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

فَأتَتْ إلَيَّ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ ثانِيَةً:

2 S on of man, set your face toward Jerusalem and direct your word against the holy places; 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 says the Lord: Behold, I am against you and will draw forth My sword out of its sheath and will cut off from you both 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 B ecause I will cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall My sword go out of its 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 A nd all living shall know, understand, and realize that I the Lord have drawn My sword out of its sheath; it shall not be sheathed any more.

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

6 S igh therefore, son of man! With breaking heart and with bitterness shall you sigh before their eyes.

تَنَهَّدْ كَما لَو أنَّ قَلبَكَ مَكسُورٌ، وَنُحْ أمامَهُمْ.

7 A nd it shall be that when they say to you, Why do you sigh? that you shall answer, Because of the tidings. When it comes, every heart will melt and all hands will be feeble, and every spirit will faint and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it comes and it shall be fulfilled, says 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 to me, saying,

ثُمَّ أتَتْ إلَيَّ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ:

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

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

10 I t is sharpened that it may make a slaughter, polished that it may flash and glitter like lightning! Shall we then rejoice and make mirth ? But the rod or scepter of My son rejects and views with contempt every tree!

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

11 A nd the sword is given to be polished that it may be put to use; the sword is sharpened and polished to be given into the hand of the slayer.

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

12 C ry and wail, son of man, for it is against My people; it is against all the princes of Israel; they are thrown to the sword along with My people, and terrors by reason of the sword are upon My people. Therefore smite your 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 F or this sword has been tested and proved, and what if the rejecting and despising rod or scepter of Judah shall be no more but completely swept away? says the Lord God.

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

14 T herefore, son of man, prophesy and smite your hands together and let the sword be doubled, yes, trebled in intensity—the sword for those to be overthrown and pierced through; it is the sword of great slaughter which encompasses them.

«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 threatening and glittering sword against all their gates, that their hearts may melt and their stumblings be multiplied. Ah! It is made like lightning; it is pointed and sharpened for 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 T urn and cut right or cut left, whichever way your lust for blood and your edge direct you.

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

17 I will also clap My hands, and I will cause My wrath to rest. I the Lord have said it.

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

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

ثُمَّ أتَتْ إلَيَّ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ:

19 A lso, son of man, mark out two ways by which the sword of the king of Babylon may come; both shall come forth from the same land. And make a signpost (a hand); make it at the head of the way to a city.

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

20 Y ou shall point out a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the sons of Ammon and to Judah with Jerusalem, the fortified and inaccessible.

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

21 F or the king of Babylon stands at the parting of the way, at the fork of the two ways, to use divination. He shakes the arrows to and fro, he consults the teraphim (household gods), he looks at the liver.

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

22 I n his right hand is the lot marked for Jerusalem: to set battering rams, to open the mouth calling for slaughter, to lift up the voice with a war cry, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up siege mounds, and to build siege towers.

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 seem like a lying divination to them who have sworn oaths. But he will remind them of their guilt and iniquity, that they may be caught.

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

24 T herefore thus says the Lord God: Because you have made your guilt and iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are uncovered, so that in all your doings your sins appear—because, I say, you have come to remembrance, you 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 you, O dishonored and wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose day will come at the time of your final reckoning and punishment,

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

26 T hus says the Lord God: Remove the miter or headband and take off the crown; things shall not remain as they have been; the low is to be exalted and the high is to be brought low.

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

27 I will overthrow, overthrow, overthrow it; this also shall be no more until He comes Whose right it is, and I will give it to Him.

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

28 A nd you, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord God concerning the sons of Ammon and concerning their reproach: Say, A sword, a sword is drawn for the slaughter; it is polished to cause it to devour to the uttermost and to flash like lightning,

«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 hile they see for you false visions, while they divine lies for you to lay you upon the headless trunks of those who are slain, of the wicked whose day is coming at the time of the final reckoning and punishment.

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

30 R eturn to its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin and of your birth, I will judge you.

«‹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 My indignation upon you; I will blow upon you with the fire of My wrath and will deliver you into the hand of brutish men, skillful to destroy.

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

32 Y ou shall be for fuel to the fire; your blood shall be in the midst of the land; you shall 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.›»