1 Verder het die woord van die HERE tot my gekom en gesê:
2 Mensekind, rig jou aangesig teen Gog, in die land Magog, die vors van Ros, Meseg en Tubal, en profeteer teen hom
3 en sê: So spreek die Here HERE: Kyk, Ek het dit teen jou, o Gog, vors van Ros, Meseg en Tubal!
4 En Ek sal jou weglok en hake in jou kakebene sit en jou laat uittrek en jou hele leër, perde en ruiters, almal volkome toegerus, 'n groot menigte met die groot en die klein skild, wat almal die swaard hanteer;
5 Perse, Kusiete en Put,ërs saam met hulle, almal met skild en helm;
6 Gomer en al sy leërs, die huis van Togarma, in die uithoeke van die Noorde, en al sy leërs -- baie volke saam met jou.
7 Hou jou reg en maak jou klaar, jy en al jou menigtes wat by jou vergader het; en wees vir hulle 'n leidsman.
8 N baie dae sal jy bevel ontvang; aan die einde van die jare sal jy 'n land intrek wat van die swaard weer reggekom het, wat versamel is uit baie volke, op die berge van Israel wat gedurigdeur as puinhoop daar gelê het -- ja, dit is uit die volke uitgebring, en hulle woon almal in veiligheid.
9 Dan sal jy optrek soos 'n onweer wat aankom, jy sal wees soos 'n wolk om die land te oordek, jy en al jou leërs en baie volke saam met jou.
10 So sê die Here HERE: In die dag sal daar gedagtes in jou hart opkom, en jy sal 'n listige plan beraam
11 en sê: Ek sal optrek teen die land wat ooplê, ek sal kom by rustige mense wat in veiligheid woon; wat almal woon sonder muur en geen grendel of poorte het nie;
12 om buit te maak en roof te rowe, om jou hand uit te steek teen die puinhope wat weer bewoon is, en teen 'n volk wat uit die nasies versamel is, wat vee en goed verwerf het, wat op die middelpunt van die aarde woon.
13 Skeba en Dedan en die koopmans van Tarsis en al sy jong leeus sal vir jou sê: Kom jy om buit te maak? Het jy jou menigte bymekaar laat kom om roof te rowe? Om silwer en goud weg te dra, om vee en goed weg te neem, om 'n groot buit te maak?
14 Daarom, profeteer, o mensekind, en sê aan Gog: So spreek die Here HERE: Sal jy dit nie opmerk in die dag as my volk Israel veilig woon nie?
15 Dan sal jy kom uit jou woonplek, uit die agterhoeke van die Noorde, jy en baie volke saam met jou wat almal op perde ry, 'n groot menigte en 'n magtige leër;
16 en jy sal optrek teen my volk Israel soos 'n wolk om die land te oordek. Aan die einde van die dae sal dit wees -- dan sal Ek jou teen my land laat aankom, sodat die nasies My kan ken as Ek My in jou, o Gog, voor hulle oë as die Heilige laat ken.
17 So sê die Here HERE: Is jy dit van wie Ek in die voortyd gespreek het deur my knegte, die profete van Israel, wat in die dae geprofeteer het, jare lank, dat Ek jou teen hulle sal laat aankom?
18 Maar in die dag, die dag as Gog teen die land van Israel aankom, spreek die Here HERE, sal my grimmigheid in my neus opkom.
19 Ja, in my ywer spreek Ek, in die vuur van my grimmigheid: Waarlik, in die dag sal daar 'n groot aardbewing wees in die land van Israel,
20 sodat van my aangesig af weg sal bewe die visse van die see en die voëls van die hemel en die wilde diere van die veld en al die gedierte wat op die grond kruip, en al die mense wat op die aarde is; en die berge sal omvergegooi word en die kranse inmekaarstort en al die mure op die aarde val.
21 En Ek sal die swaard oproep teen hom na al my berge, spreek die Here HERE; die swaard van die een sal teen die ander wees.
22 En Ek sal met hom in die gereg gaan deur pes en deur bloed; en oorstromende stortreën en haelstene, vuur en swawel op hom laat reën en op sy leërs en op baie volke wat saam met hom is.
23 So sal Ek My dan as groot en as heilig laat ken en Myself bekend maak voor die oë van baie nasies; en hulle sal weet dat Ek die HERE is.
1 Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, 2 "Son of man, set your face toward Gog, of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal, and prophesy against him, 3 and say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: "Behold, I am against you, Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal. 4 I will turn you around, and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you out, with all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed in full armor, a great company with buckler and shield, all of them handling swords; 5 Persia, Cush, and Put with them, all of them with shield and helmet; 6 Gomer, and all his hordes; the house of Togarmah in the uttermost parts of the north, and all his hordes—even many peoples with you.
7 "‘"Be prepared, yes, prepare yourself, you, and all your companies who are assembled to you, and be a guard to them. 8 After many days you will be visited. In the latter years you will come into the land that is brought back from the sword, that is gathered out of many peoples, on the mountains of Israel, which have been a continual waste; but it is brought out of the peoples and they will dwell securely, all of them. 9 You will ascend. You will come like a storm. You will be like a cloud to cover the land, you and all your hordes, and many peoples with you."
10 "‘The Lord Yahweh says: "It will happen in that day that things will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil plan. 11 You will say, ‘I will go up to the land of unwalled villages. I will go to those who are at rest, who dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates, 12 to take the plunder and to take prey; to turn your hand against the waste places that are inhabited, and against the people who are gathered out of the nations, who have gotten livestock and goods, who dwell in the middle of the earth.’ 13 Sheba, Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all its young lions, will ask you, ‘Have you come to take the plunder? Have you assembled your company to take the prey, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to take great plunder?’"’
14 "Therefore, son of man, prophesy, and tell Gog, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: "In that day when my people Israel dwells securely, will you not know it? 15 You will come from your place out of the uttermost parts of the north, you, and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great company and a mighty army. 16 You will come up against my people Israel as a cloud to cover the land. It will happen in the latter days that I will bring you against my land, that the nations may know me when I am sanctified in you, Gog, before their eyes."
17 "‘The Lord Yahweh says: "Are you he of whom I spoke in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, who prophesied in those days for years that I would bring you against them? 18 It will happen in that day, when Gog comes against the land of Israel," says the Lord Yahweh, "that my wrath will come up into my nostrils. 19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath I have spoken. Surely in that day there will be a great shaking in the land of Israel, 20 so that the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the animals of the field, all creeping things who creep on the earth, and all the men who are on the surface of the earth will shake at my presence. Then the mountains will be thrown down, the steep places will fall, and every wall will fall to the ground. 21 I will call for a sword against him to all my mountains," says the Lord Yahweh. "Every man’s sword will be against his brother. 22 I will enter into judgment with him with pestilence and with blood. I will rain on him, on his hordes, and on the many peoples who are with him, torrential rains with great hailstones, fire, and sulfur. 23 I will magnify myself and sanctify myself, and I will make myself known in the eyes of many nations. Then they will know that I am Yahweh."’