Ezekiel 11

vattissa oti ruakh vattave oti el-sha'ar bet-Adonai haqqadmoni happoneh qadimah vehinneh befetakh hasha'ar esrim vakhamisha ish va'ereh vetokham et-ya'azanyah ven-azzur ve'et-pelatyahu ven-benayahu sare ha'am

Then a spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the House of GOD, which faces eastward; and there, at the entrance of the gate, were twenty-five men, among whom I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people.

vayyomer elay ben-adam elleh ha'anashim hakhoshevim aven vehayyo'atsim atsat-ra ba'ir hazzot

[GOD] said to me, “O mortal, these are the men who plan iniquity and plot wickedness in this city,

ha'omerim lo veqarov benot battim hi hassir va'anakhnu habbasar

who say: ‘There is no need now to build houses; this [city] is the pot, and we are the meat.’

lakhen hinnave alehem hinnave ben-adam

I adjure you, prophesy against them; prophesy, O mortal!”

vattippol alay ruakh Adonai vayyomer elay emor koh-amar Adonai ken amartem bet yisra'el uma'alot rukhakhem ani yedatiha

Thereupon the spirit of GOD fell upon me, and I was told, “Speak: Thus said GOD: Such are your thoughts, O House of Israel; I know what comes into your mind.

hirbetem khallekhem ba'ir hazzot umilletem khutsoteha khalal

Many have you slain in this city; you have filled its streets with corpses.

lakhen koh-amar adonay Elohim khallekhem asher samtem betokhah hemmah habbasar vehi hassir ve'etkhem hotsi mittokhah

Assuredly, thus says the Sovereign GOD: The corpses that you have piled up in it are the meat for which it is the pot; but you shall be taken out of it.

kherev yeretem vekherev avi alekhem ne'um adonay Elohim

You feared the sword, and the sword I will bring upon you—declares the Sovereign GOD.

vehotseti etkhem mittokhah venatatti etkhem beyad-zarim ve'asiti vakhem shefatim

I will take you out of it and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and I will execute judgments upon you.

bakherev tippolu al-gevul yisra'el eshpot etkhem vidatem ki-ani Adonai

You shall fall by the sword; I will punish you at the border of Israel. And you shall know that I am GOD.

hi lo-tihyeh lakhem lesir ve'attem tihyu vetokhah levasar el-gevul yisra'el eshpot etkhem

This [city] shall not be a pot for you, nor you the meat in it; I will punish you at the border of Israel.

vidatem ki-ani Adonai asher bekhuqqay lo halakhtem umishpatay lo asitem ukhemishpete haggoyim asher sevivotekhem asitem

Then you shall know that I am GOD, whose laws you did not follow and whose rules you did not obey, acting instead according to the rules of the nations around you.”

vayehi kehinnave'i ufelatyahu ven-benayah met va'eppol al-panay va'ezaq qol-gadol va'omar ahah adonay Elohim kalah attah oseh et she'erit yisra'el

Now, as I prophesied, Pelatiah son of Benaiah dropped dead. I threw myself upon my face and cried out aloud, “Ah, my Sovereign GOD! You are wiping out the remnant of Israel!”

vayehi devar-Adonai elay lemor

Then the word of GOD came to me:

ben-adam akhekha akhekha anshe ge'ullatekha vekhol-bet yisra'el kulloh asher ameru lahem yosheve yerushalai͏m rakhaqu me'al Adonai lanu hi nittenah ha'arets lemorashah

“O mortal, [I will save] your kinsfolk, your relatives—your next of kin—all of that very House of Israel to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem say, ‘Keep far from GOD; the land has been given as a heritage to us.’

lakhen emor koh-amar adonay Elohim ki hirkhaqtim baggoyim vekhi hafitsotim ba'aratsot va'ehi lahem lemiqdash me'at ba'aratsot asher-ba'u sham

Say then: Thus said the Sovereign GOD: I have indeed removed them far among the nations and have scattered them among the countries, and I have become to them a diminished sanctity in the countries whither they have gone.

lakhen emor koh-amar adonay Elohim veqibbatsti etkhem min-ha'ammim ve'asafti etkhem min-ha'aratsot asher nefotsotem bahem venatatti lakhem et-admat yisra'el

Yet say: Thus said the Sovereign GOD: I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the Land of Israel.

uva'u-shammah vehesiru et-kol-shiqqutseha ve'et-kol-to'avoteha mimmennah

And they shall return there, and do away with all its detestable things and all its abominations.

venatatti lahem lev ekhad veruakh khadashah etten beqirbekhem vahasiroti lev ha'even mibbesaram venatatti lahem lev basar

I will give them one heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove the heart of stone from their bodies and give them a heart of flesh,

lema'an bekhuqqotay yelekhu ve'et-mishpatay yishmeru ve'asu otam vehayu-li le'am va'ani ehyeh lahem lelohim

that they may follow My laws and faithfully observe My rules. Then they shall be My people and I will be their God.

ve'el-lev shiqqutsehem veto'avotehem libbam holekh darkam berosham natatti ne'um adonay Elohim

But as for them whose heart is set upon their detestable things and their abominations, I will repay them for their conduct—declares the Sovereign GOD.”

vayyisu hakkeruvim et-kanfehem veha'ofannim le'ummatam ukhevod elohe-yisra'el alehem milma'elah

Then the cherubs, with the wheels beside them, lifted their wings, while the Presence of the God of Israel rested above them.

vayya'al kevod Adonai me'al tokh ha'ir vayya'amod al-hahar asher miqqedem la'ir

The Presence of GOD ascended from the midst of the city and stood on the hill east of the city.

veruakh nesa'atni vattevi'eni khasdimah el-haggolah bammareh beruakh elohim vayya'al me'alay hammareh asher ra'iti

A spirit carried me away and brought me in a vision by the spirit of God to the exile community in Chaldea. Then the vision that I had seen left me,

va'adabber el-haggolah et kol-divre Adonai asher herani

and I told the exiles all the things that GOD had shown me.