1 T he Word of the Lord came to me saying,

وَأتَتْ إلَيَّ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ:

2 “ Son of man, this is what the Lord God says to the land of Israel: ‘The end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land.

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

3 N ow the end is upon you. I will send My anger against you and punish you because of your ways. I will make you pay for all your sinful actions.

سَتَأتِي النِّهايَةُ عَلَيكِ سَرِيعاً، حِينَ أُرسِلُ غَضَبِي عَلَيكِ، وَحِينَ أحكُمُ عَلَيكِ بِحَسَبِ طُرُقِكِ، وَحِينَ أُجازِيكِ عَلَى أُمُورِكِ الكَرِيهَةِ،

4 M y eye will have no pity on you. And I will not let you go without punishment. I will punish you for your ways, and for the hated sins that are among you. Then you will know that I am the Lord!’

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

5 “ The Lord God says, ‘See, much trouble is coming!

يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: «سَتَأتِي عَلَيكُمْ كارِثَةٌ وَراءَ أُخْرَى.

6 A n end has come! The end has come! It has come up against you. See, it has come!

هُناكَ نِهايَةٌ آتِيَةٌ. النِّهايَةُ آتِيَةٌ، وَسَتَأتِي عَلَيكِ فَجأةً. ها إنَّ الكارِثَةَ تُوشِكُ أنْ تَأتِيَ.

7 Y our punishment has come upon you, O you who live in the land. The time has come. The day is near. The sound of trouble and not of joy is upon the mountains.

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

8 N ow I will soon pour out My anger upon you. I will send My anger against you. I will punish you for your ways and for the hated sins that are among you.

سَأُظهِرُ قَرِيباً كُلَّ غَضَبِي عَلَيكِ. سَأُدِينُكِ عَلَى أعمالِكِ، وَسَأُعاقِبُكِ عَلَى كُلَّ خَطاياكِ الكَرِيهَةِ.

9 M y eye will show no pity, and I will not let you go without punishment. I will make you pay for your ways, and for the hated sins that are among you. Then you will know that it is I, the Lord, Who punishes you.

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

10 ‘ See, the day! See, it is coming! The time for your punishment has come. The power against you has started to grow. Pride has begun to grow.

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

11 A ngry action has grown into a power of sin. None of them will be left. None of their people, none of their riches, or anything of honor, will be left among them.

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

12 T he time has come. The day has come. Let not the one who buys have joy, or the one who sells have sorrow. For anger is against all their people.

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

13 F or the one who sells will not get back what he has sold as long as both of them live. For the punishment of all their people will not be turned back. Because of their sins, not one of them will keep his life.

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

14 ‘ They have sounded the horn and made everything ready, but no one is going to the battle. For My anger is against all their people.

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

15 T he sword is outside, and disease and hunger are inside. He who is in the field will die by the sword. And he who is in the city will be destroyed by disease and hunger.

العَدُوُّ خارِجَ المَدِينَةِ، وَالمَرَضُ وَالمَجاعَةُ فِي داخِلِها. الَّذِينَ فِي الحُقُولِ سَيَمُوتُونَ بِالسَّيفِ، وَالَّذِينَ فِي المَدِينَةِ سَيَمُوتُونَ بِالمَرَضِ وَالجُوعِ.

16 W hoever gets away alive will be on the mountains like doves of the valleys. Each of them will be crying in sorrow because of his sin.

سَيَهرُبُ النّاجُونَ مِنهُمْ، وَسَيَطِيرُونَ إلَى الجِبالِ مِثلَ حَمائِمِ الوادِي، وَكُلُّ واحِدٍ مِنهُمْ يَهْدِرُ فِي إثمِهِ.

17 A ll hands will hang without strength, and all knees will be as weak as water.

سَتَكُونُ أيدِيهُمْ مُنهَكَةً وَرُكَبُهُمْ ضَعِيفَةً.

18 T hey will dress themselves in cloth made from hair. Much fear will cover them. Shame will be upon all faces, and the hair will be cut from all their heads.

سَيَرْتَدُونَ الخَيشَ، وَسَيُغّطِّيهُمُ الرُّعْبُ. سَيَكُونُ العارُ عَلَى كُلِّ وَجهٍ، وَسَيُحلَقُ كُلُّ رَأسٍ.

19 T hey will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will become an unclean thing. Their silver and gold will not be able to help them in the day of the Lord’s anger. They cannot stop their hunger or fill their stomachs with it. For riches have been the cause of their falling into sin.

سَيُلقُونَ 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.

20 T hey turned the beauty of gold into objects of pride, and made their hated objects of worship with it. So I will make it an unclean thing to them.

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

21 I will give it to the strangers and to the sinful people of the earth as a prize of war, and they will make it sinful.

سَأُسَلِّمُ أرْضَهُمْ لِلغُرَباءِ لِيَنهَبُوها، وَلأشْرارِ الأرْضِ لِيَأخُذُوها غَنِيمَةٍ، فَيُنَجِّسُونَها.

22 I will turn My face from them, and they will make My secret place sinful. Robbers will go into it and make it sinful.

سَأُبْعِدُ وَجهِيَ عَنهُمْ، فَيَدخُلَ الغُرَباءُ مَقدِسِي وَيُنَجِّسُونَهُ. سَيَدخُلُ المُجتاحُونَ وَيُنَجِّسُونَهُ.

23 ‘ Make chains, for the land is guilty of blood and the city is full of angry actions.

اصنَعُوا السَّلاسِلَ لِلأسْرَى، لِأنَّ الأرْضَ مَلِيئَةٌ بِجَرائِمِ القَتلِ، وَالمَدينَةُ مَليئَةٌ بِالعُنفِ.

24 S o I will bring the worst of the nations to take their houses for their own. I will put an end to the pride of the strong ones, and their holy places will become unclean.

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

25 W hen suffering comes, they will look for peace, but there will be none.

زَمَنُ رُعبٍ وَدَمارٍ آتٍ! سَيَبحَثُونَ عَنِ السَّلامِ، لَكِنَّهُمْ لَنْ يَجِدُوهُ!

26 T rouble will come upon trouble, and one story will come after another. They will look for a special dream from a man of God, but the Law will be lost from the religious leader. And wisdom will be lost from the leaders.

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

27 T he king will be full of sorrow. The king’s son will be covered with fear. And the hands of the people of the land will shake in fear. I will punish them for their ways. I will give them the punishment they have earned. And they will know that I am the Lord.’”

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