Ezekiel 21

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

وَكَانَ إِلَيَّ كَلاَمُ الرَّبِّ قَائِلاً:

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

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

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.

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

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:

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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».

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

وَكَانَ إِلَيَّ كَلاَمُ الرَّبِّ قَائِلاً:

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

انْضَمَّ يَمِّنِ، انْتَصِبْ شَمِّلْ، حَيْثُمَا تَوَجَّهَ حَدُّكَ.

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

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

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

وَكَانَ إِلَيَّ كَلاَمُ الرَّبِّ قَائِلاً:

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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:

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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