1Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.
1فجاء اليّ رجال من شيوخ اسرائيل وجلسوا امامي.
2And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
2فصارت اليّ كلمة الرب قائلة.
3Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be inquired of at all by them?
3يا ابن آدم هؤلاء الرجال قد اصعدوا اصنامهم الى قلوبهم ووضعوا معثرة اثمهم تلقاء اوجههم. فهل أسأل منهم سؤالا.
4Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Every man of the house of Israel that taketh his idols into his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I Jehovah will answer him therein according to the multitude of his idols;
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
5that I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.
5لكي آخذ بيت اسرائيل بقلوبهم لانهم كلهم قد ارتدوا عني باصنامهم.
6Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Return ye, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.
6لذلك قل لبيت اسرائيل هكذا قال السيد الرب. توبوا وارجعوا عن اصنامكم وعن كل رجاساتكم اصرفوا وجوهكم.
7For every one of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that separateth himself from me, and taketh his idols into his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet to inquire for himself of me; I Jehovah will answer him by myself:
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.
8and I will set my face against that man, and will make him an astonishment, for a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
8واجعل وجهي ضد ذلك الانسان واجعله آية ومثلا واستأصله من وسط شعبي فتعلمون اني انا الرب.
9And if the prophet be deceived and speak a word, I, Jehovah, have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.
9فاذا ضل النبي وتكلم كلاما فانا الرب قد اضللت ذلك النبي وسأمد يدي عليه وابيده من وسط شعبي اسرائيل.
10And they shall bear their iniquity: the iniquity of the prophet shall be even as the iniquity of him that seeketh [unto him];
10ويحملون اثمهم. كاثم السائل يكون اثم النبي.
11that the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither defile themselves any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord Jehovah.
11لكي لا يعود يضل عني بيت اسرائيل ولكي لا يعودوا يتنجسون بكل معاصيهم بل ليكونوا لي شعبا وانا اكون لهم الها يقول السيد الرب
12And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
12وكانت اليّ كلمة الرب قائلة.
13Son of man, when a land sinneth against me by committing a trespass, and I stretch out my hand upon it, and break the staff of the bread thereof, and send famine upon it, and cut off from it man and beast;
13يا ابن آدم ان اخطأت اليّ ارض وخانت خيانة فمددت يدي عليها وكسرت لها قوام الخبز وارسلت عليها الجوع وقطعت منها الانسان والحيوان
14though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord Jehovah.
14وكان فيها هؤلاء الرجال الثلاثة نوح ودانيال وايوب فانهم انما يخلصون انفسهم ببرهم يقول السيد الرب.
15If I cause evil beasts to pass through the land, and they ravage it, and it be made desolate, so that no man may pass through because of the beasts;
15ان عبّرت في الارض وحوشا رديئة فاثكلوها وصارت خرابا بلا عابر بسبب الوحوش
16though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, they should deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only should be delivered, but the land should be desolate.
16وفي وسطها هؤلاء الثلاثة الرجال فحيّ انا يقول السيد الرب انهم لا يخلصون بنين ولا بنات. هم وحدهم يخلصون والارض تصير خربة.
17Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off from it man and beast;
17او ان جلبت سيفا على تلك الارض وقلت يا سيف اعبر في الارض وقطعت منها الانسان والحيوان
18though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, they should deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only should be delivered themselves.
18وفي وسطها هؤلاء الرجال الثلاثة فحيّ انا يقول السيد الرب انهم لا يخلّصون بنين ولا بنات بل هم وحدهم يخلصون.
19Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my wrath upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast;
19او ان ارسلت وبأ على تلك الارض وسكبت غضبي عليها بالدم لاقطع منها الانسان والحيوان
20though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, they should deliver neither son nor daughter; they should but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.
20وفي وسطها نوح ودانيال وايوب فحيّ انا يقول السيد الرب انهم لا يخلصون ابنا ولا ابنة. انما يخلصون انفسهم ببرهم
21For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the evil beasts, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast!
21لانه هكذا قال السيد الرب. كم بالحري ان ارسلت احكامي الرديئة على اورشليم سيفا وجوعا ووحشا رديئا ووبأ لاقطع منها الانسان والحيوان.
22Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be carried forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings; and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it.
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.
23And they shall comfort you, when ye see their way and their doings; and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord Jehovah.
23ويعزونكم اذ ترون طريقهم واعمالهم فتعلمون اني لم اصنع بلا سبب كل ما صنعته فيها يقول السيد الرب