1 و َأتَتْ إلَيَّ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ:

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

2 « يا إنْسانُ، هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: «هُناكَ نِهايَةٌ لِأرضِ إسْرائِيلَ. سَتَأتِي النِّهايَةُ عَلَى كُلِّ الأرْضِ.

“And you, son of man, thus says the Lord God to the land of Israel: ‘An end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land.

3 س َتَأتِي النِّهايَةُ عَلَيكِ سَرِيعاً، حِينَ أُرسِلُ غَضَبِي عَلَيكِ، وَحِينَ أحكُمُ عَلَيكِ بِحَسَبِ طُرُقِكِ، وَحِينَ أُجازِيكِ عَلَى أُمُورِكِ الكَرِيهَةِ،

Now the end has come upon you, And I will send My anger against you; I will judge you according to your ways, And I will repay you for all your abominations.

4 و َلَنْ أرحَمَكِ، لأنِّي سَأُعاقِبُكِ عَلَى سُلُوكِكِ بِسَبَبِ الأُمُورِ الكَرِيهَةِ الَّتِي فِي وَسَطِكِ، حِينَئِذٍ، تَعلَمِينَ أنِّي أنا اللهُ.»

My eye will not spare you, Nor will I have pity; But I will repay your ways, And your abominations will be in your midst; Then you shall know that I am the Lord!’

5 ي َقُولُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: «سَتَأتِي عَلَيكُمْ كارِثَةٌ وَراءَ أُخْرَى.

“Thus says the Lord God: ‘A disaster, a singular disaster; Behold, it has come!

6 ه ُناكَ نِهايَةٌ آتِيَةٌ. النِّهايَةُ آتِيَةٌ، وَسَتَأتِي عَلَيكِ فَجأةً. ها إنَّ الكارِثَةَ تُوشِكُ أنْ تَأتِيَ.

An end has come, The end has come; It has dawned for you; Behold, it has come!

7 ي ا سُكّانَ الأرْضِ، قَدْ أُطلِقَتِ الإشارَةُ لِأعدائِكُمْ لِيَجِيئُوا. قَدْ أتَى الوَقتُ. اليَومُ قَرِيبٌ جِدّاً. يُمكِنُ سَماعُ ضَجَّةِ المَعرَكَةِ، لا ضَجَّةَ الفَرَحِ، فِي الجِبالِ.

Doom has come to you, you who dwell in the land; The time has come, A day of trouble is near, And not of rejoicing in the mountains.

8 س َأُظهِرُ قَرِيباً كُلَّ غَضَبِي عَلَيكِ. سَأُدِينُكِ عَلَى أعمالِكِ، وَسَأُعاقِبُكِ عَلَى كُلَّ خَطاياكِ الكَرِيهَةِ.

Now upon you I will soon pour out My fury, And spend My anger upon you; I will judge you according to your ways, And I will repay you for all your abominations.

9 و َلَنْ أرحَمَكِ، وَلَنْ أُشفِقَ عَلَيكِ. سَأُعاقِبُكِ عَلَى ما فَعَلْتِ، بَينَما ما تَزالُ خَطاياكِ فِيكِ. حِينَئِذٍ، تَعلَمُونَ أنِّي أنا هُوَ اللهَ الَّذِي يَضرِبُكُمْ.

‘My eye will not spare, Nor will I have pity; I will repay you according to your ways, And your abominations will be in your midst. Then you shall know that I am the Lord who strikes.

10 ق َدْ أتَى اليَومُ، وَقَدْ أطلَقتُ الإشارَةَ. قَدْ أفرَخَتِ العَصا، وَأخْرَجَتِ الكِبْرِيَاءُ بَراعِمَها.

‘Behold, the day! Behold, it has come! Doom has gone out; The rod has blossomed, Pride has budded.

11 ذ َلِكَ المُتَكَبِّرُ القاسِي مُسْتَعِدٌّ لِمُعاقَبَةِ الأشْرارِ. يُوجَدُ كَثِيرُونَ فِي إسْرائِيلَ، وَلكِنَّهُ لَيْسَ واحِداً مِنْهُمْ. هُوَ لَيْسَ قائِداً مُهِمّاً فِي ذَلِكَ الشَّعبِ.

Violence has risen up into a rod of wickedness; None of them shall remain, None of their multitude, None of them; Nor shall there be wailing for them.

12 ق َدْ أتَى الوَقتُ، وَاقتَرَبَ اليَومُ. لا يَفرَحِ الشّارِي، وَلا يَنُحِ البائِعُ، لأنَّ الغَضَبَ سَيَأتِي عَلَى جُمهُورٍ عَظِيمٍ.

The time has come, The day draws near. ‘Let not the buyer rejoice, Nor the seller mourn, For wrath is on their whole multitude.

13 ف َمَنْ يَبِيعُ أرْضَهُ لَنْ يَستَعِيدَها أبَداً. حَتَّى الَّذِينَ يَنجُونَ بِحَيَاتِهِمْ، لَنْ يَعُودُوا إلَى الأرْضِ. لِأنَّ هَذِهِ الرُّؤيا تَتَعَلَّقُ بِالجَمِيعِ. وَلَنْ يَتَقَوَّى أحَدٌ بِالظُّلمِ وَالإثْمِ.

For the seller shall not return to what has been sold, Though he may still be alive; For the vision concerns the whole multitude, And it shall not turn back; No one will strengthen himself Who lives in iniquity.

14 م َعَ أنَّهُمْ يَنفُخُونَ فِي بُوقِ المَعرَكَةِ، وَيَستَعِدُّونَ للِحَربِ، لَكِنَّهُمْ لَنْ يَسِيرُوا إلَى المَعرَكَةِ، لأنِّي غاضِبٌ عَلَيهِمْ جَمِيعاً.

‘They have blown the trumpet and made everyone ready, But no one goes to battle; For My wrath is on all their multitude.

15 ا لعَدُوُّ خارِجَ المَدِينَةِ، وَالمَرَضُ وَالمَجاعَةُ فِي داخِلِها. الَّذِينَ فِي الحُقُولِ سَيَمُوتُونَ بِالسَّيفِ، وَالَّذِينَ فِي المَدِينَةِ سَيَمُوتُونَ بِالمَرَضِ وَالجُوعِ.

The sword is outside, And the pestilence and famine within. Whoever is in the field Will die by the sword; And whoever is in the city, Famine and pestilence will devour him.

16 س َيَهرُبُ النّاجُونَ مِنهُمْ، وَسَيَطِيرُونَ إلَى الجِبالِ مِثلَ حَمائِمِ الوادِي، وَكُلُّ واحِدٍ مِنهُمْ يَهْدِرُ فِي إثمِهِ.

‘Those who survive will escape and be on the mountains Like doves of the valleys, All of them mourning, Each for his iniquity.

17 س َتَكُونُ أيدِيهُمْ مُنهَكَةً وَرُكَبُهُمْ ضَعِيفَةً.

Every hand will be feeble, And every knee will be as weak as water.

18 س َيَرْتَدُونَ الخَيشَ، وَسَيُغّطِّيهُمُ الرُّعْبُ. سَيَكُونُ العارُ عَلَى كُلِّ وَجهٍ، وَسَيُحلَقُ كُلُّ رَأسٍ.

They will also be girded with sackcloth; Horror will cover them; Shame will be on every face, Baldness on all their heads.

19 س َيُلقُونَ أصنامَهُمِ الفِضِّيَّةَ فِي الشَّوارِعِ، وَسَيُعامِلُونَ تَماثِيلَهُمُ الذَّهَبِيَّةَ كَما لَوْ أنَّها نُفايَةٌ. لَنْ تُخَلِّصَهُمْ أصنامُهُمُ الفِضِّيَّةُ حِينَ يُعَبِّرُ اللهُ عَنْ غَضَبِهِ عَلَيهِمْ. لَنْ تُشبِعَهُمْ هَذِهِ الأصنامُ، وَلَنْ تَملأَ بُطُونَهُمْ.

‘They will throw their silver into the streets, And their gold will be like refuse; Their silver and their gold will not be able to deliver them In the day of the wrath of the Lord; They will not satisfy their souls, Nor fill their stomachs, Because it became their stumbling block of iniquity.

20 ص َنَعُوا أوثانَهُمُ الكَرِيهَةَ وَأدَواتِهِمُ المَقِيتَةَ مِنْ زِينَتِهِمُ الجَمِيلَةِ الَّتِي يَفتَخِرُونَ بِها. لِهَذا أنزِعُهُمْ عَنِّي كَرِداءٍ نَجِسٍ.

‘As for the beauty of his ornaments, He set it in majesty; But they made from it The images of their abominations— Their detestable things; Therefore I have made it Like refuse to them.

21 س َأُسَلِّمُ أرْضَهُمْ لِلغُرَباءِ لِيَنهَبُوها، وَلأشْرارِ الأرْضِ لِيَأخُذُوها غَنِيمَةٍ، فَيُنَجِّسُونَها.

I will give it as plunder Into the hands of strangers, And to the wicked of the earth as spoil; And they shall defile it.

22 س َأُبْعِدُ وَجهِيَ عَنهُمْ، فَيَدخُلَ الغُرَباءُ مَقدِسِي وَيُنَجِّسُونَهُ. سَيَدخُلُ المُجتاحُونَ وَيُنَجِّسُونَهُ.

I will turn My face from them, And they will defile My secret place; For robbers shall enter it and defile it.

23 ا صنَعُوا السَّلاسِلَ لِلأسْرَى، لِأنَّ الأرْضَ مَلِيئَةٌ بِجَرائِمِ القَتلِ، وَالمَدينَةُ مَليئَةٌ بِالعُنفِ.

‘Make a chain, For the land is filled with crimes of blood, And the city is full of violence.

24 و َلِذا سَأجلِبُ أجانِبَ أشراراً. سَيَمْتَلِكُونَ بُيُوتِ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ. سَأُنهِي مَجدَ العُظَماءِ وَالأقوِياءِ، وَسَتَتَنَجَّسُ أماكِنُ عِبادَتِهِمْ.

Therefore I will bring the worst of the Gentiles, And they will possess their houses; I will cause the pomp of the strong to cease, And their holy places shall be defiled.

25 ز َمَنُ رُعبٍ وَدَمارٍ آتٍ! سَيَبحَثُونَ عَنِ السَّلامِ، لَكِنَّهُمْ لَنْ يَجِدُوهُ!

Destruction comes; They will seek peace, but there shall be none.

26 س َتَأتِي مَأساةٌ بَعدَ مَأساةٍ، وَإشاعَةٌ بَعدَ إشاعَةٍ. سَيَطلُبُونَ رُؤيا مِنَ الأنبِياءِ. سَيَفتَقِرُ الكَهَنَةُ إلَى التَّعلِيمِ، وَالقادَةُ إلَى النَّصِيحَةِ.

Disaster will come upon disaster, And rumor will be upon rumor. Then they will seek a vision from a prophet; But the law will perish from the priest, And counsel from the elders.

27 س َيَنُوحُ المَلِكُ، وَرَئِيسُ الشَّعبِ سَيَلبَسُ العارَ، وَأيدِي القادَةِ سَتَرتَجِفُ مِنَ الخَوفِ. سَأحكُمُ عَلَيهِمْ بِما يَحكُمُونَ بِهِ عَلَى غَيرِهِمْ. حِينَئِذٍ، يَعَلَمُونَ أنِّي أنا اللهُ.»

‘The king will mourn, The prince will be clothed with desolation, And the hands of the common people will tremble. I will do to them according to their way, And according to what they deserve I will judge them; Then they shall know that I am the Lord!’”