Ezekiela 14
1 Dia nisy loholon’ ny Isiraely tonga tao amiko ka nipetraka teo anoloako.
Then came there unto me certain men of the elders of Israel, and sat down before me.
2 Ary tonga tamiko ny tenin’ i Jehovah nanao hoe:
And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
3 Ry zanak’ olona, ireto olona ireto efa nampiorina ny sampiny ao am-pony, ary ny fahatafintohinana mahameloka azy dia apetrany eo anoloany. Moa hety hanontanian’ ireto va Aho?
Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and the stumbling-block of their iniquity have they placed before their faces: shall I in any wise let myself be inquired of by them?
4 Koa mitenena aminy hoe: Izao no lazain’ i Jehovah Tompo: Ny amin’ ny olona rehetra amin’ ny taranak’ Isiraely izay mampiorina ny sampiny ao am-pony ary mametraka ny fahatafintohinana mahameloka azy eo anoloany ary manatona ny mpaminany, Izaho Jehovah no hamaly azy araka ny habetsaky ny sampiny,
Therefore speak with them and say unto them, Thus hath said the Lord Eternal, Whatever man it be of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and layeth the stumbling-block of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet: I the Lord will answer him, although he cometh with the multitude of his idols;
5 mba hisamborako ny taranak’ Isiraely amin’ ny fony, satria efa nihemotra niala tamiko izy rehetra noho ny sampiny.
In order that I may grasp the house of Israel by their heart, those who are separated from me through all their idols.
6 Koa ataovy amin’ ny taranak’ Isiraely hoe: Izao no lazain’ i Jehovah Tompo: Mibebaha, dia miambohoa ny sampinareo sy ny fahavetavetanareo rehetra; eny, miambohoa ireny.
Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus hath said the Lord Eternal, Return, and cause [your heart] to turn away from your idols: and from all your abominations turn away your faces.
7 Fa na iza na iza amin’ ny taranak’ Isiraely, na amin’ ny vahiny izay mivahiny eo amin’ ny Isiraely, no misaraka amiko ka mampiorina ny sampiny ao am-pony ary mametraka ny fahatafintohinana mahameloka azy eo anoloany sady manatona ny mpaminany hanontany amiko, dia Izaho Jehovah ihany no hamaly azy araka izay toetro;
For whatever man it be of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, that separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and layeth the stumbling-block of his iniquity before his face, and then cometh to the prophet to inquire through him of me: I the Lord will answer him through my word;
8 ary hanandrina izany olona izany ny tavako, ka hataoko mahita loza izy mba ho famantarana sy ho ohabolana, ary hofongorako tsy ho eo amin’ ny oloko izy; ka dia ho fantatrareo fa Izaho no Jehovah.
And I will set my face against that man, and will make him an astonishment for a sign and for proverbs, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
9 Ary raha misy voataona ny mpaminany ka milaza zavatra, dia Izaho Jehovah no nitaona izany mpaminany izany; ary hahinjitro aminy ny tanako, ka hofongorako tsy ho eo amin’ ny Isiraely oloko izy.
And when the prophet suffereth himself to be deceived, and he speaketh a word: I the Lord have suffered that prophet to be deceived: and I will stretch out my hand against him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.
10 Ary hitondra ny heloky ny tenany izy; ny heloky ny mpaminany dia hitovy amin’ ny helok’ izay manontany aminy koa,
And they shall bear their guilt: as the guilt of the inquirer is, so shall the guilt of the prophet be;
11 mba tsy hialan’ ny taranak’ Isiraely amiko intsony, ary tsy handotoany ny tenany intsony amin’ ny fahadisoany rehetra; fa ho oloko izy, ary Izaho ho Andriamaniny, hoy Jehovah Tompo.
In order that the house of Israel may go no more astray by not following me, and not pollute themselves any more with all their transgressions; but that they may become unto me a people, and I may be unto them a God, saith the Lord Eternal.
12 Ary tonga tamiko indray ny tenin’ i Jehovah nanao hoe:
And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
13 Ry zanak’ olona, raha misy tany manota amiko ka manao izay mahadiso, ary ahinjitro aminy ny tanako, ka tapahiko ny mofo, tohan’ ainy, sady andefasako mosary, ary aringako avokoa ny olona sy ny biby,
Son of man, if a land should sin against me by trespassing grievously, and I stretch out my hand against it, and break unto it the staff of bread, and send out famine against it, and cut off from it man and beast;
14 na dia ao aza ireto telo lahy ireto, dia Noa sy Daniela ary Joba, dia ny tenany ihany no ho voavonjiny noho ny fahamarinany, hoy Jehovah Tompo.
And if there be these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, in the midst of it: these through their righteousness should save but their own soul; saith the Lord Eternal.
15 Raha mampandeha biby masiaka eo amin’ ny tany Aho, ka mandringana ny zana-bahoaka ireny, ary lao ny tany ka tsy azon’ olona aleha noho ny biby,
If I cause wild beasts to pass through the land, and they depopulate it, and it becometh desolate, without any one to pass through because of the beasts:
16 na dia ao aza ireo telo lahy ireo, raha velona koa Aho, hoy Jehovah Tompo, tsy hahavonjy ny zananilahy na ny zananivavy izy; fa ny tenany ihany no ho voavonjy, fa ny tany kosa ho lao.
These three men [if they were] in it, as I live, saith the Lord Eternal, should not save either sons or daughters: they only should be saved, but the land should be made desolate.
17 Ary raha mitondra sabatra mamely izany tany izany Aho ka manao hoe: Aoka hotetezin-tsabatra ny tany, ka hofongorako izy, na ny olona na ny biby,
Or, if I should bring a sword over that land, and say, The sword shall pass through the land, and I cut off from it man and beast;
18 na dia ao aza ireo telo lahy ireo, raha velona koa Aho, hoy Jehovah Tompo, dia tsy hahavonjy ny zananilahy na ny zananivavy ireo; fa ny tenany ihany no ho voavonjy.
And if these three men should be in it: as I live, saith the Lord Eternal, they should not save either sons or daughters, but they alone should be saved.
19 Ary raha mandefa ared-mandringana mamely izany tany izany Aho, sady aidiko aminy ny fahatezerako, dia amin’ ny fandatsahan-drà mba haharingana ny olona sy ny biby ao aminy,
Or, if I should send out the pestilence against that land, and pour out my fury over it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast;
20 na dia ao aza Noa sy Daniela ary Joba, raha velona koa Aho, hoy Jehovah Tompo, dia tsy hahavonjy ny zananilahy na ny zananivavy ireo, fa ny tenany ihany no ho voavonjiny noho ny fahamarinany.
And if Noah, Daniel, and Job, should be in the midst of it: as I live, saith the Lord Eternal, they should not save either son or daughter; they through their righteousness should save their own soul.
21 Fa izao no lazain’ i Jehovah Tompo: Koa mainka raha alefako hamely an’ i Jerosalema izao fitsarako efatra mandoza izao, dia ny sabatra sy ny mosary sy ny biby masiaka ary ny areti-mandringana, mba hahafongotra azy, na olona na biby!
For thus hath said the Lord Eternal, Although I send my four dreadful means of punishment over Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the wild beasts, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast:
22 Kanefa, indro, hisy sisa afaka ihany izy ho entina mivoaka, dia ny zanakalahy sy ny zanakavavy; indro, hivoaka ho any aminareo ireo, ka ho hitanareo ny alehany sy ny ataony, dia hionona ianareo noho ny amin’ ny loza rehetra izay nataoko mihatra amin’ i Jerosalema, dia izay rehetra nataoko mihatra aminy.
Still, behold, there are left therein some that escape who shall be carried forth, both sons and daughters; behold, they are coming forth unto you, and ye will see their way and their doings; and then will ye be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, yea, concerning all that I have brought upon it;
23 Eny, hampionona anareo ireo, rehefa hitanareo ny alehany sy ny ataony; ka dia ho fantatrareo fa tsy nataotaoko foana izay rehetra nataoko taminy, hoy Jehovah Tompo.
And they will comfort you, when ye see their way and their doings; and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have executed in it, saith the Lord Eternal.
