1 A nd the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

فَأتَتْ إلَيَّ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ ثانِيَةً:

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

«يا إنْسانُ، انظُرْ نَحوَ مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ، وَتَكَلَّمْ ضِدّ المَعابِدِ وَضِدَّ أرْضِ إسْرائِيلَ.

3 a nd 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.

قُلْ لِأرْضِ إسْرائِيلَ: «هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: ها أنا ضِدُّكِ. وَسَيَخْرُجُ سَيْفِي مِنْ غِمْدِهِ وَسَأُزِيلُ مِنكِ الأبرارَ وَالأشرارَ.

4 S eeing 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:

نَعَمْ سَأُبِيدُ الأبرارَ وَالأشرارَ مِنكِ. سَيَمُرُّ سَيفِي عَلَى كُلِّ الأرْضِ فَيُبِيدَ الجَمِيعَ مِنَ الجَنُوبِ إلَى الشَّمالِ.

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

حِينَئِذٍ، سَيَعرِفُ الجَمِيعُ أنَّ اللهَ قَدِ اسْتَلَّ سَيفَهُ، وَلَنْ يُعِيدَهُ إلَى غِمدِهِ.

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

تَنَهَّدْ كَما لَو أنَّ قَلبَكَ مَكسُورٌ، وَنُحْ أمامَهُمْ.

7 A nd 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.

وَحِينَ يَسألُونَكَ لِماذا تَتَنَهَّدُ وَتَنُوحُ، قُلْ لَهُمْ بِسَبَبِ الرِّسالَةِ الَّتِي تَلَقَّيتُها مِنَ اللهِ. سَيَذُوبُ كُلُّ قَلبٍ خَوفاً، وَسَتَضعُفُ الأيدِي، وَسَتَخُورُ الأرواحُ، وَسَتَضعُفُ كُلُّ رُكبَةٍ وَتَصِيرُ مِثلَ الماءِ. سَتَأتِي هَذِهِ الأُمُورُ وتَحدُثُ.» يَقُولُ الرّبُّ الإلَهُ.

8 A gain the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

ثُمَّ أتَتْ إلَيَّ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ:

9 S on of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished:

«يا إنْسانُ، تَنَبَّأ وَقُلْ: «‹هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: قَدْ سُنَّ سَيفٌ مَصقُولٌ.

10 i t 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.

سُنَّ للِذَّبحِ، وَصُقِلَ حَتَّى صارَ يَلمَعُ كَالبَرقِ. يا بُنَيَّ، لَقَدْ هَرَبْتَ مِنْ عَصا عِقابِي، رَفَضْتَ العِقابَ بِتِلكَ العَصا الخَشَبِيَّةِ!

11 A nd 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.

صُقِلَ السَّيفُ لِيُمسَكَ بِاليَّدِ، سُنَّ حَدُّ السَّيفِ وَصُقِلَ لِيُعطَى للِقاتِلِ.

12 C ry 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.

«‹يا إنْسانُ، وَلوِلْ وَاصرُخْ لِأنَّ السَّيفَ فِي وَسَطِ شَعبِي وَفِي وَسَطِ قادَةِ إسْرائِيلَ. إنَّ حامِلِي السُّيُوفِ وَسَطَ شَعبِي، وَلِذا عَبِّرْ عَنْ حُزنِكَ الشَّدِيدِ!

13 B ecause it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord God.

أفَهَذا امتِحانٌ لَكُمْ؟ رَفَضْتُمُ العِقابَ بِعَصاً مِنْ خَشَبٍ، فَبِماذا أُعاقِبُكُمْ؟» هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ.

14 T hou 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.

«أمّا أنتَ يا إنْسانُ، فَاضرِبْ يَداً بِيَدٍ، وَقُلْ لِشَعبِي: «‹يَضْرِبُ السَّيفُ القَتلَى مَرَّتَينِ، بَلْ ثَلاثَ مَرَّاتٍ. يَختَرِقُ سَيفُ المَذبَحَةِ هَذا جَسداً وَراءَ آخَرٍ.

15 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.

حَتَّى يُزِيلَ كُلَّ شَجاعَةٍ مِنْ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَيَزِيدَ مِنْ عَدَدِ القَتلَى السّاقِطِينَ. قَدْ تَسَبَّبتُ بِمَجزَرَةٍ بِالسَّيفِ قُربَ بَوّاباتِ كُلِّ مُدُنِهِمْ. قَدْ جُعِلَ يَلمَعُ كَالبَرقِ، وَهُوَ مَسْحُوبٌ مِنْ غِمدِهِ للِقَتلِ.

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

يا سَيفُ، ابْقَ حاداً، اضْرِبْ جِهَةَ اليَمِينِ، اطْعَنْ، وَاضرِبْ جِهَةَ اليَسارِ، وَاضْرِبْ حَيثُما تَوَجَّهتَ.

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

وَسَأُصَفِّقُ يَداً بِيَدٍ، وَسَأُشبِعُ غَضَبِي.›» أنا اللهَ تَكَلَّمْتُ.

18 T he word of the Lord came unto me again, saying,

ثُمَّ أتَتْ إلَيَّ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ:

19 A lso, 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.

«يا إنْسانُ، ارْسُمْ طَرِيقاً يَتَفَرَّعُ أمامَ السَّيفِ الآتِي مِنْ مَلِكِ بابِلَ. وَضَعْ عَلامَةً تُشِيرُ إلَى طَرِيقِ المَدِينَتَينِ.

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

فَضَعْ عَلامَةً واضِحَةً تُشِيرُ إلَى رَبّةِ العَمُّونِيِّينَ، وَعَلامَةً واضِحَةً تُشِيرُ إلَى القُدْسِ مَدِينَةِ يَهُوذا الحَصِينَةِ.

21 F or 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.

فَمَلِكُ بابِلَ يَقِفُ عِندَ مُفتَرَقِ الطَّرِيقِ يَهُزُّ سِهامَهُ وَيَسألُ آلِهَتَهُ وَيَمتَحِنُ كَبِدَ الحَيَواناتِ ليَختارَ الطَّرِيقَ.

22 A t 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.

عَلاماتُ العِرافَةِ عَلَى كَفِّهِ، تُشِيرُ عَلَيهِ بِأنْ يَذهَبَ إلَى القُدْسِ، وَيُهاجِمَها بِجُذُوعِ الاشجارِ. لِيَرَفعَ هُتافاتِ الحَربِ، وَلِيَضرِبَ بِالأبواقِ لإحضارِ جُذُوعِ الاشجارِ إلَى البَوّاباتِ، وَلِعَمَلِ حَواجِزَ تُرابِيَّةٍ للحِصارِ، وَلِبِناءِ أبراجٍ حَولَ المَدِينَةِ.

23 A nd 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.

وَلَكِنْ هَذا بَدا كَالعِرافَةِ الخاطِئَةِ لِهَؤُلاءِ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ الَّذِينَ كانُوا مُلزَمِينَ بِعَهدِهِمِ الأعظَمِ. لَكِنَّهُ ذَكَّرَهُمْ بِأنَّ ذَنبَهُمْ سَيُؤَدِّي إلَى سَبيِهِمْ.»

24 T herefore 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.

لِذَلِكَ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: «حَيْثُ إنَّكُمْ أظهَرتُمْ ذَنبَكُمْ بِإعلانِ تَمَرُّدِكُمْ وَإظهارِ خَطاياكُمْ فِي كُلِّ ما عَمِلتُمْ، فَإنَّكُمْ سَتُساقُونَ إلَى السَّبيِ قَسْراً.»

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

«وَأمّا أنتَ يا رَئِيسَ إسْرائِيلَ الفاسِدَ، فَقَدْ ظَهَرْتَ فِي وَقتِ عِقابِكَ النِّهائِيِّ.

26 t hus 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.

هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: ‹أزِلِ العِمامَةَ! انزَعِ الإكلِيلَ لَنْ يَبقَى شَيءٌ كَما هُوَ: ارفَعِ الحَقِيرَ وَاخفِضِ المُرتَفِعَ!

27 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.

سَأجعَلُهُ دَماراً! وَلَكِنَّ ذَلِكَ لَنْ يَحدُثَ حَتَّى يَأتِي الَّذِي لَهُ القَضاءُ، الَّذِي أنا أُعَيِّنُهُ.»

28 A nd 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:

«وَأنتَ يا إنْسانُ، تَنَبَّأ وَقُلْ: ‹هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ للِعَمًّونِيِّينَ وَإلَهِهِمِ المُخزِي: «‹هُناكَ سَيفٌ! هُناكَ سَيفٌ مَسلُولٌ مِنْ غِمدِهِ للِقَتلِ، لامِعٌ وَمَصقُولٍ للِالتِهامِ!

29 w hiles 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.

«‹تَرِينَ لِنَفسِكِ رُؤىً مُزَيَّفَةً وَعِرافَةً كاذِبَةً، وَلِذا فَسِحْرُكِ لَنْ يَنْفَعَكِ، السَّيْفُ وَصَلَ رِقابَ الأشْرارِ، قَرِيباً لَنْ يَكُونُوا سِوَى جُثَتٍ، قَرِيباً سَيَنْتَهِي الشَّرِّ.

30 S hall 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.

«‹أعِدِ السَّيفَ إلَى غِمْدِهِ. أنا بِنَفسِي سَأُدِينُكِ فِي المَكانِ الَّذِي خُلِقتِ فِيهِ، فِي الأرْضِ الَّذِي يَعُودُ أصلُكِ إلَيها.

31 A nd 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.

سَأسكُبُ غَضَبِي المُشتَعِلَ عَلَيكِ، وَسَأنفُخُ عَلَيكِ سَخَطِي المُلتَهِبَ، وَأُسَلِّمُكِ إلَى قُساةٍ مُحتَرِفِينَ فِي الدَّمارِ وَالقَتلِ.

32 T hou 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.

سَتَكُونِينَ وُقُوداً للِنّار، وَسَيُسفَكُ دَمُكِ فِي كُلِّ الأرْضِ. وَلَكِنَّكِ سَتَتَذَكَّرِينَ أنِّي أنا اللهَ قَدْ تَكَلَّمْتُ.›»