Ezekiel 33

وَكَانَ إِلَيَّ كَلاَمُ الرَّبِّ قَائِلاً:

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

«يَا ابْنَ آدَمْ، كَلِّمْ بَنِي شَعْبِكَ وقُلْ لَهُمْ: إِذَا جَلَبْتُ السَّيْفَ عَلَى أَرْضٍ، فَإِنْ أَخَذَ شَعْبُ الأَرْضِ رَجُلاً مِنْ بَيْنِهِمْ وَجَعَلُوهُ رَقِيبًا لَهُمْ،

Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:

فَإِذَا رَأَى السَّيْفَ مُقْبِلاً عَلَى الأَرْضِ نَفَخَ فِي الْبُوقِ وَحَذَّرَ الشَّعْبَ،

If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;

وَسَمِعَ السَّامِعُ صَوْتَ الْبُوقِ وَلَمْ يَتَحَذَّرْ، فَجَاءَ السَّيْفُ وَأَخَذَهُ، فَدَمُهُ يَكُونُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ.

Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.

سَمِعَ صَوْتَ الْبُوقِ وَلَمْ يَتَحَذَّرْ، فَدَمُهُ يَكُونُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ. لَوْ تَحَذَّرَ لَخَلَّصَ نَفْسَهُ.

He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.

فَإِنْ رَأَى الرَّقِيبُ السَّيْفَ مُقْبِلاً وَلَمْ يَنْفُخْ فِي الْبُوقِ وَلَمْ يَتَحَذَّرِ الشَّعْبُ، فَجَاءَ السَّيْفُ وَأَخَذَ نَفْسًا مِنْهُمْ، فَهُوَ قَدْ أُخِذَ بِذَنْبِهِ، أَمَّا دَمُهُ فَمِنْ يَدِ الرَّقِيبِ أَطْلُبُهُ.

But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.

«وَأَنْتَ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، فَقَدْ جَعَلْتُكَ رَقِيبًا لِبَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَتَسْمَعُ الْكَلاَمَ مِنْ فَمِي، وَتُحَذِّرُهُمْ مِنْ قِبَلِي.

So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.

إِذَا قُلْتُ لِلشِّرِّيرِ: يَا شِرِّيرُ مَوْتًا تَمُوتُ. فَإِنْ لَمْ تَتَكَلَّمْ لِتُحَذِّرَ الشِّرِّيرَ مِنْ طَرِيقِهِ، فَذلِكَ الشِّرِّيرُ يَمُوتُ بِذَنْبِهِ، أَمَّا دَمُهُ فَمِنْ يَدِكَ أَطْلُبُهُ.

When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

وَإِنْ حَذَّرْتَ الشِّرِّيرَ مِنْ طَرِيقِهِ لِيَرْجعَ عَنْهُ، وَلَمْ يَرْجعْ عَنْ طَرِيقِهِ، فَهُوَ يَمُوتُ بِذَنْبِهِ. أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَقَدْ خَلَّصْتَ نَفْسَكَ.

Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.

وَأَنْتَ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ فَكَلِّمْ بَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَقُلْ: أَنْتُمْ تَتَكَلَّمُونَ هكَذَا قَائِلِينَ: إِنَّ مَعَاصِيَنَا وَخَطَايَانَا عَلَيْنَا، وَبِهَا نَحْنُ فَانُونَ، فَكَيْفَ نَحْيَا؟

Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live?

قُلْ لَهُمْ: حَيٌّ أَنَا، يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ، إِنِّي لاَ أُسَرُّ بِمَوْتِ الشِّرِّيرِ، بَلْ بِأَنْ يَرْجعَ الشِّرِّيرُ عَنْ طَرِيقِهِ وَيَحْيَا. اِرْجِعُوا، ارْجِعُوا عَنْ طُرُقِكُمُ الرَّدِيئَةِ! فَلِمَاذَا تَمُوتُونَ يَا بَيْتَ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟

Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

وَأَنْتَ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، فَقُلْ لِبَنِي شَعْبِكَ: إِنَّ بِرَّ الْبَارِّ لاَ يُنَجِّيهِ فِي يَوْمِ مَعْصِيَتِهِ، وَالشِّرِّيرُ لاَ يَعْثُرُ بِشَرِّهِ فِي يَوْمِ رُجُوعِهِ عَنْ شَرِّهِ. وَلاَ يَسْتَطِيعُ الْبَارُّ أَنْ يَحْيَا بِبِرِّهِ فِي يَوْمِ خَطِيئَتِهِ.

Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.

إِذَا قُلْتُ لِلْبَارِّ: حَيَاةً تَحْيَا. فَاتَّكَلَ هُوَ عَلَى بِرِّهِ وَأَثِمَ، فَبِرُّهُ كُلُّهُ لاَ يُذْكَرُ، بَلْ بِإِثْمِهِ الَّذِي فَعَلَهُ يَمُوتُ.

When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.

وَإِذَا قُلْتُ لِلشِّرِّيرِ: مَوْتًا تَمُوتُ. فَإِنْ رَجَعَ عَنْ خَطِيَّتِهِ وَعَمِلَ بِالْعَدْلِ وَالْحَقِّ،

Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;

إِنْ رَدَّ الشِّرِّيرُ الرَّهْنَ وَعَوَّضَ عَنِ الْمُغْتَصَبِ، وَسَلَكَ فِي فَرَائِضِ الْحَيَاةِ بِلاَ عَمَلِ إِثْمٍ، فَإِنَّهُ حَيَاةً يَحْيَا. لاَ يَمُوتُ.

If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.

كُلُّ خَطِيَّتِهِ الَّتِي أَخْطَأَ بِهَا لاَ تُذْكَرُ عَلَيْهِ. عَمِلَ بِالْعَدْلِ وَالْحَقِّ فَيَحْيَا حَيَاةً.

None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.

وَأَبْنَاءُ شَعْبِكَ يَقُولُونَ: لَيْسَتْ طَرِيقُ الرَّبِّ مُسْتَوِيَةً. بَلْ هُمْ طَرِيقُهُمْ غَيْرُ مُسْتَوِيَةٍ!

Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.

عِنْدَ رُجُوعِ الْبَارِّ عَنْ بِرِّهِ وَعِنْدَ عَمَلِهِ إِثْمًا فَإِنَّهُ يَمُوتُ بِهِ.

When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.

وَعِنْدَ رُجُوعِ الشِّرِّيرِ عَنْ شَرِّهِ وَعِنْدَ عَمَلِهِ بِالْعَدْلِ وَالْحَقِّ، فَإِنَّهُ يَحْيَا بِهِمَا.

But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.

وَأَنْتُمْ تَقُولُونَ: إِنَّ طَرِيقَ الرَّبِّ غَيْرُ مُسْتَوِيَةٍ. إِنِّي أَحْكُمُ عَلَى كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ كَطُرُقِهِ يَا بَيْتَ إِسْرَائِيلَ».

Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.

وَكَانَ فِي السَّنَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ عَشَرَةَ مِنْ سَبْيِنَا، فِي الشَّهْرِ الْعَاشِرِ،فِي الْخَامِسِ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ، أَنَّهُ جَاءَ إِلَيَّ مُنْفَلِتٌ مِنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ، فَقَالَ: «قَدْ ضُرِبَتِ الْمَدِينَةُ».

And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.

وَكَانَتْ يَدُ الرَّبِّ عَلَيَّ مَسَاءً قَبْلَ مَجِيءِ الْمُنْفَلِتِ، وَفَتَحَتْ فَمِي حَتَّى جَاءَ إِلَيَّ صَبَاحًا، فَانْفَتَحَ فَمِي وَلَمْ أَكُنْ بَعْدُ أَبْكَمَ.

Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.

فَكَانَ إِلَيَّ كَلاَمُ الرَّبِّ قَائِلاً:

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

«يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، إِنَّ السَّاكِنِينَ فِي هذِهِ الْخِرَبِ فِي أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ يَتَكَلَّمُونَ قَائِلِينَ: إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ كَانَ وَاحِدًا وَقَدْ وَرِثَ الأَرْضَ، وَنَحْنُ كَثِيرُونَ، لَنَا أُعْطِيَتِ الأَرْضُ مِيرَاثًا.

Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance.

لِذلِكَ قُلْ لَهُمْ: هكَذَا قَالَ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: تَأْكُلُونَ بِالدَّمِ وَتَرْفَعُونَ أَعْيُنَكُمْ إِلَى أَصْنَامِكُمْ وَتَسْفِكُونَ الدَّمَ، أَفَتَرِثُونَ الأَرْضَ؟

Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land?

وَقَفْتُمْ عَلَى سَيْفِكُمْ، فَعَلْتُمُ الرِّجْسَ، وَكُلٌّ مِنْكُمْ نَجَّسَ امْرَأَةَ صَاحِبِهِ، أَفَتَرِثُونَ الأَرْضَ؟

Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife: and shall ye possess the land?

قُلْ لَهُمْ: هكَذَا قَالَ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: حَيٌّ أَنَا، إِنَّ الَّذِينَ فِي الْخِرَبِ يَسْقُطُونَ بِالسَّيْفِ، وَالَّذِي هُوَ عَلَى وَجْهِ الْحَقْلِ أَبْذِلُهُ لِلْوَحْشِ مَأْكَلاً، وَالَّذِينَ فِي الْحُصُونِ وَفِي الْمَغَايِرِ يَمُوتُونَ بِالْوَبَإِ.

Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.

فَأَجْعَلُ الأَرْضَ خَرِبَةً مُقْفِرَةً، وَتَبْطُلُ كِبْرِيَاءُ عِزَّتِهَا، وَتَخْرَبُ جِبَالُ إِسْرَائِيلَ بِلاَ عَابِرٍ.

For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through.

فَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ حِينَ أَجْعَلُ الأَرْضَ خَرِبَةً مُقْفِرَةً عَلَى كُلِّ رَجَاسَاتِهِمِ الَّتِي فَعَلُوهَا.

Then shall they know that I am the LORD, when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed.

«وَأَنْتَ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، فَإِنَّ بَنِي شَعْبِكَ يَتَكَلَّمُونَ عَلَيْكَ بِجَانِبِ الْجُدْرَانِ، وَفِي أَبْوَابِ الْبُيُوتِ، وَيَتَكَلَّمُ الْوَاحِدُ مَعَ الآخَرِ، الرَّجُلُ مَعَ أَخِيهِ قَائِلِينَ: هَلُمَّ اسْمَعُوا مَا هُوَ الْكَلاَمُ الْخَارِجُ مِنْ عِنْدِ الرَّبِّ!

Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD.

وَيَأْتُونَ إِلَيْكَ كَمَا يَأْتِي الشَّعْبُ، وَيَجْلِسُونَ أَمَامَكَ كَشَعْبِي، وَيَسْمَعُونَ كَلاَمَكَ وَلاَ يَعْمَلُونَ بِهِ، لأَنَّهُمْ بِأَفْوَاهِهِمْ يُظْهِرُونَ أَشْوَاقًا وَقَلْبُهُمْ ذَاهِبٌ وَرَاءَ كَسْبِهِمْ.

And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.

وَهَا أَنْتَ لَهُمْ كَشِعْرِ أَشْوَاق لِجَمِيلِ الصَّوْتِ يُحْسِنُ الْعَزْفَ، فَيَسْمَعُونَ كَلاَمَكَ وَلاَ يَعْمَلُونَ بِهِ.

And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.

وَإِذَا جَاءَ هذَا، لأَنَّهُ يَأْتِي، فَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ نَبِيًّا كَانَ فِي وَسْطِهِمْ».

And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.