1 و َفِي اليَومِ العاشِرِ فِي السَّنَةِ التّاسِعَةِ، أتَتْ إلَيَّ كَلِمَةُ الله:

Again, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

2 « يا إنسانُ اكتُبْ تارِيخَ اليَومِ وَدَوِّنْ هَذا: ‹اليُومُ حاصَرَ مَلِكُ بابِلَ مَدينَةَ القُدْسِ.›

“Son of man, write down the name of the day, this very day—the king of Babylon started his siege against Jerusalem this very day.

3 ك َلِّمْ هَذا الشَّعبَ المُتَمَرِّدِ بِمَثَلٍ، وَقُلْ لَهُمْ: ‹هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: «‹ضَعِ القِدرَ عَلَى النّارِ وَاسكُبْ فِيها ماءً!

And utter a parable to the rebellious house, and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Put on a pot, set it on, And also pour water into it.

4 أ ضِفْ إلَيهِ كُلَّ قِطَعِ اللَّحمِ الجَيِّدَةِ، الفَخْذَ وَالكَتِفَ. املأهُ بِأفضَلِ العِظامِ.

Gather pieces of meat in it, Every good piece, The thigh and the shoulder. Fill it with choice cuts;

5 ا ستَخدِمْ أفضَلَ الغَنَمِ. كَوِّمِ الحَطَبَ تَحتَهُ، وَاغلِ ما فِي القِدرِ بِشَكلٍ جَيِّدٍ، حَتَّى تُصبِحَ العِظامُ طَرِيَّةً.

Take the choice of the flock. Also pile fuel bones under it, Make it boil well, And let the cuts simmer in it.”

6 « ‹لِذا، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: وَيلٌ للِقُدسِ، مَدِينَةِ القَتَلَةِ، القِدرُ الَّتِي صَدَأُها فِيها، وَلا يُمكِنُ إزالَتُهُ. أُخِذَ مِنها كُلَّ قِطَعِ اللَّحمِ، لَكِنْ لا تُعطُوها لِأحَدٍ لِيَأكُلَها،

‘Therefore thus says the Lord God: “Woe to the bloody city, To the pot whose scum is in it, And whose scum is not gone from it! Bring it out piece by piece, On which no lot has fallen.

7 ل أنَّ دَمَه ما يَزالُ فِيهِ. سَكَبُوا الدَّمَ عَلَى حَجَرٍ مُسَطَّحٍ، بَدَلاً مِنْ سَكبِهِ عَلَى الأرْضِ وَتَغطِيَتِهِ بِالتُّرابِ كَما تَأمُرُ الشَّرِيعَةُ.

For her blood is in her midst; She set it on top of a rock; She did not pour it on the ground, To cover it with dust.

8 و َضَعْتُ دَمَها عَلَى صَخرَةٍ مَكشُوفَةٍ كَي لا يُغَطِّيَهُ شَيءٌ. فَهَكَذا يُثارَ الغَضَبُ وَيَتِمُّ الِانتِقامُ للِدَّمِ البَريءِ المَسفُوكِ.

That it may raise up fury and take vengeance, I have set her blood on top of a rock, That it may not be covered.”

9 « ‹لِهَذا، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: وَيلٌ لِلمَدِينَةِ سافِكَةِ الدَّمِ! سَأجْمَعُ أنا بِنَفسِي الخَشَبَ للِنّارِ.

‘Therefore thus says the Lord God: “Woe to the bloody city! I too will make the pyre great.

10 ك َوِّمِ الخَشَبَ، وَأشعِلِ النّارَ وَاطبُخْ عَلَيها اللَّحمَ حَتَّى يَنضُجَ. تَبِّلهُ بِالتَّوابِلِ، وَأحرَقِ العِظامَ.

Heap on the wood, Kindle the fire; Cook the meat well, Mix in the spices, And let the cuts be burned up.

11 ث ُمَّ ضَعِ القِدرَ عَلَى الجَمرِ فارغاً، فَيَحْمَى وَتُزُولُ مِنْهُ نَجاسَتُهُ وَيُحْرَقُ صَدَأُهُ.

“Then set the pot empty on the coals, That it may become hot and its bronze may burn, That its filthiness may be melted in it, That its scum may be consumed.

12 « ‹عَبَثاَ تَتعَبِينَ. لا يَزالُ هَذا الصَّدَأُ إلّا بِالنّارِ!

She has grown weary with lies, And her great scum has not gone from her. Let her scum be in the fire!

13 أ نتِ نَجِسَةٌ وَقَذِرَةٌ، حاوَلتُ أنْ أُطَهِّرَكِ وَلَكِنَّكِ لَمْ تَطهُرِي مِنْ قَذارَتِكِ. فَإنِّي لَنْ اُطَهِّرَكِ، إلَى أنْ يَكتَمِلَ غَضَبِي عَلَيكِ.

In your filthiness is lewdness. Because I have cleansed you, and you were not cleansed, You will not be cleansed of your filthiness anymore, Till I have caused My fury to rest upon you.

14 « ‹أنا اللهَ تَكَلَّمْتُ، وَقَدْ أتَى الوَقتُ لأعمَلَ ما تَكَلَّمْتُ عَنهُ. لَنْ أمتَنِعَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ، وَلَنْ أُشفِقَ، وَلَنْ أرحَمَ. سَيُعاقِبُونَكِ حَسَبَ سُلُوكِكِ وَأعمالِكِ الشِّرِّيرَةِ. يَقُولُ الرّبُّ الإلَهُ.›» مِثالُ وَفاةِ زَوجَةِ حَزْقِيال

I, the Lord, have spoken it; It shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not hold back, Nor will I spare, Nor will I relent; According to your ways And according to your deeds They will judge you,” Says the Lord God.’” The Prophet’s Wife Dies

15 ث ُمَّ أتَتْ إلَيَّ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ:

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

16 « يا إنْسانُ، سَآخُذُ مِنكَ مُشتَهَى عَينَيكَ بِوَباءٍ مُفاجِئٍ، لَكِنْ لا تَنُحْ وَلا تَبكِ وَلا تَنزِلْ دُمُوعُكَ.

“Son of man, behold, I take away from you the desire of your eyes with one stroke; yet you shall neither mourn nor weep, nor shall your tears run down.

17 ل ِيَكُنْ أنِينُكِ مُنخَفِضاً. وَلا تُجرِ طُقُوسَ النُّواحَ وَالحِدادِ. أبقِ عِمامَتُكَ عَلَى رَأسِكَ وَحِذاءَكَ فِي قَدَمَيكَ. لا تُغَطِّ شارِبَكَ، وَلا تَأكُلْ طَعامَ الحُزنِ وَالحَدادِ.»

Sigh in silence, make no mourning for the dead; bind your turban on your head, and put your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips, and do not eat man’s bread of sorrow. ”

18 و َماتَتْ زَوجَتِي فِي تِلكَ اللَّيلَةِ. فَأخبَرتُ النّاسَ فِي الصَّباحِ، وَعَمِلتُ كَما أُمِرْتُ.

So I spoke to the people in the morning, and at evening my wife died; and the next morning I did as I was commanded.

19 ف َسَألَنِي النّاسُ: «ألَنْ تُخبِرَنا بِمَعنَى هَذِهِ الأُمُورِ لَنا، وَلِماذا تَفعَلُ أنتَ ما تَفعَلُهُ؟»

And the people said to me, “Will you not tell us what these things signify to us, that you behave so?”

20 ف َقُلْتُ لَهُمْ: «أتَتْ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ إلَيَّ:

Then I answered them, “The word of the Lord came to me, saying,

21 ‹ قُلْ لِبَيتِ إسْرائِيلَ هَكَذا يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: سَأُدَمِّرُ مَقدَسِي وَأُنَجِّسُهُ. سَأُدَمِّرُ ما تَفرَحُونَ بِالغِناءِ لَهُ، ما يُمَثِّلُ مُشَتَهَى عُيُونِكُمْ وَبُغْيَةَ قُلُوبِكُمْ وَأبناؤُكُمْ وَبِناتُكُمُ الَّذِينَ تَرَكتُمُوهُمْ وَراءَكُمْ، سَيَمُوتُونَ بِالسَّيفِ.

‘Speak to the house of Israel, “Thus says the Lord God: ‘Behold, I will profane My sanctuary, your arrogant boast, the desire of your eyes, the delight of your soul; and your sons and daughters whom you left behind shall fall by the sword.

22 و َسَتَعمَلُونَ كَما عَمِلتُ، إذْ لَنْ تُغَطُّوا شَوارِبَكُمْ، وَلَنْ تَأكُلُوا طَعامَ الحُزنِ وَالحَدادِ.

And you shall do as I have done; you shall not cover your lips nor eat man’s bread of sorrow.

23 و َسَتَستَمِرُّونَ كَالمُعتادِ فِي ارتِداءِ أعِمَّتِكُمْ عَلَى رُؤُوسِكُمْ وَأحذِيَتِكُمْ فِي أقدامِكُمْ، وَلَنْ تَنُوحُوا أوْ تَبكُوا. وَلَكِنَّكُمْ سَتَفنُونَ فِي خَطاياكُمْ، وَتَئِنُّونَ مَعاً.

Your turbans shall be on your heads and your sandals on your feet; you shall neither mourn nor weep, but you shall pine away in your iniquities and mourn with one another.

24 س َيَكُونُ حَزْقِيالُ عَلامَةً لَكُمْ. وَحِينَ يَأتِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتُ، سَتَعمَلُونَ كُلَّ ما عَمِلَهُ. حِينَئِذٍ، تَعلَمُونَ أنِّي أنا اللهُ.›

Thus Ezekiel is a sign to you; according to all that he has done you shall do; and when this comes, you shall know that I am the Lord God.’”

25 « أمّا أنتَ يا إنْسانُ، فَإنِّي فِي اليَومِ الَّذِي آخُذُ مِنهُمْ حِصنَهُمْ وَفَرَحَهُمُ وَمَجدَهُمْ وَمُشَتَهَى عُيُونِهِمْ وَحَنانَ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَأبناءَهُمْ وَبَناتِهِمْ،

‘And you, son of man— will it not be in the day when I take from them their stronghold, their joy and their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that on which they set their minds, their sons and their daughters:

26 س َيَأتِي إلَيكَ فِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ لاجِئٌ يَنقُلُ خَبَراً.

that on that day one who escapes will come to you to let you hear it with your ears?

27 ف ِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ، سَأفتَحُ فَمَكَ فَتَتَكَلَّمَ إلَى ذَلِكَ اللّاجِئِ، وَلَنْ تَعُودَ صامِتاً فِيما بَعْدُ. حِينَئِذٍ، سَتَكُونُ عَلامَةً لَهُمْ، وَسَيَعلَمُونَ أنِّي أنا اللهُ.»

On that day your mouth will be opened to him who has escaped; you shall speak and no longer be mute. Thus you will be a sign to them, and they shall know that I am the Lord.’”