Ezekiel 14

vayyavo elay anashim mizziqne yisra'el vayyeshevu lefanay

Certain elders of Israel came to me and sat down before me.

vayehi devar-Adonai elay lemor

And the word of GOD came to me:

ben-adam ha'anashim ha'elleh he'elu gillulehem al-libbam umikhshol avonam natenu nokhakh penehem ha'iddarosh iddaresh lahem

O mortal, these men have turned their thoughts upon their fetishes and set their minds upon the sin through which they stumbled: Shall I respond to their inquiry?

lakhen dabber-otam ve'amarta alehem koh-amar adonay Elohim ish ish mibbet yisra'el asher ya'aleh et-gillulayw el-libbo umikhshol avono yasim nokhakh panayw uva el-hannavi ani Adonai na'aneti lo (vh) [va] berov gillulayw

Now speak to them and tell them: Thus said the Sovereign GOD: If anyone at all of the House of Israel turns their thoughts upon their fetishes and sets their mind upon the sin through which they stumbled, and yet comes to the prophet, I, GOD, will respond as they come with their multitude of fetishes.

lema'an tefos et-bet-yisra'el belibbam asher nazoru me'alay begillulehem kullam

Thus I will hold the House of Israel to account for their thoughts, because they have all been estranged from Me through their fetishes.

lakhen emor el-bet yisra'el koh amar adonay Elohim shuvu vehashivu me'al gillulekhem ume'al kol-to'avotekhem hashivu fenekhem

Now say to the House of Israel: Thus said the Sovereign GOD: Repent, and turn back from your fetishes and turn your minds away from all your abominations.

ki ish ish mibbet yisra'el umehagger asher-yagur beyisra'el veyinnazer me'akharay veya'al gillulayw el-libbo umikhshol avono yasim nokhakh panayw uva el-hannavi lidrosh-lo vi ani Adonai na'aneh-llo bi

For if anyone at all of the House of Israel, or of the strangers who dwell in Israel, breaks away from Me and turns their thoughts upon their fetishes and sets their mind upon the sins through which they stumbled, and then goes to the prophet to inquire of Me through him, I, GOD, will respond directly.

venatatti fanay ba'ish hahu vahasimotihu le'ot velimshalim vehikhrattiv mittokh ammi vidatem ki-ani Adonai

I will set My face against that party and make them a sign and a byword, and I will cut them off from the midst of My people. Then you shall know that I am GOD.

vehannavi khi-yefutteh vedibber davar ani Adonai pitteti et hannavi hahu venatiti et-yadi alayw vehishmadtiv mittokh ammi yisra'el

And if a prophet is seduced and does speak a word [to such people], it was I, GOD, who seduced that prophet; I will stretch out My hand and destroy that prophet from among My people Israel.

venase'u avonam ka'avon haddoresh ka'avon hannavi yihyeh

Thus they shall bear their punishment: The punishment of the inquirer and the punishment of the prophet shall be the same,

lema'an lo-yitu od bet-yisra'el me'akharay velo-yittamme'u od bekhol-pishehem vehayu-li le'am va'ani ehyeh lahem lelohim ne'um adonay Elohim

so that the House of Israel may never again stray from Me and defile itself with all its transgressions. Then they shall be My people and I will be their God—declares the Sovereign GOD.

vayehi devar-Adonai elay lemor

The word of GOD came to me:

ben-adam erets ki tekheta-li limol-ma'al venatiti yadi aleha veshavarti lah matteh-lakhem vehishlakhti-vah ra'av vehikhratti mimmennah adam uvehemah

O mortal, if a land were to sin against Me and commit a trespass, and I stretched out My hand against it and broke its staff of bread, and sent famine against it and cut off human and animal from it,

vehayu sheloshet ha'anashim ha'elleh betokhah noakh (dnl) [daniyyel] ve'iyyov hemmah vetsidqatam yenatselu nafsham ne'um adonay Elohim

even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—should be in it, they would by their righteousness save only themselves—declares the Sovereign GOD.

lu-khayyah ra'ah a'avir ba'arets veshikkelattah vehayetah shemamah mibbeli over mippene hakhayyah

Or, if I were to send wild beasts to roam the land and they depopulated it, and it became a desolation with none passing through it because of the beasts,

sheloshet ha'anashim ha'elleh betokhah khay-ani ne'um adonay Elohim im-banim ve'im-banot yatsilu hemmah levaddam yinnatselu veha'arets tihyeh shemamah

as I live—declares the Sovereign GOD—those three men in it would save neither sons nor daughters; they alone would be saved, but the land would become a desolation.

o kherev avi al-ha'arets hahi ve'amarti kherev ta'avor ba'arets vehikhratti mimmennah adam uvehemah

Or, if I were to bring the sword upon that land and say, “Let a sword sweep through the land so that I may cut off from it human and animal,”

usheloshet ha'anashim ha'elleh betokhah khay-ani ne'um adonay Elohim lo yatsilu banim uvanot ki hem levaddam yinnatselu

if those three men should be in it, as I live—declares the Sovereign GOD—they would save neither sons nor daughters, but they alone would be saved.

o dever ashallakh el-ha'arets hahi veshafakhti khamati aleha bedam lehakhrit mimmennah adam uvehemah

Or, if I let loose a pestilence against that land, and poured out My fury upon it in blood, cutting off from it human and animal,

venoakh (dnl) [daniyyel] ve'iyyov betokhah khay-ani ne'um adonay Elohim im-ben im-bat yatsilu hemmah vetsidqatam yatsilu nafsham

should Noah, Daniel, and Job be in it, as I live—declares the Sovereign GOD—they would save neither son nor daughter; they would save themselves alone by their righteousness.

ki khoh amar adonay Elohim af ki-arba'at shefatay hara'im kherev vera'av vekhayyah ra'ah vadever shillakhti el-yerushalai͏m lehakhrit mimmennah adam uvehemah

Assuredly, thus said the Sovereign GOD: How much less [should any escape] now that I have let loose against Jerusalem all four of My terrible punishments—the sword, famine, wild beasts, and pestilence—to cut off human and animal from it!

vehinneh noterah-bbah peletah hammutsa'im banim uvanot hinnam yotse'im alekhem ure'item et-darkam ve'et-alilotam venikhamtem al-hara'ah asher heveti al-yerushalai͏m et kol-asher heveti aleha

Yet there are survivors left of it, sons and daughters who are being brought out. They are coming out to you; and when you see their ways and their deeds, you will be consoled for the disaster that I brought on Jerusalem, for all that I brought on it.

venikhamu etkhem ki-tiru et-darkam ve'et-alilotam vidatem ki lo khinnam asiti et kol-asher-asiti vah ne'um adonay Elohim

You will be consoled through them, when you see their ways and their deeds and realize that not without cause did I do all that I did in it—declares the Sovereign GOD.