Ezekiel 21

1 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

1 وَأَوْحَى إِلَيَّ الرَّبُّ بِكَلِمَتِهِ قَائِلاً:

2 “Son of man, set your face against Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel

2 «يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ: الْتَفِتْ نَحْوَ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَتَنَبَّأْ عَلَى الْمَقَادِسِ وَعَلَى أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ

3 and tell her that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am against you, and I will draw My sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.

3 وَقُلْ لأَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ، هَا أَنَا أَنْقَلِبُ عَلَيْكِ وَأَسْتَلُّ سَيْفِي مِنْ غِمْدِهِ فَأَسْتَأْصِلُ مِنْكِ الصَّالِحَ وَالطَّالِحَ.

4 Because I will cut off both the righteous and the wicked, My sword will be unsheathed against everyone from south to north.

4 لِذَلِكَ يَخْرُجُ سَيْفِي مِنْ غِمْدِهِ فَيَقْضِي عَلَى كُلِّ إِنْسَانٍ مِنَ الْجَنُوبِ إِلَى الشِّمَالِ.

5 Then all flesh will know that I, the LORD, have taken My sword from its sheath, not to return it again.’

5 فَيُدْرِكُ كُلُّ بَشَرٍ أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ، سَلَلْتُ سَيْفِي مِنْ غِمْدِهِ وَلَنْ يَرْتَدَّ إِلَيْهِ.

6 But you, son of man, groan! Groan before their eyes with a broken heart and bitter grief.

6 أَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، فَتَنَهَّدْ بِقَلْبٍ مُنْكَسِرٍ وَحُزْنٍ مَرِيرٍ أَمَامَهُمْ

7 And when they ask, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you are to say, ‘Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will melt, and every hand will go limp. Every spirit will faint, and every knee will turn to water.’ Yes, it is coming and it will surely happen, declares the Lord GOD.”

7 فَإِنْ سَأَلُوكَ: عَلَى مَاذَا تَتَنَهَّدُ؟ تُجِبْهُمْ: عَلَى الأَخْبَارِ الْوَارِدَةِ الَّتِي تُذِيبُ كُلَّ قَلْبٍ، فَتَسْتَرْخِي الأَيْدِي وَيَعْتَرِي الْيَأْسُ كُلَّ رُوحٍ، وَتُصْبِحُ الرُّكَبُ كَالْمَاءِ. هَا هِيَ الأَخْبَارُ وَارِدَةٌ وَلابُدَّ أَنْ تَتِمَّ، يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ».

8 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

8 وَأَوْحَى إِلَيَّ الرَّبُّ بِكَلِمَتِهِ قَائِلاً:

9 “Son of man, prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord says: ‘A sword, a sword, sharpened and polished—

9 «يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، تَنَبَّأْ وَقُلْ: هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرَّبُّ: سَيْفٌ، سَيْفٌ قَدْ تَمَّ سَنُّهُ وَصَقْلُهُ أَيْضاً.

10 it is sharpened for the slaughter, polished to flash like lightning! Should we rejoice in the scepter of My son? The sword despises every such stick.

10 قَدْ سُنَّ لِلذَّبْحِ، وَصُقِلَ لِيُوْمِضَ بِالْبَرِيقِ فَهَلْ نَغْتَبِطُ (قَائِلِينَ): عَصَا ابْنِي تَحْتَقِرُ كُلَّ قَضِيبٍ؟

11 The sword is appointed to be polished, to be grasped in the hand. It is sharpened and polished, to be placed in the hand of the slayer.

11 قَدْ أُعْطِيَ السَّيْفُ لِيُصْقَلَ وَيُجَرَّدَ بِالْكَفِّ، وَهَا هُوَ بَعْدَ سَنِّهِ وَصَقْلِهِ يُسَلَّمُ لِيَدِ الْقَاتِلِ.

12 Cry out and wail, O son of man, for the sword is wielded against My people; it is against all the princes of Israel! They are tossed to the sword with My people; therefore strike your thigh.

12 اُصْرُخْ وَأَعْوِلْ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ لأَنَّهُ يَتَسَلَّطُ عَلَى شَعْبِي وَعَلَى كُلِّ رُؤَسَاءِ إِسْرَائِيلَ؛ يَتَعَرَّضُ شَعْبِي لأَهْوَالٍ مِنْ جَرَّاءِ هَذَا السَّيْفِ، لِذَلِكَ اضْرِبْ عَلَى صَدْرِكَ فَزَعاً.

13 Surely testing will come! And what if even the scepter, which the sword despises, does not continue?’ declares the Lord GOD.

13 لأَنَّ الامْتِحَانَ قَدْ أُعِدَّ وَمَاذَا يَحْدُثُ إِنْ لَمْ تُقْبَلْ هَذِهِ الْعَصَا الْمُحْتَقِرَةُ؟ يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ.

14 ‘So then, son of man, prophesy and strike your hands together. Let the sword strike two times, even three. It is a sword that slays, a sword of great slaughter closing in on every side!

14 فَتَنَبَّأْ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، وَاصْفِقْ كَفّاً عَلَى كَفٍّ، وَلْيَضْرِبْ السَّيْفُ مَرَّتَيْنِ، بَلْ ثَلاثَ مَرَّاتٍ. إِنَّهُ سَيْفُ الْقَتْلَى، سَيْفُ الْمَجْزَرَةِ الْعَظِيمَةِ الْمُحْدِقَةِ بِهِمْ،

15 So that their hearts may melt and many may stumble, I have appointed at all their gates a sword for slaughter. Yes, it is ready to flash like lightning; it is drawn for slaughter.

15 لِكَيْ تَذُوبَ الْقُلُوبُ، فَيَتَهَاوَى كَثِيرُونَ صَرْعَى عِنْدَ كُلِّ بَوَّابَاتِهِمْ. لِهَذَا جَرَّدْتُ سَيْفاً مُتَقَلِّباً بَرَّاقاً مَصْقُولاً مُتَأَهِّباً لِلذَّبْحِ.

16 Slash to the right; set your blade to the left—wherever your blade is directed.

16 فَيَا سَيْفُ اجْرَحْ يَمِيناً، اجْرَحْ شِمَالاً، اجْرَحْ كَيْفَمَا تَوَجَّهَ حَدُّكَ.

17 I too will strike My hands together, and I will satisfy My wrath.’ I, the LORD, have spoken.”

17 وَأَنَا أَيْضاً أُصَفِّقُ بِكَفِّي وَأُهَدِّئُ سَوْرَةَ غَضَبِي، أَنَا الرَّبُّ تَكَلَّمْتُ».

18 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

18 وَأَوْحَى إِلَيَّ الرَّبُّ بِكَلِمَتِهِ قَائِلاً:

19 “Now you, son of man, mark out two roads for the sword of the king of Babylon to take, both starting from the same land. And make a signpost where the road branches off to each city.

19 «أَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، فَخَطِّطْ طَرِيقَيْنِ لِزَحْفِ سَيْفِ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ. مِنْ أَرْضٍ وَاحِدَةٍ تَخْرُجُ الطَّرِيقَانِ، وَأَقِمْ مَعْلَماً عِنْدَ نَاصِيَةِ الطَّرِيقِ الْمُفْضِيَةِ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ.

20 Mark out one road for the sword to come against Rabbah of the Ammonites, and another against Judah into fortified Jerusalem.

20 خَطِّطْ طَرِيقاً يَسْلُكُهُ السَّيْفُ عَلَى رَبَّةِ عَمُّونَ وَعَلَى يَهُوذَا فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ الْحَصِينَةِ،

21 For the king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He shakes the arrows, he consults the idols, he examines the liver.

21 لأَنَّ مَلِكَ بَابِلَ قَدْ تَوَقَّفَ عِنْدَ مَفْرَقِ الطَّرِيقَيْنِ عَلَى النَّاصِيَةِ، يَلْتَمِسُ عِرَافَةً، فَضَرَبَ بِالسِّهَامِ، وَطَلَبَ مَشُورَةَ أَصْنَامِ أَسْلافِهِ، وَنَظَرَ إِلَى الْكَبِدِ.

22 In his right hand appears the portent for Jerusalem, where he is to set up battering rams, to call for the slaughter, to lift a battle cry, to direct the battering rams against the gates, to build a ramp, and to erect a siege wall.

22 فَعَنْ يَمِينِهِ أُلْقِيَتْ قُرْعَةٌ عَلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ لإِقَامَةِ الْمَجَانِقِ، وَإِصْدَارِ الأَوَامِرِ بِالْقَتْلِ، وَإِطْلاقِ هُتَافِ الْحَرْبِ، لِنَصْبِ الْمَجَانِقِ عَلَى الأَبْوَابِ، لإِقَامَةِ مِتْرَسَةٍ لِبِنَاءِ بُرْجٍ.

23 It will seem like a false omen to the eyes of those who have sworn allegiance to him, but it will draw attention to their guilt and take them captive.

23 وَلَكِنَّهَا تَبْدُو لِمَنْ أَقْسَمَ بِالْوَلاءِ لِلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ أَنَّهَا عِرَافَةٌ كَاذِبَةٌ، وَلَكِنَّ مَلِكَ بَابِلَ يَتَذَكَّرُ نَكْثَهُمْ لِلْعَهْدِ فَيُؤْخَذُونَ بِهِ.

24 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you have drawn attention to your guilt, exposing your transgressions, so that your sins are revealed in all your deeds—because you have come to remembrance—you shall be taken in hand.

24 لِذَلِكَ، هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: لأَنَّكُمْ ذَكَّرْتُمْ بِإِثْمِكُمْ، إِذِ انْكَشَفَ تَمَرُّدُكُمْ، فَتَجَلَّتْ خَطَايَاكُمْ فِي كُلِّ مَا ارْتَكَبْتُمُوهُ مِنْ أَعْمَالٍ، لِهَذَا إِذْ ذَكَّرْتُمْ بِأَنْفُسِكُمْ يُقْبَضُ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْيَدِ.

25 And you, O profane and wicked prince of Israel, the day has come for your final punishment.’

25 وَأَنْتَ أَيُّهَا الْمَطْعُونُ الأَثِيمُ، مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ، يَا مَنْ أَزِفَ يَوْمُهُ فِي سَاعَةِ الْعِقَابِ النِّهَائِيِّ

26 This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Remove the turban, and take off the crown. Things will not remain as they are: Exalt the lowly and bring low the exalted.

26 اخْلَعِ الْعَمَامَةَ، وَانْزِعِ التَّاجَ، فَلَنْ يَبْقَى الْحَالُ كَسَالِفِ الْعَهْدِ بِهِ، ارْفَعْ الْوَضِيعَ، وَضَعْ الرَّفِيعَ.

27 A ruin, a ruin, I will make it a ruin! And it will not be restored until the arrival of Him to whom it belongs, to whom I have assigned the right of judgment.’

27 هَا أَنَا أَقْلِبُهُ، أَقْلِبُهُ، أقْلِبُهُ، حَتَّى لَا يَبْقَى مِنْهُ أَثَرٌ، إِلَى أَنْ يَأْتِيَ صَاحِبُ الْحُكْمِ، فَأُعْطِيَهُ إِيَّاهُ.

28 Now prophesy, son of man, and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says concerning the Ammonites and their contempt: ‘A sword! A sword is drawn for slaughter, polished to consume, to flash like lightning—

28 أَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، فَتَنَبَّأْ وَقُلْ هَذَا مَا يَقْضِي بِهِ الرَّبُّ عَلَى بَنِي عَمُّونَ وَعَلَى تَعْيِيرِهِمْ: هَا سَيْفٌ، سَيْفٌ مَسْلُولٌ لِلذَّبْحِ، مَصْقُولٌ لِلالْتِهَامِ يُوْمِضُ كَالْبَرْقِ.

29 while they offer false visions for you and lying divinations about you—to be placed on the necks of the wicked who are slain, whose day has come, the time of their final punishment.

29 فَبَيْنَمَا يَرَوْنَ لَكَ رُؤىً بَاطِلَةً، وَيَنْطِقُونَ لَكَ بِعِرَافَةٍ كَاذِبَةٍ يَطْرَحُكَ (السَّيْفُ) كَيْ تَلْقَى حَتْفَكَ فَوْقَ جُثَثِ الْقَتْلَى الأَشْرَارِ الَّذِينَ حَانَ يَوْمُهُمْ فِي سَاعَةِ الْعِقَابِ النِّهَائِيِّ.

30 Return the sword to its sheath! In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you.

30 أَعِدْهُ إِلَى غِمْدِهِ. فَفِي الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي خُلِقْتِ فِيهِ يَا مَمْلَكَةَ عَمُّونَ، فِي أَرْضِ مَوْلِدِكِ، أُحَاكِمُكِ.

31 I will pour out My anger upon you; I will breathe the fire of My fury against you; I will hand you over to brutal men, skilled in destruction.

31 وَأَصُبُّ عَلَيْكِ غَضَبِي، وَأَنْفُخُ عَلَيْكِ بِنَارِ غَيْظِي وَأُسَلِّمُكِ لِقَبْضَةِ رِجَالٍ أَفْظَاظٍ مُتَمَرِّسِينَ فِي التَّدْمِيرِ.

32 You will be fuel for the fire. Your blood will stain your own land. You will not be remembered, for I, the LORD, have spoken.’”

32 فَتَكُونِينَ وَقُوداً لِلنَّارِ، وَيَهْطِلُ دَمُكِ فِي وَسَطِ الأَرْضِ، وَلا تُذْكَرِينَ فِيمَا بَعْدُ لأَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ تَكَلَّمْتُ».