Ndjambi ma vere ovakarere vovisenginina
1 Ovanane tjiva vOvaisrael ve ya okundjipura ombango ya Muhona. 2 Okuzambo Muhona wa hungira ku ami a tja: 3 “Muatje womundu, ovandu mba va yandja omitima vyawo koomukuru vovisenginina, nu ve yandjera kutja oomukuru mba ve ve pukisire kouvi. Nu nambano mave ripura kutja ami meve pe eziriro.
4 “Nambano hungira na wo nu u ve raere imbi ami, ngu mbi ri Muhona Ndjambi, mbi me hungire: Omuisrael auhe ngwe riyandja koomukuru vovisenginina nu ngu yandjera kutja ve mu pukisire kouvi, nu tjazumba ngu yekupura komuprofete worive, Omuisrael ngwi ma pewa eziriro i ami, eziriro oomukuru ve ovengi vovisenginina ndi ve sokupewa. 5 Oomukuru avehe vovisenginina mbo va pukisa Ovaisrael kutja ve poke ku ami; nungwari ami me undju okuvekotora ku ami neziriro randje.
6 “Nambano raera Ovaisrael imbi ami, ngu mbi ri Muhona Ndjambi, mbi me hungire ku wo: Ritanaureye nu mu ise oomukuru veṋu ovayaukise vovisenginina.
7 “Aruhe Omuisrael umwe poo owozonganda ngwa tura mokati kOvaisrael tja poka ku ami nu e rikotamene koomukuru vovisenginina, nu tjazumba a kapura komuprofete worive, ami, ngu mbi ri Muhona, me mu pe eziriro! 8 Ami me mu sekamene. Nu me mu tjiti kutja a rire otjihorera tjomaronga. Ami me mu kondo kotjiwaṋa tjandje kokutja mu tjiwe kutja owami ngu mbi ri Muhona.
9 “Omuprofete worive tja wovisiwa kokutja a yandje eziriro roposyo okutja nao owami, Muhona, ngu mbe mu wovisa. Ami me mu kondo kotjiwaṋa tja Israel. 10 Omuprofete na ingwi ngu me mu pura, aveyevari mba mave munu omberero tjingeyo. 11 Ami me tjiti nai okutjaera Ovaisrael kutja ave he ndji esa, nokutja ave he riyamburura oveni nomauvi wawo. Owo mave rire otjiwaṋa tjandje, nami me rire Ndjambi wawo.” Muhona Ndjambi ongwa hungire.
Noa na Daniel na Job
12 Muhona wa hungira ku ami a tja: 13 “Muatje womundu ehi rorive tji ra tura ondjo nu ari ha kara nouṱakame mu ami, ami me roporora eke randje nu e nyono ovikurya mbya hapa mehi ndo, me hindi ondjara nu e yandeke ovandu novinamuinyo wina. 14 Nangarire kutja ovarumendu vetatu mbo oo Noa na Daniel na Job andakuzu va turire mo ousemba wawo itjau yama ominyo vyawo porwavyo.” Muhona Ndjambi wa hungire.
15 “Rumwe mape ya ami e hindi ovipuka vyokuti okuzepa ovandu amavi tjiti ehi okurira ongaango, nga tji pe hi nomundu ngu ma sora okutuurunga ro, 16 nu nangarire kutja ovarumendu vetatu mbo andakuzu va turire mu ro, tjiri, ami, ngu mbi ri Muhona Ndjambi, otja ngu mbi ri Ndjambi omunamuinyo, katjave sora okuyama nangarire ovanatje vawo oveni. Owo atjave yama ominyo vyawo oveni porwavyo, nehi itjari rira okuti ongaango.
17 “Rumwe mape ya ami e eta ovita mehi ndo ne hindi ovirwise ovinyone okuyandeka ovandu novinamuinyo wina, 18 nu nandarire kutja ovarumendu vetatu mbo andakuzu va turire mu ro, tjiri, ami, ngu mbi ri Muhona Ndjambi, otja ngu mbi ri Ndjambi omunamuinyo, katjave sora okuyama nandarire ovanatje vawo oveni, nungwari atjave yama ominyo vyawo oveni porwavyo.
19 “Rumwe mape ya e hindi omutjise kehi ndo, nu momazenge wandje e zepa ominyo omingi, ovandu novinamuinyo wina, 20 nu nandarire kutja Noa na Daniel na Job andakuzu va turire mu ro, tjiri, ami, ngu mbi ri Muhona Ndjambi, otja ngu mbi ri Ndjambi omunamuinyo, katjave sora okuyama nangarire ovanatje vawo oveni. Ousemba wawo itjau yama ominyo vyawo oveni porwavyo.”
21 Muhona Ndjambi ma tja nai: “Ami me hindire Jerusalem ozomberero zandje ine inḓa ozombi tjinene, okutja ovita nondjara, novipuka vyokuti nomutjise omuzeu okuyandeka na vyo ovandu novinamuinyo wina. 22 Tji pena tjiva mba hupu po nave taurisa ovanatje vawo, tareye ku wo tji mave ya ku eṋe. Tareye kozongaro na kozondjito zawo ozombi, notji mamu rimwine oveni kutja ozomberero nḓu mba eta kOjerusalem ze ri osemba. 23 Notji mamu tjiwa kutja mba ri nomeripuriro omasemba, indu tji mba tjita oviṋa avihe mbi.” Muhona Ndjambi ongwa hungire.
Ezekiel Encourages the People To Turn Back to the Lord
1 One day, some of Israel's leaders came to me and asked for a message from the Lord. 2 While they were there, the Lord said:
3 Ezekiel, son of man, these men have started worshiping idols, though they know it will cause them to sin even more. So I refuse to give them a message!
4 Tell the people of Israel that if they sin by worshiping idols and then go to a prophet to find out what I say, I will give them the answer their sins deserve. 5 When they hear my message, maybe they will see that they need to turn back to me and stop worshiping those idols.
6 Now, Ezekiel, tell everyone in Israel:
I am the Lord God. Stop worshiping those idols I hate so much and come back to me.
7 Suppose one of you Israelites or a foreigner living in Israel rejects me and starts worshiping idols. If you then go to a prophet to find out what I say, I will answer 8 by turning against you. I will make you a warning to anyone who might think of doing the same thing, and you will no longer belong to my people. Then you will know that I am the Lord and that you have sinned against me.
9 If a prophet gives a false message, I am the one who caused that prophet to lie. But I will still reject him and cut him off from my people, 10 and anyone who goes to that prophet for a message will be punished in the same way. 11 I will do this, so that you will come back to me and stop destroying yourselves with these disgusting sins. So turn back to me! Then I will be your God, and you will be my people. I, the Lord God, make this promise.
Judgment on a Sinful Nation
12 The Lord God said:
13 Ezekiel, son of man, suppose an entire nation sins against me, and I punish it by destroying the crops and letting its people and livestock starve to death. 14 Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were living in that nation, their faithfulness would not save anyone but themselves.
15 Or suppose I punish a nation by sending wild animals to eat people and scare away every passerby, so that the land becomes a barren desert. 16 As surely as I live, I promise that even if these three men lived in that nation, their own children would not be spared. The three men would live, but the land would be an empty desert.
17 Or suppose I send an enemy to attack a sinful nation and kill its people and livestock. 18 If these three men were in that nation when I punished it, not even their children would be spared. Only the three men would live.
19 And suppose I am so angry that I send a deadly disease to wipe out the people and livestock of a sinful nation. 20 Again, even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were living there, I, the Lord, promise that the children of these faithful men would also die. Only the three of them would be spared.
21 I am the Lord God, and I promise to punish Jerusalem severely. I will send war, starvation, wild animals, and deadly disease to slaughter its people and livestock. 22 And those who survive will be taken from their country and led here to Babylonia. Ezekiel, when you see how sinful they are, you will know why I did all these things to Jerusalem. 23 You will be convinced that I, the Lord God, was right in doing what I did.
