Ezekiel 36
1 “Ita, sika nga anak ti tao, agipadtoka kadagiti bantay ti Israel ket ibagam, 'Banbantay ti Israel, dumngegkayo iti sao ni Yahweh!
You human, prophesy about the mountains in Israel. Say to them, “You mountains in Israel, listen to what Yahweh says.
2 Kastoy ti kuna ti Apo a ni Yahweh: Kinuna kadakayo dagiti kabusoryo, “Aha!” ken “Nagbalin a kukuatayo dagiti nagkauna a nangangato a lugar.'”
This is what Yahweh the Lord says: Your enemies [happily] said about you, ‘Aha! The mountains in Israel that have existed for a long time have become ours!’”
3 Ngarud, agipadtoka ket ibagam: 'Kastoy ti kuna ti Apo a ni Yahweh: Gapu iti pannakalangalangyo ken gapu iti pannakarautyo manipud iti amin a suli, nagbalin a kukuanakayo dagiti dadduma a nasion; nagbalinkayo a pagtutungtongan dagiti bibig ken dila a manangperdi iti dayaw, ken istoria dagiti tattao.
Therefore prophesy about those mountains and say, “This is what Yahweh the Lord declares: [Armies of other nations] attacked you [DOU] from every direction, with the result that your land became abandoned, and people of other nations occupied you, and they spoke maliciously about you and slandered you.
4 Ngarud, banbantay ti Israel, dumngegkayo iti sao ti Apo a ni Yahweh: Kastoy ti kuna ti Apo a ni Yahweh kadagiti bantay ken kadagiti nangangato a turod, kadagiti karayan ken kadagiti tanap, kadagiti langalang a saan a mapagnaedan ken kadagiti nabaybay-an a siudad a nagbalin a banag a masamsam ken lalaisen dagiti dadduma a nasion iti aglawlawda—
Therefore, you mountains in Israel, listen to this message from me. I, Yahweh the Lord, have something to say to the hills and mountains, to the ravines and valleys, to the deserted ruins and towns whose valuable possessions have been taken and their people ridiculed by the people of other nations around them. This is what I, Yahweh the Lord, declare: I am very angry [DOU] with the people of Edom and other nations; they have forced you [Israeli people] to endure them insulting you.
5 ngarud, kastoy ti kuna ti Apo a ni Yahweh: Pudno a nagsaoak iti apuy ti pungtotko maibusor kadagiti dadduma a nasion, maibusor iti Edom ken kadagiti amin a nangala iti dagak a kas sanikuada, maibusor kadagiti amin nga addaan rag-o iti pusoda ken panangtagibassit iti espirituda, bayat a saksakupenda ti dagak tapno tagikuaenda dagiti pagpasturan.'
6 Ngarud, agipadtoka iti daga ti Israel ket ibagam kadagiti bantay ken kadagiti nangangato a turod, kadagiti karayan ken kadagiti tanap, 'kastoy ti kuna ti Apo a ni Yahweh: Kitaem! Iti nakaro a pungtot ken ungetko, ipakpakaammok daytoy gapu ta binaklayyo dagiti pananglais dagiti nasion.
7 Ngarud, kastoy ti kuna ti Apo a ni Yahweh: Ingatokto a mismo ti imak tapno isapatak a dagiti nasion iti aglawlawyo ket awitendanto ti bukodda a pakaibabainan.
Therefore, this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: Lifting up my arm, I solemnly declare that the people of the nations that are around you will also endure being insulted.
8 Ngem dakayo, banbantay ti Israel, dumakkelto dagiti sangayo ket agbunganto nga agpaay kadagiti tattaok iti Israel, gapu ta iti saan nga agbayag, agsublidanto kadakayo.
But [I say to] you mountains in Israel that huge crops of fruit will grow on your trees for my Israeli people, because they will soon return home [from Babylonia].
9 Ta kitaenyo, siak ket para kadakayo, paburankayonto, maaradokayonto ken mamulaan iti bukel.
I (am concerned about/will take care of) you, and I will bless you. I will [enable farmers to] plow the ground and plant seed there.
10 Isu a paaduekto kadakayo a bantay dagiti tattao iti amin a balay ti Israel. Amin! Ket mapagnaedanto dagiti siudad ken maibangonto manen dagiti langalang.
I will cause the number of people who live on you mountains and everywhere else in Israel to greatly increase. People will live in the towns and rebuild [houses where there are now only] ruins.
11 Paaduekto ti tao ken ayup kadakayo a bantay tapno umadoda ken agbungadanto. Ket ipaluboskonto a mapagnaedankayo a kas iti napalabas, ad-addanto pay a parang-ayenkayo ngem iti napalabas, ta maammoanyonto a siak ni Yahweh.
I will cause the number of people and domestic animals to increase. People will have many children [IDM, DOU]. I will enable people to live there like they did previously, and I will enable them to prosper like they did before. Then you will know that it is I, Yahweh, [who have the power to do what I say that I will do].
12 Mangiyegakto kadagiti tattao, dagiti tattaok nga Israelita, a magna kadakayo. Tagikuaendakayonto, ket agbalinkayonto a tawidda, ket saanyonton nga ipalubos a matay dagiti annakda.
I will enable my Israeli people to walk through your mountains. They will own you; you will be their permanent possession. Never again will their children die.
13 Kastoy ti kuna ti Apo a ni Yahweh: Gapu ta ibagbagada kadakayo, “Patpatayenyo dagiti tattao, ket natay dagiti annak ti nasionyo,”
This is also what I, Yahweh the Lord, say to you: People say that [only a small amount of food is produced on your mountains, and as a result the people of Israel] die from hunger.
14 ngarud, saanyonton a papatayen pay dagiti tattao ket saanyonton a pagladingiten ti nasionyo gapu kadagiti natay. Kastoy ti pakaammo ti Apo a ni Yahweh.
Therefore, I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that no longer will that happen.
15 Wenno saankonton nga ipalubos a mangngegyo dagiti pananglais dagiti nasion; saanyonton a baklayen ti panangibabain dagiti tattao wenno saankonton nga ipalubos a mapasag ti nasionyo—kastoy ti pakaammo ti Apo a ni Yahweh.'”
No longer will the people of other nations ridicule you; no longer will they laugh at you; no longer will [the armies of] other nations conquer you. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have declared that it will happen.”
16 Kalpasanna, dimteng kaniak ti sao ni Yahweh a kunana,
Yahweh gave me another message. He said,
17 “Anak ti tao, idi nagnaedan ti balay ti Israel ti dagada, tinulawanda daytoy babaen kadagiti wagas ken aramidda. Maiyarig dagiti wagasda iti narugit a panagregla ti maysa a babai iti sangoanak.
“You human, when the Israeli people were living in their own land, they (defiled it/caused it to become unacceptable to me) by the things that they did. I considered that their behavior was [disgusting], like [SIM] the rags/cloths that women use during their monthly menstrual periods.
18 Isu nga imparukpokko ti pungtotko maibusor kadakuada gapu iti dara a pinagsayasayda iti daga ken para iti panangrugitda iti daytoy babaen kadagiti didiosenda.
So I severely punished [MTY] them, because they had murdered [MTY] many people and because they had defiled the land by [worshiping] idols there.
19 Inwarasko ida kadagiti nasion; naiwarada kadagiti daga. Inukomko ida segun kadagiti wagas ken aramidda.
I caused them to be scattered among many nations [DOU]. I punished [MTY] them like they deserved to be punished because of their very evil behavior [DOU].
20 Ket napanda kadagiti nasion, ket sadinoman a napananda, tinulawanda ti nasantoan a naganko idi imbaga dagiti tattao kadakuada, 'Pudno kadi a dagitoy ket tattao ni Yahweh? Ta napapanawda iti dagana.'
And wherever they went among those nations, they caused my reputation [MTY] to be disgraced. What has happened is that the people in those countries said about the Israeli people, ‘They belong to Yahweh, but they were forced to leave the land that he [gave to them].’
21 Ngem adda asik para iti nasantoan a naganko a tinulawan ti balay ti Israel kadagiti nasion, idi napanda sadiay.
But I was concerned about my reputation, which the people of Israel had disgraced among the nations to which they were forced to go.
22 Ngarud, ibagam iti balay ti Israel, 'Kastoy ti kuna ti Apo a ni Yahweh: Saanko nga ar-aramiden daytoy para kadakayo, balay ti Israel, ngem para iti nasantoan a naganko, a tinulawanyo kadagiti nasion a napnapananyo.
Therefore, say to the Israeli people, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: You Israeli people, it is not for your sake that I am going to do these things. Instead, it is for the sake of my sacred reputation, which you have disgraced among the nations to which you were forced to go.
23 Ta iparangarangkonto ti kinasanto ti naindaklan a naganko, a tinulawanyo kadagiti nasion—iti nagtetengngaan dagiti nasion, tinulawanyo daytoy. Ket maammoanto dagiti nasion a siak ni Yahweh—kastoy ti pakaammo ti Apo a ni Yahweh—inton makitayo a nasantoanak.
I will show that my reputation is sacred, a reputation which you have disgraced among the nations to which you were forced to go. And when I show the nations that I am holy, the people of those nations will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].
24 Alaenkayonto manipud kadagiti nasion ken urnongenkayonto manipud iti tunggal daga, ket ipankayonto iti dagayo.
What I will do is to bring you back from those nations. I will gather you from all the countries [to which you were forced to go], and bring you back to your own land.
25 Ket mangiwarsiakto iti nadalus a danum kadakayo ket madalusankayonto manipud kadagiti amin a kinarugityo. Ket dalusankayonto manipud kadagiti amin a didiosenyo.
[It will be as though] [MET] I will sprinkle clean water on you, and then you will be clean. I will cause you to be cleansed from everything that has defiled you, and I will cause you to stop worshiping idols.
26 Ikkankayonto iti baro a puso ken baro nga espiritu kadagiti kaungganyo, ket ikkatekto ti bimmato a pusoyo manipud iti lasagyo. Ta ikkankayonto iti puso a lasag.
I will give you a completely new way of thinking [IDM]. I will enable you to stop being stubborn [IDM], and I will enable you to obey me from your inner beings [IDM].
27 Itedkonto kadakayo ti Espirituk ket tulongankayo a mangsurot kadagiti alagadek ken salimetmetan dagiti paglintegak, ket aramidenyonto dagitoy.
I will put my Spirit within you and enable you to carefully obey all my laws [DOU].
28 Ket pagnaedanyonto ti daga nga intedko kadagiti kapuonanyo; dakayonto dagiti tattaok, ket siakto ti Diosyo.
You will again live in the land that I gave to your ancestors. You will be my people, and I will be your God.
29 Ta isalakankayonto kadagiti amin a kinarugityo. Pagtubuekto ti bukel ken paadduekto daytoy. Saankonton a pulos nga iyeg kadakayo ti panagbisin.
I will free you from all your disgraceful behavior. I will cause your grain to be plentiful, and I will not send a famine to you again.
30 Paaduekto ti bunga ti kayo ken ti ipaay ti talonyo, tapno saanyonton a pulos a baklayen ti bain ti panagbisin kadagiti nasion.
I will cause your fruit trees to produce plenty of fruit and your ground to produce plenty of good crops, with the result that you will no longer be ridiculed by the people of other nations because of your not having enough food.
31 Ket panunotenyonto ti kinadangkes dagiti wagas ken dagiti saan a nasayaat nga aramidyo, ket guraenyonto dagiti bagiyo gapu kadagiti bukodyo a basol ken kadagiti makarimon nga aramidyo.
When that happens, you will think about your previous evil behavior and wicked deeds, and you will (be very displeased with/hate) yourselves for your sins and the detestable things that you did.
32 Saanko nga ar-aramiden daytoy para kadakayo—kastoy ti pakaammo ti Apo a ni Yahweh—maipakaammo koma daytoy kadakayo. Isu nga agbain ken madadael koma ti dayawyo gapu kadagiti wagasyo, balay ti Israel.
But I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that I want you to know that it is not for your sake that I will do those things. You Israeli people ought to be ashamed of your behavior.
33 Kastoy ti kuna ti Apo a ni Yahweh: Iti aldaw a dalusankayo manipud kadagiti amin a basolyo, pagnaedenkayonto kadagiti siudad ken ibangonyonto manen dagiti nadadael a lugar.
This is also what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: At the time that I forgive you for all the sins that you have committed, I will enable you to live in your towns again and to build houses where there are now only ruins.
34 Ta aradoenyonto ti nadadael a daga agingga a saanen daytoy a nadadael iti imatang dagiti amin a lumabas.
People who walk through your country will see that your land is again cultivated instead of (being desolate/having nothing growing in it).
35 Ket ibagadanto, “Langalang idi daytoy a daga, ngem nagbalin daytoy a kasla iti minuyongan ti Eden; pagnanaedan itan dagiti langalang a siudad ken dagiti nadadael a saan a mapagnaedan a saan a madandanun.”
They will say, “This land that was ruined has become [very fertile/productive] like [SIM] the garden of Eden! The cities that were piles of ruins, empty and destroyed, now have walls around them, and people live in those cities.”
36 Ket maammoanto dagiti dadduma a nasion iti aglawlawyo a siak ni Yahweh, a siak ti nangibangon kadagiti nadadael ken nangmula manen kadagiti nabaybay-an a lugar. Siak ni Yahweh. Impakaammok daytoy ket aramidekto daytoy.
When that happens, the people in the nations that are around you that still exist will know that it is I, Yahweh, who have enabled you to rebuild what was destroyed, and to again plant crops in the fields that had nothing growing in them. I, Yahweh, have said [that it will happen], and I will cause it to happen.
37 Kastoy ti kuna ti Apo a ni Yahweh: Dawatento manen kaniak ti balay ti Israel nga aramidek daytoy para kadakuada, a paaduek ida a kas iti arban dagiti tattao.
This is also what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: Again I will heed what you Israeli people are pleading for me to do for you. I will cause your people to be as numerous as your sheep,
38 Kasla kadagiti arban a naidaton kenni Yahweh, kasla kadagiti arban iti Jerusalem kadagiti naituding a fiestana, mapunnonto kadagiti arban ti tattao dagiti langalang a siudad, ket maammondanto a siak ni Yahweh.'”
as numerous as the flocks of sheep that will be needed for offerings in Jerusalem during your regular festivals. The cities that are now ruined will be filled with people, and then you will know that I, Yahweh the Lord, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].’”
