Ezechiele (حزقيال) 33

SMITH VAN DYKE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 وكان اليّ كلام الرب قائلا	1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
2 يا ابن آدم كلم بني شعبك وقل لهم. اذا جلبت السيف على ارض فان اخذ شعب الارض رجلا من بينهم وجعلوه رقيبا لهم	2 “Son of man, speak to the sons of your people, and you shall say to them: Concerning the land, when I will have led the sword over it: if the people of the land take a man, one of their least, and appoint him over themselves as a watchman,
3 فاذا رأى السيف مقبلا على الارض نفخ في البوق وحذّر الشعب	3 and if he sees the sword approaching over the land, and he sounds the trumpet, and he announces to the people,
4 وسمع السامع صوت البوق ولم يتحذّر فجاء السيف واخذه فدمه يكون على راسه.	4 then, having heard the sound of the trumpet, whoever he is, if he also does not take care of himself, and the sword arrives and takes him: his blood will be upon his own head.
5 سمع صوت البوق ولم يتحذّر فدمه يكون على نفسه. لو تحذّر لخلّص نفسه.	5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and he did not take care of himself, so his blood will be upon him. But if he guards himself, he will save his own life.
6 فان رأى الرقيب السيف مقبلا ولم ينفخ في البوق ولم يتحذّر الشعب فجاء السيف واخذ نفسا منهم فهو قد أخذ بذنبه اما دمه فمن يد الرقيب اطلبه	6 And if the watchman sees the sword approaching, and he does not sound the trumpet, and so the people do not guard themselves, and the sword arrives and takes some of their lives, certainly these have been taken due to their own iniquity. But I will attribute their blood to the hand of the watchman.
7 وانت يا ابن آدم فقد جعلتك رقيبا لبيت اسرائيل فتسمع الكلام من فمي وتحذّرهم من قبلي.	7 And as for you, son of man, I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel. Therefore, having heard the word from my mouth, you shall announce it to them from me.
8 اذا قلت للشرير يا شرير موتا تموت. فان لم تتكلم لتحذّر الشرير من طريقه فذلك الشرير يموت بذنبه. اما دمه فمن يدك اطلبه.	8 When I say to the impious, ‘O impious man, you will die a death,’ if you have not spoken so that the impious man will keep himself from his way, then that impious man will die in his iniquity. But I will attribute his blood to your hand.
9 وان حذّرت الشرير من طريقه ليرجع عنه ولم يرجع عن طريقه فهو يموت بذنبه. اما انت فقد خلصت نفسك.	9 But if you have announced to the impious man, so that he may be converted from his ways, and he has not converted from his way, then he will die in his iniquity. Yet you will have freed your own soul.
10 وانت يا ابن آدم فكلم بيت اسرائيل وقل. انتم تتكلمون هكذا قائلين. ان معاصينا وخطايانا علينا وبها نحن فانون فكيف نحيا.	10 You, therefore, O son of man, say to the house of Israel: You have spoken in this way, saying: ‘Our iniquities and our sins are upon us, and we waste away in them. So then, how would we be able to live?’
11 قل لهم. حيّ انا يقول السيد الرب اني لا اسر بموت الشرير بل بان يرجع الشرير عن طريقه ويحيا. ارجعوا ارجعوا عن طرقكم الرديئة. فلماذا تموتون يا بيت اسرائيل.	11 Say to them: As I live, says the Lord God, I do not desire the death of the impious, but that the impious should convert from his way and live. Be converted, be converted from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?
12 وانت يا ابن آدم فقل لبني شعبك. ان بر البار لا ينجيه في يوم معصيته والشرير لا يعثر بشره في يوم رجوعه عن شره ولا يستطيع البار ان يحيا ببره في يوم خطيئته.	12 And as for you then, son of man, say to the sons of your people: The justice of the just man will not deliver him, on whatever day he will have sinned. And the impiety of the impius man will not harm him, on whatever day he will have been converted from his impiety. And the just man will not be able to live by his justice, on whatever day he will have sinned.
13 اذا قلت للبار حياة تحيا. فاتكل هو على بره وأثم فبره كله لا يذكر بل باثمه الذي فعله يموت.	13 Even now, if I say to the just man that he shall certainly live, and so, with confidence in his justice, he commits iniquity, all his justices will be delivered into oblivion, and by his iniquity, which he has done, by this he shall die.
14 واذا قلت للشرير موتا تموت. فان رجع عن خطيته وعمل بالعدل والحق	14 And if I say to the impious man, ‘You shall certainly die,’ and yet he repents from his sin, and he does judgment and justice,
15 ان رد الشرير الرهن وعوّض عن المغتصب وسلك في فرائض الحياة بلا عمل اثم فانه حياة يحيا. لا يموت.	15 and if that impious man returns the collateral, and repays what he has taken by force, and if he walks in the commandments of life, and does not do anything unjust, then he shall certainly live, and he shall not die.
16 كل خطيته التي اخطأ بها لا تذكر عليه. عمل بالعدل والحق فيحيا حياة.	16 None of his sins, which he has committed, will be imputed to him. He has done judgment and justice, so he shall certainly live.
17 وابناء شعبك يقولون ليست طريق الرب مستوية. بل هم طريقهم غير مستوية.	17 And the sons of your people have said, ‘The way of the Lord is not a fair balance,’ even while their own way is unjust.
18 عند رجوع البار عن بره وعند عمله اثما فانه يموت به.	18 For when the just man will have withdraw from his justice, and committed iniquities, he shall die by these.
19 وعند رجوع الشرير عن شره وعند عمله بالعدل والحق فانه يحيا بهما.	19 And when the impious man will have withdrawn from his impiety, and have done judgment and justice, he shall live by these.
20 وانتم تقولون ان طريق الرب غير مستوية. اني احكم على كل واحد منكم كطرقه يا بيت اسرائيل	20 And yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not right.’ But I shall judge each one of you according to his own ways, O house of Israel.”
21 وكان في السنة الثانية عشرة من سبينا في الشهر العاشر في الخامس من الشهر انه جاء اليّ منفلت من اورشليم فقال قد ضربت المدينة.	21 And it happened that, in the twelfth year of our transmigration, in the tenth month, on the fifth of the month, one who had fled from Jerusalem arrived saying, “The city has been laid waste.”
22 وكانت يد الرب عليّ مساء قبل مجيء المنفلت وفتحت فمي حتى جاء اليّ صباحا فانفتح فمي ولم اكن بعد ابكم.	22 But the hand of the Lord had been upon me in the evening, before the one who had fled arrived. And he opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning. And since my mouth had been opened, I was no longer silent.
23 فكان اليّ كلام الرب قائلا	23 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
24 يا ابن آدم ان الساكنين في هذه الخرب في ارض اسرائيل يتكلمون قائلين ان ابراهيم كان واحدا وقد ورث الارض. ونحن كثيرون. لنا أعطيت الارض ميراثا.	24 “Son of man, as for those who live in these ruinous ways on the soil of Israel, when speaking, they say: ‘Abraham was one man, and he possessed the land as an inheritance. But we are many; the land has been given to us as a possession.’
25 لذلك قل لهم. هكذا قال السيد الرب. تأكلون بالدم وترفعون اعينكم الى اصنامكم وتسفكون الدم. أفترثون الارض.	25 Therefore, you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord God: You who eat even the blood, and who lift up your eyes to your uncleannesses, and who shed blood: will you possess the land as an inheritance?
26 وقفتم على سيفكم. فعلتم الرجس وكل منكم نجس امرأة صاحبه. أفترثون الارض.	26 You stood by your swords, you committed abominations, and each one has defiled his neighbor’s wife. And will you possess the land as an inheritance?
27 قل لهم. هكذا قال السيد الرب. حيّ انا ان الذين في الخرب يسقطون بالسيف والذي هو على وجه الحقل ابذله للوحش مأكلا والذين في الحصون وفي المغاير يموتون بالوبأ.	27 You shall say these things to them: So says the Lord God: As I live, those who live in ruinous ways will fall by the sword. And whoever is in the field will be delivered over to wild beasts to be devoured. But those who are in fortresses and in caves will die of the pestilence.
28 فاجعل الارض خربة مقفرة وتبطل كبرياء عزتها وتخرب جبال اسرائيل بلا عابر.	28 And I will make the land into a wilderness and a desert. And its arrogant strength will fail. And the mountains of Israel will be desolate; for there will be no one who crosses through them.
29 فيعلمون اني انا الرب حين اجعل الارض خربة مقفرة على كل رجاساتهم التي فعلوها	29 And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I will have make their land desolate and deserted, because of all their abominations, which they have worked.
30 وانت يا ابن آدم فان بني شعبك يتكلمون عليك بجانب الجدران وفي ابواب البيوت ويتكلم الواحد مع الآخر الرجل مع اخيه قائلين هلم اسمعوا ما هو الكلام الخارج من عند الرب.	30 And as for you, O son of man: the sons of your people speak about you beside the walls and in the doorways of houses. And they speak to one another, each man to his neighbor, saying: ‘Come, and let us hear what may be the word going forth from the Lord.’
31 وياتون اليك كما ياتي الشعب ويجلسون امامك كشعبي ويسمعون كلامك ولا يعملون به لانهم بافواههم يظهرون اشواقا وقلبهم ذاهب وراء كسبهم.	31 And they come to you, as if the people were entering, and my people sit before you. And they listen to your words, but they do not do them. For they turn them into a song for their mouth, but their heart pursues their own avarice.
32 وها انت لهم كشعر اشواق لجميل الصوت يحسن العزف فيسمعون كلامك ولا يعملون به	32 And you are to them like a verse set to music, which is sung with a sweet and pleasing voice. And they hear your words, but they do not do them.
33 واذا جاء هذا. لانه ياتي. فيعلمون ان نبيا كان في وسطهم	33 And when what has been predicted occurs, for behold it is approaching, then they shall know that a prophet was among them.”