Ezekiel 2

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

and to say to(wards) me son: child man to stand: stand upon foot your and to speak: speak [obj] you

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

and to come (in): come in/on/with me spirit like/as as which to speak: speak to(wards) me and to stand: stand me upon foot my and to hear: hear [obj] to speak: speak to(wards) me

3 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.

and to say to(wards) me son: child man to send: depart I [obj] you to(wards) son: descendant/people Israel to(wards) nation [the] to rebel which to rebel in/on/with me they(masc.) and father their to transgress in/on/with me till bone: same [the] day [the] this

4 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.’

and [the] son: descendant/people severe face and strong heart I to send: depart [obj] you to(wards) them and to say to(wards) them thus to say Lord YHWH/God

5 [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.

and they(masc.) if to hear: hear and if to cease for house: household rebellion they(masc.) and to know for prophet to be in/on/with midst their

6 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.

and you(m. s.) son: child man not to fear from them and from word their not to fear for thorn and briar with you and to(wards) scorpion you(m. s.) to dwell from word their not to fear and from face their not to to be dismayed for house: household rebellion they(masc.)

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

and to speak: speak [obj] word my to(wards) them if to hear: hear and if to cease for rebellion they(masc.)

8 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.”

and you(m. s.) son: child man to hear: hear [obj] which I to speak: speak to(wards) you not to be rebellion like/as house: household [the] rebellion to open lip your and to eat [obj] which I to give: give to(wards) you

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

and to see: see and behold hand to send: reach to(wards) me and behold in/on/with him scroll scroll: book

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

and to spread [obj] her to/for face: before my and he/she/it to write face: before and back and to write to(wards) her dirge and moaning and woe