1 ث ُمَّ رَفَعَتنِي رُوحٌ وَحَمَلَتنِي إلَى البَوّابَةِ الشَرقِيَّةِ لِبَيتِ اللهِ. وَعِندَ البَوّابَةِ، كانَ هُناكَ خَمسَةٌ وَعِشرُونَ رَجُلاً. وَعَرَفتُ مِنْ هَؤلاءِ الرِّجالِ يازَنْيا بْنَ عَزُورَ وَفَلَطْيا بْنَ بَنايا، وَهُما مِنْ رُؤَساءِ الشَّعبِ.

And the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of Jehovah's house, which looketh eastward; and behold, at the door of the gate were five and twenty men; and I saw in the midst of them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.

2 و َقالَ لِي: «يا إنْسانُ، هَؤُلاءِ هُمُ الرِّجالُ الَّذِينَ يُخَطِّطُونَ للِشَرِّ، وَيُقَدِّمُونَ مَشُورَةً شِرِّيرَةً فِي هَذِهِ المَدِينَةِ.

And he said unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise iniquity, and give wicked counsel in this city:

3 ي َقُولُونَ عَنِ القُدْسِ: ‹لَنْ تُبنَى بُيُوتٌ فِي الفَترَةِ القَرِيبَةِ القادِمَةِ. هِيَ القِدرُ وَنَحنُ اللَّحمُ.›

who say, It is not the time to build houses: this is the cauldron, and we are the flesh.

4 ل ِذَلِكَ تَنَبَّأ عَلَيهِمْ وَضِدَّهُمْ، يا إنْسانُ.»

Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, son of man.

5 ح ِينَئِذٍ، أتَى رُوحُ اللهِ عَلَيَّ وَقالَ لِي: «قُلْ هَكَذا يَقُولُ اللهُ: يا بَيتَ إسْرائِيلَ، إنِّي عالِمٌ بِأفكارِكُمْ وَخُطَطِكُمْ.

And the Spirit of Jehovah fell on me, and said unto me, Speak, Thus saith Jehovah: Thus have ye said, O house of Israel; and the things that come into your mind, I know them.

6 ق َدْ زِدتُمْ فِي نَجاسَتِكُمْ فِي هَذِهِ المَدِينَةِ، وَمَلأتُمُ الشَّوارِعَ بِجُثَثِ قَتلاكُمْ.

Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.

7 ل ِهَذا يَقُولُ الرّبُّ الإلَهُ: جُثَثُكُمُ الَّتِي وَضَعتُمُوها فِي هَذِهِ المَدِينَةِ هِيَ اللَّحمُ، وَالقُدْسُ هِيَ القِدرُ. وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ سَيُخرِجُكُمْ مِنْ تِلكَ القِدرِ.

Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and it is the cauldron; but you will I bring forth out of the midst of it.

8 أ نتُمْ تَخافُونَ السَّيفَ، فَسَأجلِبُ السَّيفَ ضِدَّكُمْ. يَقُولُ الرّبُّ الإلَهُ.

Ye have feared the sword, and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord Jehovah.

9 س َأُخرِجُكُمْ مِنَ المَدِينَةِ، وَأضَعُكُمْ فِي أيدِي غُرَباءَ، وَسَأحكُمُ عَلَيكُمْ وَأُنَفِّذُ حُكمِي.

And I will bring you out of the midst of it, and give you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.

10 س َتُقتَلُونَ بِالسَّيفِ، وَسَأُعاقِبُكُمْ فِي كُلِّ أرْضِ إسْرائِيلَ. حِينَئِذٍ، تَعلَمُونَ أنِّي أنا اللهُ.

Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the borders of Israel; and ye shall know that I Jehovah.

11 ل َنْ تَكُونَ مَدينَةُ القُدْسِ قِدراً يَحمِيكُمْ، وَلَنْ تَكُونُوا اللَّحمَ فِيها. سَأحكُمُ عَلَيكُمْ فِي كُلِّ أرْضِ إسْرائِيلَ،

This shall not be your cauldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst of it: I will judge you in the borders of Israel;

12 ح ِينَئِذٍ، تَعلَمُونَ أنِّي أنا اللهُ الَّذِي لَمْ تُطِيعُوا شَرائِعَهُ وَلَمْ تَحفَظُوا أحكامَهُ، بَلِ اتَّبَعتُمْ عاداتِ وَشَرائِعَ الأُمَمِ المُحِيطَةِ بِكُمْ.»

and ye shall know that I Jehovah, in whose statutes ye have not walked, neither have done mine ordinances, but have done after the ordinances of the nations that are round about you.

13 و َبَينَما كُنتُ أتَنَبَّأُ، ماتَ فَلَطْيا بْنَ بَنايا. فَوَقَعتُ وَوَجهِي عَلَى الأرْضِ وَصَرَختُ: «آهِ! أيُّها الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ! هَلْ سَتُبِيدُ كُلَّ بَقِيَّةِ إسْرائِيلَ؟» نبوّاتٌ ضدَّ الباقينَ في القدس

And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. And I fell down on my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah, Lord Jehovah! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel?

14 ح ِينَئِذٍ، أتَتْ إلَيَّ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ:

And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

15 « يا إنْسانُ، إنَّ الَّذِينَ ما زالُوا يَسكُنُونَ القُدْسَ يَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِشُرُورٍ عَلَى إخْوَتِكَ وَأقرِبائِكَ وَكُلِّ بَيتِ إسْرائِيلَ، فَيَقُولُونَ: ‹قَدِ ابتَعَدُوا كَثِيراً عَنْ مَحضَرِ اللهِ. لِذَلِكَ فَقَدْ أُعطِيَتِ الأرْضُ لَنا.›

Son of man, thy brethren, thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel, the whole of it, unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem say, Get you far from Jehovah: unto us is this land given for a possession.

16 ف َقُلْ لِلمَسبِيِّينَ: ‹يَقُولُ الرّبُّ الإلَهُ: صَحِيحٌ أنِّي طَرَدتُكُمْ إلَى الأُمَمِ الأُخرَى، وَشَتَّتُّكُمْ فِي البِلادِ. لَكِنَّنِي سَأكُونُ هَيكَلَهُمْ لِفَترَةٍ قَصِيرَةٍ فِي البِلادِ الَّتِي هُمْ فِيها الآنَ.»

Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Although I have removed them far off among the nations, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries whither they are come.

17 ل ِذَلِكَ قُلْ لَهُمْ: يَقُولُ الرّبُّ الإلَهُ: سَأجمَعُكُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ الشُّعُوبِ وَالأراضِي الَّتِي شَتَّتُّكُمْ فِيها. وَسَأُعطِيكُمْ أرْضَ إسْرائِيلَ.

Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will even gather you from the peoples, and assemble you out of the countries where ye are scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.

18 و َحِينَ يَعُودُونَ إلَى أرْضِهِمْ: سَيُزِيلُونَ كُلَّ النَّجاساتِ وَالخَطايا المَمقُوتَةِ.

And they shall come thither, and they shall take away from thence all its detestable things and all its abominations.

19 و َسَأُعطِيهُمْ قَلباً مُوَحَّداً، وَأضَعُ رُوحاً جَدِيدَةً فِيهِمْ! وَسَأنزِعُ القَلبَ الحَجَرِيَّ مِنهُمْ، وَأُعطِيهِمْ قَلباً لَحمِيّاً،

And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh;

20 ل ِيَتبَعُوا شَرائِعِي وَيَحفَظُوا فَرائِضِي. حِينَئِذٍ، سَيَكُونُونَ شَعبِي، وَأنا سَأكُونُ لَهُمْ إلَهاً.

that they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

21 أ مّا الَّذِينَ تَقُودُهُمْ قُلُوبُهُمْ إلَى النَّجاساتِ وَالخَطايا الكَرِيهَةِ، فَسَأُعاقِبُهُمْ عَلَى أعْمالِهِمْ.›» يَقُولُ الرّبُّ الإلَهُ.

But as for them whose heart walketh well-pleased with their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their heads, saith the Lord Jehovah.

22 ث ُمَّ رَفَعَتْ مَلائِكَةُ الكَرُوبِيمَ. أجنِحَتَها وَارتَفَعَتْ وَدَوالِيبُها بِجانِبِها، وَمَجدُ إلَهِ إسْرائِيلَ عَلَيهِا.

And the cherubim lifted up their wings, and the wheels were beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

23 ف َارتَفَعَ مَجدُ اللهِ وَتَرَكَ المَدِينَةَ، وَاستَقَرَّ عَلَى الجَبَلِ الواقِعِ شَرقَ المَدِينَةِ.

And the glory of Jehovah went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.

24 ح ِينَئِذٍ، وَبَيْنَما كُنْتُ أرَى الرُّؤيا الَّتِي أراها لِيَ رُوحُ اللهِ، رَفَعَتْنِي رُوحٌ وَحَمَلَتْنِي إلَى المَسبِيِّينَ فِي أرْضِ الكَلْدانِيِّينَ. وَعِندَئِذٍ ارتَفَعَتْ عَنِّي الرُّؤيا.

And the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me in the vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity; and the vision that I had seen went up from me.

25 ف َأخبَرتُ المَسبِيِّينَ بِكُلِّ ما أراهُ اللهُ لِي، وَتَكَلَّمَ بِهِ إلَيَّ.

And I spoke unto them of the captivity all the things that Jehovah had shewn me.