Ezekiel 3

فَقَالَ لِي: «يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، كُلْ مَا تَجِدُهُ. كُلْ هذَا الدَّرْجَ، وَاذْهَبْ كَلِّمْ بَيْتَ إِسْرَائِيلَ».

Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel.

فَفَتَحْتُ فَمِي فَأَطْعَمَنِي ذلِكَ الدَّرْجَ.

So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll.

وَقَالَ لِي: «يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، أَطْعِمْ بَطْنَكَ وَامْلأْ جَوْفَكَ مِنْ هذَا الدَّرْجِ الَّذِي أَنَا مُعْطِيكَهُ». فَأَكَلْتُهُ فَصَارَ فِي فَمِي كَالْعَسَلِ حَلاَوَةً.

And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.

فَقَالَ لِي: «يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، اذْهَبِ امْضِ إِلَى بَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَكَلِّمْهُمْ بِكَلاَمِي.

And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.

لأَنَّكَ غَيْرُ مُرْسَل إِلَى شَعْبٍ غَامِضِ اللُّغَةِ وَثَقِيلِ اللِّسَانِ، بَلْ إِلَى بَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel;

لاَ إِلَى شُعُوبٍ كَثِيرَةٍ غَامِضَةِ اللُّغَةِ وَثَقِيلَةِ اللِّسَانِ لَسْتَ تَفْهَمُ كَلاَمَهُمْ. فَلَوْ أَرْسَلْتُكَ إِلَى هؤُلاَءِ لَسَمِعُوا لَكَ.

Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee.

لكِنَّ بَيْتَ إِسْرَائِيلَ لاَ يَشَاءُ أَنْ يَسْمَعَ لَكَ، لأَنَّهُمْ لاَ يَشَاؤُونَ أَنْ يَسْمَعُوا لِي. لأَنَّ كُلَّ بَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ صِلاَبُ الْجِبَاهِ وَقُسَاةُ الْقُلُوبِ.

But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted.

هأَنَذَا قَدْ جَعَلْتُ وَجْهَكَ صُلْبًا مِثْلَ وُجُوهِهِمْ، وَجَبْهَتَكَ صُلْبَةً مِثْلَ جِبَاهِهِمْ،

Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.

قَدْ جَعَلْتُ جَبْهَتَكَ كَالْمَاسِ أَصْلَبَ مِنَ الصَّوَّانِ، فَلاَ تَخَفْهُمْ وَلاَ تَرْتَعِبْ مِنْ وُجُوهِهِمْ لأَنَّهُمْ بَيْتٌ مُتَمَرِّدٌ».

As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.

وَقَالَ لِي: «يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، كُلُّ الْكَلاَمِ الَّذِي أُكَلِّمُكَ بِهِ، أَوْعِهِ فِي قَلْبِكَ وَاسْمَعْهُ بِأُذُنَيْكَ.

Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears.

وَامْضِ اذْهَبْ إِلَى الْمَسْبِيِّينَ، إِلَى بَنِي شَعْبِكَ، وَكَلِّمْهُمْ وَقُلْ لَهُمْ: هكَذَا قَالَ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ، إِنْ سَمِعُوا وَإِنِ امْتَنَعُوا».

And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.

ثُمَّ حَمَلَنِي رُوحٌ، فَسَمِعْتُ خَلْفِي صَوْتَ رَعْدٍ عَظِيمٍ: «مُبَارَكٌ مَجْدُ الرَّبِّ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ».

Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the LORD from his place.

وَصَوْتَ أَجْنِحَةِ الْحَيَوَانَاتِ الْمُتَلاَصِقَةِ الْوَاحِدُ بِأَخِيهِ وَصَوْتَ الْبَكَرَاتِ مَعَهَا وَصَوْتَ رَعْدٍ عَظِيمٍ.

I heard also the noise of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the noise of the wheels over against them, and a noise of a great rushing.

فَحَمَلَنِي الرُّوحُ وَأَخَذَنِي، فَذَهَبْتُ مُرًّا فِي حَرَارَةِ رُوحِي، وَيَدُ الرَّبِّ كَانَتْ شَدِيدَةً عَلَيَّ.

So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.

فَجِئْتُ إِلَى الْمَسْبِيِّينَ عِنْدَ تَلِّ أَبِيبَ، السَّاكِنِينَ عَُِنْدَ نَهْرِ خَابُورَ. وَحَيْثُ سَكَنُوا هُنَاكَ سَكَنْتُ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ مُتَحَيِّرًا فِي وَسْطِهِمْ.

Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel–abib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days.

وَكَانَ عِنْدَ تَمَامِ السَّبْعَةِ الأَيَّامِ أَنَّ كَلِمَةَ الرَّبِّ صَارَتْ إِلَيَّ قَائِلَةً:

And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

«يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، قَدْ جَعَلْتُكَ رَقِيبًا لِبَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. فَاسْمَعِ الْكَلِمَةَ مِنْ فَمِي وَأَنْذِرْهُمْ مِنْ قِبَلِي.

Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.

إِذَا قُلْتُ لِلشِّرِّيرِ: مَوْتًا تَمُوتُ، وَمَا أَنْذَرْتَهُ أَنْتَ وَلاَ تَكَلَّمْتَ إِنْذَارًا لِلشِّرِّيرِ مِنْ طَرِيقِهِ الرَّدِيئَةِ لإِحْيَائِهِ، فَذلِكَ الشِّرِّيرُ يَمُوتْ بِإِثْمِهِ، أَمَّا دَمُهُ فَمِنْ يَدِكَ أَطْلُبُهُ.

When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

وَإِنْ أَنْذَرْتَ أَنْتَ الشِّرِّيرَ وَلَمْ يَرْجعْ عَنْ شَرِّهِ وَلاَ عَنْ طَرِيقِهِ الرَّدِيئَةِ، فَإِنَّهُ يَمُوتُ بِإِثْمِهِ، أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَقَدْ نَجَّيْتَ نَفْسَكَ.

Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.

وَالْبَارُّ إِنْ رَجَعَ عَنْ بِرِّهِ وَعَمِلَ إِثْمًا وَجَعَلْتُ مُعْثِرَةً أَمَامَهُ فَإِنَّهُ يَمُوتُ. لأَنَّكَ لَمْ تُنْذِرْهُ، يَمُوتُ فِي خَطِيَّتِهِ وَلاَ يُذْكَرُ بِرُّهُ الَّذِي عَمِلَهُ، أَمَّا دَمُهُ فَمِنْ يَدِكَ أَطْلُبُهُ.

Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

وَإِنْ أَنْذَرْتَ أَنْتَ الْبَارَّ مِنْ أَنْ يُخْطِئَ الْبَارُّ، وَهُوَ لَمْ يُخْطِئْ، فَإِنَّهُ حَيَاةً يَحْيَا لأَنَّهُ أُنْذِرَ، وَأَنْتَ تَكُونُ قَدْ نَجَّيْتَ نَفْسَكَ».

Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.

وَكَانَتْ يَدُ الرَّبِّ عَلَيَّ هُنَاكَ، وَقَالَ لِي: «قُمُ اخْرُجْ إِلَى الْبُقْعَةِ وَهُنَاكَ أُكَلِّمُكَ».

And the hand of the LORD was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee.

فَقُمْتُ وَخَرَجْتُ إِلَى الْبُقْعَةِ، وَإِذَا بِمَجْدِ الرَّبِّ وَاقِفٌ هُنَاكَ كَالْمَجْدِ الَّذِي رَأَيْتُهُ عِنْدَ نَهْرِ خَابُورَ، فَخَرَرْتُ عَلَى وَجْهِي.

Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of the LORD stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of Chebar: and I fell on my face.

فَدَخَلَ فِيَّ رُوحٌ وَأَقَامَنِي عَلَى قَدَمَيَّ، ثُمَّ كَلَّمَنِي وَقَالَ لِي: «اِذْهَبْ أَغْلِقْ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ فِي وَسْطِ بَيْتِكَ.

Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine house.

وَأَنْتَ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، فَهَا هُمْ يَضَعُونَ عَلَيْكَ رُبُطًا وَيُقَيِّدُونَكَ بِهَا، فَلاَ تَخْرُجُ فِي وَسْطِهِمْ.

But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee, and shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among them:

وَأُلْصِقُ لِسَانَكَ بِحَنَكِكَ فَتَبْكَمُ، وَلاَ تَكُونُ لَهُمْ رَجُلاً مُوَبِّخًا، لأَنَّهُمْ بَيْتٌ مُتَمَرِّدٌ.

And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house.

فَإِذَا كَلَّمْتُكَ أَفْتَحُ فَمَكَ فَتَقُولُ لَهُمْ: هكَذَا قَالَ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: مَنْ يَسْمَعْ فَلْيَسْمَعْ، وَمَنْ يَمْتَنِعْ فَلْيَمْتَنِعْ. لأَنَّهُمْ بَيْتٌ مُتَمَرِّدٌ».

But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house.