1 و َأتَتْ إلَيَّ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ:

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

2 « يا إنْسانُ، تَكَلَّمْ إلَى شَعبِكَ وَقُلْ لَهُمْ: ‹افتَرِضُوا أنِّي أتَيتُ بِعَدُوٍّ عَلَى أُمَّةٍ، فَاختارَ الشَّعبُ أحَدَ المُواطِنِينَ لِيَقِفَ حارِساً.

Son of man, speak to your people and say to them, When I bring the sword upon a land and the people of the land take a man from among them and make him their watchman,

3 و َإذْ رَأى العَدُوَّ قادِماً، نَفَخَ فِي البُوقِ لِيُحَذِّر الشَّعبَ.

If when he sees the sword coming upon the land, he blows the trumpet and warns the people,

4 ف َإنْ سَمِعَ الإنسانُ صَوتَ البُوقِ وَتَجاهَلَهُ، فَإنَّهُ مَسؤُولٌ عَنْ مَوتِهِ حِينَ يَأتِيهِ سَيفُ العَدُوِّ.

Then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet and does not take warning, and the sword comes and takes him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.

5 ف َقَدْ سَمِعَ ذَلِكَ الإنسانُ صَوتَ تَحذِيرِ البُوقِ وَتَجاهَلَهُ، فَهُوَ يَتَحَمَّلُ مَوتَهُ. فَلَوِ انتَبَهَ للِتَّحذِيرِ، لأنقَذَ نَفسَهُ.

He heard the sound of the trumpet and did not take warning; his blood shall be upon himself. But he who takes warning shall save his life.

6 « ‹لَكِنْ إنْ رَأى الحارِسُ العَدُوَّ، وَلَمْ يَضرِبْ بِالبُوقِ لِلتَّحذِيرِ حَتَّى يَسمَعَ النّاسُ فَيَنتَبِهُونَ، فَإنَّ العَدُوَّ سَيَأتِي وَيَأخُذَ حَياتَهُمْ. هَؤُلاءِ النّاسُ سَيَمُوتُونَ بِسَبَبِ إثمِهِمْ، وَلَكِنِّي سَأُحَمِّلُ الحارِسَ مَسؤُولِيَّةَ مَوتِهِمْ.›

But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet and the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any one of them, he is taken away in and for his perversity and iniquity, but his blood will I require at the watchman’s hand.

7 ي ا إنْسانُ، جَعَلْتُكَ حارِساً لِبَني إسْرائِيلَ. تَسمَعُ مِنِّي رِسالَةً، وَتُبَلِّغهُمْ بِإنذارِي.

So you, son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; therefore hear the word at My mouth and give them warning from Me.

8 ف َإنْ حَكَمْتُ عَلَى شِرِّيرٍ وَقُلْتُ لَهُ: ‹سَتَمُوتُ!› وَأنتَ لَمْ تُنذِرِ ذَلِكَ الشِّرِّيرَ لَيَتُوبَ عَنْ شَرِّهِ فَيَنجُو، فَإنَّهُ سَيَهلِكُ بِذَنبِهِ، لَكِنَّنِي سَأُحَمِّلُكَ مَسؤُولِيَةَ هَلاكِهِ.

When I say to the wicked, O wicked man, you shall surely die, and you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his perversity and iniquity, but his blood will I require at your hand.

9 أ مّا إنْ أنذَرْتَ ذَلِكَ الشِّرِّيرَ، وَلَمْ يَتُبْ عَنْ شَرِّهِ وَلَمْ يَتَراجَعْ عَنْ طَرِيقِهِ الرَّدِيءِ، فَإنَّهُ سَيَهلِكُ بِذَنبِهِ، وَأنتَ سَتَنجُو بِنَفسَكَ.›» اللهُ يَطلُبُ التّوبَة

But if you warn the wicked to turn from his evil way and he does not turn from his evil way, he shall die in his iniquity, but you will have saved your life.

10 « يا إنْسانُ قُلْ لِبَيتِ إسْرائِيلَ: ‹أنتُمْ تَقُولُونَ: قَدِ ارتَكَبنا خَطايا وَجَرائِمَ، وَنَحنُ نَتَعَفَّنُ بِسَبَبِها. فَكَيفَ نَحيا مِنْ جَدِيدٍ؟

And you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, Thus you have said: Truly our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we waste away because of them; how then can we live?

11 ق ُلْ لَهُمْ: هَذا ما يُعلِنَهُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: أنا لا أُسَرُّ بِمُوتَ الشِّرِّيرُ، بَلْ بِأنْ يَتُوبَ عَنْ شَرِّهِ فَيَحيا. يا بَني إسْرائِيلَ، ارجِعُوا عَنْ طُرُقِكُمُ الشِّرِّيرَةِ كَيْ لا تَهلِكُوا.›»

Say to them, As I live, says the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil ways, for why will you die, O house of Israel?

12 « يا إنْسانُ، قُلْ لِشَعبِكَ: بِرُّ الإنسانِ البارِّ لَنْ يُنقِذَهُ حِينَ يَتَراجَعُ وَيَعِيشُ فِي الخَطيَّةِ. كَما أنَّ شَرَّ الشِّرِّيرِ لَنْ يُسقِطَهُ حِينَ يَتُوبُ عَنْ طُرُقِهِ الشِّرِّيرَةِ. أمّا البّارُ فَلَنْ يَنجُوَ مِنَ العِقابِ حِينَ يُخطِئُ؟

And you, son of man, say to your people, The uprightness and justice of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression; and as for the wicked lawlessness of the wicked lawless, he shall not fall because of it in the day that he turns from his wickedness, neither shall the rigidly upright and just be able to live because of his past righteousness in the day that he sins and misses the mark.

13 « إنْ قُلْتُ لإنسانٍ بارٍّ: ‹سَتَحيا!› رُبَّما يَظُنُّ أنَّ ماضِيَهِ الصّالِحَ سَيُنقِذُهُ، فَيَبدَأُ بِعَمَلِ شُرُورٍ رَدِيئَةٍ. إنْ حَدَثَ هَذا، فَإنَّ بِرَّ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلِ لَنْ يُذكَرَ، وَسَيَهلِكُ بِسَبَبِ الشُّرُّورِ الَّتِي عَمِلَها.

When I shall say to the righteous that he shall surely live, and he trusts to his own righteousness and commits iniquity (heinous sin), all his righteous deeds shall not be remembered; but for his perversity and iniquity that he has committed he shall die.

14 ف َإنْ حَكَمْتُ عَلَى شِرِّيرٍ وَقُلْتُ لَهُ: ‹سَتَمُوتُ!› فَتابَ عَنْ خَطِيَّتِهِ، وَأطاعَ الوَصايا وَعَمِلَ الصَلاحَ –

Again, when I have said to the wicked, You shall surely die, if he turns from his sin and does that which is lawful and right—

15 إ نْ أرجَعَ الشِّرِّيرُ ما أخَذَهُ مِنَ المَساكِينِ، وَدَفَعَ ما عَلَيهِ مِنْ دُيُونٍ، وَتَوَقَّفَ عَنْ عَمَلِ الشُّرُّورِ، وَسَلَكَ حَسَبَ الشَّرائِعِ الَّتِي تُعطِي حَياةً، فَإنَّهُ سَيَنجُو وَلَنْ يَهلِكَ.

If the wicked restores pledge, gives back what he had taken in robbery, walks in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity, he shall surely live; he shall not die.

16 ل َنْ تُحسَبَ ضِدَّهُ خَطاياهُ. فَحَيْثُ إنَّهُ بَدَأ يَعمَلُ ما هُوَ صالِحٌ وَعادِلٌ، فَسَينجُو!»

None of his sins that he has committed shall be remembered against him; he has done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.

17 « قَدْ يُقُولُ النّاسُ: ‹طُرُقُ الرَّبِّ لَيسَتْ مُستَقِيمَةً!› بَلْ طُرُقُهُمْ هُمْ غَيرُ مُستَقِيمَةٍ.

Yet your people say, The way of the Lord is not perfect or even just; but as for them, it is their own way that is not perfect or even just.

18 ف َإنْ تَوَقَّفَ إنسانٌ صالِحٌ عَنِ السُّلُوكِ الصَّحِيحٍ، فَبَدَأ يَرتَكِبُ الشُّرُورَ، فَإنَّهُ سَيَهلِكُ بِسَبَبِ أعمالِهِ الشِّرِّيرَةِ.

When the righteous turns back from his righteousness and commits perverseness and iniquity, he shall even die in and because of it.

19 ف َإنْ تابَ عَنِ الشُّرُّورِ الَّتِي عَمِلَها، وَعَمِلَ ما هُوَ صالِحٌ وَعادِلٌ، فَإنَّهُ سَيَحيا.

But if the wicked turns back from his wickedness and does what is lawful and right, he shall live because of it.

20 و َلَكِنَّكُمْ تَقُولُونَ إنَّ طُرُقَ اللهِ غَيرُ مُستَقِيمَةٍ. يا بَيتَ إسْرائِيلَ، سَأُدِينُ كُلَّ واحِدٍ بِحَسَبِ أعمالِهِ.» سُقُوطُ القُدْس

Yet you say, The way of the Lord is not perfect or just. O you house of Israel, I will judge you, every one according to his own ways!

21 و َفِي اليَومِ الخامِسِ مِنَ الشَّهرِ العاشِرِ مِنَ السَّنَةِ الثّانِيَةَ عَشْرَةَ مِنَ السَّبِيِ، أتَى إلَيَّ أحَدُ الَّذِينَ هَرَبُوا مِنْ مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ، وَقالَ لِي: «سَقَطَتْ مَدِينَةُ القُدْسِ.»

In the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth, on the fifth of the month, a man who had escaped out of Jerusalem came to me, saying, The city is taken.

22 و َفِي اللَّيلَةِ الَّتِي سَبَقَتْ مَجِيءَ اللّاجِئِ إلَيَّ، جَعَلَتنِي قُوَّةُ اللهِ أتَكَلَّمُ، فَانفَتَحَ فَمِي وَتَكَلَّمْتُ. حَدَثَ هَذا قَبلَ أنْ يأتِيَ اللّاجِئُ إلَيَّ فِي الصَّباحِ.

Now the hand of the Lord had been upon me in the evening before this one who had escaped came, and He had opened my mouth coming to me in the morning, and my mouth was opened and I was no longer dumb.

23 و َأتَتْ إلَيَّ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ ، فَقالَ لِي:

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

24 « يا إنْسانُ، يَقُولُ الشَّعبُ السّاكِنُ وَسَطَ خَرائِبِ إسْرائِيلَ: ‹لَمْ يَكُنْ إبراهِيمُ سِوَى رَجُلٍ واحِدٍ، وَمَعَ هَذا فَقَدْ وَرِثَ الأرْضَ كُلَّها. أمّا نَحنُ فَكَثِيرُونَ، وَلِذا فَإنَّنا سَنَحتَفِظُ بِالأرْضِ مِيراثاً لَنا.»

Son of man, those who inhabit those wastes of the ground of Israel are saying, Abraham was only one man and he inherited the land, but we are many; the land is surely given to us to possess as our inheritance.

25 ل ِذَلِكَ هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: «هَلْ تَأكُلُونَ الدَّمَ وَتَعبُدُونَ الأوثانَ القَذِرَةَ وَتَقتُلُونَ النّاسَ وَمَعَ هَذا تَحتَفِظُونَ بِالأرْضِ؟

Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord God: You eat meat with the blood and lift up your eyes to your idols and shed blood; shall you then possess the land?

26 ت َعتَمِدُونَ عَلَى العُنفِ وَالظُّلمِ، وَتَعمَلُونَ ما هُوَ بَشِعٌ، وَيُنَجِّسُ كُلُّ واحِدٍ زَوجَةَ صاحِبِهِ، وَمَعَ هَذا تُرِيدُونَ الاحتِفاظَ بِالأرْضِ؟

You stand upon your sword; you commit abominations and each of you defiles your neighbor’s wife; shall you then possess the land?

27 ق ُلْ لَهُمْ: ‹هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: أُقسِمُ بِذاتِي إنَّكُمْ سَتَمُوتُونَ بِالسَّيفِ فِي تِلكَ الخَرائِبِ. وَالَّذِينَ يَمُوتُونَ مِنكُمْ فِي الحقُولِ فَإنِّي سَأجعَلُهُمْ طَعاماً للِحَيَواناتِ البَرِّيَّةِ، وَالَّذِينَ يَختَبِئُونَ مِنكُمْ فِي الحُصُونِ وَالكُهُوفِ، سَيَمُوتُونَ مِنَ الوَبَاءِ.

Say this to them, Thus says the Lord God: As I live, surely those who are in the waste places shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and those who are in strongholds and in caves shall die by pestilence.

28 س َأجعَلُ هَذِهِ الأرْضَ خَراباً مَهجُوراً، فَلا يَعُودُ لَها ما تَتَباهَى بِهِ. سَتَصِيرُ جِبالُ إسرائِيلَ مُوحِشَةً فَلا يَعبُرُها أحَدٌ.

And I will make the land a desolation and a waste, and her proud might shall cease, and the mountains of Israel shall be so desolate that no one will pass through them.

29 و َحِينَ أجعَلُ الأرْضَ خَرِبَةً بِسَبَبِ الأُمُورِ الكَرِيهَةِ الَّتِي عَمِلْتُها، فَإنَّهُمْ يَعَلَمُونَ أنِّي أنا اللهُ.›»

Then shall they know, understand, and realize that I am the Lord, when I have made the land a desolation and a waste because of all their abominations which they have committed.

30 « أمّا أنتَ يا إنْسانُ، فَإنَّ شَعبَكَ يَتَكَلَّمُ عَلَيكَ قُربَ الأسوارِ وَعِندَ كُلِّ بابٍ. يَقُولُ بَعضُهُمْ لِبَعضٍ: ‹لِنَذهَبْ وَنَستَمِعْ إلَى الرِّسالَةِ التّالِيَةِ مِنَ اللهِ!›

As for you, son of man, your people who talk of you by the walls and in the doors of the houses say one to another, every one to his brother, Come and hear what the word is that comes forth from the Lord.

31 س َيَأتُونَ إلَيكَ كَجُمهُورٍ كَبِيرٍ، وَيَجلِسُونَ أمامَكَ وَيَستَمِعُونَ إلَى كَلامِكَ، لَكِنَّهُمْ لَنْ يَعَمَلُوا بِهِ. تَسمَعُ المَدِيحَ عَلَى شِفاهِهِمْ، أمّا قُلُوبُهُمْ فَمُولَعَةٌ بِالرِّبحِ.

And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as My people, and they hear the words you say, but they will not do them; for with their mouths they show much love, but their hearts go after and are set on their gain.

32 م ا أنتَ لَهُمْ سِوَى مُغَنٍّ ذِي صَوتٍ جَميلٍ، يُغَنِّي أغانِيَ الحُبِّ عَلَى ألحانٍ عَذْبَةٍ. سَيَسمَعُونَ كَلامَكَ، وَلَكِنَّهُمْ لَنْ يَعمَلُوا بِهِ.

Behold, you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice and can play well on an instrument, for they hear your words but do not do them.

33 ل َكِنْ حِينَ تأتِي المُصِيبَةُ – وَسَتَأتِي حَتماً – فَحِينَئِذٍ، سَيَعلَمُونَ أنَّ نَبِيّاً كانَ فِي وَسَطَهِمْ.»

When this comes to pass—for behold, it will come!—then shall they know, understand, and realize that a prophet has been among them.