Ìbọ̀rìṣà nínú ilé Olúwa
1Ní ọjọ́ karùn-ún, oṣù kẹfà ọdún kẹfà bí mo ṣe jókòó nílé mi pẹ̀lú àwọn àgbàgbà Juda níwájú mi, ọwọ́ Olúwa Olódùmarè bà lé mi níbẹ̀. 2Nígbà tí mo wò, mo rí ohun kan tí ó jọ ènìyàn. Láti ibi ìbàdí rẹ lọ sísàlẹ̀ dàbí iná, láti ibi ìbàdí yìí sókè sì mọ́lẹ̀ bí idẹ tó ń kọ mọ̀nà. 3Ó na ohun tó dàbí ọwọ́ jáde, ó fi gba mi ní irun orí mú, Ẹ̀mí sì gbé mi sókè sí agbede-méjì ayé àti ọ̀run, ó sì mú mi lọ rí ìran Ọlọ́run, mo sì lọ sí Jerusalẹmu, ṣí ìlẹ̀kùn ẹnu-ọ̀nà òde àríwá níbi tí ère owú tí ó ń mú ni bínú wá níwájú mi, 4Sì kíyèsi i, ògo Ọlọ́run Israẹli wà níbẹ̀, gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìran ti mo rí ni pẹ̀tẹ́lẹ̀.
5Ó sì sọ fún mi pé, “Ọmọ ènìyàn, gbójú sókè sí ìhà àríwá.” Èmi náà sì gbójú sókè sí ìhà àríwá mo sì rí ère tí ó ń mú ni jowú ní ẹnu-ọ̀nà ibi pẹpẹ.
6Ó sì wí fún mi pé, “Ọmọ ènìyàn, ṣé o rí ohun tí wọ́n ń ṣe ohun ìríra ńlá tí ilé Israẹli ń ṣe, láti lé mi jìnnà réré sí ibi mímọ́ mi? Ṣùgbọ́n ìwọ yóò tún rí àwọn ìríra ńlá tó tóbi jù èyí lọ.”
7Ó mú mi wá sí ẹnu-ọ̀nà àgbàlá. Mo wò ó, mo sì rí ihò kan lẹ́gbẹ̀ẹ́ ògiri. 8Nígbà náà ló sọ fún mi pé, “Ọmọ ènìyàn, gbẹ́ inú ògiri náà,” Nígbà tí mo sì gbẹ́ inú ògiri, mo rí ìlẹ̀kùn kan.
9Ó sì wí fún mi pé, “Wọlé kí ìwọ kí ó rí ohun ìríra búburú tí wọ́n ń ṣe níbẹ̀.” 10Mo wọlé, mo sì rí àwòrán oríṣìíríṣìí ẹranko tí ń fà nílẹ̀ àti àwọn ẹranko ìríra àti gbogbo òrìṣà ilẹ̀ Israẹli tí wọ́n yà sára ògiri. 11Níwájú wọn ni àádọ́rin (70) ọkùnrin tó jẹ́ àgbàgbà ilé Israẹli dúró sí, Jaaṣaniah ọmọ Ṣafani sì dúró sí àárín wọn. Ọ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan wọn sì mú àwo tùràrí lọ́wọ́, òórùn sì ń tú jáde.
12Ó sọ fún mi pé, “Ọmọ ènìyàn, ṣé o ti rí ohun tí àwọn àgbàgbà ilé Israẹli ń ṣe nínú òkùnkùn, olúkúlùkù ní yàrá òrìṣà rẹ̀? Wọ́n ní, ‘Olúwa kò rí wa; Olúwa ti kọ̀ ilé náà sílẹ̀.’ ” 13Ó tún sọ fún mi pé, “Ìwọ yóò rí wọn tí wọ́n ń ṣe àwọn ohun ìríra tó burú jù bẹ́ẹ̀ lọ.”
14Ó mú mi wá sí ẹnu-ọ̀nà ilé Olúwa tó wà ní ìhà àríwá, mo sì rí àwọn obìnrin tó jókòó, tí wọ́n sí ẹnu-ọ̀nà ilé Olúwa tó wà ní ìhà àríwá, mo sì rí àwọn obìnrin tó jókòó, tí wọ́n sì ń ṣọ̀fọ̀ fún Tamusi. 15Ó sọ fún mi pé, “Ṣé ìwọ rí báyìí, ọmọ ènìyàn? Ìwọ yóò tún rí ìríra tó ga jù èyí lọ.”
16Ó mú mi wá sí ibi àgbàlá ilé Olúwa, ní ẹnu-ọ̀nà tẹmpili Olúwa, wọn kọjú sí ìlà-oòrùn, wọ́n sì ń foríbalẹ̀ fún oòrùn ní apá ìlà-oòrùn.
17Ó sì wí fún mi, “Ṣé ìwọ ti rí èyí ọmọ ènìyàn? Ǹjẹ́ ohun kékeré ni fún ilé Juda láti ṣe àwọn ohun ìríra tí wọn ń ṣe níbi yìí? Ṣé o tún yẹ kí wọ́n fi ìwà ipá kún ilẹ̀ kí wọn sì máa mú mi bínú ní gbogbo ìgbà? Wò wọn bi wọn ṣe n fi ẹ̀ka wọn sínú inú wọn. 18Nítorí náà, èmi yóò fi ìbínú bá wọn wí; èmi kò ní i dá wọn sí bẹ́ẹ̀ ni èmi kò sì ní fojú àánú wò wọ́n. Bí wọ́n tilẹ̀ ń pariwo sí mi létí, èmi kò ní fetí sí wọn.”
Idolatry in the Temple
1In the sixth year, in the sixth month on the fifth day, while I was sitting in my house and the elders of Judah were sitting before me, the hand of the Sovereign Lord came on me there. 2I looked, and I saw a figure like that of a man.8:2 Or saw a fiery figure From what appeared to be his waist down he was like fire, and from there up his appearance was as bright as glowing metal. 3He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. The Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and in visions of God he took me to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the idol that provokes to jealousy stood. 4And there before me was the glory of the God of Israel, as in the vision I had seen in the plain.
5Then he said to me, “Son of man, look toward the north.” So I looked, and in the entrance north of the gate of the altar I saw this idol of jealousy.
6And he said to me, “Son of man, do you see what they are doing—the utterly detestable things the Israelites are doing here, things that will drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see things that are even more detestable.”
7Then he brought me to the entrance to the court. I looked, and I saw a hole in the wall. 8He said to me, “Son of man, now dig into the wall.” So I dug into the wall and saw a doorway there.
9And he said to me, “Go in and see the wicked and detestable things they are doing here.” 10So I went in and looked, and I saw portrayed all over the walls all kinds of crawling things and unclean animals and all the idols of Israel. 11In front of them stood seventy elders of Israel, and Jaazaniah son of Shaphan was standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising.
12He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? They say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has forsaken the land.’ ” 13Again, he said, “You will see them doing things that are even more detestable.”
14Then he brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the house of the Lord, and I saw women sitting there, mourning the god Tammuz. 15He said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? You will see things that are even more detestable than this.”
16He then brought me into the inner court of the house of the Lord, and there at the entrance to the temple, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men. With their backs toward the temple of the Lord and their faces toward the east, they were bowing down to the sun in the east.
17He said to me, “Have you seen this, son of man? Is it a trivial matter for the people of Judah to do the detestable things they are doing here? Must they also fill the land with violence and continually arouse my anger? Look at them putting the branch to their nose! 18Therefore I will deal with them in anger; I will not look on them with pity or spare them. Although they shout in my ears, I will not listen to them.”
