Ezekiel 2

1 And he said to me O son of humankind stand on feet your so I may speak you.

He said to me, “You human, stand up while I speak to you.”

2 And it came in me a spirit just when he spoke to me and it made stand up me on feet my and I heard [one who] spoke to me.

While he spoke to me, [God’s] Spirit entered me and enabled me to stand up. Then I heard him speak to me.

3 And he said to me O son of humankind [am] sending I you to [the] people of Israel to nations rebellious which they have rebelled against me they and ancestors their they have transgressed against me until [the] substance of the day this.

He said, “You human, I will send you to the Israeli people. They are people who have turned away from me and rebelled against me. Their ancestors rebelled against me, and they themselves are still rebelling against me.

4 And the children [are] stern of face and hard of heart I [am] sending you to them and you will say to them thus he says [the] Lord Yahweh.

The people to whom I will send you are very stubborn [DOU]. But say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says to you.’

5 And they whether they will listen and or they will refrain for [are] a house of rebellion they and they will know that a prophet he has been in midst of them.

[when you tell them my messages], perhaps those rebellious people will heed those messages and perhaps they will not heed them, but they will know [you are] a prophet who has been among them.

6 And you O son of humankind may not you be afraid from them and from words their may not you be afraid for nettles and thorns with you and to scorpions you [are] dwelling from words their may not you be afraid and from faces their may not you be dismayed for [are] a house of rebellion they.

And you human, you must not be afraid of them or afraid of what they say. [Living among them will be like] living in the midst of briers or scorpions, but do not be afraid of them. They are rebellious people [MTY], but do not allow them to cause you to become afraid.

7 And you will speak words my to them whether they will listen and or they will refrain for [are] rebellious they.

Tell them my message, but do not expect them to pay attention to it, because they [very] rebellious.

8 And you O son of humankind hear [that] which I [am] speaking to you may not you be rebellious like [the] house of rebellion open mouth your and eat [that] which I [am] giving to you.

But human, you must pay attention to what I say. Do not be rebellious like they are. [Now] open your mouth and eat what I give to you.”

9 And I saw and there! a hand [was] stretched out to me and there! [was] in it a scroll of a document.

Then, as I watched, I saw his hand that was stretched toward me. In his hand was a scroll.

10 And he spread out it before me and it [was] written face and back and [was] written to it lamentations and moaning and wailing.

He unrolled the scroll. On both sides of it were written words that expressed sorrow and mourning and words about trouble/disaster.