1 ف َأتَتْ إلَيَّ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ ثانِيَةً:

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

2 « يا إنْسانُ، انظُرْ نَحوَ مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ، وَتَكَلَّمْ ضِدّ المَعابِدِ وَضِدَّ أرْضِ إسْرائِيلَ.

“Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, preach against the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel;

3 ق ُلْ لِأرْضِ إسْرائِيلَ: «هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: ها أنا ضِدُّكِ. وَسَيَخْرُجُ سَيْفِي مِنْ غِمْدِهِ وَسَأُزِيلُ مِنكِ الأبرارَ وَالأشرارَ.

and say to the land of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Behold, I am against you, and I will draw My sword out of its sheath and cut off both righteous and wicked from you.

4 ن َعَمْ سَأُبِيدُ الأبرارَ وَالأشرارَ مِنكِ. سَيَمُرُّ سَيفِي عَلَى كُلِّ الأرْضِ فَيُبِيدَ الجَمِيعَ مِنَ الجَنُوبِ إلَى الشَّمالِ.

Because I will cut off both righteous and wicked from you, therefore My sword shall go out of its sheath against all flesh from south to north,

5 ح ِينَئِذٍ، سَيَعرِفُ الجَمِيعُ أنَّ اللهَ قَدِ اسْتَلَّ سَيفَهُ، وَلَنْ يُعِيدَهُ إلَى غِمدِهِ.

that all flesh may know that I, the Lord, have drawn My sword out of its sheath; it shall not return anymore.”’

6 ت َنَهَّدْ كَما لَو أنَّ قَلبَكَ مَكسُورٌ، وَنُحْ أمامَهُمْ.

Sigh therefore, son of man, with a breaking heart, and sigh with bitterness before their eyes.

7 و َحِينَ 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.

And it shall be when they say to you, ‘Why are you sighing?’ that you shall answer, ‘Because of the news; when it comes, every heart will melt, all hands will be feeble, every spirit will faint, and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it is coming and shall be brought to pass,’ says the Lord God.”

8 ث ُمَّ أتَتْ إلَيَّ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ:

Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

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

“Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord!’ Say: ‘A sword, a sword is sharpened And also polished!

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

Sharpened to make a dreadful slaughter, Polished to flash like lightning! Should we then make mirth? It despises the scepter of My son, As it does all wood.

11 ص ُقِلَ السَّيفُ لِيُمسَكَ بِاليَّدِ، سُنَّ حَدُّ السَّيفِ وَصُقِلَ لِيُعطَى للِقاتِلِ.

And He has given it to be polished, That it may be handled; This sword is sharpened, and it is polished To be given into the hand of the slayer.’

12 « ‹يا إنْسانُ، وَلوِلْ وَاصرُخْ لِأنَّ السَّيفَ فِي وَسَطِ شَعبِي وَفِي وَسَطِ قادَةِ إسْرائِيلَ. إنَّ حامِلِي السُّيُوفِ وَسَطَ شَعبِي، وَلِذا عَبِّرْ عَنْ حُزنِكَ الشَّدِيدِ!

“Cry and wail, son of man; For it will be against My people, Against all the princes of Israel. Terrors including the sword will be against My people; Therefore strike your thigh.

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

“Because it is a testing, And what if the sword despises even the scepter? The scepter shall be no more, ” says the Lord God.

14 « أمّا أنتَ يا إنْسانُ، فَاضرِبْ يَداً بِيَدٍ، وَقُلْ لِشَعبِي: «‹يَضْرِبُ السَّيفُ القَتلَى مَرَّتَينِ، بَلْ ثَلاثَ مَرَّاتٍ. يَختَرِقُ سَيفُ المَذبَحَةِ هَذا جَسداً وَراءَ آخَرٍ.

“You therefore, son of man, prophesy, And strike your hands together. The third time let the sword do double damage. It is the sword that slays, The sword that slays the great men, That enters their private chambers.

15 ح َتَّى 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.

I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, That the heart may melt and many may stumble. Ah! It is made bright; It is grasped for slaughter:

16 ي ا سَيفُ، ابْقَ حاداً، اضْرِبْ جِهَةَ اليَمِينِ، اطْعَنْ، وَاضرِبْ جِهَةَ اليَسارِ، وَاضْرِبْ حَيثُما تَوَجَّهتَ.

“Swords at the ready! Thrust right! Set your blade! Thrust left— Wherever your edge is ordered!

17 و َسَأُصَفِّقُ يَداً بِيَدٍ، وَسَأُشبِعُ غَضَبِي.›» أنا اللهَ تَكَلَّمْتُ.

“I also will beat My fists together, And I will cause My fury to rest; I, the Lord, have spoken.”

18 ث ُمَّ أتَتْ إلَيَّ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ:

The word of the Lord came to me again, saying:

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

“And son of man, appoint for yourself two ways for the sword of the king of Babylon to go; both of them shall go from the same land. Make a sign; put it at the head of the road to the city.

20 ف َضَعْ عَلامَةً واضِحَةً تُشِيرُ إلَى رَبّةِ العَمُّونِيِّينَ، وَعَلامَةً واضِحَةً تُشِيرُ إلَى القُدْسِ مَدِينَةِ يَهُوذا الحَصِينَةِ.

Appoint a road for the sword to go to Rabbah of the Ammonites, and to Judah, into fortified Jerusalem.

21 ف َمَلِكُ بابِلَ يَقِفُ عِندَ مُفتَرَقِ الطَّرِيقِ يَهُزُّ سِهامَهُ وَيَسألُ آلِهَتَهُ وَيَمتَحِنُ كَبِدَ الحَيَواناتِ ليَختارَ الطَّرِيقَ.

For the king of Babylon stands at the parting of the road, at the fork of the two roads, to use divination: he shakes the arrows, he consults the images, he looks at the liver.

22 ع َلاماتُ 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.

In his right hand is the divination for Jerusalem: to set up battering rams, to call for a slaughter, to lift the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to heap up a siege mound, and to build a wall.

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

And it will be to them like a false divination in the eyes of those who have sworn oaths with them; but he will bring their iniquity to remembrance, that they may be taken.

24 ل ِذَلِكَ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: «حَيْثُ إنَّكُمْ أظهَرتُمْ ذَنبَكُمْ بِإعلانِ تَمَرُّدِكُمْ وَإظهارِ خَطاياكُمْ فِي كُلِّ ما عَمِلتُمْ، فَإنَّكُمْ سَتُساقُونَ إلَى السَّبيِ قَسْراً.»

“Therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Because you have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are uncovered, so that in all your doings your sins appear—because you have come to remembrance, you shall be taken in hand.

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

‘Now to you, O profane, wicked prince of Israel, whose day has come, whose iniquity shall end,

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

thus says the Lord God: “Remove the turban, and take off the crown; Nothing shall remain the same. Exalt the humble, and humble the exalted.

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

Overthrown, overthrown, I will make it overthrown! It shall be no longer, Until He comes whose right it is, And I will give it to Him. ”’ A Sword Against the Ammonites

28 « 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!

“And you, son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God concerning the Ammonites and concerning their reproach,’ and say: ‘A sword, a sword is drawn, Polished for slaughter, For consuming, for flashing—

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

While they see false visions for you, While they divine a lie to you, To bring you on the necks of the wicked, the slain Whose day has come, Whose iniquity shall end.

30 « ‹أعِدِ السَّيفَ إلَى غِمْدِهِ. أنا بِنَفسِي سَأُدِينُكِ فِي المَكانِ الَّذِي خُلِقتِ فِيهِ، فِي الأرْضِ الَّذِي يَعُودُ أصلُكِ إلَيها.

‘Return it to its sheath. I will judge you In the place where you were created, In the land of your nativity.

31 س َأسكُبُ غَضَبِي المُشتَعِلَ عَلَيكِ، وَسَأنفُخُ عَلَيكِ سَخَطِي المُلتَهِبَ، وَأُسَلِّمُكِ إلَى قُساةٍ مُحتَرِفِينَ فِي الدَّمارِ وَالقَتلِ.

I will pour out My indignation on you; I will blow against you with the fire of My wrath, And deliver you into the hands of brutal men who are skillful to destroy.

32 س َتَكُونِينَ وُقُوداً للِنّار، وَسَيُسفَكُ دَمُكِ فِي كُلِّ الأرْضِ. وَلَكِنَّكِ سَتَتَذَكَّرِينَ أنِّي أنا اللهَ قَدْ تَكَلَّمْتُ.›»

You shall be fuel for the fire; Your blood shall be in the midst of the land. You shall not be remembered, For I the Lord have spoken.’”