1 In the sixth year, in the sixth month on the fifth day, while I was sitting in my house and the elders of Judah were sitting before me, the hand of the Sovereign LORD came on me there.2 I looked, and I saw a figure like that of a man. "From what appeared to be his waist down he was like fire, and from there up his appearance was as bright as glowing metal.3 He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. The Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and in visions of God he took me to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the idol that provokes to jealousy stood.4 And there before me was the glory of the God of Israel, as in the vision I had seen in the plain.5 Then he said to me, "Son of man, look toward the north." So I looked, and in the entrance north of the gate of the altar I saw this idol of jealousy.6 And he said to me, "Son of man, do you see what they are doing —the utterly detestable things the Israelites are doing here, things that will drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see things that are even more detestable."7 Then he brought me to the entrance to the court. I looked, and I saw a hole in the wall.8 He said to me, "Son of man, now dig into the wall." So I dug into the wall and saw a doorway there.9 And he said to me, "Go in and see the wicked and detestable things they are doing here."10 So I went in and looked, and I saw portrayed all over the walls all kinds of crawling things and unclean animals and all the idols of Israel.11 In front of them stood seventy elders of Israel, and Jaazaniah son of Shaphan was standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising.12 He said to me, "Son of man, have you seen what the elders of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? They say, 'The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.'"13 Again, he said, "You will see them doing things that are even more detestable."14 Then he brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the house of the LORD, and I saw women sitting there, mourning the god Tammuz.15 He said to me, "Do you see this, son of man? You will see things that are even more detestable than this."16 He then brought me into the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men. With their backs toward the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east, they were bowing down to the sun in the east.17 He said to me, "Have you seen this, son of man? Is it a trivial matter for the people of Judah to do the detestable things they are doing here? Must they also fill the land with violence and continually arouse my anger? Look at them putting the branch to their nose!18 Therefore I will deal with them in anger; I will not look on them with pity or spare them. Although they shout in my ears, I will not listen to them."

1 وكان في السنة السادسة في الشهر السادس في الخامس من الشهر وانا جالس في بيتي ومشايخ يهوذا جالسون امامي ان يد السيد الرب وقعت عليّ هناك.2 فنظرت واذا شبه كمنظر نار من منظر حقويه الى تحت نار ومن حقويه الى فوق كمنظر لمعان كشبه النحاس اللامع.3 ومد شبه يد وأخذني بناصية راسي ورفعني روح بين الارض والسماء واتى بي في رؤى الله الى اورشليم الى مدخل الباب الداخلي المتجه نحو الشمال حيث مجلس تمثال الغيرة المهيج الغيرة4 واذا مجد اله اسرائيل هناك مثل الرؤيا التي رأيتها في البقعة5 ثم قال لي يا ابن آدم ارفع عينيك نحو طريق الشمال. فرفعت عينيّ نحو طريق الشمال واذا من شمالي باب المذبح تمثال الغيرة هذا في المدخل.6 وقال لي يا ابن آدم هل رأيت ما هم عاملون. الرجاسات العظيمة التي بيت اسرائيل عاملها هنا لابعادي عن مقدسي. وبعد تعود تنظر رجاسات اعظم.7 ثم جاء بي الى باب الدار فنظرت واذا ثقب في الحائط.8 ثم قال لي يا ابن آدم انقب في الحائط. فنقبت في الحائط فاذا باب.9 وقال لي ادخل وانظر الرجاسات الشريرة التي هم عاملوها هنا.10 فدخلت ونظرت واذا كل شكل دبابات وحيوان نجس وكل اصنام بيت اسرائيل مرسومة على الحائط على دائره.11 وواقف قدامها سبعون رجلا من شيوخ بيت اسرائيل ويازنيا بن شافان قائم في وسطهم وكل واحد مجمرته في يده وعطر عنان البخور صاعد.12 ثم قال لي أرأيت يا ابن آدم ما تفعله شيوخ بيت اسرائيل في الظلام كل واحد في مخادع تصاويره. لانهم يقولون الرب لا يرانا. الرب قد ترك الارض13 وقال لي بعد تعود تنظر رجاسات اعظم هم عاملوها.14 فجاء بي الى مدخل باب بيت الرب الذي من جهة الشمال واذ هناك نسوة جالسات يبكين على تموز.15 فقال لي أرأيت هذا يا ابن آدم. بعد تعود تنظر رجاسات اعظم من هذه16 فجاء بي الى دار بيت الرب الداخلية واذا عند باب هيكل الرب بين الرواق والمذبح نحو خمسة وعشرون رجلا ظهورهم نحو هيكل الرب ووجوههم نحو الشرق وهم ساجدون للشمس نحو الشرق.17 وقال لي أرأيت يا ابن آدم. أقليل لبيت يهوذا عمل الرجاسات التي عملوها هنا. لانهم قد ملأوا الارض ظلما ويعودون لاغاظتي وها هم يقرّبون الغصن الى انفهم.18 فانا ايضا اعامل بالغضب. لا تشفق عيني ولا اعفو. وان صرخوا في اذني بصوت عال لا اسمعهم