1 A nd it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord God fell there upon me.

فِي اليَومِ الخامِسِ مِنَ الشَّهرِ السّادِسِ مِنَ السَّنَةِ السّادِسَةِ لِلمَلِكِ يَهُوياكِينَ، كُنتُ جالِساً فِي بَيتِي وَشُيُوخُ مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ يَجلِسُونَ أمامِي. فَأتَتْ عَلَيَّ قُوَّةُ الرَّبِّ الإلَهِ.

2 T hen I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber.

فَبَينَما كُنتُ أنظُرُ، ظَهَرَ أمامِي شِبهُ إنسانٍ. نِصفُهُ الأسفَلُ مِنَ النّارِ، وَنِصفُهُ الأعلَى كَالمَعدَنِ اللّامِعِ كَالكَهرَمانِ.

3 A nd he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.

ثُمَّ ظَهَرَ ما بَدا كَيَدٍ امتَدَّتْ وَأمسَكَتْنِي بِشَعرِ رَأسِي. وَرَفَعَتْنِي رُوحٌ فِي الهَواءِ، وَحَمَلَتْنِي إلَى مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ فِي الرُّؤيا الإلَهِيَّةِ، إلَى الطَرَفِ الدّاخِلِي لِلبَوّابَةِ الدّاخِلِيَّةِ المُقابِلَةِ للِشَّرقِ، حَيثُ كانَ تِمْثالُ الغَيْرَةِ الَّذِي يُثِيرُ غَيْرَةَ اللهِ.

4 A nd, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain.

وَفَجأةً رَأيتُ مَجدَ إلَهِ إسْرائِيلَ، هُناكَ، وَكانَ يُشبِهُ الرُّؤيا الَّتِي رَأيتُها فِي السَّهلِ.

5 T hen said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.

وَقالَ لِي: «يا إنْسانُ، انظُرْ نَحوَ الشَّمالِ.» فَنَظَرتُ نَحوَ الشَّمالِ، فَكانَ إلَى الشَّمالِ مِنْ بَوّابَةِ المَذبَحِ التِّمْثالُ المُثِيرُ لِلغِيرَةِ.

6 H e said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations.

فَقالَ لِي: «يا إنْسانُ، أتَرَى الأشياءَ الكَرِيهَةَ الَّتِي يَعمَلُها بَنو إسْرائِيلَ هُنا، فَيُبعِدُونِي عَنْ هَيكَلِي؟ وَسَتَرَى أُمُوراً أكثَرَ فَظاعَةً وَشَرّاً!»

7 A nd he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall.

وَبَعدَ ذَلِكَ دارَ بِي إلَى مَدخَلِ السّاحَةِ حَيثُ رَأيتُ ثُقباً فِي الجِدارِ.

8 T hen said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door.

حِينَئِذٍ، قالَ لِي: «يا إنْسانُ، احْفُرْ فِي الجِدارِ.» فَحَفَرتُ فِي الجِدارِ فَوَجَدْتُ باباً.

9 A nd he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here.

حِينَئِذٍ، قالَ لِي: «ادخُلْ وَانظُرِ الشَّرَّ وَالأُمُورَ الكَرِيهَةَ الَّتِي يَعمِلُونَها هُنا!

10 S o I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed upon the wall round about.

فَدَخَلتُ وَرَأيتُ صُوَراً لِكُلِّ المَخلُوقاتِ وَالحَيواناتِ النَّجِسَةِ وَأصنامِ بَني إسْرائِيلَ البَغِيضَةِ مَنقُوشَةً عَلَى كُلِّ الجِدارِ.

11 A nd there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.

وَكانَ هُناكَ سَبعُونَ مِنْ شُيُوخِ إسْرائِيلَ واقِفِينَ أمامَ تِلكَ التَّماثِيلِ وَالصُوَرِ، وَكانَ يازَنْيا بْنُ شافانَ واقِفاً وَسَطَهُمْ. وَكانَ كُلُّ واحِدٍ مِنهُمْ يَحمِلُ مِبخَرَتَهُ، وَكانَتْ أعمِدَةُ البَخُورِ تَتَصاعَدُ مِنها.

12 T hen said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The Lord seeth us not; the Lord hath forsaken the earth.

حِينَئِذٍ، قالَ لِي: «يا إنْسانُ، هَلْ تَرَى ما يَعمَلُهُ شُيُوخُ بَني إسْرائِيلَ فِي الظُّلمَةِ، كُلُّ واحِدٍ فِي حُجرَةِ صَنَمِهِ. إنَّهُمْ يَعمَلُونَ هَذا لِأنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ فِي أنفُسِهِمْ: ‹إنَّ اللهَ لا يَرانا. اللهُ تَرَكَ هَذِهِ الأرْضَ.›»

13 H e said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations that they do.

حِينَئِذٍ، قالَ لِي: «وَسَتَراهُمْ يَعمَلُونَ أُمُوراً أكثَرَ فَظاعَةٍ مِنْ هَذِهِ.»

14 T hen he brought me to the door of the gate of the Lord’s house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.

وَأخَذَنِي بَعدَ ذَلِكَ إلَى المَدخَلِ الشَّمالِي لِبَوّابَةِ بَيتِ اللهِ. فَرَأيْتُ النِّساءَ هُناكَ يَبكِينَ عَلَى الإلَهِ تَمُّوزَ.

15 T hen said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these.

فَقالَ لِي: «هَلْ تَرَى هَذا يا إنْسانُ! وَسَتَرَى أُمُوراً أكثَرَ قباحَةً مِنْ هَذا أيضاً!»

16 A nd he brought me into the inner court of the Lord’s house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.

حِينَئِذٍ، أخَذَنِي إلَى السّاحَةِ الدّاخِلِيَّةِ لِبَيتِ اللهِ. وَعِندَ مَدخَلِ هَيكَلِ اللهِ ، بَينَ دِهلِيزِ الهَيكَلِ وَالمَذبَحِ، كانَ هُناكَ خَمسَةٌ وَعِشرُونَ رَجُلاً ظُهُورُهُمْ إلَى هَيكَلِ اللهِ ، وَوُجُوهُهُمْ نَحوَ الشَّرقِ، وَهُمْ ساجِدُونَ للِشَّمسِ باتِّجاهِ الشَّرقِ.

17 T hen he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.

حِينَئِذٍ، قالَ لِي: «هَلْ تَرَى هَذا يا إنْسانُ؟ هَلْ تَرَى كَيفَ يَصنَعُ بَنُو يَهُوذا هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ الكَرِيهَةَ هُنا؟ لِماذا يَملأونَ الأرْضَ بِالظُّلمِ، وَيُثِيرُونَ غَضَبِي أكثَرَ فَاكثَرَ؟ ها إنَّهُمْ يَضَعُونَ أقراطاً وَثَنِيَّةً فِي أُنُوفِهِمْ!

18 T herefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.

وَلِذا فَهَذا ما سَأعمَلُهُ أنا فِي غَضَبِي: لَنْ أرحَمَهُمْ أوْ أتَرَأَّفَ عَلَيهِمْ. وَحَتَّى إنْ صَرَخُوا إلَيَّ طالِبِينَ العَونَ، فَلَنْ أستَمِعَ إلَيْهِمْ.»