Ezekiel 37

The hand of the Lord was on me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones.

وَكَانَتْ يَدُ الرَّبِّ عَلَيَّ فَأَحْضَرَنِي بِالرُّوحِ إِلَى وَسَطِ وَادٍ مَلِيءٍ بِعِظَامٍ،

He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry.

وَجَعَلَنِي أَجْتَازُ بَيْنَهَا وَحَوْلَهَا، وَإذَا بِها كَثِيرَةٌ جِدّاً، تُغَطِّي سَطْحَ أَرْضِ الْوَادِي، كَمَا كَانَتْ شَدِيدَةَ الْيُبُوسَةِ.

He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones live?”

I said, “Sovereign Lord, you alone know.”

فَقَالَ لِي «يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، أَيُمْكِنُ أَنْ تَحْيَا هَذِهِ الْعِظَامُ؟» فَأَجَبْتُ: «يَا سَيِّدُ الرَّبُّ، أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ».

Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones and say to them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord!

فَقَالَ لِي: «تَنَبَّأْ عَلَى هَذِهِ الْعِظَامِ وَقُلْ لَهَا: اسْمَعِي أَيَّتُهَا الْعِظَامُ الْيَابِسَةُ كَلِمَةَ الرَّبِّ:

This is what the Sovereign Lord says to these bones: I will make breath^[a] enter you, and you will come to life.

هَا أَنَا أَجْعَلُ رُوحاً يَدْخُلُ فِيكِ فَتَحْيَيْنِ.

I will attach tendons to you and make flesh come upon you and cover you with skin; I will put breath in you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”

وَأَكْسُوكِ بِالْعَصَبِ وَاللَّحْمِ، وَأَبْسُطُ عَلَيْكِ جِلْداً وَأَجْعَلُ فِيكِ رُوحاً فَتَحْيَيْنِ وَتُدْرِكِينَ أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ».

So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bone to bone.

وَفِيمَا كُنْتُ أَتَنَبَّأُ كَمَا أُمِرْتُ، حَدَثَ صَوْتُ جَلَبَةٍ وَزَلْزَلَةٍ، فَتَقَارَبَتِ الْعِظَامُ كُلُّ عَظْمٍ إِلَى عَظْمِهِ،

I looked, and tendons and flesh appeared on them and skin covered them, but there was no breath in them.

وَاكْتَسَتْ بِالْعَصَبِ وَاللَّحْمِ وَبُسِطَ عَلَيْهَا الْجِلْدُ. إِنَّمَا لَمْ يَكُنْ فِيهَا رُوحٌ

Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to it, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Come, breath, from the four winds and breathe into these slain, that they may live.’”

فَقَالَ لِي: «تَنَبَّأْ لِلرُّوحِ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، وَقُلْ: هَذَا مَا يَأْمُرُ بِهِ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: هَيَّا يَا رُوحُ أَقْبِلْ مِنَ الرِّيَاحِ الأَرْبَعِ وَهُبَّ عَلَى هَؤُلاءِ الْقَتْلَى لِيَحْيَوْا».

So I prophesied as he commanded me, and breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet—a vast army.

فَتَنَبَّأْتُ كَمَا أَمَرَنِي الرَّبُّ، فَدَخَلَ فِيهِمِ الرُّوحُ فَدَبَّتْ فِيهِمِ الْحَيَاةُ، وَانْتَصَبُوا عَلَى أَقْدَامِهِمْ جَيْشاً عَظِيماً جِدّاً جِدّاً.

Then he said to me: “Son of man, these bones are the people of Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope is gone; we are cut off.’

ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي: «يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، هَذِهِ الْعِظَامُ هِيَ جُمْلَةُ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. هَا هُمْ يَقُولُونَ قَدْ يَبِسَتْ عِظَامُنَا وَمَاتَ رَجَاؤُنَا وَانْقَطَعْنَا.

Therefore prophesy and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: My people, I am going to open your graves and bring you up from them; I will bring you back to the land of Israel.

لِذَلِكَ تَنَبَّأْ وَقْلُ لَهُمْ هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: هَا أَنَا أَفْتَحُ قُبُورَكُمْ وَأُخْرِجُكُمْ مِنْهَا يَا شَعْبِي وَأُحْضِرُكُمْ إِلَى أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ،

Then you, my people, will know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves and bring you up from them.

فَتُدْرِكُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ حِينَ أَفْتَحُ قُبُورَكُمْ وَأُخْرِجُكُمْ مِنْهَا يَا شَعْبِي.

I will put my Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I the Lord have spoken, and I have done it, declares the Lord.’”

One Nation Under One King

وَأَضَعُ رُوحِي فِيكُمْ فَتَحْيَوْنَ، وَأَرُدُّكُمْ إِلَى أَرْضِكُمْ فَتُدْرِكُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ قَدْ تَكَلَّمْتُ وَأَنْجَزْتُ مَا وَعَدْتُ بِهِ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ».

أمة واحدة وملك واحد

The word of the Lord came to me:

وَأَوْحَى إِلَيَّ الرَّبُّ بِكَلِمَتِهِ قَائِلاً:

“Son of man, take a stick of wood and write on it, ‘Belonging to Judah and the Israelites associated with him.’ Then take another stick of wood, and write on it, ‘Belonging to Joseph (that is, to Ephraim) and all the Israelites associated with him.’

«وَأَنْتَ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، خُذْ لَكَ قَضِيباً وَاحِداً وَاكْتُبْ عَلَيْهِ: هَذَا لِيَهُوذَا وَلأَبْنَاءِ إِسْرَائِيلَ رِفَاقِهِ، ثُمَّ خُذْ قَضِيباً آخَرَ وَاكْتُبْ عَلَيْهِ: هَذَا لِيُوسُفَ، قَضِيبُ أَفْرَايِمَ وَكُلِّ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ رِفَاقِهِ.

Join them together into one stick so that they will become one in your hand.

وَضُمَّهُمَا مَعاً كَقَضِيبٍ وَاحِدٍ فَيُصْبِحَا فِي يَدِكَ قَضِيباً وَاحِداً.

“When your people ask you, ‘Won’t you tell us what you mean by this?’

وَإذَا سَأَلَكَ أَبْنَاءُ شَعْبِكَ: أَلا تُخْبِرُنَا مَا مَعْنَى هَذَا؟

say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am going to take the stick of Joseph—which is in Ephraim’s hand—and of the Israelite tribes associated with him, and join it to Judah’s stick. I will make them into a single stick of wood, and they will become one in my hand.’

فَقُلْ لَهُمْ: هَذَا مَا يُعْلِنُهُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ: هَا أَنَا أَتَنَاوَلُ قَضِيبَ يُوسُفَ الَّذِي فِي حَوْزَةِ أَفْرَايِمَ وَأَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ رِفَاقِهِ، وَأَضُمُّ إِلَيْهِ قَضِيبَ يَهُوذَا، وَأَجْعَلُهُمْ جَمِيعاً قَضِيباً وَاحِداً فَيُصْبِحُونَ وَاحِداً فِي يَدِي.

Hold before their eyes the sticks you have written on

وَيَكُونُ فِي يَدِكَ، عَلَى مَشْهَدٍ مِنْهُمُ الْقَضِيبَانِ اللَّذَانِ كَتَبْتَ عَلَيْهِمَا.

and say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will take the Israelites out of the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from all around and bring them back into their own land.

وَهَا أَنَا أَحْشِدُ أَبْنَاءَ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ بَيْنِ الأُمَمِ الَّتِي تَفَرَّقُوا فِيهَا وَأَجْمَعُهُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ جِهَةٍ وَأُحْضِرُهُمْ إِلَى أَرْضِهِمْ.

I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel. There will be one king over all of them and they will never again be two nations or be divided into two kingdoms.

وَأَجْعَلُهُمْ أُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً فِي الأَرْضِ وَعَلَى الْجِبَالِ، تَحْتَ رِيَاسَةِ مَلِكٍ وَاحِدٍ، فَلا يَكُونُونَ بَعْدُ أُمَّتَيْنِ، وَلا يَنْقَسِمُونَ إِلَى مَمْلَكَتَيْنِ.

They will no longer defile themselves with their idols and vile images or with any of their offenses, for I will save them from all their sinful backsliding,^[b] and I will cleanse them. They will be my people, and I will be their God.

وَلا يَتَدَنَّسُونَ بَعْدُ بِأَصْنَامِهِمْ وَرَجَاسَاتِهِمْ وَلا بِأَيٍّ مِنْ مَعَاصِيهِمْ، بَلْ أُخَلِّصُهُمْ مِنْ مَوَاطِنِ إِثْمِهِمْ، وَأُطَهِّرُهُمْ فَيَكُونُونَ لِي شَعْباً وَأَنَا أَكُونُ لَهُمْ إِلَهاً.

“‘My servant David will be king over them, and they will all have one shepherd. They will follow my laws and be careful to keep my decrees.

وَيُصْبِحُ دَاوُدُ عَبْدِي مَلِكاً عَلَيْهِمْ، فَيَكُونُ لَهُمْ جَمِيعاً رَاعٍ وَاحِدٌ فَيُمَارِسُونَ أَحْكَامِي وَيُطِيعُونَ فَرَائِضِي عَامِلِينَ بِها.

They will live in the land I gave to my servant Jacob, the land where your ancestors lived. They and their children and their children’s children will live there forever, and David my servant will be their prince forever.

وَيُقِيمُونَ فِي الأَرْضِ الَّتِي وَهَبْتُهَا لِعَبْدِي يَعْقُوبَ الَّتِي سَكَنَ فِيهَا آبَاؤُكُمْ، فَيَسْكُنُونَ فِيهَا هُمْ وَأَبْنَاؤُهُمْ وَأَحْفَادُهُمْ إِلَى الأَبَدِ. وَيَكُونُ عَبْدِي دَاوُدُ رَئِيساً عَلَيْهِمْ مَدَى الدَّهْرِ.

I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and increase their numbers, and I will put my sanctuary among them forever.

وَأُبْرِمُ مَعَهُمْ مِيثَاقَ سَلامٍ، فَيَكُونُ مَعَهُمْ عَهْداً أَبَدِيًّا، وَأُوَطِّنُهُمْ وَأُكَثِّرُهُمْ وَأُقِيمُ مَقْدِسِي فِي وَسَطِهِمْ إِلَى الأَبَدِ.

My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people.

وَيَكُونُ مَسْكَنِي مَعَهُمْ، فَأَكُونُ لَهُمْ إِلَهاً وَيَكُونُونَ لِي شَعْباً.

Then the nations will know that I the Lord make Israel holy, when my sanctuary is among them forever.’”

فَتُدْرِكُ الأُمَمُ أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ مُقَدِّسُ إِسْرَائِيلَ، حِينَ يَكُونُ مَقْدِسِي قَائِماً فِي وَسَطِهِمْ إِلَى الأَبَدِ».