Ezekiel 3

vayyomer elay ben-adam et asher-timtsa ekhol ekhol et-hammegillah hazzot velekh dabber el-bet yisra'el

[God] said to me, “Mortal, eat what is offered you; eat this scroll, and go speak to the House of Israel.”

va'eftakh et-pi vayya'akhileni et hammegillah hazzot

So I opened my mouth, and I was given this scroll to eat,

vayyomer elay ben-adam bitnekha ta'akhel ume'ekha temalle et hammegillah hazzot asher ani noten elekha va'okhelah vattehi befi kidvash lematoq

as I was told, “Mortal, feed your stomach and fill your belly with this scroll that I give you.” I ate it, and it tasted as sweet as honey to me.

vayyomer elay ben-adam lekh-bo el-bet yisra'el vedibbarta vidvaray alehem

Then [God] said to me, “Mortal, go to the House of Israel and repeat My very words to them.

ki lo el-am imqe safah vekhivde lashon attah shaluakh el-bet yisra'el

For you are sent, not to a people of unintelligible speech and difficult language, but to the House of Israel—

lo el-ammim rabbim imqe safah vekhivde lashon asher lo-tishma divrehem im-lo alehem shelakhtikha hemmah yishme'u elekha

not to the many peoples of unintelligible speech and difficult language, whose talk you cannot understand. If I sent you to them, they would listen to you.

uvet yisra'el lo yovu lishmoa elekha ki-enam ovim lishmoa elay ki kol-bet yisra'el khizqe-metsakh uqeshe-lev hemmah

But the House of Israel will refuse to listen to you, for they refuse to listen to Me; for the whole House of Israel are brazen of forehead and stubborn of heart.

hinneh natatti et-panekha khazaqim le'ummat penehem ve'et-mitskhakha khazaq le'ummat mitskham

But I will make your face as hard as theirs, and your forehead as brazen as theirs.

keshamir khazaq mitsor natatti mitskhekha lo-tira otam velo-tekhat mippenehem ki bet meri hemmah

I will make your forehead like adamant, harder than flint. Do not fear them, and do not be dismayed by them, though they are a rebellious breed.”

vayyomer elay ben-adam et-kol-devaray asher adabber elekha qakh bilvavekha uve'oznekha shema

Then [God] said to me: “Mortal, listen with your ears and receive into your mind all the words that I speak to you.

velekh bo el-haggolah el-bene ammekha vedibbarta alehem ve'amarta alehem koh amar adonay Elohim im-yishme'u ve'im-yekhdalu

Go to your people, the exile community, and speak to them. Say to them: Thus says the Sovereign GOD—whether they listen or not.”

vattissa'eni ruakh va'eshma akharay qol ra'ash gadol barukh kevod-Adonai mimmeqomo

Then a spirit carried me away, and behind me I heard a great roaring sound: “Blessed is the Presence of GOD, in its place,”

veqol kanfe hakhayyot mashiqot isha el-akhotah veqol ha'ofannim le'ummatam veqol ra'ash gadol

with the sound of the wings of the creatures beating against one another, and the sound of the wheels beside them—a great roaring sound.

veruakh nesa'atni vattiqqakheni va'elekh mar bakhamat rukhi veyad-Adonai alay khazaqah

A spirit seized me and carried me away. I went in bitterness, in the fury of my spirit, while GOD’s hand was strong upon me.

va'avo el-haggolah tel aviv hayyoshevim el-nehar-kevar (vshr) [va'eshev] hemmah yoshevim sham va'eshev sham shivat yamim mashmim betokham

And I came to the exile community that dwelt in Tel Abib by the Chebar Canal, and I remained where they dwelt. And for seven days I sat there stunned among them.

vayehi miqtseh shivat yamim vayehi devar-Adonai elay lemor

After those seven days, the word of GOD came to me:

ben-adam tsofeh netattikha levet yisra'el veshamata mippi davar vehizharta otam mimmenni

“O mortal, I appoint you lookout for the House of Israel; and when you hear a word from My mouth, you must warn them for Me.

be'omri larasha mot tamut velo hizharto velo dibbarta lehazhir rasha middarko haresha'ah lekhayyoto hu rasha ba'avono yamut vedamo miyyadekha avaqqesh

If I say to someone wicked, ‘You shall die,’ and you do not give warning—you do not speak to warn them of their wicked course in order to save their life—then that wicked one shall die for their own iniquity, while from you I will require a reckoning for their blood.

ve'attah ki-hizharta rasha velo-shav merisho umiddarko haresha'ah hu ba'avono yamut ve'attah et-nafshekha hitsalta

But if you do warn someone wicked, and they do not turn back from their wickedness and their wicked course, they shall die for their iniquity, while you will have saved your own life.

uveshuv tsaddiq mitsidqo ve'asah avel venatatti mikhshol lefanayw hu yamut ki lo hizharto bekhattato yamut velo tizzakharna tsidqotav asher asah vedamo miyyadekha avaqqesh

Again, if someone righteous abandons righteousness and does wrong—when I put a stumbling block before them—they shall die. They shall die for their sins; the righteous deeds that they did shall not be remembered; while from you, because you did not warn them, I will require a reckoning for their blood.

ve'attah ki hizharto tsaddiq levilti khato tsaddiq vehu lo-khata khayo yikhyeh ki nizhar ve'attah et-nafshekha hitsalta

If, however, you warn someone righteous not to sin, and that righteous one does not sin, they shall live because they took warning, while you will have saved your own life.”

vattehi alay sham yad-Adonai vayyomer elay qum tse el-habbiqah vesham adabber otakh

Then GOD’s hand came upon me there, and I was told, “Arise, go out to the valley, and there I will speak with you.”

va'aqum va'etse el-habbiqah vehinneh-sham kevod-Adonai omed kakkavod asher ra'iti al-nehar-kevar va'eppol al-panay

I arose and went out to the valley, and there stood the Presence of GOD, like the Presence that I had seen at the Chebar Canal; and I flung myself down on my face.

vattavo-vi ruakh vatta'amideni al-raglay vayedabber oti vayyomer elay bo hissager betokh betekha

And a spirit entered into me and set me upon my feet. And [God] spoke to me, and said to me: “Go, shut yourself up in your house.

ve'attah ven-adam hinneh natenu alekha avotim va'asarukha bahem velo tetse betokham

As for you, O mortal, cords have been placed upon you, and you have been bound with them, and you shall not go out among the people.

uleshonekha adbiq el-khikkekha vene'elamta velo-tihyeh lahem le'ish mokhiakh ki bet meri hemmah

And I will make your tongue cleave to your palate, and you shall be dumb; you shall not be a reprover to them, for they are a rebellious breed.

uvedabberi otekha eftakh et-pikha ve'amarta alehem koh amar adonay Elohim hashomea yishma vehekhadel yekhdal ki bet meri hemmah

But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Sovereign GOD!’ Whoever listens will listen, and whoever does not will not—for they are a rebellious breed.”