1 A nd I said, “Hear now, leaders of Jacob and rulers of the people of Israel! Should you not know what is fair?

وَقُلْتُ: «استَمِعُوا يا رُؤَساءَ يَعقُوبَ، وَيا قادَةَ بَيتِ إسْرائِيلَ. أما يَنْبَغِي أنْ تَعرِفُوا العَدلَ؟

2 Y et you hate good and love sin. You tear off the skin from my people and the flesh from their bones.

لَكِنَّكُمْ تَكرَهُونَ الصَّلاحَ وَتُحِبُّونَ الشَّرَّ. تَسلَخُونَ جِلْدَ النّاسِ، وَتَنزِعُونَ لَحمَهُمْ عَنْ عِظامِهِمْ.

3 Y ou eat my people’s flesh, pull their skin off, break their bones, and cut them up like meat for the pot.”

تَأْكُلُونَ لَحمَ شَعبِي، وَتَنزِعُونَ جِلدَهُمْ عَنهُمْ. تَكسِرُونَ عِظامَهُمْ، تُقَطِّعُونَها كَاللَّحمِ الَّذِي فِي قِدرٍ. كَاللَّحمِ فِي وِعاءِ الطَّبخِ.

4 T hen they will cry to the Lord, but He will not answer them. He will hide His face from them at that time, because they have done sinful things.

وَفِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، سَيَصرُخُونَ إلَى اللهِ ، لَكِنَّهُ لَنْ يَستَجِيبَ لَهُمْ. سَيَستُرُ وَجهَهُ عَنهُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، بِسَبَبِ الأعمالِ الشِّرِّيرَةِ الَّتِي عَمِلُوها.» الأنبِياءُ الكَذَبَة

5 T his is what the Lord says about the men who speak in God’s name and lead my people the wrong way. When they have something to eat, they speak of peace. But they make holy war against him who does not feed them.

هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ لِلأنبِياءِ الَّذِينَ يُضِلُّونَ شَعبِي: «الَّذِينَ يُعلِنُونَ السَّلامَ إنْ كانَ لَدَيهِمْ طَعامٌ كَثِيرٌ، لَكِنَّهُمْ يُعلِنُونَ الحَرْبَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ لا يُعطُونَهُمْ ما يَطلُبُونَ.

6 S o night will come to you without a special dream. Darkness will come to you without any word about the future. The sun will go down on those who speak about special dreams, and the day will become dark over them.

«لِذَلِكَ سَيَكُونُ لَكُمْ لَيلٌ بَدَلاً مِنَ الرُّؤْيا، وَظُلْمَةٌ بَدَلاً مِنَ العِرافَةِ. وَسَتَغرُبُ الشَّمسُ عَنِ الأنبِياءِ، وَسَيَتَحَوَّلُ نَهارَهُمْ إلَى ظُلْمَةٍ.

7 T hose who tell what is going to happen in the future will be ashamed. Those who learn about the future using their secret ways will be ashamed. They will all cover their mouths because there is no answer from God.

وَالَّذِينَ يَرَوْنَ رُؤَى سَيُخزَوْنَ، وَالعَرّافُونَ سَيَخجَلُونَ. يَتَلَثَّمُونَ لِيُغَطُّوا شَوارِبَهُمْ، لِأنَّهُمْ لَنْ يَحصُلُوا عَلَى جَوابٍ مِنَ اللهِ.»

8 B ut as for me, I am filled with power, with the Spirit of the Lord, with what is fair, and with strength. I am able to make known to Jacob his wrong-doing, and to Israel his sin.

وَأمّا أنا فَمَملُوءٌ مِنَ القُوَّةِ، مِنْ قُوَّةِ رُوحِ اللهِ ، وَمَملُوءٌ بِالعَدلِ وَالقُوَّةِ لِأُعلِنَ لِيَعقُوبَ مَعصِيَتَهُ، وَلإسْرائِيلَ خَطِيَّتَهُ. سَبَبُ السَّبْي

9 N ow listen to this, you leaders of Jacob and rulers of the people of Israel. You hate what is fair, and turn everything around that is right.

اسْمَعُوا هَذا يا رُؤَساءَ شَعبِ يَعقُوبَ، وَيا قادَةَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ، الَّذِينَ تَكرَهُونَ العَدلَ، وَتُحَرِّفُونَ المُستَقِيمَ.

10 Y ou built Zion with blood and Jerusalem with much wrong-doing.

تَبنُونَ صِهْيَوْنَ بِدَمِ الأبرِياءِ، تَبنُونَ مَدينَةَ القُدْسِ بِالظُّلْمِ.

11 H er leaders take pay in secret for doing wrong. Her religious leaders teach for a price. Her men who tell what is going to happen in the future do it for money. Yet they rest upon the Lord and say, “Is not the Lord among us? No trouble will come to us.”

رُؤَساؤُها يُصْدِرُونَ أحكاماً بِالرِّشوَةِ، وَكَهَنَتُها يُعَلِّمُونَ مُقابِلَ أجرٍ، وَأنبِياؤُها يَتَنَبَّأُونَ عَنِ المُستَقبَلِ بِالمالِ. وَمَعْ هَذا يَدَّعُونَ اتِّكالَهُمْ عَلَى اللهِ وَيَقُولُونَ: «ألَيسَ اللهُ بَينَنا؟ إذاً لَنْ يُصِيبَنا أذِىً.»

12 S o because of you Zion will be plowed as a field. Jerusalem will be laid waste. And the mountain of the Lord’s house will be covered with trees.

وَلِذا سَتُحرَثُ صِهْيَوْنَ كَحَقلٍ بِسَبَبِكُمْ، وَسَتُصبِحُ مَدينَةُ القُدْسِ كَومَةَ خَرابٍ، وَسَيُصبِحُ جَبَلُ الهَيكَلِ تَلَّةً تُغَطِّيها غابَةٌ.