Ezekiela 33
1 Ary tonga tamiko ny tenin’ i Jehovah nanao hoe:
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
2 Ry zanak’ olona, mitenena amin’ ny zanaky ny firenenao, ka lazao aminy hoe: Raha mahatonga sabatra amin’ ny tany anankiray Aho, ary ny tompon-tany maka lehilahy anankiray ao aminy ka manendry azy ho mpitily,
Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say to them: When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man, one of their meanest, and make him a watchman over them:
3 ary hitan-dralehilahy fa, indro, avy ny sabatra, ka mitsoka ny anjomara hampitaitra ny olona izy,
And he see the sword coming upon the land, and sound the trumpet, and tell the people:
4 nefa tsy mety taitr izay mandre ny feon’ ny anjomara, dia tonga ny sabatra ka mandripaka azy, dia ho eo an-dohany ihany ny ràny.
Then he that heareth the sound of the trumpet, whosoever he be, and doth not look to himself, if the sword come, and cut him off: his blood shall be upon his own head.
5 Nandre ny feon’ ny anjomara ihany izy, nefa tsy nety taitra; ho ao aminy ihany ny ràny; fa raha nety taitra izy, dia ho nahavonjy ny ainy ihany.
He heard the sound of the trumpet and did not look to himself, his blood shall be upon him: but if he look to himself, he shall save his life.
6 Fa raha hitan’ ilay mpitily kosa fa, indro, avy ny sabatra, nefa tsy nitsoka ny anjomara izy, ka tsy notairina ny olona, ary tonga ny sabatra ka mandringana olona ao aminy, dia matin’ ny helony ihany iny; nefa ny ràny dia hadiniko amin’ ny tànan’ ilay mpitily.
And if the watchman see the sword coming, and sound not the trumpet: and the people look not to themselves, and the sword come, and cut off a soul from among them: he indeed is taken away in his iniquity, but I will require his blood at the hand of the watchman.
7 Koa ianao, ry zanak’ olona, dia efa notendreko ho mpitily ho an’ ny taranak’ Isiraely, ka raha mandre ny teny aloaky ny vavako ianao, dia izany no ho entinao mananatra azy.
So thou, O son of man, I have made thee a watchman to the house of Israel: therefore thou shalt hear the word from my mouth, and shalt tell it them from me.
8 Raha hoy Izaho amin’ ny ratsy fanahy: He! ry ilay ratsy fanahy, ho faty tokoa ianao! nefa tsy mety mananatra azy ianao hiala amin’ ny alehany, dia ho fatin’ ny helony ihany izany ratsy fanahy izany, fa ny ràny dia hadiniko amin’ ny tananao.
When I say to the wicked: O wicked man, thou shalt surely die: if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked man from his way: that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but I will require his blood at thy hand.
9 Fa raha mananatra ny ratsy fanahy ihany kosa ianao hiala amin’ ny lalany ratsy; fa izy no tsy mety miala amin’ izany, dia ho fatin’ ny helony ihany izy, nefa voavonjinao ny ainao.
But if thou tell the wicked man, that he may be converted from his ways, and he be not converted from his way: he shall die in his iniquity: but thou hast delivered thy soul.
10 Ary ianao, ry zanak’ olona, mitenena amin’ ny taranak’ Isiraely hoe: Izao no fiteninareo: Eto aminay ny fahadisoanay sy ny fahotanay, ka mihalevona amin’ izany izahay, dia nahoana no mbola velona izahay?
Thou therefore, O son of man, say to the house of Israel: Thus you have spoken, saying: Our iniquities, and our sins are upon us, and we pine away in them: how then can we live?
11 Lazao aminy hoe: Raha velona koa Aho, hoy Jehovah Tompo, dia tsy sitrako ny hahafatesan’ ny ratsy fanahy, fa ny hialan’ ny ratsy fanahy amin’ ny lalany, mba ho velona izy. Mialà, mialà amin’ ny lalan-dratsinareo, fa nahoana moa no te-ho faty ianareo, ry taranak’ Isiraely?
Say to them: As I live, saith the Lord God, I desire not the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way, and live. Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways: and why will you die, O house of Israel?
12 Ary ianao, ry zanak’ olona’ lazao amin’ ny zanaky ny firenenao hoe: Ny fahamarinan’ ny marina tsy hahavonjy azy, raha mby amin’ ny andro ahadisoany; ary ny faharatsian’ ny ratsy fanahy tsy hahavoa azy, raha mby amin’ ny andro ialany amin’ ny faharatsiany; ary ny marina tsy ho velona noho ny fahamarinany, raha mby amin’ ny andro anotany.
Thou therefore, O son of man, say to the children of thy people: The justice of the just shall not deliver him, in what day soever he shall sin: and the wickedness of the wicked shall not hurt him, in what day soever he shall turn from his wickedness: and the just shall not be able to live in his justice, in what day soever he shall sin.
13 Raha lazaiko amin’ ny marina hoe: Ho velona tokoa ianao, nefa izy mitoky amin’ ny fahamarinany ka manao meloka, dia tsy hotsarovana ny fahamarinana rehetra izay nataony, fa ny heloka nataony no hahafaty azy.
Yea, if I shall say to the just that he shall surely live, and he, trusting in his justice, commit iniquity: all his justices shall be forgotten, and in his iniquity, which he hath committed, in the same shall he die.
14 Ary koa, raha hoy Izaho kosa amin’ ny ratsy fanahy: Ho faty tokoa ianao, nefa miala amin’ ny fahotany izy sady manao izay marina sy mahitsy.
And if I shall say to the wicked: Thou shalt surely die: and he do penance for his sin, and do judgment and justice,
15 ka mamerina ny natao tsatòka sady mampody izay nangalariny ary mandeha araka ny didy mahavelona ka tsy manao meloka, dia ho velona tokoa izy, fa tsy ho faty.
And if that wicked man restore the pledge, and render what he had robbed, and walk in the commandments of life, and do no unjust thing: he shall surely live, and shall not die.
16 Ny fahotana rehetra izay nataony dia tsy hotsarovana aminy intsony; manao izay marina sy mahitsy izy, ka dia ho velona tokoa.
None of his sins, which he hath committed, shall be imputed to him: he hath done judgment and justice, he shall surely live.
17 Kanefa, hoy ny zanaky ny firenenao: Tsy marina ny fitondran’ ny Tompo; nefa ny fitondran’ ny tenany no tsy marina.
And the children of thy people have said: The way of the Lord is not equitable: whereas their own way is unjust.
18 Raha ny marina miala amin’ ny fahamarinany ka manao meloka, dia ho faty amin’ izany izy.
For when the just shall depart from his justice, and commit iniquities, he shall die in them.
19 Ary raha ny ratsy fanahy miala amin’ ny faharatsiany ka manao izay marina sy mahitsy, dia ho velona amin’ izany izy.
And when the wicked shall depart from his wickedness, and shall do judgments, and justice: be shall live in them.
20 Kanefa, hoy ianareo: Tsy marina ny fitondran’ ny Tompo. He! ry taranak’ Isiraely, samy hotsaraiko araka ny alehany avy ianareo.
And you say: The way of the Lord is not right, I will judge every one of you according to his ways, O house of Israel.
21 Ary nony tamin’ ny andro fahadimy tamin’ ny volana fahafolo tamin’ ny taona faharoa ambin’ ny folo taorian’ ny namaboana antsika, dia nisy olona efa nandositra avy tany Jerosalema tonga tao amiko ka nanao hoe: Afaka ny tanàna.
And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that there came to me one that was fled from Jerusalem, saying: The city is laid waste.
22 Dia efa tonga tamiko ny tànan’ i Jehovah tamin’ ny omaly harivan’ ny andro nahatongavan’ ilay nandositra izay tonga tao amiko, ka nosokafany ny vavako mandra-pahatongan’ ilay nandositra, izay tonga tao amiko nony maraina; dia efa nisokatra ny vavako, ka tsy moana intsony aho.
And the hand of the Lord had been upon me in the evening, before he that was fled came: and he opened my mouth till he came to me in the morning, and my mouth being opened, I was silent no more.
23 Dia tonga tamiko ny tenin’ i Jehovah nanao hoe:
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
24 Ry zanak’ olona, ny monina amin’ ireny rava amin’ ny tanin’ ny Isiraely ireny dia manao hoe: Ireny ihany Abrahama, nefa nandova ny tany izy, fa isika kosa dia maro, ary omena antsika ny tany ho lovantsika
Son of man, they that dwell in these ruinous places in the land of Israel, speak, saying: Abraham was one, and he inherited the land, but we are many, the land is given us in possession.
25 Koa lazao aminy hoe: Izao no lazain’ i Jehovah Tompo: Homan-javatra misy rà sady miandrandra ny sampinareo ianareo ary mandatsa-drà, moa hahazo handova ny tany va ianareo?
Therefore say to them: Thus saith the Lord God, You that eat with the blood and lift up your eyes to your uncleannesses, and that shed blood: shall you possess the land by inheritance?
26 Mitoky amin’ ny sabatrareo ianareo sady manao fahavetavetana, ka samy mandoto ny vadin’ ny namany avy; koa hahazo handova ny tany va ianareo?
You stood on your swords, you have committed abominations, and every one hath defiled his neighbour’s wife; and shall you possess the land by inheritance?
27 Izao no holazainao aminy: Izao no lazain’ i Jehovah Tompo: Raha velona koa Aho, dia tsy maintsy ho lavon’ ny sabatra izay ao amin’ ny tanàna rava, ary izay any an-tsaha dia homeko ho rembin’ ny bibi-dia, ary izay ao amin’ ny harambato sy amin’ ny lava-tany dia ho fatin’ ny areti-mandringana.
Say thou thus to them: Thus saith the Lord God: As I live, they that dwell in the ruinous places, shall fall by the sword: and he that is in the field, shall be given to the beasts to be devoured: and they that are in holds, and caves, shall die of the pestilence.
28 Fa hataoko rava sy lao ny tany, ary hitsahatra ny fiavonavonan’ ny heriny; ho lao ny tendrombohitry ny Isiraely, ka tsy hisy mpandia azy.
And I will make the land a wilderness, and a desert, and the proud strength thereof shall fail, and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, because there is none to pass by them.
29 Dia ho fantany fa Izaho no Jehovah, raha hataoko rava sy lao ny tany noho ny fahavetavetana nataony.
And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall have made their land waste and desolate, for all their abominations which they have committed.
30 Ary ianao, ry zanak’ olona, ny zanaky ny firenenao dia miresaka anao eny am-bodirindrina sy eo am-baravaran’ ny tranony, ka samy manao amin’ ny rahalahiny hoe: Andeha isika, ary aoka handre izay teny avy amin’ i Jehovah.
And thou son of man: the children of thy people, that talk of thee by the walls, and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another each men to his neighbour, saying: Come, and let us hear what is the word that cometh forth from the Lord.
31 Dia mankao aminao tahaka ny fihavin’ ny olona izy ka mipetraka eo anatrehanao toa oloko ary mahare ny teninao, nefa tsy mety mankatò azy; fa, indro, teny mamy no lazain’ ny vavany, nefa ny fony dia lasa manaraka ny filan-karena.
And they come to thee, as if a people were coming in, and my people sit before thee: and hear thy words, and do them not: for they turn them into a song of their mouth, and their heart goeth after their covetousness.
32 Koa, indro, ianao dia ataony ho tahaka ny mpanao hira mahafinaritra, izay tsara feo sady mahay mitendry; fa mandre ny teninao izy, nefa tsy mety mankatò azy.
And thou art to them as a musical song which is sung with a sweet and agreeable voice: and they hear thy words, and do them not.
33 Ary nony tanteraka izany (indro, efa ho tanteraka ihany), dia ho fantany fa efa nisy mpaminany tokoa tao aminy.
And when that which was foretold shall come to pass, (for behold it is coming, ) then shall they know that a prophet bath been among them.
