የሕዝቅኤል መጠራት
1እርሱም፣ “የሰው ልጅ ሆይ፤ ተነሥተህ በእግርህ ቁም፤ እኔም እናገርሃለሁ” አለኝ። 2እርሱም ሲናገር፣ መንፈስ ወደ ውስጤ ገብቶ በእግሬ አቆመኝ፤ ሲናገረኝም ሰማሁት።
3እርሱም እንዲህ አለኝ፤ “የሰው ልጅ ሆይ፤ በእኔ ላይ ወደ ዐመፀው ወደ ዐመፀኛው የእስራኤል ሕዝብ እልክሃለሁ፤ እነርሱና አባቶቻቸው እስከ ዛሬ ድረስ ዐምፀውብኛል። 4ሕዝቡም እልኸኛና ዐንገተ ደንዳና ነው፤ እኔ ወደ እነርሱ እልክሃለሁ፤ አንተም ‘ጌታ እግዚአብሔር እንዲህ ይላል’ በላቸው። 5እነርሱ ዐመፀኛ ቤት ስለሆኑ፤ ቢሰሙም ባይሰሙም በመካከላቸው ነቢይ እንደ ነበር ያውቃሉ። 6አንተ የሰው ልጅ ሆይ፤ እነርሱን ወይም ቃላቸውን አትፍራ፤ ኵርንችትና እሾኽ በዙሪያህ ቢኖሩም፣ በጊንጦች መካከል ብትቀመጥም አትፍራ። እነርሱ ዐመፀኛ ቤት ቢሆኑም፣ አንተ በሚሉህ ነገር አትፍራ፤ እነርሱም አያስደንግጡህ። 7እነርሱ ዐመፀኛ ቤት ስለሆኑ፣ ቢሰሙም ባይሰሙም አንተ ቃሌን ንገራቸው። 8አንተ ግን የሰው ልጅ ሆይ፤ እኔ የምልህን ስማ፤ እንደዚያ ዐመፀኛ ቤት ዐታምፅ፤ አፍህን ክፈት፤ የምሰጥህንም ብላ።”
9ከዚህም በኋላ፣ እነሆ አንድ እጅ ወደ እኔ ተዘርግቶ አየሁ፤ ጥቅልል መጽሐፍም ነበረበት፤ 10እርሱም በፊቴ ዘረጋው፤ መጽሐፉም ከፊትና ከኋላው የሰቈቃ፣ የልቅሶና የዋይታ ቃላት ተጽፎበት ነበር።
1And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak unto thee. 2And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me. 3And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day.2.3 nation: Heb. nations 4For they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD.2.4 impudent: Heb. hard of face 5And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them.
6¶ And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.2.6 briers…: or, rebels 7And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious.2.7 most…: Heb. rebellion 8But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee.
9¶ And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein; 10And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
