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Tinawag si Ezekiel na Maging Propeta

Sinabi sa akin ng tinig, “Anak ng tao, tumayo ka dahil may sasabihin ako sa iyo.” Habang kinakausap ako ng tinig, pinuspos ako ng kapangyarihan ng Espiritu at itinayo ako. Pinakinggan ko ang tinig na kumakausap sa akin. Sinabi niya, “Anak ng tao, isusugo kita sa mga mamamayan ng Israel, ang rebeldeng bansa. Mula pa noong panahon ng kanilang mga ninuno hanggang ngayon ay nagrerebelde sila sa akin. Matitigas ang ulo nila at mga lapastangan sila. Ako, ang Panginoong Dios, ang nagsusugo sa iyo sa mga taong ito para sabihin ang ipinapasabi ko sa kanila. Makinig man ang mga rebeldeng ito o hindi, malalaman naman nila na may propeta pala sa kanila. At ikaw, anak ng tao, huwag kang matakot sa kanila. Huwag kang matatakot kahit na ang mga sasabihin nila. Mga rebeldeng mamamayan lang sila. Dapat mong sabihin sa kanila ang ipinasasabi ko sa iyo, makinig man ang mga rebeldeng ito o hindi.

“Pero ikaw, anak ng tao, pakinggan mo ang sinasabi ko sa iyo. Huwag kang magiging rebelde tulad nila. Ibuka mo ang bibig mo at kainin ang ibibigay ko sa iyo.” At nakita ko ang isang kamay na nag-aabot sa akin ng isang nakarolyong kasulatan. 10 Iniladlad niya ito sa harap ko at may mga salitang nakasulat sa harap at sa likod nito. Ang nakasulat ay malulungkot na mensahe, mga panaghoy at pagdadalamhati.

Ezekiel’s Call to Be a Prophet

He said to me, “Son of man,[a](A) stand(B) up on your feet and I will speak to you.(C) As he spoke, the Spirit came into me and raised me(D) to my feet, and I heard him speaking to me.

He said: “Son of man, I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against me; they and their ancestors have been in revolt against me to this very day.(E) The people to whom I am sending you are obstinate and stubborn.(F) Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says.’(G) And whether they listen or fail to listen(H)—for they are a rebellious people(I)—they will know that a prophet has been among them.(J) And you, son of man, do not be afraid(K) of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns(L) are all around you and you live among scorpions. Do not be afraid of what they say or be terrified by them, though they are a rebellious people.(M) You must speak(N) my words to them, whether they listen or fail to listen, for they are rebellious.(O) But you, son of man, listen to what I say to you. Do not rebel(P) like that rebellious people;(Q) open your mouth and eat(R) what I give you.”

Then I looked, and I saw a hand(S) stretched out to me. In it was a scroll,(T) 10 which he unrolled before me. On both sides of it were written words of lament and mourning and woe.(U)

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 2:1 The Hebrew phrase ben adam means human being. The phrase son of man is retained as a form of address here and throughout Ezekiel because of its possible association with “Son of Man” in the New Testament.

Ezekiel's Call

And he said to me, (A)“Son of man,[a] (B)stand on your feet, and I will speak with you.” And as he spoke to me, (C)the Spirit entered into me and (D)set me on my feet, and I heard him speaking to me. And he said to me, “Son of man, I send you to the people of Israel, to (E)nations of rebels, who have rebelled against me. (F)They and their fathers have transgressed against me to this very day. The descendants also are (G)impudent and stubborn: I send you to them, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God.’ And (H)whether they hear or refuse to hear (for they are (I)a rebellious house) (J)they will know that a prophet has been among them. And you, son of man, (K)be not afraid of them, nor be afraid of their words, (L)though briers and thorns are with you and you sit on (M)scorpions.[b] Be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house. And you shall speak my words to them, (N)whether they hear or refuse to hear, for they are a rebellious house.

“But you, son of man, hear what I say to you. (O)Be not rebellious like that rebellious house; open your mouth and (P)eat what I give you.” And when I looked, behold, (Q)a hand was stretched out to me, and behold, (R)a scroll of a book was in it. 10 And he spread it before me. And it had writing (S)on the front and on the back, and there were written on it words of lamentation and mourning and woe.

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 2:1 Or Son of Adam; so throughout Ezekiel
  2. Ezekiel 2:6 Or on scorpion plants