Ezekiel 17

وَكَانَ إِلَيَّ كَلاَمُ الرَّبِّ قَائِلاً:

And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

«يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، حَاجِ أُحْجِيَّةً وَمَثِّلْ مَثَلاً لِبَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ،

Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;

وَقُلْ: هكَذَا قَالَ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: نَسْرٌ عَظِيمٌ كَبِيرُ الْجَنَاحَيْنِ، طَوِيلُ الْقَوَادِمِ، وَاسِعُ الْمَنَاكِبِ، ذُو تَهَاوِيلَ، جَاءَ إِلَى لُبْنَانَ وَأَخَذَ فَرْعَ الأَرْزِ.

And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:

قَصَفَ رَأْسَ خَرَاعِيبِهِ، وَجَاءَ بِهِ إِلَى أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ، وَجَعَلَهُ فِي مَدِينَةِ التُّجَّارِ.

He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.

وَأَخَذَ مِنْ زَرْعِ الأَرْضِ وَأَلْقَاهُ فِي حَقْلِ الزَّرْعِ، وَجَعَلَهُ عَلَى مِيَاهٍ كَثِيرَةٍ. أَقَامَهُ كَالصَّفْصَافِ،

He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree.

فَنَبَتَ وَصَارَ كَرْمَةً مُنْتَشِرَةً قَصِيرَةَ السَّاقِ. انْعَطَفَتْ عَلَيْهِ زَرَاجِينُهَا وَكَانَتْ أُصُولُهَا تَحْتَهُ، فَصَارَتْ كَرْمَةً وَأَنْبَتَتْ فُرُوعًا وَأَفْرَخَتْ أَغْصَانًا.

And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.

وَكَانَ نَسْرٌ آخَرُ عَظِيمٌ كَبِيرُ الْجَنَاحَيْنِ وَاسِعُ الْمَنْكَبِ، فَإِذَا بِهذِهِ الْكَرْمَةِ عَطَفَتْ عَلَيْهِ أُصُولَهَا وَأَنْبَتَتْ نَحْوَهُ زَرَاجِينَهَا لِيَسْقِيَهَا فِي خَمَائِلِ غَرْسِهَا.

There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation.

فِي حَقْل جَيِّدٍ عَلَى مِيَاهٍ كَثِيرَةٍ هِيَ مَغْرُوسَةٌ لِتُنْبِتَ أَغْصَانَهَا وَتَحْمِلَ ثَمَرًا، فَتَكُونَ كَرْمَةً وَاسِعَةً.

It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.

قُلْ: هكَذَا قَالَ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: هَلْ تَنْجَحُ؟ أَفَلاَ يَقْلَعُ أُصُولَهَا وَيَقْطَعُ ثَمَرَهَا فَتَيْبَسَ؟ كُلٌّ مِنْ أَوْرَاقِ أَغْصَانِهَا تَيْبَسُ، وَلَيْسَ بِذِرَاعٍ عَظِيمَةٍ أَوْ بِشَعْبٍ كَثِيرٍ لِيَقْلَعُوهَا مِنْ أُصُولِهَا.

Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.

هَا هِيَ الْمَغْرُوسَةُ، فَهَلْ تَنْجَحُ؟ أَلاَ تَيْبَسُ يَبْسًا كَأَنَّ رِيحًا شَرْقِيَّةً أَصَابَتْهَا؟ فِي خَمَائِلِ نَبْتِهَا تَيْبَسُ».

Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew.

وَكَانَ إِلَيَّ كَلاَمُ الرَّبِّ قَائِلاً:

Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

«قُلْ لِلْبَيْتِ الْمُتَمَرِّدِ: أَمَا عَلِمْتُمْ مَا هذِهِ؟ قُلْ: هُوَذَا مَلِكُ بَابِلَ قَدْ جَاءَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ وَأَخَذَ مَلِكَهَا وَرُؤَسَاءَهَا وَجَاءَ بِهِمْ إِلَيْهِ إِلَى بَابِلَ.

Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon;

وَأَخَذَ مِنَ الزَّرْعِ الْمَلِكِيِّ وَقَطَعَ مَعَهُ عَهْدًا وَأَدْخَلَهُ فِي قَسَمٍ، وَأَخَذَ أَقْوِيَاءَ الأَرْضِ،

And hath taken of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land:

لِتَكُونَ الْمَمْلَكَةُ حَقِيرَةً وَلاَ تَرْتَفِعَ، لِتَحْفَظَ الْعَهْدَ فَتَثْبُتَ.

That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.

فَتَمَرَّدَ عَلَيْهِ بِإِرْسَالِهِ رُسُلَهُ إِلَى مِصْرَ لِيُعْطُوهُ خَيْلاً وَشَعْبًا كَثِيرِينَ. فَهَلْ يَنْجَحُ؟ هَلْ يُفْلِتُ فَاعِلُ هذَا؟ أَوْ يَنْقُضُ عَهْدًا وَيُفْلِتُ؟

But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?

حَيٌّ أَنَا، يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ، إِنَّ فِي مَوْضِعِ الْمَلِكِ الَّذِي مَلَّكَهُ، الَّذِي ازْدَرَى قَسَمَهُ وَنَقَضَ عَهْدَهُ، فَعِنْدَهُ فِي وَسْطِ بَابِلَ يَمُوتُ.

As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.

وَلاَ بِجَيْشٍ عَظِيمٍ وَجَمْعٍ غَفِيرٍ يُعِينُهُ فِرْعَوْنُ فِي الْحَرْبِ، بِإِقَامَةِ مِتْرَسَةٍ وَبِبِنَاءِ بُرْجٍ لِقَطْعِ نُفُوسٍ كَثِيرَةٍ.

Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many persons:

إِذِ ازْدَرَى الْقَسَمَ لِنَقْضِ الْعَهْدِ، وَهُوَذَا قَدْ أَعْطَى يَدَهُ وَفَعَلَ هذَا كُلَّهُ فَلاَ يُفْلِتُ.

Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape.

لأَجْلِ ذلِكَ هكَذَا قَالَ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: حَيٌّ أَنَا، إِنَّ قَسَمِي الَّذِي ازْدَرَاهُ، وَعَهْدِي الَّذِي نَقَضَهُ، أَرُدُّهُمَا عَلَى رَأْسِهِ.

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head.

وَأَبْسُطُ شَبَكَتِي عَلَيْهِ فَيُؤْخَذُ فِي شَرَكِي، وَآتِي بِهِ إِلَى بَابِلَ وَأُحَاكِمُهُ هُنَاكَ عَلَى خِيَانَتِهِ الَّتِي خَانَنِي بِهَا.

And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me.

وَكُلُّ هَارِبِيهِ وَكُلُّ جُيُوشِهِ يَسْقُطُونَ بِالسَّيْفِ، وَالْبَاقُونَ يُذَرُّونَ فِي كُلِّ رِيحٍ، فَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ تَكَلَّمْتُ.

And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall know that I the LORD have spoken it.

« هكَذَا قَالَ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: وَآخُذُ أَنَا مِنْ فَرْعِ الأَرْزِ الْعَالِي وَأَغْرِسُهُ، وَأَقْطِفُ مِنْ رَأْسِ خَرَاعِيبِهِ غُصْنًا وَأَغْرِسُهُ عَلَى جَبَل عَال وَشَامِخٍ.

Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent:

فِي جَبَلِ إِسْرَائِيلَ الْعَالِي أَغْرِسُهُ، فَيُنْبِتُ أَغْصَانًا وَيَحْمِلُ ثَمَرًا وَيَكُونُ أَرْزًا وَاسِعًا، فَيَسْكُنُ تَحْتَهُ كُلَّ طَائِرٍ، كُلُّ ذِي جَنَاحٍ يَسْكُنُ فِي ظِلِّ أَغْصَانِهِ.

In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell.

فَتَعْلَمُ جَمِيعُ أَشْجَارِ الْحَقْلِ أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ، وَضَعْتُ الشَّجَرَةَ الرَّفِيعَةَ، وَرَفَعْتُ الشَّجَرَةَ الْوَضِيعَةَ، وَيَبَّسْتُ الشَّجَرَةَ الْخَضْرَاءَ، وَأَفْرَخْتُ الشَّجَرَةَ الْيَابِسَةَ. أَنَا الرَّبَّ تَكَلَّمْتُ وَفَعَلْتُ».

And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD have spoken and have done it.