| א וַיִּקְרָא בְאָזְנַי, קוֹל גָּדוֹל לֵאמֹר, קָרְבוּ, פְּקֻדּוֹת הָעִיר; וְאִישׁ כְּלִי מַשְׁחֵתוֹ, בְּיָדוֹ. | 1 Then he called in mine ears with a loud voice, saying: 'Cause ye them that have charge over the city to draw near, every man with his destroying weapon in his hand.' |
| ב וְהִנֵּה שִׁשָּׁה אֲנָשִׁים בָּאִים מִדֶּרֶךְ-שַׁעַר הָעֶלְיוֹן אֲשֶׁר מָפְנֶה צָפוֹנָה, וְאִישׁ כְּלִי מַפָּצוֹ בְּיָדוֹ, וְאִישׁ-אֶחָד בְּתוֹכָם לָבֻשׁ בַּדִּים, וְקֶסֶת הַסֹּפֵר בְּמָתְנָיו; וַיָּבֹאוּ, וַיַּעַמְדוּ, אֵצֶל, מִזְבַּח הַנְּחֹשֶׁת. | 2 And, behold, six men came from the way of the upper gate, which lieth toward the north, every man with his weapon of destruction in his hand; and one man in the midst of them clothed in linen, with a writer's inkhorn on his side. And they went in, and stood beside the brazen altar. |
| ג וּכְבוֹד אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, נַעֲלָה מֵעַל הַכְּרוּב אֲשֶׁר הָיָה עָלָיו, אֶל, מִפְתַּן הַבָּיִת; וַיִּקְרָא, אֶל-הָאִישׁ הַלָּבֻשׁ הַבַּדִּים, אֲשֶׁר קֶסֶת הַסֹּפֵר, בְּמָתְנָיו. {פ} | 3 And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon it was, to the threshold of the house; and He called to the man clothed in linen, who had the writer's inkhorn on his side. {P} |
| ד וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה, אֵלָו, עֲבֹר בְּתוֹךְ הָעִיר, בְּתוֹךְ יְרוּשָׁלִָם; וְהִתְוִיתָ תָּו עַל-מִצְחוֹת הָאֲנָשִׁים, הַנֶּאֱנָחִים וְהַנֶּאֱנָקִים, עַל כָּל-הַתּוֹעֵבוֹת, הַנַּעֲשׂוֹת בְּתוֹכָהּ. | 4 And the LORD said unto him: 'Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that are done in the midst thereof.' |
| ה וּלְאֵלֶּה אָמַר בְּאָזְנַי, עִבְרוּ בָעִיר אַחֲרָיו וְהַכּוּ: על- אַל- תָּחֹס עיניכם עֵינְכֶם, וְאַל-תַּחְמֹלוּ. | 5 And to the others He said in my hearing: 'Go ye through the city after him, and smite; let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity; |
| ו זָקֵן בָּחוּר וּבְתוּלָה וְטַף וְנָשִׁים תַּהַרְגוּ לְמַשְׁחִית, וְעַל-כָּל-אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר-עָלָיו הַתָּו אַל-תִּגַּשׁוּ, וּמִמִּקְדָּשִׁי, תָּחֵלּוּ; וַיָּחֵלּוּ בָּאֲנָשִׁים הַזְּקֵנִים, אֲשֶׁר לִפְנֵי הַבָּיִת. | 6 slay utterly the old man, the young man and the maiden, and little children and women; but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at My sanctuary.' Then they began at the elders that were before the house. |
| ז וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם טַמְּאוּ אֶת-הַבַּיִת, וּמַלְאוּ אֶת-הַחֲצֵרוֹת חֲלָלִים--צֵאוּ; וְיָצְאוּ, וְהִכּוּ בָעִיר. | 7 And He said unto them: 'Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain; go ye forth.' And they went forth, and smote in the city. |
| ח וַיְהִי, כְּהַכּוֹתָם, וְנֵאשְׁאַר, אָנִי; וָאֶפְּלָה עַל-פָּנַי וָאֶזְעַק, וָאֹמַר אֲהָהּ אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה, הֲמַשְׁחִית אַתָּה אֵת כָּל-שְׁאֵרִית יִשְׂרָאֵל, בְּשָׁפְכְּךָ אֶת-חֲמָתְךָ עַל-יְרוּשָׁלִָם. | 8 And it came to pass, while they were smiting, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said: 'Ah Lord GOD! wilt Thou destroy all the residue of Israel in Thy pouring out of Thy fury upon Jerusalem?' |
| ט וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי, עֲוֺן בֵּית-יִשְׂרָאֵל וִיהוּדָה גָּדוֹל בִּמְאֹד מְאֹד, וַתִּמָּלֵא הָאָרֶץ דָּמִים, וְהָעִיר מָלְאָה מֻטֶּה: כִּי אָמְרוּ, עָזַב יְהוָה אֶת-הָאָרֶץ, וְאֵין יְהוָה, רֹאֶה. | 9 Then said He unto me: 'The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of wresting of judgment; for they say: The LORD hath forsaken the land, and the LORD seeth not. |
| י וְגַם-אֲנִי--לֹא-תָחוֹס עֵינִי, וְלֹא אֶחְמֹל; דַּרְכָּם, בְּרֹאשָׁם נָתָתִּי. | 10 And as for Me also, Mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will bring their way upon their head.' |
| יא וְהִנֵּה הָאִישׁ לְבֻשׁ הַבַּדִּים, אֲשֶׁר הַקֶּסֶת בְּמָתְנָיו, מֵשִׁיב דָּבָר, לֵאמֹר: עָשִׂיתִי, כאשר כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתָנִי. {פ} | 11 And, behold, the man clothed in linen, who had the inkhorn on his side, reported, saying: 'I have done according to all that Thou hast commanded me.' {P} |