इजकिएल 7
1 तब परमप्रभुको सन्देश मकहाँ आयो।
2 उहाँले भन्नुभयो, “हे मानिसको छोरा, अब परमप्रभु मेरो मालिकको सन्देश यस प्रकार छ। यो सन्देश इस्राएल देशको निम्ति होअन्त्य! अन्त्य आइरहेको छ। सारा देश नष्ट हुनेछ।
3 अब तिम्रो अन्त्य आएको छ। म देखाउँने छु कि म तिमीहरू प्रति कति क्रोधित छु। म तिमीलाई त्यो नराम्रो कर्मका निम्ति दण्ड दिनेछु जुन तिमीले गरेका छौ। तिमीले जुन डरलाग्दो काम गरेका छौ म तिमीलाई त्यसको दण्ड तिराउँने छु।
4 म तिमीहरूलाई दया देखाउने छँईन म तिमीहरू प्रति टिठाउँने छैन। म तिमीहरूलाई तिमीहरूको नराम्रो कामको निम्ति दण्ड दिने छु। तिमीहरूले डरलाग्दो काम गरेका छौ। अब तिमीले बुझ्नेछौ म नै परमप्रभु हुँ।”
5 परमप्रभु मेरा मालिकले यी कुराहरू भन्नुभयो, “एक पछि अर्को गर्दै आपत आउँनेछ।
6 अन्त आइरहेछ अनि यो एकदमै छिटो आउनेछ।
7 तिमी इस्राएलका मानिसहरू, के तिमीहरूले चेताउनीको ध्वनी सुनिरहेकोछौ? शत्रुहरू आउँदैछन्। त्यो दण्डको समय चाँढै आउँदैछ। शत्रुहरूको खैलाबैला झन चर्को हुँदै पर्वतमाथि पुग्दैछ।
8 म चाँडै नै देखाउँनेछु कि म कति क्रोधित छु। म तिम्रो विरूद्ध मेरो सारा क्रोध प्रकट गर्नेछु। म ती नराम्रो कामको निम्ति दण्ड दिनेछु जुन तिमीले गरेकाछौ। तिमीलाई तिमीले गरेको डरलाग्दो कार्यको निम्ति ज्याला दिन लगाउनेछु।
9 म तिमीहरूप्रति अलिकति पनि दया देखाउने छैन। म तिमीलाई छोडने छैन। तिमीहरूको नराम्रो कामको निम्ति तिमीलाई दण्ड दिँदैछु। तिमीहरूले जुन डरलाग्दो काम गरेकाछौ, अब तिमीले थाहा पाउने छौ म नै परमप्रभु हुँ।
10 “दण्डको त्यो समय आई पुग्यो। दण्ड फूलहरू फूल्न शुरू भए जस्तै शुरू हुनेछ; के तिमीले चेताउनीको ध्वनी सुन्दैछौ? परमेश्वरले संकेत दिनु भएकोछ। फूल फूल्नु लागे झैं दण्ड आरम्भ हुँदैछ। घमण्डी राजा नबूकदनेस्सर तयार छ।
11 त्यो हिंस्रक मानिस दुष्ट मानिसहरूलाई दण्ड दिन तयारी भइरहेको छ। ऊ तिनीहरू मध्येको एकजना होइन। ऊ तिनीहरूको भीडबाट एक जना होइन। ऊ तिनीहरूको सन्तान मध्येको पनि एक होइन। ऊ तिनीहरूको अगुवाहरू मध्यको पनि होइन।
12 “दण्डको समय आई पुगेको छ। त्यो दिन आई पुग्यो। जसले ती चीजहरू किन्छन, तिनीहरू खुशी नहुन्। ती जो खिन्न चीजहरू बेच्छन तिनीहरू पनि खुशी नहुन। किनभने डरलाग्दा दण्ड प्रत्येक मानिसमाथि आउँनेछ।
13 मानिस जसले उसको सम्पत्ति बेच्छ यो उसले फिर्ता पाउने छैन। यद्यपि मानिस जीवित रहेता पनि उसले उसको सम्पत्ति फिर्ता पाउँने छैन। किनभने यो दर्शन सम्पूर्ण समूहका मानिसहरूका निम्ति हो। यसलाई फिर्ता लिन सक्तैन। प्रत्येक मानिसले उसको पापहरूको कारण उसको ज्यान सम्म बचाउनु सक्तैन।
14 “तिनीहरूले मानिसहरूलाई चेताउनी दिन तुरही बजाउने छन्। मानिसहरू युद्ध गर्नको निम्ति तयार रहन्छन्। तर तिनीहरू युद्ध गर्न निस्कने छैनन्। किनभने तिनीहरू सबैसित अत्यनतै क्रोधित छु।
15 तरवार लिएर शत्रुहरू शहरको बाहिर छन्। रोग अनि भोक शहर भित्र छ। यदि कोही पनि शत्रुको मैदानमा गयो भने शत्रुको सेनाले त्यसलाई मार्नेछ। यदि उ शहरमा बस्यो भने रोग र भोकले उसलाई नष्ट पार्नेछ।
16 “तर कति मानिसहरू बाँचेर निस्कने छन्। ती बाँचेका मानिसहरू भागेर पहाडमाथि जानेछन्। तर तिनीहरू सुखी हुने छैनन्। तिनीहरू आफ्नो पापले गर्दा दुखी हुनेछन्। तिनीहरू चिच्याउने छन् अनि ढुकुरले जस्तै दुखले भरिएको आवाज निकाल्नेछन्।
17 मानिसहरू यति थकित र खिन्न हुनेछन् कि तिनीहरू आफ्नो हात पनि उठाउँनु सक्ने छैनन्। तिनीहरूको खुट्टा पानी जस्तै हुनेछ।
18 तिनीहरूले भाङ्गरा लगाउँने छन् अनि डरले काम्ने छन्। तिमीहरू प्रत्येकको अनुहारमा लाज देख्ने छौ। तिनीहरूले शोक देखाउनको निम्ति आफ्नो टाउको खौराउँने छन्।
19 तिनीहरूले तिनीहरूको चाँदीको मूर्तिहरू सडकमा फ्याँकिदिने छन्। तिनीहरूको आफ्नो सुनको मूर्तिहरू अशुद्ध चीज जस्तै हुनेछन्। किन? किनकि जब परमप्रभुले क्रोध प्रकट गर्नु भयो त्यति बेला मूर्तिहरूले तिनीहरूलाई बचाउँन सकेन्। ती मूर्तिहरू मानिसका निम्ति पतनको जाल अतिरिक्त अरू थिएनन्। ती मूर्तिहरूले मानिसहरूलाई खाने कुरा दिन सकेनन्। ती मूर्तिहरूले तिनीहरूको पेटमा अन्न पुर्याएनन्।
20 “ती मानिसहरूले तिनीहरूको सुन्दर गहना उपयोग गरेर मूर्ति बनाए। तिनीहरूले त्यो मूर्तिमाथि घमण्ड गरे। तिनीहरूले तिनीहरूको डरलाग्दो मूर्तिहरू बनाए। तिनीहरूले अपवित्र चीजहरूको बनाए। त्यसकारण म तिनीहरूलाई अशुद्ध चीज जस्तै फ्याँकिदिनेछु।
21 म तिनीहरूलाई विदेशीहरूको हातमा छोडिदिनेछु। ती विदेशीहरूले तिनीहरूको हाँसो उडाउनेछन्। ती विदेशीहरूले तिनीहरू मध्ये कतिलाई मार्नेछन अनि कतिलाई बन्दी बनाउँनेछन्।
22 म आफ्नो अनुहार तिनीहरूदेखि फर्काउनेछु तिनीहरूलाई हेर्नेछैन्। ती विदेशीहरूले मेरो मन्दिर भत्काउनेछन् तिनीहरू त्यो पवित्र भवनको गुप्त भागमा जान्छन् अनि त्यसलाई अपवित्र बनाउँनेछन्।
23 “कैदीहरूकानिम्ति साङ्गली तयार पार! किन? किनभने धेरै मानिसहरूलाई अरू मानिसहरू मारेको खातिर दण्ड दिनेछ। त्यहाँ शहरका प्रत्येक ठाउँहरूमा अत्याचार फैलिने छ।
24 म अरू देशहरूबाट दुष्ट मानिसहरू ल्याउँनेछु। अनि ती दुष्ट मानिसहरूले सबै इस्राएलका मानिसहरूका घरहरू पाउँनेछन्। म सबै शक्तिशाली मानिसहरूलाई घमण्डी हुनुबाट रोक्नेछु। अरू देशहरूका ती मानिसहरूले तिमीहरूको पूजा गर्ने सबै स्थानहरू लिनेछन्।
25 “तिमीहरू मानिसको डरले काम्ने छौ। तिमीहरू शान्ति खोज्नेछौ तर त्यहाँ पाउँने छैनौं।
26 तिमीले एक पछि एक गर्दै दुखको कथा सुन्ने छौ। तिमीले नराम्रो खबर बाहेक अरू केही सुन्ने छैनौ। तिमीले अगमवक्ताको खोजी गरेर दर्शन सोध्नेछौ, तर तिमीहरूले केही पनि पाउने छैनौ। पूजाहारीसँग तिमीहरूलाई दिने व्यवस्थाको शिक्षा केही पनि हुने छैन अनि बूढा-प्रधानहरूसँग तिमीलाई दिने राम्रो सल्लाह हुनेछैन।
27 तिमीहरूको राजा तिनीहरूको निम्ति रूनेछन् जो मरिसकेको छ। अगुवाहरूले शोक वस्त्र लगाउने छन्। साधरण मानिसहरू अत्यन्तै डराउँनेछन्। किन? किनकि म त्यसको बदला लिन्छु जुन तिनीहरूले गरेका छन्। म तिनीहरूलाई निश्चय दण्ड दिनेछु। त्यति बेला तिनीहरूले सम्झने छन् कि म नै परमप्रभु हुँ।”
1 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
2 Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord God unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land.
3 Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all thine abominations.
4 And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
5 Thus saith the Lord God; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come.
6 An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come.
7 The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of the mountains.
8 Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine anger upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense thee for all thine abominations.
9 And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the Lord that smiteth.
10 Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.
11 Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of theirs: neither shall there be wailing for them.
12 The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
13 For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.
14 They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none goeth to the battle: for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
15 The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.
16 But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.
17 All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.
18 They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
20 As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.
21 And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it.
22 My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it.
23 Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
24 Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled.
25 Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.
26 Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.
27 The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I am the Lord.
1 And the child Samuel ministered unto the Lord before Eli. And the word of the Lord was precious in those days; there was no open vision.
2 And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see;
3 And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep;
4 That the Lord called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I.
5 And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down.
6 And the Lord called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again.
7 Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, neither was the word of the Lord yet revealed unto him.
8 And the Lord called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the Lord had called the child.
9 Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, Lord; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
10 And the Lord came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth.
11 And the Lord said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.
12 In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.
13 For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
14 And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever.
15 And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the Lord. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.
16 Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here am I.
17 And he said, What is the thing that the Lord hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee.
18 And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the Lord: let him do what seemeth him good.
19 And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.
20 And all Israel from Dan even to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the Lord.
21 And the Lord appeared again in Shiloh: for the Lord revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the Lord.