حِزْقِيَال 17
| وَكَانَ إِلَيَّ كَلَامُ ٱلرَّبِّ قَائِلًا: | ١ 1 |
A message from the Lord came to me, saying,
| «يَا ٱبْنَ آدَمَ، حَاجِ أُحْجِيَّةً وَمَثِّلْ مَثَلًا لِبَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، | ٢ 2 |
“Son of man, present this riddle—share it as a parable with the people of Israel.
| وَقُلْ: هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ: نَسْرٌ عَظِيمٌ كَبِيرُ ٱلْجَنَاحَيْنِ، طَوِيلُ ٱلْقَوَادِمِ، وَاسِعُ ٱلْمَنَاكِبِ، ذُو تَهَاوِيلَ، جَاءَ إِلَى لُبْنَانَ وَأَخَذَ فَرْعَ ٱلْأَرْزِ. | ٣ 3 |
Tell them that this is what the Lord God says: There was a great eagle that had large wings, long feathers, and multi-colored plumage. It came to Lebanon and took off the top of the cedar.
| قَصَفَ رَأْسَ خَرَاعِيبِهِ، وَجَاءَ بِهِ إِلَى أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ، وَجَعَلَهُ فِي مَدِينَةِ ٱلتُّجَّارِ. | ٤ 4 |
He broke off its highest branch and took it to a country of merchants, and planted it in a city of traders.
| وَأَخَذَ مِنْ زَرْعِ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَأَلْقَاهُ فِي حَقْلِ ٱلزَّرْعِ، وَجَعَلَهُ عَلَى مِيَاهٍ كَثِيرَةٍ. أَقَامَهُ كَٱلصَّفْصَافِ، | ٥ 5 |
He took some of the seed of the land and planted it in good soil beside a large river where he could grow it like a willow.
| فَنَبَتَ وَصَارَ كَرْمَةً مُنْتَشِرَةً قَصِيرَةَ ٱلسَّاقِ. ٱنْعَطَفَتْ عَلَيْهِ زَرَاجِينُهَا وَكَانَتْ أُصُولُهَا تَحْتَهُ، فَصَارَتْ كَرْمَةً وَأَنْبَتَتْ فُرُوعًا وَأَفْرَخَتْ أَغْصَانًا. | ٦ 6 |
The seed sprouted and grew into a low, spreading vine, with its branches facing toward him, and its roots went down into the ground beneath. So the vine developed, growing leaves and branches.
| وَكَانَ نَسْرٌ آخَرُ عَظِيمٌ كَبِيرُ ٱلْجَنَاحَيْنِ وَاسِعُ ٱلْمَنْكَبِ، فَإِذَا بِهَذِهِ ٱلْكَرْمَةِ عَطَفَتْ عَلَيْهِ أُصُولَهَا وَأَنْبَتَتْ نَحْوَهُ زَرَاجِينَهَا لِيَسْقِيَهَا فِي خَمَائِلِ غَرْسِهَا. | ٧ 7 |
But there was another great eagle that had large wings and many feathers. This vine sent out its roots toward him. It stretched out its branches to him from where it had been planted, wanting him to water it.
| فِي حَقْلٍ جَيِّدٍ عَلَى مِيَاهٍ كَثِيرَةٍ هِيَ مَغْرُوسَةٌ لِتُنْبِتَ أَغْصَانَهَا وَتَحْمِلَ ثَمَرًا، فَتَكُونَ كَرْمَةً وَاسِعَةً. | ٨ 8 |
Yet it had been planted in good soil beside a large river so it could grow strong, produce fruit, and become a superb vine.
| قُلْ: هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ: هَلْ تَنْجَحُ؟ أَفَلَا يَقْلَعُ أُصُولَهَا وَيَقْطَعُ ثَمَرَهَا فَتَيْبَسَ؟ كُلٌّ مِنْ أَوْرَاقِ أَغْصَانِهَا تَيْبَسُ، وَلَيْسَ بِذِرَاعٍ عَظِيمَةٍ أَوْ بِشَعْبٍ كَثِيرٍ لِيَقْلَعُوهَا مِنْ أُصُولِهَا. | ٩ 9 |
So you tell them this is what the Lord God says: ‘Will it grow well? Won't it be uprooted and its fruit ripped off so that it withers? All its leaves will dry up. You wouldn't need strong arms or lots of people to pull it up by its roots.
| هَا هِيَ ٱلْمَغْرُوسَةُ، فَهَلْ تَنْجَحُ؟ أَلَا تَيْبَسُ يَبْسًا كَأَنَّ رِيحًا شَرْقِيَّةً أَصَابَتْهَا؟ فِي خَمَائِلِ نَبْتِهَا تَيْبَسُ». | ١٠ 10 |
Even if it's transplanted, is it going to survive? Won't it wither up completely when the east wind blows? In fact, it will wither right where it was planted.”
| وَكَانَ إِلَيَّ كَلَامُ ٱلرَّبِّ قَائِلًا: | ١١ 11 |
A message from the Lord came to me, saying,
| «قُلْ لِلْبَيْتِ ٱلْمُتَمَرِّدِ: أَمَا عَلِمْتُمْ مَا هَذِهِ؟ قُلْ: هُوَذَا مَلِكُ بَابِلَ قَدْ جَاءَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ وَأَخَذَ مَلِكَهَا وَرُؤَسَاءَهَا وَجَاءَ بِهِمْ إِلَيْهِ إِلَى بَابِلَ. | ١٢ 12 |
“Tell these rebellious people: ‘Don't you know what this riddle means?’ Explain to them, ‘Look, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, made its king and officials his prisoners, and took them back with him to Babylon.
| وَأَخَذَ مِنَ ٱلزَّرْعِ ٱلْمَلِكِيِّ وَقَطَعَ مَعَهُ عَهْدًا وَأَدْخَلَهُ فِي قَسَمٍ، وَأَخَذَ أَقْوِيَاءَ ٱلْأَرْضِ، | ١٣ 13 |
He made an agreement with one of the royal family and made him take an oath that he would be a loyal subject as king. Then he took into exile the country's leaders,
| لِتَكُونَ ٱلْمَمْلَكَةُ حَقِيرَةً وَلَا تَرْتَفِعَ، لِتَحْفَظَ ٱلْعَهْدَ فَتَثْبُتَ. | ١٤ 14 |
so that the kingdom would be kept in subjection and wouldn't be strong enough to rebel—it would only survive by keeping its agreement with him.
| فَتَمَرَّدَ عَلَيْهِ بِإِرْسَالِهِ رُسُلَهُ إِلَى مِصْرَ لِيُعْطُوهُ خَيْلًا وَشَعْبًا كَثِيرِينَ. فَهَلْ يَنْجَحُ؟ هَلْ يُفْلِتُ فَاعِلُ هَذَا؟ أَوْ يَنْقُضُ عَهْدًا وَيُفْلِتُ؟ | ١٥ 15 |
However, this king did rebel against Babylon, and sent ambassadors to Egypt to ask for help by supplying horses and many soldiers. Will he do well? Would someone who acts like this succeed? Could he break an agreement and not be punished?’
| حَيٌّ أَنَا، يَقُولُ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ، إِنَّ فِي مَوْضِعِ ٱلْمَلِكِ ٱلَّذِي مَلَّكَهُ، ٱلَّذِي ٱزْدَرَى قَسَمَهُ وَنَقَضَ عَهْدَهُ، فَعِنْدَهُ فِي وَسْطِ بَابِلَ يَمُوتُ. | ١٦ 16 |
As I live, declares the Lord God, ‘he is going to die in Babylon, in the country of the king who put him on the throne, whose oath he disregarded and whose agreement he broke.
| وَلَا بِجَيْشٍ عَظِيمٍ وَجَمْعٍ غَفِيرٍ يُعِينُهُ فِرْعَوْنُ فِي ٱلْحَرْبِ، بِإِقَامَةِ مِتْرَسَةٍ وَبِبِنَاءِ بُرْجٍ لِقَطْعِ نُفُوسٍ كَثِيرَةٍ. | ١٧ 17 |
Pharaoh with his powerful army of many soldiers won't help him in battle, when attack ramps are piled up and siege walls built and many people end up being killed.
| إِذِ ٱزْدَرَى ٱلْقَسَمَ لِنَقْضِ ٱلْعَهْدِ، وَهُوَذَا قَدْ أَعْطَى يَدَهُ وَفَعَلَ هَذَا كُلَّهُ فَلَا يُفْلِتُ. | ١٨ 18 |
He disregarded his oath by breaking the agreement. Because he shook hands as a sign of the promise he made, yet rebelled in this way, he won't go unpunished!’
| لِأَجْلِ ذَلِكَ هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ: حَيٌّ أَنَا، إِنَّ قَسَمِي ٱلَّذِي ٱزْدَرَاهُ، وَعَهْدِي ٱلَّذِي نَقَضَهُ، أَرُدُّهُمَا عَلَى رَأْسِهِ. | ١٩ 19 |
So this is what the Lord God says: As I live, I will punish him for disregarding my oath and for breaking my agreement.
| وَأَبْسُطُ شَبَكَتِي عَلَيْهِ فَيُؤْخَذُ فِي شَرَكِي، وَآتِي بِهِ إِلَى بَابِلَ وَأُحَاكِمُهُ هُنَاكَ عَلَى خِيَانَتِهِ ٱلَّتِي خَانَنِي بِهَا. | ٢٠ 20 |
I will throw my net over him and catch him; I will trap in my snare. I will take him to Babylon and sentence him to punishment there for his treason towards me.
| وَكُلُّ هَارِبِيهِ وَكُلُّ جُيُوشِهِ يَسْقُطُونَ بِٱلسَّيْفِ، وَٱلْبَاقُونَ يُذَرُّونَ فِي كُلِّ رِيحٍ، فَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ تَكَلَّمْتُ. | ٢١ 21 |
All his best soldiers will be killed in battle, and those who do survive will be scattered in all directions. Then you will know that I, the Lord, have spoken.
| «هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ: وَآخُذُ أَنَا مِنْ فَرْعِ ٱلْأَرْزِ ٱلْعَالِي وَأَغْرِسُهُ، وَأَقْطِفُ مِنْ رَأْسِ خَرَاعِيبِهِ غُصْنًا وَأَغْرِسُهُ عَلَى جَبَلٍ عَالٍ وَشَامِخٍ. | ٢٢ 22 |
This is what the Lord God says: I'm going to break off a branch from the high top of the cedar, and I will plant it on the top of a high mountain.
| فِي جَبَلِ إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلْعَالِي أَغْرِسُهُ، فَيُنْبِتُ أَغْصَانًا وَيَحْمِلُ ثَمَرًا وَيَكُونُ أَرْزًا وَاسِعًا، فَيَسْكُنُ تَحْتَهُ كُلَّ طَائِرٍ، كُلُّ ذِي جَنَاحٍ يَسْكُنُ فِي ظِلِّ أَغْصَانِهِ. | ٢٣ 23 |
I will plant it on Israel's high mountain so that it can grow branches, produce fruit and become a magnificent cedar. All kinds of birds will live in it, nesting in the shade of its branches.
| فَتَعْلَمُ جَمِيعُ أَشْجَارِ ٱلْحَقْلِ أَنِّي أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ، وَضَعْتُ ٱلشَّجَرَةَ ٱلرَّفِيعَةَ، وَرَفَعْتُ ٱلشَّجَرَةَ ٱلْوَضِيعَةَ، وَيَبَّسْتُ ٱلشَّجَرَةَ ٱلْخَضْرَاءَ، وَأَفْرَخْتُ ٱلشَّجَرَةَ ٱلْيَابِسَةَ. أَنَا ٱلرَّبَّ تَكَلَّمْتُ وَفَعَلْتُ». | ٢٤ 24 |
All the trees in the countryside will know that I am the Lord. I can bring down the tall and have the low tree grow tall. I can make the green tree dry up, and make the withered tree become green again. I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will do it.”
