1 و َأتَتْ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ إلَيَّ تَقُولُ:

Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,

2 « يا إنْسانُ، التَفِتْ إلَى جِبالِ إسْرائِيلَ وَتَنَبَّأ ضِدَّها وَقُلْ:

Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy to them,

3 « يا جِبالَ إسْرائِيلَ، استَمِعِي لِكَلِمَةِ الرَّبِّ الإلَهِ. هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ للِجِبالِ وَالتِّلالِ وَالجَداوِلِ وَالأودِيَةِ: ‹سَآتِي بِالسَّيفِ عَلَى مُرتَفَعاتِكُمْ.

and say, You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Yahweh: Thus says the Lord Yahweh to the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys: Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword on you, and I will destroy your high places.

4 س َتُدَمَّرُ مَذابِحُكُمْ، وَمَذابِحُ بَخُورِكُمْ سَتُحَطَّمُ. وَسَأُلقِي جُثَثَكُمْ أمامَ أصنامِكُمِ الكَرِيهَةِ.

Your altars shall become desolate, and your incense altars shall be broken; and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.

5 س َأضَعُ جُثَثَ بَني إسْرائِيلَ المُتَعَفِّنَةِ أمامَ آلِهَتِهِمُ الكَريهَةِ، وَأُبَعثِرَ عِظامَهُمْ حَولَ مَذابِحِهِمْ.

I will lay the dead bodies of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones around your altars.

6 و َحَيثُما تَسْكُنُونَ، سَتَصِيرُ مُدُنُكُمْ خَرِبَةً، وَتُدَمَّرُ مُرتَفَعاتُكُمْ. سَتُخَرَّبُ مَذابِحُكُمْ وَتَنْهَدِمُ، وَسَتُحَطِّمُ أوثانُكُمُ الكَرِيهَةُ، وَسَتُكَسَّرُ مَذابِحُ بَخُورِكُمْ، وَتَزُولُ تَماثِيلُكُمْ تَماماً.

In all your dwelling places the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your incense altars may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.

7 س َيَسقُطُ قَتلَى فِي وَسَطِكُمْ. حِينَئِذٍ، تَعلَمُونَ أنِّي أنا اللهُ.›

The slain shall fall among you, and you shall know that I am Yahweh.

8 « وَلَكِنِّي سَأُبقِي عَلَى عَدَدٍ قَلِيلٍ مِنكُمْ. فَسَيَنجُو بَعضٌ مِنكُمْ مِنَ السَّيفِ وَسَطَ أُمَمِ البِلادِ الغَرِيبَةِ الَّتِي سَأُبَعثِرُكُمْ فِيها.

Yet will I leave a remnant, in that you shall have some that escape the sword among the nations, when you shall be scattered through the countries.

9 ح ِينَئِذٍ، سَيَتَذَكَّرُنِي النّاجُونَ وَسَطَ الأُمَمِ الَّتِي يَسكُنُونَ وَسطَها. سَيَتَذَكَّرُونَ أنَّنِي أذلَلْتُ قَلبَهُمِ الزّانِي الَّذِي تَرَكَنِي، وَعُيُونَهُمُ المُلتَفِتَةَ إلَى أصنامِكُمُ الكَرِيهَةِ. حِينَئِذٍ، سَيَمْقُتُونَ أنفُسَهُمْ بِسَبَبِ كُلَّ الشَّرِّ وَالأُمُورِ الكَرِيهَةِ الَّتِي عَمِلُوها.

Those of you that escape shall remember me among the nations where they shall be carried captive, how that I have been broken with their lewd heart, which has departed from me, and with their eyes, which play the prostitute after their idols: and they shall loathe themselves in their own sight for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.

10 ح ِينَئِذٍ، سَيَعرِفُونَ أنِّي أنا اللهُ ، وَأنَّ كَلامِي لَيسَ تَهدِيداً فارِغاً، بَلْ سَأجلِبُ عَلَيهِمْ هَذِهِ الكارِثَةَ.»

They shall know that I am Yahweh: I have not said in vain that I would do this evil to them.

11 ي َقُولُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: «اضرِبْ كَفَّيكَ أحَدُهُما بِالآخَرِ، وَاضرِبْ بِقَدَمِكَ الأرْضَ، وَتَأوَّهْ عَلَى كُلِّ الشُّرُورِ الكَرِيهَةِ الَّتِي عَمِلَها بَنو إسْرائِيلَ، الَّذِينَ سَقَطُوا بِالسَّيفِ وَالمَجاعَةِ وَالمَرَضِ.

Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Strike with your hand, and stamp with your foot, and say, Alas! because of all the evil abominations of the house of Israel; for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.

12 س َيَمُوتُ البَعِيدُونَ بِالمَرَضِ، بَينَما سَيَمُوتُ القَرِيبُونَ بِالسَّيفِ، وَأمّا الباقُونَ فِي الحِصارِ فَسَيَمُوتُونَ بِالجُوعِ. حِينَئِذٍ، فَقَطْ سَيَهدَأُ غَضَبِي عَلَيْهِم.

He who is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he who is near shall fall by the sword; and he who remains and is besieged shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my wrath on them.

13 ح ِينَئِذٍ، تَعلَمُونَ أنِّي أنا اللهُ ، حِينَ تُلقَى جُثَثُهُمْ بَينَ أصنامِهِمِ الرَّدِيَّةِ حَولَ مَذابِحِهِمْ عَلَى كُلِّ تَلَّةٍ مُرتَفِعَةٍ، وَعَلَى كُلِّ قِمَّةِ جَبَلٍ، وَتَحتَ كُلِّ شَجَرَةٍ خَضراءَ، وَكُلِّ بَلُّوطَةٍ مُورِقَةٍ، فِي الأماكِنِ الَّتِي قَدَّمُوا فِيها بَخُوراً وَرَوائِحَ عَطِرَةً لِأصنامِهِمِ الرَّدِيئَةِ.

You shall know that I am Yahweh, when their slain men shall be among their idols around their altars, on every high hill, on all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the places where they offered pleasant aroma to all their idols.

14 س َأُعاقِبُهُمْ وَأُخَرِّبُ أرْضَهُمْ. وَسَتَكُونُ كُلُّ مَساكِنِهِمْ مِنَ الصَّحراءِ إلَى مَدِينَةِ دَبلَةَ خَرِبَةً وَمَهجُورَةً. حِينَئِذٍ، سَيَعرِفُونَ أنِّي أنا اللهُ.»

I will stretch out my hand on them, and make the land desolate and waste, from the wilderness toward Diblah, throughout all their habitations: and they shall know that I am Yahweh.