،

2 Then I saw, and behold, a likeness as the appearance of fire—from the appearance of his waist and downward, fire, and from his waist and upward, as the appearance of brightness, as it were glowing metal.

٢ فَنَظَرْتُ وَإذَا بِشِبْهِ إِنْسَانٍ وَكَأَنَّهُ مِنْ نَارٍ، وَبَدَا وَكَأَنَّ نَاراً تَتَأَجَّجُ مِنْ حَقْوَيْهِ إِلَى أَسْفَلُ. أَمَّا مِنْ حَقْوَيْهِ فَمَا فَوْقُ فَبَدَا لَمَعَانٌ كَلَمَعَانِ النُّحَاسِ الْمُتَأَلِّقِ.

3 He stretched out the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and the sky, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the gate of the inner court that looks toward the north, where there was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy.

٣ ثُمَّ مَدَّ شِبْهَ يَدٍ وَقَبَضَ عَلَيَّ بِنَاصِيَةِ رَأْسِي، وَحَلَّقَ بِي رُوحٌ بَيْنَ الأَرْضِ وَالسَّمَاءِ وَأَحْضَرَنِي فِي رُؤَى اللهِ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ، إِلَى مَدْخَلِ الْبَوَّابَةِ الشِّمَالِيَّةِ لِلسَّاحَةِ الدَّاخِلِيَّةِ، حَيْثُ يَنْتَصِبُ التِّمْثَالُ الْمُثِيرُ لِلْغَيْرَةِ.

4 Behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the appearance that I saw in the plain.

٤ فَإِذَا بِمَجْدِ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ حَالٌّ هُنَاكَ كَمَا كَانَ حَالًّا فِي الرُّؤْيَا الَّتِي شَاهَدْتُهَا فِي السَّهْلِ.

5 Then he said to me, “Son of man, lift up your eyes now the way toward the north.” So I lifted up my eyes the way toward the north, and saw, northward of the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.

٥ ثُمَّ خَاطَبَنِي: «يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، الْتَفِتِ الآنَ نَحْوَ الشِّمَالِ». فَالْتَفَتُّ وَإذَا بِي أَرَى مِنَ شِمَالِيِّ بَابِ الْمَذْبَحِ تِمْثَالَ الْغَيْرَةِ هَذَا مُنْتَصِباً فِي الْمَدْخَلِ.

6 He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what they do? Even the great abominations that the house of Israel commit here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? But you will again see yet other great abominations.”

٦ وَقَالَ لِي: «يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، هَلْ شَاهَدْتَ مَا يَرْتَكِبُونَ: هَذِهِ الرَّجَاسَاتِ الْفَظِيعَةَ الَّتِي يَقْتَرِفُهَا شَعْبُ إِسْرَائِيلَ لِيُبْعِدُونِي عَنْ مَقْدِسِي؟ وَلَكِنِ انْتَظِرْ، فَلا تَلْبَثُ أَنْ تَشْهَدَ أَرْجَاساً أَفْظَعَ».

7 He brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold, a hole in the wall.

٧ ثُمَّ أَحْضَرَنِي إِلَى مَدْخَلِ السَّاحَةِ، فَنَظَرْتُ وَإذَا بِثُقْبٍ فِي الْجِدَارِ،

8 Then he said to me, “Son of man, dig now in the wall.” When I had dug in the wall, I saw a door.

٨ فَقَالَ لِي: «يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، انْقُبْ فِي الْجِدَارِ». فَنَقَبْتُ الْجِدَارَ وَإذَا بَابٌ.

9 He said to me, “Go in, and see the wicked abominations that they do here.”

٩ فَقَالَ لِي: «ادْخُلْ وَاشْهَدِ الأَرْجَاسَ الْمَقِيتَةَ الَّتِي يَرْتَكِبُونَهَا هُنَا».

10 So I went in and looked, and saw every form of creeping things, abominable animals, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed around on the wall.

١٠ فَدَخَلْتُ وَنَظَرْتُ، فَإِذَا كُلُّ تَصَاوِيرِ أَشْكَالِ الْحَيَوَانَاتِ وَالْبَهَائِمِ النَّجِسَةِ، وَجَمِيعُ أَصْنَامِ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ مَرْسُومَةٌ عَلَى كُلِّ جَوَانِبِ الْجُدْرَانِ،

11 Seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel stood before them. In the middle of them Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan stood, every man with his censer in his hand; and the smell of the cloud of incense went up.

١١ وَقَدْ مَثَلَ أَمَامَهَا سَبْعُونَ رَجُلاً مِنْ شُيُوخِ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَانْتَصَبَ فِي وَسَطِهِمْ يَازَنْيَا بْنُ شَافَانَ، وَفِي يَدِ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ مِجْمَرَتُهُ تَتَصَاعَدُ مِنْهَا غَمَامَةٌ عَطِرَةٌ مِنَ الْبَخُورِ.

12 Then he said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in his rooms of imagery? For they say, ‘The LORD doesn’t see us. The LORD has forsaken the land.’”

١٢ فَقَالَ لِي: «أَرَأَيْتَ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ مَا يَقْتَرِفُهُ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ شُيُوخِ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي مِحْرَابِ تَمَاثِيلِهِ الْمَنْحُوتَةِ قَائِلِينَ: الرَّبُّ لَا يَرَانَا! الرَّبُّ قَدْ هَجَرَ الأَرْضَ.

13 He said also to me, “You will again see more of the great abominations which they do.”

١٣ وَلَكِنِ انْتَظِرْ فَلا تَلْبَثُ أَنْ تَشْهَدَ أَرْجَاساً أَفْظَعَ يَرْتَكِبُونَهَا».

14 Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD’s house which was toward the north; and I saw the women sit there weeping for Tammuz.

١٤ ثُمَّ أَحْضَرَنِي إِلَى الْمَدْخَلِ الشِّمَالِيِّ لِبَوَّابَةِ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ، فَإِذَا هُنَاكَ نِسَاءٌ يَنْدُبْنَ تَمُّوزَ (إِلَهِ الْخِصْبِ).

15 Then he said to me, “Have you seen this, son of man? You will again see yet greater abominations than these.”

١٥ فَقَالَ لِي: «أَشَهِدْتَ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ؟ انْتَظِرْ فَلا تَلْبَثُ أَنْ تَشْهَدَ أَرْجَاساً أَفْظَعَ مِنْ هَذِهِ».

16 He brought me into the inner court of the LORD’s house; and I saw at the door of the LORD’s temple, between the porch and the altar, there were about twenty-five men with their backs toward the LORD’s temple and their faces toward the east. They were worshiping the sun toward the east.

١٦ ثُمَّ أَحْضَرَنِي إِلَى الْفِنَاءِ الدَّاخِلِيِّ لِبَيْتِ الرَّبِّ، فَإِذَا عِنْدَ مَدْخَلِ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ بَيْنَ الرُّوَاقِ وَالْمَذْبَحِ نَحْوَ خَمْسَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ رَجُلاً أَدَارُوا ظُهُورَهُمْ لِهَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ، وَاتَّجَهُوا بِوُجُوهِهِمْ نَحْوَ الشَّرْقِ سَاجِدِينَ لِلشَّمْسِ.

17 Then he said to me, “Have you seen this, son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? For they have filled the land with violence, and have turned again to provoke me to anger. Behold, they put the branch to their nose.

١٧ فَقَالَ لِي: «أَشَهِدْتَ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ؟ أَقَلِيلٌ مَا ارْتَكَبَهُ شَعْبُ يَهُوذَا مِنْ رَجَاسَاتٍ هُنَا؟ فَقَدْ عَاثُوا فِي الأَرْضِ فَسَاداً، وَثَابَرُوا عَلَى إِغَاظَتِي، وَقَرَّبُوا كُلَّ مَا هُوَ مُنْتِنٌ فِي هَيْكَلِي

18 Therefore I will also deal in wrath. My eye won’t spare, neither will I have pity. Though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, yet I will not hear them.”

١٨ لِذَلِكَ أُعَاقِبُهُمْ بِالْغَضَبِ، وَلا تَتَرَأَّفُ عَيْنِي عَلَيْهِمْ، وَلا أَعْفُو، وَإِنِ اسْتَغَاثُوا بِصَوْتٍ عَالٍ لَا أَسْتَجِيبُ لَهُمْ».