Ezekiel 8
1 ಆರನೇ ವರುಷದ ಆರನೆಯ ತಿಂಗಳಿನ ಐದನೆಯ ದಿನದಲ್ಲಿ ಆಗಿದ್ದೇನಂದರೆ--ನಾನೂ ಯೆಹೂದದ ಹಿರಿಯರೂ ನನ್ನ ಮನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕುಳಿತುಕೊಂಡಿರುವಾಗ ಅಲ್ಲಿ ದೇವರಾದ ಕರ್ತನ ಹಸ್ತವು ನನ್ನ ಮೇಲೆ ಬಿತ್ತು.
2 ಆಮೇಲೆ ನಾನು ನೋಡಲಾಗಿ ಇಗೋ, ಬೆಂಕಿಯಂತೆ ತೋರುವ ಒಬ್ಬನ ರೂಪವು ಕಾಣಿಸಿತು; ಅವನ ನಡುವಿನ ಮೇಲ್ಗಡೆಯೂ ಕೆಳಗಡೆಯೂ ಮೆರಗು ಮಾಡಿದ ಪೀತರತ್ನ ವರ್ಣದ ಹಾಗೆ ಹೊಳೆಯುತ್ತಿತ್ತು.
3 ಕೈಯ ಹಾಗಿರುವ ಹಸ್ತವನ್ನು ಚಾಚಿ, ನನ್ನ ತಲೆಯ ಕೂದಲಿನಿಂದ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಹಿಡಿ ದನು; ಆಗ ಆತ್ಮನು ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಭೂಮಿಗೂ ಆಕಾಶಕ್ಕೂ ಮಧ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಎತ್ತಿ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ದೇವರದರ್ಶನಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಯೆರೂ ಸಲೇಮಿಗೆ ಉತ್ತರದ ಕಡೆಗೆ ಎದುರಾಗಿರುವ ಒಳ ಬಾಗಲಿನ ಕಡೆಗೆ ಅಸೂಯೆ ಎಬ್ಬಿಸುವ ವಿಗ್ರಹವು ಇದ್ದಲ್ಲಿಗೆ ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಂಡು ಹೋದನು.
4 ಇಗೋ, ಇಸ್ರಾ ಯೇಲಿನ ದೇವರ ಮಹಿಮೆಯು ನಾನು ಆ ಬಯಲು ಸೀಮೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ನೋಡಿದ ಆಕಾರದ ಪ್ರಕಾ ರವೇ ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಇತ್ತು.
5 ಆಮೇಲೆ ಆತನು ನನಗೆ --ಮನುಷ್ಯಪುತ್ರನೇ, ಈಗ ಉತ್ತರದ ಕಡೆಗೆ ನಿನ್ನ ಕಣ್ಣುಗಳನ್ನು ಎತ್ತು ಅಂದಾಗ ನಾನು ಉತ್ತರದ ಕಡೆಗೆ ಕಣ್ಣುಗಳನ್ನೆತ್ತಿದೆನು; ಇಗೋ, ಉತ್ತರದಲ್ಲಿ ಯಜ್ಞ ವೇದಿಯ ಬಾಗಿಲಲ್ಲಿ ಅಸೂಯೆ ವಿಗ್ರಹವು ಪ್ರವೇಶ ದಲ್ಲಿತ್ತು.
6 ಇದಲ್ಲದೆ ಆತನು ನನಗೆ ಹೇಳಿದ್ದೇನಂದರೆ --ಮನುಷ್ಯಪುತ್ರನೇ, ಅವರು ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿರುವದನ್ನು ನೋಡುತ್ತಿರುವಿಯಾ? ನಾನು ನನ್ನ ಪರಿಶುದ್ಧ ಸ್ಥಳವನ್ನು ಬಿಟ್ಟು ದೂರ ಹೋಗುವ ಹಾಗೆ ಇಸ್ರಾಯೇಲಿನ ಮನೆತನದವರು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ದೊಡ್ಡ ಅಸಹ್ಯ ಗಳನ್ನು ನೋಡುತ್ತಿರುವಿಯಾ? ಆದರೆ ಮತ್ತೆ ತಿರು ಗಿಕೋ, ನೀನು ಇನ್ನೂ ದೊಡ್ಡ ಅಸಹ್ಯಗಳನ್ನು ನೋಡುವಿ ಅಂದನು.
7 ಆಗ ಅವನು ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಅಂಗಳದ ಬಾಗಲಿಗೆ ತಂದನು; ಮತ್ತು ನಾನು ನೋಡುವಾಗ ಇಗೋ, ಗೋಡೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದು ರಂಧ್ರವನ್ನು ಕಂಡೆನು
8 ಆಮೇಲೆ ಆತನು ನನಗೆ--ಮನುಷ್ಯಪುತ್ರನೇ, ಈಗ ಗೋಡೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕೊರೆ ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಿದನು. ಯಾವಾಗ ನಾನು ಗೋಡೆಯನ್ನು ಕೊರೆದೆನೋ ಒಂದು ಬಾಗಿಲು ಕಾಣಿಸಿತು.
9 ಆಗ ಆತನು ನನಗೆ--ಒಳಗೆ ಹೋಗು; ಅವರು ಮಾಡುವ ಕೆಟ್ಟ ಅಸಹ್ಯಗಳನ್ನು ನೋಡು ಅಂದನು.
10 ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ನಾನು ಒಳಗೆ ಹೋಗಿ ನೋಡಿದೆನು; ಇಗೋ, ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಜಾತಿಯ ಕ್ರಿಮಿಕೀಟಗಳೂ ಅಸಹ್ಯ ಮೃಗಗಳೂ ಇಸ್ರಾಯೇಲ್ಯರು ಪೂಜಿಸುವ ಸಕಲ ಮೂರ್ತಿಗಳೂ ಈ ಗೋಡೆಯ ಸುತ್ತಲೂ ಚಿತ್ರಿಸ ಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಿವೆ.
11 ಇದಲ್ಲದೆ ಇಸ್ರಾಯೇಲಿನ ಮನೆತನ ದವರಲ್ಲಿ ಎಪ್ಪತ್ತು ಮಂದಿಯೂ ಅವರ ಮಧ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಶಾಫಾನನ ಮಗನಾದ ಯಾಜನ್ಯನೂ ನಿಂತುಕೊಂಡಿ ದ್ದರು; ಪ್ರತಿಯೊಬ್ಬನ ಕೈಯಲ್ಲೂ ಅವನವನ ಧೂಪಾ ರತಿ ಇತ್ತು; ಧೂಪದ ಸುವಾಸನೆಯು ಮೇಘವಾಗಿ ಏರುತ್ತಿತ್ತು.
12 ಆಗ ಆತನು ನನಗೆ ಮನುಷ್ಯಪುತ್ರನೇ, ಇಸ್ರಾಯೇಲಿನ ಮನೆತನದವರ ಪೂರ್ವಿಕರು ಕತ್ತಲೆ ಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರತಿಯೊಬ್ಬನೂ ತನ್ನ ಕೊಠಡಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಚಿತ್ರಗಳನ್ನು ಮಾಡುವದನ್ನು ನೋಡಿದೆಯಾ?--ಕರ್ತನು ನಮ್ಮನ್ನು ನೋಡುವದಿಲ್ಲ, ಕರ್ತನು ಭೂಮಿಯನ್ನು ತೊರೆದು ಬಿಟ್ಟಿದ್ದಾನೆ ಎಂದು ಹೇಳುವರು.
13 ಇದಲ್ಲದೆ ಆತನು ಹೇಳಿದ್ದೇನಂದರೆ--ಮತ್ತೊಂದು ಸಾರಿ ತಿರುಗಿಕೋ; ಅವರು ಮಾಡುವ ಇನ್ನೂ ಮಹಾ ಅಸಹ್ಯವಾದವು ಗಳನ್ನು ನೋಡುವಿ ಅಂದನು.
14 ಆಗ ಅವನು ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಕರ್ತನ ಆಲಯದ ಉತ್ತರ ಕಡೆಗೆ ಎದುರಾಗಿ ಬಾಗಲಿದ್ದ ಕಡೆಗೆ ತಂದನು; ಇಗೋ, ಅಲ್ಲಿ ತಮ್ಮೂಜ್‌ಗೋಸ್ಕರ ಅಳುವ ಹೆಂಗಸರು ಕೂತಿದ್ದರು.
15 ಆಮೇಲೆ ನನಗೆ ಆತನು, ಓ ನರಪುತ್ರನೇ, ನೋಡಿದಿಯೋ? ಮತ್ತೊಂದು ಸಾರಿ ತಿರುಗಿಕೋ ಇವುಗಳಿಗಿಂತ ಇನ್ನೂ ದೊಡ್ಡ ಅಸಹ್ಯವಾದವುಗಳನ್ನು ನೋಡುವಿ ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಿದನು.
16 ಆಗ ಅವನು ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಕರ್ತನ ಆಲ ಯದ ಒಳಗಿನ ಅಂಗಳಕ್ಕೆ ಕರೆದುಕೊಂಡು ಹೋದನು. ಇಗೋ, ಕರ್ತನ ಮಂದಿರದ ಬಾಗಿಲಲ್ಲಿ ದ್ವಾರಾಂಗ ಳಕ್ಕೂ ಯಜ್ಞವೇದಿಗೂ ಮಧ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಸುಮಾರು ಇಪ್ಪ ತ್ತೈದು ಮಂದಿಯು ಕರ್ತನ ಮಂದಿರಕ್ಕೆ ಬೆನ್ನು ಕೊಟ್ಟು, ಪೂರ್ವದಿಕ್ಕಿನ ಕಡೆಗೆ ತಮ್ಮ ಮುಖಗಳನ್ನು ತಿರು ಗಿಸಿ ಸೂರ್ಯ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದರು.
17 ಆಗ ಆತನು ನನಗೆ--ಓ ಮನುಷ್ಯಪುತ್ರನೇ, ನೋಡಿ ದೆಯಾ? ಅವರು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾಡುವ ಅಸಹ್ಯವಾದವುಗಳು ಯೆಹೂದನ ಮನೆತನದವರಿಗಲ್ಲವೇ? ಅವರು ದೇಶವನ್ನು ಹಿಂಸೆಯಿಂದ ತುಂಬಿಸಿದ್ದಲ್ಲದೆ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಕೆಣಕಬೇಕೆಂದು ಮತ್ತೆ ಯತ್ನಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ನೋಡು, ಅವರ ಮೂಗಿಗೆ ಕೊಂಬೆಗಳನ್ನಿಟ್ಟು ಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಾರೆ.
18 ಆದದರಿಂದ ನಾನು ಸಹ ಉಗ್ರ ದಿಂದಲೇ ಇರುವೆನು. ನನ್ನ ಕಣ್ಣು ಕನಿಕರಿಸುವದೂ ಇಲ್ಲ, ನಾನು ಕಟಾಕ್ಷಿಸುವದೂ ಇಲ್ಲ, ಅವರು ನನ್ನ ಕಿವಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಮಹಾಧ್ವನಿಯಿಂದ ಕಿರಿಚಿದರೂ ನಾನು ಕೇಳಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವದೂ ಇಲ್ಲ.
1 And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord God fell there upon me.
2 Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber.
3 And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.
4 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain.
5 Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.
6 He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations.
7 And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall.
8 Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door.
9 And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here.
10 So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed upon the wall round about.
11 And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.
12 Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The Lord seeth us not; the Lord hath forsaken the earth.
13 He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations that they do.
14 Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the Lord’s house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.
15 Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these.
16 And he brought me into the inner court of the Lord’s house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
17 Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.
18 Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.
1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.
2 And Gilead’s wife bare him sons; and his wife’s sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father’s house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.
3 Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.
4 And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.
5 And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:
6 And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.
7 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father’s house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?
8 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
9 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the Lord deliver them before me, shall I be your head?
10 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The Lord be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words.
11 Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the Lord in Mizpeh.
12 And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight in my land?
13 And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably.
14 And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon:
15 And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:
16 But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh;
17 Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he would not consent: and Israel abode in Kadesh.
18 Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab.
19 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land into my place.
20 But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
21 And the Lord God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.
22 And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan.
23 So now the Lord God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it?
24 Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the Lord our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess.
25 And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them,
26 While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that be along by the coasts of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover them within that time?
27 Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the Lord the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.
28 Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
29 Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon.
30 And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,
31 Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the Lord’s, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
32 So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the Lord delivered them into his hands.
33 And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.
34 And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
35 And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the Lord, and I cannot go back.
36 And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the Lord, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the Lord hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon.
37 And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows.
38 And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.
39 And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel,
40 That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.