1 I t came about in the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, as I was sitting in my house with the elders of Judah sitting before me, that the hand of the Lord God fell on me there.

فِي اليَومِ الخامِسِ مِنَ الشَّهرِ السّادِسِ مِنَ السَّنَةِ السّادِسَةِ لِلمَلِكِ يَهُوياكِينَ، كُنتُ جالِساً فِي بَيتِي وَشُيُوخُ مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ يَجلِسُونَ أمامِي. فَأتَتْ عَلَيَّ قُوَّةُ الرَّبِّ الإلَهِ.

2 T hen I looked, and behold, a likeness as the appearance of a man; from His loins and downward there was the appearance of fire, and from His loins and upward the appearance of brightness, like the appearance of glowing metal.

فَبَينَما كُنتُ أنظُرُ، ظَهَرَ أمامِي شِبهُ إنسانٍ. نِصفُهُ الأسفَلُ مِنَ النّارِ، وَنِصفُهُ الأعلَى كَالمَعدَنِ اللّامِعِ كَالكَهرَمانِ.

3 H e stretched out the form of a hand and caught me by a lock of my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the seat of the idol of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy, was located.

ثُمَّ ظَهَرَ ما بَدا كَيَدٍ امتَدَّتْ وَأمسَكَتْنِي بِشَعرِ رَأسِي. وَرَفَعَتْنِي رُوحٌ فِي الهَواءِ، وَحَمَلَتْنِي إلَى مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ فِي الرُّؤيا الإلَهِيَّةِ، إلَى الطَرَفِ الدّاخِلِي لِلبَوّابَةِ الدّاخِلِيَّةِ المُقابِلَةِ للِشَّرقِ، حَيثُ كانَ تِمْثالُ الغَيْرَةِ الَّذِي يُثِيرُ غَيْرَةَ اللهِ.

4 A nd behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, like the appearance which I saw in the plain.

وَفَجأةً رَأيتُ مَجدَ إلَهِ إسْرائِيلَ، هُناكَ، وَكانَ يُشبِهُ الرُّؤيا الَّتِي رَأيتُها فِي السَّهلِ.

5 T hen He said to me, “Son of man, raise your eyes now toward the north.” So I raised my eyes toward the north, and behold, to the north of the altar gate was this idol of jealousy at the entrance.

وَقالَ لِي: «يا إنْسانُ، انظُرْ نَحوَ الشَّمالِ.» فَنَظَرتُ نَحوَ الشَّمالِ، فَكانَ إلَى الشَّمالِ مِنْ بَوّابَةِ المَذبَحِ التِّمْثالُ المُثِيرُ لِلغِيرَةِ.

6 A nd He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what they are doing, the great abominations which the house of Israel are committing here, so that I would be far from My sanctuary? But yet you will see still greater abominations.”

فَقالَ لِي: «يا إنْسانُ، أتَرَى الأشياءَ الكَرِيهَةَ الَّتِي يَعمَلُها بَنو إسْرائِيلَ هُنا، فَيُبعِدُونِي عَنْ هَيكَلِي؟ وَسَتَرَى أُمُوراً أكثَرَ فَظاعَةً وَشَرّاً!»

7 T hen He brought me to the entrance of the court, and when I looked, behold, a hole in the wall.

وَبَعدَ ذَلِكَ دارَ بِي إلَى مَدخَلِ السّاحَةِ حَيثُ رَأيتُ ثُقباً فِي الجِدارِ.

8 H e said to me, “Son of man, now dig through the wall.” So I dug through the wall, and behold, an entrance.

حِينَئِذٍ، قالَ لِي: «يا إنْسانُ، احْفُرْ فِي الجِدارِ.» فَحَفَرتُ فِي الجِدارِ فَوَجَدْتُ باباً.

9 A nd He said to me, “Go in and see the wicked abominations that they are committing here.”

حِينَئِذٍ، قالَ لِي: «ادخُلْ وَانظُرِ الشَّرَّ وَالأُمُورَ الكَرِيهَةَ الَّتِي يَعمِلُونَها هُنا!

10 S o I entered and looked, and behold, every form of creeping things and beasts and detestable things, with all the idols of the house of Israel, were carved on the wall all around.

فَدَخَلتُ وَرَأيتُ صُوَراً لِكُلِّ المَخلُوقاتِ وَالحَيواناتِ النَّجِسَةِ وَأصنامِ بَني إسْرائِيلَ البَغِيضَةِ مَنقُوشَةً عَلَى كُلِّ الجِدارِ.

11 S tanding in front of them were seventy elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan standing among them, each man with his censer in his hand and the fragrance of the cloud of incense rising.

وَكانَ هُناكَ سَبعُونَ مِنْ شُيُوخِ إسْرائِيلَ واقِفِينَ أمامَ تِلكَ التَّماثِيلِ وَالصُوَرِ، وَكانَ يازَنْيا بْنُ شافانَ واقِفاً وَسَطَهُمْ. وَكانَ كُلُّ واحِدٍ مِنهُمْ يَحمِلُ مِبخَرَتَهُ، وَكانَتْ أعمِدَةُ البَخُورِ تَتَصاعَدُ مِنها.

12 T hen He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are committing in the dark, each man in the room of his carved images? For they say, ‘ The Lord does not see us; the Lord has forsaken the land.’”

حِينَئِذٍ، قالَ لِي: «يا إنْسانُ، هَلْ تَرَى ما يَعمَلُهُ شُيُوخُ بَني إسْرائِيلَ فِي الظُّلمَةِ، كُلُّ واحِدٍ فِي حُجرَةِ صَنَمِهِ. إنَّهُمْ يَعمَلُونَ هَذا لِأنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ فِي أنفُسِهِمْ: ‹إنَّ اللهَ لا يَرانا. اللهُ تَرَكَ هَذِهِ الأرْضَ.›»

13 A nd He said to me, “Yet you will see still greater abominations which they are committing.”

حِينَئِذٍ، قالَ لِي: «وَسَتَراهُمْ يَعمَلُونَ أُمُوراً أكثَرَ فَظاعَةٍ مِنْ هَذِهِ.»

14 T hen He brought me to the entrance of the gate of the Lord’s house which was toward the north; and behold, women were sitting there weeping for Tammuz.

وَأخَذَنِي بَعدَ ذَلِكَ إلَى المَدخَلِ الشَّمالِي لِبَوّابَةِ بَيتِ اللهِ. فَرَأيْتُ النِّساءَ هُناكَ يَبكِينَ عَلَى الإلَهِ تَمُّوزَ.

15 H e said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? Yet you will see still greater abominations than these.”

فَقالَ لِي: «هَلْ تَرَى هَذا يا إنْسانُ! وَسَتَرَى أُمُوراً أكثَرَ قباحَةً مِنْ هَذا أيضاً!»

16 T hen He brought me into the inner court of the Lord’s house. And behold, at the entrance to the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the Lord and their faces toward the east; and they were prostrating themselves eastward toward the sun.

حِينَئِذٍ، أخَذَنِي إلَى السّاحَةِ الدّاخِلِيَّةِ لِبَيتِ اللهِ. وَعِندَ مَدخَلِ هَيكَلِ اللهِ ، بَينَ دِهلِيزِ الهَيكَلِ وَالمَذبَحِ، كانَ هُناكَ خَمسَةٌ وَعِشرُونَ رَجُلاً ظُهُورُهُمْ إلَى هَيكَلِ اللهِ ، وَوُجُوهُهُمْ نَحوَ الشَّرقِ، وَهُمْ ساجِدُونَ للِشَّمسِ باتِّجاهِ الشَّرقِ.

17 H e said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? Is it too light a thing for the house of Judah to commit the abominations which they have committed here, that they have filled the land with violence and provoked Me repeatedly? For behold, they are putting the twig to their nose.

حِينَئِذٍ، قالَ لِي: «هَلْ تَرَى هَذا يا إنْسانُ؟ هَلْ تَرَى كَيفَ يَصنَعُ بَنُو يَهُوذا هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ الكَرِيهَةَ هُنا؟ لِماذا يَملأونَ الأرْضَ بِالظُّلمِ، وَيُثِيرُونَ غَضَبِي أكثَرَ فَاكثَرَ؟ ها إنَّهُمْ يَضَعُونَ أقراطاً وَثَنِيَّةً فِي أُنُوفِهِمْ!

18 T herefore, I indeed will deal in wrath. My eye will have no pity nor will I spare; and though they cry in My ears with a loud voice, yet I will not listen to them.”

وَلِذا فَهَذا ما سَأعمَلُهُ أنا فِي غَضَبِي: لَنْ أرحَمَهُمْ أوْ أتَرَأَّفَ عَلَيهِمْ. وَحَتَّى إنْ صَرَخُوا إلَيَّ طالِبِينَ العَونَ، فَلَنْ أستَمِعَ إلَيْهِمْ.»