Ezekiel 33
1 Kalpasanna, dimteng kaniak ti sao ni Yahweh a kunana,
A message from the Lord came to me, saying,
2 “Anak ti tao, ipakaammom daytoy kadagiti tattaom; ibagam kadakuada, 'Inton mangiyegak iti kampilan a maibusor iti aniaman a daga, ket mangdutok dagiti tattao iti dayta a daga iti maysa a tao manipud kadakuada nga agbalin a para-wanawanda.
“Son of man, tell your people: If I brought an army to attack a country, the people there would choose one of them to be their watchman.
3 Siputanna ti kampilan nga um-umay iti daga ket puyotanna ti tangguyobna tapno ballaaganna dagiti tattao!
When he saw the army advancing to attack the country, he would blow the trumpet to warn everyone.
4 No mangngeg dagiti tattao ti uni ti tangguyob ket saanda nga ipangag, ken no umay ti kampilan ket patayenna ida, ti dara ti tunggal maysa ket adda iti bukodda nga ulo.
So if you hear the trumpet but don't pay attention to the warning, and you're killed in the attack, you will be responsible for your own death.
5 Ket no adda makangngeg iti uni ti tangguyob ket saanna nga ipangag, ti darana ket adda kenkuana; ngem no ipangagna, maisalakannanto ti bukodna a biag.
Since you heard the trumpet but didn't pay attention to the warning, then you will be responsible for your own death. If you had paid attention the warning, you could have saved your life.
6 Nupay kasta, no makita ti para-wanawan ti kampilan nga um-umay, ngem no saanna a pinuyutan ti tangguyob, a ti nagbanaganna ket saan a naballaagan dagiti tattao, ket no umay ti kampilan ket patayenna ti siasinoman, napapatay dayta a tao iti bukodna a basol ngem sapulekto ti darana iti para-wanawan.'
But if the watchman saw the attack coming and didn't blow the trumpet to warn everyone, and someone is killed, then that person will die in their sins, but I will hold the watchman responsible for their death.
7 Ita, sika a mismo, anak ti tao! Pinagbalinka a para-wanawan para iti balay ti Israel; mangngegmonto dagiti sasaok manipud iti ngiwatko ket ballaagamto ida para kaniak.
Son of man, I have appointed you as a watchman for the people of Israel. Listen to what I tell you and warn them for me.
8 No ibagak iti maysa a nadangkes a tao, 'Nadangkes a tao, sigurado a matayka!' ngem no saanmo nga iwaragawag daytoy tapno maballaagan ti nadangkes maipapan iti aramidna, ket matayto dayta a nadangkes iti basolna, ngem sapulekto kadagiti imam ti darana!
If I tell the wicked ‘You're wicked; you're going to die’; but you don't warn them to change what they're doing, then they'll die in their sins and I will hold your responsible for their deaths.
9 Ngem sika, no ballaagam ti nadangkes maipapan iti aramidna, tapno matallikodanna daytoy, ket no saan isuna a timmallikod manipud iti aramidna, matayto isuna iti basolna, ngem sika a mismo ket maisalakanmonto ti bukodmo a biag.
But if you warn the wicked to change what they're doing, and they don't, they will die in their sins, but you will save your own life.
10 Isu a sika, anak ti tao, ibagam iti balay ti Israel, 'Kastoy ti ibagbagayo: Adda kadakami dagiti panagsalungasingmi ken basolmi, ket madaddadaelkamin kadagitoy! Kasano nga agbiagkami?
Son of man, tell the people of Israel that this is what they've been saying, ‘We recognize our sins and wrongs, and they weigh on us, wearing us out. How can we go on living?’
11 Ibagam kadakuada, 'Iti naganko nga adda iti agnanayon—kastoy ti pakaammo ti Apo a ni Yahweh—saanko a pakaragsakan ti ipapatay ti nadangkes a tao, ngem no agbabawi ti nadangkes a tao manipud iti aramidna, agbiagto ngarud isuna! Agbabawikayo! Agbabawikayo manipud kadagiti nadangkes a aramidyo! Ta apay koma a mataykayo, balay ti Israel?'
Tell them: As I live, declares the Lord God, it brings me no pleasure when wicked people die. I wish they would stop sinning and live! Stop! Stop sinning! Why should you die, people of Israel?
12 Ket sika, anak ti tao, ibagam kadagiti tattaom, 'Ti kinalinteg ti maysa a nalinteg a tao ket saanto a makaisalakan kenkuana no agbasol! Ken ti kinadangkes ti maysa a nadangkes a tao ket saanto a daytoy ti gapu a mapukaw isuna no agbabawi manipud iti basolna. Ta saanto nga agbiag ti nalinteg a tao gapu iti kinalintegna no agbasol isuna.
So, son of man, tell your people: All the good things a good person has done won't save them when they sin; while the bad things a bad person has done won't be a problem for them if they stop sinning. But good people won't live if they start sinning.
13 No ibagak iti maysa a nalinteg, “Sigurado nga agbiagto isuna!” ket no agtalek isuna iti bukodna a kinalinteg ket kalpasanna, agaramid iti saan a nainkalintegan, saankonto a lagipen ti aniaman a kinalintegna; matayto isuna iti kinadangkes nga inaramidna.
If I tell a good person that they will live and then they rely on their goodness and start sinning, then none of the good things they did will be remembered; he will die because of the sins.
14 Ket no ibagak iti nadangkes, “Sigurado a matayka!” ngem no agbabawi isuna kadagiti basolna ket aramidenna ti nainkalintegan ken umno—
But if I tell a bad person, ‘You're going to die’ and they stop sinning and do what is good and right,
15 no isublina ti naisalda kenkuana a kiniddawna a sidadangkes, wenno isublina ti tinakawna, ket no surotenna dagiti bilbilin a mangipaay iti biag ket saanen nga agramid iti basol— sigurado nga agbiagto ngarud isuna; saanto isuna a matay.
if they return security given for a loan, pay back what they've stolen, and follows my laws about how to live, not doing wrong—then they will live; they won't die.
16 Awanto a pulos ti malagip kadagiti basol nga inaramidna, nagtignay isuna a sililinteg; sigurado nga agbiagto isuna!
None of their sins will be remembered; they have done what is good and right and so they will live.
17 Ngem kinuna dagiti tattaom, '“Saan a nalinteg ti wagas ti Apo!” ngem dagiti wagasyo ti saan a nalinteg!
However, your people are complaining, ‘What the Lord does isn't right.’ But it's what they're doing that isn't right.
18 No tallikodan ti maysa a nalinteg a tao ti kinalintegna ket agaramid iti basol, daytoyto ngarud ti pakatayanna!
If a good person stops doing good and sins, they will die because of it.
19 Ket no tallikodan ti maysa a nadangkes a tao ti kinadangkesna ket aramidenna ti nainkalintegan ken rumbeng, agbiagto isuna gapu kadagidiay a banbanag!
On the other hand, if a bad person turns from their sins and they do what is good and right, they will live as a result.
20 Ngem kinunayo dakayo a tattao, “Saan a nalinteg ti wagas ti Apo!” Ukomekto ti tunggal maysa kadakayo segun iti wagasna, balay ti Israel!'”
So how can you say, ‘What the Lord does isn't right’? Well, I'm going to judge each of you depending on what you've done, people of Israel.”
21 Napasamak daytoy iti maikasangapulo ket dua a tawen, iti maikalima nga aldaw ti maikasangapulo a bulan ti pannakaibaludtayo, nga adda immay kaniak a maysa a nakalibas manipud Jerusalem ket kinunana,
On the fifth day of the tenth month of the twelfth year of our exile, a refugee who'd escaped from Jerusalem arrived and told me, “The city has been captured!”
22 “Nasakupen ti siudad!” Adda kaniak ti ima ni Yahweh iti rabii sakbay a dimteng ti nakalibas, ket naglukat ti ngiwatko idi dimteng isuna iti parbangon. Isu a nalukatan ti ngiwatko; saanakon nga umel!
The previous evening before the messenger arrived the Lord had touched me so I could speak again. This was before the man came to see me in the morning. I wasn't mute any longer—I could speak again.
23 Ket dimteng kaniak ti sao ni Yahweh a kunana,
A message from the Lord came to me, saying,
24 “Anak ti tao, ibagbaga dagiti agnanaed kadagidiay a nadadael iti daga ti Israel, 'Maymaysa laeng a tao ni Abraham ket tinawidna ti daga, ngem adutayo! Naited kadatayo ti daga a kas sanikua.'
“Son of man, people living among the ruins in Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, but the country was given to him to own. There's plenty of us, so the country should belong to us.’
25 Ngarud ibagam kadakuada, 'Kastoy ti ibagbaga ti Apo a Yahweh: Mangmangankayo iti dara ken tumangtangadkayo kadagiti didiosenyo, ket iparparukpokyo ti dara dagiti tattao. Rumbeng kadi a tagikuaenyo ti daga?
So tell them that this is what the Lord God says: You eat meat with the blood still in it. You go and worship your idols. You commit murder. Do you really think the country should belong to you?
26 Nagtalekkayo kadagiti kampilanyo ken nangaramidkayo kadagiti makarimon a banbanag; daddadaelen ti tunggal lalaki ti dayaw ti asawa ti kaarrubana. Rumbeng kadi a tagikuaenyo ti daga?'
You rely on your swords to get your way. You have done some disgusting things. You're all having sex with each other's wives. Should the country belong to you?
27 Kastoyto ti ibagam kadakuada, 'Kastoy ti kuna ti Apo a Yahweh: Iti naganko nga adda iti agnanayon, sigurado a mapasagto dagiti adda kadagiti nadadael babaen iti kampilan, ket itedkonto dagiti adda kadagiti taltalon kadagiti sibibiag a parsua a kas taraonda, ket matayto babaen kadagiti didigra dagiti adda kadagiti nasarikedkedan ken kueba.
Tell them that this is what the Lord God says: As I live, in the people living among the ruins will be killed by the sword. Those living in the countryside will be eaten by wild animals. Those living in the fortresses and caves will die from disease.
28 Ket pagbalinekto a langalang ken nakabutbuteng ti daga, ket agpatingganto ti kinapalangguad ti bileg daytoy, ta mabaybay-anto dagiti bantay ti Israel ken awanto ti lumabas kadagitoy.'
I will turn the country into a wasteland, and power you are so proud of will be ended. The mountains of Israel will become wild places that no one will want to travel through.
29 Isu a maammoandanto a siak ni Yahweh, inton pagbalinek a langalang ken nakabutbuteng ti daga gapu kadagiti amin a makarimon a banbanag nga inaramidda.
Then the people will acknowledge that I am the Lord, when I have turned the country into a wasteland because of all the disgusting things they have done.
30 Ket sika, anak ti tao— adda ibagbaga dagiti tattaom maipapan kenka iti abay dagiti pader ken kadagiti ruangan dagiti balbalay, ket ibagbaga ti tunggal maysa kadagiti dadduma— tunggal maysa iti kabsatna a lalaki, 'Mapantayo dumngeg iti sao ti profeta a nagtaud kenni Yahweh!'
Son of man, your people are talking about you out in the streets and in the doorways of their houses. They encourage one another, saying, ‘Come on! Let's go and hear a message from the Lord!’
31 Isu a mapanto kenka dagiti tattaok, kas iti masansan nga ar-aramidenda, ket agtugawdanto iti sangoanam ket dumngegda kadagiti sasaom, ngem saandanto a tungpalen dagitoy. Adda kadagiti ngiwatda dagiti umno a sasao, ngem dagiti pusoda ket adda kadagiti saan a nainkalintegan a pakagunggonaanda.
So my people come and visit you like they usually do. They sit and listen to the message you share, but they don't do anything about it. Even though they talk about love, all they're thinking about is how to cheat others.
32 Ta kaslaka makay-ayo a kanta kadakuada, maysa a napintas a samiweng a natukaran a nasayaat iti adda kuerdasna nga instrumento, isu a dumngegdanto kadagiti sasaom ngem awanto a pulos kadakuada ti agtulnog kadagitoy.
In fact, to them you're just someone who sings love songs with a lovely voice and who is a fine musician. They listen to the message you share, but they don't do anything about it.
33 Isu nga inton mapasamak amin dagitoy— kitaem! mapasamakto daytoy! — ket maammoandanto a kaduada idi ti profeta.”
So when what you say does happen (and it will), then they will realize that they did have a prophet among them.”
