Ezekiel 22

The word of the Lord came to me:

وَأَوْحَى إِلَيَّ الرَّبُّ بِكَلِمَتِهِ قَائِلاً:

“Son of man, will you judge her? Will you judge this city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her detestable practices

«وَأَنْتَ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، أَتَدِينُ الْمَدِينَةَ السَّافِكَةَ الدِّمَاءِ؟ إِذاً عَرِّفْهَا بِكُلِّ رَجَاسَاتِهَا،

and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: You city that brings on herself doom by shedding blood in her midst and defiles herself by making idols,

وَقُلْ: هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: أَيَّتُهَا الْمَدِينَةُ الَّتِي تَسْفِكُ الدِّمَاءَ فِي وَسَطِهَا لِتَسْتَجْلِبَ الْعِقَابَ عَلَى نَفْسِهَا، الَّتِي تَصْنَعُ لِنَفْسِهَا أَصْنَاماً تَتَنَجَّسُ بِها.

you have become guilty because of the blood you have shed and have become defiled by the idols you have made. You have brought your days to a close, and the end of your years has come. Therefore I will make you an object of scorn to the nations and a laughingstock to all the countries.

قَدْ أَثِمْتِ بِمَا سَفَكْتِ مِنْ دِمَاءٍ، وَتَنَجَّسْتِ بِمَا عَمِلْتِ مِنْ أَصْنَامِكِ. قَدْ قَرَّبْتِ يَوْمَ دَيْنُونَتِكِ، وَبَلَغْتِ مُنْتَهَى أَيَّامِكِ، لِذَلِكَ جَعَلْتُكِ عَاراً عِنْدَ الأُمَمِ وَمَثَارَ سُخْرِيَةٍ لِجَمِيعِ الْبُلْدَانِ.

Those who are near and those who are far away will mock you, you infamous city, full of turmoil.

تَسْخَرُ مِنْكِ الْبُلْدَانُ الْقَرِيبَةُ وَالنَّائِيَةُ عَلَى حَدٍّ سَوَاءٍ، أَنْتِ يَا نَجِسَةُ، يَا كَثِيرَةَ الشَّغَبِ.

“‘See how each of the princes of Israel who are in you uses his power to shed blood.

هُوَذَا كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ رُؤَسَاءِ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِمَّنْ كَانُوا فِيكِ انْهَمَكَ فِي سَفْكِ الدِّمَاءِ عَلَى قَدْرِ طَاقَتِهِ.

In you they have treated father and mother with contempt; in you they have oppressed the foreigner and mistreated the fatherless and the widow.

فِيكِ اسْتَخَفُّوا بِأَبٍ وَأُمٍّ وَجَارُوا فِي وَسَطِكِ عَلَى الْغَرِيبِ، وَاضْطَهَدُوا الْيَتِيمَ وَالأَرْمَلَةَ،

You have despised my holy things and desecrated my Sabbaths.

احْتَقَرْتِ مُقَدَّسَاتِي وَنَجَّسْتِ أَيَّامَ سُبُوتِي.

In you are slanderers who are bent on shedding blood; in you are those who eat at the mountain shrines and commit lewd acts.

أَقَامَ فِيكِ وُشَاةٌ عَمِلُوا عَلَى سَفْكِ الدَّمِ، وَأَكَلُوا أَمَامَ الأَصْنَامِ عَلَى الْجِبَالِ، وَارْتَكَبُوا فِي وَسَطِكِ الرَّجَاسَاتِ.

In you are those who dishonor their father’s bed; in you are those who violate women during their period, when they are ceremonially unclean.

فِيكِ فَضَحَ الإِنْسَانُ عُرْيَ أَبِيهِ، وَفِيكِ أَذَلُّوا مَنْ بَرِحَتْ مُتَنَجِّسَةً بِطَمْثِهَا.

In you one man commits a detestable offense with his neighbor’s wife, another shamefully defiles his daughter-in-law, and another violates his sister, his own father’s daughter.

فِيكِ إِنْسَانٌ زَنَى مَعَ امْرَأَةِ قَرِيبِهِ، وَاقْتَرَفَ إِنْسَانٌ الرَّذِيلَةَ مَعَ كَنَّتِهِ، وَفِيكِ ضَاجَعَ إِنْسَانٌ أُخْتَهُ ابْنَةَ أَبِيهِ.

In you are people who accept bribes to shed blood; you take interest and make a profit from the poor. You extort unjust gain from your neighbors. And you have forgotten me, declares the Sovereign Lord.

فِيكِ أَخَذُوا الرِّشْوَةَ لِقَاءَ سَفْكِ الدِّمَاءِ. أَخَذْتِ الرِّبَا وَمَالَ الْحَرَامِ، وَسَلَبْتِ أَقْرِبَاءَكِ ظُلْماً وَنَسِيتِنِي، يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ.

“‘I will surely strike my hands together at the unjust gain you have made and at the blood you have shed in your midst.

هَا أَنَا قَدْ صَفَّقْتُ بِكَفِّي مِنْ جَرَّاءِ مَا حَصَلْتِ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ رِبْحٍ حَرَامٍ، وَمَا سُفِكَ مِنْ دَمٍ فِي وَسَطِكِ.

Will your courage endure or your hands be strong in the day I deal with you? I the Lord have spoken, and I will do it.

فَهَلْ يَصْمُدُ قَلْبُكِ أَوْ تَحْتَفِظُ يَدَاكِ بِقُوَّتِهِمَا فِي الأَيَّامِ الَّتِي فِيهَا أَتَعَامَلُ مَعَكِ؟ أَنَا الرَّبُّ قَدْ تَكَلَّمْتُ وَأُتَمِّمُ مَا أَنْطِقُ بِهِ.

I will disperse you among the nations and scatter you through the countries; and I will put an end to your uncleanness.

سَأُشَتِّتُكِ بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ، وَأُبَعْثِرُكِ فِي الْبُلْدَانِ، وَأُزِيلُ نَجَاسَتَكِ مِنْكِ.

When you have been defiled^[a] in the eyes of the nations, you will know that I am the Lord.’”

وَتَتَدَنَّسِينَ بِنَفْسِكِ أَمَامَ عُيُونِ الأُمَمِ، وَتُدْرِكِينَ أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ».

Then the word of the Lord came to me:

وَأَوْحَى إِلَيَّ الرَّبُّ بِكَلِمَتِهِ قَائِلاً:

“Son of man, the people of Israel have become dross to me; all of them are the copper, tin, iron and lead left inside a furnace. They are but the dross of silver.

«يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، قَدْ أَصْبَحَ شَعْبُ إِسْرَائِيلَ لِي نُفَايَةً. كُلُّهُمْ مِثْلُ النُّحَاسِ وَالْقَصْدِيرِ وَالْحَدِيدِ وَالرَّصَاصِ فِي كُورٍ. صَارُوا حُثَالَةَ فِضَّةٍ.

Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: ‘Because you have all become dross, I will gather you into Jerusalem.

لأَجْلِ ذَلِكَ هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: لأَنَّكُمْ كُلَّكُمْ قَدْ صِرْتُمْ نُفَايَةً، فَهَا أَنَا أَجْمَعُكُمْ فِي وَسَطِ أُورُشَلِيمَ،

As silver, copper, iron, lead and tin are gathered into a furnace to be melted with a fiery blast, so will I gather you in my anger and my wrath and put you inside the city and melt you.

كَمَا تُجْمَعُ الْفِضَّةُ وَالنُّحَاسُ وَالْحَدِيدُ وَالرَّصَاصُ وَالْقَصْدِيرُ فِي الْكُورِ، لِتُنْفَخَ عَلَيْهَا نَارٌ لِتُسْبَكَ. كَذَلِكَ أَجْمَعُكُمْ فِي غَضَبِي وَسَخَطِي وَأَطْرَحُكُمْ وَأَسْبِكُكُمْ.

I will gather you and I will blow on you with my fiery wrath, and you will be melted inside her.

أَجْمَعُكُمْ وَأَنْفُخُ عَلَيْكُمْ فِي نَارِ غَضَبِي فَتُسْبَكُونَ فِيهَا

As silver is melted in a furnace, so you will be melted inside her, and you will know that I the Lord have poured out my wrath on you.’”

كَمَا تُسْبَكُ الْفِضَّةُ فِي بَوتَقَةِ النَّارِ، هَكَذَا تُسْبَكُونَ فِيهَا، فَتُدْرِكُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ قَدْ سَكَبْتُ سَخَطِي عَلَيْكُمْ».

Again the word of the Lord came to me:

وَأَوْحَى إِلَيَّ الرَّبُّ بِكَلِمَتِهِ قَائِلاً:

“Son of man, say to the land, ‘You are a land that has not been cleansed or rained on in the day of wrath.’

«يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، تَنَبَّأْ وَقُلْ لَهَا: أَنْتِ أَرْضٌ لَمْ تَتَطَهَّرِي وَلَمْ يُمْطَرْ عَلَيْهَا فِي يَوْمِ الْغَضَبِ.

There is a conspiracy of her princes^[b] within her like a roaring lion tearing its prey; they devour people, take treasures and precious things and make many widows within her.

تَوَاطَأَ أَنْبِيَاؤُهَا الْكَذَبَةُ فِيهَا مِثْلَ أَسَدٍ مُزَمْجِرٍ يُمَزِّقُ الْفَرِيسَةَ. الْتَهَمُوا نُفُوساً، وَاسْتَوْلَوْا عَلَى نَفَائِسِ النَّاسِ وَكُنُوزِهِمْ، وَكَثَّرُوا أَرَامِلَهَا فِيهَا.

Her priests do violence to my law and profane my holy things; they do not distinguish between the holy and the common; they teach that there is no difference between the unclean and the clean; and they shut their eyes to the keeping of my Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.

خَالَفَ كَهَنَتُهَا شَرِيعَتِي وَنَجَّسُوا مَقَادِسِي. لَمْ يُمَيِّزُوا بَيْنَ الْمُقَدَّسِ وَالرِّجْسِ، وَلَمْ يَعْلَمُوا الْفَرْقَ بَيْنَ الطَّاهِرِ وَالنَّجِسِ، وَحَجَبُوا عُيُونَهُمْ عَنْ أَيَّامِ سُبُوتِي فَصِرْتُ مُدَنَّساً فِي وَسَطِهِمْ.

Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey; they shed blood and kill people to make unjust gain.

رُؤَسَاؤُهَا فِيهَا كَذِئَابٍ خَاطِفَةٍ تُمَزِّقُ فَرَائِسَهَا إِذْ يَسْفِكُونَ دِمَاءَ النَّاسِ فِي سَبِيلِ الرِّبْحِ الْحَرَامِ.

Her prophets whitewash these deeds for them by false visions and lying divinations. They say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says’—when the Lord has not spoken.

وَأَنْبِيَاؤُهَا قَدْ طَلَوْا لَهُمْ بِمَاءِ الْكِلْسِ، إِذْ يَرَوْنَ لَهُمْ رُؤىً بَاطِلَةً، وَيَعْرُفُونَ لَهُمْ عِرَافَةً كَاذِبَةً قَائِلِينَ: هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ، مَعَ أَنَّ الرَّبَّ لَمْ يُعْلِنْ شَيْئاً.

The people of the land practice extortion and commit robbery; they oppress the poor and needy and mistreat the foreigner, denying them justice.

أَفْرَطُوا فِي ظُلْمِ شَعْبِ الأَرْضِ وَاغْتَصَبُوا سَالِبِينَ، وَاضْطَهَدُوا الْفَقِيرَ وَالْمِسْكِينَ، وَظَلَمُوا الْغَرِيبَ جَوْراً.

“I looked for someone among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found no one.

فَالْتَمَسْتُ مِنْ بَيْنِهِمْ رَجُلاً وَاحِداً يَبْنِي جِدَاراً وَيَقِفُ فِي الثُّغْرَةِ أَمَامِي مُدَافِعاً عَنِ الأَرْضِ، حَتَّى لَا أَخْرِبَهَا فَلَمْ أَجِدْ.

So I will pour out my wrath on them and consume them with my fiery anger, bringing down on their own heads all they have done, declares the Sovereign Lord.”

فَصَبَبْتُ سَخَطِي عَلَيْهِمْ، الْتَهَمْتُهُمْ بِنَارِ غَضَبِي، جَازَيْتُهُمْ بِحَسَبِ طُرُقِهِمْ، يَقُولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ».