¹فجاء اليّ رجال من شيوخ اسرائيل وجلسوا امامي.

¹And come in unto me do certain of the elders of Israel, and sit before me.

²فصارت اليّ كلمة الرب قائلة.

²And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

³يا ابن آدم هؤلاء الرجال قد اصعدوا اصنامهم الى قلوبهم ووضعوا معثرة اثمهم تلقاء اوجههم. فهل أسأل منهم سؤالا.

³`Son of man, these men have caused their idols to go up on their heart, and the stumbling-block of their iniquity they have put over-against their faces; am I inquired of at all by them?

⁴لاجل ذلك كلمهم وقل لهم. هكذا قال السيد الرب. كل انسان من بيت اسرائيل الذي يصعد اصنامه الى قلبه ويضع معثرة اثمه تلقاء وجهه ثم يأتي الى النبي فاني انا الرب اجيبه حسب كثرة اصنامه

⁴`Therefore, speak with them, and thou hast said unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Every one of the house of Israel who causeth his idols to go up unto his heart, and the stumbling-block of his iniquity setteth over-against his face, and hath gone in unto the prophet — I Jehovah have given an answer to him for this, for the abundance of his idols,

⁵لكي آخذ بيت اسرائيل بقلوبهم لانهم كلهم قد ارتدوا عني باصنامهم.

⁵in order to catch the house of Israel by their heart, in that they have become estranged from off me by their idols — all of them.

⁶لذلك قل لبيت اسرائيل هكذا قال السيد الرب. توبوا وارجعوا عن اصنامكم وعن كل رجاساتكم اصرفوا وجوهكم.

⁶`Therefore say unto the house of Israel: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Turn ye back, yea, turn ye back from your idols, and from all your abominations turn back your faces,

⁷لان كل انسان من بيت اسرائيل او من الغرباء المتغربين في اسرائيل اذا ارتد عني واصعد اصنامه الى قلبه ووضع معثرة اثمه تلقاء وجهه ثم جاء الى النبي ليسأله عني فاني انا الرب اجيبه بنفسي.

⁷for every one of the house of Israel, and of the sojourners who doth sojourn in Israel, who is separated from after Me, and doth cause his idols to go up unto his heart, and the stumbling-block of his iniquity setteth over-against his face, and hath come in unto the prophet to inquire of him concerning Me, I, Jehovah, have answered him for Myself;

⁸واجعل وجهي ضد ذلك الانسان واجعله آية ومثلا واستأصله من وسط شعبي فتعلمون اني انا الرب.

⁸and I have set My face against that man, and made him for a sign, and for similes, and I have cut him off from the midst of My people, and ye have known that I [am] Jehovah.

⁹فاذا ضل النبي وتكلم كلاما فانا الرب قد اضللت ذلك النبي وسأمد يدي عليه وابيده من وسط شعبي اسرائيل.

⁹`And the prophet, when he is enticed, and hath spoken a word — I, Jehovah, I have enticed that prophet, and have stretched out My hand against him, and have destroyed him from the midst of My people Israel.

¹⁰ويحملون اثمهم. كاثم السائل يكون اثم النبي.

¹⁰And they have borne their iniquity: as the iniquity of the inquirer, so is the iniquity of the prophet;

¹¹لكي لا يعود يضل عني بيت اسرائيل ولكي لا يعودوا يتنجسون بكل معاصيهم بل ليكونوا لي شعبا وانا اكون لهم الها يقول السيد الرب

¹¹so that the house of Israel do not wander any more from after Me, nor are defiled any more with all their transgressions, and they have been to Me for a people, and I am to them for God — an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.`

¹²وكانت اليّ كلمة الرب قائلة.

¹²And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

¹³يا ابن آدم ان اخطأت اليّ ارض وخانت خيانة فمددت يدي عليها وكسرت لها قوام الخبز وارسلت عليها الجوع وقطعت منها الانسان والحيوان

¹³`Son of man, the land — when it sinneth against Me to commit a trespass, and I have stretched out My hand against it, and broken for it the staff of bread, and sent into it famine, and cut off from it man and beast —

¹⁴وكان فيها هؤلاء الرجال الثلاثة نوح ودانيال وايوب فانهم انما يخلصون انفسهم ببرهم يقول السيد الرب.

¹⁴and these three men have been in its midst, Noah, Daniel, and Job — they by their righteousness deliver their own soul — an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

¹⁵ان عبّرت في الارض وحوشا رديئة فاثكلوها وصارت خرابا بلا عابر بسبب الوحوش

¹⁵`If an evil beast I cause to pass through the land, and it hath bereaved, and it hath been a desolation, without any passing through because of the beast —

¹⁶وفي وسطها هؤلاء الثلاثة الرجال فحيّ انا يقول السيد الرب انهم لا يخلصون بنين ولا بنات. هم وحدهم يخلصون والارض تصير خربة.

¹⁶these three men in its midst: I live — an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah — neither sons nor daughters do they deliver; they alone are delivered, and the land is a desolation.

¹⁷او ان جلبت سيفا على تلك الارض وقلت يا سيف اعبر في الارض وقطعت منها الانسان والحيوان

¹⁷`Or — a sword I bring in against that land, and I have said: Sword, thou dost pass over through the land, and I have cut off from it man and beast —

¹⁸وفي وسطها هؤلاء الرجال الثلاثة فحيّ انا يقول السيد الرب انهم لا يخلّصون بنين ولا بنات بل هم وحدهم يخلصون.

¹⁸and these three men in its midst: I live — an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah — they deliver not sons and daughters, for they alone are delivered.

¹⁹او ان ارسلت وبأ على تلك الارض وسكبت غضبي عليها بالدم لاقطع منها الانسان والحيوان

¹⁹`Or — pestilence I send unto that land, and I have poured out My fury against it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast —

²⁰وفي وسطها نوح ودانيال وايوب فحيّ انا يقول السيد الرب انهم لا يخلصون ابنا ولا ابنة. انما يخلصون انفسهم ببرهم

²⁰and Noah, Daniel, and Job, in its midst: I live — an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah — neither son nor daughter do they deliver; they, by their righteousness, deliver their own soul.

²¹لانه هكذا قال السيد الرب. كم بالحري ان ارسلت احكامي الرديئة على اورشليم سيفا وجوعا ووحشا رديئا ووبأ لاقطع منها الانسان والحيوان.

²¹`For thus said the Lord Jehovah: Although My four sore judgments — sword, and famine, and wild beast, and pestilence — I have sent unto Jerusalem, to cut off from it man and beast,

²²فهوذا بقية فيها ناجية تخرج بنون وبنات. هوذا يخرجون اليكم فتنظرون طريقهم واعمالهم وتتعزون عن الشر الذي جلبته على اورشليم عن كل ما جلبته عليها.

²²yet, lo, there hath been left in it an escape, who are brought forth, sons and daughters, lo, they are coming forth unto you, and ye have seen their way, and their doings, and have been comforted concerning the evil that I have brought in against Jerusalem, all that which I have brought in against it.

²³ويعزونكم اذ ترون طريقهم واعمالهم فتعلمون اني لم اصنع بلا سبب كل ما صنعته فيها يقول السيد الرب

²³And they have comforted you, for ye see their way and their doings, and ye have known that not for nought have I done all that which I have done in her — an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.`