1 Verder het die woord van die HERE tot my gekom en gesê:
2 Mensekind, jy woon onder mense van die wederstrewige huis, wat oë het om te sien, maar nie sien nie; ore het om te hoor, maar nie hoor nie, want hulle is 'n wederstrewige huis.
3 Maar jy, mensekind, maak vir jou toebereidsels om in ballingskap te gaan, en gaan oordag in ballingskap voor hulle oë; vertrek soos 'n balling voor hulle oë, van jou woonplek af na 'n ander plek toe -- miskien sal hulle dit sien, want hulle is 'n wederstrewige huis.
4 En jy moet jou goed oordag uitbring voor hulle oë soos die goed wat vir 'n ballingskap nodig is; maar self moet jy in die aand uitgaan voor hulle oë soos die wat in ballingskap uitgaan.
5 Breek vir jou 'n gat in die muur voor hulle oë, en bring dit daardeur uit.
6 Voor hulle oë moet jy dit op die skouer dra, in die pikdonker moet jy dit uitbring; jou aangesig moet jy bedek, sodat jy die land nie sien nie; want Ek maak jou tot 'n sinnebeeld vir die huis van Israel.
7 Ek het toe gedoen soos my beveel is: ek het my goed oordag uitgebring soos die goed wat vir 'n ballingskap nodig is; en in die aand het ek met my hand vir my 'n gat in die muur gebreek; in die pikdonker het ek dit uitgebring, dit op die skouer voor hulle oë gedra.
8 Toe kom die woord van die HERE tot my in die môre en sê:
9 Mensekind, het die huis van Israel, die wederstrewige huis, nie vir jou gesê: Wat maak jy daar nie?
10 Sê vir hulle: So spreek die Here HERE: Hierdie las sien op die vors in Jerusalem en die hele huis van Israel wat onder hulle woon.
11 Sê: Ek is julle sinnebeeld; soos ek gedoen het, so sal met hulle gedoen word: in ballingskap, in gevangenskap sal hulle gaan.
12 En die vors wat onder hulle is, sal die goed op die skouer dra, in die pikdonker, en hy sal uitgaan; hulle sal 'n gat in die muur breek om daardeur uit te bring; hy sal sy aangesig bedek, omdat hy self die land met die oog nie sal sien nie.
13 En Ek sal my net oor hom uitsprei, en in my strik sal hy gevang word; en Ek sal hom na Babel, na die land van die Chaldeërs bring; maar hy sal dit nie sien nie, en daar sal hy sterwe.
14 En almal wat rondom hom is, sy hulp, en al sy leërs sal Ek na al die windstreke verstrooi en die swaard agter hulle uittrek.
15 Dan sal hulle weet dat Ek die HERE is, as Ek hulle onder die nasies versprei en hulle in die lande verstrooi;
16 maar Ek sal van hulle 'n klein klompie laat oorbly van die swaard, die hongersnood en die pes, sodat hulle al hulle gruwels kan vertel onder die nasies waar hulle kom; en die sal weet dat Ek die HERE is.
17 Daarna het die woord van die HERE tot my gekom en gesê:
18 Mensekind, jy moet jou brood met bewing eet en jou water met siddering en kommer drink.
19 En jy moet aan die mense van die land sê: So spreek die Here HERE aangaande die inwoners van Jerusalem, in die land Israel: Hulle sal hul brood met kommer eet en hul water in stomme smart drink, sodat hulle land, van sy volheid beroof, woes sal lê vanweë die geweldpleging van almal wat daarin woon.
20 En die stede wat bewoon is, sal woes word, en die land sal 'n wildernis wees; en julle sal weet dat Ek die HERE is.
21 En die woord van die HERE het tot my gekom en gesê:
22 Mensekind, wat is dit vir 'n spreekwoord wat julle het in die land van Israel, naamlik: Die dae gaan voort, en van al die gesigte kom niks nie.
23 Daarom, sê vir hulle: So spreek die Here HERE: Ek maak 'n einde aan hierdie spreekwoord, sodat hulle dit nie meer as spreekwoord in Israel sal gebruik nie. Maar sê vir hulle: Die dae is naby, en die woord van elke gesig.
24 Want daar sal geen bedrieglike gesig of vleiende waarsêery in die huis van Israel meer wees nie.
25 Want Ek, die HERE, Ek sal spreek -- wat Ek as woord spreek, dit sal gebeur; dit sal nie meer uitgestel word nie. Want in julle dae, o wederstrewige huis, sal Ek 'n woord spreek en dit uitvoer ook, spreek die Here HERE.
26 Verder het die woord van die HERE tot my gekom en gesê:
27 Mensekind, kyk, die huis van Israel sê: Die gesig wat hy sien, is vir baie dae, en hy profeteer van tye wat ver is.
28 Daarom, sê vir hulle: So spreek die Here HERE: Geeneen van my woorde sal meer uitgestel word nie; wat Ek as woord spreek, dit sal gebeur, spreek die Here HERE.
1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
2 Son of man, you are living among an uncontrolled people, who have eyes to see but see not, and ears for hearing but they do not give ear; for they are an uncontrolled people.
3 And you, O son of man, by day, before their eyes, get ready the vessels of one who is taken away, and go away from your place to another place before their eyes: it may be that they will see, though they are an uncontrolled people.
4 By day, before their eyes, take out your vessels like those of one who is taken away: and go out in the evening before their eyes, like those who are taken away as prisoners.
5 Make a hole in the wall, before their eyes, and go out through it.
6 And before their eyes, take your goods on your back and go out in the dark; go with your face covered: for I have made you a sign to the children of Israel.
7 And I did as I was ordered: I took out my vessels by day, like those of one who is taken away, and in the evening I made a hole through the wall with a tent-pin; and in the dark I went out, taking my things on my back before their eyes.
8 And in the morning the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
9 Son of man, has not Israel, the uncontrolled people, said to you, What are you doing?
10 You are to say to them, This is what the Lord has said: This word has to do with the ruler in Jerusalem and all the children of Israel in it.
11 Say, I am your sign: as I have done, so will it be done to them: they will go away as prisoners.
12 And the ruler who is among them will take his goods on his back in the dark and go out: he will make a hole in the wall through which to go out: he will have his face covered so that he may not be seen.
13 And my net will be stretched out on him, and he will be taken in my cords: and I will take him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldaeans; but he will not see it, and there death will come to him.
14 And all his helpers round about him and all his armies I will send in flight to every wind; and I will let loose a sword after them.
15 And they will be certain that I am the Lord, when I send them in flight among the nations, driving them out through the countries.
16 But a small number of them I will keep from the sword, from the need of food, and from disease, so that they may make clear all their disgusting ways among the nations where they come; and they will be certain that I am the Lord.
17 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
18 Son of man, take your food with shaking fear, and your water with trouble and care;
19 And say to the people of the land, This is what the Lord has said about the people of Jerusalem and the land of Israel: They will take their food with care and their drink with wonder, so that all the wealth of their land may be taken from it because of the violent ways of the people living in it.
20 And the peopled towns will be made waste, and the land will become a wonder; and you will be certain that I am the Lord.
21 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
22 Son of man, what is this saying which you have about the land of Israel, The time is long and every vision comes to nothing?
23 For this cause say to them, This is what the Lord has said: I have made this saying come to an end, and it will no longer be used as a common saying in Israel; but say to them, The days are near, and the effect of every vision.
24 For there will be no more false visions or smooth use of secret arts in Israel.
25 For I am the Lord; I will say the word and what I say I will do; it will not be put off: for in your days, O uncontrolled people, I will say the word and do it, says the Lord.
26 Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
27 Son of man, see, the children of Israel say, The vision which he sees is for the days which are a long way off, and his words are of times still far away.
28 Say to them then, This is what the Lord has said: Not one of my words will be put off any longer, but what I say I will do, says the Lord.