1 M oreover, the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the Lord’s house which faced eastward. And behold, there were twenty-five men at the entrance of the gate, and among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people.

ثُمَّ رَفَعَتنِي رُوحٌ وَحَمَلَتنِي إلَى البَوّابَةِ الشَرقِيَّةِ لِبَيتِ اللهِ. وَعِندَ البَوّابَةِ، كانَ هُناكَ خَمسَةٌ وَعِشرُونَ رَجُلاً. وَعَرَفتُ مِنْ هَؤلاءِ الرِّجالِ يازَنْيا بْنَ عَزُورَ وَفَلَطْيا بْنَ بَنايا، وَهُما مِنْ رُؤَساءِ الشَّعبِ.

2 H e said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and give evil advice in this city,

وَقالَ لِي: «يا إنْسانُ، هَؤُلاءِ هُمُ الرِّجالُ الَّذِينَ يُخَطِّطُونَ للِشَرِّ، وَيُقَدِّمُونَ مَشُورَةً شِرِّيرَةً فِي هَذِهِ المَدِينَةِ.

3 w ho say, ‘ The time is not near to build houses. This city is the pot and we are the flesh.’

يَقُولُونَ عَنِ القُدْسِ: ‹لَنْ تُبنَى بُيُوتٌ فِي الفَترَةِ القَرِيبَةِ القادِمَةِ. هِيَ القِدرُ وَنَحنُ اللَّحمُ.›

4 T herefore, prophesy against them, son of man, prophesy!”

لِذَلِكَ تَنَبَّأ عَلَيهِمْ وَضِدَّهُمْ، يا إنْسانُ.»

5 T hen the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and He said to me, “Say, ‘Thus says the Lord, “So you think, house of Israel, for I know your thoughts.

حِينَئِذٍ، أتَى رُوحُ اللهِ عَلَيَّ وَقالَ لِي: «قُلْ هَكَذا يَقُولُ اللهُ: يا بَيتَ إسْرائِيلَ، إنِّي عالِمٌ بِأفكارِكُمْ وَخُطَطِكُمْ.

6 Y ou have multiplied your slain in this city, filling its streets with them.”

قَدْ زِدتُمْ فِي نَجاسَتِكُمْ فِي هَذِهِ المَدِينَةِ، وَمَلأتُمُ الشَّوارِعَ بِجُثَثِ قَتلاكُمْ.

7 T herefore, thus says the Lord God, “Your slain whom you have laid in the midst of the city are the flesh and this city is the pot; but I will bring you out of it.

لِهَذا يَقُولُ الرّبُّ الإلَهُ: جُثَثُكُمُ الَّتِي وَضَعتُمُوها فِي هَذِهِ المَدِينَةِ هِيَ اللَّحمُ، وَالقُدْسُ هِيَ القِدرُ. وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ سَيُخرِجُكُمْ مِنْ تِلكَ القِدرِ.

8 Y ou have feared a sword; so I will bring a sword upon you,” the Lord God declares.

أنتُمْ تَخافُونَ السَّيفَ، فَسَأجلِبُ السَّيفَ ضِدَّكُمْ. يَقُولُ الرّبُّ الإلَهُ.

9 “ And I will bring you out of the midst of the city and deliver you into the hands of strangers and execute judgments against you.

سَأُخرِجُكُمْ مِنَ المَدِينَةِ، وَأضَعُكُمْ فِي أيدِي غُرَباءَ، وَسَأحكُمُ عَلَيكُمْ وَأُنَفِّذُ حُكمِي.

10 Y ou will fall by the sword. I will judge you to the border of Israel; so you shall know that I am the Lord.

سَتُقتَلُونَ بِالسَّيفِ، وَسَأُعاقِبُكُمْ فِي كُلِّ أرْضِ إسْرائِيلَ. حِينَئِذٍ، تَعلَمُونَ أنِّي أنا اللهُ.

11 T his city will not be a pot for you, nor will you be flesh in the midst of it, but I will judge you to the border of Israel.

لَنْ تَكُونَ مَدينَةُ القُدْسِ قِدراً يَحمِيكُمْ، وَلَنْ تَكُونُوا اللَّحمَ فِيها. سَأحكُمُ عَلَيكُمْ فِي كُلِّ أرْضِ إسْرائِيلَ،

12 T hus you will know that I am the Lord; for you have not walked in My statutes nor have you executed My ordinances, but have acted according to the ordinances of the nations around you.”’”

حِينَئِذٍ، تَعلَمُونَ أنِّي أنا اللهُ الَّذِي لَمْ تُطِيعُوا شَرائِعَهُ وَلَمْ تَحفَظُوا أحكامَهُ، بَلِ اتَّبَعتُمْ عاداتِ وَشَرائِعَ الأُمَمِ المُحِيطَةِ بِكُمْ.»

13 N ow it came about as I prophesied, that Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell on my face and cried out with a loud voice and said, “ Alas, Lord God! Will You bring the remnant of Israel to a complete end?” Promise of Restoration

وَبَينَما كُنتُ أتَنَبَّأُ، ماتَ فَلَطْيا بْنَ بَنايا. فَوَقَعتُ وَوَجهِي عَلَى الأرْضِ وَصَرَختُ: «آهِ! أيُّها الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ! هَلْ سَتُبِيدُ كُلَّ بَقِيَّةِ إسْرائِيلَ؟» نبوّاتٌ ضدَّ الباقينَ في القدس

14 T hen the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

حِينَئِذٍ، أتَتْ إلَيَّ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ:

15 “ Son of man, your brothers, your relatives, your fellow exiles and the whole house of Israel, all of them, are those to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, ‘Go far from the Lord; this land has been given us as a possession.’

«يا إنْسانُ، إنَّ الَّذِينَ ما زالُوا يَسكُنُونَ القُدْسَ يَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِشُرُورٍ عَلَى إخْوَتِكَ وَأقرِبائِكَ وَكُلِّ بَيتِ إسْرائِيلَ، فَيَقُولُونَ: ‹قَدِ ابتَعَدُوا كَثِيراً عَنْ مَحضَرِ اللهِ. لِذَلِكَ فَقَدْ أُعطِيَتِ الأرْضُ لَنا.›

16 T herefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Though I had removed them far away among the nations and though I had scattered them among the countries, yet I was a sanctuary for them a little while in the countries where they had gone.”’

فَقُلْ لِلمَسبِيِّينَ: ‹يَقُولُ الرّبُّ الإلَهُ: صَحِيحٌ أنِّي طَرَدتُكُمْ إلَى الأُمَمِ الأُخرَى، وَشَتَّتُّكُمْ فِي البِلادِ. لَكِنَّنِي سَأكُونُ هَيكَلَهُمْ لِفَترَةٍ قَصِيرَةٍ فِي البِلادِ الَّتِي هُمْ فِيها الآنَ.»

17 T herefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries among which you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.”’

لِذَلِكَ قُلْ لَهُمْ: يَقُولُ الرّبُّ الإلَهُ: سَأجمَعُكُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ الشُّعُوبِ وَالأراضِي الَّتِي شَتَّتُّكُمْ فِيها. وَسَأُعطِيكُمْ أرْضَ إسْرائِيلَ.

18 W hen they come there, they will remove all its detestable things and all its abominations from it.

وَحِينَ يَعُودُونَ إلَى أرْضِهِمْ: سَيُزِيلُونَ كُلَّ النَّجاساتِ وَالخَطايا المَمقُوتَةِ.

19 A nd I will give them one heart, and put a new spirit within them. And I will take the heart of stone out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh,

وَسَأُعطِيهُمْ قَلباً مُوَحَّداً، وَأضَعُ رُوحاً جَدِيدَةً فِيهِمْ! وَسَأنزِعُ القَلبَ الحَجَرِيَّ مِنهُمْ، وَأُعطِيهِمْ قَلباً لَحمِيّاً،

20 t hat they may walk in My statutes and keep My ordinances and do them. Then they will be My people, and I shall be their God.

لِيَتبَعُوا شَرائِعِي وَيَحفَظُوا فَرائِضِي. حِينَئِذٍ، سَيَكُونُونَ شَعبِي، وَأنا سَأكُونُ لَهُمْ إلَهاً.

21 B ut as for those whose hearts go after their detestable things and abominations, I will bring their conduct down on their heads,” declares the Lord God.

أمّا الَّذِينَ تَقُودُهُمْ قُلُوبُهُمْ إلَى النَّجاساتِ وَالخَطايا الكَرِيهَةِ، فَسَأُعاقِبُهُمْ عَلَى أعْمالِهِمْ.›» يَقُولُ الرّبُّ الإلَهُ.

22 T hen the cherubim lifted up their wings with the wheels beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel hovered over them.

ثُمَّ رَفَعَتْ مَلائِكَةُ الكَرُوبِيمَ. أجنِحَتَها وَارتَفَعَتْ وَدَوالِيبُها بِجانِبِها، وَمَجدُ إلَهِ إسْرائِيلَ عَلَيهِا.

23 T he glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city and stood over the mountain which is east of the city.

فَارتَفَعَ مَجدُ اللهِ وَتَرَكَ المَدِينَةَ، وَاستَقَرَّ عَلَى الجَبَلِ الواقِعِ شَرقَ المَدِينَةِ.

24 A nd the Spirit lifted me up and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God to the exiles in Chaldea. So the vision that I had seen left me.

حِينَئِذٍ، وَبَيْنَما كُنْتُ أرَى الرُّؤيا الَّتِي أراها لِيَ رُوحُ اللهِ، رَفَعَتْنِي رُوحٌ وَحَمَلَتْنِي إلَى المَسبِيِّينَ فِي أرْضِ الكَلْدانِيِّينَ. وَعِندَئِذٍ ارتَفَعَتْ عَنِّي الرُّؤيا.

25 T hen I told the exiles all the things that the Lord had shown me.

فَأخبَرتُ المَسبِيِّينَ بِكُلِّ ما أراهُ اللهُ لِي، وَتَكَلَّمَ بِهِ إلَيَّ.