¹وكان اليّ كلام الرب قائلا

¹And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

²يا ابن آدم كلم بني شعبك وقل لهم. اذا جلبت السيف على ارض فان اخذ شعب الارض رجلا من بينهم وجعلوه رقيبا لهم

²Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take one man from among them all, and set him for their watchman:

³فاذا رأى السيف مقبلا على الارض نفخ في البوق وحذّر الشعب

³if he see the sword coming upon the land, and blow the trumpet, and warn the people;

⁴وسمع السامع صوت البوق ولم يتحذّر فجاء السيف واخذه فدمه يكون على راسه.

⁴then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning, if the sword come and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.

⁵سمع صوت البوق ولم يتحذّر فدمه يكون على نفسه. لو تحذّر لخلّص نفسه.

⁵He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood is upon him: whereas had he taken warning, he would have delivered his soul.

⁶فان 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

⁶But if the watchman see the sword coming, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned, if the sword come and take a person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.

⁷وانت يا ابن آدم فقد جعلتك رقيبا لبيت اسرائيل فتسمع الكلام من فمي وتحذّرهم من قبلي.

⁷So thou, son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; and thou shalt hear the word from my mouth, and warn them from me.

⁸اذا قلت للشرير يا شرير موتا تموت. فان لم تتكلم لتحذّر الشرير من طريقه فذلك الشرير يموت بذنبه. اما دمه فمن يدك اطلبه.

⁸When I say unto the wicked, Wicked [man], thou shalt certainly die; and thou speakest not to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked [man] shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thy hand.

⁹وان حذّرت الشرير من طريقه ليرجع عنه ولم يرجع عن طريقه فهو يموت بذنبه. اما انت فقد خلصت نفسك.

⁹But if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it, and he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.

¹⁰وانت يا ابن آدم فكلم بيت اسرائيل وقل. انتم تتكلمون هكذا قائلين. ان معاصينا وخطايانا علينا وبها نحن فانون فكيف نحيا.

¹⁰And thou, son of man, say unto the house of Israel, Thus ye speak, saying, Our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we waste away in them, how then should we live?

¹¹قل 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.

¹¹Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

¹²وانت 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.

¹²And thou, son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression; and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live thereby in the day that he sinneth.

¹³اذا قلت للبار حياة تحيا. فاتكل هو على بره وأثم فبره كله لا يذكر بل باثمه الذي فعله يموت.

¹³When I say to the righteous that he shall certainly live, and he trusteth to his righteousness and doeth what is wrong, none of his righteous acts shall be remembered; but in his unrighteousness which he hath done, in it shall he die.

¹⁴واذا قلت للشرير موتا تموت. فان رجع عن خطيته وعمل بالعدل والحق

¹⁴And when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt certainly die, and he turneth from his sin, and doeth judgment and justice;

¹⁵ان رد الشرير الرهن وعوّض عن المغتصب وسلك في فرائض الحياة بلا عمل اثم فانه حياة يحيا. لا يموت.

¹⁵if the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had taken by robbery, walk in the statutes of life, doing nothing that is wrong; he shall certainly live, he shall not die.

¹⁶كل خطيته التي اخطأ بها لا تذكر عليه. عمل بالعدل والحق فيحيا حياة.

¹⁶None of his sins which he hath committed shall be remembered against him: he hath done judgment and justice; he shall certainly live.

¹⁷وابناء شعبك يقولون ليست طريق الرب مستوية. بل هم طريقهم غير مستوية.

¹⁷Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.

¹⁸عند رجوع البار عن بره وعند عمله اثما فانه يموت به.

¹⁸When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and doeth what is wrong, then he shall die therein.

¹⁹وعند رجوع الشرير عن شره وعند عمله بالعدل والحق فانه يحيا بهما.

¹⁹And when the wicked turneth from his wickedness, and doeth judgment and justice, he shall live for these things.

²⁰وانتم تقولون ان طريق الرب غير مستوية. اني احكم على كل واحد منكم كطرقه يا بيت اسرائيل

²⁰Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.

²¹وكان في السنة الثانية عشرة من سبينا في الشهر العاشر في الخامس من الشهر انه جاء اليّ منفلت من اورشليم فقال قد ضربت المدينة.

²¹And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth [month], on the fifth of the month, that one who had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten!

²²وكانت يد الرب عليّ مساء قبل مجيء المنفلت وفتحت فمي حتى جاء اليّ صباحا فانفتح فمي ولم اكن بعد ابكم.

²²Now the hand of Jehovah had been upon me in the evening, before he that had escaped came; and he had opened my mouth against his coming to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.

²³فكان اليّ كلام الرب قائلا

²³And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

²⁴يا 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.

²⁴Son of man, they that inhabit those waste places in the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited this land, and we are many: the land is given us for a possession.

²⁵لذلك قل لهم. هكذا قال السيد الرب. تأكلون بالدم وترفعون اعينكم الى اصنامكم وتسفكون الدم. أفترثون الارض.

²⁵Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood; and shall ye possess the land?

²⁶وقفتم على سيفكم. فعلتم الرجس وكل منكم نجس امرأة صاحبه. أفترثون الارض.

²⁶Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife; and shall ye possess the land?

²⁷قل 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.

²⁷Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: [As] I live, verily they that are in the waste places shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that are in the strongholds and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.

²⁸فاجعل الارض خربة مقفرة وتبطل كبرياء عزتها وتخرب جبال اسرائيل بلا عابر.

²⁸And I will make the land a desolation and an astonishment, and the pride of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolated, so that none shall pass through.

²⁹فيعلمون اني انا الرب حين اجعل الارض خربة مقفرة على كل رجاساتهم التي فعلوها

²⁹And they shall know that I [am] Jehovah, when I have made the land a desolation and an astonishment because of all their abominations which they have committed.

³⁰وانت 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.

³⁰And as for thee, son of man, the children of thy people keep talking of thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from Jehovah.

³¹وياتون اليك كما ياتي الشعب ويجلسون امامك كشعبي ويسمعون كلامك ولا يعملون به لانهم بافواههم يظهرون اشواقا وقلبهم ذاهب وراء كسبهم.

³¹And they come unto thee as a people cometh, and they sit before thee [as] my people, and they hear thy words, but they do them not; for with their mouth they shew much love, [but] their heart goeth after their dishonest gain.

³²وها انت لهم كشعر اشواق لجميل الصوت يحسن العزف فيسمعون كلامك ولا يعملون به

³²And behold, thou art unto them as a lovely song, a pleasant voice, and one that playeth well on an instrument; and they hear thy words, but they do them not.

³³واذا جاء هذا. لانه ياتي. فيعلمون ان نبيا كان في وسطهم

³³And when this cometh to pass (behold, it will come), then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.