Ezekiel 8

1 In the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, I was sitting in my house, and the elders of Judah were sitting before me; and there the hand of the Lord GOD fell upon me.

1 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 looked and saw a figure like that of a man. From His waist down His appearance was like fire, and from His waist up He was as bright as the gleam of amber.

2 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 what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the idol that provokes jealousy was seated.

3 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 And there I saw the glory of the God of Israel, like the vision I had seen in the plain.

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

5 “Son of man,” He said to me, “now lift up your eyes to the north.” So I lifted up my eyes to the north, and in the entrance north of the Altar Gate I saw this idol of jealousy.

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

6 “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what they are doing—the great abominations that the house of Israel is committing—to drive Me far from My sanctuary? Yet you will see even greater abominations.”

6 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 Then He brought me to the entrance to the court, and I looked and saw a hole in the wall.

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

8 “Son of man,” He told me, “dig through the wall.” So I dug through the wall and discovered a doorway.

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

9 Then He said to me, “Go in and see the wicked abominations they are committing here.”

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

10 So I went in and looked, and engraved all around the wall was every kind of crawling creature and detestable beast, along with all the idols of the house of Israel.

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

11 Before them stood seventy elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising.

11 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 “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are saying, ‘The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.’”

12 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 Again, He told me, “You will see them committing even greater abominations.”

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

14 Then He brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the house of the LORD, and I saw women sitting there, weeping for Tammuz.

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

15 “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Yet you will see even greater abominations than these.”

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

16 So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they were bowing to the east in worship of the sun.

16 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 “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Is it not enough for the house of Judah to commit the abominations they are practicing here, that they must also fill the land with violence and continually provoke Me to anger? Look, they are even putting the branch to their nose!

17 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 respond with wrath. I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. Although they shout loudly in My ears, I will not listen to them.”

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