1 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2 Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land. 3 Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all thine abominations. 4 And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 5 Thus saith the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come. 6 An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come. 7 The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of the mountains. 8 Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine anger upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense thee for all thine abominations. 9 And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the LORD that smiteth. 10 Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded. 11 Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain , nor of their multitude, nor of any of theirs: neither shall there be wailing for them. 12 The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof. 13 For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life. 14 They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none goeth to the battle: for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof. 15 The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.
16 ¶ But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity. 17 All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water. 18 They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads. 19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
20 ¶ As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them. 21 And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it. 22 My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it.
23 ¶ Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence. 24 Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled. 25 Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none. 26 Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients. 27 The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Soda diena nāk
1 Kunga vārds nāca pār mani: 2 “Cilvēka dēls, tā saka Kungs Dievs par Israēla zemi:
beigas! Klāt beigas visiem četriem zemes stūriem!
3 Nu tev ir beigas,
pret tevi vērsīšu savas dusmas,
tevi tiesāšu pēc tavām takām,
došu tev pēc tavas preteklības!
4 Neuzlūkošu tevi līdzcietībā
un netaupīšu neko!
Jo, kādas ir tavas takas, tā es atdarīšu,
tev paliks tik tavas preteklības.
Zināsiet, ka es esmu Kungs!
5 Tā saka Kungs Dievs:
ļaunums vien, ļaunums – redzi, tas nāk!
6 Beigas nāk, nāk beigas – tās mostas pret tevi,
redzi, tās jau klāt!
7 Nāk, zemes iemītniek, tavs liktenis –
tas laiks, tā diena ir tuvu!
Klaigas, ne gaviles kalnos!
8 Jau drīz es izliešu savu versmi pār tevi,
remdēšu savas dusmas pret tevi!
Es tevi tiesāšu pēc tavām takām,
došu tev pēc tavas preteklības!
9 Neuzlūkošu tevi līdzcietībā
un netaupīšu neko!
Jo, kādas ir tavas takas, tā es atdarīšu,
tev paliks tik tavas preteklības.
Zināsiet, ka es esmu Kungs, kas sit!
10 Redzi, tā diena!
Redzi, tā nāk! Tavs vainags saplaucis –
rīkste zied, nekaunība zeļ.
11 Vardarbība izaugusi par rīksti ļaundariem,
neviens nepaliks –
ne no pūļa, ne pašiem, ne augstmaņiem.
12 Tas laiks nāk, tā diena ir klāt!
Pircējs lai nepriecājas,
pārdevējs lai negaužas,
jo dusmas pār visiem nākušas!
13 Pārdevējam neienāks peļņa nemūžam,
jo pravietots par visiem – tas nemainīsies!
Neviens, kas noziedzies, neglābs dzīvību!
14 Tie pūta taures, stiprināja it visu!
Bet karā neies neviens, jo manas dusmas –
pār visu šo pūli!
15 Ielās zobens, namos mēris un bads.
Kas uz lauka – no zobena mirs,
kas pilsētā – to aprīs mēris un bads!
16 Ja kāds izbēgs –
kalnos paglābsies, kā dūjas ielejās –,
tomēr tie visi kā viens
vaidēs savas vainas dēļ!
17 Ikvienam rokas būs slābanas,
visiem kājas apslapētas!
18 Tie apjozīs maisus,
segsies ar šaušalām,
sejas tiem pārklās kauns –
galvas tiem noskūtas.
19 Sudrabu tie izsviedīs uz ielām,
zelts tiem kļūs nešķīsts!
Ne sudrabs, ne zelts
tos nespēs atbrīvot
Kunga dusmu dienā!
Viņu kāri tas nepieēdinās
un to vēderus nepiepildīs,
jo tas viņus iegrūdis vainā!
20 Krāšņi darinātas lietas tie novieto pielūgsmei –
pretīgus un riebīgus tēlus tie no tā taisa,
tādēļ es to darīšu viņiem nešķīstu!
21 Es viņus atdošu svešiniekiem par guvumu,
ļaundariem virs zemes par laupījumu!
Lai tie viņus padara nešķīstus!
22 Es novērsīšos no tiem!
Viņi sagāna manus dārgumus,
bet nāks laupītāji un sagānīs viņus!
23 Darini ķēdes!
Jo zeme ir pilna ar izlietām asinīm,
pilsētas pilnas ar vardarbību!
24 Es vedīšu šurp visļaunākās tautas –
tās iemantos viņu namus.
Es izbeigšu viņu dīžīgo varenību,
viņu svētumus es sagānīšu.
25 Tiem uznāks tirpas,
tie alks pēc miera – bet nebūs!
26 Nāks nelaime pēc nelaimes,
un vēsts sekos vēstij.
Tie alks praviešu redzējumu,
bauslības mācību, ko priesteri pazaudējuši,
un vecajo padomus!
27 Ķēniņš sēro,
augstmaņi postā tērpti,
ļautiņu rokas slābanas.
Tādu ceļu es tiem nolikšu –
pēc viņu pašu spriedumiem es tos tiesāšu!
Viņi zinās, ka es esmu Kungs!”
