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1Moreover He said to me, “Son of man, eat what you find; ⚓eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel.”
2So I opened my mouth, and He caused me to eat that scroll.
3And He said to me, “Son of man, feed your belly, and fill your stomach with this scroll that I give you.” So I ⚓ate, and it was in my mouth ⚓like honey in sweetness.
4Then He said to me: “Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak with My words to them.
5For you are not sent to a people of unfamiliar speech and of hard language, but to the house of Israel,
6not to many people of unfamiliar speech and of hard language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely, ⚓had I sent you to them, they would have listened to you.
7But the house of Israel will not listen to you, ⚓because they will not listen to Me; ⚓for all the house of Israel are impudent and hard-hearted.
8Behold, I have made your face strong against their faces, and your forehead strong against their foreheads.
9⚓Like adamant stone, harder than flint, I have made your forehead; ⚓do not be afraid of them, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.”
10Moreover He said to me: “Son of man, receive into your heart all My words that I speak to you, and hear with your ears.
11And go, get to the captives, to the children of your people, and speak to them and tell them, ⚓‘Thus says the Lord God,’ whether they hear, or whether they refuse.”
12Then ⚓the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me a great thunderous voice: “Blessed is the ⚓glory of the Lord from His place!”
13I also heard the ⚓noise of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the noise of the wheels beside them, and a great thunderous noise.
14So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but ⚓the hand of the Lord was strong upon me.
15Then I came to the captives at Tel Abib, who dwelt by the River Chebar; and ⚓I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days.
Ezekiel Is a Watchman
16Now it ⚓came to pass at the end of seven days that the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
17⚓“Son of man, I have made you ⚓a watchman for the house of Israel; therefore hear a word from My mouth, and give them ⚓warning from Me:
18When I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die,’ and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life, that same wicked man⚓shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand.
19Yet, if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; ⚓but you have delivered your soul.
20“Again, when a ⚓righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die; because you did not give him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood I will require at your hand.
21Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man that the righteous should not sin, and he does not sin, he shall surely live because he took warning; also you will have delivered your soul.”
22⚓Then the hand of the Lord was upon me there, and He said to me, “Arise, go out ⚓into the plain, and there I shall talk with you.”
23So I arose and went out into the plain, and behold, ⚓the glory of the Lord stood there, like the glory which I ⚓saw by the River Chebar; ⚓and I fell on my face.
24Then ⚓the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet, and spoke with me and said to me: “Go, shut yourself inside your house.
25And you, O son of man, surely ⚓they will put ropes on you and bind you with them, so that you cannot go out among them.
26⚓I will make your tongue cling to the roof of your mouth, so that you shall be mute and ⚓not be one to rebuke them, ⚓for they are a rebellious house.
27⚓But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall say to them, ⚓‘Thus says the Lord God.’ He who hears, let him hear; and he who refuses, let him refuse; for they are a rebellious house.
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1Vajtswv hais tias, “Tub noobneej, koj cia li noj thooj ntawv no thiab mus hais rau cov Yixalayees.”
2Kuv thiaj li rua qhovncauj, thiab nws muab thooj ntawv rau kuv noj.
3Nws hais tias, “Tub noobneej, cia li noj thooj ntawv uas kuv muab rau koj; noj kom tsau koj lub plab.” Thaum kuv noj thooj ntawv ntawd, mas qab zib npaum li zib ntab ntag.
4Vajtswv hais tias, “Tub noobneej, koj cia li mus cuag cov Yixalayees thiab hais rau lawv raws li kuv qhia rau koj lawm.
5Kuv tsis txib koj mus rau lwm haivneeg uas koj tsis paub luag tej lus, tiamsis yog txib koj mus rau haivneeg Yixalayees xwb.
6Yog hais tias kuv txib koj mus rau tej haivneeg uas hais tej lus koj tsis yoojyim totaub, lawv tseem yuav mloog koj hais dua.
7Tiamsis cov Yixalayees yuav tsis muaj ib tug mloog koj hais, txawm yog kuv hais los lawv twb tsis mloog. Lawv cov ntawd yeej yog noob tawvncauj thiab tsis mloog lus.
8Nimno kuv yuav ua kom koj muaj lub siab tawv ib yam li lawv, koj thiaj muaj cuabkav tiv taus lawv.
9Kuv yuav ua kom koj tawv ib yam li lub qe zeb muaj nqis uas tawv dua tej zebntais; koj tsis txhob ntshai cov neeg ntxeev siab ntawd hlo li.”
10Vajtswv hais ntxiv tias, “Tub noobneej, cia li ua tib zoo mloog tej lus uas kuv hais rau koj thiab khaws txhua yam rau nruab siab.
11Koj cia li mus cuag koj cov neeg uas raug luag ntes coj mus rau lwm tebchaws lawm, thiab hais rau lawv hais tias tus TSWV uas kav ib puas tsav yam yog tus hais li no. Txawm yog lawv yuav mloog koj hais thiab tsis mloog los xij.”
12Ces Vajtswv tus ntsujplig txawm los muab kuv nqa hlo, thiab kuv hnov ib lub suab hais tom qab tuaj hais tias, “Cia li qhuas tus TSWV uas muaj tshwjchim ci ntsa iab uas nyob saum ntuj!”
13Kuv hnov cov qhelunpees cov tis sib txhuam thiab cov log lub suab saum nruab ntug nrov cuag av qeeg thoob ntiajteb.
14Tus TSWV tus ntsujplig los kav hlo kuv thiab coj kuv mus; kuv dhuav thiab npautaws kawg li.
15Yog li ntawd, kuv thiaj mus rau hauv Tiles Anpis uas nyob ntawm ntug Dej Khenpales, qhov chaw uas cov Yixalayees raug ntes mus nyob, thiab kuv nyob qhov ntawd tau xya hnub, kuv xav tsis thoob rau tej uas kuv pom thiab kuv hnov ntawd li.
Tus Tswv Tsa Exekees Ua Ib Tug Fajxwm
(Exekees 33.1-9)
20“Yog ib tug neeg ncaj ncees tso kev ncaj ncees tseg mus ua txhaum thiab yog kuv muab kev sim siab los cuab nws kev. Yog koj tsis mus qhia nws mas nws yuav tuag vim nws tej kev txhaum, kuv yuav tsis suav tej uas nws tau ua zoo tas los lawm, thiab kuv yuav muab nws lub txim rau koj ris.
21Yog koj ntuas ib tug neeg ncaj ncees kom tsis txhob ua txhaum, yog nws mloog koj lus thiab tsis ua txhaum, nws yuav tsis raug kev ploj kev tuag, ces kuv yuav tseg koj txojsia.”
Exekees Yuav Hais Tsis Tau Lus
22Tus TSWV lub hwjchim los kav hlo kuv thiab tus TSWV hais rau kuv hais tias, “Koj cia li sawv mus rau tom lub voshav. Kuv muaj lus yuav hais rau koj tod.”
23Yog li ntawd, kuv thiaj mus rau tom lub voshav, kuv pom tus TSWV lub tshwjchim ci ntsa iab ib yam li kuv tau pom ntawm ntug Dej Khenpales. Kuv txawm qhau cev hlo ntsejmuag ti nkaus rau hauv av,
24tiamsis Vajtswv tus ntsujplig los kav hlo kuv thiab tsa kuv sawv. Tus TSWV hais rau kuv hais tias, “Koj cia li rov mus tsev, kaw qhovrooj thiab nyob twjywm.
25Tub noobneej, koj yuav raug luag muab hlua khi thiab koj yuav khiav tsis dhau ntawm lawv mus li.
26Kuv yuav ua kom koj tus nplaig txhav thiab hais tsis tau lus rau cov neeg ntxeev siab ntawd.
27Thaum kuv hais rau koj thiab pub koj rov hais tau lus, ces koj yuav hais rau lawv hais tias tus TSWV uas kav ib puas tsav yam hais li no. Lawv cov ntawd muaj ibtxhia yuav mloog koj hais, thiab muaj ibtxhia yuav tsis mloog, rau qhov lawv yog cajces ntxeev siab.”