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Yeluxalee faav xeeb

¹Yawmsaub has lug tuaj dua rua kuv tas, ²“Tuabneeg tug tub, ca le qha Yeluxalee paub txug nwg tej kev qas vuab tsuab, ³hab has tas, ‘Vaajtswv Yawmsaub has le nuav rua Yeluxalee tas, Koj lub keeb thau u hab lub chaw kws yug koj yog Khana‑aa tebchaws. Koj txwv yog ib tug Amaulai, koj nam yog ib tug Hithai. ⁴Mas has txug qhov kws yug koj, nub kws yug koj lug hov luas tsw txav koj txuj hlaab ntaws, hab tsw muab koj ntxuav kuas huv, hab tsw muab ntsev txhuam koj, hab tsw muab khaubduag qhwv koj. ⁵Tsw muaj ib lub qhov muag khuvleej koj es yuav ua tej kws has nuav vem yog taab ncuab koj. Tassws koj raug muab pov tseg rua tom teb, vem koj raug ntxub kawg le rua nub kws yug koj.
⁶“ ‘Mas thaus kuv dua kev tuaj moog kuv pum koj nti cuj caa huv koj paag ntshaav, kuv txhad has rua koj huv koj cov ntshaav tas, “Ca le caj sa nyob,” ⁷hab kuv ua rua koj kheev hlub zoo le tej qoob loos huv nruab teb. Koj kuj kheev hlub hab sab, nto nkauj plawg, koj ob lub mig kuj puv tuaj hab koj kuj tuaj plaub, tassws koj lab qaab cuas.
⁸“ ‘Thaus kuv rov dua kev tuaj moog ib zag kuv tsaa muag saib koj, mas koj tub muaj noob nyoog paub sws nyam lawm, kuv txhad nthuav kuv lub tsho ntev lug roog koj hab npug koj lub cev kws lab qaab. Kuv txhad cog lug khov kho hab nrug koj cog lug tseg mas koj txhad ua kuv tug lawm. Yawmsaub has le nuav ntaag.
⁹“ ‘Kuv muab koj daa dej hab ntxuav tej ntshaav kws lu koj hab muab roj tsw qaab pleev koj. ¹⁰Kuv muab tsoog tsho paaj rua koj naav hab muab zoo khau tawv rua koj rau, hab muab tej ntaub maag kws zoo zoo qhwv koj hab muab ntaub tshwb kaab kauv koj. ¹¹Kuv muab npauj nyag ntsais nyaj teem rua koj lub tsho, hab muab paug teg ua rua koj coj ntawm txhais teg hab muab saw nyaj lug looj koj cej daab. ¹²Kuv muab lub nplhaib ua rua koj coj ntawm qhov ntswg hab muab puj cu ua rua koj coj ntawm qhov ntsej hab muab lub mom kub zoo nkauj ua rua koj ntoo sau taubhau. ¹³Kuv muab nyaj muab kub lug phim koj le nuav hab koj tej tsoog tsho yog muab ntaub maag zoo zoo hab ntaub tshwb kaab hab ntaub ua paaj lug ua. Koj noj tej moov mog zoo zoo hab zwb ntaab hab roj aulib. Koj kheev hlub, zoo nkauj tshaaj plawg hab koj ua tau vaajntxwv. ¹⁴Koj lub koob meej zoo nkauj nto moo quas lug rua huv ib tsoom tebchaws, vem qhov kws koj zoo nkauj kawg nkaus hov tub yog kuv pub meej mom rua koj. Vaajtswv Yawmsaub has le nuav ntaag.
¹⁵“ ‘Tassws koj tso sab rua qhov kws koj zoo nkauj hab muab koj lub koob meej moog ntxag nrug luas sws deev, hab tsw has leejtwg tuaj los koj kuj nrug luas sws deev coob kawg le. ¹⁶Koj muab koj tej tsoog tsho ib txha lug ua lub chaw teev daab kuas zoo nkauj, hab deev daab lub chaw ntawd, tsw txeev muaj dua le nuav hab yuav tsw muaj le nuav ntxwv moog.⚓ ¹⁷Koj muab koj tej npauj nyag npauj kub zoo nkauj kws kuv muab pub rua koj, lug ua tej txoov daab txwvneej rua koj, hab koj nrug puab sws deev. ¹⁸Hab koj muab koj tej tsoog tsho paaj moog kauv tej txoov daab hov, hab muab kuv tej roj tej tshuaj tsw qaab xyeem rua ntawm puab xubndag. ¹⁹Tej zaub mov noj kws kuv pub rua koj, koj ua ib yaam le ntawd. Kuv muab moov mog zoo zoo hab roj aulib hab zwb ntaab rua koj noj, tassws koj kuj coj moog xyeem rua ntawm puab xubndag ua tej paa nchu txaus puab sab. Vaajtswv Yawmsaub has le nuav ntaag.
²⁰“ ‘Hab koj muab koj tej tub tej ntxhais kws koj yug rua kuv coj moog xyeem pub rua puab ua pluj taag. Koj tej kev sws deev yog ib qho miv miv xwb lov? ²¹Koj txhad muab kuv tej mivnyuas tua coj moog hlawv xyeem rua tej txoov daab ntawd. ²²Taag nrho koj tej kev qas vuab tsuab huvsw hab koj tej kev sws deev koj txawm tsw ncu txug nub kws koj tseed lab ntshaa tsuag lab qaab cuas nti cuj caa huv koj paag ntshaav.
²³“ ‘Vaajtswv Yawmsaub has tas, Koj yuav raug txom nyem, yuav raug txom nyem lauj! Ua qaab kws koj ua tej kev phem kev qas huvsw, ²⁴koj tseed moog ua lub ruv tsev kws koov quas loo rua koj, hab txhua lub tshaav puam huv lub nroog koj ua lub chaw sab teev daab rua koj. ²⁵Txhua lub ncauj kev koj kuj ua lub chaw sab teev daab rua koj hab muab koj txujkev zoo nkauj ua qas vuab tsuab, nrhaab ceg quas tsug rua txhua tug kws dua kev tuaj moog tsw has leejtwg kuj xwj, koj txhad deev tau ntau quas zug. ²⁶Koj kuj nrug cov Iyi sws deev, yog cov kws nyob ze koj hab nyam sws deev heev. Koj tsaav kev sws deev ntau quas zug zwg kuas kuv chim. ²⁷Vem le nuav kuv txhad tsaa hlo kuv txhais teg tawm tsaam koj, hab txav koj lub tebchaws kuas nqaim quas zug, hab muab koj cob rua koj cov yeeb ncuab ca puab ua lawv le puab lub sab nyam, yog cob rua cov Filixatee tej ntxhais kws txaaj muag rua koj txujkev ua dev ua npua qas tsw huv. ²⁸Koj tseed nrug cov Axilia sws deev, vem tsw tau txaus koj lub sab le. Koj yeej nrug puab cov sws deev, tassws koj tseed tsw txaus sab. ²⁹Koj tseed yimfuab nrug Kheentia lub tebchaws kws ua laag ua luam sws deev heev quas zug. Txawm yog nrug lub tebchaws hov sws deev los koj tseed tsw txaus sab le.
³⁰“ ‘Vaajtswv Yawmsaub has le nuav tas, Koj qaug sab ua tej nuav huvsw yaam nkaus le tug puj muag cev ua, tsw paub txaaj muag le. ³¹Txhua lub ncauj kev koj ua tej lub ruv tsev koov quas loo rua koj, hab txhua lub tshaav puam koj ua lub chaw sab teev daab rua koj. Txawm ua le ntawd los koj tseed tsw thooj le puj muag cev tsua qhov koj tub tsw yuav nqe ndav hlo le. ³²Koj yog tug quaspuj kws deev hluas nraug, kws txais luas lwm tug nyob nwg tug quasyawg chaw. ³³Tej txwvneej yeej muab nqe rua txhua tug puj muag cev, tassws koj mas tseed muab nqe ndav rua txhua tug kws nyam koj, hab muab hov txhua chaw dib kuas luas tuaj txhua faab tuaj deev koj. ³⁴Yog le nuav koj txawv tsw thooj le lwm tug puj muag cev rua thaus koj moog deev luas. Tsw muaj leejtwg tuaj thov nrug koj pw, los koj tseed moog ndav, tub tsw muaj leejtwg muab nqe ndav koj. Vem le nuav koj txhad txawv luas lwm tug.
³⁵“ ‘Vem le nuav, tug puj muag cev 'e, ca le noog Yawmsaub tej lug. ³⁶Vaajtswv Yawmsaub has le nuav tas, Vem koj qhov kev txaaj muag hab koj txujkev lab qaab tub tshwm lug rua thaus koj hab cov kws nrug koj sws nyam sws deev, hab vem koj tej txoov daab kws qas vuab tsuab huvsw hab koj cov mivnyuas tej ntshaav kws muab xyeem rua puab, ³⁷vem le nuav, kuv yuav sau zog cov kws nrug koj sws nyam huvsw, kws koj nrug pw zoo sab, yog txhua tug kws koj nyam hab txhua tug kws koj ntxub. Kuv yuav sau zog puab tuaj txhua faab tuaj tawm tsaam koj, hab kuv yuav thws koj txujkev lab qaab taab meeg puab sub puab txhad pum koj lab qaab huvsw. ³⁸Kuv yuav txav txem rua koj ib yaam le txav txem rua tug quaspuj deev hluas nraug hab txav txem rua cov kws tua tuabneeg, hab kuv yuav coj cov ntshaav ntawm kuv txujkev npau tawg hab txujkev khib xeeb lug raug koj. ³⁹Hab kuv yuav muab koj cob rua huv cov kws nrug koj sws nyam txhais teg, mas puab yuav rhuav koj lub ruv tsev kws koov quas loo, hab muab koj tej chaw sab teev daab rhuav kuas pob taag. Puab yuav hle koj tej tsoog tsho hab coj koj tej npauj nyag npauj kub moog, hab tso koj nyob lab qaab cuas. ⁴⁰Puab yuav coj ib paab tuabneeg coob coob tuaj tawm tsaam koj, mas puab yuav xuas pob zeb ntaus koj hab xuas ntaaj tsuav koj. ⁴¹Puab yuav hlawv koj tej vaaj tse hab txav txem rua koj taab meeg tej quaspuj coob coob. Kuv yuav ua rua koj tseg ncua tsw ua puj muag cev, hab koj yuav tsw ndav luas deev koj dua le lawm. ⁴²Kuv ua le nuav kuv txujkev npau tawg rua koj txhad le nqeg taag, hab kuv yuav tsw khib xeeb rua koj lawm. Kuv yuav nyob tug hab yuav tsw chim dua le lawm.
⁴³“ ‘Vem koj tsw ncu txug nub kws koj tseed lab ntshaa tsuag tassws koj ua tej nuav huvsw ua rua kuv chim kawg, vem le nuav, kuv yuav ua pauj rua koj lawv le koj tau ua lawm rua sau koj taubhau. Koj tsw tau ua dev ua npua tsaav rua koj tej kev qas vuab tsuab huvsw lov? Vaajtswv Yawmsaub has le nuav ntaag.
⁴⁴“ ‘Saib maj, txhua tug kws has paaj lug yuav has paaj lug le nuav txug koj, “Nam zoo le caag, ntxhais kuj zoo le ntawd.” ⁴⁵Koj yog koj nam le ntxhais yog tug kws ntxub nwg tug quasyawg hab nwg cov mivnyuas. Koj yog tug ntxhais kws yoog koj tais laug nam hluas kws ntxub tug quasyawg hab tej mivnyuas. Koj nam yog ib tug Hithai koj txwv yog ib tug Amaulai. ⁴⁶Koj tug tais laug yog Xamali kws nrug nwg tej ntxhais nyob ntawm koj saab peg. Koj tug nam hluas yog Xauntoo kws nrug nwg tej ntxhais nyob ntawm koj saab nraag. ⁴⁷Txawm le ntawd koj tseed tsw ua lub neej yaam le puab hab ua lawv le puab tej kev qas vuab tsuab xwb, ib plag xwb txhua yaam kws koj ua kuj phem heev dua le puab ua hab. ⁴⁸Vaajtswv Yawmsaub has tas, Kuv yeej muaj txujsa nyob, koj tug nam hluas Xauntoo hab nwg tej ntxhais tub tsw tau ua phem npaum le koj hab koj tej ntxhais ua.
⁴⁹“ ‘Nuav nawj yog koj tug nam hluas Xauntoo lub txem, yog qhov kws nwg hab nwg tej ntxhais khaav theeb, muaj noj muaj haus nplua quas mag, tau zoo heev dhau, tsw paab tej tuabneeg pluag hab tej tuabneeg txom nyem. ⁵⁰Puab tsaab ua luj hab ua tej kev qas vuab tsuab rua ntawm kuv xubndag. Vem le nuav, thaus kuv pum, kuv muab puab rhuav tshem pov tseg.
⁵¹“ ‘Xamali tsw tau ua txhum npaum le koj ib nraab. Koj ua qas vuab tsuab luj dua ob tug, tej kev qas vuab tsuab huvsw kws koj ua ntawd txhad ua rua pum zoo le koj tug tais laug hab koj tug nam hluas ncaaj nceeg. ⁵²Koj yuav tsum rws koj txujkev poob ntsej muag, vem koj ua rua qhov txav txem qaij rua koj tug tais laug hab koj tug nam hluas. Vem koj tej kev txhum kws ua qas vuab tsuab luj dua le ob tug, ob tug txhad ncaaj dua koj. Koj ca le txaaj muag hab rws koj txujkev poob ntsej muag, tsua qhov koj ua rua pum yaam le koj tug tais laug hab koj tug nam hluas ncaaj nceeg.
⁵³“ ‘Kuv yuav ua rua Xauntoo hab nwg tej ntxhais rov vaam meej le qub, hab ua rua Xamali hab nwg tej ntxhais rov vaam meej le qub. Hab kuv yuav ua rua koj nrug puab rov vaam meej le qub, ⁵⁴koj txhad yuav rws koj txujkev poob ntsej muag hab koj yuav txaaj muag rua txhua yaam kws koj tau ua lawm txhad ua qhov kws nplig ob tug lub sab. ⁵⁵Has txug koj tug tais laug hab koj tug nam hluas, mas Xauntoo hab nwg tej ntxhais yuav rov ua lub neej zoo le qub, hab Xamali hab nwg tej ntxhais yuav rov ua lub neej zoo le qub. Hab koj hab koj tej ntxhais yuav rov ua lub neej le qub. ⁵⁶Thaus koj tseed khaav theeb tsw yog koj tug nam hluas Xauntoo tag koj ncauj koj lu lov, ⁵⁷yog ua ntej kws tsw tau muab koj tej kev phem thws lug? Nwgnuav koj zoo ib yaam le nwg lawm, koj ua lub chaw kws Entoo⚓ tej ntxhais hab tej kws nyob ib ncig Entoo hab cov Filixatee tej ntxhais thuaj luag, yog cov kws nyob ib ncig koj saib tsw taug koj. ⁵⁸Koj yuav rws lub txem kws koj ua dev ua npua hab ua qas vuab tsuab. Yawmsaub has le nuav ntaag.
⁵⁹“ ‘Nuav nawj, Vaajtswv Yawmsaub has le nuav tas, Kuv yuav ua rua koj yaam le koj tau ua lug lawm, vem koj saib tsw taug tej lug twv tseg hab rhuav kuv tej lug cog tseg. ⁶⁰Txawm le ntawd los kuv tseed yuav ncu ntsoov kuv tej lug cog tseg kws thaus koj tseed hluas nkauj kuv cog rua koj. Hab kuv yuav tuav rawv cov lug cog tseg rua koj kuas nyob ruaj moog ib txhws. ⁶¹Thaus hov koj yuav ncu txug tej kws koj tau ua lug lawm hab koj yuav raug txaaj muag rua thaus koj txais koj tug tais laug hab koj tug nam hluas, hab kuv muab ob tug pub ua koj le ntxhais, tassws qhov kws kuv ua nuav tsw nyob huv kuv tej lug kws cog tseg rua koj. ⁶²Kuv yuav tuav rawv tej lug kws kuv cog tseg rua koj, mas koj yuav paub tas kuv yog Yawmsaub, ⁶³sub koj txhad cim tau hab xaav tsw thoob hab txaaj muag tsw rua ncauj has lug dua le, rua thaus kuv zaam tej kev txhum txem txhua yaam kws koj tau ua lug lawm. Vaajtswv Yawmsaub has le nuav ntaag.’ ”

16

Jerusalem as an Adulterous Wife

¹The word of the Lord came to me: ²“Son of man, confront Jerusalem with her detestable practices ³and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says to Jerusalem: Your ancestry and birth were in the land of the Canaanites; your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite. ⁴On the day you were born your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water to make you clean, nor were you rubbed with salt or wrapped in cloths. ⁵No one looked on you with pity or had compassion enough to do any of these things for you. Rather, you were thrown out into the open field, for on the day you were born you were despised.
⁶“ ‘Then I passed by and saw you kicking about in your blood, and as you lay there in your blood I said to you, “Live!”⚓ ⁷I made you grow like a plant of the field. You grew and developed and entered puberty. Your breasts had formed and your hair had grown, yet you were stark naked.
⁸“ ‘Later I passed by, and when I looked at you and saw that you were old enough for love, I spread the corner of my garment over you and covered your naked body. I gave you my solemn oath and entered into a covenant with you, declares the Sovereign Lord, and you became mine.
⁹“ ‘I bathed you with water and washed the blood from you and put ointments on you. ¹⁰I clothed you with an embroidered dress and put sandals of fine leather on you. I dressed you in fine linen and covered you with costly garments. ¹¹I adorned you with jewelry: I put bracelets on your arms and a necklace around your neck, ¹²and I put a ring on your nose, earrings on your ears and a beautiful crown on your head. ¹³So you were adorned with gold and silver; your clothes were of fine linen and costly fabric and embroidered cloth. Your food was honey, olive oil and the finest flour. You became very beautiful and rose to be a queen. ¹⁴And your fame spread among the nations on account of your beauty, because the splendor I had given you made your beauty perfect, declares the Sovereign Lord.
¹⁵“ ‘But you trusted in your beauty and used your fame to become a prostitute. You lavished your favors on anyone who passed by and your beauty became his. ¹⁶You took some of your garments to make gaudy high places, where you carried on your prostitution. You went to him, and he possessed your beauty.⚓ ¹⁷You also took the fine jewelry I gave you, the jewelry made of my gold and silver, and you made for yourself male idols and engaged in prostitution with them. ¹⁸And you took your embroidered clothes to put on them, and you offered my oil and incense before them. ¹⁹Also the food I provided for you—the flour, olive oil and honey I gave you to eat—you offered as fragrant incense before them. That is what happened, declares the Sovereign Lord.
²⁰“ ‘And you took your sons and daughters whom you bore to me and sacrificed them as food to the idols. Was your prostitution not enough? ²¹You slaughtered my children and sacrificed them to the idols. ²²In all your detestable practices and your prostitution you did not remember the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare, kicking about in your blood.
²³“ ‘Woe! Woe to you, declares the Sovereign Lord. In addition to all your other wickedness, ²⁴you built a mound for yourself and made a lofty shrine in every public square. ²⁵At every street corner you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty, spreading your legs with increasing promiscuity to anyone who passed by. ²⁶You engaged in prostitution with the Egyptians, your neighbors with large genitals, and aroused my anger with your increasing promiscuity. ²⁷So I stretched out my hand against you and reduced your territory; I gave you over to the greed of your enemies, the daughters of the Philistines, who were shocked by your lewd conduct. ²⁸You engaged in prostitution with the Assyrians too, because you were insatiable; and even after that, you still were not satisfied. ²⁹Then you increased your promiscuity to include Babylonia,⚓ a land of merchants, but even with this you were not satisfied.
³⁰“ ‘I am filled with fury against you,⚓ declares the Sovereign Lord, when you do all these things, acting like a brazen prostitute! ³¹When you built your mounds at every street corner and made your lofty shrines in every public square, you were unlike a prostitute, because you scorned payment.
³²“ ‘You adulterous wife! You prefer strangers to your own husband! ³³All prostitutes receive gifts, but you give gifts to all your lovers, bribing them to come to you from everywhere for your illicit favors. ³⁴So in your prostitution you are the opposite of others; no one runs after you for your favors. You are the very opposite, for you give payment and none is given to you.
³⁵“ ‘Therefore, you prostitute, hear the word of the Lord! ³⁶This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because you poured out your lust and exposed your naked body in your promiscuity with your lovers, and because of all your detestable idols, and because you gave them your children’s blood, ³⁷therefore I am going to gather all your lovers, with whom you found pleasure, those you loved as well as those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and will strip you in front of them, and they will see you stark naked. ³⁸I will sentence you to the punishment of women who commit adultery and who shed blood; I will bring on you the blood vengeance of my wrath and jealous anger. ³⁹Then I will deliver you into the hands of your lovers, and they will tear down your mounds and destroy your lofty shrines. They will strip you of your clothes and take your fine jewelry and leave you stark naked. ⁴⁰They will bring a mob against you, who will stone you and hack you to pieces with their swords. ⁴¹They will burn down your houses and inflict punishment on you in the sight of many women. I will put a stop to your prostitution, and you will no longer pay your lovers. ⁴²Then my wrath against you will subside and my jealous anger will turn away from you; I will be calm and no longer angry.
⁴³“ ‘Because you did not remember the days of your youth but enraged me with all these things, I will surely bring down on your head what you have done, declares the Sovereign Lord. Did you not add lewdness to all your other detestable practices?
⁴⁴“ ‘Everyone who quotes proverbs will quote this proverb about you: “Like mother, like daughter.” ⁴⁵You are a true daughter of your mother, who despised her husband and her children; and you are a true sister of your sisters, who despised their husbands and their children. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite. ⁴⁶Your older sister was Samaria, who lived to the north of you with her daughters; and your younger sister, who lived to the south of you with her daughters, was Sodom. ⁴⁷You not only followed their ways and copied their detestable practices, but in all your ways you soon became more depraved than they. ⁴⁸As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, your sister Sodom and her daughters never did what you and your daughters have done.
⁴⁹“ ‘Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy. ⁵⁰They were haughty and did detestable things before me. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen. ⁵¹Samaria did not commit half the sins you did. You have done more detestable things than they, and have made your sisters seem righteous by all these things you have done. ⁵²Bear your disgrace, for you have furnished some justification for your sisters. Because your sins were more vile than theirs, they appear more righteous than you. So then, be ashamed and bear your disgrace, for you have made your sisters appear righteous.
⁵³“ ‘However, I will restore the fortunes of Sodom and her daughters and of Samaria and her daughters, and your fortunes along with them, ⁵⁴so that you may bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you have done in giving them comfort. ⁵⁵And your sisters, Sodom with her daughters and Samaria with her daughters, will return to what they were before; and you and your daughters will return to what you were before. ⁵⁶You would not even mention your sister Sodom in the day of your pride, ⁵⁷before your wickedness was uncovered. Even so, you are now scorned by the daughters of Edom⚓ and all her neighbors and the daughters of the Philistines—all those around you who despise you. ⁵⁸You will bear the consequences of your lewdness and your detestable practices, declares the Lord.
⁵⁹“ ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will deal with you as you deserve, because you have despised my oath by breaking the covenant. ⁶⁰Yet I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you. ⁶¹Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your sisters, both those who are older than you and those who are younger. I will give them to you as daughters, but not on the basis of my covenant with you. ⁶²So I will establish my covenant with you, and you will know that I am the Lord. ⁶³Then, when I make atonement for you for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your humiliation, declares the Sovereign Lord.’ ”