1 “ As for you, son of man, take a sharp sword; take and use it as a barber’s razor on your head and beard. Then take scales for weighing and divide the hair.

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

2 O ne third you shall burn in the fire at the center of the city, when the days of the siege are completed. Then you shall take one third and strike it with the sword all around the city, and one third you shall scatter to the wind; and I will unsheathe a sword behind them.

ألقِ 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.

3 T ake also a few in number from them and bind them in the edges of your robes.

وَخُذْ قَلِيلاً مِنَ الشَّعرِ وَصُرَّهُ فِي طَرَفِ ثَوبِكَ.

4 T ake again some of them and throw them into the fire and burn them in the fire; from it a fire will spread to all the house of Israel.

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

5 “ Thus says the Lord God, ‘This is Jerusalem; I have set her at the center of the nations, with lands around her.

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

6 B ut she has rebelled against My ordinances more wickedly than the nations and against My statutes more than the lands which surround her; for they have rejected My ordinances and have not walked in My statutes.’

وَهِيَ 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.»

7 T herefore, thus says the Lord God, ‘Because you have more turmoil than the nations which surround you and have not walked in My statutes, nor observed My ordinances, nor observed the ordinances of the nations which surround you,’

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

8 t herefore, thus says the Lord God, ‘Behold, I, even I, am against you, and I will execute judgments among you in the sight of the nations.

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

9 A nd because of all your abominations, I will do among you what I have not done, and the like of which I will never do again.

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

10 T herefore, fathers will eat their sons among you, and sons will eat their fathers; for I will execute judgments on you and scatter all your remnant to every wind.

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

11 S o as I live,’ declares the Lord God, ‘surely, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and with all your abominations, therefore I will also withdraw, and My eye will have no pity and I will not spare.

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

12 O ne third of you will die by plague or be consumed by famine among you, one third will fall by the sword around you, and one third I will scatter to every wind, and I will unsheathe a sword behind them.

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

13 ‘ Thus My anger will be spent and I will satisfy My wrath on them, and I will be appeased; then they will know that I, the Lord, have spoken in My zeal when I have spent My wrath upon them.

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

14 M oreover, I will make you a desolation and a reproach among the nations which surround you, in the sight of all who pass by.

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

15 S o it will be a reproach, a reviling, a warning and an object of horror to the nations who surround you when I execute judgments against you in anger, wrath and raging rebukes. I, the Lord, have spoken.

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

16 W hen I send against them the deadly arrows of famine which were for the destruction of those whom I will send to destroy you, then I will also intensify the famine upon you and break the staff of bread.

سَأُطلِقُ سِهامَ المَجاعَةِ وَسِهامَ الدَّمارِ لإهلاكِكُمْ. سَأزِيدُ الجُوعَ أكثَرَ عَلَيكُمْ، وَأجعَلُ خُبزَكُمْ قَلِيلاً.

17 M oreover, I will send on you famine and wild beasts, and they will bereave you of children; plague and bloodshed also will pass through you, and I will bring the sword on you. I, the Lord, have spoken.’”

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