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Ezekiel 33
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Ezekiel 33
New International Version
Renewal of Ezekiel’s Call as Watchman
33 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, speak to your people and say to them: ‘When I bring the sword(A) against a land, and the people of the land choose one of their men and make him their watchman,(B) 3 and he sees the sword coming against the land and blows the trumpet(C) to warn the people, 4 then if anyone hears the trumpet but does not heed the warning(D) and the sword comes and takes their life, their blood will be on their own head.(E) 5 Since they heard the sound of the trumpet but did not heed the warning, their blood will be on their own head.(F) If they had heeded the warning, they would have saved themselves.(G) 6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet to warn the people and the sword comes and takes someone’s life, that person’s life will be taken because of their sin, but I will hold the watchman accountable for their blood.’(H)
7 “Son of man, I have made you a watchman(I) for the people of Israel; so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me.(J) 8 When I say to the wicked, ‘You wicked person, you will surely die,(K)’ and you do not speak out to dissuade them from their ways, that wicked person will die for[a] their sin, and I will hold you accountable for their blood.(L) 9 But if you do warn the wicked person to turn from their ways and they do not do so,(M) they will die for their sin, though you yourself will be saved.(N)
10 “Son of man, say to the Israelites, ‘This is what you are saying: “Our offenses and sins weigh us down, and we are wasting away(O) because of[b] them. How then can we live?(P)”’ 11 Say to them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live.(Q) Turn!(R) Turn from your evil ways! Why will you die, people of Israel?’(S)
12 “Therefore, son of man, say to your people,(T) ‘If someone who is righteous disobeys, that person’s former righteousness will count for nothing. And if someone who is wicked repents, that person’s former wickedness will not bring condemnation. The righteous person who sins will not be allowed to live even though they were formerly righteous.’(U) 13 If I tell a righteous person that they will surely live, but then they trust in their righteousness and do evil, none of the righteous things that person has done will be remembered; they will die for the evil they have done.(V) 14 And if I say to a wicked person, ‘You will surely die,’ but they then turn away from their sin and do what is just(W) and right— 15 if they give back what they took in pledge(X) for a loan, return what they have stolen,(Y) follow the decrees that give life, and do no evil—that person will surely live; they will not die.(Z) 16 None of the sins(AA) that person has committed will be remembered against them. They have done what is just and right; they will surely live.(AB)
17 “Yet your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But it is their way that is not just. 18 If a righteous person turns from their righteousness and does evil,(AC) they will die for it.(AD) 19 And if a wicked person turns away from their wickedness and does what is just and right, they will live by doing so.(AE) 20 Yet you Israelites say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But I will judge each of you according to your own ways.”(AF)
Jerusalem’s Fall Explained
21 In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month on the fifth day, a man who had escaped(AG) from Jerusalem came to me and said, “The city has fallen!(AH)” 22 Now the evening before the man arrived, the hand of the Lord was on me,(AI) and he opened my mouth(AJ) before the man came to me in the morning. So my mouth was opened and I was no longer silent.(AK)
23 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 24 “Son of man, the people living in those ruins(AL) in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land. But we are many;(AM) surely the land has been given to us as our possession.’(AN) 25 Therefore say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Since you eat(AO) meat with the blood(AP) still in it and look to your idols and shed blood, should you then possess the land?(AQ) 26 You rely on your sword, you do detestable things,(AR) and each of you defiles his neighbor’s wife.(AS) Should you then possess the land?’
27 “Say this to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: As surely as I live, those who are left in the ruins will fall by the sword, those out in the country I will give to the wild animals to be devoured, and those in strongholds and caves will die of a plague.(AT) 28 I will make the land a desolate waste, and her proud strength will come to an end, and the mountains(AU) of Israel will become desolate so that no one will cross them.(AV) 29 Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I have made the land a desolate(AW) waste because of all the detestable things they have done.’(AX)
30 “As for you, son of man, your people are talking together about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses, saying to each other, ‘Come and hear the message that has come from the Lord.’ 31 My people come to you, as they usually do, and sit before(AY) you to hear your words, but they do not put them into practice. Their mouths speak of love, but their hearts are greedy(AZ) for unjust gain.(BA) 32 Indeed, to them you are nothing more than one who sings love songs(BB) with a beautiful voice and plays an instrument well, for they hear your words but do not put them into practice.(BC)
33 “When all this comes true—and it surely will—then they will know that a prophet has been among them.(BD)”
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 33:8 Or in; also in verse 9
- Ezekiel 33:10 Or away in
エゼキエル書 33
Japanese Living Bible
エゼキエル書 33
Japanese Living Bible
見張り役としての責任
33 再び主からのことばがありました。
2 「人の子よ、あなたの同胞に告げよ。わたしがある国に軍隊を差し向けると、その国では見張りを立て、 3 敵軍の来襲を見て警報を鳴らす。 4 その時、警報を聞き流して死ぬ者がいても自業自得だ。 5 警告を聞いてもそれに従わなかったのだから、非は彼にある。警告に従っていたら、助かっただろう。 6 だが、見張り役が敵の来襲を見ながら警報を鳴らさず、警告もしなかったなら、人々の死の責任は見張り役にある。人々は自分の罪のために死ぬが、その死の責任は見張り役にある。わたしはその責任を問う。
7 人の子よ、あなたにも言う。わたしはあなたをイスラエルの見張り役とした。だから、わたしの語ることに耳を傾け、わたしに代わって彼らに警告せよ。 8 わたしが悪者に向かって、『悪者よ。おまえは必ず死ぬ』と言うとき、あなたがそれを伝えなければ、彼は悔い改めることをせず、その罪のために死んでいく。ただし、わたしはその死の責任をあなたに問う。 9 あなたが悪者に悔い改めるように警告しても、それを聞かないなら、彼は自分の罪のために死ぬ。しかし、あなたには何の責任もない。
10 イスラエルは、『自分たちの犯した罪が重くのしかかって、私たちはすっかりやせ衰えた。どうして生きていられよう』と嘆いている。 11 彼らに告げなさい。神である主がこう語る、と。わたしは生きている。わたしは悪者どもの死を喜ばない。それどころか、悪者が悪の道から悔い改めて生きるようになることを願っている。さあ帰って来なさい。悪の道から離れ、立ち返るのだ。ああ、イスラエルよ。なぜ、そんなにも死にたがるのか。
12 たとえ正しい行いをしていた人でも、罪を犯すなら、その人は救われない。どんな悪者も、その人が悔い改めて罪から身を引くなら、滅ぼされることはない。 13 わたしは『正しい人は生きる』と言った。しかし、今まで良いことをしてきたから大目に見てもらえるだろうと罪を犯す人には、以前の正しい行いは何の役にも立たない。わたしは、その罪のゆえに彼を滅ぼす。 14 また、わたしから『必ず死ぬ』と言われた悪者が、罪から身を引いて立ち返り、きよく正しいことを行うなら、 15 すなわち、質草を返し、盗んだ物を償い、正しい道を歩んで悪を行わないなら、彼は必ず生きる。決して死ぬことはない。 16 もう二度と、過去の罪によって責められることはない。正しい道に立ち返ったから、彼は必ず生きるのだ。
17 それでもイスラエルの民は、『主は公正ではない』と不平を鳴らす。問題は、そう言っている彼ら自身が正しくないことだ。 18 もう一度言う。正しい人でも、悪の道に入るなら、必ず死ぬ。 19 悪者でも、悪から身を引いて、きよく正しいことを行うなら、必ず生きる。 20 おまえたちは今も、『主は公正ではない』と非難している。わたしは、おまえたち一人一人を、その行いに従ってさばく。」
エルサレム陥落の知らせ
21 私たちが捕囚となってから十一年目の第十の月の五日に、エルサレムから逃げて来た者たちの一人が、「エルサレムが陥落した」と私に告げました。 22 その前夜、主の御手が私の上に置かれ、私を元気に立ち上がらせてくれました。それで、彼が到着した時には、再び語ることができるようにされていました。
23 そののち、次のような主のことばがありました。 24 「人の子よ。廃墟と化したユダの町々に残って散り散りに住んでいる者たちは、『アブラハムはたった一人で、この地を所有していた。これだけの者がいれば、この地を取り返せないはずはない』と息まいている。」 25 しかし、神である主はこう語ります。「おまえたちは悪いことをしているのだから、何の力もない。血がついたままの肉を食べ、偶像を礼拝し、人を殺している。それでも、わたしがその地を与えると思っているのか。 26 人を殺す者、偶像礼拝者、姦淫を行う者であるおまえたちが、この地を所有できるだろうか。」 27 彼らに告げよ、と主は語ります。「わたしは生きている。あの廃墟に住んでいる者は必ず剣に倒れる。原野に住んでいる者は野獣のえじきとなり、要害やほら穴にいる者は疫病にかかって死ぬ。 28 わたしはその地を荒廃させ、彼らの高慢の鼻をへし折り、その力にとどめを刺す。イスラエルの山地にある村々は荒れはて、通る人もいなくなる。 29 わたしが彼らの罪のゆえにその地を滅ぼす時、彼らはわたしが主であることを知る。
30 人の子よ。あなたの同胞は、あなたの陰口を言っている。家や戸口で、ひそひそ話している。『主がどんなことを言っているか、彼に聞いて楽しもう』と。 31 彼らはもっともらしい顔をしてやって来る。そして、あなたの前に座って聞くだろう。だが、わたしの言うとおりにする気はさらさらない。口では、いかにも調子よく、わたしを愛しているようなことを言うが、心は金銭欲でいっぱいだ。 32 彼らにとってあなたは、すてきな声で恋の歌を歌い、上手に楽器を奏でる人のようなものだ。ただ聞くのを楽しむだけで、言われたことを心に留めようとはしない。 33 しかし、先に語った恐ろしいことが全部起こると、それは必ず起こるが、その時になって初めて、彼らは自分たちの間に預言者がいたことを知る。」
Ezekiel 33
English Standard Version
Ezekiel 33
English Standard Version
Ezekiel Is Israel's Watchman
33 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 (A)“Son of man, speak to (B)your people and say to them, If (C)I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from among them, and make him their (D)watchman, 3 and if he sees the sword coming upon the land and (E)blows the trumpet and warns the people, 4 then if anyone who hears the sound of the trumpet does not take warning, and the sword comes and takes him away, (F)his blood shall be upon his own head. 5 (G)He heard the sound of the trumpet and did not take warning; his blood shall be upon himself. But if he had taken warning, he would have saved his life. 6 (H)But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, so that the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any one of them, (I)that person is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at the watchman's hand.
7 (J)“So you, (K)son of man, I have made a watchman for the house of Israel. (L)Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me. 8 (M)If I say to the wicked, O wicked one, you shall surely die, (N)and you do not speak to warn the wicked to turn from his way, (O)that wicked person shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand. 9 (P)But if you warn the wicked to turn from his way, and he does not turn from his way, (Q)that person shall die in his iniquity, (R)but you will have delivered your soul.
Why Will You Die, Israel?
10 “And you, (S)son of man, say to the house of Israel, Thus have you said: ‘Surely our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and (T)we rot away because of them. (U)How then can we live?’ 11 Say to them, (V)As I live, declares the Lord God, (W)I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; (X)turn back, turn back from your evil ways, (Y)for why will you die, O house of Israel?
12 (Z)“And you, son of man, say to (AA)your people, (AB)The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him when he transgresses, (AC)and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall by it when he turns from his wickedness, (AD)and the righteous shall not be able to live by his righteousness[a] when he sins. 13 Though I say to the righteous that he shall surely live, yet (AE)if he trusts in his righteousness and does injustice, none of his righteous deeds shall be remembered, but in his injustice that he has done he shall die. 14 Again, (AF)though I say to the wicked, (AG)‘You shall surely die,’ yet (AH)if he turns from his sin and does what is just and right, 15 if the wicked (AI)restores the pledge, (AJ)gives back what he has taken by robbery, and walks (AK)in the statutes of life, not doing injustice, he shall surely live; he shall not die. 16 (AL)None of the sins that he has committed shall be remembered against him. He has done what is just and right; he shall surely live.
17 “Yet (AM)your people say, (AN)‘The way of the Lord is not just,’ when it is their own way that is not just. 18 (AO)When the righteous turns from his righteousness and does injustice, he shall die for it. 19 And (AP)when the wicked turns from his wickedness and does what is just and right, he shall live by this. 20 Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ O house of Israel, (AQ)I will judge each of you according to his ways.”
Jerusalem Struck Down
21 In the (AR)twelfth year (AS)of our exile, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, (AT)a fugitive from Jerusalem came to me and said, (AU)“The city has been struck down.” 22 (AV)Now (AW)the hand of the Lord had been upon me the evening before the fugitive came; and he had opened my mouth by the time the man came to me in the morning, so my mouth was opened, and I was no longer mute.
23 The word of the Lord came to me: 24 (AX)“Son of man, the inhabitants of these (AY)waste places in the land of Israel keep saying, (AZ)‘Abraham was only one man, yet he got possession of the land; but (BA)we are many; the land is surely given us to possess.’ 25 Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord God: (BB)You eat flesh with the blood and (BC)lift up your eyes to your idols and (BD)shed blood; shall you then possess the land? 26 (BE)You rely on the sword, (BF)you commit abominations, and (BG)each of you defiles his neighbor's wife; shall you then possess the land? 27 Say this to them, Thus says the Lord God: (BH)As I live, surely those who are in (BI)the waste places shall fall by (BJ)the sword, and whoever is in the open field I will give to (BK)the beasts to be devoured, and those who are in (BL)strongholds and in caves shall die by (BM)pestilence. 28 (BN)And I will make the land a desolation and a waste, and (BO)her proud might shall come to an end, and (BP)the mountains of Israel shall be so desolate that none will pass through. 29 (BQ)Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I have made the land a desolation and a waste because of all their abominations that they have committed.
30 “As for you, (BR)son of man, (BS)your people who talk together about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses say to one another, each to his brother, ‘Come, and hear what the word is that comes from the Lord.’ 31 (BT)And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for (BU)with lustful talk in their mouths they act; their heart is set on their gain. 32 And behold, you are to them like one who sings lustful songs with a beautiful voice and (BV)plays[b] well on an instrument, for (BW)they hear what you say, but they will not do it. 33 (BX)When this comes—and come it will!—(BY)then they will know that a prophet has been among them.”
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 33:12 Hebrew by it
- Ezekiel 33:32 Hebrew like the singing of lustful songs with a beautiful voice and one who plays
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