1 I n the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, some of the elders of Israel came to inquire of Yahweh, and sat before me.

فِي اليَومِ العاشِرِ مِنَ الشَّهرِ الخامِسِ فِي السَّنَةِ السّابِعَةِ، أتَى بَعضُ شُيُوخِ إسْرائِيلَ إلَيَّ لِيَطلُبُوا رِسالَةً مِنَ اللهِ عَلَى فَمِي.

2 Y ahweh’s word came to me, saying,

فَأتَتْ إلَيَّ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ:

3 S on of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Is it to inquire of me that you have come? As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, I will not be inquired of by you.

«يا إنْسانُ، كَلِّمْ شُيُوخَ إسْرائِيلَ وَقُلْ لَهُمْ: ‹هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: هَلْ أتَيتُمْ لِتَطلُبُوا رِسالَةً فِعلاً؟ أُقسِمُ بِذاتِي إنِّي لَنْ أسمَحَ لَكُمْ بِأنْ تَطلُبُونِي لِأخذِ رِسالَةٍ مِنِّي.›» يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ.

4 W ill you judge them, son of man, will you judge them? Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers;

«يا إنْسانُ، هَلْ سَتُدِينُهُمْ؟ عَرِّفهُمْ بِالأعمالِ الكَرِيهَةِ الَّتِي كانَ آباؤُهُمْ يَعمَلُونَها.

5 a nd tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: In the day when I chose Israel, and swore to the offspring of the house of Jacob, and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I swore to them, saying, I am Yahweh your God;

قُلْ لَهُمْ: ‹هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: حِينَ اختَرتُ إسْرائِيلَ، رَفَعتُ يَدِي وَأقسَمتُ لِبَنِي يَعقُوبَ. عَمِلتُ مَعَهُمْ عَهداً فِي أرْضِ مِصرَ، حِينَ رَفَعتُ يَدِي وَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ: أنا إلَهُكُمْ.

6 i n that day I swore to them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands.

وَفِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ رَفَعتُ يَدِي وَتَعَهَّدتُ بِأنْ أُخرِجَهُمْ مِنْ أرْضِ مِصرَ، وَأقُودَهُمْ إلَى أرْضٍ تَفَحَّصتُها لأجلِهِمْ – أرْضٍ تَفِيضُ لَبَناً وَعَسَلاً، وَهِيَ الأجمَلِ بَينَ البِلادِ.›

7 I said to them, Cast away every man the abominations of his eyes, and don’t defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am Yahweh your God.

«ثُمَّ قُلْتُ لَهُمْ: ‹عَلَى كُلِّ إنسانٍ أنْ يُلقِيَ تِلكَ الأصنامَ الكَرِيهَةُ الَّتِي يَضَعُونَها أمامَهُمْ. وَلا تَتَنَجَّسُوا بِأصنامِ مِصرَ القَذِرَةِ، لأنِّي أنا إلَهُكُمْ.›

8 B ut they rebelled against me, and would not listen to me; they each didn’t throw away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them, to accomplish my anger against them in the middle of the land of Egypt.

لَكِنَّهُمْ تَمَرَّدُوا عَلَيَّ، وَاختارُوا أنْ لا يَسمَعُوا لِي. لَمْ يَتَخَلَّصْ واحِدٌ مِنهُمِ مِنَ الأصنامَ البَغِيضَةِ الَّتِي يَضَعُونَها أمامَهُمْ، وَلَمْ يَترُكْ واحِدٌ مِنهُمِ أصنامَ مِصرَ القَذِرَةِ. وَفَكَّرتُ بِأنْ أسكُبَ عَلَيهِمْ كُلَّ غَضَبِي وَهُمْ فِي أرْضِ مِصرَ.

9 B ut I worked for my name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, among which they were, in whose sight I made myself known to them, in bringing them out of the land of Egypt.

لَكِنِّي لَمْ أشَأ أنْ أُشَوِّهَ اسْمِي بَينَ الأُمَمِ الَّتِي سَكَنُوا فِي وَسَطِها، وَالَّتِي أعلَنتُ أمامَها بِأنِّي سَأُخرجُهُمْ مِنْ أرْضِ مِصرَ.

10 S o I caused them to go out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness.

وَهَكَذا قُدْتُهُمْ مِنْ أرْضِ مِصْرَ إلَى الصَّحراءِ.

11 I gave them my statutes, and showed them my ordinances, which if a man does, he shall live in them.

وَأعطَيْتُهُمْ هُناكَ فَرائِضِي وَشَرائِعِي، وَوَعَدتُهُمْ بِأنَّ مَنْ يُطِيعُ هَذِهِ الشَّرائِعَ سَيَحيا بِها.

12 M oreover also I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.

كَما أعطَيْتُهُمْ أيّامَ راحَةٍ، كَعَلامَةِ العَهدِ الَّذِي بَينِي وَبَينَهُمْ، لِأُظهِرَ أنِّي أنا اللهَ الَّذِي أُقَدِّسُهُمْ.

13 B ut the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they didn’t walk in my statutes, and they rejected my ordinances, which if a man keep, he shall live in them; and my Sabbaths they greatly profaned. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them in the wilderness, to consume them.

«وَلَكِنَّ بَني إسْرائِيلَ تَمَرَّدُوا عَلَيَّ فِي الصَّحراءِ، وَلَمْ يَتْبَعُوا شَرائعِي، وَرَفَضُوا فَرائِضِي الَّتِي مَنْ يَعمَلُ بِها سَيَحيا بِها أيضاً، وَنَجَّسُوا أيّامَ الرَّاحَةِ الَّتِي عَيَّنْتُها بِشَكلٍ مُتَكَرِّرٍ. وَلِذا فَكَّرتُ بِأنْ أسكُبَ غَضَبِي عَلَيهمْ، فَأُهلِكَهُمْ فِي البرِّيَّةِ.

14 B ut I worked for my name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.

وَلَكِنْ لِأجلِ اسمِي، وَلِكَي لا يَتَشَوَّهَ بينَ الأُمَمِ الَّذِينَ رَأونِي أُخرِجُ شَعبِي مِنْ مِصرَ،

15 M oreover also I swore to them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;

رَفَعتُ يَدِي وَأقسَمتُ لَهُمْ فِي الصَّحراءِ إنِّي لَنْ أُدخِلَهُمْ إلَى الأرْضِ الَّتِي أعطَيتُها لَهُمْ – إلَى أرْضٍ تَفِيضُ لَبَناً وَعَسَلاً، وَهِيَ الأجمَلِ بَينَ البِلادِ.

16 b ecause they rejected my ordinances, and didn’t walk in my statutes, and profaned my Sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.

لأنَّهُمْ رَفَضُوا فَرائِضِي وَلَمْ يُطِيعُوا شرائِعِي، وَنَجَّسُوا أيّامَ الرَّاحَةِ الَّتِي عَيَّنْتُها. فَقَدِ انجَذَبَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَراءَ أَوثانِهِمُ القَذِرةِ.

17 N evertheless my eye spared them, and I didn’t destroy them, neither did I make a full end of them in the wilderness.

وَلَكِنِّي رَحَمتُهُمْ وَلَمْ أُهلِكْهُمْ، وَلَمْ أُبِدْهُمْ تَماماً فِي البرِّيَّةِ.

18 I said to their children in the wilderness, Don’t walk in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their ordinances, nor defile yourselves with their idols.

وَقُلْتُ لِأبنائِهِمْ فِي البرِّيَّةِ: لا تَعِيشُوا كَما عاشَ آباؤُكُمْ! لا تُطِيعُوا الشَّرائِعَ الّتِي أطاعُوها، وَلا تَحفَظُوا فَرائِضَهُمْ، وَلا تَتَنَجَّسُوا بِأوثانِهِمُ القَذِرَةِ.

19 I am Yahweh your God: walk in my statutes, and keep my ordinances, and do them;

أنا إلَهُكُمْ ، أطِيعُوا شَرائِعِي وَدَقِّقُوا فِي حِفظِ فَرائِضِي.

20 a nd make my Sabbaths holy; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I am Yahweh your God.

قَدِّسُوا أيّامَ الرَّاحَةِ الَّتِي عَيَّنْتُها، فَتَكُونَ عَلامَةً عَلَى العَهدِ بَينِي وَبَينَكُمْ. حِينَئِذٍ، تَعلَمُونَ أنِّي أنا إلَهُكُمْ.›

21 B ut the children rebelled against me; they didn’t walk in my statutes, neither kept my ordinances to do them, which if a man do, he shall live in them; they profaned my Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.

«وَلَكِنَّ الأولادَ تَمَرَّدُوا عَلَيَّ. لَمْ يُطِيعُوا شَرائِعِي وَلَمْ يُدَقِّقُوا فِي حِفظِ فَرائِضِي. لَمْ يَعمَلُوا الأُمُورَ الَّتِي إنْ عَمِلَها إنْسانٌ يَحيا بِها، وَنَجَّسُوا أيّامَ الرَّاحَةِ الَّتِي عَيَّنْتُها. لِذا فَكَّرتُ بِأنْ أسكُبَ كُلَّ غَضَبِي عَلَيهِمْ فَأُهلِكُهُمْ فِي الصَّحراء تَماماً.

22 N evertheless I withdrew my hand, and worked for my name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.

لَكِنِّي مَنَعْتُ نَفسِي عَنْ إبادَتِهِمْ لأجلِ السُّمعَةِ الطَّيِّبَةِ لِاسْمِي بَينَ الأُمَمِ الَّتِي أخرَجتُهُمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ أمامَهُمْ.

23 M oreover I swore to them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries;

لَكِنِّي رَفَعتُ يَدِي لَهُمْ فِي الصَّحراءِ وَتَعَهَّدتُ لَهُمْ بِأنْ أُبَعثِرَهُمْ وَسَطَ الأُمَمِ وَفِي كُلِّ البِلادِ.

24 b ecause they had not executed my ordinances, but had rejected my statutes, and had profaned my Sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers’ idols.

لأنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَحفَظُوا فَرائِضِي وَرَفَضُوا شَرائِعِي، وَاستَخَفُّوا بِأيّامِ الرَّاحَةِ الَّتِي عَيَّنْتُها، وَتعَلَّقُوا بِالأوثانِ القَذِرَةِ الَّتِي كانَتْ لِآبائِهِمْ.

25 M oreover also I gave them statutes that were not good, and ordinances in which they should not live;

لِذَلِكَ جَعَلْتُهُمْ يَتبَعُونَ شَرائِعَ غَيرَ صالِحَةٍ، وَفَرائِضَ لا يَحيَونَ بِها.

26 a nd I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused all that opens the womb to pass through the fire, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am Yahweh.

تَرَكْتُهُمْ يَتَنَجَّسُونَ بِعَطاياهُمْ، حَتَّى قَدَّمُوا أبكارَهُمْ كَقَرابِينَ، لِكَي أُدَمِّرَهُمْ. حينَئِذٍ، يَعلَمُونَ أنِّي أنا اللهُ!

27 T herefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel, and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: In this moreover have your fathers blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me.

«وَلِذا، تَكَلَّمْ يا إنْسانُ إلَى بَني إسْرائِيلَ وَقُلْ لَهُمْ: ‹هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: بِالإضافَةِ إلَى كُلِّ هَذا، استَمَرَّ آباؤُكُمْ يُظهِرُونَ اسْتِخفافِهِمْ بِي، فِي تَمَرُّدِهِمِ المُستَمِرِّ عَلَيَّ.

28 F or when I had brought them into the land, which I swore to give to them, then they saw every high hill, and every thick tree, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering; there also they made their pleasant aroma, and they poured out there their drink offerings.

وَمَعَ هَذا قُدتُهُمْ إلَى الأرْضِ الَّتِي سَبقَ أنْ وَعَدتُهُمْ بِأنْ أُعْطِيَها لَهُمْ. وَلَكِنَّهُمْ قَدَّمُوا ذَبائِحَ لِأوثانِهِمْ عَلَى كُلِّ تَلَّةٍ عالِيَةٍ رَأَوْها، وَتَحتَ كُلِّ شَجَرَةٍ خَضراءَ. قَدَّمُوا تَقدِماتٍ لِإثارَةِ غَضَبِي، وَبَخَّرُوا وَسَكَبُوا خَمْراً.

29 T hen I said to them, What does the high place where you go mean? So its name is called Bamah to this day.

«فَسَألتُهُمْ: ‹ما هَذا المُرتَفَعُ الَّذِي تَذهَبُونَ إلَيهِ؟› – لِذَلِكَ ما زالُوا يَدْعُونَ أماكِنَ عِبادَتِهِمْ ‹باما› إلَى هَذا اليَومِ!

30 T herefore tell the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Do you pollute yourselves in the way of your fathers? and do you play the prostitute after their abominations?

«لِذا قُلْ لِبَيتِ إسْرائِيلَ: ‹هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: ألَستُمْ تَتَنَجَّسُونَ بِالطَّرِيقَةِ ذاتِها الَّتِي تَنَجَّسَ آباؤُكُمْ بِها؟ ألَستُمْ تَزْنُونَ مَعَ أوثانِكُمُ القَذِرَةِ؟

31 a nd when you offer your gifts, when you make your sons to pass through the fire, do you pollute yourselves with all your idols to this day? and shall I be inquired of by you, house of Israel? As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, I will not be inquired of by you;

أنتُمْ تَتَنَجَّسُونَ مِثلَهُمْ بِتَقدِيمِ تَقدِماتِهِمْ، وَبِحَرقِ أولادِكُمْ كَقِرابِينَ، وَبِأوثانِكُمُ القَذِرَةِ نَفسِها. وَمَعَ هَذا، تَتَوَّقَّعُونَ مِنِّي أنْ أسمَحَ لَكُمْ بِالمَجِيءِ إلَيَّ وَطَلَبِ كَلِمَةٍ وَنُصْحٍ مِنِّي؟ يا بَني إسْرائِيلَ، أُقسِمُ بِذاتِي، يَقُولُ اللهُ ، إنِّي لَنْ أسمَحَ لَكُمْ بِالمَجِيءِ إلَيَّ وَطَلَبِ النُّصحَ مِنِّي!

32 a nd that which comes into your mind shall not be at all, in that you say, We will be as the nations, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.

وَالفِكرَةُ الَّتِي تُفَكِّرُونَ بِها لَنْ تَتِّمَّ، إذْ تَقُولُونَ: لِنَكُنْ مِثلَ الأُمَمِ الأُخرَى وَمِثلَ عَشائِرِ الأراضِي الأُخرَى، فَنَخدِمَ أصناماً خَشَبِيَّةً وَحَجَرِيَّةً.›

33 A s I live, says the Lord Yahweh, surely with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out, will I be king over you:

هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: ‹أُقسِمُ بِذاتِي إنِّي سَأملُكُ عَلَيكُمْ وَلَوْ تَطَلَّبَ الأمرُ يَداً قَوِيَّةً وَذِراعاً وَغَضَباً شَدِيداً يُسكَبُ عَلَيكُمْ.

34 a nd I will bring you out from the peoples, and will gather you out of the countries in which you are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out;

سَأُخرِجُكُمْ مِنْ بَينِ كُلِّ الأُمَمِ الأُخرَى، وَأجمَعُكُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ الأراضِي حَيثُ أنتُمْ مَشَتَّتُونَ. سَأُخرِجُكُمْ بِيَدٍ قَوِيَّةٍ وَذِراعٍ مَمدُودَةٍ وَغَضَبٍ شَدِيدٍ.

35 a nd I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there will I enter into judgment with you face to face.

وَسَآخُذُكُمْ إلَى صَحراءَ خالِيَةٍ مِنَ النّاسِ، وَأحكُمُ فِي قَضِيَّتِي مَعَكُمْ وَجهاً لِوَجهٍ.

36 L ike as I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I enter into judgment with you, says the Lord Yahweh.

وَكَما حَسَمْتُ قَضِيَّتِي مَعَ آبائِكُمْ فِي صَحراءِ مِصرَ، هَكَذا سَأحسِمُ قَضِيَّتِي مَعَكُمْ.›» يَقُولُ الرّبُّ الإلَهُ.

37 I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant;

«وَسَأجعَلُكُمْ تَمُرُّونَ مِنْ تَحتِ عَصا الدَّينونَةِ، وَفْقاً لَلْعَهْدِ الذي بَيننا.

38 a nd I will purge out from among you the rebels, and those who disobey against me; I will bring them out of the land where they live, but they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and you shall know that I am Yahweh.

ثُمَّ سَأُزِيلُ العُصاةَ مِنْ وَسَطِكُمْ، وَالَّذِينَ يَستَمِرُّونَ فِي التَّمَرُّدِ عَلَيَّ مِنَ الأرْضِ الَّتِي يَسكُنُونَ فِيها كالغُرَباءِ. سَأُزِيلُهُمْ، فَلا يَدُوسُونَ تُرابَ إسْرائِيلَ فِيما بَعدُ. حِينَئِذٍ، تَعلَمُونَ أنِّي أنا اللهُ.»

39 A s for you, house of Israel, thus says the Lord Yahweh: Go, serve everyone his idols, and hereafter also, if you will not listen to me; but my holy name you shall no more profane with your gifts, and with your idols.

يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: «اذهَبُوا يا بَيتَ إسْرائِيلَ وَاعبُدُوا أوثانَكُمُ القَذِرَةَ. لَكِنْ مِنَ الآنِ فَصاعِداً، لا تَلجأَوا إلَيَّ، لِأنِّي لَنْ أسمَحَ بِتَدنِيسِ اسْمِيَ القُدُّوسِ بِتَقدِماتِكُمْ وَأوثانِكُمُ القَذِرَةِ.

40 F or in my holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, says the Lord Yahweh, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them, serve me in the land: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the first fruits of your offerings, with all your holy things.

لأنَّ هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ: سَيَعبُدُنِي كُلُّ بَيتِ إسْرائِيلَ عَلَى جَبَلِي المُقَدَّسِ، فِي جِبالِ إسْرائِيلَ العالِيَةِ. هُناكَ سَأقبَلُهُمْ، وَسَأقبَلُ تَقدِماتِهِمْ وَقَرابِينَهُمْ وَكُلَّ ذَبائِحِهِمِ المُقَدَّسَةِ.

41 A s a pleasant aroma will I accept you, when I bring you out from the peoples, and gather you out of the countries in which you have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you in the sight of the nations.

سَأقبَلُكُمْ وَأُسَرُّ بِرَوائِحِ ذَبائِحِكُمُ الطَّيِّبَةِ، حِينَ أُخرِجُكُمْ مِنْ بَينِ كُلِّ الأُمَمِ الأُخرَى، وَأجمَعُكُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ الأراضِي حَيثُ كُنتُمْ مَشَتَّتِينَ، وَسَأُظهِرُ قَداسَتِي بَينَكُمْ أمامَ الأمَمِ!

42 Y ou shall know that I am Yahweh, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country which I swore to give to your fathers.

سَتَعلَمُونَ أنِّي أنا اللهُ ، حِينَ أُعِيدُكُمْ إلَى أرْضِ إسْرائِيلَ، الأرْضِ الَّتِي أقسَمتُ لآبائِكُمْ بِأنِّي سَأُعطِيها لهُمْ.

43 T here you shall remember your ways, and all your doings, in which you have polluted yourselves; and you shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that you have committed.

حِينَئِذٍ، سَتَتَذَكَّرُونَ كَيفَ عِشتُمْ، وَتَتَذَكَّرُونَ كُلَّ الشُّرُورِ الَّتِي عَمِلتُمُوها وَالَّتِي تَنَجَّستُمْ بِها، وَسَتَخجَلُونَ مِنَ الخَطايا الشِّرِّيرَةِ الَّتِي عَمِلتُمُوها.

44 Y ou shall know that I am Yahweh, when I have dealt with you for my name’s sake, not according to your evil ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, you house of Israel, says the Lord Yahweh.

وَسَتَعلَمُونَ يا بَيتَ إسْرائِيلَ أنِّي أنا اللهُ ، حِينَ أُعامِلَكُمْ إكراماً لاسْمِي، لا بِحَسَبِ سُلُوكِكُمُ الشِّرِّيرِ، وَأعمالِكُمُ الفاسِدِةُ.» يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ.

45 Y ahweh’s word came to me, saying,

ثُمَّ أتَتْ إلَيَّ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ:

46 S on of man, set your face toward the south, and preach toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the field in the South;

«يا إنْسانُ، انْظُرْ إلَى الجَنُوبِ نَحوَ تَيْمانَ، وَتَنَبَّأ ضِدَّ الجَنُوبِ، ضِدَّ تِلالِ النَّقبِ ذاتِ الغاباتِ.

47 a nd tell the forest of the South, Hear Yahweh’s word: Thus says the Lord Yahweh, Behold, I will kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour every green tree in you, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burnt thereby.

قُلْ لِغاباتِ النَّقبِ: ‹استَمِعِي إلَى كَلِمَةِ اللهِ. هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ: ها أنا أُشعِلُ ناراً فِيكَ، فَتَلتَهِمَ كُلَّ شَجَرَةٍ خَضراءَ وَيابِسَةٍ، وَلَنْ يُطفِئَ نارَها شَيءٌ. وَسَتَنتَشِرُ النّارُ عَلَى كُلِّ الأرْضِ مِنَ الجَنُوبِ إلَى الشَّمالِ.

48 A ll flesh shall see that I, Yahweh, have kindled it; it shall not be quenched.

حِينَئِذٍ، سَيَرَى الجَمِيعُ أنِّي أنا اللهَ الَّذِي أشعَلَها بِالنّارِ، وَلَنْ يُطفِئَ نارَها شَيءٌ.›»

49 T hen I said, Ah Lord Yahweh! they say of me, Isn’t he a speaker of parables?

فَقُلْتُ: «آهِ أيُّها الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ ، لَنْ يَفهَمَ هَؤُلاءِ النّاسُ ما أفعَلُهُ. إنَّهُمْ يَدعُونَنِي بِثَرثارِ الحِكاياتِ!»