| א וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי--בֶּן-אָדָם, אֵת אֲשֶׁר-תִּמְצָא אֱכוֹל: אֱכוֹל אֶת-הַמְּגִלָּה הַזֹּאת, וְלֵךְ דַּבֵּר אֶל-בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל. | 1 And He said unto me: 'Son of man, eat that which thou findest; eat this roll, and go, speak unto the house of Israel.' |
| ב וָאֶפְתַּח, אֶת-פִּי; וַיַּאֲכִילֵנִי, אֵת הַמְּגִלָּה הַזֹּאת. | 2 So I opened my mouth, and He caused me to eat that roll. |
| ג וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי, בֶּן-אָדָם בִּטְנְךָ תַאֲכֵל וּמֵעֶיךָ תְמַלֵּא, אֵת הַמְּגִלָּה הַזֹּאת, אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי נֹתֵן אֵלֶיךָ; וָאֹכְלָה, וַתְּהִי בְּפִי כִּדְבַשׁ לְמָתוֹק. {פ} | 3 And He said unto me: 'Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee.' Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness. {P} |
| ד וַיֹּאמֶר, אֵלָי: בֶּן-אָדָם, לֶךְ-בֹּא אֶל-בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְדִבַּרְתָּ בִדְבָרַי, אֲלֵיהֶם. | 4 And He said unto me: 'Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with My words unto them. |
| ה כִּי לֹא אֶל-עַם עִמְקֵי שָׂפָה, וְכִבְדֵי לָשׁוֹן--אַתָּה שָׁלוּחַ: אֶל-בֵּית, יִשְׂרָאֵל. | 5 For thou art not sent to a people of an unintelligible speech and of a slow tongue, but to the house of Israel; |
| ו לֹא אֶל-עַמִּים רַבִּים, עִמְקֵי שָׂפָה וְכִבְדֵי לָשׁוֹן, אֲשֶׁר לֹא-תִשְׁמַע, דִּבְרֵיהֶם; אִם-לֹא אֲלֵיהֶם שְׁלַחְתִּיךָ, הֵמָּה יִשְׁמְעוּ אֵלֶיךָ. | 6 not to many peoples of an unintelligible speech and of a slow tongue, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, if I sent thee to them, they would hearken unto thee. |
| ז וּבֵית יִשְׂרָאֵל, לֹא יֹאבוּ לִשְׁמֹעַ אֵלֶיךָ--כִּי-אֵינָם אֹבִים, לִשְׁמֹעַ אֵלָי: כִּי כָּל-בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל, חִזְקֵי-מֵצַח וּקְשֵׁי-לֵב הֵמָּה. | 7 But the house of Israel will not consent to hearken unto thee; for they consent not to hearken unto Me; for all the house of Israel are of a hard forehead and of a stiff heart. |
| ח הִנֵּה נָתַתִּי אֶת-פָּנֶיךָ חֲזָקִים, לְעֻמַּת פְּנֵיהֶם; וְאֶת-מִצְחֲךָ חָזָק, לְעֻמַּת מִצְחָם. | 8 Behold, I have made thy face hard against their faces, and thy forehead hard against their foreheads. |
| ט כְּשָׁמִיר חָזָק מִצֹּר, נָתַתִּי מִצְחֶךָ: לֹא-תִירָא אוֹתָם וְלֹא-תֵחַת מִפְּנֵיהֶם, כִּי בֵּית מְרִי הֵמָּה. {פ} | 9 As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead; fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.' {P} |
| י וַיֹּאמֶר, אֵלָי: בֶּן-אָדָם--אֶת-כָּל-דְּבָרַי אֲשֶׁר אֲדַבֵּר אֵלֶיךָ, קַח בִּלְבָבְךָ וּבְאָזְנֶיךָ שְּׁמָע. | 10 Moreover He said unto me: 'Son of man, all My words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thy heart, and hear with thine ears. |
| יא וְלֵךְ בֹּא אֶל-הַגּוֹלָה, אֶל-בְּנֵי עַמֶּךָ, וְדִבַּרְתָּ אֲלֵיהֶם וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵיהֶם, כֹּה אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה: אִם-יִשְׁמְעוּ, וְאִם-יֶחְדָּלוּ. | 11 And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them: Thus saith the Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.' |
| יב וַתִּשָּׂאֵנִי רוּחַ--וָאֶשְׁמַע אַחֲרַי, קוֹל רַעַשׁ גָּדוֹל: בָּרוּךְ כְּבוֹד-יְהוָה, מִמְּקוֹמוֹ. | 12 Then a spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great rushing: 'Blessed be the glory of the LORD from His place'; |
| יג וְקוֹל כַּנְפֵי הַחַיּוֹת, מַשִּׁיקוֹת אִשָּׁה אֶל-אֲחוֹתָהּ, וְקוֹל הָאוֹפַנִּים, לְעֻמָּתָם; וְקוֹל, רַעַשׁ גָּדוֹל. | 13 also the noise of the wings of the living creatures as they touched one another, and the noise of the wheels beside them, even the noise of a great rushing. |
| יד וְרוּחַ נְשָׂאַתְנִי, וַתִּקָּחֵנִי; וָאֵלֵךְ מַר בַּחֲמַת רוּחִי, וְיַד-יְהוָה עָלַי חָזָקָה. | 14 So a spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of the LORD was strong upon me. |
| טו וָאָבוֹא אֶל-הַגּוֹלָה תֵּל אָבִיב הַיֹּשְׁבִים אֶל-נְהַר-כְּבָר, ואשר וָאֵשֵׁב--הֵמָּה, יוֹשְׁבִים שָׁם; וָאֵשֵׁב שָׁם שִׁבְעַת יָמִים, מַשְׁמִים בְּתוֹכָם. | 15 Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, that dwelt by the river Chebar, and I sat where they sat; and I remained there appalled among them seven days. |
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טז וַיְהִי, מִקְצֵה שִׁבְעַת יָמִים; {פ} וַיְהִי דְבַר-יְהוָה, אֵלַי לֵאמֹר. |
16 And it came to pass at the end of seven days, {P} that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying: |
| יז בֶּן-אָדָם, צֹפֶה נְתַתִּיךָ לְבֵית יִשְׂרָאֵל; וְשָׁמַעְתָּ מִפִּי דָּבָר, וְהִזְהַרְתָּ אוֹתָם מִמֶּנִּי. | 17 'Son of man, I have appointed thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; and when thou shalt hear a word at My mouth, thou shalt give them warning from Me. |
| יח בְּאָמְרִי לָרָשָׁע, מוֹת תָּמוּת, וְלֹא הִזְהַרְתּוֹ וְלֹא דִבַּרְתָּ לְהַזְהִיר רָשָׁע מִדַּרְכּוֹ הָרְשָׁעָה, לְחַיֹּתוֹ--הוּא רָשָׁע בַּעֲוֺנוֹ יָמוּת, וְדָמוֹ מִיָּדְךָ אֲבַקֵּשׁ. | 18 When I say unto the wicked: Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at thy hand. |
| יט וְאַתָּה, כִּי-הִזְהַרְתָּ רָשָׁע, וְלֹא-שָׁב מֵרִשְׁעוֹ, וּמִדַּרְכּוֹ הָרְשָׁעָה--הוּא בַּעֲוֺנוֹ יָמוּת, וְאַתָּה אֶת-נַפְשְׁךָ הִצַּלְתָּ. | 19 Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul. |
| כ וּבְשׁוּב צַדִּיק מִצִּדְקוֹ וְעָשָׂה עָוֶל, וְנָתַתִּי מִכְשׁוֹל לְפָנָיו הוּא יָמוּת: כִּי לֹא הִזְהַרְתּוֹ, בְּחַטָּאתוֹ יָמוּת, וְלֹא תִזָּכַרְןָ צִדְקֹתָו אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה, וְדָמוֹ מִיָּדְךָ אֲבַקֵּשׁ. | 20 Again, when a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, I will lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die; because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thy hand. |
| כא וְאַתָּה כִּי הִזְהַרְתּוֹ צַדִּיק, לְבִלְתִּי חֲטֹא צַדִּיק--וְהוּא לֹא-חָטָא: חָיוֹ יִחְיֶה כִּי נִזְהָר, וְאַתָּה אֶת-נַפְשְׁךָ הִצַּלְתָּ. {פ} | 21 Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he took warning; and thou hast delivered thy soul.' {P} |
| כב וַתְּהִי עָלַי שָׁם, יַד-יְהוָה; וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי, קוּם צֵא אֶל-הַבִּקְעָה, וְשָׁם, אֲדַבֵּר אוֹתָךְ. | 22 And the hand of the LORD came there upon me; and He said unto me: 'Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there speak with thee.' |
| כג וָאָקוּם, וָאֵצֵא אֶל-הַבִּקְעָה, וְהִנֵּה-שָׁם כְּבוֹד-יְהוָה עֹמֵד, כַּכָּבוֹד אֲשֶׁר רָאִיתִי עַל-נְהַר-כְּבָר; וָאֶפֹּל, עַל-פָּנָי. | 23 Then I arose, and went forth into the plain; and, behold, the glory of the LORD stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face. |
| כד וַתָּבֹא-בִי רוּחַ, וַתַּעֲמִדֵנִי עַל-רַגְלָי; וַיְדַבֵּר אֹתִי וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי, בֹּא הִסָּגֵר בְּתוֹךְ בֵּיתֶךָ. | 24 Then spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet; and He spoke with me, and said unto me: 'Go, shut thyself within thy house. |
| כה וְאַתָּה בֶן-אָדָם, הִנֵּה נָתְנוּ עָלֶיךָ עֲבוֹתִים, וַאֲסָרוּךָ, בָּהֶם; וְלֹא תֵצֵא, בְּתוֹכָם. | 25 But thou, son of man, behold, bands shall be put upon thee, and thou shalt be bound with them, and thou shalt not go out among them; |
| כו וּלְשׁוֹנְךָ, אַדְבִּיק אֶל-חִכֶּךָ, וְנֶאֱלַמְתָּ, וְלֹא-תִהְיֶה לָהֶם לְאִישׁ מוֹכִיחַ: כִּי בֵּית מְרִי, הֵמָּה. | 26 and I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover; for they are a rebellious house. |
| כז וּבְדַבְּרִי אוֹתְךָ, אֶפְתַּח אֶת-פִּיךָ, וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵיהֶם, כֹּה אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה; הַשֹּׁמֵעַ יִשְׁמָע וְהֶחָדֵל יֶחְדָּל, כִּי בֵּית מְרִי הֵמָּה. {פ} | 27 But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them: Thus saith the Lord GOD; he that heareth, let him hear, and he that forbeareth, let him forbear; for they are a rebellious house. {P} |