1Some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat down in front of me. 2Then the word of the Lord came to me: 3“Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts and put wicked stumbling blocks before their faces. Should I let them inquire of me at all? 4Therefore 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. 5I will do this to recapture the hearts of the people of Israel, who have all deserted me for their idols.’ 6“Therefore say to the people of Israel, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Repent! Turn from your idols and renounce all your detestable practices! 7“ ‘When any of the Israelites or any foreigner residing in Israel separate themselves from me and set up idols in their hearts and put a wicked stumbling block before their faces and then go to a prophet to inquire of me, I the Lord will answer them myself. 8I will set my face against them and make them an example and a byword. I will remove them from my people. Then you will know that I am the Lord. 9“ ‘And if the prophet is enticed 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. 10They will bear their guilt—the prophet will be as guilty as the one who consults him. 11Then the people of Israel will no longer stray from me, nor will they defile themselves anymore with all their sins. They will be my people, and I will be their God, declares the Sovereign Lord.’ ”
Jerusalem’s Judgment Inescapable
12The word of the Lord came to me: 13“Son of man, if a country sins against me by being unfaithful and I stretch out my hand against it to cut off its food supply and send famine upon it and kill its people and their animals, 14even if these three men—Noah, Daniel⚓ and Job—were in it, they could save only themselves by their righteousness, declares the Sovereign Lord. 15“Or if I send wild beasts through that country and they leave it childless and it becomes desolate so that no one can pass through it because of the beasts, 16as 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. 17“Or if I bring a sword against that country and say, ‘Let the sword pass throughout the land,’ and I kill its people and their animals, 18as 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 on it through bloodshed, killing its people and their animals, 20as 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. 21“For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem my four dreadful judgments—sword and famine and wild beasts and plague—to kill its men and their animals! 22Yet there will be some survivors—sons and daughters who will be brought out of it. They will come to you, and when you see their conduct and their actions, you will be consoled regarding the disaster I have brought on Jerusalem—every disaster I have brought on it. 23You 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.”
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Teem txim cov uas pe dab mlom
1Yixayee cov kev txwj laus qee leej tuaj cuag kuv thiab los zaum ntawm kuv xubntiag. 2Mas Yawmsaub hais lus tuaj rau kuv tias, 3“Neeg tus tub, cov neeg no tuav rawv lawv tej dab mlom rau hauv lawv lub siab lawm, thiab muab tej uas ua rau lawv dawm mus ua txhaum muaj txim cuab rau ntawm lawv xubntiag. Tsim nyog kuv yuav kheev lawv nug kuv lov? 4Yog li no, cia li hais rau lawv tias, ‘Vajtswv Yawmsaub hais li no tias, Cov Yixayee yog leejtwg tuav rawv nws tej dab mlom rau hauv lub siab thiab muab yam uas ua kom nws dawm mus ua txhaum muaj txim cuab rau ntawm nws xubntiag es tseem tuaj cuag tus xibhwb cev Vajtswv lus, mas kuv uas yog Yawmsaub yuav teb nws kom tsim nyog qhov uas nws muaj dab mlom ntau kawg, 5xwv kuv thiaj tuav tau cov Yixayee lub siab uas ncaim ntawm kuv lawm txhua tus, vim lawv tej dab mlom.’ 6“Vim li no, cia li hais rau cov Yixayee tias, ‘Vajtswv Yawmsaub hais li no tias, Cia li ntxeev dua siab thiab tig ntawm nej tej dab mlom rov los, thiab fee plhu kiag ntawm nej tej kev qias vuab tsuab huvsi. 7Cov Yixayee lossis lwm haiv neeg uas nrog cov Yixayee nyob, yog leejtwg tawm ntawm kuv mus tuav rawv nws tej dab mlom rau hauv lub siab, thiab muab yam uas ua kom nws dawm mus ua txhaum muaj txim cuab rau ntawm nws xubntiag, es tseem tuaj cuag tus xibhwb cev Vajtswv lus ua nug rau kuv txog nws, mas kuv uas yog Yawmsaub yuav teb nws ntag. 8Kuv yuav tsom ntsoov tawm tsam tus ntawd. Kuv yuav ua rau nws ua tus yam ntxwv rau luag pom thiab tiag luag ncauj luag lo, thiab muab nws txiav tawm hauv kuv haiv neeg mus. Mas nej thiaj paub tias kuv yog Yawmsaub. 9Thiab yog tus xibhwb cev lus twg raug ntxias lo lus twg, kuj yog kuv uas yog Yawmsaub ntxias tus xibhwb ntawd, mas kuv yuav tsa kuv txhais tes tawm tsam nws, thiab yuav ua kom nws puam tsuaj hauv kuv haiv neeg Yixayee mus. 10Lawv yuav ris lawv lub txim, tus xibhwb thiab tus uas mus ua nug yuav raug txim ib yam nkaus, 11kom cov Yixayee thiaj tsis yuam kev ntawm kuv mus, thiab tsis ua tej kev txhaum txim huvsi ua rau lawv qias puas tsuas dua li lawm, tiamsis lawv yuav ua kuv haiv neeg thiab kuv yuav ua lawv tus Vajtswv. Vajtswv Yawmsaub hais li no ntag.’ ”
Yeluxalees yuav raug txim kom tau
12Yawmsaub hais lus tuaj rau kuv tias, 13“Neeg tus tub, yog lub tebchaws twg fav xeeb ua txhaum rau kuv, es kuv tsa kuv txhais tes tawm tsam lub tebchaws ntawd thiab txiav nws tej zaub mov noj kom tu nrho, thiab tso kev tshaib nqhis los rau nws, thiab rhuav tshem tej neeg thiab tej tsiaj txhu hauv lub tebchaws ntawd, 14mas txawm yog peb tug neeg no, uas yog Nau‑a, Daniyee thiab Yauj, nyob rau hauv lub tebchaws ntawd, los qhov uas lawv ua ncaj ncees tsuas yog pab tau lawv txojsia dim xwb. Vajtswv Yawmsaub hais li no. 15“Lossis yog kuv ua rau tsiaj nyaum los rau hauv lub tebchaws ntawd ua rau neeg tuag tag thiab ua rau lub tebchaws nyob do cuas cia, neeg thiaj hla tsis tau mus rau hauv li lawm vim yog muaj tej tsiaj nyaum ntawd, 16Vajtswv Yawmsaub hais tias, kuv yeej muaj txojsia nyob, mas txawm yog peb tug neeg ntawd nyob rau hauv lub tebchaws ntawd, los lawv yuav pab tsis tau tej tub tej ntxhais dim kiag li, tsuas yog lawv tus kheej dim xwb, mas lub tebchaws yuav nyob do cuas cia. 17“Lossis yog kuv coj ntaj los rau hauv lub tebchaws ntawd, thiab hais tias, ‘Cia hniav ntaj mus thoob plaws lub tebchaws,’ thiab kuv rhuav tshem tej neeg thiab tsiaj txhu hauv lub tebchaws ntawd, 18Vajtswv Yawmsaub hais tias, kuv yeej muaj txojsia nyob, mas txawm yog peb tug neeg ntawd nyob rau hauv lub tebchaws ntawd, los lawv yuav pab tsis tau tej tub tej ntxhais dim kiag li, tsuas yog lawv tus kheej dim xwb. 19“Lossis yog kuv tso mob kis los rau hauv lub tebchaws ntawd, thiab nchuav kuv tej kev npau taws uas ua kom los ntshav rau hauv, thiaj rhuav tshem tau tej neeg thiab tsiaj txhu hauv lub tebchaws ntawd, 20Vajtswv Yawmsaub hais tias, kuv yeej muaj txojsia nyob, mas txawm yog Nau‑a, Daniyee thiab Yauj nyob rau hauv, los lawv yuav pab tsis tau tej tub tej ntxhais dim kiag li, qhov uas lawv ua ncaj ncees tsuas yog pab tau lawv dim xwb. 21“Vajtswv Yawmsaub hais li no tias, Yuav yimhuab raug kev txom nyem loj dua li ntawd, rau thaum kuv tso kuv plaub yam kev teem txim uas hnyav heev los rau Yeluxalees, yog hniav ntaj, kev tshaib nqhis, tsiaj nyaum thiab mob kis, thiaj rhuav tshem tej neeg thiab tsiaj txhu hauv lub tebchaws ntawd. 22Txawm yog li ntawd los yog yuav muaj qee leej dim txojsia hauv lub tebchaws ntawd coj lawv tej tub tej ntxhais tawm los, mas thaum lawv tawm los cuag nej thiab nej pom lawv lub neej thiab tej uas lawv twb ua lawm, nej yuav tsis hnyav siab rau tej xwm txheej phem uas kuv tau ua rau Yeluxalees thiab txhua yam uas kuv coj los raug lub nroog ntawd. 23Lawv cov yuav ua rau nej tsis hnyav siab rau thaum nej pom lawv lub neej thiab tej uas lawv twb ua lawm mas nej yuav paub tias txhua yam uas kuv ua rau hauv lub nroog ntawd tsis yog kuv lam ua tsis muaj keeb puam. Vajtswv Yawmsaub hais li no ntag.”