¹¹ انا اعطيتك ملكا بغضبي واخذته بسخطي

¹ فلما سمع الملك حزقيا ذلك مزّق ثيابه وتغطى بمسح ودخل بيت الرب.

² وارسل الياقيم الذي على البيت وشبنة الكاتب وشيوخ الكهنة متغطين بمسح الى اشعياء النبي ابن آموص.

³ فقالوا له هكذا يقول حزقيا. هذا اليوم يوم شدة وتأديب واهانة. لان الاجنّة قد دنت الى المولد ولا قوّة للولادة.

⁴ لعل الرب الهك يسمع جميع كلام ربشاقى الذي ارسله ملك اشور سيده ليعيّر الاله الحي فيوبخ على الكلام الذي سمعه الرب الهك. فارفع صلاة من اجل البقية الموجودة

⁵ فجاء عبيد الملك حزقيا الى اشعياء.

⁶ فقال لهم اشعياء هكذا تقولون لسيدكم. هكذا قال الرب. لا تخف بسبب الكلام الذي سمعته الذي جدّف عليّ به غلمان ملك اشور.

⁷ هانذا اجعل فيه روحا فيسمع خبرا ويرجع الى ارضه وأسقطه بالسيف في ارضه

⁸ فرجع ربشاقى ووجد ملك اشور يحارب لبنة لانه سمع انه ارتحل عن لخيش.

⁹ وسمع عن ترهاقة ملك كوش قولا قد خرج ليحاربك فعاد وارسل رسلا الى حزقيا قائلا.

¹⁰ هكذا تكلمون حزقيا ملك يهوذا قائلين. لا يخدعك الهك الذي انت متكل عليه قائلا لا تدفع اورشليم الى يد ملك اشور.

¹¹ انك قد سمعت ما فعل ملوك اشور بجميع الاراضي لاهلاكها وهل تنجو انت.

¹² هل انقذت آلهة الامم هؤلاء الذين اهلكهم آبائي جوزان وحاران ورصف وبني عدن الذين في تلاسّار.

¹³ اين ملك حماة وملك ارفاد وملك مدينة سفروايم وهينع وعوّا.

¹⁴ فأخذ حزقيا الرسائل من ايدي الرسل وقرأها ثم صعد الى بيت الرب ونشرها حزقيا امام الرب.

¹⁵ وصلى حزقيا امام الرب وقال ايها الرب اله اسرائيل الجالس فوق الكروبيم انت هو الاله وحدك لكل ممالك الارض انت صنعت السماء والارض.

¹⁶ امل يا رب اذنك واسمع. وافتح يا رب عينيك وانظر واسمع كلام سنحاريب الذي ارسله ليعيّر الله الحي.

¹⁷ حقا يا رب ان ملوك اشور قد خربوا الامم واراضيهم.

¹⁸ ودفعوا آلهتهم الى النار ولانهم ليسوا آلهة بل صنعة ايدي الناس خشب وحجر فابادوهم.

¹⁹ والآن ايها الرب الهنا خلصنا من يده فتعلم ممالك الارض كلها انك انت الرب الاله وحدك

²⁰ فارسل اشعياء بن آموص الى حزقيا قائلا. هكذا قال الرب اله اسرائيل الذي صليت اليه من جهة سنحاريب ملك اشور. قد سمعت.

²¹ هذا هو الكلام الذي تكلم به الرب عليه. احتقرتك واستهزأت بك العذراء ابنة صهيون. ونحوك انغضت ابنة اورشليم راسها.

²² من عيّرت وجدفت وعلى من عليت صوتا وقد رفعت الى العلاء عينيك على قدوس اسرائيل.

²³ على يد رسلك عيّرت السيد وقلت بكثرة مركباتي قد صعدت الى علو الجبال الى عقاب لبنان واقطع ارزه الطويل وافضل سروه وادخل اقصى علوه وعر كرمله.

²⁴ انا قد حفرت وشربت مياها غريبة وانشف باسفل قدمي جميع خلجان مصر.

²⁵ ألم تسمع. منذ البعيد صنعته منذ الايام القديمة صوّرته. الآن اتيت به. فتكون لتخريب مدن محصّنة حتى تصير روابي خربة.

²⁶ فسكانها قصار الايدي قد ارتاعوا وخجلوا. صاروا كعشب الحقل وكالنبات الاخضر كحشيش السطوح وكملفوح قبل نموّه.

²⁷ ولكني عالم بجلوسك وخروجك ودخولك وهيجانك عليّ.

²⁸ لان هيجانك عليّ وعجرفتك قد صعدا الى اذنيّ اضع خزامتي في انفك ولجامي في شفتيك واردك في الطريق الذي جئت فيه

²⁹ وهذه لك علامة. تأكلون هذه السنة زرّيعا وفي السنة الثانية خلفة واما السنة الثالثة ففيها تزرعون وتحصدون وتغرسون كروما وتأكلون اثمارها.

³⁰ ويعود الناجون من بيت يهوذا الباقون يتأصلون الى اسفل ويصنعون ثمرا الى ما فوق.

³¹ لانه من اورشليم تخرج البقية والناجون من جبل صهيون. غيرة رب الجنود تصنع هذا

³² لذلك هكذا قال الرب عن ملك اشور. لا يدخل هذه المدينة ولا يرمي هناك سهما ولا يتقدم عليها بترس ولا يقيم عليها مترسة.

³³ في الطريق الذي جاء فيه يرجع والى هذه المدينة لا يدخل يقول الرب.

³⁴ وأحامي عن هذه المدينة لاخلّصها من اجل نفسي ومن اجل داود عبدي

³⁵ وكان في تلك الليلة ان ملاك الرب خرج وضرب من جيش اشور مئة الف وخمسة وثمانين الفا. ولما بكروا صباحا اذا هم جميعا جثث ميتة.

³⁶ فانصرف سنحاريب ملك اشور وذهب راجعا واقام في نينوى.

³⁷ وفيما هو ساجد في بيت نسروخ الهه ضربه ادرملّك وشرآصر ابناه بالسيف ونجوا الى ارض اراراط وملك آسرحدون ابنه عوضا عنه

¹ Now it happened in the thirtieth year, in the fourth [month], in the fifth [day] of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.

² In the fifth [day] of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,

³ the word of Yahweh came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of Yahweh was there on him.

⁴ I looked, and behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, a great cloud, with flashing lightning, and a brightness around it, and out of its midst as it were glowing metal, out of the midst of the fire.

⁵ Out of its midst came the likeness of four living creatures. This was their appearance: they had the likeness of a man.

⁶ Everyone had four faces, and each one of them had four wings.

⁷ Their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot; and they sparkled like burnished brass.

⁸ They had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and the four of them had their faces and their wings [thus]:

⁹ their wings were joined one to another; they didn't turn when they went; each one went straight forward.

¹⁰ As for the likeness of their faces, they had the face of a man; and the four of them had the face of a lion on the right side; and the four of them had the face of an ox on the left side; the four of them also had the face of an eagle.

¹¹ Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above. Two wings of each one touched another, and Two covered their bodies.

¹² Each one went straight forward: where the spirit was to go, they went; they didn't turn when they went.

¹³ As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches: [the fire] went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.

¹⁴ The living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.

¹⁵ Now as I saw the living creatures, behold, one wheel on the earth beside the living creatures, for each of the four faces of it.

¹⁶ The appearance of the wheels and their work was like a beryl: and the four of them had one likeness; and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel within a wheel.

¹⁷ When they went, they went in their four directions: they didn't turn when they went.

¹⁸ As for their rims, they were high and dreadful; and the four of them had their rims full of eyes all around.

¹⁹ When the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them; and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.

²⁰ Wherever the spirit was to go, they went; there was the spirit to go: and the wheels were lifted up beside them; for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

²¹ When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up beside them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

²² Over the head of the living creature there was the likeness of an expanse, like the awesome crystal to look on, stretched forth Over their heads above.

²³ Under the expanse were their wings straight, the one toward the other: each one had two which covered on this side, and every one had two which covered on that side, their bodies.

²⁴ When they went, I heard the noise of their wings like the noise of great waters, like the voice of the Almighty, a noise of tumult like the noise of an army: when they stood, they let down their wings.

²⁵ There was a voice above the expanse that was over their heads: when they stood, they let down their wings.

²⁶ Above the expanse that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone; and on the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man on it above.

²⁷ I saw as it were glowing metal, as the appearance of fire within it all around, from the appearance of his waist and upward; and from the appearance of his waist and downward I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness around him.

²⁸ As the appearance of the rainbow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness all around. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Yahweh. When I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of one that spoke.