حِزْقِيال 24

١ 1 وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الْعَاشِرِ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الْعَاشِرِ فِي السَّنَةِ التَّاسِعَةِ (مِنْ أَسْرِ الْمَلِكِ يَهُويَاقِيمَ)، أَوْحَى الرَّبُّ إِلَيِّ بِكَلِمَتِهِ قَائِلاً:

And the word of the Lord came to me, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth [day] of the month, saying,

٢ 2 «يَاابْنَ آدَمَ، دَوِّنِ اسْمَ هَذَا الْيَوْمِ بِعَيْنِهِ، فَإِنَّ مَلِكَ بَابِلَ قَدْ حَاصَرَ فِيهِ أُورُشَلِيمَ.

Son of man, write for thyself daily from this day, on which the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem, [even] from this day.

٣ 3 وَاضْرِبْ مَثَلاً لِلشَّعْبِ الْمُتَمَرِّ دِ وَقُلْ لَهُمْ: هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: ضَعِ الْقِدْرَ وَصُبَّ فِيهَا مَاءً.

And speak a parable to the provoking house, and thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the Lord; Set on the caldron, and pour water into it:

٤ 4 وَاطْرَحْ فِيهَا قِطَعَ الذَّبِيحَةِ، كُلَّ قِطْعَةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ، الْفَخِذَ وَالْكَتِفَ وَخِيَارَ الْعِظَامِ.

and put the pieces into it, every prime piece, the leg and shoulder taken off from the bones,

٥ 5 لِتَكُنِ الذَّبِيحَةُ مُنْتَقَاةً مِنْ خِيَارِ الْغَنَمِ، وَضَعْهَا فَوْقَ كَوْمَةِ الْعِظَامِ. اغْلِهَا جَيِّداً حَتَّى تُسْلَقَ عِظَامُهَا فِيهَا.

[which are] taken from choice cattle, and burn the bones under them: her bones are boiled and cooked in the midst of her.

٦ 6 لأَنَّ هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: وَيْلٌ لِلْمَدِينَةِ سَافِكَةِ الدِّمَاءِ، وَلِلْقِدْرِ الْمُغَشَّاةِ بِزِنْجَارِهَا الَّذِي لاَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا. فَرِّغُوهَا قِطْعَةً قِطْعَةً مِنْ غَيْرِ اقْتِرَاعٍ عَلَيْهَا.

Therefore thus saith the Lord; O bloody city, the caldron in which there is scum, and the scum has not gone out of, she has brought it forth piece by piece, no lot has fallen upon it.

٧ 7 لأَنَّ دَمَهَا مَا بَرِحَ فِيهَا، قَدْ وَضَعَتْهُ عَلَى صَخْرَةٍ جَرْدَاءَ، لَمْ تُرِقْهُ عَلَى الأَرْضِ لِتُوَارِيَهُ بِالتُّرَابِ

For her blood is in the midst of her; I have set it upon a smooth rock: I have not poured it out upon the earth, so that the earth should cover it;

٨ 8 وَحَتَّى تُثِيرَ الْغَضَبَ الْمُفْضِي إِلَى الانْتِقَامِ وَضَعْتُ دَمَهَا عَلَى صَخْرَةٍ جَرْدَاءَ لِئَلاَّ يُوَارَى.

that my wrath should come up for complete vengeance to be taken: I set her blood upon a smooth rock, so as not to cover it.

٩ 9 لِذَلِكَ وَيْلٌ لِلْمَدِينَةِ سَافِكَةِ الدِّمَاءِ، فَإِنِّي أَنَا أَجْعَلُ كُومَةَ حَطَبِهَا عَظِيمَةً.

Therefore thus saith the Lord, I will also make the firebrand great,

١٠ 10 كَثِّرِ الْحَطَبَ، أَضْرِمِ النَّارَ، أَنْضِجِ اللَّحْمَ وَضَعْ عَلَيْهِ التَّوَابِلَ وَلْتُحْرَقِ الْعِظَامُ.

and I will multiply the wood, and kindle the fire, that the flesh may be consumed, and the liquor boiled away;

١١ 11 ثُمَّ ضَعِ الْقِدْرَ فَارِغَةً عَلَى الْجَمْرِ حَتَّى تَحْمَى وَيَتَوَهَّجَ نُحَاسُهَا، فَيَذُوبَ قَذَرُهَا وَيَفْنَى زِنْجَارُهَا.

and that [it] may stand upon the coals, that her brass may be thoroughly heated, and be melted in the midst of her filthiness, and her scum may be consumed,

١٢ 12 قَدْ أَجْهَدَتْ نَفْسِي بِمَتَاعِبِهَا وَلَمْ تَتَطَهَّرْ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ زِنْجَارِهَا فَصَارَ مَآلُهُ لِلنَّارِ.

and her abundant scum may not come forth of her.

١٣ 13 فِي قَذَارَتِكِ رَذِيلَةٌ لأَنِّي سَعَيْتُ لِتَطْهِيرِكِ، فَلَمْ تَطْهُرِي وَلَنْ تَطْهُرِي مِنْ نَجَاسَتِكِ حَتَّى أَصُبَّ عَلَيْكِ غَضَبِي.

Her scum shall become shameful, because thou didst defile thyself: and what if thou shalt be purged no more until I have accomplished my wrath?

١٤ 14 أَنَا الرَّبُّ قَدْ تَكَلَّمْتُ، وَمَا قَضَيْتُ بِهِ لاَبُدَّ أَنْ يَتِمَّ. لَنْ أَرْجِعَ عَنْهُ وَلَنْ أُشْفِقَ وَلَنْ أَنْدَمَ، بَلْ يَحْكُمُونَ عَلَيْكِ بِمُقْتَضَى تَصَرُّفَاتِكِ وَطُرُقِكِ، يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ».

I the Lord have spoken; and it shall come, and I will do [it]; I will not delay, neither will I have any mercy: I will judge thee, saith the Lord, according to thy ways, and according to thy devices: therefore will I judge thee according to thy bloodshed, and according to thy devices will I judge thee, thou unclean, notorious, and abundantly provoking one.

١٥ 15 وَأَوْحَى إِلَيَّ الرَّبُّ بِكَلِمَتِهِ قَائِلاً:

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

١٦ 16 «يَاابْنَ آدَمَ، هَا أَنَا أَحْرِمُكَ مِنْ بَهْجَةِ عَيْنَيْكَ عَلَى أَثَرِ فَاجِعَةٍ. فَلاَ تَنُحْ وَلاَ تَبْكِ وَلاَ تَذْرِفْ دُمُوعَكَ.

Son of man, behold I take from thee the desire of thine eyes by violence: thou shalt not lament, neither shalt thou weep.

١٧ 17 تَنَهَّدْ بِصَمْتٍ. لاَ تُقِمْ مَنَاحَةً عَلَى الْمَوْتَى. تَلَفَّعْ بِعِصَابَتِكَ وَضَعْ نَعْلَيْكَ فِي رِجْلَيْكَ. لاَ تَحْجُبْ شَارِبَيْكَ وَلاَ تَأْكُلْ مِنْ خُبْزِ النَّاسِ».

Thou shalt groan for blood, and have mourning upon thy loins; thy hair shall not be braided upon thee, and thy sandals [shall be] on thy feet; thou shalt in no wise be comforted by their lips, and thou shalt not eat the bread of men.

١٨ 18 فَخَاطَبْتُ الشَّعْبَ فِي الصَّبَاحِ، وَعِنْدَ الْمَسَاءِ تُوُفِّيَتْ زَوْجَتِي، فَفَعَلْتُ فِي الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي مَا أُمِرْتُ بِهِ.

And I spoke to the people in the morning, as he commanded me in the evening, and I did in the morning as it was commanded me.

١٩ 19 فَسَأَلَنِي الشَّعْبُ: «أَلاَ تُخْبِرُنَا مَا تَعْنِيهِ لَنَا هَذِهِ الأُمُورُ الَّتِي أَنْتَ تَصْنَعُهَا؟»

And the people said to me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are that thou doest?

٢٠ 20 فَأَجَبْتُهُمْ: «قَدْ أَوْحَى إِلَيَّ الرَّبُّ بِكَلاَمِهِ قَائِلاً:

Then I said to them, The word of the Lord came to me, saying,

٢١ 21 أَبْلِغْ شَعْبَ إِسْرَائِيلَ: هَا أَنَا مُزْمِعٌ عَلَى تَنْجِيسِ مَقْدِسي فَخْرِ عِزِّكُمْ وَمُشْتَهَى أَعْيُنِكُمْ، وَبَهْجَةِ نُفُوسِكُمْ، فَيَتَهَاوَى أَبْنَاؤُكُمْ وَبَنَاتُكُمُ الَّذِينَ خَلَّفْتُهُمْ وَرَاءَكُمْ صَرْعَى بِالسَّيْفِ.

Say to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I [will] profane my sanctuary, the boast of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and for which your souls are concerned; and your sons and your daughters, whom ye have left, shall fall by the sword.

٢٢ 22 وَتَفْعَلُونَ كَمَا فَعَلْتُ: لاَ تَحْجُبُونَ شَوَارِبَكُمْ وَلاَ تَأْكُلُونَ مِنْ خُبْزِ النَّاسِ،

And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not be comforted at their mouth, and ye shall not eat the bread of men.

٢٣ 23 وَتَكُونُ عَصَائِبُكُمْ عَلَى رُؤُوسِكُمْ، وَنِعَالُكُمْ فِي أَرْجُلِكُمْ. لاَ تَنُوحُونَ وَلاَ تَنْدُبُونَ إِنَّمَا تَبِيدُونَ بِآثَامِكُمْ، وَيَئِنُّ بَعْضُكُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ.

And your hair [shall be] upon your head, and your shoes on your feet: neither shall ye at all lament or weep; but ye shall pine away in your iniquities, and shall comfort every one his brother.

٢٤ 24 وَهَكَذَا يُصْبِحُ حِزْقِيَالُ لَكُمْ آيَةً: فَتَصْنَعُونَ كَمَا صَنَعَ. فَإِنْ تَمَّ هَذَا تُدْرِكُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ.

And Jezekiel shall be for a sign to you: according to all that I have done shall ye do, when these things shall come; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

٢٥ 25 أَمَّا أَنْتَ يَاابْنَ آدَمَ، فَفِي الْيَوْمِ الَّذِي أَحْرِمُهُمْ فِيهِ مِنْ عِزِّهِمْ وَبَهْجَةِ فَخْرِهِمْ، وَمُشْتَهَى عُيُونِهِمْ، وَلَذَّةِ قُلُوبِهِمْ (أَيْ أَبْنَائِهِمْ وَبَنَاتِهِمْ)،

And thou, son of man, [shall it] not [be] in the day when I take their strength from them, the pride of their boasting, the desires of their eyes, and the pride of their soul, their sons and their daughters,

٢٦ 26 يُقْبِلُ إِلَيْكَ النَّاجِي فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ لِيُبَلِّغَكَ هَذِهِ الأَخْبَارَ.

that in that day he that escapes shall come to thee, to tell [it] thee in thine ears?

٢٧ 27 فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يَنْفَتِحُ فَمُكَ فَتُخَاطِبُ النَّاجِيَ الْمُنْفَلِتَ وَلاَ تَكُونُ بَعْدُ أَبْكَمَ، وَتَكُونُ لَهُمْ آيَةً، فَيُدْرِكُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ».

In that day thy mouth shall be opened to him that escapes; thou shalt speak, and shalt be no longer dumb: and thou shalt be for a sign to them, and they shall know that I am the Lord.