Ezekiela 14
1 Dia nisy loholon’ ny Isiraely tonga tao amiko ka nipetraka teo anoloako.
Some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me.
2 Ary tonga tamiko ny tenin’ i Jehovah nanao hoe:
Then the word of Yahweh came to 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 taken their idols into their hearts and have put the stumbling block of their iniquity before their own faces. Should I be inquired of at all 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 announce this to them and say to them, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: Every man of the house of Israel who takes his idols into his heart, or who puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and who then comes to a prophet—I, Yahweh, will answer him according to the number of his idols.
5 mba hisamborako ny taranak’ Isiraely amin’ ny fony, satria efa nihemotra niala tamiko izy rehetra noho ny sampiny.
I will do this so that I may take back the house of Israel in their hearts that have been driven far from me through 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 to the house of Israel, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: Repent and turn away from your idols! Turn back your faces from all your abominations.
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 every one from the house of Israel and every one of the foreigners staying in Israel who deserts me, who takes his idols into his heart and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his own face, and who then comes to a prophet to seek me—I, Yahweh, will answer him myself.
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.
So I will set my face against that man and make him a sign and a proverb, for I will cut him off from the midst of my people, and you will know that I am Yahweh.
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.
If a prophet is deceived and speaks a message, then I, Yahweh, will deceive that prophet; I will reach out with my hand against him and 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,
They will carry their own iniquity; the iniquity of the prophet will be the same as the iniquity of the one who inquires from him.
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.
Because of this, the house of Israel will no longer wander away from following me nor defile themselves any longer through all their transgressions. They will be my people, and I will be their God—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration.'”
12 Ary tonga tamiko indray ny tenin’ i Jehovah nanao hoe:
Then the word of Yahweh came to 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, when a land sins against me by committing a sin so that I reach out with my hand against it and break the staff of its bread, and send out over it a famine and cut off both man and beast from the land;
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.
then even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—were in the land's midst, they could only rescue their own lives by their righteousness—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration.
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 send evil beasts through the land and make it barren so that it becomes a wasteland where no man may 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.
then even if these same three men were in it—as I live, declares the Lord Yahweh—they would not be able to rescue even their own sons or daughters; only their own lives would be rescued, but the land would become a wasteland.
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 bring a sword against that land and say, 'Sword, go through the land and cut off both man and beast from it',
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.
then even if these three men were in the midst of the land—as I live, declares the Lord Yahweh—they would not be able to rescue even their own sons or daughters; only their own lives would be rescued.
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 send a plague against this land and pour out my fury against it through bloodshed, in order to cut off both 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.
then even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in that land—as I live, declares the Lord Yahweh—they would not be able to rescue even their own sons or daughters; only their own lives would be rescued by their righteousness.
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 the Lord Yahweh says this: I will certainly make things worse by sending my four punishments—famine, sword, wild animals, and plague—against Jerusalem to cut off both man and beast from her.
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.
Yet, behold! A remnant will be left in her, survivors who will go out with sons and daughters. Behold! They will go out to you, and you will see their ways and actions and be comforted concerning the punishment that I have sent to Jerusalem, and about everything else that I have sent against the land.
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.
The survivors will comfort you when you see their ways and their actions, so you will know all these things I have done against her, that I have not done them in vain!—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration.”
