Ezekiela 22
1 Niheo amako indraike ty tsara’ Iehovà:
Yahweh gave me another message. He said,
2 O ana’ ondatio, hizaka v’iheo? ho zakae’o hao i rovan-dioy? Aa le tseizo ama’e o fonga sata-tsivokatseo.
“You human, are you ready to condemn the people of Jerusalem? It is [RHQ] a city full of murderers [MTY]. Remind them of all the detestable things that they have done.
3 Ano ty hoe, Hoe ty nafè’ Iehovà Talè: Ty rova tia! Mpampiori-dio ty an-tro’e ao, fa tondroke ty andro’e; i mitsene samposampo hanisý aze, hileora’ey.
[Then] say, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: By your murdering people and by (defiling yourselves/making yourselves unacceptable to God) by making idols, you people of this city [APO] have brought to yourselves the time when you [will be destroyed].
4 Fa ota faly irehe amo lio nampiorihe’oo, nitivae’ o samposampo niranjie’oo; nampitotohe’o o andro’oo, vaho nampigadoñe’o o tao’oo: aa le nonjirako amo kilakila’ndatio, ho fitohafañe amo hene fifeheañeo.
You have become guilty by doing both of those things [DOU]. You have brought to an end your time [to remain alive] [DOU]. Therefore I will cause you to become a group whom the [people of other] nations will scorn; they will all laugh at you [DOU].
5 Hañonjitse azo iaby ty marine naho ty lavitse, ihe mavo-vintañe, lifo-pivalitsikotahañe.
People in countries that are near you and people who live far from you will make fun of you, because your city is full of lawless people and full of confusion.
6 Heheke, o roandria’ Israeleo, ie songa aman-ozatse, ro tàma’o ao hampiori-dio.
Think about how each of your Israeli kings have used their power to cause people to be murdered [MTY].
7 Ama’o ao ty nañamaivaña’ iareo rae naho rene; añivo’o ao ty namorekekea’ iareo renetane; ama’o ty nañota’ iareo bode rae naho vantotse.
Your people do not respect/honor their parents; they have oppressed foreigners; they mistreat orphans and widows.
8 Tsinambolitio’o o raha màsikoo vaho tiniva’o o Sabatekoo.
You despise my sacred places and (dishonor/do not respect) the Sabbath days.
9 Tàma’o ao o songa mpanao dramotseo hampiorike lio; le ama’o ao ty nifanjora’e an-kaboañe ao: añivo’o ao ty nanoa’e hakarapiloañe.
Among you are men who tell lies in order to cause others to be executed [MTY]. There are those who [food offered to idols] at the hilltop [shrines], and they perform disgusting sexual acts.
10 Ama’o ao ty nañafake ty heñan-droae’e; songa nampisalatse ty ampela am-piambola’e;
There are men who have sex with their father’s wives [EUP], and men who have sex with women during their monthly menstrual periods.
11 songa nañarapilo ami’ty valin-drañe’e; sindre nimba’e ty anak’ ampelan-drahavaven-tañanjomba’e naho sambe nampireke ty rahavave’e, ty anak’ ampelan-drae’e.
There are men who have sex with someone else’s wife. Some men have sex with their daughters-in-law or with their sisters or half-sisters.
12 Le ama’o ao ty nandrambe vokañe hampiorike lio, le ihe ty nangalak’ ana-bola reke-tovo’e naho namorekeke an-drañe’o naho nañaramamo, vaho nandikok’ ahy hoe t’Iehovà Talè.
There are among you men who accept bribes in order to cause someone to be executed [MTY]. You charge high interest when you lend people money. You become rich by forcing people to give you money. [the worst thing is that] you have forgotten me, Yahweh the Lord.
13 Oniño arè te niteha-tañan-draho amy fikatramoa’o nampitomboa’o vara naho amo lio’o añivo’oo.
So I will shake my fists at you to show that I am angry with you because of your stealing money from people and murdering [MTY] people who live among you.
14 Hahavontititse hao ty arofo’o, ho fatratse hao o fità’oo amo andro hitoloñakoo? Izaho Iehovà ty nitsara naho hañeneke.
When I [punishing] you, you will no longer [RHQ] be courageous/brave [DOU]. I, Yahweh, have said [what I will do to you], and I will do it.
15 Haparatsieko añivo’ o kilakila’ ndatio irehe naho haboele amo fifeheañeo, vaho ho forototoeko ama’o ty haleora’o.
I will cause you to be scattered among many nations [DOU], and I will cause you to stop your sinful behavior.
16 Le haniva vatan-drehe am-pahaisaha’ o kilakila’ndatio, vaho ho fohi’o te Izaho Iehovà.
When [the people of other] nations see that you have been humiliated, you will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].’”
17 Niheo amako ty tsara’ Iehovà nanao ty hoe,
Yahweh [also] said to me,
18 O ana’ondatio, fa ninjare taim-by amako ty anjomba’ Israele: songa torisìke naho kankiñe, naho viñe vaho firak’ am-po tòñak’ ao; taim-bolafoty iereo.
“You human, your Israeli people [MTY] have [useless] to me. They are [like] [MET] dross/slag to me. They are like [SIM] [worthless] copper, tin, iron, and lead that remains after silver is melted in [very hot] furnace.
19 Aa le hoe ty nafè’ Iehovà Talè: Amy te sindre taim-by amako nahareo, le inao! t’ie hatontoko añivo’ Ierosalaime ao.
Therefore, this is what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say: Because you have all become [like] dross/slag, I will gather you in Jerusalem.
20 Manahake ty amoriañe volafoty naho torisìke naho viñe naho firake vaho kankiñe anteñateña’ i toñakey, haniofañ’ afo hampitranak’ aze ro hamoriako anahareo ami’ty habosehako naho ami’ty fifomboko, haniofako vaho hatranako.
People [ore containing] silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin in a [very hot] furnace and melt them in a blazing [to burn up the impurities]. Similarly [SIM], I will gather you [inside Jerusalem], and because I am very angry with you, [what I will do will be as though] I am melting you.
21 Eka hatontoko vaho ho tiofeko ama’ areo ty afon-kabosehako, ie hitranake aivo’e ao.
[It will be as though] I will blow on you with a hot breath that shows that I am very angry, [it will be as though] you will be melted,
22 Manahake ty fampitranahañe volafoty am-po toñak’ ao, ty hampitranahañe anahareo am-po’e ao; vaho ho fohi’ areo te Izaho Iehovà ty nampidoañe ty habosehako ama’ areo.
as though you will be melted like [SIM] silver is melted in a furnace, and then you will know that I, Yahweh, have poured out my punishment [MTY] on you.”
23 Le niheo amako ty tsara’ Iehovà, nanao ty hoe,
Yahweh gave me another message. He said,
24 O ana’ondatio, ano ama’e ty hoe, Tane tsy nilioven-drehe, naho tsy nahavian’ orañe amy andron-kabosehakoy.
“You human, say to the Israeli people, ‘[Yahweh] is angry with you, there has been no rain or showers in your country.’
25 Mikitro-draha raty añivo’e ao o mpitoki’eo, manahake ty liona mitroñe, hañoridañe ty tsàtsa’e, hampibotseke sandriñe, hitavañe vara naho asiñe; maro ty nampinjarie’ iareo ramavoiñe añivo’e ao.
Your leaders are like [SIM] lions that tear apart the animals that they have killed. Your leaders destroy their people. They steal treasures and [other] valuable things from people, and they cause many women to become [by murdering their husbands].
26 Mijoy o Fanoroakoo o mpisoro’eo naho tivà’ iareo o rahako miavakeo: tsy ambaha’ iareo ty masiñe ami’ ty tsotra, mbore tsy toroa’ iareo te ino ty faly naho ty tsy faly, naho nanakona’ iareo maso o Sabatekoo vaho tivaeñe am’ iereo ao iraho.
Their priests disobey my laws and disrespect my sacred things by saying that there is no difference between things that are sacred and those that are not sacred, and by ignoring my laws about honoring the Sabbath days. As a result, they no [longer] honor me.
27 Manahake ty fitriboam-parasy i tsindro’ey o roandria’ eo, hampiori-dio naho hampianto sandriñe, hitavañe.
Their officials are like [SIM] wolves that tear apart the animals that they have killed: They murder people [DOU] in order to get their money.
28 Le fa pinako’ o mpitokio sokay izay, mionim-bande naho manikily fandañirañe, ami’ty hoe: Hoe t’Iehovà Talè, fe tsy nitsara t’Iehovà.
Their prophets, by falsely saying they have received [from God], and by giving false messages, try to (cover up [MET]/say that it is all right to commit) those sins. They say, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says,’ when I have said nothing to them.
29 Mamorekeke ondati’ i taneio iereo, naho mampikametse; mbore tsoborè’ iareo o rarakeo naho o poi’eo vaho manindry ty renetane tsy aman-kahiti’e.
The Israeli people force others to give them money, and they rob people. They oppress poor [DOU] people, and they mistreat foreigners among them by not treating them [in the courts].
30 Aa le nipay ondaty am’ iareo ao iraho hamboatse i kijoliy mañambone, hijohañe an-jeba’e ao ho amy taney añatrefako eo, tsy handrotsahako aze; f’ie tsy nahatrea.
I looked among them to find a man who would cause the people of the city to repent [MET] so that I would not need to get rid of them. But I did not find anyone.
31 Aa le nadoako am’ iareo ty habosehako; nifongoreko amy afom-pifombokoy: o sata’ iareoo avao ty nadoako ami’ty añambone’ iareo, hoe t’Iehovà Talè.
So because I am very angry with them, I will severely punish them [MTY] for [all] the wicked things that they have done. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh the Lord, have said it.”
