Ezekiel 33
King James Version
33 Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:
3 If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;
4 Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.
5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.
6 But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.
7 So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.
8 When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
9 Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
10 Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live?
11 Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
12 Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.
13 When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.
14 Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;
15 If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.
16 None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.
17 Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
18 When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.
19 But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.
20 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.
21 And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.
22 Now the hand of the Lord was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.
23 Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
24 Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance.
25 Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land?
26 Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife: and shall ye possess the land?
27 Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.
28 For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through.
29 Then shall they know that I am the Lord, when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed.
30 Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the Lord.
31 And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.
32 And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.
33 And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.
Ezekiel 33
New International Version
Renewal of Ezekiel’s Call as Watchman
33 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, speak to your people and say to them: ‘When I bring the sword(A) against a land, and the people of the land choose one of their men and make him their watchman,(B) 3 and he sees the sword coming against the land and blows the trumpet(C) to warn the people, 4 then if anyone hears the trumpet but does not heed the warning(D) and the sword comes and takes their life, their blood will be on their own head.(E) 5 Since they heard the sound of the trumpet but did not heed the warning, their blood will be on their own head.(F) If they had heeded the warning, they would have saved themselves.(G) 6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet to warn the people and the sword comes and takes someone’s life, that person’s life will be taken because of their sin, but I will hold the watchman accountable for their blood.’(H)
7 “Son of man, I have made you a watchman(I) for the people of Israel; so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me.(J) 8 When I say to the wicked, ‘You wicked person, you will surely die,(K)’ and you do not speak out to dissuade them from their ways, that wicked person will die for[a] their sin, and I will hold you accountable for their blood.(L) 9 But if you do warn the wicked person to turn from their ways and they do not do so,(M) they will die for their sin, though you yourself will be saved.(N)
10 “Son of man, say to the Israelites, ‘This is what you are saying: “Our offenses and sins weigh us down, and we are wasting away(O) because of[b] them. How then can we live?(P)”’ 11 Say to them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live.(Q) Turn!(R) Turn from your evil ways! Why will you die, people of Israel?’(S)
12 “Therefore, son of man, say to your people,(T) ‘If someone who is righteous disobeys, that person’s former righteousness will count for nothing. And if someone who is wicked repents, that person’s former wickedness will not bring condemnation. The righteous person who sins will not be allowed to live even though they were formerly righteous.’(U) 13 If I tell a righteous person that they will surely live, but then they trust in their righteousness and do evil, none of the righteous things that person has done will be remembered; they will die for the evil they have done.(V) 14 And if I say to a wicked person, ‘You will surely die,’ but they then turn away from their sin and do what is just(W) and right— 15 if they give back what they took in pledge(X) for a loan, return what they have stolen,(Y) follow the decrees that give life, and do no evil—that person will surely live; they will not die.(Z) 16 None of the sins(AA) that person has committed will be remembered against them. They have done what is just and right; they will surely live.(AB)
17 “Yet your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But it is their way that is not just. 18 If a righteous person turns from their righteousness and does evil,(AC) they will die for it.(AD) 19 And if a wicked person turns away from their wickedness and does what is just and right, they will live by doing so.(AE) 20 Yet you Israelites say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But I will judge each of you according to your own ways.”(AF)
Jerusalem’s Fall Explained
21 In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month on the fifth day, a man who had escaped(AG) from Jerusalem came to me and said, “The city has fallen!(AH)” 22 Now the evening before the man arrived, the hand of the Lord was on me,(AI) and he opened my mouth(AJ) before the man came to me in the morning. So my mouth was opened and I was no longer silent.(AK)
23 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 24 “Son of man, the people living in those ruins(AL) in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land. But we are many;(AM) surely the land has been given to us as our possession.’(AN) 25 Therefore say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Since you eat(AO) meat with the blood(AP) still in it and look to your idols and shed blood, should you then possess the land?(AQ) 26 You rely on your sword, you do detestable things,(AR) and each of you defiles his neighbor’s wife.(AS) Should you then possess the land?’
27 “Say this to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: As surely as I live, those who are left in the ruins will fall by the sword, those out in the country I will give to the wild animals to be devoured, and those in strongholds and caves will die of a plague.(AT) 28 I will make the land a desolate waste, and her proud strength will come to an end, and the mountains(AU) of Israel will become desolate so that no one will cross them.(AV) 29 Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I have made the land a desolate(AW) waste because of all the detestable things they have done.’(AX)
30 “As for you, son of man, your people are talking together about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses, saying to each other, ‘Come and hear the message that has come from the Lord.’ 31 My people come to you, as they usually do, and sit before(AY) you to hear your words, but they do not put them into practice. Their mouths speak of love, but their hearts are greedy(AZ) for unjust gain.(BA) 32 Indeed, to them you are nothing more than one who sings love songs(BB) with a beautiful voice and plays an instrument well, for they hear your words but do not put them into practice.(BC)
33 “When all this comes true—and it surely will—then they will know that a prophet has been among them.(BD)”
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 33:8 Or in; also in verse 9
- Ezekiel 33:10 Or away in
Ezekiel 33
Ang Pulong Sang Dios
Ginhimo sang Dios si Ezekiel nga Manugbantay sang Israel(A)
33 Nagsiling ang Ginoo sa akon, 2 “Tawo, ihambal ini sa imo mga kasimanwa: Kon ipasalakay ko sa mga kaaway ang isa ka lugar, ang mga pumuluyo sang sina nga lugar nagapili sang isa sa ila kasimanwa nga mangin manugbantay sang ila siyudad. 3 Kon makita sang sina nga manugbantay nga nagapadulong na ang mga kaaway, patunugon niya ang budyong sa pagpaandam sa mga tawo. 4 Ang bisan sin-o nga nakabati sang budyong pero wala magsapak sini, kag napatay siya sang ginsalakay sila, siya ang may salabton sa iya kamatayon. 5 Kay sang mabatian niya ang budyong wala siya magsapak. Gani siya gid ang may salabton sa iya kamatayon. Kay kon nagsapak lang siya, kuntani naluwas niya ang iya kaugalingon. 6 Pero kon nakita sang manugbantay nga nagapadulong na ang mga kaaway pero wala niya pagpatunuga ang budyong sa pagpaandam sa mga tawo, kag ginsalakay sila kag may napatay sa ila, sukton ko ang manugbantay sa ila kamatayon bisan napatay sila tungod sa ila man nga sala.”
7 Nagpadayon sa pagsiling ang Ginoo, “Tawo, ginpili ko ikaw nga manugbantay para sa katawhan sang Israel, gani pamatii ining akon ginasiling, kag paandami dayon ang mga tawo. 8 Kon magsiling ako sa malaot nga tawo nga sigurado gid nga mapatay siya tungod sa iya sala kag wala mo siya pagpaandami sa pagbiya sa iya malain nga pagginawi, ikaw ang akon sukton sang iya kamatayon. 9 Pero kon ginpaandaman mo ang ato nga malaot nga tawo sa pagbiya sa iya malain nga pagginawi, pero wala siya magsapak sa imo ginsiling, mapatay siya tungod sa iya sala, pero wala ka sing salabton sa iya kamatayon.
10 “Tawo, nagareklamo ang katawhan sang Israel nga indi nila maagwanta ang silot sa ila mga sala. Nagpalangluya na sila kag daw sa mapatay na kuno sila tungod sini. 11 Karon, silinga sila nga ako, ang Ginoong Dios nga buhi, nagasumpa nga wala ako nagakalipay kon may mapatay nga malaot nga tawo. Ang gusto ko, magbiya siya sa iya malaot nga pagginawi agod mabuhi siya. Gani kamo nga katawhan sang Israel, magbiya na kamo sa inyo malaot nga pagginawi. Ngaa bala luyag ninyo nga mapatay?
12 “Tawo, silinga ang imo mga kasimanwa nga kon ang matarong nga tawo magpakasala, ang maayo niya nga mga binuhatan indi makaluwas sa iya. Kag kon ang malaot nga tawo magbiya sa iya malaot nga mga binuhatan, indi siya pagsilutan sa iya mga ginhimo nga malaot. 13 Kon magsiling ako sa matarong nga tawo nga sigurado nga mabuhi siya, pero sa ulihi magpakasala siya kay nagasalig siya nga ang iya maayo nga mga binuhatan sang una makaluwas sa iya, ina nga tawo mapatay tungod sang iya mga sala. Indi ko pagdumdumon ang iya maayo nga mga binuhatan. 14 Kag kon magsiling ako sa malaot nga tawo nga sigurado nga mapatay siya, pero sa ulihi magbiya siya sa iya malaot nga binuhatan kag maghimo sang husto kag matarong— 15 halimbawa, gin-uli niya ang gin-garantiya sa iya ukon ang iya ginkawat, ginsunod niya ang mga pagsulundan nga nagahatag sang kabuhi, kag wala siya nagahimo sang malain—ina nga tawo sigurado nga mabuhi; indi siya mapatay. 16 Ang bisan ano nga sala nga iya ginhimo indi na pagdumdumon kontra sa iya. Tungod nga naghimo siya sang husto kag matarong, sigurado nga mabuhi siya.
17 “Pero ang imo mga kasimanwa, Ezekiel, nagareklamo nga indi kuno husto ang akon pamaagi. Pero ang ila pamaagi amo ang indi husto. 18 Kon ang matarong nga tawo indi na maghimo sang maayo kag maghimo na siya sang malain, mapatay siya. 19 Kag kon ang malaot nga tawo magbiya sa iya malain nga ginahimo kag maghimo sang husto kag matarong, magakabuhi siya. 20 Katawhan sang Israel, nagasiling kamo nga ang akon pamaagi indi husto. Hukman ko gani ang kada isa sa inyo suno sa inyo mga binuhatan.”
Ang Paathag Parte sa Paglaglag sang Jerusalem
21 Sang ikalima nga adlaw sang ikanapulo nga bulan, sang ikadose nga tuig sang amon pagkabihag, may isa ka tawo nga nakapalagyo halin sa Jerusalem nga nagkadto sa akon kag nagsiling, “Nalaglag na ang siyudad sang Jerusalem!” 22 Sang gab-i nga wala pa mag-abot ato nga tawo, gin-gamhan ako sang Ginoo kag nakahambal ako liwat. Gani pag-abot sadto nga tawo pagkaaga, makahambal na ako.
23 Nagsiling ang Ginoo sa akon, 24 “Tawo, ang mga tawo nga nagaestar didto sa guba nga mga banwa sang Israel nagasiling, ‘Isa lang si Abraham, kag ginhatag sa iya ang bug-os nga duta. Madamo kita, gani sigurado nga panag-iyahan naton ini nga duta.’ 25 Silinga sila nga ako, ang Ginoong Dios, nagasiling, ‘Nagahunahuna bala kamo nga panag-iyahan ninyo ang amo nga duta bisan nagakaon kamo sang karne nga may dugo pa, kag nagasimba sa inyo mga dios-dios, kag nagapamatay sang tawo? 26 Nagasalig kamo sa inyo espada,[a] nagahimo kamo sang makangilil-ad nga mga butang, kag nagapanginbabayi, kag karon nagahunahuna kamo nga panag-iyahan ninyo ang duta? 27 Ako, ang buhi nga Ginoong Dios, nagasumpa nga sigurado nga magakalamatay sa inaway atong nagkalabilin nga buhi sa naguba nga mga banwa. Ang mga nagkalabilin nga buhi sa mga uma pagakaunon sang mapintas nga mga sapat, kag ang iban sa ila nga ara sa mga palanaguan kag sa mga kuweba magakalamatay sa balatian. 28 Himuon ko nga mamingaw ang duta sang Israel, kag dulaon ko ang pagpabugal niya sa iya ikasarang. Bisan ang iya mga bukid mangin mamingaw, kag wala na gid sing may mag-agi didto. 29 Kon himuon ko na nga mamingaw ang duta tungod sa tanan nga makangilil-ad nga mga ginahimo sang mga pumuluyo sini, mahibaluan nila nga ako amo ang Ginoo.’ ”
30 Nagsiling ang Ginoo sa akon, “Tawo, ang imo mga kasimanwa nagaestorya parte sa imo kon magtipon sila sa pader sang siyudad ukon sa puwertahan sang ila balay. Nagasiling sila sa isa kag isa, ‘Dali, pamatian ta abi si Ezekiel kon ano ang iya ihambal halin sa Ginoo!’ 31 Gani nagapalapit ang akon mga katawhan sa imo kag daw sinsero gid sila nga nagapamati sa imo, pero ang matuod wala nila ginatuman ang imo ginahambal. Maayo lang sila maghambal nga ginahigugma nila ako, pero ang sa sulod sang ila tagipusuon amo ang pagpanguwarta. 32 Para sa ila, daw pareho ka lang sa isa ka manugkanta nga manami sang tingog, nga nagakanta sang ambahanon parte sa paghigugma, kag maayo magtukar sang instrumento. Nagapamati lang sila sa imo mensahi, pero wala nila ini ginatuman. 33 Pero kon matabo na ining silot sa ila—kag sigurado gid ini nga matabo—mahibaluan nila nga may propeta gid man gali sa ila.”
Footnotes
- 33:26 Nagasalig kamo sa inyo espada: ukon, Nagapamatay kamo.
Ezekiel 33
New King James Version
The Watchman and His Message
33 Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 2 “Son of man, speak to (A)the children of your people, and say to them: (B)‘When I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from their territory and make him their (C)watchman, 3 when he sees the sword coming upon the land, if he blows the trumpet and warns the people, 4 then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet and does (D)not take warning, if the sword comes and takes him away, (E)his blood shall be on his own head. 5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, but did not take warning; his blood shall be upon himself. But he who takes warning will [a]save his life. 6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, and the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any person from among them, (F)he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at the watchman’s hand.’
7 (G)“So you, son of man: I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; therefore you shall hear a word from My mouth and warn them for Me. 8 When I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you shall surely die!’ and you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand. 9 Nevertheless if you warn the wicked to turn from his way, and he does not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have [b]delivered your soul.
10 “Therefore you, O son of man, say to the house of Israel: ‘Thus you say, “If our transgressions and our sins lie upon us, and we (H)pine[c] away in them, (I)how can we then live?” ’ 11 Say to them: ‘As I live,’ says the Lord God, (J)‘I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked (K)turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For (L)why should you die, O house of Israel?’
The Fairness of God’s Judgment
12 “Therefore you, O son of man, say to the children of your people: ‘The (M)righteousness of the righteous man shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression; as for the wickedness of the wicked, (N)he shall not fall because of it in the day that he turns from his wickedness; nor shall the righteous be able to live because of his righteousness in the day that he sins.’ 13 When I say to the righteous that he shall surely live, (O)but he trusts in his own righteousness and commits iniquity, none of his righteous works shall be remembered; but because of the iniquity that he has committed, he shall die. 14 Again, (P)when I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die,’ if he turns from his sin and does [d]what is lawful and [e]right, 15 if the wicked (Q)restores the pledge, (R)gives back what he has stolen, and walks in (S)the statutes of life without committing iniquity, he shall surely live; he shall not die. 16 (T)None of his sins which he has committed shall be remembered against him; he has done what is lawful and right; he shall surely live.
17 (U)“Yet the children of your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not [f]fair.’ But it is their way which is not fair! 18 (V)When the righteous turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he shall die because of it. 19 But when the wicked turns from his wickedness and does what is lawful and right, he shall live because of it. 20 Yet you say, (W)‘The way of the Lord is not [g]fair.’ O house of Israel, I will judge every one of you according to his own ways.”
The Fall of Jerusalem
21 And it came to pass in the twelfth year (X)of our captivity, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, (Y)that one who had escaped from Jerusalem came to me and said, (Z)“The city has been [h]captured!”
22 Now (AA)the hand of the Lord had been upon me the evening before the man came who had escaped. And He had (AB)opened my mouth; so when he came to me in the morning, my mouth was opened, and I was no longer mute.
The Cause of Judah’s Ruin
23 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying: 24 “Son of man, (AC)they who inhabit those (AD)ruins in the land of Israel are saying, (AE)‘Abraham was only one, and he inherited the land. (AF)But we are many; the land has been given to us as a (AG)possession.’
25 “Therefore say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: (AH)“You eat meat with blood, you (AI)lift up your eyes toward your idols, and (AJ)shed blood. Should you then possess the (AK)land? 26 You rely on your sword, you commit abominations, and you (AL)defile one another’s wives. Should you then possess the land?” ’
27 “Say thus to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “As I live, surely (AM)those who are in the ruins shall fall by the sword, and the one who is in the open field (AN)I will give to the beasts to be devoured, and those who are in the strongholds and (AO)caves shall die of the pestilence. 28 (AP)For I will make the land most desolate, [i]her (AQ)arrogant strength shall cease, and (AR)the mountains of Israel shall be so desolate that no one will pass through. 29 Then they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have made the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed.” ’
Hearing and Not Doing
30 “As for you, son of man, the children of your people are talking about you beside the walls and in the doors of the houses; and they (AS)speak to one another, everyone saying to his brother, ‘Please come and hear what the word is that comes from the Lord.’ 31 So (AT)they come to you as people do, they (AU)sit before you as My people, and they (AV)hear your words, but they do not do them; (AW)for with their mouth they show much love, but (AX)their hearts pursue their own gain. 32 Indeed you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice and can play well on an instrument; for they hear your words, but they do (AY)not do them. 33 (AZ)And when this comes to pass—surely it will come—then (BA)they will know that a prophet has been among them.”
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 33:5 Or deliver his soul
- Ezekiel 33:9 Or saved your life
- Ezekiel 33:10 Or waste away
- Ezekiel 33:14 justice
- Ezekiel 33:14 righteousness
- Ezekiel 33:17 Or equitable
- Ezekiel 33:20 Or equitable
- Ezekiel 33:21 Lit. struck down
- Ezekiel 33:28 Lit. pride of her strength
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