1 ث ُمَّ أتَتْ إلَيَّ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ:

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

2 « يا إنْسانُ، هَلْ سَتُصدِرُ حُكماً عَلَى هَذِهِ المَدِينَةِ القاتِلَةِ وَتُخبِرُها بِكُلِّ أعمالِها الكَرِيهَةِ؟

“And you, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? Then cause her to know all her abominations.

3 ق ُلْ لَهُمْ: يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: ‹القُدْسُ مَدِينَةٌ سَفَكَتْ دَماً فِي وَسَطِها. لِذَلِكَ جاءَ وَقتُ عِقابِها. صَنَعَتْ أصناماً لِتُنَجِّسَ نَفسَها بِهِا.

You shall say, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “A city shedding blood in her midst, so that her time will come, and that makes idols, contrary to her interest, for defilement!

4 س َتُعاقَبِينَ عَلَى الدَّمِ الَّذِي سَفَكتِهِ، وَسَتَتَنَجَّسِينَ بِالأصنامِ القَذِرَةِ الَّتِي صَنَعتِها! قَدْ أتَى وَقتُكِ! قَدْ بَلَغْتِ نِهايَةَ سِنِيكِ! وَلِذا فَإنِّي سَأجعَلُكِ أُضْحُوكَةً عِنْدَ كُلِّ الأُمَمِ، وَمَوضُوعَ سُخْرِيَةٍ فِي كُلِّ الأراضِي.

You have become guilty by the blood which you have shed, and defiled by your idols which you have made. Thus you have brought your day near and have come to your years; therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations and a mocking to all the lands.

5 س َتَسْخَرُ كُلُّ البِلادِ البَعِيدَةِ وَالقَرِيبَةِ بِكِ. قَدْ نَجَّسْتِ اسْمَكِ. وَها أنْتِ تَملأوكِ الفَوضَى.

Those who are near and those who are far from you will mock you, you of ill repute, full of turmoil.

6 ه ا قَدْ حَمَلَ كُلُّ رُؤَساءِ إسْرائِيلَ مَعَكِ أسلِحَةً لِسَفكِ الدَّمِ.

“Behold, the rulers of Israel, each according to his power, have been in you for the purpose of shedding blood.

7 ي ا قُدسُ، فِيكِ يُهانُ الآباءُ وَتُساءُ مُعامَلَةُ الأجانِبِ وَاليَتامَى وَالأرامِلِ. وَلا تُقَدَّمُ لَهُمْ أيَّةُ مُساعَدَةٍ.

They have treated father and mother lightly within you. The alien they have oppressed in your midst; the fatherless and the widow they have wronged in you.

8 ا ستَهَنْتِ بِمُقَدَّساتِي، وَدَنَّسْتِ أيّامَ الرَّاحَةِ الَّتِي عَيَّنْتُها.

You have despised My holy things and profaned My sabbaths.

9 ي ا قُدسُ، فِيكِ أُناسٌ يَكذِبُونَ فَيَتَسَبَّبُونَ بِقَتلِ النّاسِ. يَصعَدُونَ لِيَأكُلُوا طَعامِي عَلَى جِبالِكِ، وَيَعمَلُونَ فِيكِ أعمالاً قَذِرَة حَقِيرَةً.

Slanderous men have been in you for the purpose of shedding blood, and in you they have eaten at the mountain shrines. In your midst they have committed acts of lewdness.

10 ف ِيكِ رِجالٌ يُعاشِرُونَ زَوجاتِ آبائِهِمْ، وَيَغتَصِبُ الرِّجالُ النِّساءَ، بَلْ وَيُنَجِّسُونَ أنفُسَهُمْ حَتَّى مَعَ النِّساءِ فِي فَتْرَةِ الحَيضِ.

In you they have uncovered their fathers’ nakedness; in you they have humbled her who was unclean in her menstrual impurity.

11 و َيَتَنَجَّسُ الرِّجالُ بِزَوجاتِ جِيرانِهِمْ وَبِكِنّاتِهِمْ. بَلْ وَيَغتَصِبُ الرِّجالُ فِيكِ أخَواتِهِمُ اللَّواتِي هُنَّ مِنْ لَحمِهِمْ وَدَمِهِمْ.

One has committed abomination with his neighbor’s wife and another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law. And another in you has humbled his sister, his father’s daughter.

12 ي َأخُذُ القادَةُ فِيكِ رِشْوَةً للِصَّمتِ عَنْ سَفكِ الدَّمِ وَالقَتلِ. طَلَبْتِ فائِدَةً وَرِباً عَنِ القُرُوضِ المُعطاةِ لِلفُقَراءِ، فَسَلَبْتِ جِيرانَكِ ظُلماً، وَنَسِيتِينِي تَماماً.» يَقُولُ الرّبُّ الإلَهُ.

In you they have taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest and profits, and you have injured your neighbors for gain by oppression, and you have forgotten Me,” declares the Lord God.

13 « وَلَكِنِّي سَأَضرِبُ يَدَاً بِيَدٍ بِسَبَبِ مَكاسِبِكِ الظّالِمَةِ، وَبِسَبَبِ الدَّمِ البَريءِ الَّذِي سُفِكَ فِي وَسَطِكِ.

“Behold, then, I smite My hand at your dishonest gain which you have acquired and at the bloodshed which is among you.

14 أ تَظُنِّينَ أنَّ شُجاعَتَكِ سَتَصمِدُ، أوْ أنَّ يَدَيكِ سَتَثبُتانِ يَومَ يأتِي وَقتُ عِقابِكِ؟ فَأنا اللهَ تَكَلَّمْتُ وَسَأفعَلُ.

Can your heart endure, or can your hands be strong in the days that I will deal with you? I, the Lord, have spoken and will act.

15 س َأُبَعثِرُ شَعبَكِ بَينَ الأُمَمِ، وَسَأُشَتِّتُهُ فِي بِلادٍ غَرِيبَةٍ، وَسَأحُطِّمُ كُلَّ ما فِيكِ مِنْ نَجاساتٍ،

I will scatter you among the nations and I will disperse you through the lands, and I will consume your uncleanness from you.

16 ب َعدَ أنْ نَجَّسْتِ نَفسَكِ أمامَ كُلِّ الأُمَمِ. حِينَئِذٍ، سَتَعلَمِينَ أنِّي أنا اللهُ.»

You will profane yourself in the sight of the nations, and you will know that I am the Lord.”’”

17 ث ُمَّ أتَتْ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ إلَيَّ:

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

18 « يا إنْسانُ، صارَ بَيتُ إسْرائِيلَ بِالنِّسبَةِ لِي كَنُفايَةِ المَعادِنِ. إنَّهُمْ مِثلُ البُرونْزِ وَالقَصدِيرِ وَالحَدِيدِ وَالرَّصاصِ فِي فُرنِ التَّنقِيَةِ، مَعَ أنَّهُمْ كانُوا فِضَّةً نَقِيَّةً سابقاً.»

“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me; all of them are bronze and tin and iron and lead in the furnace; they are the dross of silver.

19 و َلِذا، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: «لأنَّكُمْ صِرتُمْ نُفايَةَ مَعادِنٍ، فَإنِّي سَأجمَعُكُمْ جَمِيعاً فِي داخِلِ مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ.

Therefore, thus says the Lord God, ‘Because all of you have become dross, therefore, behold, I am going to gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.

20 س َتَكُونُونَ كَفِضَّةٍ وَنُحاسٍ وَحَدِيدٍ وَرَصاصٍ وَقَصدِيرٍ مُلقاةٍ مَعاً فِي فُرنِ تَنقِيَةٍ لِنَفخِ النّارِ عَلَيها وَإذابَتِها. سَتَكُونُونَ مِثلَها، حَيثُ سَأجمَعُكُمْ فِي غَضَبِي وَسَخَطِيَ المُشتَعِلِ، وَأُلقِيكُمْ فِي الفُرنِ وَأُذِيبُكُمْ.

As they gather silver and bronze and iron and lead and tin into the furnace to blow fire on it in order to melt it, so I will gather you in My anger and in My wrath and I will lay you there and melt you.

21 س َأجمَعُكُمْ وَأنفُخُ عَلَيكُمْ نارَ غَضَبِي، فَتَذُوبُونَ داخِلَ مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ.

I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and you will be melted in the midst of it.

22 و َكَما تَذُوبُ الفِضَّةُ داخِلَ فُرنِ تَنقِيَةٍ، هَكَذا سَتَذُوبُونَ فِيها. حِينَئِذٍ، سَتَعرِفُونَ أنِّي أنا اللهُ الَّذِي سَكَبتُ عَلَيكُمْ غَضَباً شَدِيداً.»

As silver is melted in the furnace, so you will be melted in the midst of it; and you will know that I, the Lord, have poured out My wrath on you.’”

23 ث ُمَّ أتَتْ إلَيَّ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ:

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

24 « يا إنْسانُ، قُلْ لَها: ‹أنتِ أرْضٌ غَيْرُ طاهِرَةٍ، أرْضٌ لا يَأتِي عَلَيها المَطَرُ بِسَبَبِ غَضَبِي.

“Son of man, say to her, ‘You are a land that is not cleansed or rained on in the day of indignation.’

25 ا لأنبِياءُ الَّذِينَ فِي داخِلِكِ كَالأسَدِ الَّذِي يَزأرُ ويَخطِفُ فَرِيسَتَهُ وَيُمَزِّقُها وَيَلتَهِمُها. فَقَدْ أخَذُوا ثَروَةً وَأشياءً ثَمِينَةً، وَتَسَبَّبُوا بِزِيادَةِ عَدَدِ الأرامِلِ فِي الأرْضِ.

There is a conspiracy of her prophets in her midst like a roaring lion tearing the prey. They have devoured lives; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in the midst of her.

26 خ الَفَ كَهَنَتُها شَرِيعَتِي، وَنَجَّسُوا الأشياءَ المُقَدَّسَةَ الَّتِي لِي. لَمْ يُمَيِّزُوا بَينَ المُقَدَّسِ وَالدَنِسِ، وَلَمْ يُخبِرُوا أحَداً بِما هُوَ نَجِسٌ وَما هُوَ طاهِرٌ. رَفَضُوا أنْ يَحفَظُوا أيّامَ الرَّاحَةِ الَّتِي عَيَّنْتُها، فَدَنَّسُوا وَصايايَ فِي وَسَطِهِمْ!

Her priests have done violence to My law and have profaned My holy things; they have made no distinction between the holy and the profane, and they have not taught the difference between the unclean and the clean; and they hide their eyes from My sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

27 ق ادَتُها فِي وَسَطِها مِثلُ ذِئابٍ تُمَزِّقُ فَرائِسَها، فَيَسفِكُونَ دَماً وَيُنهُونَ حَياةَ أُناسٍ لِيُحَقِّقُوا أرباحاً غَيرَ شَرعِيَّةٍ.

Her princes within her are like wolves tearing the prey, by shedding blood and destroying lives in order to get dishonest gain.

28 أ نبِياؤُها يُخفُونَ الحَقِيقَةَ، فَيَضَعُونَ الجِبصَ عَلَى الجُدرانِ المُشَقَّقَةِ، إذْ إنَّهُمْ يُخبِرُونَ بِالكَذِبِ وَيَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِعِرافَةٍ كاذِبَةٍ. يَقُولُونَ: ‹هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ ،› مَعَ أنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يَتَكلَّمْ إلَيهِمْ.

Her prophets have smeared whitewash for them, seeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord God,’ when the Lord has not spoken.

29 ي َظلِمُونَ النّاسَ وَيَبتَزُّونَ المالَ مِنهُمْ. يَظلِمُونَ الفُقَراءَ وَالمُحتاجِينَ، وَيُضايِقُونَ الغُرَباءَ السّاكِنِينَ فِي إسْرائِيلَ وَيَسلِبُونَهُمْ حَقَّهُمْ وَلا يُنصِفُونَهُمْ.

The people of the land have practiced oppression and committed robbery, and they have wronged the poor and needy and have oppressed the sojourner without justice.

30 ب َحَثتُ عَن إنسانٍ مِنهُمْ يُصلِحُ السِّياجَ، عَنْ شَخصٍ يَقِفُ فِي شَقِّ السُّورِ الَّذِي أمامَ الأرْضِ حَتَّى لا تُدَمَّرَ، وَلَكِنَّنِي لَمْ أستَطِعْ أنْ أجِدَ وَلا حَتَّى واحِداً فَقَطْ.

I searched for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before Me for the land, so that I would not destroy it; but I found no one.

31 و َلِذا فَإنِّي سَأسكُبُ غَضَبِي عَلَيهِمْ! سَأُفنِيهِمْ بِغَضَبِيَ المُشتَعِلِ، وَسَأُحاسِبُهُمْ عَنْ أعمالِهِمْ.» يَقُولُ الرّبُّ الإلَهُ.

Thus I have poured out My indignation on them; I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath; their way I have brought upon their heads,” declares the Lord God.