حِزْقِيَال 8

١ 1 وَكَانَ فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلسَّادِسَةِ، فِي ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلسَّادِسِ، فِي ٱلْخَامِسِ مِنَ ٱلشَّهْرِ، وَأَنَا جَالِسٌ فِي بَيْتِي، وَمَشَايِخُ يَهُوذَا جَالِسُونَ أَمَامِي، أَنَّ يَدَ ٱلسَّيِّدِ ٱلرَّبِّ وَقَعَتْ عَلَيَّ هُنَاكَ.

On the fifth day of the sixth month of the sixth year, I was sitting in my house with the elders of Judah and the power of the Lord God came over me there.

٢ 2 فَنَظَرْتُ وَإِذَا شِبْهٌ كَمَنْظَرِ نَارٍ، مِنْ مَنْظَرِ حَقْوَيْهِ إِلَى تَحْتُ نَارٌ، وَمِنْ حَقْوَيْهِ إِلَى فَوْقُ كَمَنْظَرِ لَمَعَانٍ كَشِبْهِ ٱلنُّحَاسِ ٱللّاَمِعِ.

I looked around and saw a being that looked like a man. From what seemed to be his waist downwards, he looked like fire. From what seemed to his waist upwards, he looked like brightly glowing metal.

٣ 3 وَمَدَّ شِبْهَ يَدٍ وَأَخَذَنِي بِنَاصِيَةِ رَأْسِي، وَرَفَعَنِي رُوحٌ بَيْنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱلسَّمَاءِ، وَأَتَى بِي فِي رُؤَى ٱللهِ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ، إِلَى مَدْخَلِ ٱلْبَابِ ٱلدَّاخِلِيِّ ٱلْمُتَّجِهِ نَحْوَ ٱلشِّمَالِ، حَيْثُ مَجْلِسُ تِمْثَالِ ٱلْغَيْرَةِ، ٱلْمُهَيِّجِ ٱلْغَيْرَةِ.

He reached out what seemed to be a hand and picked me up by my hair. The Spirit took me up into the sky, and in the vision God was giving me he carried me to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the Temple's inner courtyard, where the offensive idol that made God angry had been placed.

٤ 4 وَإِذَا مَجْدُ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ هُنَاكَ مِثْلُ ٱلرُّؤْيَا ٱلَّتِي رَأَيْتُهَا فِي ٱلْبُقْعَةِ.

I saw the glory of the God of Israel there, just like I had in the vision I'd seen in the valley.

٥ 5 ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي: «يَا ٱبْنَ آدَمَ، ٱرْفَعْ عَيْنَيْكَ نَحْوَ طَرِيقِ ٱلشِّمَالِ». فَرَفَعْتُ عَيْنَيَّ نَحْوَ طَرِيقِ ٱلشِّمَالِ، وَإِذَا مِنْ شِمَالِيِّ بَابِ ٱلْمَذْبَحِ تِمْثَالُ ٱلْغَيْرَةِ هَذَا فِي ٱلْمَدْخَلِ.

“Son of man,” he told me, “now look to the north.” So I looked to the north, and in the entrance to the north of the Altar Gate I saw this idol that angered God.

٦ 6 وَقَالَ لِي: «يَا ٱبْنَ آدَمَ، هَلْ رَأَيْتَ مَا هُمْ عَامِلُونَ؟ ٱلرَّجَاسَاتِ ٱلْعَظِيمَةَ ٱلَّتِي بَيْتُ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَامِلُهَا هُنَا لِإِبْعَادِي عَنْ مَقْدِسِي. وَبَعْدُ تَعُودُ تَنْظُرُ رَجَاسَاتٍ أَعْظَمَ».

“Son of man,” he said to me, “can you see what they are doing? Look at the disgusting sins the people of Israel are committing that are driving me far away from my sanctuary? But you're going to see even more disgusting sins than these!”

٧ 7 ثُمَّ جَاءَ بِي إِلَى بَابِ ٱلدَّارِ، فَنَظَرْتُ وَإِذَا ثَقْبٌ فِي ٱلْحَائِطِ.

He took me to the entrance to the Temple courtyard. As I looked around, I saw a hole in the wall.

٨ 8 ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي: «يَا ٱبْنَ آدَمَ، ٱنْقُبْ فِي ٱلْحَائِطِ». فَنَقَبْتُ فِي ٱلْحَائِطِ، فَإِذَا بَابٌ.

“Son of man,” he told me, “pull the wall apart.” So I pulled the wall apart and found a doorway.

٩ 9 وَقَالَ لِي: «ٱدْخُلْ وَٱنْظُرِ ٱلرَّجَاسَاتِ ٱلشِّرِّيرَةَ ٱلَّتِي هُمْ عَامِلُوهَا هُنَا».

He told me, “Go through the wall and see the evil and disgusting things they are doing in here.”

١٠ 10 فَدَخَلْتُ وَنَظَرْتُ وَإِذَا كُلُّ شَكْلِ دَبَّابَاتٍ وَحَيَوَانٍ نَجِسٍ، وَكُلُّ أَصْنَامٍ بَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، مَرْسُومَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْحَائِطِ عَلَى دَائِرِهِ.

So I went through the wall and saw carved images covering the walls, representing all kinds of reptiles and disgusting animals, as well as all the idols worshiped by the people of Israel.

١١ 11 وَوَاقِفٌ قُدَّامَهَا سَبْعُونَ رَجُلًا مِنْ شُيُوخِ بَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَيَازَنْيَا بْنُ شَافَانَ قَائِمٌ فِي وَسْطِهِمْ، وَكُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِجْمَرَتُهُ فِي يَدِهِ، وَعِطْرُ عَنَانِ ٱلْبَخُورِ صَاعِدٌ.

Seventy elders of the house of Israel were standing in front of them, including Jaazaniah son of Shaphan. They all were holding censers, producing a sweet-smelling cloud of incense that rose above them.

١٢ 12 ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي: «أَرَأَيْتَ يَا ٱبْنَ آدَمَ مَا تَفْعَلُهُ شُيُوخُ بَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي ٱلظَّلَامِ، كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ فِي مَخَادِعِ تَصَاوِيرِهِ؟ لِأَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ: ٱلرَّبُّ لَا يَرَانَا! ٱلرَّبُّ قَدْ تَرَكَ ٱلْأَرْضَ!».

“Son of man,” he said to me, “can you see what the elders of the people of Israel are doing here in the dark, with each one worshiping in the shrine room of his own idol? This is what they're saying: ‘The Lord can't see what we're doing; besides the Lord has abandoned our country!’”

١٣ 13 وَقَالَ لِي: «بَعْدُ تَعُودُ تَنْظُرُ رَجَاسَاتٍ أَعْظَمَ هُمْ عَامِلُوهَا».

The Lord went on to tell me, “You're going to see them doing even more disgusting things than these!”

١٤ 14 فَجَاءَ بِي إِلَى مَدْخَلِ بَابِ بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱلَّذِي مِنْ جِهَةِ ٱلشِّمَالِ، وَإِذَا هُنَاكَ نِسْوَةٌ جَالِسَاتٌ يَبْكِينَ عَلَى تَمُّوزَ.

Then he took me to the north entrance of the Lord's Temple. I saw women sitting there, weeping for the god Tammuz.

١٥ 15 فَقَالَ لِي: «أَرَأَيْتَ هَذَا يَا ٱبْنَ آدَمَ؟ بَعْدُ تَعُودُ تَنْظُرُ رَجَاسَاتٍ أَعْظَمَ مِنْ هَذِهِ».

“Son of man,” he said to me, “have you seen this? But you're going to see even more disgusting things than these!”

١٦ 16 فَجَاءَ بِي إِلَى دَارِ بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱلدَّاخِلِيَّةِ، وَإِذَا عِنْدَ بَابِ هَيْكَلِ ٱلرَّبِّ، بَيْنَ ٱلرِّوَاقِ وَٱلْمَذْبَحِ، نَحْوُ خَمْسَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ رَجُلًا ظُهُورُهُمْ نَحْوَ هَيْكَلِ ٱلرَّبِّ وَوُجُوهُهُمْ نَحْوَ ٱلشَّرْقِ، وَهُمْ سَاجِدُونَ لِلشَّمْسِ نَحْوَ ٱلشَّرْقِ.

He took me to the inner courtyard of the Lord's Temple and right there at the entrance to the Temple, between the porch and the altar, were around twenty-five men. They had their backs to the Temple, and were facing towards the east. They were bowing in worship of the sun rising in the east.

١٧ 17 وَقَالَ لِي: «أَرَأَيْتَ يَاٱبْنَ آدَمَ؟ أَقَلِيلٌ لِبَيْتِ يَهُوذَا عَمَلُ ٱلرَّجَاسَاتِ ٱلَّتِي عَمِلُوهَا هُنَا؟ لِأَنَّهُمْ قَدْ مَلَأُوا ٱلْأَرْضَ ظُلْمًا وَيَعُودُونَ لِإِغَاظَتِي، وَهَا هُمْ يُقَرِّبُونَ ٱلْغُصْنَ إِلَى أَنْفِهِمْ.

“Son of man,” he said to me, “have you seen this? The people of Judah aren't content just to do these disgusting things. They also commit violent crimes across the country and keep on making me angry. Look at how they're deliberately insulting me!

١٨ 18 فَأَنَا أَيْضًا أُعَامِلُ بِٱلْغَضَبِ، لَا تُشْفُقُ عَيْنِي وَلَا أَعْفُو. وَإِنْ صَرَخُوا فِي أُذُنَيَّ بِصَوْتٍ عَالٍ لَا أَسْمَعُهُمْ».

As a result I will respond in anger. I won't treat them kindly; I won't be merciful to them. Even though they shout loudly for my help, I won't listen to them.”