1 « يا إنْسانُ، خُذْ سَيفاً حادّاً وَاستَخدِمهُ كَشَفرَةِ حِلاقَةٍ، وَاحلِقْ بِهِ شَعرَ رَأسِكَ وَلِحيَتِكَ. ثُمَّ خُذْ مِيزاناً وَقَسِّمْ شَعرَكَ بِالمِيزانِ إلَى ثَلاثَةِ أقسامٍ.

“As for you, son of man, take a sharp sword. Use it to cut the hair from your head and face. Then weigh and divide the hair.

2 أ لقِ ثُلُثاً مِنْ شَعرِكَ إلَى النّارِ الَّتِي وَسَطِ المَدِينَةِ حِينَ تَنتَهِي فَترَةُ الحِصارِ. وَخُذِ الثُّلُثَ الثّانِي وَقَطِّعهُ بِالسَّيفِ خارِجَ المَدِينَةِ. أمّا الثُّلُثُ الثّالِثُ فَألقِهِ إلَى الهَواءِ، وَسَأضرِبُهُ بِسَيفِي.

A third part you must burn in the fire in the center of the city, when the days of the battle are completed. Then take a third part and cut it up with your sword as you move around the city. And a third part you must throw to the wind. For I will pull out a sword behind them.

3 و َخُذْ قَلِيلاً مِنَ الشَّعرِ وَصُرَّهُ فِي طَرَفِ ثَوبِكَ.

Take a small number of the hairs and tie them in the cloth of your coat.

4 ث ُمَّ خُذْ قَلِيلاً مِنَ الشَّعرِ المَصرُورِ وَألقِهِ إلَى النّارِ وَاحرِقهُ، وَسَتَخرُجُ مِنهُ نارٌ وَتَنتَشِرُ إلَى كُلِّ بَيتِ إسْرائِيلَ.»

Take some more of them and throw them into the fire, and burn them up. A fire will spread from there to all the people of Israel.

5 ه َذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: «تُمَثِّلُ هَذِهِ اللِّبِنَةُ مَدينَةَ القُدْسِ الَّتِي وَضَعتُها وَسَطَ الأُمَمِ.

The Lord God says, ‘This is Jerusalem. I have set her in the center of the nations, with lands around her.

6 و َهِيَ الَّتِي عَصَتْ أحكامِي وَشَرائِعِي لِتَعمَلَ شُرُوراً أكثَرَ مِنْ كُلِّ الأُمَمِ الأُخرَى، وَخَرَقَتْ شَرائِعِي أكثَرَ مِنْ كُلِّ البِلادِ الَّتِي حَولَها. رَفَضَ أهلُها أحكامِي، وَلَمْ يُطِيعُوا شَرائِعِي.»

But she has turned against My Laws worse than the nations and the lands around her. The people of Jerusalem have turned away from My Laws and have not obeyed them.’

7 ل ِهَذا يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: «عَصَيتُمْ أكثَرَ مِنَ الأُمَمِ الَّتِي حَولَكُمْ. لَمْ تُطِيعُوا شَرائِعِي وَلَمْ تَحفَظُوا أحكامِي، بَلْ سَلَكْتُمْ وَفْقَ أحكامِ الأُمَمِ الَّتِي حَولَكُمْ.

So the Lord God says, ‘You have been more sinful than the nations around you. You have not walked in My Laws or kept them. You have not even kept Laws like the nations around you have. Because you have acted this way,’

8 ل ِذَلِكَ، هَكَذا يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: سَوفَ أقِفُ ضِدَّكَمْ وَسَأُعاقِبُكُمْ بِأعمالٍ عَظِيمَةٍ عَلَى مَرأىً مِنَ الأُمَمُ الأُخرَى.

the Lord God says, ‘I Myself am against you, and I will punish you in the eyes of the nations.

9 و َبِسَبَبِ كُلِّ الأُمُورِ الكَرِيهَةِ الَّتِي عَمِلتُمُوها، سَأعمَلُ بِكُمْ أُمُوراً لَمْ يَسبِقْ لِي أنْ عَمِلتُها، وَلَنْ أعُودَ أعمَلُها ثانِيَةً.

Because of all the things you have done which I hate, I will do with you what I have never done before, and what I will never do again.

10 و َلِذَلِكَ بِسَبَبِ ما عَمِلتُمْ، سَيَأكُلُ الآباءُ أولادَهُمْ، وَسَيَأكُلُ الأولادُ آباءَهُمْ. سَأُنَفِّذُ فِيكُمْ حُكْمِي وَدَينُونَتِي، وَأُشَتِّتُ الباقِينَ مِنكُمْ مَعَ الرِّيحِ فِي كُلِّ اتِّجاهٍ.»

Fathers will eat their sons among you, and sons will eat their fathers. I will punish you and divide you, and spread to every wind those of you who are left.

11 ي َقُولُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: «أُقسِمُ بِذاتِي، إنِّي سَأُعاقِبُكُمْ بِنَفسِي! لَنْ أرحَمَكُمْ أوْ أتَرَأّفَ بِكُمْ! لِأنَّكُمْ نَجَّستُمْ هَيكَلِي بِمُمارَساتِكُمُ الكَرِيهَةِ.

You have made My holy place unclean with all your hated objects of worship and sinful ways. So as I live,’ says the Lord, ‘for sure I will turn away from you. My eye will have no pity and I will punish all of you.

12 ث ُلثُكُمْ سَيَمُوتُ بِالمَرَضِ وَيَذبُلُ بِالجُّوعِ، وَثُلثُكُمْ سَيَسقُطُ بِالسَّيفِ فِي الحُقُولِ وَالأراضِي المُحِيطَةِ بِالمَدِينَةِ، وَثُلثُكُمْ سَأُشَتِّتهُ مَعَ الرِّيحِ فِي كُلِّ اتِّجاهٍ، وَسَأُلاحِقُكُمْ بِالسَّيفِ.

One third of you will die by disease or be destroyed by hunger among you. A third will be killed by the sword around you. And a third I will spread to every wind, and go after them with a sword.

13 س َأُطلِقُ غَضَبِي، سَأُعَبِّرُ عَنْ غَيظِي عَلَى شَعبِي. حِينَئِذٍ، يَعلَمُونَ أنِّي أنا اللهَ تَكَلَّمْتُ فِي غِيرَتِي، حَينَ أُطلِقُ عَلَيهِمْ غَيظِي.»

‘This is how My anger will stop. I will cause My anger to be upon them, and I will be comforted. Then they will know that I, the Lord, have spoken in My jealousy when I have sent My anger upon them.

14 « سَأُسَلِّمُكِ لِلخَرابِ وَأُدَمِّرُكِ، وَأجعَلُكِ عِبرَةً بَينَ الأُمَمِ الَّتِي حَولَكِ، وَلِكُلِّ مَنْ يَمُرُّ مُقابِلَكِ.

I will make you a waste and a shame among the nations around you, in the eyes of all who pass by.

15 س َتُصبِحُ القُدْسُ عاراً وَمَثارَ سُخْرِيَةٍ وَدَهشْةً وَعِبرَةً لِلأُمَمِ المُحِيطَةِ بِكِ حِينَ أُوَبِّخُكِ بِشِدَّةٍ وَأُعاقِبَكِ. أنا اللهَ تَكَلَّمْتُ.

You will be a shame, and people will speak against you. You will show people the danger of sinning and fill the nations around you with fear, when I punish you in anger and with angry words. I, the Lord, have spoken.

16 س َأُطلِقُ سِهامَ المَجاعَةِ وَسِهامَ الدَّمارِ لإهلاكِكُمْ. سَأزِيدُ الجُوعَ أكثَرَ عَلَيكُمْ، وَأجعَلُ خُبزَكُمْ قَلِيلاً.

I will keep you from getting food. I will make your hunger worse, and take away the bread you need.

17 س َأُرسِلُ عَلَيكُمُ المَجاعَةَ وَالحَيواناتِ المُفتَرِسَةَ لِتَقتُلَ أولادَكُمْ! وَسَأنشُرُ المَوتَ وَالأمراضَ بَينَكُمْ. وَسَآتِي بِالسَّيفِ عَلَيكُمْ.» أنا اللهَ تَكَلَّمْتُ.

I will send hunger and wild animals against you, and they will take away your children. Disease and death will pass through you, and I will bring the sword against you. I, the Lord, have spoken.’”