1 Verder het die woord van die HERE tot my gekom en gesê:

2 Mensekind, daar was twee vroue, dogters van een moeder.

3 En hulle het in Egipte gehoereer; in hul jeug het hulle gehoereer; daar is hul borste betas, en daar is hul maagdelike boesem gedruk.

4 En hulle name was: Ohola, die grootste, en Oholiba, haar suster; en hulle het myne geword en seuns en dogters gebaar. En wat hulle name betref: Samar¡a is Ohola en Jerusalem Oholiba.

5 En Ohola het gehoereer terwyl sy my vrou was, en het gesmag na haar minnaars, na die Assiriërs, krygshaftige mense

6 wat pers aangetrek was, goewerneurs en owerstes, almal begeerlike jongmanne, ruiters te perd.

7 En sy het haar hoererye aan hulle weggegee, hulle almal, die beste uit die kinders van Assur; en met almal na wie sy gesmag het -- met al hulle drekgode het sy haar verontreinig.

8 So het sy dan haar hoererye, uit Egipte afkomstig, nie laat staan nie; want hulle het in haar jeug met haar gemeenskap gehad en hulle het haar maagdelike boesem gedruk en hul hoerery oor haar uitgestort.

9 Daarom het Ek haar oorgegee in die hand van haar minnaars, in die hand van die kinders van Assur na wie sy gesmag het.

10 Hulle het haar skaamte ontbloot, haar seuns en haar dogters weggeneem; maar haar het hulle met die swaard gedood, sodat sy 'n waarskuwende voorbeeld onder die vroue geword het, en hulle het strafgerigte aan haar voltrek.

11 Alhoewel haar suster Oholiba dit gesien het, het sy dit tog met haar verliefdheid erger gemaak as sy, en met haar hoererye nog erger as haar suster.

12 Sy het gesmag na die seuns van Assur, goewerneurs en owerstes, krygshaftige mense, pragtig aangetrek, ruiters te perd, almal begeerlike jongmanne.

13 Toe het Ek gesien dat sy verontreinig was: altwee het dieselfde weg bewandel.

14 Ja, sy het nog meer gehoereer; toe sy manne sien wat op die muur afgeteken was, afbeeldinge van die Chaldeërs, geteken met rooiminie;

15 omgord met 'n gordel aan hulle heupe, met oorhangende tulbande op hulle hoofde, in hulle voorkoms almal offisiere, in die gestalte van die seuns van Babel wie se geboorteland Chald,a is --

16 net toe sy hulle sien, het sy na hulle gesmag en boodskappers na hulle gestuur, na Chald,a toe.

17 Daarop kom die kinders van Babel by haar, na die bed van liefde, en verontreinig haar met hulle hoerery, en sy het onrein geword deur hulle; daarna het haar siel van hulle vervreemd geraak.

18 En toe sy haar hoererye geopenbaar en haar skaamte ontbloot het, het my siel van haar vervreemd geraak, soos my siel vervreemd geraak het van haar suster.

19 Ja, sy het haar hoererye baie gemaak deur te dink aan die dae van haar jeug toe sy 'n hoer was in Egipteland.

20 En sy het gesmag na hulle wellustelinge, wat sinlik soos esels en onstuimig van drif was soos perde.

21 En jy het na die skandelike daad van jou jeug verlang, toe die van Egipte jou boesem gedruk het om jou jeugdige borste ontwil.

22 Daarom, o Oholiba, so sê die Here HERE: Kyk, Ek verwek jou minnaars, van wie jou siel vervreemd geraak het, teen jou, en Ek sal hulle van alle kante teen jou aanbring:

23 die kinders van Babel en al die Chaldeërs, Pekod en Soa en Koa, al die kinders van Assur saam met hulle, begeerlike jongmanne wat almal goewerneurs en owerstes is, offisiere en aansienlike mense wat almal te perd ry.

24 En hulle sal teen jou kom met 'n hoop strydwaens en wiele en met 'n menigte van volke; groot skild en klein skild en helm sal hulle rondom teen jou rig; en Ek sal die strafgerig aan hulle oorgee, en hulle sal jou vonnis volgens hulle reg.

25 En Ek sal my ywer teen jou rig, dat hulle in grimmigheid met jou handel: hulle sal jou neus en jou ore afsny, en die wat van jou oorbly, sal deur die swaard val; hulle sal jou seuns en jou dogters wegneem, en wat van jou oorbly, sal deur vuur verteer word.

26 Hulle sal jou ook jou klere uittrek en jou versiersels wegneem.

27 So sal Ek dan by jou 'n einde maak aan jou skandelike dade en jou hoerery, uit Egipteland afkomstig; en jy sal jou oë nie na hulle opslaan en aan Egipte nie meer dink nie.

28 Want so sê die Here HERE: Kyk, Ek sal jou oorgee in die hand van hulle wat jy haat, in die hand van hulle van wie jou siel vervreemd geraak het.

29 En hulle sal jou as vyand behandel en al jou goed wegneem en jou naak en bloot laat staan, sodat jou ontugtige skaamte ontbloot kan word. Ja, jou skandelike dade en jou hoererye

30 het jou dit aangedoen deurdat jy agter nasies aan gehoereer het en omdat jy met hulle drekgode verontreinig is.

31 In die weg van jou suster het jy gewandel; daarom sal Ek haar beker in jou hand gee.

32 So sê die Here HERE: Jy sal die beker van jou suster drink wat diep en wyd is -- jy sal tot 'n belagging en 'n spot word -- die beker wat so baie bevat.

33 Van dronkenskap en kommer sal jy vol word; die beker van jou suster Samar¡a is 'n beker van huiwering en ontsetting.

34 En jy sal dit drink en uitsuig en aan sy skerwe knaag en jou borste oopskeur; want Ek het dit gespreek, spreek die Here HERE.

35 Daarom, so sê die Here HERE: Omdat jy My vergeet het en My agter jou rug gewerp het, so dra jy dan ook nou jou skandelike dade en jou hoererye.

36 En die HERE het vir my gesê: Mensekind, wil jy Ohola en Oholiba oordeel? Maak hulle dan hul gruwels bekend.

37 Want hulle het owerspel begaan, en daar is bloed aan hulle hande: met hul drekgode het hulle owerspel begaan en ook hul seuns wat hulle vir My gebaar het, as spys vir hulle deur die vuur laat deurgaan.

38 Verder het hulle My d¡t aangedoen: hulle het my heiligdom op dieselfde dag verontreinig en my sabbatte ontheilig --

39 as hulle hul kinders vir hulle drekgode slag, kom hulle op dieselfde dag na my heiligdom om dit te ontheilig; en kyk, so het hulle gedoen binne-in my huis.

40 Ja, hulle het selfs na manne gestuur wat van ver gekom het -- aan wie 'n boodskapper gestuur is, en kyk, hulle het gekom! -- vir wie jy jou gewas, jou oë geverf en sierade aangesit het.

41 En jy het gesit op 'n pragtige bed waarvoor 'n tafel reggemaak is en waar jy my reukwerk en my olie op neergesit het;

42 en daarbinne was die stem van 'n sorgelose menigte. En by manne uit die menigte van mense is daar wynsuipers aangebring uit die woestyn; die het armbande aan hulle hande gesit en 'n pragtige kroon op hulle hoofde.

43 Toe sê Ek: Bedryf die verwelkte nog owerspel? Nou sal haar hoererye self hoerery gaan bedrywe.

44 En hulle het by haar ingegaan soos 'n mens ingaan by 'n hoer; so het hulle ingegaan by Ohola en Oholiba, die ontugtige vroue.

45 En regverdige manne, die sal hulle vonnis volgens die reg van owerspeelsters en volgens die reg van vroue wat bloed vergiet; want hulle is owerspeelsters, en bloed is aan hulle hande.

46 Want so sê die Here HERE: Laat hulle teen hulle 'n vergadering oproep en hulle tot 'n skrikbeeld maak en 'n plundering.

47 En die vergadering moet hulle stenig en hulle met hul swaarde stukkend kap; hulle seuns en dogters moet hulle doodmaak en hulle huise met vuur verbrand.

48 So sal Ek dan die skandelike dade uit die land laat ophou, dat al die vroue hulle kan laat waarsku om geen skandelikheid te begaan soos julle nie.

49 En hulle sal julle skandelike dade op julle laat neerkom, en julle sal die sondes van julle drekgode dra; en julle sal weet dat Ek die Here HERE is.

1 The word of Jehovah came again unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother: 3 and they played the harlot in Egypt; they played the harlot in their youth; there were their breasts pressed, and there was handled the bosom of their virginity. 4 And the names of them were Oholah the elder, and Oholibah her sister: and they became mine, and they bare sons and daughters. And as for their names, Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem Oholibah.

5 And Oholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbors, 6 who were clothed with blue, governors and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses. 7 And she bestowed her whoredoms upon them, the choicest men of Assyria all of them; and on whomsoever she doted, with all their idols she defiled herself. 8 Neither hath she left her whoredoms since the days of Egypt; for in her youth they lay with her, and they handled the bosom of her virginity; and they poured out their whoredom upon her. 9 Wherefore I delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted. 10 These uncovered her nakedness; they took her sons and her daughters; and her they slew with the sword: and she became a byword among women; for they executed judgments upon her.

11 And her sister Oholibah saw this, yet was she more corrupt in her doting than she, and in her whoredoms which were more than the whoredoms of her sister. 12 She doted upon the Assyrians, governors and rulers, her neighbors, clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them desirable young men. 13 And I saw that she was defiled; they both took one way. 14 And she increased her whoredoms; for she saw men portrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion, 15 girded with girdles upon their loins, with flowing turbans upon their heads, all of them princes to look upon, after the likeness of the Babylonians in Chaldea, the land of their nativity. 16 And as soon as she saw them 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 soul was alienated from them. 18 So she uncovered her whoredoms, and uncovered her nakedness: then my soul was alienated from her, like as my soul was alienated from her sister. 19 Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, remembering the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt. 20 And 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 the handling of thy bosom by the Egyptians for the breasts of thy youth.

22 Therefore, O Oholibah, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will raise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy soul 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; desirable young men, governors and rulers all of them, princes and men of renown, all of them riding upon horses. 24 And they shall come against thee with weapons, chariots, and wagons, and with a company of peoples; they shall set themselves against thee with buckler and shield and helmet round about: and I will commit the judgment unto them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments. 25 And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal with thee in fury; they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and thy residue 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 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 Jehovah: Behold, I will deliver thee into the hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thy soul is alienated; 29 and they shall deal with thee in hatred, and shall take away all thy labor, and shall leave thee naked and bare; and the nakedness of thy whoredoms shall be uncovered, both thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.

30 These things shall be done unto thee, for that thou hast played the harlot after the nations, 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 thy hand. 32 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Thou shalt drink of thy sister’s cup, which is 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 drain it out, and thou shalt gnaw the sherds thereof, and shalt tear thy breasts; for I have spoken it, saith the Lord Jehovah. 35 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.

36 Jehovah said moreover unto me: Son of man, wilt thou judge Oholah and Oholibah? then declare unto them their abominations. 37 For they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands; and with their idols have they committed adultery; and they have also caused their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass through the fire unto them to be devoured. 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 my house. 40 And furthermore ye have sent for men that come from far, unto whom a messenger was sent, and, lo, they came; for whom thou didst wash thyself, paint thine eyes, and deck thyself with ornaments, 41 and sit upon a stately bed, with a table prepared before it, whereupon thou didst set mine incense and mine oil. 42 And the voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with men of the common sort were brought drunkards from the wilderness; and they put bracelets upon the hands of them twain, and beautiful crowns upon their heads.

43 Then said I of her that was old in adulteries, Now will they play the harlot with her, and she with them. 44 And they went in unto her, as they go in unto a harlot: so went they in unto Oholah and unto Oholibah, the lewd women. 45 And righteous men, they shall judge them with the judgment of adulteresses, and with the judgment of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands. 46 For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will bring up a company against them, and will give them to be tossed to and fro and robbed. 47 And the company shall stone them with stones, and despatch 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 Jehovah.