1 The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones, 2 And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry. 3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest. 4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD. 5 Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live: 6 And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 7 So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone. 8 And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them. 9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live. 10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.
11 ¶ Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts. 12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel. 13 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves, 14 And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it , and performed it , saith the LORD.
15 ¶ The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, 16 Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions: 17 And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.
18 ¶ And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these? 19 Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.
20 ¶ And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes. 21 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land: 22 And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all: 23 Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God. 24 And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them. 25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children’s children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever. 26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore. 27 My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 28 And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.
Izkaltušo kaulu ieleja
1 Kunga roka bija pār mani, un es tiku nests Kunga Garā un nonācu kādā ielejā, kas bija pilna kauliem. 2 Viņš mani vadāja ap tiem – redzi, ielejā to bija varen daudz un visi galīgi izkaltuši! 3 Viņš man sacīja: “Cilvēka dēls, vai šie kauli var atdzīvoties?” Es teicu: “Kungs Dievs, tu zini pats!” 4 Viņš man sacīja: “Pravieto šiem kauliem, saki tiem: jūs, izkaltušie kauli, klausieties Kunga vārdu! 5 Kungs Dievs šiem kauliem saka tā: redzi, es iedvesīšu jums garu, un jūs atdzīvosieties! 6 Es jums uzvilkšu dzīslas un apaudzēšu jūs ar miesu, es pārklāšu jūs ar ādu, un es jums došu garu, un jūs atdzīvosieties – tad jūs zināsiet, ka es esmu Kungs!” 7 Es pravietoju, kā man pavēlēts. Kad es pravietoju, sākās troksnis – redzi, kauli sakustējās un tuvojās viens otram, 8 un es paraudzījos, un redzi – tie pārklājās dzīslām un miesu un apvilkās ar ādu, bet gara tajos nebija! 9 Viņš man sacīja: “Pravieto garam! Pravieto, cilvēka dēls, un saki garam: tā saka Kungs Dievs: nāc, gars, no četriem vējiem un pūt pār nokautajiem, lai tie atdzīvojas!” 10 Un es pravietoju, kā man pavēlēts. Tad pār tiem nāca gars, tie kļuva dzīvi un nostājās uz kājām – varen liels pulks!
11 Viņš man sacīja: “Cilvēka dēls, šie kauli ir viss Israēla nams, kas saka: mūsu kauli ir izkaltuši, mūsu cerība zudusi, un mēs esam pagalam! 12 Tādēļ pravieto un saki tiem: tā saka Kungs Dievs: redzi, es atvēršu jūsu kapus, un es jūs, savus ļaudis, uzcelšu no kapiem un vedīšu uz Israēla zemi!
13 Tad jūs zināsiet, ka es esmu Kungs! Es atvēršu jūsu kapus un uzcelšu jūs, mani ļaudis, no kapiem. 14 Es jums došu savu Garu, un jūs atdzīvosieties, un es jums došu atelpu jūsu zemē! Tad jūs zināsiet, ka es esmu Kungs! Es to esmu teicis, un es to darīšu!” saka Kungs.
Divi spieķi – Israēla un Jūdas apvienošanas zīme
15 Kunga vārds nāca pār mani: 16 “Cilvēka dēls, ņem koka spieķi un raksti uz tā Jūdai un Israēla dēliem, kas tai piepulcējušies. Tad ņem otru spieķi un raksti uz tā Jāzepam, Efraimam un visai Israēla saimei, kas tiem piepulcējušies. 17 Tad saliec tos kopā, lai tev rokā būtu itin kā viens spieķis. 18 Kad tavi tautas brāļi jautās: vai tu mums nepateiksi, kas tas ir? – 19 tad saki tiem: tā saka Kungs Dievs: es ņemšu Jāzepa spieķi, kas Efraima rokā, un pievienošu Israēla ciltīm, un tās pievienošu Jūdas spieķim. Es tās darīšu par vienu spieķi savā rokā! 20 Lai tie redz spieķus, kas tev rokā, uz kuriem tu rakstīji. 21 Tad saki tiem: tā saka Kungs Dievs: es ņemšu Israēla dēlus no visām tautām, kur tie izklīduši, un sapulcināšu tos no visām pusēm, es tos vedīšu uz viņu zemi! 22 Es tos darīšu par vienu tautu vienā zemē, Israēla kalnos, un pār tiem visiem valdīs viens ķēniņš! Nebūs vairs divu tautu, un tie vairs nesašķelsies divās valstīs! 23 Tie vairs neaptraipīsies nedz ar elkiem, nedz preteklībām, nedz pārkāpumiem, un es tos paglābšu no atkrišanas un šķīstīšu – viņi būs mani ļaudis, un es būšu viņu Dievs! 24 Mans kalps Dāvids būs viņu ķēniņš, un tiem visiem būs viens gans! Tie sekos manām tiesām, turēs manus likumus un pildīs tos! 25 Tie dzīvos zemē, ko es devu savam kalpam Jēkabam – tur, kur dzīvoja viņu tēvi, mūžam dzīvos viņi, viņu dēli un dēlu dēli, un mans kalps Dāvids būs viņu valdnieks mūžīgi! 26 Es ar tiem noslēgšu miera derību, tā būs mūžīga derība! Es tiem likšu vairoties, un mana svētvieta būs viņu vidū mūžīgi! 27 Mans mājoklis būs pie tiem, es būšu viņu Dievs, un viņi būs mani ļaudis! 28 Tad tautas zinās, ka es esmu Kungs, kas svētī Israēlu, – mana svētvieta būs viņu vidū mūžīgi!”
