Vēstījums par Gogu
1 “Cilvēka dēls, pravieto par Gogu un saki: tā saka Kungs Dievs: es esmu pret tevi, Gog, Mešehas un Tubalas valdniek! 2 Es tevi vilšu un dzīšu, es tevi atvedīšu no ziemeļu malas, es likšu tev nākt uz Israēla kalniem. 3 Tad es tev izsitīšu loku no kreisās rokas un bultām likšu izkrist no labās rokas. 4 Israēla kalnos tu kritīsi kopā ar savu pulku un visiem, kas kopā ar tevi. Es tevi atdošu par barību plēsējputniem, visādiem spārnaiņiem un lauka zvēriem par barību. 5 Tu kritīsi klajā laukā, jo es esmu to teicis, saka Kungs Dievs. 6 Es metīšu uguni uz Māgogu un tiem, kas droši mājo piekrastē, tad tie zinās, ka es esmu Kungs!
7 Es atklāšu savu svēto vārdu Israēla ļaudīm. Es vairs neļaušu apgānīt savu svēto vārdu, un tautas zinās, ka es esmu Kungs, Israēla Svētais! 8 Redzi, tas nāk, tas notiks, saka Kungs Dievs, šī ir diena, par kuru es runāju.
9 Tad Israēla pilsētās mītošie izies ārā un sakurs uguni, tie dedzinās ieročus – mazos un lielos vairogus, lokus un bultas, pīķus un šķēpus – un kurs ar tiem uguni septiņus gadus! 10 Tiem nebūs jālasa malka uz lauka, nedz jācērt tā mežos, jo uguni tie kurs no ieročiem, un tie aplaupīs tos, kuri viņus aplaupīja, un atņems tiem, kuri atņēma viņiem, saka Kungs Dievs.
11 Tajā dienā es Gogam atvēlēšu kapa vietu Israēlā, ienācēju ielejā, jūras austrumu malā, tā ienācējiem būs šķērslis, tur apbedīs Gogu un visus viņa pulkus. Tad ieleju sauks par Goga pulkiem. 12 Septiņus mēnešus Israēla nams tos tur bedīs, līdz zeme būs tīra. 13 Visi ļaudis tos bedīs, un tā viņiem būs varena diena – tad es parādīšos savā godībā, saka Kungs Dievs. 14 Tie izvēlēsies vīrus, kas nemitīgi pārstaigā zemi, lai to attīrītu un apbedītu ienācējus, kas palikuši virs zemes. Pēc septiņiem mēnešiem tie sāks meklēšanu. 15 Un, kad tie, kas pārstaigā zemi, ieraudzīs cilvēka kaulus, tie pieliks tiem zīmi, līdz racēji tos apraks Goga pulka ielejā. 16 Tur būs arī pilsēta, kuru sauks – Hamona . Tā viņi šķīstīs zemi.
17 Cilvēka dēls, saka Kungs Dievs, saki putniem, visiem spārnaiņiem un visiem lauka zvēriem: salasieties, nāciet, pulcējieties ap manu upuri, ko es jums upurēju, ap lielo upuri Israēla kalnos – ēdiet gaļu un dzeriet asinis! 18 Ēdiet stiprinieku miesas un dzeriet zemes valdnieku asinis – it kā tie būtu auni vai jēri, teļi vai vērši, kas Bāšānā baroti! 19 Ēdiet treknu, līdz esat sāti, dzeriet asinis, līdz esat skurbi no mana upura, ko jums upurēju! 20 Pie mana galda jūs atēdīsieties gan zirgus, gan jātniekus, stipriniekus un karotājus, saka Kungs Dievs.
Israēls atgriezīsies savā zemē
21 Es rādīšu tautām savu godību – visas tautas redzēs, ka es pildu, ko esmu nolēmis, ka es esmu tiem pielicis roku! 22 Tad Israēla nams zinās, ka es esmu Kungs, viņu Dievs, – no šī laika un turpmāk! 23 Tautas zinās, ka Israēla namu aizveda trimdā noziegumu dēļ, jo tie bija man neuzticīgi, tādēļ es no tiem novērsos un atdevu tos viņu pretiniekiem, un tie visi krita no zobena. 24 Es tiem atdarīju par viņu nešķīstību un grēkiem, es no tiem novērsos!
25 Tā saka Kungs Dievs: tagad es vedu atpakaļ Jēkaba gūstekņus, es esmu žēlsirdīgs Israēla namam, es esmu iededzies par savu svēto vārdu! 26 Tie aizmirsīs savu negodu un neuzticību, ar ko grēkojuši pret mani, un atkal dzīvos drošībā savā zemē, nekas tos nebiedēs! 27 Kad es tos būšu atvedis no tautām, sapulcinājis no ienaidnieku valstīm, es viņos apliecināšu savu svētumu, daudzām tautām redzot. 28 Tad tie zinās, ka es esmu Kungs, viņu Dievs. Es tos aizvedu trimdā pie tautām, un es tos savākšu atpakaļ viņu zemē – nevienu no tiem es tur vairs neatstāšu! 29 Es no tiem vairs nenovērsīšos, kad būšu izlējis savu Garu pār Israēla namu!” saka Kungs Dievs.
The Defeat of Gog
1 The Sovereign Lord said, “Mortal man, denounce Gog, the chief ruler of the nations of Meshech and Tubal, and tell him that I am his enemy. 2 I will turn him in a new direction and lead him out of the far north until he comes to the mountains of Israel. 3 Then I will knock his bow out of his left hand and his arrows out of his right hand. 4 Gog and his army and his allies will fall dead on the mountains of Israel, and I will let their bodies be food for all the birds and wild animals. 5 They will fall dead in the open field. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken. 6 I will start a fire in the land of Magog and along all the seacoasts where people live undisturbed, and everyone will know that I am the Lord. 7 I will make sure that my people Israel know my holy name, and I will not let my name be disgraced any more. Then the nations will know that I, the Lord, am the holy God of Israel.”
8 The Sovereign Lord said, “The day I spoke about is certain to come. 9 The people who live in the cities of Israel will go out and collect the abandoned weapons for firewood. They will build fires with the shields, bows, arrows, spears, and clubs, and have enough to last for seven years. 10 They will not have to gather firewood in the fields or cut down trees in the forest, because they will have the abandoned weapons to burn. They will loot and plunder those who looted and plundered them.” The Sovereign Lord has spoken.
The Burial of Gog
11 The Lord said, “When all this happens, I will give Gog a burial ground there in Israel, in Travelers' Valley, east of the Dead Sea. Gog and all his army will be buried there, and the valley will be called ‘The Valley of Gog's Army.’ 12 It will take the Israelites seven months to bury all the corpses and make the land clean again. 13 Everyone in the land will help bury them, and they will be honored for this on the day of my victory. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken. 14 After the seven months are over, men will be chosen to travel through the land in order to find and bury those bodies remaining on the ground, so that they can make the land clean. 15 As they go up and down the country, every time they find a human bone, they will put a marker beside it so that the gravediggers can come and bury it in the Valley of Gog's Army. 16 (There will be a town nearby named after the army.) And so the land will be made clean again.”
17 The Sovereign Lord said to me, “Mortal man, call all the birds and animals to come from all around to eat the sacrifice I am preparing for them. It will be a huge feast on the mountains of Israel, where they can eat meat and drink blood. 18 They are to eat the bodies of soldiers and drink the blood of the rulers of the earth, all of whom will be killed like rams or lambs or goats or fat bulls. 19 When I kill these people like sacrifices, the birds and animals are to eat all the fat they can hold and to drink blood until they are drunk. 20 At my table they will eat all they can hold of horses and their riders and of soldiers and fighting men. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken.”
The Restoration of Israel
21 The Lord said, “I will let the nations see my glory and show them how I use my power to carry out my just decisions. 22 The Israelites will know from then on that I am the Lord their God. 23 And the nations will know that the Israelites went into exile because of the sins which they committed against me. I turned away from them and let their enemies defeat them and kill them in battle. 24 I gave them what they deserved for their uncleanness and their wickedness, and I turned away from them.”
25 The Sovereign Lord said, “But now I will be merciful to Jacob's descendants, the people of Israel, and make them prosperous again. I will protect my holy name. 26 When they are once more living in safety in their own land, with no one to threaten them, they will be able to forget how they were disgraced for having betrayed me. 27 In order to show to the many nations that I am holy, I will bring my people back from all the countries where their enemies live. 28 Then my people will know that I am the Lord their God. They will know this, because I sent them into captivity and now gather them and bring them back into their own land, not leaving even one of them behind. 29 I will pour out my spirit on the people of Israel and never again turn away from them. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken.”
