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.
Yaawe ye jalambatoo koŋ ne
1 Luŋ kiliŋ ne sotota Banisirayila ñaatonka doolu le naata n kaŋ, ì siita n ñaatiliŋo la. 2 Wo to le Yaawe* la kumoo naata n kaŋ ko: 3 “Ite hadamadiŋo, ñiŋ moolu sondomoolu be looriŋ ì la jalaŋolu le kaŋ, ì ka mennu batu, meŋ ka a tinna ì ka tilimbaliyaa kuwolu ke. Wo to, fo ì ye a miira, niŋ ì ye n ñininkaa feŋ na, m be ì danku la le baŋ? 4 Wo kamma la, a fo ì ye, nte Yaawe ali Maariyo ye ñiŋ ne fo ko: Moo-wo-moo be Banisirayilankoolu kono, meŋ ye a sondomoo loo jalaŋolu kaŋ, a ka mennu batu, wo ka kuu jawoolu le ke mennu ka a boyindi junuboo kono, bari hani wo a ka naa n na annabiyomoo kaŋ. Nte Yaawe faŋo le be wo maarii jaabi la a la jalaŋ jamaa batoo kaŋ. 5 M be ñiŋ ke la le, fo Banisirayilankoolu sondomoo si muru naŋ n kaŋ, mennu ye ì koo dii n na ka jalaŋolu batu.
6 “Wo kamma la, a fo Banisirayilankoolu ye, nte Yaawe, ì Maariyo ye ñiŋ ne fo ko: Ali tuubi, ali ye fata jalaŋolu niŋ ali la kuu haraamuriŋ kewolu la, ali ye muru naŋ n kaŋ. 7 Kaatu Banisirayilanka-wo-Banisirayilanka waraŋ tumarankee-wo-tumarankee meŋ ye a koo dii n na, a ye a sondomoo loo jalaŋolu kaŋ, aniŋ ka kuu jawoolu ke mennu ka a boyindi junuboo kono, wo koolaa, a ka taa n na annabiyomoo yaa, ka n na kuwo ñininkaa, nte faŋo le be wo maarii jaabi la. 8 M be n koo dii la wo moo siifaalu la le. M be ì ke la misaaloo le ti, ka moolu dandalaa. Ì la wo kuruŋyaa be ke la moolu daa kono mansaaloo le ti, aduŋ m be ì bondi la n na moolu kono. Wo to le ì be a loŋ na ko, nte le mu Yaawe ti.
9 “Niŋ annabiyomoo marisata fo a ye kiilaariyaa kuma fo meŋ keta faniyaa ti, nte Yaawe faŋo le ye a tinna, a ye wo fo. Wo to le, m buloo be sii la wo annabiyomoo ma, ka a kasaara ka a bondi n na moolu kono. 10 Wo annabiyomoo aniŋ meŋ naata ñininkaaroo la a yaa, ì fuloo bee be kaañaŋ na mantooroo la le, m be meŋ laa la ì kaŋ. 11 M be ì mantoora la le fo Banisirayilankoolu kana fili ka ì koo dii n na, ka ì faŋolu kosondi niŋ ì la kuu jawu kewo la. Bituŋ ì si naa ke n na moolu ti, aniŋ ŋa ke ì la Alla ti.” Maarii Yaawe le ye a fo.
Yerusalaamu te tanka noo la mantooroo ma
12 Yaawe la kumoo naata n kaŋ ko: 13 “Ite hadamadiŋo, niŋ a ye a tara bankoo moolu bee tilimbaliyaata aniŋ ka foroyaabaliyaa m ma, m be wuli la wo moolu kamma le, m be ì fondi la ì la domori feŋolu la le, ŋa konko jawoo boyi ì niŋ ì la beeyaŋolu kaŋ, ì bee ye kasaara ñoo la. 14 Hani niŋ a ye a tara ñiŋ moo saboo, Nuha, Daniyeli aniŋ Yuuba tarata sabatiriŋ wo bankoo kaŋ, hani wolu faŋolu la tiliŋo te ñiŋ moolu tankandi noo la, fo ì faŋolu kuŋolu dammaa.” Maarii Yaawe le ye a fo.
15 “Niŋ a ye a tara, ŋa daafeŋ saŋaroolu fandi wo bankoo bee kaŋ, ì naata moolu bee faa, ka jee tumbuŋ, fo hani moo buka haañi ka tambi niŋ jee la, wo daafeŋ jawoolu kamma la, 16 a be koyiriŋ ñaameŋ ko nte Yaawe be baluuriŋ ne, hani niŋ ñiŋ moo saboo tarata sabatiriŋ nuŋ jee, m be itolu faŋolu dammaa le tankandi la, bari n te hani moo kiliŋ ne tankandi la itolu faŋolu wuluudiŋolu kono. Bari jee be ke la tumbuŋo le ti.
17 “Niŋ a ye a tara, ŋa keloo le naati ì la wo bankoo kaŋ naŋ, ŋa ì jawoolu yaamari ka hadamadiŋolu niŋ beeyaŋolu bee faa jee, 18 a be koyiriŋ ñaameŋ ko nte Yaawe be baluuriŋ ne, hani niŋ a ye a tara ñiŋ annabiyomu saboo be sabatiriŋ wo bankoo kaŋ, m be itolu dammaa le tankandi la, bari n te hani ì wuluudiŋolu tankandi la.
19 “Niŋ a ye a tara, ŋa alibalaa kuuraŋo le jindi naŋ wo banku moolu kaŋ ka hadamadiŋolu niŋ beeyaŋolu bee kasaara ñoo la n na kamfaa baa kono, 20 a be koyiriŋ ñaameŋ ko nte Yaawe be baluuriŋ ne, hani Nuha, Daniyeli aniŋ Yuuba be wo bankoo kaŋ, m be itolu dammaa le tankandi la ì la tiliŋo kamma la, bari n te hani ì wuluudiŋolu tankandi la.”
21 Wo to Maarii Yaawe ye ñiŋ ne fo ko: “Niŋ ŋa Yerusalaamu mantoora niŋ keloo la, konko jawoo, daafeŋ saŋaroolu aniŋ alibalaa kuuraŋo ka jee moolu niŋ beeyaŋolu bee kasaara ñoo la niŋ ñiŋ mantoora naanoo la, Yerusalaamu alihaaloo be jawuyaa baa la le. 22 Ŋa ì mantoora ñaa-wo-ñaa, doolu be kana la saayaa ma le, ì niŋ ì diŋolu. Aduŋ wolu be naa la le ka kafu ali ma Babiloni bankoo kaŋ. Niŋ ali ñaa boyita ì kaŋ doroŋ, ali be a loŋ na le ko, itolu mu kuu jawu kelaa baalu le ti, mennu kebaaroo maŋ beŋ. Wo kamma la, hani ŋa ì mantoora ñaa-wo-ñaa, wo te ke la ali ye sunu kuu ti, feŋ te fo ì faŋolu la maañaa jawuyaa, wo le ye a saabu ŋa wo mantooroo laa ì kaŋ. 23 Wo to ŋa ñiŋ mantooroo meŋ laa ì kaŋ teŋ, ì jarita a la le. Niŋ ali ñaa boyita ì kaŋ doroŋ, ali be a loŋ na le ko, itolu mu kuu jawu kelaa baalu le ti, aduŋ ali be soŋ na le ko, m boloota ì ma le.” Maarii Yaawe le ye a fo.
