القراءة بلغتين

وأَنتَ يا ٱبنَ الإِنْسان، تَنَبَّأ على جِبالِ إِسْرائيلَ وقُلْ: يا جِبالَ إِسْرائيل، اِسمَعي كَلِمَةَ الرَّبّ

هٰكذا قالَ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبّ: بِما أَنَّ العَدُوَّ قد قالَ علَيكِ: صَهْ، قد صارَتِ المَشارِفُ الأَبَدِيَّةُ ميراثًا لَنا

لِذٰلك تَنَبَّأْ وقُلْ: هٰكذا قالَ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبّ: بِما أَنَّهم دَمَّروكِ وطَمِعوا بِكِ مِن كُلِّ جِهَة، لِكَي تَصيري ميراثًا لِسائِرِ الأُمَم، وتَناوَلَتكِ أَلسِنَةُ النَّاسِ ومَذَمَّةُ الشَّعْب

لِذٰلك، يا جِبالَ إِسْرائيل، اِسمَعي كَلِمَةَ السَّيِّدِ الرَّبّ. هٰكذا قالَ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ لِلجِبالِ والتِّلالِ والمَجاري والأَودِيَةِ ولِلأَخرِبَةِ المُقفِرَة، ولِلمُدُنِ المَهْجورَةِ الَّتي صارَت نَهْبًا وهُزُؤًا لِسائِرِ الأُمَمِ الَّتي مِن حَولِها

لِذٰلك هٰكذا قالَ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبّ: إِنِّي بِنارِ غَيرَتي تَكَلَّمتُ على سائِرِ الأُمَمِ وعلى أَدومَ كُلِّها، الَّتي جَعَلَت أَرْضي لَها ميراثًا، بِشَماتَةِ كُلِّ قَلبِها وٱحتِقارِ نَفسِها، لِنَهْبِ مَرْعاها

لِذٰلك تَنَبَّأْ على أَرضِ إِسْرائيل، وقُلْ لِلجِبالِ والتِّلالِ والمَجاري والأَودِيَة: هٰكذا قالَ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبّ: هاءَنَذا قد تَكَلَّمتُ بِغَيرَتي وغَضَبي، لِأَنَّكِ حَمَلتِ تَعْييرَ الأُمَم

لِذٰلك هٰكذا قالَ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبّ: إِنِّي رَفَعتُ يَدي مُقسِمًا على أَنَّ الأُمَمَ الَّتي مِن حَولِكِ هي تَحمِلُ تَعييرَها

أَمَّا أَنتِ يا جِبالَ إِسْرائيل، فتُنبِتينَ أَفْنانَكِ وتُثمِرينَ ثَمَرَكِ لِشَعبي إِسْرائيل، لِأَنَّ مَجيئَه قدِ ٱقتَرَب

فهاءَنَذا إِلَيكِ فأَلتَفِتُ إِلَيكِ فتُحرَثينَ وتُزرَعين

وأُكَثِّرُ علَيكِ البَشَر، كُلَّ بَيتِ إِسْرائيلَ بِأَجمَعِهم، فتُسكَنُ المُدُنُ وتُبْنى الأَخرِبَة

وأُكَثِّرُ علَيكِ البَشَرَ والبَهائِم، فيَكثُرونَ ويُثمِرون، وأَجعَلُكِ آهِلَةً كما في قَديمِ أَيَّامِكِ، وأُوليكِ ما هو خَيرٌ مِن أَوائِلِكِ، فتَعلَمونَ أَنِّي أَنا الرَّبّ

وأُسَيِّرُ علَيكِ البَشَرَ شَعْبي إِسْرائيل، فيَرِثونَكِ وتَكونينَ لَهم ميراثًا، ولا تَعودينَ تُثكِلينَهم

هٰكذا قالَ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبّ: بِما أَنَّهم قالوا لَكِ أَنَّكِ قد كُنتِ آكِلَةً لِلبَشَر ومُثكِلَةً لِأُمَمِكِ

لِذٰلِكَ لا تَأكُلينَ بَشَرًا بَعدَ اليَوم، ولا تُثكِلينَ أُمَّتَكِ بَعدَ اليَوم، يَقولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبّ

ولا أُسمِعُكِ بَعدَ اليَومِ تَعْييرَ الأُمَم، ولا تَحمِلينَ هَوانَ الشُّعوبِ بَعدَ اليَوم، ولا تُعثِّرينَ أُمَّتَكِ بَعدَ اليَوم، يَقولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبّ»

وكانَت إِلَيَّ كَلِمَةُ الرَّبِّ قائِلًا

«يا ٱبنَ الإِنْسان، إِنَّ بَيتَ إِسْرائيل، لَمَّا سَكَنوا في أَرضِهم، نَجَّسوها بِسُلوكِهم وأَعْمالِهم، وصارَ سُلوكُهم كَنَجاسَةِ الطَّمثِ أَمامي

فصَبَبتُ غَضَبي علَيهم بِسَبَبِ الدَّمِ الَّذي سَفَكوه على الأَرض، ولِأَنَّهم نَجَّسوها بِقَذاراتِهم

وشَتَّتُّهم بَينَ الأُمَم، فتَذَرَّوا في الأَراضي. على مُقتَضى طَريقِهم وأَعْمالِهم دُنتُهم

فلَمَّا دَخَلوا بَينَ الأُمَمِ الَّتي دَخَلوا بَينَها، دَنَّسوا ٱسمِيَ القُدُّوس، إِذ قيلَ فيهم: هٰذا شَعبُ الرَّبِّ وقد خَرَجَ مِن أَرضِه

فعَطَفتُ على ٱسْمِيَ القُدُّوسِ الَّذي دَنَّسه بَيتُ إِسْرائيلَ في الأُمَمِ الَّتي دَخَلوا بَينَها

لِذٰلك قُلْ لِبَيتِ إِسْرائيل: هٰكذا قالَ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبّ: لَيسَ لِأَجلِكم أَنا فاعِلٌ، يا بَيتَ إِسْرائيل، بل لِأَجلِ ٱسمِيَ القُدُّوسِ الَّذي دَنَّستُموه في الأُمَمِ الَّتي دَخَلتُم بَينَها

فأُقَدِّسُ ٱسمِيَ العَظيمَ الَّذي دُنِّسَ في الأُمَمِ الَّتي دَنَّستُموه فيما بَينها، فتَعلَمُ الأُمَمُ أَنِّي أَنا الرَّبّ، يَقولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبّ، حينَ أَتَقَدَّسُ فيكم على عُيونِها

وَآخُذُكُمْ مِنْ بَيْنِ الأُمَمِ وَأَجْمَعُكُمْ مِنْ جَمِيعِ الأَرَاضِي وَآتِي بِكُمْ إِلَى أَرْضِكُمْ.

وأَرُشُّ عليكم ماءً طاهِرًا، فتَطهُرونَ مِن كُلِّ نَجاسَتِكم، وأُطَهِّرُكم مِن جَميعِ قَذاراتِكم

وأُعْطيكم قَلبًا جَديدًا وأَجعَلُ في أَحْشائكم روحًا جَديدًا وأَنزِعُ مِن لَحمِكم قَلبَ الحَجَر، وأُعْطيكم قَلبًا مِن لَحْم

وأَجعَلُ روحي في أَحْشائِكم وأَجعَلُكم تَسيرونَ على فَرائِضي وتَحفَظونَ أَحْكامي وتَعمَلونَ بِها

وتَسكُنونَ في الأَرضِ الَّتي أَعطَيتُها لِآبائِكم، وتَكونونَ لي شَعبًا وأَكونُ لَكم إِلٰهًا

وأُخَلِّصُكم مِن كُلِّ نَجاسَتِكم، وأَدْعو الحِنطَةَ وأُكَثِّرُها، ولا أُلْقي علَيكمُ الجوع

وأُكَثِّرُ ثَمَرَ الشَّجَرِ وغَلَّةَ الحَقْل، لِئَلَّا يَنالَكم بَعدَ اليَومِ عارُ الجوعِ في الأُمَم

وتَذكُرونَ سُلوكَكمُ الشِّرِّير وأَعْمالَكم غَيرَ الصَّالِحَة، فتَكرَهونَ أَنفُسَكم بِسَبَبِ آثامِكم وقَبائِحِكم

ولَستُ لِأَجلِكم أَعمَلُ ذٰلك، يَقولُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبّ، فٱعلَموا وٱخزَوا وٱخجَلوا من سُلوكِكم، يا بَيتَ إِسْرائيل

هٰكذا قالَ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبّ: إِنَّه يَومَ أُطَهِّرُكم مِن جَميعِ آثامِكم، أُعمِرُ المُدُنَ وتُبْنى الأَخرِبَة

وتُحرَثُ الأَرضُ المُقفِرَة، بَعدَ أَن كانَت خَرابًا على عَينَي كُلِّ عابِر

فيَقولون: قد صارَت هٰذه الأَرضُ المُقفِرَةُ كَجَنَّةِ عَدْنٍ والمُدُنُ الخَرِبَةُ المُقفِرَةُ المُنهَدِمَةُ حَصينَةً مَسْكونَة

وتَعلَمُ الأُمَمُ الَّتي أُبقِيَت مِن حَولِكم أَنِّي أَنا الرَّبَّ بَنَيتُ ما كانَ مُنهَدِمًا وغَرَستُ ما كانَ مُقفِرًا. أَنا الرَّبَّ تَكَلَّمتُ وصَنَعتُ

هٰكذا قالَ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبّ: عن هٰذا أَيضًا أُجيبُ بَيتَ إِسْرائيلَ السَّائِلينَ أَن أَصنَعَه لَهم. إِنِّي أُكَثِّرُهم كَخِرافٍ مِنَ البَشَر

كخِرافٍ مُقَدَّسَة، كخِرافِ أُورَشَليم في أَعْيادِها، فتَمتَلِئُ المُدُنُ الخَرِبَةُ مِن خِرافِ البَشَر، فيَعلَمونَ أَنِّي أَنا الرَّبّ»

You, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say, “You mountains of Israel, hear the LORD’s word.

The Lord GOD says: ‘Because the enemy has said against you, “Aha!” and, “The ancient high places are ours in possession!”’

therefore prophesy, and say, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Because, even because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that you might be a possession to the residue of the nations, and you are taken up in the lips of talkers, and the evil report of the people;”

therefore, you mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD: The Lord GOD says to the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes and to the cities that are forsaken, which have become a prey and derision to the residue of the nations that are all around;

therefore the Lord GOD says: “Surely in the fire of my jealousy I have spoken against the residue of the nations, and against all Edom, that have appointed my land to themselves for a possession with the joy of all their heart, with despite of soul, to cast it out for a prey.”’

Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and tell the mountains, the hills, the watercourses and the valleys, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my wrath, because you have borne the shame of the nations.”

Therefore the Lord GOD says: “I have sworn, ‘Surely the nations that are around you will bear their shame.’

“‘“But you, mountains of Israel, you shall shoot out your branches and yield your fruit to my people Israel; for they are at hand to come.

For, behold, I am for you, and I will come to you, and you will be tilled and sown.

I will multiply men on you, all the house of Israel, even all of it. The cities will be inhabited and the waste places will be built.

I will multiply man and animal on you. They will increase and be fruitful. I will cause you to be inhabited as you were before, and you will do better than at your beginnings. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

Yes, I will cause men to walk on you, even my people Israel. They will possess you, and you will be their inheritance, and you will never again bereave them of their children.”

“‘The Lord GOD says: “Because they say to you, ‘You are a devourer of men, and have been a bereaver of your nation;’

therefore you shall devour men no more, and not bereave your nation any more,” says the Lord GOD.

“I won’t let you hear the shame of the nations any more. You won’t bear the reproach of the peoples any more, and you won’t cause your nation to stumble any more,” says the Lord GOD.’”

Moreover the LORD’s word came to me, saying,

“Son of man, when the house of Israel lived in their own land, they defiled it by their ways and by their deeds. Their way before me was as the uncleanness of a woman in her impurity.

Therefore I poured out my wrath on them for the blood which they had poured out on the land, and because they had defiled it with their idols.

I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries. I judged them according to their way and according to their deeds.

When they came to the nations where they went, they profaned my holy name, in that men said of them, ‘These are the LORD’s people, and have left his land.’

But I had respect for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations where they went.

“Therefore tell the house of Israel, ‘The Lord GOD says: “I don’t do this for your sake, house of Israel, but for my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you went.

I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD,” says the Lord GOD, “when I am proven holy in you before their eyes.

“‘“For I will take you from among the nations and gather you out of all the countries, and will bring you into your own land.

I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols.

I will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.

I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes. You will keep my ordinances and do them.

You will dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers. You will be my people, and I will be your God.

I will save you from all your uncleanness. I will call for the grain and will multiply it, and lay no famine on you.

I will multiply the fruit of the tree and the increase of the field, that you may receive no more the reproach of famine among the nations.

“‘“Then you will remember your evil ways, and your deeds that were not good; and you will loathe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.

I don’t do this for your sake,” says the Lord GOD. “Let it be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your ways, house of Israel.”

“‘The Lord GOD says: “In the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited and the waste places will be built.

The land that was desolate will be tilled instead of being a desolation in the sight of all who passed by.

They will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden. The waste, desolate, and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited.’

Then the nations that are left around you will know that I, the LORD, have built the ruined places and planted that which was desolate. I, the LORD, have spoken it, and I will do it.”

“‘The Lord GOD says: “For this, moreover, I will be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them: I will increase them with men like a flock.

As the flock for sacrifice, as the flock of Jerusalem in her appointed feasts, so the waste cities will be filled with flocks of men. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”