1 Depois me disse: Filho do homem, come o que achares; come este rolo, e vai, fala à casa de Israel.

2 Então abri a minha boca, e me deu a comer o rolo.

3 E disse-me: Filho do homem, dá de comer ao teu ventre, e enche as tuas entranhas deste rolo que eu te dou. Então o comi, e era na minha boca doce como o mel.

4 E disse-me ainda: Filho do homem, vai, entra na casa de Israel, e dize-lhe as minhas palavras.

5 Porque tu não és enviado a um povo de estranha fala, nem de língua difícil, mas à casa de Israel;

6 Nem a muitos povos de estranha fala, e de língua difícil, cujas palavras não possas entender; se eu aos tais te enviara, certamente te dariam ouvidos.

7 Mas a casa de Israel não te quererá dar ouvidos, porque não me querem dar ouvidos a mim; pois toda a casa de Israel é de fronte obstinada e dura de coração.

8 Eis que fiz duro o teu rosto contra os seus rostos, e forte a tua fronte contra a sua fronte.

9 Fiz como diamante a tua fronte, mais forte do que a pederneira; não os temas, pois, nem te assombres com os seus rostos, porque são casa rebelde.

10 Disse-me mais: Filho do homem, recebe no teu coração todas as minhas palavras que te hei de dizer, e ouve-as com os teus ouvidos.

11 Eia, pois, vai aos do cativeiro, aos filhos do teu povo, e lhes falarás e lhes dirás: Assim diz o Senhor DEUS, quer ouçam quer deixem de ouvir.

12 E levantou-me o Espírito, e ouvi por detrás de mim uma voz de grande estrondo, que dizia: Bendita seja a glória do SENHOR, desde o seu lugar.

13 E ouvi o ruído das asas dos seres viventes, que tocavam umas nas outras, e o ruído das rodas defronte deles, e o sonido de um grande estrondo.

14 Então o espírito me levantou, e me levou; e eu me fui amargurado, na indignação do meu Espírito; porém a mão do SENHOR era forte sobre mim.

15 E fui a Tel-Abibe, aos do cativeiro, que moravam junto ao rio Quebar, e eu morava onde eles moravam; e fiquei ali sete dias, pasmado no meio deles.

16 E sucedeu que, ao fim de sete dias, veio a palavra do Senhor a mim, dizendo:

17 Filho do homem: Eu te dei por atalaia sobre a casa de Israel; e tu da minha boca ouvirás a palavra e avisá-los-ás da minha parte.

18 Quando eu disser ao ímpio: Certamente morrerás; e tu não o avisares, nem falares para avisar o ímpio acerca do seu mau caminho, para salvar a sua vida, aquele ímpio morrerá na sua iniqüidade, mas o seu sangue, da tua mão o requererei.

19 Mas, se avisares ao ímpio, e ele não se converter da sua impiedade e do seu mau caminho, ele morrerá na sua iniqüidade, mas tu livraste a tua alma.

20 Semelhantemente, quando o justo se desviar da sua justiça, e cometer a iniqüidade, e eu puser diante dele um tropeço, ele morrerá: porque tu não o avisaste, no seu pecado morrerá; e suas justiças, que tiver praticado, não serão lembradas, mas o seu sangue, da tua mão o requererei.

21 Mas, avisando tu o justo, para que não peque, e ele não pecar, certamente viverá; porque foi avisado; e tu livraste a tua alma.

22 E a mão do Senhor estava sobre mim ali, e ele me disse: Levanta-te, e sai ao vale, e ali falarei contigo.

23 E levantei-me, e saí ao vale, e eis que a glória do Senhor estava ali, como a glória que vi junto ao rio Quebar; e caí sobre o meu rosto.

24 Então entrou em mim o Espírito, e me pôs em pé, e falou comigo, e me disse: Entra, encerra-te dentro da tua casa.

25 E quanto a ti, ó filho do homem, eis que porão cordas sobre ti, e te ligarão com elas; não sairás, pois, ao meio deles.

26 E eu farei que a tua língua se pegue ao teu paladar, e ficarás mudo, e não lhes servirás de repreendedor; porque eles são casa rebelde.

27 Mas, quando eu falar contigo, abrirei a tua boca, e lhes dirás: Assim diz o Senhor DEUS: Quem ouvir ouça, e quem deixar de ouvir, deixe; porque eles são casa rebelde.

1 And he said to me, Son of man, take this roll for your food, and go and say my words to the children of Israel.

2 And, on my opening my mouth, he made me take the roll as food.

3 And he said to me, Son of man, let your stomach make a meal of it and let your inside be full of this roll which I am giving you. Then I took it, and it was sweet as honey in my mouth.

4 And he said to me, Son of man, go now to the children of Israel, and say my words to them.

5 For you are not sent to a people whose talk is strange and whose language is hard, but to the children of Israel;

6 Not to a number of peoples whose talk is strange and whose language is hard and whose words are not clear to you. Truly, if I sent you to them they would give ear to you.

7 But the children of Israel will not give ear to you; for they have no mind to give ear to me: for all the children of Israel have a hard brow and a stiff heart.

8 See, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your brow hard against their brows.

9 Like a diamond harder than rock I have made your brow: have no fear of them and do not be overcome by their looks, for they are an uncontrolled people.

10 Then he said to me, Son of man, take into your heart all my words which I am about to say to you, and let your ears be open to them.

11 And go now to those who have been taken away as prisoners, to the children of your people, and say to them, This is what the Lord has said; if they give ear or if they do not.

12 Then I was lifted up by the wind, and at my back the sound of a great rushing came to my ears when the glory of the Lord was lifted up from his place.

13 And there was the sound of the wings of the living beings touching one another, and the sound of the wheels at their side, the sound of a great rushing.

14 And the wind, lifting me up, took me away: and I went in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of the Lord was strong on me.

15 Then I came to those who had been taken away as prisoners, who were at Telabib by the river Chebar, and I was seated among them full of wonder for seven days.

16 And at the end of seven days, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

17 Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the children of Israel: so give ear to the word of my mouth, and give them word from me of their danger.

18 When I say to the evil-doer, Death will certainly be your fate; and you give him no word of it and say nothing to make clear to the evil-doer the danger of his evil way, so that he may be safe; that same evil man will come to death in his evil-doing; but I will make you responsible for his blood.

19 But if you give the evil-doer word of his danger, and he is not turned from his sin or from his evil way, death will overtake him in his evil-doing; but your life will be safe.

20 Again, when an upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, and I put a cause of falling in his way, death will overtake him: because you have given him no word of his danger, death will overtake him in his evil-doing, and there will be no memory of the upright acts which he has done; but I will make you responsible for his blood.

21 But if you say to the upright man that he is not to do evil, he will certainly keep his life because he took note of your word; and your life will be safe.

22 And the hand of the Lord was on me there; and he said, Get up and go out into the valley and there I will have talk with you.

23 Then I got up and went out into the valley; and I saw the glory of the Lord resting there as I had seen it by the river Chebar; and I went down on my face.

24 Then the spirit came into me and put me on my feet; and he had talk with me and said to me, Go and keep yourself shut up inside your house.

25 But see, O son of man, I will put bands on you, prisoning you in them, and you will not go out among them:

26 And I will make your tongue fixed to the roof of your mouth, so that you have no voice and may not make protests to them: for they are an uncontrolled people.

27 But when I have talk with you I will make your mouth open, and you are to say to them, This is what the Lord has said: Let the hearer give ear; and as for him who will not, let him keep his ears shut: for they are an uncontrolled people.