False Prophets Condemned
1The word of the Lord came to me: 2“Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who are now prophesying. Say to those who prophesy out of their own imagination: ‘Hear the word of the Lord! 3This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Woe to the foolish13:3 Or wicked prophets who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing! 4Your prophets, Israel, are like jackals among ruins. 5You have not gone up to the breaches in the wall to repair it for the people of Israel so that it will stand firm in the battle on the day of the Lord. 6Their visions are false and their divinations a lie. Even though the Lord has not sent them, they say, “The Lord declares,” and expect him to fulfill their words. 7Have you not seen false visions and uttered lying divinations when you say, “The Lord declares,” though I have not spoken?
8“ ‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because of your false words and lying visions, I am against you, declares the Sovereign Lord. 9My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and utter lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of my people or be listed in the records of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.
10“ ‘Because they lead my people astray, saying, “Peace,” when there is no peace, and because, when a flimsy wall is built, they cover it with whitewash, 11therefore tell those who cover it with whitewash that it is going to fall. Rain will come in torrents, and I will send hailstones hurtling down, and violent winds will burst forth. 12When the wall collapses, will people not ask you, “Where is the whitewash you covered it with?”
13“ ‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: In my wrath I will unleash a violent wind, and in my anger hailstones and torrents of rain will fall with destructive fury. 14I will tear down the wall you have covered with whitewash and will level it to the ground so that its foundation will be laid bare. When it13:14 Or the city falls, you will be destroyed in it; and you will know that I am the Lord. 15So I will pour out my wrath against the wall and against those who covered it with whitewash. I will say to you, “The wall is gone and so are those who whitewashed it, 16those prophets of Israel who prophesied to Jerusalem and saw visions of peace for her when there was no peace, declares the Sovereign Lord.” ’
17“Now, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people who prophesy out of their own imagination. Prophesy against them 18and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Woe to the women who sew magic charms on all their wrists and make veils of various lengths for their heads in order to ensnare people. Will you ensnare the lives of my people but preserve your own? 19You have profaned me among my people for a few handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to my people, who listen to lies, you have killed those who should not have died and have spared those who should not live.
20“ ‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against your magic charms with which you ensnare people like birds and I will tear them from your arms; I will set free the people that you ensnare like birds. 21I will tear off your veils and save my people from your hands, and they will no longer fall prey to your power. Then you will know that I am the Lord. 22Because you disheartened the righteous with your lies, when I had brought them no grief, and because you encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways and so save their lives, 23therefore you will no longer see false visions or practice divination. I will save my people from your hands. And then you will know that I am the Lord.’ ”
Wòlíì èké gba ìdálẹ́bi
1Ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa tọ̀ mí wá wí pé: 2“Ọmọ ènìyàn sọtẹ́lẹ̀ lòdì sí àwọn wòlíì Israẹli tó ń sọtẹ́lẹ̀, kí o sì sọ fún àwọn tí ń sọtẹ́lẹ̀ láti inú èrò ọkàn wọn: ‘Ẹ gbọ́ ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa! 3Báyìí ni Olúwa Olódùmarè wí: Ègbé ni fún àwọn aṣiwèrè wòlíì tó ń tẹ̀lé ẹ̀mí ara wọn tí wọn kò sì rí nǹkan kan! 4Israẹli àwọn wòlíì rẹ dàbí kọ̀lọ̀kọ̀lọ̀ nínú pápá. 5Ẹ̀yin kò gòkè láti mọ odi tí ó ya ní ilé Israẹli kí wọ́n ba lè dúró gbọin ní ojú ogun ní ọjọ́ Olúwa. 6Ìran àti àfọ̀ṣẹ wọn jẹ́ èké. Wọ́n wí pé, “Olúwa wí” nígbà tí Olúwa kò rán wọn, síbẹ̀ wọ́n fẹ́ kí Olúwa mú ọ̀rọ̀ wọn ṣẹ. 7Ẹ̀yin kò ha ti rí ìran asán, ẹ̀yin kò ha ti fọ àfọ̀ṣẹ èké, nígbà tí ẹ̀yin sọ pé, “Olúwa wí,” bẹ́ẹ̀ sì ni Èmi kò sọ̀rọ̀?
8“ ‘Nítorí náà, báyìí ni Olúwa Olódùmarè wí: Nítorí ọ̀rọ̀ asán àti ìran èké yín, mo lòdì sí yín: ni Olúwa Olódùmarè wí. 9Ọwọ́ mi yóò sì wà lórí àwọn wòlíì tó ń ríran asán, tó sì ń sọ àfọ̀ṣẹ èké. Wọn kò ní sí nínú ìjọ àwọn ènìyàn mi, a ó sì yọ orúkọ wọn kúrò nínú àkọsílẹ̀ ilé Israẹli, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni wọn kò sì ní wọ ilẹ̀ Israẹli mọ́. Nígbà náà ni ẹ̀yin yóò sì mọ̀ pé Èmi ni Olúwa Olódùmarè.
10“ ‘Wọ́n ti mú àwọn ènìyàn mi ṣìnà, wọ́n ní, “Àlàáfíà” nígbà tí kò sí àlàáfíà, nítorí pé bí àwọn ènìyàn bá mọ odi fẹ́lẹ́fẹ́lẹ́, wọn a fi amọ̀ àìpò rẹ́ ẹ, wọn ó sì fi ẹfun kùn ún, 11nítorí náà, sọ fún àwọn tí ń fi amọ̀ àìpò rẹ́ ẹ àti àwọn tó fi ẹfun kùn ún pé, odi náà yóò wó, ìkún omi òjò yóò dé, Èmi yóò sì rán òkúta yìnyín sọ̀kalẹ̀, ìjì líle yóò ya á lulẹ̀. 12Nígbà tí odi náà bá sì wó, ǹjẹ́ àwọn ènìyàn wọn kò níbi yín pé, “Rírẹ́ tí ẹ rẹ́ ẹ dà, ibo sì ni ẹfun tí ẹ fi kùn ún wà?”
13“ ‘Nítorí náà, báyìí ni Olúwa Olódùmarè wí: Nínú ìbínú gbígbóná mi, èmi yóò tu afẹ́fẹ́ líle lé e lórí nínú ìrunú mi, àti nínú ìbínú mi, òjò yóò sì rọ̀ púpọ̀ nínú ìbínú mi, àti yìnyín ńlá nínú ìrunú mi láti pa wọ́n run. 14Èmi yóò wó ògiri tí ẹ fi amọ̀ àìpò rẹ́, èyí tí ẹ fi ẹfun kùn lulẹ̀ dé bi pé ìpìlẹ̀ rẹ yóò hàn jáde. Nígbà ti odi náà wó palẹ̀, a ó sì run yín sínú rẹ̀, ẹ̀yin yóò sì mọ̀ pé Èmi ni Olúwa. 15Báyìí ni Èmi yóò ṣe lo ìbínú mi lórí odi yìí àti àwọn to fi amọ̀ àìpò rẹ́ ẹ, tí wọ́n sì fi ẹfun kùn ún. Èmi yóò sì sọ fún yín pé, “Kò sí odi mọ́, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni àwọn tó rẹ́ ẹ náà kò sí mọ́; 16Àwọn wòlíì Israẹli tí ń sọtẹ́lẹ̀ sí Jerusalẹmu, tí wọn ríran àlàáfíà sí i nígbà ti kò sì àlàáfíà, báyìí ni Olúwa Olódùmarè wí.” ’
17“Nísinsin yìí, ọmọ ènìyàn, dojúkọ àwọn ọmọbìnrin ènìyàn rẹ tí wọ́n ń sọtẹ́lẹ̀ láti inú èrò ọkàn wọn, sọtẹ́lẹ̀ sí wọn 18wí pé, ‘Báyìí ni Olúwa Olódùmarè wí: Ègbé ni fún ẹ̀yin obìnrin tí ẹ ń rán ìfúnpá òògùn sí ìgbọ̀nwọ́ àwọn ènìyàn, tí ẹ ń ṣe ìbòjú oríṣìíríṣìí fún orí oníkálùkù ènìyàn láti ṣọdẹ ọkàn wọn: Ẹ̀yin yóò wa dẹkùn fún ọkàn àwọn ènìyàn mi bí? Ẹ̀yin yóò sì gba ọkàn ti ó tọ̀ yín wá là bí? 19Nítorí ẹ̀kúnwọ́ ọkà barle àti òkèlè oúnjẹ. Ẹ ti pa àwọn tí kò yẹ kí ẹ pa, ẹ sì fi àwọn tí kò yẹ kó wà láààyè sílẹ̀ nípa irọ́ tí ẹ ń pa fún àwọn ènìyàn mi, èyí tí àwọn náà ń fetí sí.
20“ ‘Nítorí náà, báyìí ni Olúwa Olódùmarè wí: Mo lòdì sí ìfúnpá òògùn tí ẹ fi ń ṣọdẹ ọkàn ènìyàn káàkiri bí ẹyẹ, Èmi yóò ya á kúrò lápá yín; Èmi yóò sì dá ọkàn àwọn ènìyàn tí ẹ ń ṣọdẹ sílẹ̀. 21Èmi yóò ya àwọn ìbòjú yín, láti gba àwọn ènìyàn mi lọ́wọ́ yín, wọn kò sì ní jẹ́ ìjẹ fún yín mọ́. Nígbà náà ni ẹ̀yin yóò mọ̀ pé Èmi ni Olúwa. 22Nítorí pé ẹ̀yin ti ba ọkàn àwọn olódodo jẹ́ pẹ̀lú irọ́ yín, nígbà tí Èmi kò mú ìbànújẹ́ bá wọn, àti nítorí ẹ̀yin ti mú ọkàn àwọn ènìyàn búburú le, kí wọ́n má ba à kúrò nínú ọ̀nà ibi wọn dé bi tí wọn yóò fi gba ẹ̀mí wọn là, 23nítorí èyí, ẹ̀yin kò ní í ríran èké, ẹ̀yin kò sì ní fọ àfọ̀ṣẹ mọ́. Èmi yóò gba àwọn ènìyàn mi lọ́wọ́ yín. Ẹ̀yin yóò sì mọ̀ pé, Èmi ni Olúwa.’ ”
