Ezekiel 24
1 नवें वर्ष के दसवें महीने के दसवें दिन को, यहोवा का यह वचन मेरे पास पहुंचा,
2 हे मनुष्य के सन्तान, आज का दिन लिख रख, क्योंकि आज ही के दिन बाबुल के राजा ने यरूशलेम आ घेरा है।
3 और इस बलवई घराने से यह दृष्टान्त कह, प्रभु यहोवा कहता है, हण्डे को आग पर धर दो; उसे धरकर उस में पानी डाल दो;
4 तब उस में जांघ, कन्धा और सब अच्छे अच्छे टुकड़े बटोर कर रखो; और उसे उत्तम उत्तम हड्डियों से भर दो।
5 झुंड में से सब से अच्छे पशु ले कर उन हड्डियों को हण्डे के नीचे ढेर करो; और उन को भली-भांति पकाओ ताकि भीतर ही हड्डियां भी पक जाएं।
6 इसलिये प्रभु यहोवा यों कहता है, हाय, उस हत्यारी नगरी पर! हाय उस हण्डे पर! जिसका मोर्चा उस में बना है और छूटा नहीं; उस में से टुकड़ा टुकड़ा कर के निकाल लो, उस पर चिट्ठी न डाली जाए।
7 क्योंकि उस नगरी में किया हुआ खून उस में है; उसने उसे भूमि पर डाल कर धूलि से नहीं ढांपा, परन्तु नंगी चट्टान पर रख दिया।
8 इसलिये मैं ने भी उसका खून नंगी चट्टान पर रखा है कि वह ढंप न सके और कि बदला लेने को जलजलाहट भड़के।
9 प्रभु यहोवा यों कहता है, हाय, उस खूनी नगरी पर! मैं भी ढेर को बड़ा करूंगा।
10 और अधिक लकड़ी डाल, आग को बहुत तेज कर, मांस को भली भांति पका और मसाला मिला, और हड्डियां भी जला दो।
11 तब हण्डे को छूछा कर के अंगारों पर रख जिस से वह गर्म हो और उसका पीतल जले और उस में का मैल गले, और उसका मोर्चा नष्ट हो जाए।
12 मैं उसके कारण परिश्रम करते करते थक गया, परन्तु उसका भारी मोर्चा उस से छूटता नहीं, उसका मोर्चा आग के द्वारा भी नहीं छूटता।
13 हे नगरी तेरी अशुद्धता महापाप की है। मैं तो तुझे शुद्ध करना चाहता था, परन्तु तू शुद्ध नहीं हुई, इस कारण जब तक मैं अपनी जलजलाहट तुझ पर शान्त न कर लूं, तब तक तू फिर शुद्ध न की जाएगी।
14 मुझ यहोवा ही ने यह कहा है; और वह हो जाएगा, मैं ऐसा ही करूंगा, मैं तुझे न छोड़ूंगा, न तुझ पर तरस खऊंगा न पछताऊंगा; तेरे चालचलन और कामों ही के अनुसार तेरा न्याय किया जाएगा, प्रभु यहोवा की यही वाणी है।
15 यहोवा का यह भी वचन मेरे पास पहुंचा,
16 हे मनुष्य के सन्तान, देख, मैं तेरी आंखों की प्रिय को मार कर तेरे पास से ले लेने पर हूँ; परन्तु न तू रोना-पीटना और न आंसू बहाना।
17 लम्बी सांसें ले तो ले, परन्तु वे सुनाईं न पड़ें; मरे हुओं के लिये भी विलाप न करना। सिर पर पगड़ी बान्धे और पांवों में जूती पहने रहना; और न तो अपने होंठ को ढांपना न शोक के योग्य रोटी खाना।
18 तब मैं सवेरे लोगों से बोला, और सांझ को मेरी स्त्री मर गई। और बिहान को मैं ने आज्ञा के अनुसार किया।
19 तब लोग मुझ से कहने लगे, क्या तू हमें न बताएगा कि यह जो तू करता है, इसका हम लोगों के लिये क्या अर्थ है?
20 मैं ने उन को उत्तर दिया, यहोवा का यह वचन मेरे पास पहुंचा,
21 तू इस्राएल के घराने से कह, प्रभु यहोवा यों कहता है, देखो, मैं अपने पवित्र स्थान को जिसके गढ़ होने पर तुम फूलते हो, और जो तम्हारी आंखों का चाहा हुआ है, और जिस को तुम्हारा मन चाहता है, उसे मैं अपवित्र करने पर हूं; और अपने जिन बेटे-बेटियों को तुम वहां छोड़ आए हो, वे तलवार से मारे जाएंगे।
22 और जैसा मैं ने किया है वैसा ही तुम लोग करोगे, तुम भी अपने होंठ न ढांपोगे, न शोक के योग्य रोटी खाओगे।
23 तूम सिर पर पगड़ी बान्धे और पांवों में जूती पहिने रहोगे, न तुम रोओगे, न छाती पीटोगे, वरन अपने अधर्म के कामों में फंसे हुए गलते जाओगे और एक दूसरे की ओर कराहते रहोगे।
24 इस रीति यहोजकेल तुम्हारे लिये चिन्ह ठहरेगा; जैसा उसने किया, ठीक वैसा ही तुम भी करोगे। और जब यह हो जाए, तब तुम जान लोगे कि मैं परमेश्वर यहोवा हूँ।
25 और हे मनुष्य के सन्तान, क्या यह सच नहीं, कि जिस दिन मैं उनका दृढ़ गढ़, उनकी शोभा, और हर्ष का कारण, और उनके बेटे-बेटियां जो उनकी शोभा, उनकी आंखों का आनन्द, और मन की चाह हैं, उन को मैं उन से ले लूंगा,
26 उसी दिन जो भाग कर बचेगा, वह तेरे पास आकर तुझे समाचार सुनाएगा।
27 उसी दिन तेरा मुंह खुलेगा, और तू फिर चुप न रहेगा परन्तु उस बचे हुए के साथ बातें करेगा। सो तू इन लोगों के लिये चिन्ह ठहरेगा; और ये जान लेंगे कि मैं यहोवा हूँ।
1 Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this same day: the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day.
3 And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it:
4 Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.
5 Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein.
6 Wherefore thus saith the Lord God; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.
7 For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;
8 That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.
9 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great.
10 Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.
11 Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed.
12 She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.
13 In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee.
14 I the Lord have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord God.
15 Also the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
16 Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.
17 Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.
18 So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.
19 And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so?
20 Then I answered them, The word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
21 Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword.
22 And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.
23 And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another.
24 Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all that he hath done shall ye do: and when this cometh, ye shall know that I am the Lord God.
25 Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their daughters,
26 That he that escapeth in that day shall come unto thee, to cause thee to hear it with thine ears?
27 In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb: and thou shalt be a sign unto them; and they shall know that I am the Lord.
1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to prove him with hard questions.
2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
3 And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not.
4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon’s wisdom, and the house that he had built,
5 And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the Lord; there was no more spirit in her.
6 And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.
7 Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.
8 Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.
9 Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the Lord loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.
10 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
11 And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.
12 And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the Lord, and for the king’s house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.
13 And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.
14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,
15 Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.
16 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target.
17 And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
18 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.
19 The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.
20 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.
21 And all king Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
22 For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
23 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.
24 And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
25 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
26 And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.
27 And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the vale, for abundance.
28 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
29 And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.