Malapit na ang Katapusan ng Israel
1Sinabi sa akin ng Panginoon, 2“Anak ng tao, ako, ang Panginoong Dios, ay nagsasabi sa bansang Israel, ‘Ito na ang katapusan ng buong lupain ng Israel. 3Katapusan na ninyo, dahil ipadarama ko na ang galit ko. Hahatulan ko kayo ayon sa pamumuhay ninyo at pagbabayarin ko na kayo ayon sa lahat ng kasuklam-suklam na ginawa ninyo. 4Hindi ko na kayo kahahabagan. Hahatulan ko kayo sa inyong pamumuhay at sa inyong kasuklam-suklam na ginawa, para malaman ninyo na ako ang Panginoon.’
5“Ako, ang Panginoong Dios, ay nagsasabi: Darating sa inyo ang sunod-sunod na kapahamakan. 6Ito na ang wakas! Ang katapusan ninyo, 7kayong mga nakatira sa lupain ng Israel. Dumating na sa inyo ang kapahamakan. Malapit na ang oras na magkakagulo kayo. Tapos na ang maliligayang araw ninyo sa mga kabundukan. 8Hindi magtatagal at ipadarama ko na sa inyo ang matindi kong galit. Hahatulan ko kayo ayon sa pamumuhay ninyo, at pagbabayarin ko kayo sa mga kasuklam-suklam na ginawa ninyo. 9Hindi ko kayo kahahabagan. Pagbabayarin ko kayo ayon sa inyong pamumuhay at sa mga kasuklam-suklam na ginawa ninyo. At ditoʼy malalaman ninyong ako, ang Panginoon, ang nagparusa sa inyo.
10“Malapit na ang araw ng pagpaparusa. Darating na ang kapahamakan. Sukdulan na ang kasamaan at kayabangan ng mga tao. 11Ang kalupitan nilaʼy babalik sa kanila bilang parusa sa kasamaan nila. Walang matitira sa kanila, pati ang lahat ng kayamanan nila ay mawawala. 12Oo, malapit na ang araw ng pagpaparusa. Hindi na ikatutuwa ng mga mamimili ang naitawad nila at hindi na rin malulungkot ang mga naluging nagbebenta, dahil mararanasan ng lahat ang galit ko. 13Kung may mga nagbebenta mang makakabawi, hindi na sila makakabalik sa pagtitinda dahil ang mga sinabi ko tungkol sa buong bansa ng Israel ay hindi na mababago. Hindi maililigtas ng bawat gumagawa ng kasamaan ang kanyang buhay. 14Kahit na hipan pa nila ang trumpeta para ihanda ang lahat sa pakikipaglaban, wala ring pupunta sa labanan, dahil mararanasan ng lahat ang galit ko.
15“Ang sinumang lalabas ng lungsod ay mamamatay sa digmaan. Ang mananatili naman sa loob ng lungsod ay mamamatay sa sakit at gutom. 16Ang mga makakaligtas sa kamatayan at tatakas papunta sa mga bundok ay iiyak doon na parang huni ng kalapati, dahil sa kani-kanilang kasalanan. 17Manghihina ang mga kamay nila at mangangatog ang kanilang mga tuhod. 18Magsusuot sila ng damit na sako at aahitin ang kanilang buhok para ipahayag ang kanilang pagdadalamhati. Takot at kahihiyan ang makikita sa mukha nila. 19Itatapon nila sa mga lansangan ang mga pilak at ginto nila na parang maruruming bagay. Hindi sila maililigtas ng mga ito sa araw na ipadama ko ang aking poot. Hindi rin nila ito makakain para mabusog sila dahil ito ang dahilan kung bakit sila nagkasala. 20Ipinagmamalaki nila ang mga naggagandahan nilang hiyas na siyang ginamit nila para gumawa ng mga kasuklam-suklam na dios-diosan. Kaya gagawin kong marumi ang mga bagay na ito para sa kanila. 21Ipapasamsam ko ito sa masasamang dayuhan at dudungisan nila ito. 22Pababayaan kong lapastanganin nila at nakawan ang aking templo. Papasukin at lalapastanganin ito ng mga magnanakaw.
23“Bibihagin ang aking mga mamamayan dahil puro patayan at puno ng kaguluhan ang kanilang lungsod. 24Ipakakamkam ko sa mga masasamang bansa ang mga bahay nila. Tatapusin ko ang pagmamataas ng kanilang mga makapangyarihang tao,7:24 Tatapusin … tao: o, Wawasakin ko ang matitibay nilang pader na kanilang ipinagyayabang. at ipalalapastangan ko ang mga sambahan nila. 25Darating sa kanila ang takot at maghahanap sila ng kapayapaan pero hindi nila ito matatagpuan. 26Darating sa kanila ang sunud-sunod na panganib at masasamang balita. Magtatanong sila sa mga propeta, pero wala silang matatanggap na kasagutan. Magpapaturo sila sa mga pari at hihingi ng payo sa mga tagapamahala, pero hindi sila tuturuan at papayuhan. 27Magdadalamhati ang hari at mawawalan ng pag-asa ang mga tagapamahala niya. Ang mga taoʼy manginginig sa takot. Parurusahan ko sila ayon sa kanilang pamumuhay. Hahatulan ko sila kung paano nila hinatulan ang iba. At malalaman nila na ako ang Panginoon.”
The End Has Come
1A message from the Lord came to me. The Lord said, 2“Son of man, I am the Lord and King. I say to the land of Israel, ‘The end has come! It has come on the four corners of the land. 3The end has now come for you. I will pour out my anger on you. I will judge you based on how you have lived. I will pay you back for all your evil practices. I hate them.
4“ ‘I will not feel sorry for you. I will not spare you. You can be sure that I will pay you back for how you have lived. I will judge you for your evil practices. I hate them. You will know that I am the Lord.’
5“I am the Lord and King. I say, ‘Horrible trouble is coming! No one has ever heard of anything like it. It is here!
6“ ‘The end has come! The end has come! It has stirred itself up against you. It is here! 7Death has come on you who live in the land. The time for you to be destroyed has come. The day when it will happen is near. There is no joy on your mountains. There is nothing but panic.
8“ ‘I am about to pour out all my great anger on you. I will judge you based on how you have lived. I will pay you back for all your evil practices. I hate them.
9“ ‘I will not feel sorry for you. I will not spare you. I will pay you back for how you have lived. I will judge you for your evil practices. I hate them. You will know that I am the one who strikes you down. I am the Lord.
10“ ‘The day for me to punish you is here! It is here! Death has arrived. The time is ripe for you to be judged. Your pride has grown so much that you will be destroyed. 11Your mean and harmful acts have become like a rod. I will use it to punish those who do evil. None of them will be left. None of their wealth or anything of value will remain.
12“ ‘The time has come! The day has arrived! I will soon pour out my great anger on the whole crowd of you. Do not let the buyer be happy. Do not let the seller be sad. 13The seller will not get back the land that was sold. That will be true as long as both the buyer and seller are alive.
“ ‘Ezekiel, the vision I gave you about that whole crowd will come true. They have committed many sins. So not one of them will be able to save their life. 14They have blown trumpets. They have made everything ready. But no one will go into battle. I will soon pour out my great anger on the whole crowd.
15“ ‘There is trouble everywhere. War is outside the city. Plague and hunger are inside it. Those out in the country will die in battle. Those in the city will be destroyed by hunger and plague. 16All those who escape and are left alive will run to the mountains. They will sound like doves of the valley when they cry over their sins.
17“ ‘Their hands will be powerless to help them. They will wet themselves. 18They will put on the rough clothing people wear when they’re sad. They will put on terror as if it were their clothes. Every face will be covered with shame. Every head will be shaved.
19“ ‘They will throw their silver into the streets. They will treat their gold like an “unclean” thing. Their silver and gold won’t be able to save them on the day I pour out my anger. It will not be able to satisfy their hunger. Their stomachs can’t be filled with it. Their silver and gold have tripped them up. It has made them fall into sin. 20My people were so proud of their beautiful jewelry. They used it to make statues of their evil gods. I hate those gods. So I will turn their jewelry into an “unclean” thing for them.
21“ ‘I will hand over their wealth to outsiders. I will turn it over to sinful people in other countries. They will make it “unclean.” 22I will turn my face away from my people. Robbers will make “unclean” the temple I love. They will enter it and make it “unclean.”
23“ ‘Ezekiel, get ready to put my people in chains. The land is full of murderers. They are harming one another all over Jerusalem. 24I will bring the most evil nations against them. They will take over the houses in the city. I will put an end to the pride of those who are mighty. Their holy places will be made “unclean.”
25“ ‘When terror comes, they will look for peace. But there will not be any. 26Trouble after trouble will come. One report will follow another. But they will not be true. The people will go searching for a vision from the prophets. But there will not be any. The teaching of the law by the priests will be gone. Advice from the elders will come to an end.
27“ ‘The king will be filled with sadness. The princes will lose all hope. The hands of the people of the land will tremble. I will punish them based on how they have lived. I will judge them by their own standards. Then they will know that I am the Lord.’ ”
