Ezekiel 21

وَكَانَ إِلَيَّ كَلاَمُ الرَّبِّ قَائِلاً:

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

«يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، اجْعَلْ وَجْهَكَ نَحْوَ أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَتَكَلَّمْ عَلَى الْمَقَادِسِ، وَتَنَبَّأْ عَلَى أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ،

Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,

وَقُلْ لأَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: هكَذَا قَالَ الرَّبُّ: هأَنَذَا عَلَيْكِ، وَأَسْتَلُّ سَيْفِي مِنْ غِمْدِهِ فَأَقْطَعُ مِنْكِ الصِّدِّيقَ وَالشِّرِّيرَ.

And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.

مِنْ حَيْثُ أَنِّي أَقْطَعُ مِنْكِ الصِّدِّيقَ وَالشِّرِّيرَ، فَلِذلِكَ يَخْرُجُ سَيْفِي مِنْ غِمْدِهِ عَلَى كُلِّ بَشَرٍ مِنَ الْجَنُوبِ إِلَى الشِّمَالِ.

Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:

فَيَعْلَمُ كُلُّ بَشَرٍ أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ، سَلَلْتُ سَيْفِي مِنْ غِمْدِهِ. لاَ يَرْجعُ أَيْضًا.

That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.

أَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، فَتَنَهَّدْ بِانْكِسَارِ الْحَقَوَيْنِ، وَبِمَرَارَةٍ تَنَهَّدْ أَمَامَ عُيُونِهِمْ.

Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.

وَيَكُونُ إِذَا قَالُوا لَكَ: عَلَى مَ تَتَنَهَّدُ؟ أَنَّكَ تَقُولُ: عَلَى الْخَبَرِ، لأَنَّهُ جَاءٍ فَيَذُوبُ كُلُّ قَلْبٍ، وَتَرْتَخِي كُلُّ الأَيْدِي، وَتَيْأَسُ كُلُّ رُوحٍ، وَكُلُّ الرُّكَبِ تَصِيرُ كَالْمَاءِ، هَا هِيَ آتِيَةٌ وَتَكُونُ، يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ».

And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD.

وَكَانَ إِلَيَّ كَلاَمُ الرَّبِّ قَائِلاً:

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

«يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، تَنَبَّأْ وَقُلْ: هكَذَا قَالَ الرَّبُّ: قُلْ: سَيْفٌ سَيْفٌ حُدِّدَ وَصُقِلَ أَيْضًا.

Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished:

قَدْ حُدِّدَ لِيَذْبَحَ ذَبْحًا. قَدْ صُقِلَ لِكَيْْ يَبْرُقَ. فَهَلْ نَبْتَهِجُ؟ عَصَا ابْنِي تَزْدَرِي بِكُلِّ عُودٍ.

It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree.

وَقَدْ أَعْطَاهُ لِيُصْقَلَ لِكَيْْ يُمْسَكَ بِالْكَفِّ. هذَا السَّيْفُ قَدْ حُدِّدَ وَهُوَ مَصْقُولٌ لِكَيْ يُسَلَّمَ لِيَدِ الْقَاتِلِ.

And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.

اصْرُخْ وَوَلْوِلْ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، لأَنَّهُ يَكُونُ عَلَى شَعْبِي وَعَلَى كُلِّ رُؤَسَاءِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. أَهْوَالٌ بِسَبَبِ السَّيْفِ تَكُونُ عَلَى شَعْبِي. لِذلِكَ اصْفِقْ عَلَى فَخْذِكَ.

Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh.

لأَنَّهُ امْتِحَانٌ. وَمَاذَا إِنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ أَيْضًا الْعَصَا الْمُزْدَرِيَةُ؟ يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ.

Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD.

فَتَنَبَّأْ أَنْتَ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ وَاصْفِقْ كَفًّا عَلَى كَفّ، وَلْيُعَدِ السَّيْفُ ثَالِثَةً. هُوَ سَيْفُ الْقَتْلَى، سَيْفُ الْقَتْلِ الْعَظِيمِ الْمُحِيقُ بِهِمْ.

Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers.

لِذَوَبَانِ الْقَلْبِ وَتَكْثِيرِ الْمَهَالِكِ، لِذلِكَ جَعَلْتُ عَلَى كُلِّ الأَبْوَابِ سَيْفًا مُتَقَلِّبًا. آهِ! قَدْ جُعِلَ بَرَّاقًا. هُوَ مَصْقُولٌ لِلذَّبْحِ.

I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter.

انْضَمَّ يَمِّنِ، انْتَصِبْ شَمِّلْ، حَيْثُمَا تَوَجَّهَ حَدُّكَ.

Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set.

وَأَنَا أَيْضًا أُصَفِّقُ كَفِّي عَلَى كَفِّي وَأُسَكِّنُ غَضَبِي. أَنَا الرَّبُّ تَكَلَّمْتُ».

I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the LORD have said it.

وَكَانَ إِلَيَّ كَلاَمُ الرَّبِّ قَائِلاً:

The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,

«وَأَنْتَ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، عَيِّنْ لِنَفْسِكَ طَرِيقَيْنِ لِمَجِيءِ سَيْفِ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ. مِنْ أَرْضٍ وَاحِدَةٍ تَخْرُجُ الاثْنَتَانِ. وَاصْنَعْ صُوَّةً، عَلَى رَأْسِ طَرِيقِ الْمَدِينَةِ اصْنَعْهَا.

Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city.

عَيِّنْ طَرِيقًا لِيَأْتِيَ السَّيْفُ عَلَى رَبَّةِ بَنِي عَمُّونَ، وَعَلَى يَهُوذَا فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ الْمَنِيعَةِ.

Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.

لأَنَّ مَلِكَ بَابِلَ قَدْ وَقَفَ عَلَى أُمِّ الطَّرِيقِ، عَلَى رَأْسِ الطَّرِيقَيْنِ لِيَعْرِفَ عِرَافَةً. صَقَلَ السِّهَامَ، سَأَلَ بِالتَّرَافِيمِ، نَظَرَ إِلَى الْكَبِدِ.

For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.

عَنْ يَمِينِهِ كَانَتِ الْعِرَافَةُ عَلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ لِوَضْعِ الْمَجَانِقِ، لِفَتْحِ الْفَمِ فِي الْقَتْلِ، وَلِرَفْعِ الصَّوْتِ بِالْهُتَافِ، لِوَضْعِ الْمَجَانِقِ عَلَى الأَبْوَابِ، لإِقَامَةِ مِتْرَسَةٍ لِبِنَاءِ بُرْجٍ.

At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort.

وَتَكُونُ لَهُمْ مِثْلَ عِرَافَةٍ كَاذِبَةٍ فِي عُيُونِهِمِ الْحَالِفِينَ لَهُمْ حَلْفًا. لكِنَّهُ يَذْكُرُ الإِثْمَ حَتَّى يُؤْخَذُوا.

And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken.

لِذلِكَ هكَذَا قَالَ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّكُمْ ذَكَّرْتُمْ بِإِثْمِكُمْ عِنْدَ انْكِشَافِ مَعَاصِيكُمْ لإِظْهَارِ خَطَايَاكُمْ فِي جَمِيعِ أَعْمَالِكُمْ، فَمِنْ تَذْكِيرِكُمْ تُؤْخَذُونَ بِالْيَدِ.

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because, I say, that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand.

«وَأَنْتَ أَيُّهَا النَّجِسُ الشِّرِّيرُ، رَئِيسُ إِسْرَائِيلَ، الَّذِي قَدْ جَاءَ يَوْمُهُ فِي زَمَانِ إِثْمِ النِّهَايَةِ،

And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,

هكَذَا قَالَ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: انْزِعِ الْعَمَامَةَ. ارْفَعِ التَّاجَ. هذِهِ لاَ تِلْكَ. ارْفَعِ الْوَضِيعَ، وَضَعِ الرَّفِيعَ.

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high.

مُنْقَلِبًا، مُنْقَلِبًا، مُنْقَلِبًا أَجْعَلُهُ! هذَا أَيْضًا لاَ يَكُونُ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ الَّذِي لَهُ الْحُكْمُ فَأُعْطِيَهُ إِيَّاهُ.

I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him.

«وَأَنْتَ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، فَتَنَبَّأْ وَقُلْ: هكَذَا قَالَ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ، فِي بَنِي عَمُّونَ وَفِي تَعْيِيرِهِمْ، فَقُلْ: سَيْفٌ، سَيْفٌ مَسْلُولٌ لِلذَّبْحِ! مَصْقُولٌ لِلْغَايَةِ لِلْبَرِيقِ.

And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is furbished, to consume because of the glittering:

إِذْ يَرَوْنَ لَكَ بَاطِلاً، إِذْ يَعْرِفُونَ لَكَ كَذِبًا، لِيَجْعَلُوكَ عَلَى أَعْنَاقِ الْقَتْلَى الأَشْرَارِ الَّذِينَ جَاءَ يَوْمُهُمْ فِي زَمَانِ إِثْمِ النِّهَايَةِ.

Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end.

فَهَلْ أُعِيدُهُ إِلَى غِمْدِهِ؟ أَلاَ فِي الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي خُلِقْتِ فِيهِ فِي مَوْلِدِكِ أُحَاكِمُكِ!

Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.

وَأَسْكُبُ عَلَيْكِ غَضَبِي، وَأَنْفُخُ عَلَيْكِ بِنَارِ غَيْظِي، وَأُسَلِّمُكِ لِيَدِ رِجَال مُتَحَرِّقِينَ مَاهِرِينَ لِلإِهْلاَكِ.

And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, and skilful to destroy.

تَكُونِينَ أُكْلَةً لِلنَّارِ. دَمُكِ يَكُونُ فِي وَسْطِ الأَرْضِ. لاَ تُذْكَرِينَ، لأَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ تَكَلَّمْتُ».

Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt be no more remembered: for I the LORD have spoken it.