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Dembigii Yeruusaalem

22 Oo haddana Eraygii Rabbiga ayaa ii yimid isagoo leh, Haddaba Wiilka Aadamow, adigu ma doonaysaa inaad xukunto, ma doonaysaa inaad magaalada dhiigga qabta xukunto? Haddaba waa inaad iyada waxyaalaheeda karaahiyada ah oo dhan ogeysiisid. Oo waxaad tidhaahdaa, Sayidka Rabbiga ahu wuxuu leeyahay, Waxaad tahay magaalo dhexdeeda dhiig ku daadisa si uu wakhtigeedu u yimaado, oo sanamyo iyada u daran samaysa inay isku nijaasayso. Waxaad ku eedowday dhiiggii aad daadisay, oo waxaad ku nijaasowday sanamyadaadii aad samaysatay, oo wakhtigaagiina waad ka yeeshay inuu soo dhowaado, oo weliba cimrigaagiina wuu buuxsamay, oo sidaas daraaddeed cay baan quruumaha kaaga dhigay, oo majaajilo baan waddammada oo dhan kaaga dhigay. Taada magaceedu ba'ay ee rabshadu ka buuxdaay, kuwa kuu dhow iyo kuwa kaa foguba way kugu majaajiloon doonaan. Bal eeg, amiirrada reer binu Israa'iil ee ku dhex jooga midkood kastaaba wuxuu sidii xooggiisu ahaa ku talajiray inuu dhiig daadiyo. Dhexdaaday aabbe iyo hooyo ku fududaysteen, oo dhexdaaday shisheeyaha ku dulmeen, oo dhexdaaday agoonta iyo carmalka ku dhibeen. Waxyaalahaygii quduuska ahaa waad quudhsatay, oo sabtiyadaydiina nijaas baad ka dhigtay. Waxaa dhexdaada jooga niman xanta qaada si ay dhiig u daadiyaan, oo dhexdaada ayay buuraha wax ku cunaan, oo dhexdaada ayay shar ku sameeyaan. 10 Dhexdaada ayay cawradii aabbahood ku soo bannaan dhigaan, oo dhexdaada ayay tan xaylka qabta ku ceebeeyaan. 11 Midba wuxuu karaahiyo la sameeyaa naagtii deriskiisa, oo mid kalena wuxuu si shar ah u nijaaseeyaa gabadha uu soddogga u yahay, oo mid kalena wuxuu dhexdaada ku kufsadaa walaashiis oo ah gabadhii aabbihiis. 12 Dhexdaada ayay laaluush ku qaataan si ay dhiig u daadiyaan aawadeed, oo waxaad qaadataa korsaar iyo ribo, oo si hunguri weyn iyo dulmi ah ayaad uga faa'iidaysataa deriskaaga, oo aniga waad i illowday, ayaa Sayidka Rabbiga ahu leeyahay. 13 Haddaba bal eeg, anigu gacmahaygaan isugu dhuftaa faa'iidadaadii aad daacadla'aanta ku heshay, iyo dhiiggii lagugu dhex daadiyey. 14 Wakhtiga aan kula macaamiloon doono miyaa qalbigaagu u adkaysan karaa, miyaase gacmahaagu xoog u yeelan karaan? Aniga Rabbiga ah ayaa saas ku hadlay oo saas samayn doona. 15 Oo quruumahaan kugu dhex eryi doonaa, oo waddammadaan kugu dhex firdhin doonaa, wasakhdaadana dhexdaada waan ka baabbi'in doonaa. 16 Oo waad isku nijaasoobi doontaa iyadoo ay quruumahu indhaha ku hayaan, oo waxaad ogaan doontaa inaan anigu Rabbiga ahay.

17 Oo haddana Eraygii Rabbiga ayaa ii yimid isagoo leh, 18 Wiilka Aadamow, reer binu Israa'iil wasakh bay ii noqdeen, oo kulligood waa naxaas iyo qasacad iyo bir iyo laxaamad foornada ku dhex jira, oo xataa waa wasakhda lacagta. 19 Sidaas daraaddeed Sayidka Rabbiga ahu wuxuu leeyahay, Waxaan idinku soo ururin doonaa Yeruusaalem gudaheeda, maxaa yeelay, kulligiin wasakh baad noqoteen. 20 Sida lacag, iyo naxaas, iyo bir, iyo laxaamad, iyo qasacad loo soo ururiyo, oo foornada loogu dhex rido in dabka lagu afuufo si loo dhalaaliyo aawadeed, sidaas oo kalaan idinku soo wada ururin doonaa xanaaqayga iyo cadhadayda, oo halkaasaan idinku ridi doonaa oo aan idinku dhalaalin doonaa. 21 Hubaal waan idin soo ururin doonaa oo waxaan idinku soo afuufi doonaa dabka cadhadayda, oo idinkuna dhexdiisaad ku dhalaali doontaan. 22 Sida lacagta foornada dhexdeeda loogu dhalaaliyo ayaad dhexdeeda ugu wada dhalaali doontaan, oo waxaad ogaan doontaan in aniga Rabbiga ahu aan cadhadaydii idinku kor shubay.

23 Oo haddana Eraygii Rabbiga ayaa ii yimid isagoo leh, 24 Wiilka Aadamow, waxaad Yeruusaalem ku tidhaahdaa, Waxaad tahay dal aan la nadiifin oo aan maalinta dhirifka roob lagu soo kor dayn. 25 Shirqool bay nebiyadeedu dhexdeeda ku sameeyeen, sidii libaax ciyaya oo xoog wax ku qabsada. Nafo dad ayay baabbi'iyeen, oo waxay iska qaataan khasnad iyo waxyaalo qaali ah, oo waxay u yeeleen carmallo badan oo dhexdeeda jooga. 26 Oo wadaaddadeediina sharcigaygii si xun bay u dhaafeen, oo waxay nijaaseeyeen waxyaalahaygii quduuska ahaa. Innaba ma ay kala duwin wixii quduuska ahaa iyo wixii nijaasta ahaa, oo innaba dadka ma ay barin inay kala gartaan wixii nadiifta ahaa iyo wixii aan nadiifta ahayn, oo indhahoodana waxay ka qariyeen sabtiyadaydii, oo anigana dhexdoodaa wax nijaas ah laygaga dhigay. 27 Amiirradeeda dhex joogaa waa sida yeey xoog wax ku qabsata oo kale inay dhiig daadiyaan, iyo inay nafo dad halligaan, si ay faa'iido daacadla'aan ugu helaan aawadeed. 28 Oo nebiyadeeduna waxay ku malaaseen dhoobo aan nuurad lahayn, oo iyagoo aan Rabbigu la hadlin ayay yidhaahdaan, Sayidka Rabbiga ah ayaa saas leh, illowse waxay arkeen wax aan waxba ahayn, oo wax been ah bay iyaga ugu faaliyeen. 29 Dadkii dalku waxay ku isticmaaleen dulmi, oo wax bay dheceen, oo masaakiintii iyo saboolkii baahnaa aad bay u dhibeen, oo xataa shisheeyihii si xun bay u dulmeen. 30 Oo anigu waxaan dhexdooda ka doondoonay nin heeraarka kor u dhisa oo hortayda ku soo istaaga meesha dunsan dalka aawadiis, si aanan u baabbi'in, laakiinse midna ma aan helin. 31 Sidaas daraaddeed dhirifkaygaan ku soo shubay, oo dabkii cadhadayda ayaan ku baabbi'iyey, oo jidkoodiina madaxoodaan kaga abaalmariyey, ayaa Sayidka Rabbiga ahu leeyahay.

Judgment on Jerusalem’s Sins

22 The word of the Lord came to me:

“Son of man, will you judge her? Will you judge this city of bloodshed?(A) Then confront her with all her detestable practices(B) and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: You city that brings on herself doom by shedding blood(C) in her midst and defiles herself by making idols, you have become guilty because of the blood you have shed(D) and have become defiled by the idols you have made. You have brought your days to a close, and the end of your years has come.(E) Therefore I will make you an object of scorn(F) to the nations and a laughingstock to all the countries.(G) Those who are near and those who are far away will mock you, you infamous city, full of turmoil.(H)

“‘See how each of the princes of Israel who are in you uses his power to shed blood.(I) In you they have treated father and mother with contempt;(J) in you they have oppressed the foreigner(K) and mistreated the fatherless and the widow.(L) You have despised my holy things and desecrated my Sabbaths.(M) In you are slanderers(N) who are bent on shedding blood;(O) in you are those who eat at the mountain shrines(P) and commit lewd acts.(Q) 10 In you are those who dishonor their father’s bed;(R) in you are those who violate women during their period,(S) when they are ceremonially unclean.(T) 11 In you one man commits a detestable offense with his neighbor’s wife,(U) another shamefully defiles his daughter-in-law,(V) and another violates his sister,(W) his own father’s daughter.(X) 12 In you are people who accept bribes(Y) to shed blood; you take interest(Z) and make a profit from the poor. You extort unjust gain from your neighbors.(AA) And you have forgotten(AB) me, declares the Sovereign Lord.(AC)

13 “‘I will surely strike my hands(AD) together at the unjust gain(AE) you have made and at the blood(AF) you have shed in your midst.(AG) 14 Will your courage endure(AH) or your hands(AI) be strong in the day I deal with you? I the Lord have spoken,(AJ) and I will do it.(AK) 15 I will disperse you among the nations and scatter(AL) you through the countries; and I will put an end to(AM) your uncleanness.(AN) 16 When you have been defiled[a] in the eyes of the nations, you will know that I am the Lord.’”

17 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 18 “Son of man, the people of Israel have become dross(AO) to me; all of them are the copper, tin, iron and lead left inside a furnace.(AP) They are but the dross of silver.(AQ) 19 Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: ‘Because you have all become dross,(AR) I will gather you into Jerusalem. 20 As silver, copper, iron, lead and tin are gathered into a furnace to be melted with a fiery blast, so will I gather you in my anger and my wrath and put you inside the city and melt you.(AS) 21 I will gather you and I will blow(AT) on you with my fiery wrath, and you will be melted inside her.(AU) 22 As silver is melted(AV) in a furnace, so you will be melted inside her, and you will know that I the Lord have poured out my wrath(AW) on you.’”(AX)

23 Again the word of the Lord came to me: 24 “Son of man, say to the land, ‘You are a land that has not been cleansed or rained on in the day of wrath.’(AY) 25 There is a conspiracy(AZ) of her princes[b] within her like a roaring lion(BA) tearing its prey; they devour people,(BB) take treasures and precious things and make many widows(BC) within her. 26 Her priests do violence to my law(BD) and profane my holy things; they do not distinguish between the holy and the common;(BE) they teach that there is no difference between the unclean and the clean;(BF) and they shut their eyes to the keeping of my Sabbaths, so that I am profaned(BG) among them.(BH) 27 Her officials(BI) within her are like wolves(BJ) tearing their prey; they shed blood and kill people(BK) to make unjust gain.(BL) 28 Her prophets whitewash(BM) these deeds for them by false visions and lying divinations.(BN) They say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says’—when the Lord has not spoken.(BO) 29 The people of the land practice extortion and commit robbery;(BP) they oppress the poor and needy and mistreat the foreigner,(BQ) denying them justice.(BR)

30 “I looked for someone among them who would build up the wall(BS) and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found no one.(BT) 31 So I will pour out my wrath on them and consume them with my fiery anger,(BU) bringing down(BV) on their own heads all they have done, declares the Sovereign Lord.(BW)

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 22:16 Or When I have allotted you your inheritance
  2. Ezekiel 22:25 Septuagint; Hebrew prophets