Ezekiel 37

hayetah alay yad-Adonai vayyotsi'eni veruakh Adonai vayenikheni betokh habbiqah vehi mele'ah atsamot

GOD’s hand came upon me. I was taken out by the spirit of GOD and set down in the valley. It was full of bones.

vehe'evirani alehem saviv saviv vehinneh rabbot me'od al-pene habbiqah vehinneh yeveshot me'od

[God] led me all around them; there were very many of them spread over the valley, and they were very dry.

vayyomer elay ben-adam hatikhyenah ha'atsamot ha'elleh va'omar adonay Elohim attah yada'eta

I was asked, “O mortal, can these bones live again?” I replied, “O my Sovereign GOD, only You know.”

vayyomer elay hinnave al-ha'atsamot ha'elleh ve'amarta alehem ha'atsamot hayeveshot shimu devar-Adonai

And I was told, “Prophesy over these bones and say to them: O dry bones, hear the word of GOD!

koh amar adonay Elohim la'atsamot ha'elleh hinneh ani mevi vakhem ruakh vikhyitem

Thus said the Sovereign GOD to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you and you shall live again.

venatatti alekhem gidim veha'aleti alekhem basar veqaramti alekhem or venatatti vakhem ruakh vikhyitem vidatem ki-ani Adonai

I will lay sinews upon you, and cover you with flesh, and form skin over you. And I will put breath into you, and you shall live again. And you shall know that I am GOD!”

venibbeti ka'asher tsuvveti vayehi-qol kehinnave'i vehinneh-ra'ash vattiqrevu atsamot etsem el-atsmo

I prophesied as I had been commanded. And while I was prophesying, suddenly there was a sound of rattling, and the bones came together, bone to matching bone.

vera'iti vehinneh-alehem gidim uvasar alah vayyiqram alehem or milma'elah veruakh en bahem

I looked, and there were sinews on them, and flesh had grown, and skin had formed over them; but there was no breath in them.

vayyomer elay hinnave el-haruakh hinnave ven-adam ve'amarta el-haruakh koh-amar adonay Elohim me'arba rukhot bo'i haruakh ufekhi baharugim ha'elleh veyikhyu

Then [God] said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, O mortal! Say to the breath: Thus said the Sovereign GOD: Come, O breath, from the four winds, and breathe into these slain, that they may live again.”

vehinnabbeti ka'asher tsivvani vattavo vahem haruakh vayyikhyu vayya'amdu al-raglehem khayil gadol me'od-me'od

I prophesied as I was commanded. The breath entered them, and they came to life and stood up on their feet, a vast multitude.

vayyomer elay ben-adam ha'atsamot ha'elleh kol-bet yisra'el hemmah hinneh omerim yaveshu atsmotenu ve'avedah tiqvatenu nigzarnu lanu

And I was told, “O mortal, these bones are the whole House of Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up, our hope is gone; we are doomed.’

lakhen hinnave ve'amarta alehem koh-amar adonay Elohim hinneh ani foteakh et-qivrotekhem veha'aleti etkhem miqqivrotekhem ammi veheveti etkhem el-admat yisra'el

Prophesy, therefore, and say to them: Thus said the Sovereign GOD: I am going to open your graves and lift you out of the graves, O My people, and bring you to the land of Israel.

vidatem ki-ani Adonai befitkhi et-qivrotekhem uveha'aloti etkhem miqqivrotekhem ammi

You shall know, O My people, that I am GOD, when I have opened your graves and lifted you out of your graves.

venatatti rukhi vakhem vikhyitem vehinnakhti etkhem al-admatkhem vidatem ki-ani Adonai dibbarti ve'asiti ne'um-Adonai

I will put My breath into you and you shall live again, and I will set you upon your own soil. Then you shall know that I, GOD, have spoken and have acted”—declares GOD.

vayehi devar-Adonai elay lemor

The word of GOD came to me:

ve'attah ven-adam qakh-lekha ets ekhad ukhetov alayw lihudah velivne yisra'el khaverav uleqakh ets ekhad ukhetov alayw leyosef ets efrayim vekhol-bet yisra'el khaverav

And you, O mortal, take a stick and write on it, “Of Judah and the Israelites associated with him”; and take another stick and write on it, “Of Joseph—the stick of Ephraim—and all the House of Israel associated with him.”

veqarav otam ekhad el-ekhad lekha le'ets ekhad vehayu la'akhadim beyadekha

Bring them close to each other, so that they become one stick, joined together in your hand.

vekha'asher yomeru elekha bene ammekha lemor halo-taggid lanu mah-elleh lakh

And when any of your people ask you, “Won’t you tell us what these actions of yours mean?”

dabber alehem koh-amar adonay Elohim hinneh ani loqeakh et-ets yosef asher beyad-efrayim veshivte yisra'el khaverav venatatti otam alayw et-ets yehudah va'asitim le'ets ekhad vehayu ekhad beyadi

answer them, “Thus said the Sovereign GOD: I am going to take the stick of Joseph—which is in the hand of Ephraim—and of the tribes of Israel associated with him, and I will place the stick of Judah upon it and make them into one stick; they shall be joined in My hand.”

vehayu ha'etsim asher-tikhtov alehem beyadekha le'enehem

You shall hold up before their eyes the sticks that you have inscribed,

vedabber alehem koh-amar adonay Elohim hinneh ani loqeakh et-bene yisra'el mibben haggoyim asher halekhu-sham veqibbatsti otam missaviv veheveti otam el-admatam

and you shall declare to them: Thus said the Sovereign GOD: I am going to take the Israelite people from among the nations they have gone to, and gather them from every quarter, and bring them to their own land.

ve'asiti otam legoy ekhad ba'arets behare yisra'el umelekh ekhad yihyeh lekhullam lemelekh velo (yhyh) [yihyu-]od lishne goyim velo yekhatsu od lishte mamlakhot od

I will make them a single nation in the land, on the hills of Israel, and one king shall be king of them all. Never again shall they be two nations, and never again shall they be divided into two kingdoms.

velo yittamme'u od begillulehem uveshiqqutsehem uvekhol pishehem vehoshati otam mikkol moshevotehem asher khate'u vahem vetiharti otam vehayu-li le'am va'ani ehyeh lahem lelohim

Nor shall they ever again defile themselves by their fetishes and their abhorrent things, and by their other transgressions. I will save them in all their settlements where they sinned, and I will purify them. Then they shall be My people, and I will be their God.

ve'avdi david melekh alehem vero'eh ekhad yihyeh lekhullam uvemishpatay yelekhu vekhuqqotay yishmeru ve'asu otam

My servant David shall be king over them; there shall be one shepherd for all of them. They shall follow My rules and faithfully obey My laws.

veyashevu al-ha'arets asher natatti le'avdi leya'aqov asher yashevu-vah avotekhem veyashevu aleha hemmah uvenehem uvene venehem ad-olam vedavid avdi nasi lahem le'olam

Thus they shall remain in the land that I gave to My servant Jacob and in which your ancestors dwelt; they and their children and their children’s children shall dwell there forever, with My servant David as their prince for all time.

vekharatti lahem berit shalom berit olam yihyeh otam unetattim vehirbeti otam venatatti et-miqdashi betokham le'olam

I will make a covenant of friendship with them—it shall be an everlasting covenant with them—I will establish them and multiply them, and I will place My Sanctuary among them forever.

vehayah mishkani alehem vehayiti lahem lelohim vehemmah yihyu-li le'am

My Presence shall rest over them; I will be their God and they shall be My people.

veyade'u haggoyim ki ani Adonai meqaddesh et-yisra'el bihyot miqdashi betokham le'olam

And when My Sanctuary abides among them forever, the nations shall know that I, GOD, do sanctify Israel.