Jerusalem Is Unfaithful
1 The Lord said:
2 Ezekiel, son of man, remind the people of Jerusalem of their disgusting sins 3 and tell them that I, the Lord God, am saying:
Jerusalem, you were born in the country where Canaanites lived. Your father was an Amorite, and your mother was a Hittite. 4 When you were born, no one cut you loose from your mother or washed your body. No one rubbed your skin with salt and olive oil, and wrapped you in warm blankets. 5 Not one person loved you enough to do any of these things, and no one even felt sorry for you. You were despised, thrown into a field, and forgotten.
6 I saw you lying there, rolling around in your own blood, and I couldn't let you die. 7 I took care of you, like someone caring for a tender, young plant. You grew up to be a beautiful young woman with mature breasts and hair, but you were still naked.
8 When I saw you again, you were old enough to have sex. So I covered your naked body with my own robe. Then I solemnly promised that you would belong to me and that I, the Lord God, would take care of you.
9 I washed the blood off you and rubbed your skin with olive oil. 10 I gave you the finest clothes and the most expensive robes, as well as sandals made from the best leather. 11 I gave you bracelets, a necklace, 12 a ring for your nose, some earrings, and a beautiful crown. 13 Your jewelry was gold and silver, and your clothes were made of only the finest material and embroidered linen. Your bread was baked from fine flour, and you ate honey and olive oil. You were as beautiful as a queen, 14 and everyone on earth knew it. I, the Lord God, had helped you become a lovely young woman.
15 You learned that you were attractive enough to have any man you wanted, so you offered yourself to every passerby. 16 You made shrines for yourself and decorated them with some of your clothes. That's where you took your visitors to have sex with them. These things should never have happened! 17 You made idols out of the gold and silver jewelry I gave you, then you sinned by worshiping those idols. 18 You dressed them in the clothes you got from me, and you offered them the olive oil and incense I gave you. 19 I supplied you with fine flour, olive oil, and honey, but you sacrificed it all as offerings to please those idols. I, the Lord God, watched this happen.
20 But you did something even worse than that—you sacrificed your own children to those idols! 21 You slaughtered my children, so you could offer them as sacrifices. 22 You were so busy sinning and being a prostitute that you refused to think about the days when you were young and were rolling around naked in your own blood.
23 Now I, the Lord God, say you are doomed! Not only did you do these evil things, 24 but you also built places on every street corner 25 where you disgraced yourself by having sex with anyone who walked by. And you did that more and more every day! 26 To make me angry, you even offered yourself to Egyptians, who were always ready to sleep with you.
27 So I punished you by letting those greedy Philistine enemies take over some of your territory. But even they were offended by your repulsive behavior.
28 You couldn't get enough sex, so you chased after Assyrians and slept with them. You still weren't satisfied, 29 so you went after Babylonians. But those merchants could not satisfy you either.
30 I, the Lord God, say that you were so disgusting that you would have done anything to get what you wanted. 31 You had sex on every street corner, and when you finished, you refused to accept money. That's worse than being a prostitute! 32 You are nothing but an unfaithful wife who would rather have sex with strangers than with your own husband. 33 Prostitutes accept money for having sex, but you bribe men from everywhere to have sex with you. 34 You're not like other prostitutes. Men don't ask you for sex—you offer to pay them!
Jerusalem Must Be Punished
The Lord said:
35 Jerusalem, you prostitute, listen to me. 36 You chased after lovers, then took off your clothes and had sex. You even worshiped disgusting idols and sacrificed your own children as offerings to them. 37 So I, the Lord God, will gather every one of your lovers, those you liked and those you hated. They will stand around you, and I will rip off your clothes and let all of those lovers stare at your nakedness. 38 I will find you guilty of being an unfaithful wife and a murderer, and in my fierce anger I will sentence you to a violent death! 39 Then I will hand you over to your lovers, who will tear down the places where you had sex. They will take your clothes and jewelry, leaving you naked and empty-handed.
40 Your lovers and an angry mob will stone you to death; they will cut your dead body into pieces 41 and burn down your houses. Other women will watch these terrible things happen to you. I promise to stop you from being a prostitute and paying your lovers for sex.
42 Only then will I calm down and stop being angry and jealous. 43 You made me furious by doing all these disgusting things and by forgetting how I took care of you when you were young. Then you made things worse by acting like a prostitute. You must be punished! I, the Lord God, have spoken.
Jerusalem's Two Sisters
The Lord said:
44 People will use this saying about you, Jerusalem: “If the mother is bad, so is her daughter.” 45 You are just like your mother, who hated her husband and her own children. You are also like your sisters, who hated their husbands and children. Your father was an Amorite, and your mother was a Hittite. 46 Your older sister was Samaria, that city to your north with her nearby villages. Your younger sister was Sodom, that city to your south with her nearby villages. 47 You followed their way of life and their wicked customs, and soon you were more repulsive than they were.
48 As surely as I am the living Lord God, the people of Sodom and its nearby villages were never as sinful as you. 49 They were arrogant and spoiled; they had everything they needed and still refused to help the poor and needy. 50 They thought they were better than everyone else, and they did things I hate. And so I destroyed them.
51 You people of Jerusalem have sinned twice as much as the people of Samaria. In fact, your evil ways have made both Sodom and Samaria look innocent. 52 So their punishment will seem light compared to yours. You will be disgraced and put to shame because of your disgusting sins.
Jerusalem Will Be Ashamed
The Lord said to Jerusalem:
53 Someday I will bless Sodom and Samaria and their nearby villages. I will also bless you, Jerusalem. 54 Then you will be ashamed of how you've acted, and Sodom and Samaria will be relieved that they weren't as sinful as you. 55 When that day comes, you and Sodom and Samaria will once again be well-off, and all nearby villages will be restored.
56 Jerusalem, you were so arrogant that you sneered at Sodom. 57 But now everyone has learned how wicked you really are. The countries of Syria and Philistia, as well as your other neighbors, hate you and make insulting remarks. 58 You must pay for all the vulgar and disgusting things you have done. I, the Lord, have spoken.
The Lord Makes a Promise to Jerusalem
The Lord said:
59 Jerusalem, you deserve to be punished, because you broke your promises and ignored our agreement. 60 But I remember the agreement I made with you when you were young, and so I will make you a promise that will last forever. 61 When you think about how you acted, you will be ashamed, especially when I return your sisters to you as daughters, even though this was not part of our agreement. 62 I will keep this solemn promise, and you will know that I am the Lord. 63 I will forgive you, but you will think about your sins and be too ashamed to say a word. I, the Lord God, have spoken.
Banisirayilankoolu la foroyaabaliyaa
1 Yaawe* la kumoo naata n kaŋ ko: 2 “Hadamadiŋo, Yerusalaamunkoolu hakiloo bulandi ì la kuu ñewundiŋ baalu la ì ka mennu ke. 3 A fo ì ye, Maarii Yaawe ye ñiŋ ne fo Yerusalaamu ma ko:
“I mumuñolu wuluuta Kanaani bankoo le kaŋ. I faamaa mu Amorinkoo le ti, i baamaa mu Hitinkoo ti. 4 Luŋo meŋ na i wuluuta, ì maŋ i batakuŋ juloo kuntu, ì maŋ i wuluu yeloo kuu i bala foloo, sako ka i muu bambu tuloo la, ka i moromoro funtoo kono. 5 Hani moo le maŋ i hati, waraŋ ka balafaa yitandi i la, ka ñiŋ kuwolu bee ke i ye. Ì ye i tu fayiriŋ wo kene kenseŋo le kono, kaatu luŋo meŋ na i wuluuta, wo luŋo faŋo le mu ì jututa i la.
6 “Biriŋ m be tambi la, ŋa i je i be yelemaŋ-yelemaŋ na i faŋo yeloo kono. Biriŋ i be laariŋ i yeloo kono, n ko i ye ko, ‘Baluu.’ 7 Bituŋ ŋa i balundi ko fiifeŋo meŋ be kunkoo kono. I menta, i ñiiñaata komeŋ luuluwo. I tiyo falinta, i karoo faata, hani wo i kenseŋo le mu, feŋ te i bala.
8 “N naata tambi i maafaŋo la kotenke, a fele, ŋa a je ko, i siita futuwo ma le. Ŋa n na waramboo tuloo muuri i kaŋ ka i sutura. Ŋa m faŋo londi i ye, n niŋ i ye kambeŋo siti, i keta n taa ti.” Maarii Yaawe le ye a fo.
9 Yaawe ko: “Wo to le n naata i kuu jiyo la ka yeloo bondi i bala, aniŋ ŋa i muu tuloo la. 10 Ŋa i feetoofata niŋ soobayoolu la, aniŋ kulu samata ñiimaa. Ŋa mbasañoo niŋ borodee ñiimaa dii i la. 11 Ŋa ñarandi feŋolu ke i bala: Ŋa bulutotaalu duŋ i buloo to, kantotaa, i kaŋo to. 12 Ŋa tulutotaa ke i tuloo aniŋ i nuŋo to, ŋa sani naafoo duŋ i kuŋo to. 13 Kodiforoo niŋ sanoo, ŋa i ñarandi wolu le la, aduŋ i la sitifeŋo keta borodee, mbasañoo, aniŋ soobayoo le ti. Fariña kendoo, liyo, niŋ olifu* tuloo, wolu le keta i la domoroo ti. I ñiiñaata le fo labaŋo hani i si ke noo mansamusoo* ti le. 14 I la darajoo janjanta bankoolu bee kaŋ, feŋ te fo i la ñiiñaa. Ŋa ñaroolu mennu dii i la, wolu le ye i la ñiiñaa yitandi.” Maarii Yaawe le ye a fo.
15 Yaawe ko: “I laata i faŋo la ñiiñaa niŋ i la darajoo la ñaameŋ, wo le ye i duŋ cakayaa to. Moo-wo-moo tambita i si i la cakayaa maañaa yitandi a la. I ye i faŋo dii a la. 16 I ye i la duŋ feŋolu le faŋo taa ka wo jalaŋ batudulaa tintiŋolu* ñarandi ì la, i ka i la cakayaa kuwolu taamandi daamennu to. Ñiŋ kuu siifaa maŋ ñaŋ na ke la muumeeke. 17 Ŋa ñara ñiimaalu mennu fanaa dii i la, meŋ dadaata m faŋo la sanoo niŋ kodiforoo la, i ye jalankewolu dadaa wolu le la, i niŋ ì ka cakayaa ke. 18 I ye i la soobayoolu taa ka ì muuri ì la, i ye n na olifu* tuloo niŋ n na cuuraayoo bondi ì ye sadaa* ti. 19 Ŋa mbuuroo meŋ fanaa parendi i ye, meŋ keta siimaŋ betoo ti, tuloo niŋ liyo, i ka meŋ domo, i ye wo le ke ì ye sadaa ti, ka naa a ke ì ye seera diimaa ti. A bee keta wo le ñaama.” Maarii Yaawe ye wo le fo.
20 “Aduŋ i ye i dinkewolu niŋ i dimmusoolu taa i ye mennu wuluu n na ka ì jani jalaŋolu ye sadaa ti. Fo i la cakayaa maŋ kaañaŋ baŋ? 21 I ye n diŋolu kanateyi ka ì bo jalaŋolu ye sadaa ti.
22 “I la kuu ñewundiŋ kewolu bee kono, aniŋ i la cakayaa, i maŋ i miira i fondinkeemaa la, biriŋ feŋ te i bala, i bala kenseŋo, i be yelemaŋ-yelemaŋ na i yeloo kono waati meŋ na.”
23 Maarii Yaawe ye ñiŋ ne fo ko: “Kooroo le be boyi la i kaŋ. Kaatu i ye kuu jawu doolu le lafaa i la ñiŋ kuu kuruŋolu kaŋ, 24 ka caka buŋolu loo i faŋo ye, aniŋ ka jalaŋ batudulaalu loo saatee bantabaalu bee to. 25 Saatewo mbeedi tonkoŋolu bee to, i ye jalaŋ batudulaalu le loo jee, i ye i la ñiiñaa jindi, tambilaa-wo-tambilaa, i ye i faŋ dii a la ka i la cakayaa lafaa-lafaa laalaa. 26 I niŋ Misirankoolu ka cakayaa ke le, i siiñoolu mennu ka lafi i laañooyaa la waati-wo-waati. I ye n kamfandi i la cakayaa bambaloo le la.
27 “Wo to m fanaa be mantooroo laa la i kaŋ ne, ka i la bankoo dulaa doolu buusi i la, ka i duŋ i jawoolu Filisitinkoolu bulu, hani i la ñiŋ malubaliyaa maañaa ka mennu faŋolu malu.
28 “I niŋ Asiriyankoolu fanaa ka cakayaa ke le, kaatu a buka i sii, bari hani wo bee koolaa i maŋ wasa. 29 I ye i la cakayaa tentendi Babiloni, meŋ mu juloolu la bankoo ti, bari hani wo ñaa-wo-ñaa i maŋ wasa.”
30 Maarii Yaawe ye ñiŋ ne fo ko: “I ñoŋ moo kee landiyo! I ka caka malubaloolu maañaa le ke, 31 kaatu i ye caka buŋolu le loo saatee mbeedi tonkoŋolu bee to, aniŋ i ye jalaŋ batudulaalu loo bantabaalu to. Hani wo i niŋ caka-wo-caka le maŋ muluŋ, kaatu i buka soŋ moo ye i joo.
32 “Ite musu jeenelaa, i ka i keemaa fili jee le, i niŋ luntaŋolu ye kafu ka jeenoo ke. 33 Cakoolu bee ka joo le, bari ite faŋo le ka i laañoolu joo, i ka i faŋ kankulaa le fo moolu si bo naŋ dulaalu bee to ka naa i waliŋ i la ñiŋ cakayaa la. 34 Ite niŋ musu doolu la cakayaa maŋ muluŋ. Moo-wo-moo le buka bula ite nooma cakayaa la, bari ite faŋo le ka moolu joo, moo buka ite joo, i maŋ ñoŋ soto i la cakayaa to.
35 “Wo to ite cakoo, i tuloo loo nte Yaawe la kumoo la. 36 Nte Yaawe, i Maariyo ye ñiŋ ne fo ko: I la cakayaa landatambita le, aduŋ i kenseŋo le ka wo cakayaa ke, i niŋ i laañoolu. I ye jalaŋ haraamuriŋolu le dadaa, i ka i diŋolu ke ì ye sadaa ti. 37 Ñiŋ kuwo kamma la, i ye mennu kanu, i niŋ ì ka laañooyaa tuluŋo ke ka i faŋ seewondi, m be ì bee bendi la ñoo kaŋ ne, hani i ye mennu faŋo koŋ, ì ye i murubeŋ, ŋa i wura ì ñaatiliŋo la, ì ye i kenseŋo je. 38 M be i kiitindi la le ko musu jeenelaa, aniŋ ko moofaalaa. M be n na kiiliyaa kamfaamaa le jindi la i kaŋ ka saayaa mantooroo laa i kaŋ. 39 Bituŋ ŋa i duŋ i laañoolu bulu, ì ye i la caka buŋolu bee boyi, aniŋ ka i la jalaŋ batudulaalu bee kasaara. Ì be i la duŋ feŋolu wura la i bala le, ì ye i la ñara ñiimaalu bee buusi i la, ì ye i kenseŋo fili looriŋ.
40 “Ì be kafoo le wulindi la i kamma, aduŋ ì be i kurulabuŋ na le, ì ye i kuntuŋ-kuntuŋ niŋ ì la hawusaroolu* la. 41 Ì be i la buŋolu jani la le, aduŋ musu jamaa le be maabee la jee, niŋ ì be ñiŋ mantooroolu laa la i kaŋ waati meŋ na. M be i la cakayaa daŋ na le, aduŋ i te i laañoolu joo la kotenke.
42 “Ñiŋ doroŋ ne be n na kamfaa jindi la i la karoo la, aduŋ n te i kiiliyaa la kotenke. M be sabari la le, n te kamfaa la i kamma kotenke. 43 Bayiri i maŋ i miira i fondinkeemaa la, i ka naa n kamfandi ñiŋ kuu siifaalu la, wo to i ye kuwolu mennu ke, m fanaa ye wolu le murundi i kaŋ. Fo dii i maŋ cakayaa le lafaa i la ñiŋ kuu haraamuriŋolu bee kono baŋ?” Maarii Yaawe ye wo le fo.
44 Yaawe ko: “Wo to, moo-wo-moo ka kuma kotoomaa fo, m fanaa be ñiŋ kuma kotoomaa le fo la i la kuwo to, ‘Dimmusoo ka i kalaŋ a baamaa le la.’
45 “Ite mu i baamaa dimmusu dakatoo le ti, meŋ jututa a keemaa niŋ a diŋolu la, aniŋ i baarimmusoolu, mennu jututa ì keemaalu niŋ ì diŋolu la. I baamaa keta nuŋ Hitinkoo le ti, i faamaa mu Amorinkoo ti. 46 I kotoomusoo mu Samariya le ti, meŋ be i maraa karoo la, a niŋ a dimmusoolu, i doomusoo mu Sodomu ti, meŋ niŋ a dimmusoolu sabatita nuŋ i bulubaa karoo maafaŋo la. 47 I bulata ì la siloolu le nooma, ka ì la kuu haraamuriŋ siifaalu ke. Waati sutuŋo kono le doroŋ, ite la kuu jawu kewo naata jawuyaa ka tambi ì taalu la.
48 “A be koyiriŋ ñaameŋ ko nte Yaawe i Maariyo be baluuriŋ ne: I doomusoo Sodomu niŋ a dimmusoolu maŋ kuu jawu ke ka tambi ite niŋ i dimmusoolu la. 49 Saayiŋ i doomaa Sodomu la junube kuwo keta nuŋ ñiŋ ne ti, a niŋ a dimmusoolu ye ì faŋ wara le, ì konoo faata, ì baloo fanaa firinta. Ì buka fuwaaroolu maakoyi, aniŋ mennu suulata deemaaroo la. 50 Ì ye ì faŋ wara le, aduŋ ì ka kuu haraamuriŋolu le ke n ñaatiliŋo la. Wo to le m fanaa ye ì kasaara kabiriŋ ŋa i kekuwolu je.
51 “Samariya maŋ i la kuu jawoo talantewo faŋo ke. Ite le la kuu jawu kewo tambita itolu bee taa la. Niŋ moolu ye i niŋ itolu misaali, i be a miira la le ko, i baarimmusoolu le tilinta ka tambi ite ti. 52 I la malu kuwo muña, kaatu ite le la junube kuwo jawuyaata ka tambi i baarimmusoolu la. Wo to ite le faŋo ye a ke, fo ì tilinta i ti. Itolu le la kiitiyo be sooneeyaa la ite taa ti. Wo to i si malu aniŋ i si i la malu kuwo muña.
53 “Wo koolaa ñaato m be Sodomu niŋ Samariya niŋ ì dimmusoolu bee la neemoo murundi la ì kaŋ ne, aniŋ ite faŋo taa, 54 fo i si i la malu kuwo muña, aniŋ ka malu i kekuwolu la, i ye mennu ke, fo wo si ke itolu ye jusuñaburaŋo ti. 55 Aduŋ i baarimmusoolu Sodomu aniŋ Samariya, aniŋ ì dimmusoolu be muruŋ na ì la kayiroo kono le. Aduŋ ite fanaa niŋ i dimmusoolu be nuŋ ñaameŋ, ali be seyi la wo le ñaama.
56-57 “I la faŋ waroo waatoo la, janniŋ i la kuu jawu kewo be waañaari la, fo i buka i baarimmusoo Sodomu faŋo too tiñaa baŋ? Saayiŋ i keta jelefeŋo le ti, Aramu niŋ a siiñoolu dimmusoolu bee ye, ka taa Filisitinkoolu dimmusoolu, aniŋ i jutunna moolu mennu be i daala. 58 I ye ñiŋ cakayaa maañaalu niŋ ñiŋ kuu haraamuriŋ baalu mennu ke, i be bula la ì mantooroo kono le.” Yaawe le ye a fo.
59 Maarii Yaawe ye ñiŋ ne fo ko: “I ye kuwolu mennu ke, wo le juloo be joo la i to, kaatu i jututa i la kaloo le la, ka kambeŋo tiñaa.
60 “Hani wo n hakiloo be bula la kambeŋo la le, n niŋ i ye meŋ siti, kabiriŋ i la fondinkeeyaa waatoo, aduŋ n niŋ i be kambeŋ bambandiŋo le siti la fo abadaa. 61 Wo to i hakiloo be bula la i taaraŋ siloolu la le, i ye malu, niŋ i doomusoo niŋ i kotoomusoo naata i kaŋ. M be ì dii la i la le ka ke i dimmusoolu ti, bari ì te tara la n niŋ i la kambeŋo kono. 62 N niŋ i be n na kambeŋo siti la le. Wo to, i si a loŋ ko, nte le mu Yaawe ti. 63 Niŋ ŋa i la junube kuwolu bee kafari i ye, i hakiloo be bula la i kekuwolu la le, i ye malu, aduŋ i te i daa yele la ka feŋ fo kotenke, feŋ te fo maloo.” Maarii Yaawe le ye a fo.
