1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother: 3 And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity. 4 And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah. 5 And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours, 6 Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses. 7 Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them that were the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with all their idols she defiled herself. 8 Neither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and poured their whoredom upon her. 9 Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted. 10 These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became famous among women; for they had executed judgment upon her.
11 And when her sister Aholibah saw this , she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister in her whoredoms. 12 She doted upon the Assyrians her neighbours, captains and rulers clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them desirable young men. 13 Then I saw that she was defiled, that they took both one way, 14 And that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion, 15 Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity: 16 And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea. 17 And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from them. 18 So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated from her sister. 19 Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt. 20 For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses. 21 Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, in bruising thy teats by the Egyptians for the paps of thy youth.
22 ¶ Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will raise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is alienated, and I will bring them against thee on every side; 23 The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them: all of them desirable young men, captains and rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses. 24 And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, and wheels, and with an assembly of people, which shall set against thee buckler and shield and helmet round about: and I will set judgment before them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments. 25 And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and thy remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire. 26 They shall also strip thee out of thy clothes, and take away thy fair jewels. 27 Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy whoredom brought from the land of Egypt: so that thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more. 28 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will deliver thee into the hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thy mind is alienated: 29 And they shall deal with thee hatefully, and shall take away all thy labour, and shall leave thee naked and bare: and the nakedness of thy whoredoms shall be discovered, both thy lewdness and thy whoredoms. 30 I will do these things unto thee, because thou hast gone a whoring after the heathen, and because thou art polluted with their idols. 31 Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her cup into thine hand. 32 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou shalt drink of thy sister’s cup deep and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much. 33 Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria. 34 Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt break the sherds thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: for I have spoken it , saith the Lord GOD. 35 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.
36 ¶ The LORD said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah and Aholibah? yea, declare unto them their abominations; 37 That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass for them through the fire , to devour them . 38 Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths. 39 For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus have they done in the midst of mine house. 40 And furthermore, that ye have sent for men to come from far, unto whom a messenger was sent; and, lo, they came: for whom thou didst wash thyself, paintedst thy eyes, and deckedst thyself with ornaments, 41 And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil. 42 And a voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with the men of the common sort were brought Sabeans from the wilderness, which put bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns upon their heads. 43 Then said I unto her that was old in adulteries, Will they now commit whoredoms with her, and she with them ? 44 Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot: so went they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women.
45 ¶ And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands. 46 For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will bring up a company upon them, and will give them to be removed and spoiled. 47 And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire. 48 Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness. 49 And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of your idols: and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
Āhola un Āholība
1 Kunga vārds nāca pār mani: 2 “Cilvēka dēls: divas sievas, vienas mātes meitas, 3 nodevās netiklībai Ēģiptē – tās piekopa netiklību jau kopš savas jaunības! Tur spaidīja viņu krūtis, tur taustīja viņu jaunavīgos pupgalus! 4 Jaunākās vārds bija Āhola , bet vecākās māsas vārds bija Āholība . Es viņas ņēmu par sievām, un viņas man dzemdēja dēlus un meitas: Āhola ir Samarija, un Āholība ir Jeruzāleme. 5 Būdama mana, Āhola nodevās netiklībai, viņa karsa pēc saviem mīlniekiem, kaimiņiem asīriešiem, – 6 purpurzilā tērptiem pārvaldniekiem un vietvalžiem, glītiem jaunekļiem un brašiem jātniekiem. 7 Viņa atdevās tiem – visiem izcilajiem Asīrijas dēliem, un kam vien viņa pieķērās – ar visiem to elkiem tā apgānījās. 8 Viņa nemitējās piekopt netiklību ar ēģiptiešiem, kas bija gulējuši ar viņu tās jaunībā, taustījuši tās jaunavīgās krūtis un kaislē nodevušies netiklībai! 9 Tādēļ es to atdevu viņas mīlniekiem, Asīrijas dēliem, kam viņa bija pieķērusies. 10 Tie atsedza tās kaunumu, atņēma tai dēlus un meitas, bet pašu nokāva ar zobenu. Viņas vārds kļuva sievām par palamu, un sods bija izpildīts.
11 Viņas māsa Āholība to redzēja, bet tā palaidās izvirtībā vēl vairāk par viņu un nodevās netiklībai vēl vairāk nekā māsa. 12 Tā pieķērās Asīrijas dēliem – grezni tērptiem pārvaldniekiem un vietvalžiem, kas turpat kaimiņos, jātniekiem un glītiem jaunekļiem. 13 Es redzēju, ka arī viņa ir apgānījusies, ka tās abas ir vienādas! 14 Tomēr šī savā netiklībā gāja vēl tālāk! Kad viņa ieraudzīja mūrī iegrebtus kaldiešiem līdzīgus vīrus, kas izkrāsoti sarkani, 15 kam josta ap gurniem, kam garenas cepures, kas visi līdzīgi virsniekiem, gluži kā Bābeles dēli Kaldejā, savā dzimtajā zemē, 16 tiklīdz tā ieraudzīja tos, viņa tos iemīlēja un sūtīja pie tiem uz Kaldeju vēstnešus. 17 Tad Bābeles dēli kāpa viņas mīlas gultā un apgānīja viņu ar savu netiklību, un viņa apgānījās ar tiem, bet tad viņai tie apriebās. 18 Kad viņa tik atklāti bija piekopusi netiklību un atsegusi savu kaunumu, tad arī man viņa apriebās, tāpat kā viņas māsa man jau bija apnikusi! 19 Bet viņa nodevās netiklībai arvien vairāk, atcerējusies savas jaunības dienas, kad bija piekopusi netiklību Ēģiptē. 20 Viņa pieķērās saviem mīlniekiem, kam rīks kā ēzeļiem, kas šļāc sēklu kā zirgi! 21 Tu kāroji pēc savas jaunības izvirtības, kad ēģiptieši spaidīja tavas jaunavīgās krūtis!
22 Tādēļ, Āholība, tā saka Kungs Dievs: redzi, es sakūdīšu pret tevi tavus mīlniekus, ko tu vairs negribi, un no visām pusēm es tos vedīšu pret tevi – 23 Bābeles dēlus, visus kaldiešus, un tos, kas Pekodā, Šoā un Koā, un kopā ar tiem visus Asīrijas dēlus – glītos jaunekļus, pārvaldniekus, vietvalžus, slavenos virsniekus un visus jātniekus! 24 Pret tevi nāks ļaužu pulki ar ratiem un pajūgiem. Tiem būs gan lieli, gan mazi vairogi un bruņucepures, tie lenks tevi no visām pusēm! Es tiem likšu tiesāt, un tie tiesās tevi pēc saviem likumiem. 25 Mana versme nāks pār tevi, tad tie tev ķersies klāt dusmās – nocirtīs degunu un ausis! Tie, kas atliks, no zobena kritīs, dēlus un meitas tev atņems – kas paliks pāri, to uguns aprīs! 26 Drēbes tev novilks un ņems skaistās rotas. 27 Tā es darīšu galu tavai izvirtībai un netiklībai, kas tevī kopš Ēģiptes laikiem, tu vairs neraudzīsies uz tiem un nepieminēsi Ēģipti.
28 Tā saka Kungs Dievs: es tevi atdošu tiem, kas tevi ienīst, tiem, kas tev apriebušies! 29 Naidā tie ņems visu tavu mantu un pametīs galīgi pliku – atklāsies tavs netikles kailums, tava izvirtība un netiklība! 30 Tā būs ar tevi! Tu nodevies netiklībai, tāpat kā citas tautas, tu apgānījies ar viņu elkiem, 31 tu staigāji savas māsas ceļu, tādēļ es devu tev viņas kausu!
32 Tā saka Kungs Dievs:
tu dzersi savas māsas kausu,
kausu, kas liels un dziļš! –
tas kā nievas un zaimi –
daudz tajā liets!
33 Tu piedzersies un būsi bēdu pilna!
Tas būs šausmu un posta kauss – tavas māsas Samarijas kauss!
34 Un tu to dzersi, līdz tas sauss!
Tad lauskās sasitīsi un plosīsi savas krūtis! –
Jo es, Kungs Dievs, esmu runājis!
35 Tā saka Kungs Dievs:
tu mani esi aizmirsusi un pametusi –
ciet nu par savu izvirtību un netiklību!”
36 Kungs man sacīja: “Cilvēka dēls, vai tiesāsi Āholu un Āholību? Atgādini tām viņu preteklības – 37 laulību tās pārkāpušas, rokas tām aptraipītas asinīm, ar saviem elkiem tās pārkāpj laulību, un dēlus, kurus man dzemdējušas, tās atdod elkiem par barību! 38 Un vēl ko tās darījušas – apgānījušas manu svēto vietu un aptraipījušas manu sabatu! 39 Noslepkavojušas bērnus savu elku dēļ, tajā pašā dienā tās nāca sagānīt manu svētvietu, redzi, tā viņas darīja manā namā!
40 Un no tālienes tās ir aicinājušas vīrus – sūtņi ir izsūtīti, un redzi – tie nāk! Nu tu mazgājies, krāsoji acis un greznojies rotām, 41 tu nosēdies smalkā sēdeklī – tev priekšā klāts galds, uz tā tu liec manu vīraku un manu eļļu! 42 Tur bija bezbēdība, un pie šiem vīriem atveda vēl pulka ļaužu – dzīrotājus no tuksneša, un viņi tām aplika sprādzes ap rokām un to galvās lika krāšņus vainagus. 43 Es sacīju: viņa ir novalkāta no laulības pārkāpšanas – lai nu tie nododas netiklībai ar viņu, jo viņa ir netikle! 44 Un tie ar viņu gulēja, kā jau guļ ar netikli, – tā viņi gulēja ar Āholu un Āholību, šīm izvirtušajām sievām. 45 Gan taisnīgie tiesās viņas par laulības pārkāpšanu un asins izliešanu, jo viņas ir laulības pārkāpējas, asinis līp tām pie rokām!
46 Tādēļ tā saka Kungs Dievs: sasauc pret viņām sapulci un nodod tās iznīcībai un izlaupīšanai. 47 Lai sapulce tās nomētā akmeņiem un sakapā zobeniem. Lai tām nokauj dēlus un meitas un namus nosvilina ar uguni. 48 Es izdeldēšu no zemes izvirtību, un viņas kļūs par brīdinājumu visām sievām, lai tās negrēkotu kā jūs. 49 Jūsu izvirtība nāks pār jums, un jūsu grēki paliks pār jums jūsu elku dēļ, tad jūs zināsiet, ka es esmu Kungs Dievs!”
