Ezekiel 9
1 फिर उसने मेरे कानों में ऊंचे शब्द से पुकार कर कहा, नगर के अधिकारियों को अपने अपने हाथ में नाश करने का हथियार लिए हुए निकट लाओ।
2 इस पर छ: पुरुष, उत्तर की ओर ऊपरी फाटक के मार्ग से अपने अपने हाथ में घात करने का हथियार लिए हुए आए; और उनके बीच सन का वस्त्र पहिने, कमर में लिखने की दवात बान्धे हुए एक और पुरुष था; और वे सब भवन के भीतर जा कर पीतल की वेदी के पास खड़े हुए।
3 और इस्राएल के परमेश्वर का तेज करूबों पर से, जिनके ऊपर वह रहा करता था, भवन की डेवढ़ी पर उठ आया था; और उसने उस सन के वस्त्र पहिने हुए पुरुष को जो कमर में दवात बान्धे हुए था, पुकारा।
4 और यहोवा ने उस से कहा, इस यरूशलेम नगर के भीतर इधर उधर जा कर जितने मनुष्य उन सब घृणित कामों के कारण जो उस में किए जाते हैं, सांसें भरते और दु:ख के मारे चिल्लाते हैं, उनके माथों पर चिन्ह कर दे।
5 तब उसने मेरे सुनते हुए दूसरों से कहा, नगर में उनके पीछे पीछे चल कर मारते जाओ; किसी पर दया न करना और न कोमलता से काम करना।
6 बूढ़े, युवा, कुंवारी, बाल-बच्चे, स्त्रियां, सब को मार कर नाश करो, परन्तु जिस किसी मनुष्य के माथे पर वह चिन्ह हो, उसके निकट न जाना। और मेरे पवित्र स्थान ही से आरम्भ करो। और उन्होंने उन पुरनियों से आरम्भ किया जो भवन के साम्हने थे।
7 फिर उसने उन से कहा, भवन को अशुद्ध करो, और आंगनों को लोथों से भर दो। चलो, बाहर निकलो। तब वे निकल कर नगर में मारने लगे।
8 जब वे मार रहे थे, और मैं अकेला रह गया, तब मैं मुंह के बल गिरा और चिल्लाकर कहा, हाय प्रभु यहोवा! क्या तू अपनी जलजलाहट यरूशलेम पर भड़का कर इस्राएल के सब बचे हुओं को भी नाश करेगा?
9 तब उसने मुझ से कहा, इस्राएल और यहूदा के घरानों का अधर्म अत्यन्त ही अधिक है, यहां तक कि देश हत्या से और नगर अन्याय से भर गया है; क्योंकि वे कहते हें कि यहोवा ने पृथ्वी को त्याग दिया और यहोवा कुछ नहीं देखता।
10 इसलिये उन पर दया न होगी, न मैं कोमलता करूंगा, वरन उनकी चाल उन्हीं के सिर लौटा दूंगा।
11 तब मैं ने क्या देखा, कि जो पुरुष सन का वस्त्र पहिने हुए और कमर में दवात बान्धे था, उसने यह कह कर समाचार दिया, जैसे तू ने आज्ञा दी, मैं ने वैसे ही किया है।
1 He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his destroying weapon in his hand.
2 And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer’s inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar.
3 And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer’s inkhorn by his side;
4 And the Lord said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
5 And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:
6 Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.
7 And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.
8 And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord God! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem?
9 Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The Lord hath forsaken the earth, and the Lord seeth not.
10 And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head.
11 And, behold, the man clothed with linen, which had the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me.
1 And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.
2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
3 Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.
4 And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the Lord of hosts.
5 My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.
6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.
7 For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
8 But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of hosts.
9 Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.
10 Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
11 Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the Lord which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.
12 The Lord will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto the Lord of hosts.
13 And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the Lord with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand.
14 Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
15 And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
16 For the Lord, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the Lord of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
17 Ye have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?