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Ang Pagsimba sang mga Manugdumala sang Israel sa mga Dios-dios

14 Isa ka tion, nagkadto sa akon ang mga manugdumala sang Israel kag nagpungko sa akon atubangan sa pagpangayo sang mensahi halin sa Ginoo. Nagsiling ang Ginoo sa akon, “Tawo, ina sila nagapakamahal sang ila mga dios-dios nga amo ang nagadala sa ila sa pagpakasala, gani ngaa tugutan ko sila nga magpangayo sang mensahi halin sa akon? Karon, silinga sila nga ako, ang Ginoong Dios, nagasiling: Ang bisan sin-o nga Israelinhon nga magpakamahal sang iya mga dios-dios nga magadala sa iya sa pagpakasala kag magpangayo sang mensahi sa propeta, ako, ang Ginoo, amo mismo ang magsabat sa iya paagi sa silot suno sa kadamuon sang iya mga dios-dios. Himuon ko ini agod magbalik sa akon ang tanan nga Israelinhon nga nagpalayo sa akon tungod sa ila mga dios-dios.

“Gani karon, silinga ang katawhan sang Israel nga ako, ang Ginoong Dios, nagasiling: Maghinulsol kamo kag isikway ang inyo mga dios-dios, kag bayai ang tanan ninyo nga makangilil-ad nga mga binuhatan. Ang bisan sin-o nga Israelinhon ukon indi Israelinhon nga nagaestar sa Israel, nga magbiya sa akon kag magpakamahal sang iya mga dios-dios nga magadala sa iya sa pagpakasala, kag magpangayo siya sang mensahi sa akon paagi sa propeta, ako, ang Ginoo, amo mismo ang magsabat sa iya paagi sa silot. Kontrahon ko siya kag himuon nga isa ka paandam sa mga tawo, kag pagaestoryahan nila siya. Iseparar ko siya sa akon katawhan. Dayon mahibaluan ninyo nga ako amo ang Ginoo.

“Pero kon ang isa ka propeta naganyat nga maghatag sa sina nga tawo sang mensahi halin sa akon, ini tungod kay ako, ang Ginoo, amo ang nagganyat sa iya. Silutan ko siya kag dulaon sa akon katawhan nga mga Israelinhon. 10 Pareho nga silutan ang ina nga propeta kag ang tawo nga nagapangayo sa iya sang mensahi. 11 Himuon ko ini agod indi na magbiya sa akon ang mga Israelinhon, kag indi na nila paghigkuan ang ila kaugalingon paagi sa pagpakasala. Mangin akon sila nga katawhan, kag ako mangin ila Dios. Ako, ang Ginoong Dios, ang nagasiling sini.”

12 Nagsiling ang Ginoo sa akon, 13 “Tawo, kon makasala gani sa akon ang mga pumuluyo sang isa ka nasyon paagi sa pagluib sa akon, silutan ko sila, kag kuhaon ko ang ginahalinan sang ila pagkaon. Padal-an ko sila sang gutom agod magkalamatay sila kag ang ila mga kasapatan. 14 Bisan ara pa dira si Noe, si Daniel, kag si Job, sila lang ang maluwas tungod sang ila pagkamatarong. Ako, ang Ginoong Dios, ang nagasiling sini.

15 “Ukon halimbawa, padal-an ko sang mapintas nga mga sapat ang ina nga nasyon sa pagpamatay sang iya mga pumuluyo, kag mangin mamingaw ina nga lugar kag wala na sing may mag-agi dira tungod sa kahadlok sa mapintas nga mga sapat. 16 Bisan ara pa dira atong tatlo ka tawo, ako, ang Ginoong Dios nga buhi, nagasumpa nga indi nila maluwas bisan ang ila mga anak, kundi ang ila lang kaugalingon. Kag ang amo nga nasyon mangin mamingaw.

17 “Ukon halimbawa, padal-an ko sang inaway ang ina nga nasyon sa pagpamatay sang iya mga pumuluyo kag mga kasapatan. 18 Bisan ara pa dira atong tatlo ka tawo, ako, ang Ginoong Dios nga buhi, nagasumpa nga indi gid nila maluwas bisan ang ila mga anak, kundi ang ila lang kaugalingon.

19 “Ukon halimbawa, sa akon kaakig padal-an ko sang balatian ang ina nga nasyon sa pagpamatay sang iya mga pumuluyo kag mga kasapatan. 20 Bisan ara pa dira si Noe, si Daniel kag si Job, ako, ang Ginoong Dios nga buhi, nagasumpa nga indi gid nila maluwas bisan ang ila mga anak, kundi ang ila lang kaugalingon tungod sang ila pagkamatarong.

21 “Sa pagkamatuod, ako, ang Ginoong Dios, nagasiling nga kaluluoy ang Jerusalem kon padal-an ko na ini sang apat ka mabug-at nga mga silot—inaway, gutom, mapintas nga mga sapat, kag mga balatian—nga magapatay sa iya mga pumuluyo kag mga kasapatan. 22 Pero may mabilin nga buhi sa ila, kag pagadal-on sila diri sa Babilonia agod isimpon sa inyo bilang mga bihag. Makita ninyo kon daw ano kalaot ang ila pagginawi kag ang ila mga ginahimo, kag madula ang kalain sang inyo buot sa akon pagsilot sa Jerusalem. 23 Huo, madula ang kalain sang inyo buot kon makita ninyo ang ila pagginawi kag ang ila mga ginahimo, kag mareyalisar ninyo nga may rason gali kon ngaa ginhimo ko ato sa Jerusalem. Ako, ang Ginoong Dios, ang nagasiling sini.”

Idolaters Condemned

14 Some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat down in front of me.(A) Then the word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts(B) and put wicked stumbling blocks(C) before their faces. Should I let them inquire of me at all?(D) Therefore speak to them and tell them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: When any of the Israelites set up idols in their hearts and put a wicked stumbling block before their faces and then go to a prophet, I the Lord will answer them myself in keeping with their great idolatry. I will do this to recapture the hearts of the people of Israel, who have all deserted(E) me for their idols.’(F)

“Therefore say to the people of Israel, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Repent!(G) Turn from your idols and renounce all your detestable practices!(H)

“‘When any of the Israelites or any foreigner(I) residing in Israel separate themselves from me and set up idols in their hearts and put a wicked stumbling block(J) before their faces and then go to a prophet to inquire(K) of me, I the Lord will answer them myself. I will set my face against(L) them and make them an example(M) and a byword.(N) I will remove them from my people. Then you will know that I am the Lord.(O)

“‘And if the prophet(P) is enticed(Q) to utter a prophecy, I the Lord have enticed that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand against him and destroy him from among my people Israel.(R) 10 They will bear their guilt—the prophet will be as guilty as the one who consults him. 11 Then the people of Israel will no longer stray(S) from me, nor will they defile themselves anymore with all their sins. They will be my people,(T) and I will be their God, declares the Sovereign Lord.(U)’”

Jerusalem’s Judgment Inescapable

12 The word of the Lord came to me: 13 “Son of man, if a country sins(V) against me by being unfaithful and I stretch out my hand against it to cut off its food supply(W) and send famine upon it and kill its people and their animals,(X) 14 even if these three men—Noah,(Y) Daniel[a](Z) and Job(AA)—were in it, they could save only themselves by their righteousness,(AB) declares the Sovereign Lord.

15 “Or if I send wild beasts(AC) through that country and they leave it childless and it becomes desolate so that no one can pass through it because of the beasts,(AD) 16 as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, even if these three men were in it, they could not save their own sons or daughters. They alone would be saved, but the land would be desolate.(AE)

17 “Or if I bring a sword(AF) against that country and say, ‘Let the sword pass throughout the land,’ and I kill its people and their animals,(AG) 18 as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, even if these three men were in it, they could not save their own sons or daughters. They alone would be saved.

19 “Or if I send a plague into that land and pour out my wrath(AH) on it through bloodshed,(AI) killing its people and their animals,(AJ) 20 as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, even if Noah, Daniel and Job were in it, they could save neither son nor daughter. They would save only themselves by their righteousness.(AK)

21 “For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem my four dreadful judgments(AL)—sword(AM) and famine(AN) and wild beasts and plague(AO)—to kill its men and their animals!(AP) 22 Yet there will be some survivors(AQ)—sons and daughters who will be brought out of it.(AR) They will come to you, and when you see their conduct(AS) and their actions, you will be consoled(AT) regarding the disaster I have brought on Jerusalem—every disaster I have brought on it. 23 You will be consoled when you see their conduct and their actions, for you will know that I have done nothing in it without cause, declares the Sovereign Lord.(AU)

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 14:14 Or Danel, a man of renown in ancient literature; also in verse 20

14 Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.

And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of at all by them?

Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the Lord will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols;

That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.

Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.

For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I the Lord will answer him by myself:

And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the Lord have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.

10 And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh unto him;

11 That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord God.

12 The word of the Lord came again to me, saying,

13 Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it:

14 Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord God.

15 If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts:

16 Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord God, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate.

17 Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:

18 Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord God, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves.

19 Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast:

20 Though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live, saith the Lord God, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.

21 For thus saith the Lord God; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?

22 Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it.

23 And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord God.

Idolatry Will Be Punished

14 Now (A)some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me. And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts, and put before them (B)that which causes them to stumble into iniquity. (C)Should I let Myself be inquired of at all by them?

“Therefore speak to them, and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Everyone of the house of Israel who sets up his idols in his heart, and puts before him what causes him to stumble into iniquity, and then comes to the prophet, I the Lord will answer him who comes, according to the multitude of his idols, that I may seize the house of Israel by their heart, because they are all estranged from Me by their idols.” ’

“Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Repent, turn away from your idols, and (D)turn your faces away from all your abominations. For anyone of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who dwell in Israel, who separates himself from Me and sets up his idols in his heart and puts before him what causes him to stumble into iniquity, then comes to a prophet to inquire of him concerning Me, I the Lord will answer him by Myself. (E)I will set My face against that man and make him a (F)sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of My people. (G)Then you shall know that I am the Lord.

“And if the prophet is induced to speak anything, I the Lord (H)have induced that prophet, and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel. 10 And they shall bear their iniquity; the punishment of the prophet shall be the same as the punishment of the one who inquired, 11 that the house of Israel may (I)no longer stray from Me, nor be profaned anymore with all their transgressions, (J)but that they may be My people and I may be their God,” says the Lord God.’ ”

Judgment on Persistent Unfaithfulness

12 The word of the Lord came again to me, saying: 13 “Son of man, when a land sins against Me by persistent unfaithfulness, I will stretch out My hand against it; I will cut off its (K)supply of bread, send famine on it, and cut off man and beast from it. 14 (L)Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver only themselves (M)by their righteousness,” says the Lord God.

15 “If I cause (N)wild beasts to pass through the land, and they [a]empty it, and make it so desolate that no man may pass through because of the beasts, 16 even (O)though these three men were [b]in it, as I live,” says the Lord God, “they would deliver neither sons nor daughters; only they would be delivered, and the land would be (P)desolate.

17 “Or if (Q)I bring a sword on that land, and say, ‘Sword, go through the land,’ and I (R)cut off man and beast from it, 18 even (S)though these three men were in it, as I live,” says the Lord God, “they would deliver neither sons nor daughters, but only they themselves would be delivered.

19 “Or if I send (T)a pestilence into that land and (U)pour out My fury on it in blood, and cut off from it man and beast, 20 even (V)though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live,” says the Lord God, “they would deliver neither son nor daughter; they would deliver only themselves by their righteousness.”

21 For thus says the Lord God: “How much more it shall be when (W)I send My four [c]severe judgments on Jerusalem—the sword and famine and wild beasts and pestilence—to cut off man and beast from it? 22 (X)Yet behold, there shall be left in it a remnant who will be (Y)brought out, both sons and daughters; surely they will come out to you, and (Z)you will see their ways and their doings. Then you will be comforted concerning the disaster that I have brought upon Jerusalem, all that I have brought upon it. 23 And they will comfort you, when you see their ways and their doings; and you shall know that I have done nothing (AA)without cause that I have done in it,” says the Lord God.

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 14:15 Lit. bereave it of children
  2. Ezekiel 14:16 Lit. in the midst of it
  3. Ezekiel 14:21 Lit. evil