1 و َأتَتْ إلَيَّ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ:

Then the word of the Lord came to me saying,

2 « يا إنْسانُ، تَنَبَّأ ضِدَّ الأنبِياءِ الَّذِينَ يَتَنَبّأُونَ فِي إسْرائِيلَ. قُلْ لِهَؤُلاءِ الأنبِياءِ الَّذِينَ وَحيُهُمْ مِنْ ذَواتِهِمْ: ‹استَمِعُوا إلَى كَلِمَةِ اللهِ.

“Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who prophesy, and say to those who prophesy from their own inspiration, ‘ Listen to the word of the Lord!

3 ي َقُولُ الرّبُّ الإلَهُ: ‹وَيلٌ لِأُولَئِكَ الأنبِياءِ الحَمقَى الَّذِينَ يُفَضِّلُونَ التَكَلُّمَ بِآرائِهِمْ وَلَيسَ بِالرُّؤَى الَّتِي يُرِيها اللهُ لَهُمْ.›

Thus says the Lord God, “Woe to the foolish prophets who are following their own spirit and have seen nothing.

4 ي ا إسْرائِيلُ، الأنبِياءُ كَالثَّعالِبِ الَّتِي تَجُولُ فِي الخَرائِبِ.

O Israel, your prophets have been like foxes among ruins.

5 ل َمْ تَتَسَلَّقُوا إلَى ثَغَراتِ السُّورِ لِتَرمِيمِهِ، وَلا بَنَيتُمْ سُورِ حِمايَةٍ لِبَيتِ إسْرائِيلَ لِتَصمِدَ فِي الحَربِ حِينَ يَسكُبُ اللهُ غَضَبَهُ.

You have not gone up into the breaches, nor did you build the wall around the house of Israel to stand in the battle on the day of the Lord.

6 إ نَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَ أوهاماً وَيَستَحضِرُونَ كَذِباً بِقَولِهِمْ إنَّها رَسائِلُ مِنَ اللهِ ، مَعَ أنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يُرسِلهُمْ. ثُمَّ يَتَوَقَّعُونَ مِنَ اللهِ أنْ يُتَمِّمَ ما قالُوهُ.

They see falsehood and lying divination who are saying, ‘The Lord declares,’ when the Lord has not sent them; yet they hope for the fulfillment of their word.

7 أ يُّها الأنبِياءُ الكَذَبَةُ، ألَيسَ صَحِيحاً أنَّكُمْ رَأيتُمْ أوْهاماً وَتَنَبَّأتُمْ كَذِباً حِينَ قُلْتُمْ هَذِهِ رَسائِلُ مِنَ اللهِ ، مَعَ أنَّي لَمْ أتَكَلَّمَ إلَيكُمْ؟›»

Did you not see a false vision and speak a lying divination when you said, ‘The Lord declares,’ but it is not I who have spoken?”’”

8 ل ِهَذا يَقُولُ الرّبُّ الإلَهُ: «سَأُقاوِمُكُمْ لِأنَّكُمْ تَنَبَّأتُمْ بِالكَذِبِ وَرَأيتُمْ ضَلالاً. وَالآنَ، اسْمَعُوا هَذِهِ الرِّسالَةَ مِنَ اللهِ:

Therefore, thus says the Lord God, “Because you have spoken falsehood and seen a lie, therefore behold, I am against you,” declares the Lord God.

9 ‹ سَأُعاقِبُ الأنبِياءَ الَّذِينَ يَرَوْنَ أوهاماً وَيَتَنَبَّأُونَ كَذِباً. لَنْ يُشمَلُوا فِي عِدادِ شَعبِي فِيما بَعْدُ. وَلَنْ تَظهَرَ أسماؤُهُمْ فِي سِجِلِّ بَني إسْرائِيلَ، وَلَنْ يَعُودُوا إلَى أرْضِ إسْرائِيلَ. حِينَئِذٍ، تَعلَمُونَ أنِّي أنا الرّبُّ الإلَهُ.

“So My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and utter lying divinations. They will have no place in the council of My people, nor will they be written down in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel, that you may know that I am the Lord God.

10 ل أنَّهُمْ أضَلُّوا شَعبِي بِقَولِهِمْ: ‹سَلامٌ لَكُمْ،› وَلَيسَ مِنْ سَلامٍ. كَمَنْ يُرِيدُ أنْ يَبْنِيَ سُوراً، فَيُطَيِّنَهُ الأنبِياءُ الكَذَبَةُ بِطِينٍ ضَعِيفٍ.

It is definitely because they have misled My people by saying, ‘ Peace!’ when there is no peace. And when anyone builds a wall, behold, they plaster it over with whitewash;

11 ق ُلْ لِمَنْ يُطَيِّنُونَ السُّورُ بِطِينٍ ضَعِيفٍ، إنَّهُ سَيَسقُطُ. سَتَأتِي عَواصِفُ المَطَرِ، وَحَبَّاتُ البَرَدِ الثَّقِيلَةُ، وَالرِّيحُ الشَّدِيدَةُ، فَيَتَشَقَّقَ السُّورُ.

so tell those who plaster it over with whitewash, that it will fall. A flooding rain will come, and you, O hailstones, will fall; and a violent wind will break out.

12 و َحِينَ يَسقُطُ السُّورُ، سَيَسألُكُمُ النّاسُ: ‹ماذا حَدَثَ للطِّينِ الَّذِي وَضَعتُمُوهُ عَلَى السُّورِ؟›»

Behold, when the wall has fallen, will you not be asked, ‘Where is the plaster with which you plastered it ?’”

13 ل ِهَذا، يَقُولُ الرّبُّ الإلَهُ: «سَأُرْسِلُ فِي غَضَبِي رِيحاً شَدِيدَةً لِتُشَقِّقَ السُّورَ. سَأُرسِلُ فِي غَضَبِي مَطَراً شَدِيداً لِيُسقِطَهُ. سَأُرسِلُ فِي غَيظِي بَرَداً ثَقِيلاً لِيُفنِيهِ تَماماً.

Therefore, thus says the Lord God, “I will make a violent wind break out in My wrath. There will also be in My anger a flooding rain and hailstones to consume it in wrath.

14 و َهَكَذا، سَأُدَمِّرُ السُّورَ الَّذِي طَيَنْتُمُوهُ بِطِينٍ ضَعِيفٍ. سَيَسقُطُ عَلَى الأرْضِ فَتَنكَشِفَ أساساتُهُ. وَحِينَ يَسقُطُ، أنتُمْ أيضاً سَتَهلِكُونَ. حِينَئِذٍ، تَعلَمُونَ أنِّي أنا اللهُ.

So I will tear down the wall which you plastered over with whitewash and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation is laid bare; and when it falls, you will be consumed in its midst. And you will know that I am the Lord.

15 ح ِينَئِذٍ، يَهدَأُ غَضَبِي عَلَى الَّذِينَ طَيَّنُوا السُّورَ بِطِينٍ ضَعِيفٍ. وَأقُولُ لَكُمْ: لَنْ يَعُودَ هُناكَ سُورٌ وَلا مُطَيِّنُونَ –

Thus I will spend My wrath on the wall and on those who have plastered it over with whitewash; and I will say to you, ‘The wall is gone and its plasterers are gone,

16 أ يِ أنبِياءُ إسرائِيلَ الكَذَبَةُ الَّذِينَ تَنَبَّأُوا للِقُدسِ وَرَأَوْا رُؤَى سَلامٍ لها، وَلَيسَ مِنْ سَلامٍ.» يَقُولُ الرّبُّ الإلَهُ.

along with the prophets of Israel who prophesy to Jerusalem, and who see visions of peace for her when there is no peace,’ declares the Lord God.

17 أ مّا أنتَ يا إنْسانُ، فَانظُرْ إلَى نِساءِ شَعبِكَ اللَّواتِي يَتَنَبَّأْنَ بِتَصَوُّراتِ أفكارِهِنَّ. تَنَبَّأْ عَلَيهِنَّ وَقُلْ:

“Now you, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people who are prophesying from their own inspiration. Prophesy against them

18 « يَقُولُ الرّبُّ الإلَهُ: وَيلٌ لَكُنَّ أيَّتُها النِّساءُ اللَّواتِي تَصنَعْنَ تَعاويذَ عَلَى شَكلِ عَصائِبَ لأيْدي النّاسِ، وَبَراقِعَ لِرؤوسِهِمْ. تُرِدْنَ اصطِيادَ حَياةَ النّاسِ، لَكَي تَعِشْنَ أنتُنَّ.

and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Woe to the women who sew magic bands on all wrists and make veils for the heads of persons of every stature to hunt down lives! Will you hunt down the lives of My people, but preserve the lives of others for yourselves?

19 و َبِكَذِبِكُنَّ عَلَى شَعبِي الَّذِي يَستَمِعُ لِلكَذِبِ، تَدْفَعْنَ شَعبِي للاسِتِهانَةِ بِي، مُقابِلَ حِفْنَةٍ مِنَ الشَّعِيرِ وَبِضْعَةِ أرغِفَةٍ. فَتَقْتُلْنَ الَّذِينَ لا يَستَحِقُّونَ المَوتَ، وَتُحيِينَ الَّذِينَ لا يَستَحِقُّونَ الحَياةَ، بِسَبِبِ أكاذِيبِكُنَّ الَّتِي يُصْغِي إلَيها شَعبِي.

For handfuls of barley and fragments of bread, you have profaned Me to My people to put to death some who should not die and to keep others alive who should not live, by your lying to My people who listen to lies.”’”

20 ل ِهَذا، هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ الرّبُّ الإلَهُ: ‹سَأُقاوَمُ تِلكَ العَصائِبَ الَّتِي تَصطَدْنَ بِها حَياةَ النّاسِ. سَأُمَزِّقُ هَذِهِ التَّعاوِيذَ. وَسَأطلقُ النّاسَ كَما تُطلَقُ الطُّيُورُ مِنْ الفِخاخِ.

Therefore, thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am against your magic bands by which you hunt lives there as birds and I will tear them from your arms; and I will let them go, even those lives whom you hunt as birds.

21 س َأُمَزِّقُ بَراقِعَكُنَّ، وَأُنقِذُ شَعبِي مِنْ أيدِيكُنَّ. لَنْ يَسقُطُوا ثانِيَةً فَريسَةً لَكُنَّ. حِينَئِذٍ، سَتَعلَمْنَ أنِّي أنا اللهُ.

I will also tear off your veils and deliver My people from your hands, and they will no longer be in your hands to be hunted; and you will know that I am the Lord.

22 ق َدْ أضْعَفتُنَّ بِخِداعِكُنَّ الأبرارَ الَّذِينَ لَمْ أنوِ قَطُّ إيذاءَهُمْ. وَشَجَعتُنَّ الأشرارَ عَلَى أنْ لا يَتُوبُوا عَنْ شُرُورِهِمْ لِيَحيُوا.

Because you disheartened the righteous with falsehood when I did not cause him grief, but have encouraged the wicked not to turn from his wicked way and preserve his life,

23 ل ِذَلِكَ لَنْ تَعُدْنَ تَرَيْنَ أوهامَكُنَّ، وَلَنْ تَعُدْنَ تَستَخدِمنَ السِّحرَ لِلمَعرِفَةِ، لأنِّي سَأُنقِذُ شَعبِي مِنْ أيدِيكُنَّ. حِينَئِذٍ، سَتَعرِفْنَ أنِّي أنا اللهُ.›»

therefore, you women will no longer see false visions or practice divination, and I will deliver My people out of your hand. Thus you will know that I am the Lord.”