< Ezekiela 16 >
1 Niheo amako indraike ty tsara’ Iehovà nanao ty hoe:
Yahweh gave me another message. He said,
2 O ana’ondatio, tohino t’Ierosalaime ty amo hativà’ iareoo,
“You human, cause the people of Jerusalem to think about their detestable behavior.
3 le ano ty hoe, Hoe t’Iehovà Talè am’ Ierosalaime: Boak’ an-tane’ i nte-Kanàney ty nihirifa’o naho ty fifokoa’o; nte-Amore ty rae’o, vaho nte-Kite ty rene’o.
Say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says to you people of Jerusalem: [It is as though you are a woman who] [MET] was born in the country where the Canaan people-group lived. [It is as though] [MET] your father belonged to the Amor people-group and your mother belonged to the Heth people-group.
4 Le i fisamahañe azoy, amy andro nahatoly azoy, tsy tinampake ty foe’o vaho tsy nisasaeñe an-drano irehe hañalio azo; tsy nozañan-tsira, tsy nifolokoñañe.
[It is as though] [MET] on the day that you were born, your umbilical cord was not cut, and your body was not washed in water, and it was not rubbed with salt or wrapped in strips of cloth, [like Israeli babies always are].
5 Tsy niferenaiñam-pihaino, tsy nanoañe leo raik’ amy rezay; fe nariañe amoka añe ty fiai’o hoe te tsy vara, amy andro nisamahañ’azoy.
No one pitied you or acted kindly toward you by doing those things for you. Instead, [it was as though] [MET] you were thrown into a field, because on the day that you were born, you were despised {everyone despised you}.
6 Niary ama’o iraho vaho nizoeko te nandeotse azo ty lio’o, le hoe ty asako ama’o, Aa ndra t’ie ami’ty lio’o, miveloma, Eka mbe tamo lio’oo irehe te nataoko ty hoe; miveloma,
Then [it was as though] [MET] I passed by and saw you lying in your own blood and kicking. And while you lay there kicking in your own blood, I said to you, “I want you to remain alive!”
7 naho nampanaranaheko ho maro manahake o ahetse an-kivokeo, le nitombo naho nihaabo, naho nihamineñe ravake fanjaka; nivoatse o nono’oo vaho nihalava o volo’oo; fe nihalo vaho nibongy.
[It was as though] I caused you to grow up, like plants in the field grow; you grew up and became tall and became like [MET] a very beautiful jewel. [It was as though] [MET] your breasts (formed/became large), and your hair became long, although you were still naked [DOU].
8 Niary ama’o iraho nisary naho ingo te tondrok’ ama’o ty san-katea; aa le narongoko ama’o ty sarimboko naho nisaroñako ty heña’o; le nifanta ama’o vaho nifañina ama’o, hoe t’Iehovà Talè, le ninjare Ahiko irehe;
When I saw you several years later, [it was as though] [MET] I saw that you were old enough to have sex [EUP]. So [it was as though] [MET] I spread the corner of my robe over [to symbolize that I would marry you], with the result that you were no longer naked. I solemnly promised [that I would marry you] and made a marriage agreement with you, and you became my wife. That is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say.
9 sinasako an-drano, eka kinotriko ama’o ty lio’o, vaho nañiliñako menake.
[And then it was as though] [MET] I bathed you and washed the blood from you and put ointment on your body.
10 Nisikinako an-tsatam-bahotse, naho nampiombeako holitse, naho nadiako lamba leny marerarera, vaho nasaroko lande.
[It was as though] [MET] I put a fine linen robe on you and gave you other expensive clothes. I put an embroidered dress on you and put leather sandals on your feet.
11 Nampiradoradoako bije, naho niravahako o sira’oo, vaho rava-binanditse am-bozo’o eo.
[It was as though] [MET] I put bracelets on your arms and a necklace around your neck. Those things all had nice jewels fastened to them.
12 Nanoako bange añ’oro’o naho kiviro an-tsofi’o eo vaho sabaka homozohozo an-doha’o eo.
I put a gold ring in your nose and fastened earrings to your ears and put a beautiful crown on your head.
13 Izay ty nañaminañ’ azo am-bolafoty naho volamena; naho nisaroñ’ azo an-deny marerarera naho lande naho an-tsatam-bahotse; ie nihinañe bom-bare-bolè soa, reketse tantele naho menake, naho nimontramontra vaho nionjon-ko evaem-panjaka.
So [it was as though] you wore gold and silver ornaments. You had clothes made from fine (linen/white cloth) and other expensive embroidered material/cloth. You ate [bread made from] fine flour, honey, and olive oil. You became very beautiful, like [MET] a queen.
14 Niboele amo kilakila’ ndatio ty hatsomerentsere’o; amy te niginohe’ ty engeko nanoako ama’oy, hoe t’Iehovà Talè. c
You were very beautiful, with the result that people in other nations heard about you, because they knew that I, Yahweh the Lord, am the one who had caused you to become very beautiful.
15 Fe niatoa’o ty hasoa-vinta’o, naho nihisa an-karapiloañe ty amy faràm-binta’oy vaho fonga nadoa’o amy ze niary eo ty hatsimirira’o; hene niantofa’o ze nimb’ama’o.
But [it was as though] [MET] you realized that because people knew that you were very beautiful, you could [earn a lot of money by] becoming a prostitute. [It was as though] you had sex with [EUP] every man who came along, and they all enjoyed your beauty.
16 Nihamine’o amo siki’oo ty kitrely tsaratseake naho nanoa’o hakarapiloañe; kanao tsy ho oniñe ty mañirinkiriñe izay, vaho tsy ho trea ka.
[It was as though] you took some of your clothes to make beautifully decorated shrines, and that is where you had sex with those men. Those things should certainly never occur!
17 Le rinambe’o ka o firavahan-tsomerentsere’oo, i volamena naho volafoty natoloko azoy, nitsene’o sare’ ondaty vaho nanoa’o hakalalijahañe,
You took the fine gold and silver jewelry that I gave you, and you made male idols for yourself, in order to have sex with them.
18 le rinambe’o o siki’o maro-voloo hanikina’o aze, vaho nengae’o ama’e i menakoy naho i tsotsekoy;
You took some of your embroidered clothes to put on those idols, and you burned oil and incense in front of them [to honor them].
19 i mofoko natoloko azoy; i bon-kaneñe soay, naho i menake reketse tantele nafahako azoy le nazotso’o ama’e ami’ty harifondrifo’e; izay ty ie, hoe t’Iehovà Talè.
And the [bread that was made from] fine flour and the olive oil and honey that I gave to you to eat, you offered to be a fragrant sacrifice to those idols. I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that is what happened.
20 Mbore rinambe’o ka o ana-dahi’oo naho o anak’ ampela’oo, o sinama’o ho Ahikoo, vaho nisoroña’o habotseke. Ata’o ho raha kede hao o hakarapiloa’oo?
And you even took your sons and daughters who were [as though they were] [MET] my children, and sacrificed them to be food for the idols. That was much worse [RHQ] than your becoming a prostitute.
21 Zinama’o o anakoo toe nisoroñe’o amo samposampon-drahao, ie nampirangae’o.
You slaughtered [those who were like] [MET] my children, and offered them to be sacrifices to the gods!
22 Aa amy ze hene hativà’o naho amo fonga hakarapiloa’oo le nandikofa’o o andron-katanora’oo ie nibongy naho nihalo vaho nileore’ i lio’oy.
All during the time when you were acting like a prostitute and doing other detestable things, you did not think about the time when [it was as though] you were very young, naked [DOU], lying in your own blood and kicking.
23 Ie añe iaby i halotsere’oy (hankàñe ama’o, hoe t’Iehovà Talè),
So I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that terrible things will happen to you. In addition to all the other wicked things that you did,
24 le songa niranjie’o tamboho, naho nitsenea’o kitrely o lalañeo;
you built a shrine to worship idols in every [city] square/plaza.
25 nanoe’o am-pifotoran-damoke eo o kitreli’o iabio, naho vineta’o ty hamotsotsora’o, naho vinela’o amy ze fonga niary eo o voro-pe’oo, vaho nampitomboe’o ty hatsimirira’o.
At the beginning of every street you built a shrine, and showed people your beautiful body, offering it to have sex with every man who walked by, becoming a better known prostitute every day.
26 Nañarapiloe’o amo ana’ i Mitsraimeo, o maromaso mpañarine azoo, vaho nampitomboe’o ty hatsimirira’o hanigike ty habosehako.
[It was as though] [MET] you had sex with men from Egypt who were eager to have sex with you, men who lived near to Israel. You caused me to become very angry because you became more eager to have sex with more and more of them.
27 Inao, arè, natorakitsiko ama’o ty tañako naho naketrako ty fanahanako vaho tinoloko an-tsatrin’ tro’ o malaiñe azoo, o anak’ ampelan-te Pilisty salatse ami’ ty hatsimirira’oo.
So I punished [IDM] you and caused your enemies to capture some of your country. I enabled your greedy enemies from Philistia to defeat you; and even they were shocked because of your disgraceful behavior.
28 Mbore nanoa’o hakarapiloañe amo ana’ i Asoreo amy t’ihe tsy nieneñe; mbe nanoe’o hatsimirirañe avao fa tsy nietsake.
[It was as though] you had sex with soldiers from Assyria, too, because you always wanted more sex. And after that, you still were not satisfied.
29 Nampitomboe’o an-tane Kenàne añe naho amo nte-Kasdio ka ty hakarapiloa’o, fe mbe tsy nahaeneñ’ azo.
So you also had sex [with soldiers from] Babylonia, a country full of merchants/businessmen, but even that did not satisfy you.
30 Akore ty hamavozoan-tro’o, hoe t’Iehovà Talè, te ihe mitolom-panao irezay, toe satan-karapilo-mena,
I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that when you did all those things, acting like [MET] a bold prostitute, you were showing that you were ready to do anything that you wanted to [IDM].
31 namboare’ o akiba’oo an-doha’ ze hene lalañe, naho songa nandranjia’o tamboho ankaboa’ ze atao tameañe! fe tsy nanahake o tsimirirañeo irehe kanao nalain-tambe.
When you built shrines to worship idols on every street corner and in every city square/plaza, you were not like a prostitute: Prostitutes charge money, but you refused to take money for what you did.
32 Hoe tañanjomba maromaso mpamonje ambahiny hisolo i vali’ey!
You are like [MET] a woman who commits adultery: You prefer to [have sex with] strangers rather than with your husband.
33 Toe fonga tambezañe o karapiloo, fa ihe ka manambe o miolots’ ama’oo, vaho banabanae’o hitotok’ azo tok’ aia tok’aia ty amo hatsimirira’oo.
Prostitutes are paid, but [it is as though] you give gifts to all your lovers; you bribe them to come to you from everywhere to have sex with you.
34 Aa le mifamotetse amo ampela ila’eo ami’ty hakalalija’o; tsy eo ty manahak’ azo, kanao mpanolon-tambe fa tsy toloren-tambe, toe mifamotetse.
So although you act like [MET] a prostitute, you are not like other prostitutes: No one needs to request you to have sex [EUP] with them. You are the opposite of other prostitutes; instead of them giving any money to you, you give men money to have sex with you.
35 Ie amy zao ry karapilo, tsanoño ty tsara’ Iehovà.
Therefore, [you people of] Jerusalem, who are like a prostitute [MET], listen to what I, Yahweh the Lord, am saying about you!
36 Hoe ty nafè’ Iehovà Talè: Kanao nadoañe ty haloloa’o naho naboak’ amo sakeza’oo o heña’o ty amy hakarapiloa’o naho o samposampo tiva’oo vaho ty amy lio’ o keleia’o nibanabana’oo;
I say that [what you have done is as though] [MET] you took off your clothes and acted like a prostitute and had sex with men who are not your husband. [What I mean is that you have been worshiping] detestable idols, and you have murdered [MTY] your own children to be sacrifices to them.
37 ie amy zao, henteo te sindre hatontoko o sipa’o nifalea’oo, eka! ze fonga nitea’o, reketse o niheje’oo; vata’e hatontoko hiatreatre azo boak’ an-kotso-valo, le haborako o heña’oo, hahatreavañe ze hene fiboridaña’o.
So [what I am going to do is as though] I will gather those who you think have loved you and those whom you hated. I will gather them around you [to attack you], and [what I will do is as though] I will strip your clothes off you, and they will see you when you are completely naked.
38 Le ho zakaeko: hoe rakemba vinamba naho nampiori-dio ty hizakàñe azo; vaho hafetsako ama’o ty liom-kaviñerañe naho farahy.
I will punish you like women who commit adultery and who murder people [MTY] are punished. I will get revenge on you and get rid of you because I am extremely angry with you.
39 Le haseseko am-pità’ iareo naho ho rotsahe’ iareo o toe’o aboo naho ho demohe’ iareo o kitreli’oo, le hampikorendahe’ iareo ka o siki’oo naho hitavañe ty haraom-bolonahe’o vaho hapo’ iereo mibongy naho mihalo irehe.
I will allow [your enemies who you thought] loved you [IRO] to defeat you, and they will tear down your shrines. [It will be as though] they will strip off your fancy clothes and take away your fine jewelry and cause you to be completely naked [DOU].
40 Hendese iereo haname azo ka i lahialeñey, hametsa-bato ama’o vaho hitombok’ azo am-pibara.
They will bring a mob to attack you, and that mob will throw stones at you and cut you to pieces with their swords.
41 Ho forototoe’ iareo añ’ afo o anjomba’oo naho hizaka azo añatrefan-drakemba maro; le hazìko irehe tsy hanao tsimirirañe, tsy hanambe ka.
They will burn down your houses and punish you while many women are watching. I will cause your acting like a prostitute and paying your lovers to have sex with you to end.
42 Izay ty hampanintsiñe ty fifomboko ama’o naho hampienga ty famarahiako ama’o le hitsiñe iraho vaho tsy ho boseke ka.
Then I will no longer be angry [DOU] with you. I will stop being jealous [because of your worshiping gods other than me only].
43 Amy t’ie nandikoke ty san-katora’o naho nanigìke ty habosehako ty amy rezay; le inao! navahako an-doha’o eo o sata’oo, hoe t’Iehovà Talè; soa tsy fonga hatovo’o amo hativà’ o ila’eo o haloloañe zao.
You have forgotten [the wonderful things that I did for you] in previous years [MET]. You have caused me to become extremely angry because of all the [evil things] that you have done. In addition to all the other detestable things that you did, you committed many sexual sins. So I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that I will punish you [IDM] for doing those things.
44 Inao, te ze hene mpanoñon-drazan-drehake ro hanao o razan-drehake zao ty ama’o: Hambañe aman-drene’e ty anak’ ampela’e.
People who [like to] quote proverbs will quote this proverb about you: “[behave] like their mothers [behave].”
45 Ihe anak’ ampelan-drene’o ty malaim-baly naho amory; ihe ka i rahavaven-droahavave’o nalaim-baly naho o keleia’eoy; nte-Kite ty rene’o naho nte-Amore ty rae’o.
You are like your mother; [it was as though] she detested her husband and her children. You are like your sisters, who also despised their husbands and their children. [It was as though] [MET] your father belonged to the Amor people-group and your mother belonged to the Heth people-group.
46 I Somerone rahavave’o, toe zoke’o, rekets’ o anak’ ampela’eo ro mimoneñe an-taña’o havia eo; vaho zai’o t’i Sedome mitobok’ an-taña’o havana eo rekets’ o anak’ ampela’eo.
And [it was as though] [MET] your older sister was Samaria, and she and her daughters lived to the north of you, and [it was as though] your younger sister was Sodom, and she and her daughters lived to the south of you.
47 Toe tsy norihe’o ty sata’ iareo, naho tsy nanoe’o ty sata rati’ iareo, fe hoe raha biliti’e ama’o t’ie nilombolombo’ iareo ami’ty haleora’ o sata’o iabio.
You not only imitated all [DOU] their detestable behavior, but you quickly became more sinful than they were.
48 Amy te velon-dRaho, hoe t’Iehovà Talè, mbe lia’e tsy nanoe’ i Sedome zai’o naho o anak’ampela’eo o nanoe’o naho o anak’ampela’oo.
I, Yahweh the Lord, solemnly declare that as surely as I am alive, [the people who lived in] [MTY] Sodom and other nearby cities never did the detestable things that you [people in Jerusalem and other places in Judah] have done.
49 Inao! zao ty hakeo’ i zai’o Sedomey: firengevohañe naho hatemboañe vaho fitobahan-kavotroañe ty ama’e naho o anak’ampela’eo, naho tsy nampahozare’e ty fitàm-pisotry ndra o rarakeo.
These are the sins [the people who lived in] Sodom, who were like your sister [MET]: The people who lived there and in nearby cities were arrogant. In spite of having more food to eat than they needed, they refused to help the poor and needy [DOU] people among them.
50 Nitrotroaboke iereo, nanao hativañe añatrefako eo; aa kanao nataoko te hahasoa, le nakareko añe.
The people of Sodom and nearby cities [MET] were proud and did detestable things in my presence, so I got rid of them when I saw what they had been doing.
51 Le i Somerone, ndra te tsy nanoe’e ty an-tsasan-kakeo’o; toe nampitomboe’o mandikoatse iereo o haloloa’oo, le hoe nañavantañ’ o zoke’oo o fonga hativañe nanoe’oo.
Also, [the people of] Samaria did not commit half as many sins as you have committed. You have done more disgusting things than they have done. You cause the people of Samaria to appear to be good, compared to you.
52 Aa ihe nizaka o rahavave’oo, vaveo ty hasalara’ o hakeo nanoe’oo, ie nilosore’o ty hativà’ iareo; toe vantañe te ama’o iereo; mimeñara vaho vaveo heike o fisalara’oo amy te nivantañe’o o rahavave’oo.
Your sins are worse than their sins, so they seem to be less wicked than you are. So I will punish you more than I punished them. As a result, you will be ashamed and disgraced [DOU].
53 Aa ie afoteko ty fandrohiza’ iareo, ty fandrohiza’ i Sedome rekets’ o anak’ampela’eo naho ty fandrohiza’ i Somerone mitraok’ amo anak’ ampela’eo, le habalako ka ty fandrohiza’ o mpirohi’oo añivo’ iareo ao;
However, [some day] I will [the people of] Sodom and Samaria and the cities near to them [MET] to prosper again. And I will cause you to prosper again, too.
54 soa te ho vave’o ty fisalara’o, vaho ho meñare’o o fonga sata nanoe’oo, ihe nimpañohò iareo.
You will be very ashamed [DOU] of the wicked things that you have done, and that will cause the people of those cities to be encouraged.
55 Ie mitampoly amy toe’ iareo valoha’ey t’i Sedome rekets’ o anak’ ampela’eo, naho mibalike mb’amy fanoe’ iareoy ka t’i Somerone miroanak’ ampela’e, le himpoly an-toe’o haehae ka irehe naho o anak’ ampela’oo.
[The people of] Sodom and Samaria will prosper again, and you and the people in nearby cities will prosper also.
56 Tsy nati’ ty vava’o hao t’i Sedome rahavave’o tamy ihe nimpirengevokey?
You (sneered at/despised) [the people of] Sodom when you were proud,
57 taolo’ te nitendreke ty halò-tsere’o, manahake tañ’ andro ninjè’ o ana’o Arame miariseho azoo, naho o anak’ ampela’ o nte-Pelisity mañohoke azoo: o mpañamavo azo nainai’eo.
before it was revealed that you were very wicked. And now [the people of] Edom and [the people of] Philistia all insult you and despise you.
58 Fa nivavè’o o haloloa’oo naho o hativa’oo hoe t’Iehovà.
And you are being punished for all your immoral behavior and other detestable things that you do.
59 Aa le hoe ty nafè’ Iehovà Talè, Hanoeko ama’o hambañe amy nanoe’oy, ie nitsambolitio’o i fantay hivaliha’o amy fañinay.
This is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: I will continue to punish you like you deserve to be punished, because by rejecting the agreement that I made with you, you have despised that solemn agreement that you promised to obey.
60 Fa ho tiahiko i nifañinako ama’o tañ’ andron-katora’oy vaho hajadoko ama’o ty fañina tsy ho modo.
But I will not forget the agreement that I made with you long ago [MET], and I will make an agreement with you that will endure forever.
61 Ho tiahi’o amy zao o sata’oo, le ho salatse naho ho rambese’o indraike i rahavave’o rey, ty zoke’o naho ty zai’o; le hatoloko azo iereo ho anak’ ampela, fa tsy amy fañina’oy.
Then you will think about what you have done, and you will be ashamed about those things when you welcome [the people of] Sodom and Samaria, cities which are like [MET] older and younger sisters to you people of Jerusalem. I will [put them under your control by] causing them to become like [MET] your daughters, but they will not have the same agreement that I will make with you.
62 I fañinakoy ty hajadoko ama’o, le ho fohi’o te Izaho Iehovà,
I will establish my agreement with you, and you will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].
63 soa te ho tiahi’o, naho ho meñatse, vaho tsy hanoka-bava ka ty amy fisalara’oy, ie fonga hahako o sata-rati’oo, hoe t’Iehovà Talè.
Then when I have forgiven you for all your sins, you will think about all the sins that you committed and you will be ashamed, and you will never again [boast about them], because you will be humiliated.’”