Āhola un Āholība
1 Kunga vārds nāca pār mani: 2 “Cilvēka dēls: divas sievas, vienas mātes meitas, 3 maukoja Ēģiptē – tās maukoja 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 maukoja, viņa karsa pēc saviem mīlniekiem, kaimiņiem asīriešiem, – 6 purpurzilā tērptiem pārvaldniekiem un vietvalžiem, glītiem jaunekļiem un brašiem jātniekiem. 7 Viņa maukoja ar tiem – ar visiem izcilajiem Asīrijas dēliem un kam vien viņa pieķērās – ar visiem to elkiem tā apgānījās. 8 Viņa nemitējās maukot ar ēģiptiešiem, kas bija gulējuši ar viņu tās jaunībā, taustījuši tās jaunavīgās krūtis un kaislē maukojuši! 9 Tādēļ es to atdevu viņas mīlniekiem, Asīrijas dēliem, kam viņa bija pieķērusies. 10 Tie viņu izģērba pliku, 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 maukoja 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 mauko vēl vairāk! 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 maucību, un viņa apgānījās ar tiem, bet tad viņai tie apriebās. 18 Kad viņa tik atklāti bija maukojusi un atsegusi savu kailumu, tad arī man viņa apriebās, tāpat kā viņas māsa man jau bija apnikusi! 19 Bet viņa maukoja arvien vairāk, atcerējusies savas jaunības dienas, kad bija maukojusi 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 Drānas tev novilks un ņems skaistās rotas. 27 Tā es izbeigšu tavu izvirtību un Ēģiptes maucību, tu vairs neglūnēsi un nepieminēsi ēģiptiešus.
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 maukas kailums, tava izvirtība un maucība! 30 Tā būs ar tevi! Tu maukoji, 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 To piepildīs ar iznīcību un sērām!
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 maucību!”
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 Bezbēdīgā pūļa kņada tīksmina viņu – sābieši atveduši no tuksneša pulka vīru, tie viņai aplika rokassprādzes un galvā lika krāšņus vainagus. 43 Es sacīju: viņa ir novalkāta no laulības pārkāpšanas – lai nu tie mauko ar viņu, jo viņa ir mauka! 44 Un tie ar viņu gulēja, kā jau guļ ar mauku, – 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 grēks paliks pār jums jūsu elku dēļ, tad jūs zināsiet, ka es esmu Kungs Dievs!”
The Sinful Sisters
1 The Lord spoke to me. 2 “Mortal man,” he said, “there were once two sisters. 3 When they were young, living in Egypt, they lost their virginity and became prostitutes. 4 The older one was named Oholah (she represents Samaria), and the younger one was named Oholibah (she represents Jerusalem). I married both of them, and they bore me children. 5 Although she was mine, Oholah continued to be a prostitute and was full of lust for her lovers from Assyria. 6 They were soldiers in uniforms of purple, noblemen and high-ranking officers; all of them were handsome young cavalry officers. 7 She was the whore for all the Assyrian officers, and her lust led her to defile herself by worshiping Assyrian idols. 8 She continued what she had begun as a prostitute in Egypt, where she lost her virginity. From the time she was a young woman, men slept with her and treated her like a prostitute. 9 So I handed her over to her Assyrian lovers whom she wanted so much. 10 They stripped her naked, seized her sons and daughters, and then killed her with a sword. Women everywhere gossiped about her fate.
11 “Even though her sister Oholibah saw this, she was wilder and more of a prostitute than Oholah had ever been. 12 She too was full of lust for the Assyrian noblemen and officers—soldiers in bright uniforms—and for the cavalry officers, all of those handsome young men. 13 I saw that she was completely immoral, that the second sister was as bad as the first.
14-15 “She sank deeper and deeper in her immorality. She was attracted by the images of high Babylonian officials carved into the wall and painted bright red, with sashes around their waists and fancy turbans on their heads. 16 As soon as she saw them, she was filled with lust and sent messengers to them in Babylonia. 17 The Babylonians came to have sex with her. They used her and defiled her so much that finally she became disgusted with them. 18 She exposed herself publicly and let everyone know she was a whore. I was as disgusted with her as I had been with her sister. 19 She became more of a prostitute than ever, acting the way she did as a young woman, when she was a prostitute in Egypt. 20 She was filled with lust for oversexed men who had all the lustfulness of donkeys or stallions.” ( 21 Oholibah, you wanted to repeat the immorality you were guilty of as a young woman in Egypt, where men played with your breasts and you lost your virginity.)
God's Judgment on the Younger Sister
22 “Now then, Oholibah, this is what I, the Sovereign Lord, am saying to you. You are tired of those lovers, but I will make them angry with you and bring them to surround you. 23 I will bring all the Babylonians and Chaldeans, men from Pekod, Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians. I will gather all those handsome young noblemen and officers, all those important officials and high-ranking cavalry officers. 24 They will attack you from the north, bringing a large army with chariots and supply wagons. Protected by shields and helmets, they will surround you. I will hand you over to them, and they will judge you by their own laws. 25 Because I am angry with you, I will let them deal with you in their anger. They will cut off your nose and your ears and kill your children. Yes, they will take your sons and daughters from you and burn them alive. 26 They will tear off your clothes and take your jewels. 27 I will put a stop to your lust and to the obscenities you have committed ever since you were in Egypt. You won't look at any more idols or think about Egypt any more.”
28 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “I will hand you over to people you hate and are disgusted with. 29 And because they hate you, they will take away everything you have worked for and leave you stripped naked, exposed like a prostitute. Your lust and your prostitution 30 have brought this on you. You were a prostitute for the nations and defiled yourself with their idols. 31 You followed in your sister's footsteps, and so I will give you the same cup of punishment to drink.”
32 The Sovereign Lord says,
“You will drink from your sister's cup;
it is large and deep.
Everyone will scorn and mock you;
the cup is full.
33 It will make you miserable and drunk,
that cup of fear and ruin,
your sister Samaria's cup.
34 You will drink and drain it dry,
and with its broken pieces
tear your breast.
I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken.”
35 Now this is what the Sovereign Lord is saying: “Because you forgot me and turned your back on me, you will suffer for your lust and your prostitution.”
God's Judgment on Both Sisters
36 The Lord said to me, “Mortal man, are you ready to judge Oholah and Oholibah? Accuse them of the disgusting things they have done. 37 They have committed adultery and murder—adultery with idols and murder of the children they bore me. They sacrificed my children to their idols. 38 And that is not all they did. They profaned my Temple and broke the Sabbath, which I had established. 39 The very day that they killed my children as sacrifices to idols, they came to my Temple and profaned it!
40 “Again and again they sent messengers to invite men to come from a great distance, and the men came. The two sisters would bathe and put on eye shadow and jewelry. 41 They would sit on a beautiful couch, and in front of them they would have a table covered with good things, including the incense and the olive oil that I had given them. 42 The sound of a carefree crowd could be heard, a group of men brought in from the desert. They put bracelets on the women's arms and beautiful crowns on their heads. 43 And I said to myself that they were using as a prostitute a woman worn out by adultery. 44 They went back to these prostitutes again and again. They went back to Oholah and Oholibah, those immoral women. 45 Righteous men will condemn them on the charge of adultery and murder, because they practice adultery and their hands are stained with blood.”
46 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “Bring a mob to terrorize them and rob them. 47 Let the mob stone them and attack them with swords, kill their children, and burn down their houses. 48 Throughout the land I will put a stop to immorality, as a warning to every woman not to commit adultery as they did. 49 And you two sisters—I will punish you for your immorality and your sin of worshiping idols. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.”
