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.

Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the East Gate of the Lord ’s house, which faces eastward; and there at the door of the gate were twenty-five men, among whom I saw 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 to me: “Son of man, these are the men who 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, ‘ The time is not near to build houses; this city is the caldron, and we are the meat.’

4 ل ِذَلِكَ تَنَبَّأ عَلَيهِمْ وَضِدَّهُمْ، يا إنْسانُ.»

Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man!”

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

Then the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and said to me, “Speak! ‘Thus says the Lord: “Thus you have said, O house of Israel; for I know the things that come into your mind.

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

You have multiplied your slain in this city, and you have filled its streets 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 says the Lord God: “Your slain whom you have laid in its midst, they are the meat, and this city is the caldron; but I shall bring you out of the midst of it.

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

You have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you,” says the Lord God.

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

“And I will bring you out of its midst, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and execute judgments on you.

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

You shall fall by the sword. I will judge you at the border of Israel. Then you shall know that I am the Lord.

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

This city shall not be your caldron, nor shall you be the meat in its midst. I will judge you at the border of Israel.

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

And you shall know that I am the Lord; for you have not walked in My statutes nor executed My judgments, but have done according to the customs of the Gentiles which are all around 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

Now it happened, while I was prophesying, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell on my face and cried with a loud voice, and said, “Ah, Lord God! Will You make a complete end of the remnant of Israel?” God Will Restore Israel

14 ح ِينَئِذٍ، أتَتْ إلَيَّ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ:

Again the word of the Lord came to 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, your brethren, your relatives, your countrymen, and all the house of Israel in its entirety, are those about whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, ‘Get far away from the Lord; this land has been given to us as 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 says the Lord God: “Although I have cast them far off among the Gentiles, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet I shall be a little sanctuary for them in the countries where they have gone.”’

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

Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “I will gather you from the peoples, assemble you from the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.”’

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

And they will go there, and they will take away all its detestable things and all its abominations from there.

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

Then I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them, and take the stony heart out of their flesh, and 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 My judgments 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 those whose hearts follow the desire for their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their deeds on their own heads,” says the Lord God.

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

So the cherubim lifted up their wings, with the wheels beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel was high above them.

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

And the glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city and stood on 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.

Then the Spirit took me up and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to those in captivity. And the vision that I had seen went up from me.

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

So I spoke to those in captivity of all the things the Lord had shown me.