دعوة حزقيال ليكون نبـيًّا
1 فقالَ لي: «يا ا‏بنَ البشَرِ‌، قِفْ على قدمَيكَ فأتكلَّمَ معَكَ». 2 ولمَّا كلَّمَني دخلَ فيَّ الرُّوحُ، وأقامَني على قدمَيَّ وسَمِعتُ صوتَهُ. 3 وقالَ لي: «يا ا‏بنَ البشَرِ، سأُرسِلُكَ إلى بَني إِسرائيلَ، إلى شعبٍ تمَرَّدُوا عليَّ وعصَوني، هُم وآباؤُهُم، إلى هذا اليومِ. 4 فتقولُ لهؤلاءِ البَنينَ الّذينَ عانَدوا وقسَت قُلوبُهُم: هذا ما قالَ السَّيِّدُ الرّبُّ. 5 وسَواءٌ سَمِعوا أو لم يَسمعوا لأنَّهُم شعبٌ مُتمَرِّدٌ، فسَيَعلمونَ أنَّ بَينَهُم نبـيًّا. 6 وأنتَ يا ا‏بنَ البشَرِ، فلا تَخَفْ مِنهُم ولا مِنْ كلامِهِم، وإنْ كانوا علَيكَ قُرَّاصا وشَوكا وكانَت سُكناكَ بَينَ العقارِبِ. لا تَخَفْ مِنْ كلامِهِم ولا مِنْ وجوهِهِمِ المُرعِبةِ، وإنْ كانوا شعبا مُتمَرِّدا. 7 فكَلِّمْهُم بكلامي، سَواءٌ سَمِعوا أو لم يَسمعوا لأنَّهُم تَمَرَّدوا عليَّ.
8 وأنتَ يا ا‏بنَ البشَرِ، فا‏سمَعْ ما أكَلِّمُكَ بهِ ولا تَكُنْ مِثلَ هؤلاءِ المُتمَرِّدينَ. إفتَحْ فمَكَ وكُلْ ما أُعطيكَ». 9 فنَظَرتُ فإذا بِيَدٍ مَمدودةٍ إليَّ وفيها ورَقةٌ مِنْ كتابٍ‌. 10 فنَشَرتْها اليَدُ أمامي، وفيها مَراثٍ ونواحٌ وويلٌ مكتوبةٌ على الوجهينِ‌.
1 And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak unto thee. 2 And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me. 3 And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day. 4 For they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD. 5 And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them.
6 ¶ And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house. 7 And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious. 8 But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee.
9 ¶ And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein; 10 And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.