9
The Wicked Are Slain
1Then He called out in my hearing with a loud voice, saying, “Let those who have charge over the city draw near, each with a deadly weapon in his hand.”
2And suddenly six men came from the direction of the upper gate, which faces north, each with his battle-ax in his hand. ⚓One man among them was clothed with linen and had a writer’s inkhorn at his side. They went in and stood beside the bronze altar.
3Now ⚓the glory of the God of Israel had gone up from the cherub, where it had been, to the threshold of the temple. And He called to the man clothed with linen, who had the writer’s inkhorn at his side;
4and the Lord said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and put ⚓a mark on the foreheads of the men ⚓who sigh and cry over all the abominations that are done within it.”
5To the others He said in my hearing, “Go after him through the city and ⚓kill; ⚓do not let your eye spare, nor have any pity.
6⚓Utterly slay old and young men, maidens and little children and women; but ⚓do not come near anyone on whom is the mark; and ⚓begin at My sanctuary.” ⚓So they began with the elders who were before the temple.
7Then He said to them, “Defile the temple, and fill the courts with the slain. Go out!” And they went out and killed in the city.
8So it was, that while they were killing them, I was left alone; and I ⚓fell on my face and cried out, and said, ⚓“Ah, Lord God! Will You destroy all the remnant of Israel in pouring out Your fury on Jerusalem?”
9Then He said to me, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and ⚓the land is full of bloodshed, and the city full of perversity; for they say, ⚓‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and ⚓the Lord does not see!’
10And as for Me also, My ⚓eye will neither spare, nor will I have pity, but⚓I will recompense their deeds on their own head.”
11Just then, the man clothed with linen, who had the inkhorn at his side, reported back and said, “I have done as You commanded me.”
9
Yeluxalees Raug Txim Lawm
1Kuv hnov Vajtswv hu nrov nrov hais tias, “Nej cov uas yuav rau txim rau lub nroog, cia li los ntawm no, coj nej tej cuabyeej ua rog nrog nej.”
2Tamsim ntawd, txawm muaj rau tus txivneej tawm ntawm lub roojvag sab ped los, lawv txhua tus puavleej nqa cuabyeej ua rog thiab tig xubntiag rau sab qaumteb. Muaj ib tug txivneej hnav ris tsho ntaubmag nrog lawv pab ntawd los, nws tuav rawv ib lub thauv kua cwjmem. Lawv los sawv rau ntawm lub thaj tooj.
3Cov Yixalayees tus Vajtswv lub tshwjchim uas ci ntsa iab txawm tawm ntawm tus qhelunpees uas yog nws qhov chaw mus rau ntawm txoj ncauj ke uas mus rau hauv lub Tuamtsev. Tus TSWV hu tus txivneej uas hnav ris tsho ntaubmag hais tias,
4“Koj cia li mus kom thoob plaws lub nroog Yeluxalees thiab nias cim rau txhua tus uas muaj kev txomnyem nyuaj siab hauvpliaj, vim tej kev phem kev qias uas lawv ua hauv lub nroog.”
5Thiab kuv hnov Vajtswv hais rau pab neeg ntawd hais tias, “Nej cia li raws tus txivneej ntawd qab mus kom thoob lub nroog thiab tua txhua tus, tsis txhob zam thiab tsis txhob hlub leejtwg li.
6Lojxov tua cov yawg laus, cov tub hluas, cov ntxhais hluas, cov pojniam thiab cov menyuam huv tibsi. Tiamsis nej tsis txhob ua li cas rau cov uas muaj lub cim nias rau ntawm hauvpliaj lawm. Nej cia li pib tua ntawm kuv lub Tuamtsev no mus.” Lawv txawm pib tua cov thawjcoj uas sawv ntawm lub Tuamtsev.
7Vajtswv hais rau lawv hais tias, “Nej cia li ua kom lub Tuamtsev tsis huv. Coj tej neeg tuag los tso pawglug rau hauv tej chav. Nej cia li nqis tes ua haujlwm!” Ces lawv txawm pib tua cov neeg uas nyob hauv nroog.
8Thaum lawv tseem tua cov neeg ntawd, kuv nyob ib leeg xwb. Kuv txhos cuag ntua nyo ua ntsejmuag ti nkaus hauv av thiab quaj thov hais tias, “Tus TSWV uas kav ib puas tsav yam, koj chim heev rau lub nroog Yeluxalees, ces koj txawm yuav muab cov pejxeem uas seem hauv tebchaws Yixalayees tua kom tuag tas li los?”
9Vajtswv teb hais tias, “Cov Yixalayees thiab cov Yudas tau ua txhaum thiab muaj txim loj heev. Lawv tua neeg txhua qhov thoob plaws lub tebchaws thiab lawv sib ntaus sib tua puv nkaus hauv lub nroog Yeluxalees. Lawv hais tias kuv uas yog tus TSWV twb tso lawv lub tebchaws tseg lawm, kuv yeej tsis pom lawv li.
10Tiamsis kuv yuav tsis tseg lawv thiab hlub lawv li; kuv yuav ua pauj rau lawv ib yam li lawv tau ua rau lwm tus lawm.”
11Ces tus txivneej uas hnav ris tsho ntaubmag rov los hais rau tus TSWV hais tias, “Kuv twb mus ua tiav raws li koj tej lus samhwm lawm.”