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Esekíel 33
Icelandic Bible
Esekíel 33
Icelandic Bible
33 Og orð Drottins kom til mín, svohljóðandi:
2 "Mannsson, tala þú til samlanda þinna og seg við þá: Þegar ég læt sverð koma yfir eitthvert land, og landsmenn taka mann úr sínum hóp og gjöra hann að varðmanni sínum,
3 og hann sér sverðið koma yfir landið og blæs í lúðurinn og gjörir fólkið vart við, _
4 ef þá sá, er heyrir lúðurþytinn, vill ekki vara sig, og sverðið kemur og sviptir honum í burt, þá mun blóð hans vera á höfði honum sjálfum.
5 Hann heyrði lúðurþytinn, en varaði sig þó ekki; blóð hans hvíli á honum. En hinn hefir gjört viðvart og frelsað líf sitt.
6 En sjái varðmaðurinn sverðið koma, og blæs þó ekki í lúðurinn, svo að fólki er ekki gjört vart við, og sverðið kemur og sviptir einhverjum af þeim burt, þá verður þeim hinum sama burt svipt fyrir sjálfs hans misgjörð, en blóðs hans vil ég krefja af hendi varðmannsins.
7 Þig, mannsson, hefi ég skipað varðmann fyrir Ísraels hús, til þess að þú varir þá við fyrir mína hönd, er þú heyrir orð af munni mínum.
8 Þegar ég segi við hinn óguðlega: ,Þú hinn óguðlegi skalt deyja!` og þú segir ekkert til þess að vara hinn óguðlega við breytni hans, þá skal að vísu hinn óguðlegi deyja fyrir misgjörð sína, en blóðs hans vil ég krefja af þinni hendi.
9 En hafir þú varað hinn óguðlega við breytni hans, að hann skuli láta af henni, en hann lætur samt ekki af breytni sinni, þá skal hann deyja fyrir misgjörð sína, en þú hefir frelsað líf þitt.
10 Mannsson, seg þú við Ísraelsmenn: Þér hafið kveðið svo að orði: ,Afbrot vor og syndir vorar hvíla á oss, og þeirra vegna veslumst vér upp, og hvernig ættum vér þá að geta haldið lífi?`
11 Seg við þá: Svo sannarlega sem ég lifi, _ segir Drottinn Guð _ hefi ég ekki þóknun á dauða hins óguðlega, heldur að hinn óguðlegi hverfi frá breytni sinni og haldi lífi. Snúið yður, snúið yður frá yðar vondu breytni! Hví viljið þér deyja, Ísraelsmenn?
12 En þú, mannsson, seg við samlanda þína: Ráðvendni hins ráðvanda skal ekki frelsa hann á þeim degi, er hann misgjörir, og guðleysi hins óguðlega skal ekki fella hann á þeim degi, er hann hverfur frá guðleysi sínu, og hinn ráðvandi skal ekki heldur fá lífi haldið fyrir ráðvendni sína á þeim degi, er hann syndgar.
13 Þegar ég segi við hinn ráðvanda: ,Þú skalt vissulega lífi halda!` og hann reiðir sig á ráðvendni sína og fremur glæp, þá skulu ráðvendniverk hans eigi til álita koma, heldur skal hann deyja fyrir glæpinn, sem hann hefir drýgt.
14 Og þegar ég segi við hinn óguðlega: ,Þú skalt vissulega deyja!` og hann lætur af synd sinni og iðkar rétt og réttlæti,
15 skilar aftur veði, endurgreiðir það, er hann hefir rænt, breytir eftir þeim boðorðum, er leiða til lífsins, svo að hann fremur engan glæp, þá skal hann lífi halda og ekki deyja.
16 Allar þær syndir, er hann hefir áður drýgt, skulu honum ekki tilreiknaðar verða. Hann hefir iðkað rétt og réttlæti, hann skal lífi halda!
17 Og samt segja samlandar þínir: ,Atferli Drottins er ekki rétt!` Og það er þó atferli þeirra, sem ekki er rétt.
18 Ef ráðvandur maður hverfur frá ráðvendni sinni og fremur glæp, þá skal hann deyja fyrir það.
19 Og ef óguðlegur maður hverfur frá guðleysi sínu og iðkar rétt og réttlæti, þá skal hann lífi halda fyrir það.
20 Og samt segið þér: ,Atferli Drottins er ekki rétt!` Sérhvern yðar mun ég dæma eftir breytni hans, þér Ísraelsmenn!"
21 Á tólfta árinu eftir að vér vorum herleiddir, fimmta dag hins tíunda mánaðar kom til mín flóttamaður frá Jerúsalem með þau tíðindi: "Borgin er unnin!"
22 En hönd Drottins hafði komið yfir mig kveldið áður en flóttamaðurinn kom, og Guð hafði lokið upp munni mínum áður en hinn kom til mín um morguninn. Munnur minn var upp lokinn, og ég þagði eigi lengur.
23 Og orð Drottins kom til mín, svohljóðandi:
24 "Mannsson, þeir sem búa í þessum borgarrústum í Ísraelslandi segja: ,Abraham var ekki nema einn og þó fékk hann landið til eignar, en vér erum margir, oss var landið gefið til eignar.`
25 Seg því við þá: Svo segir Drottinn Guð: Þér etið fórnarkjöt á fjöllunum og hefjið augu yðar til skurðgoðanna og úthellið blóði, og þér viljið eiga landið!
26 Þér reiðið yður á sverð yðar, þér hafið svívirðing í frammi, þér smánið hver annars konu, og þér viljið eiga landið!
27 Þú skalt mæla þannig til þeirra: Svo segir Drottinn Guð: Svo sannarlega sem ég lifi, þeir sem hafast við í rústunum, skulu falla fyrir sverði, þá sem eru úti á bersvæði, gef ég villidýrunum að fæðslu, og þeir sem hafast við í klettavígjum og hellum, skulu deyja af drepsótt.
28 Og ég skal gjöra landið að auðn og öræfum, og úti er um þess dýrlega skraut, og Ísraels fjöll skulu í eyði liggja, svo að enginn fer þar um.
29 Og þeir munu viðurkenna, að ég er Drottinn, þegar ég gjöri landið að auðn og öræfum vegna allra þeirra svívirðinga, er þeir hafa framið.
30 Mannsson, samlandar þínir tala sín á milli um þig hjá veggjunum og við húsdyrnar, og segja hver við annan: ,Komið og heyrið, hvaða orð kemur frá Drottni!`
31 Og þeir koma til þín í hópum og sitja frammi fyrir þér, en þegar þeir hafa heyrt orð þín, þá breyta þeir ekki eftir þeim. Því að lygi er í munni þeirra, en hjarta þeirra eltir fégróðann.
32 Og sjá, þú ert þeim eins og ástarkvæði, eins og sá, er hefir fagra söngrödd og vel leikur á strengina: Þeir hlusta á orð þín, en breyta ekki eftir þeim.
33 En þegar það kemur fram, og það kemur vissulega fram, þá munu þeir viðurkenna, að spámaður var meðal þeirra."
Ezekiel 33
New International Version
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
King James Version
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.
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