1 Viešpaties ranka palietė mane ir Viešpats nuvedė mane dvasioje į lauką, pilną kaulų.
2 Jis vedžiojo mane tarp jų. Sausų kaulų tame lauke buvo labai daug.
3 Tada Jis paklausė manęs: "Žmogaus sūnau, ar gali šitie kaulai atgyti?" Aš atsakiau: "Viešpatie Dieve, Tu tai žinai".
4 Jis sakė man: "Pranašauk šitiems kaulams ir sakyk: ‘Sudžiūvę kaulai, išgirskite Viešpaties žodį’.
5 Viešpats Dievas taip sako šitiems kaulams: ‘Aš įkvėpsiu į jus dvasią, ir jūs atgysite!
6 Aš duosiu jums gyslas, užauginsiu mėsą, apvilksiu oda. Tada jūs žinosite, kad Aš esu Viešpats’ ".
7 Aš pranašavau, kaip Jis man įsakė. Pranašaujant pasigirdo garsas, ir pamačiau kaulus judant; jie artėjo vienas prie kito.
8 Aš žiūrėjau: ant jų atsirado gyslos, jie apaugo mėsa, ir oda apdengė juos. Bet dvasios nebuvo juose.
9 Viešpats sakė man: "Žmogaus sūnau, pranašauk dvasiai ir sakyk: ‘Taip sako Viešpats Dievas: ‘Ateik, dvasia, iš keturių šalių ir padvelk ant užmuštųjų, kad jie atgytų’ ".
10 Aš pranašavau, kaip Jis man įsakė. Dvasia įėjo į juos, jie atgijo ir atsistojo ant kojų nepaprastai didelis būrys.
11 Tada Viešpats sakė man: "Žmogaus sūnau, šitie kaulai yra Izraelis. Jis sako: ‘Mūsų kaulai išdžiūvo, nebetekome vilties ir esame užmiršti’.
12 Pranašauk ir sakyk jiems: ‘Taip sako Viešpats Dievas: ‘Aš atversiu jūsų kapus ir jus, mano tautą, išvesiu iš jų ir parvesiu į Izraelio kraštą.
13 Ir jūs žinosite, kad Aš esu Viešpats, mano tauta, kai atversiu jūsų kapus ir išvesiu jus iš jų.
14 Aš įdėsiu į jus savo dvasią, ir jūs būsite gyvi. Aš parvesiu jus į jūsų kraštą. Tada jūs žinosite, kad Aš, Viešpats, tai kalbėjau ir įvykdžiau,sako Viešpats’ ".
15 Viešpats kalbėjo man:
16 "Žmogaus sūnau, imk lazdą ir užrašyk ant jos: ‘Judui ir Izraelio vaikams, jo sąjungininkams’. Po to imk kitą lazdą ir užrašyk ant jos: ‘Juozapui’. Tai Efraimo ir visų Izraelio vaikų, jo sąjungininkų, lazda.
17 Tada sujunk jas, ir jos taps viena tavo rankoje.
18 Kai tavo tautos žmonės sakys: ‘Paaiškink mums, ką tai reiškia’,
19 atsakyk jiems, kad Aš, Viešpats Dievas, taip sakau: ‘Juozapo lazdą, kuri yra Efraimo rankoje, ir Izraelio gimines, jo sąjungininkes, Aš sujungsiu su Judo lazda ir padarysiu viena savo rankoje’.
20 Kai tas lazdas, ant kurių užrašei, laikysi savo rankoje jų akivaizdoje,
21 sakyk jiems, kad Aš, Viešpats Dievas, sakau: ‘Aš surinksiu izraelitus iš visų tautų ir parvesiu juos į jų kraštą.
22 Aš padarysiu iš jų vieną tautą Izraelio kalnuose. Vienas karalius viešpataus jiems visiems: jie nebebus dvi tautos ir nebesuskils į dvi karalystes.
23 Jie nebegarbins stabų ir jais nesusiteps. Aš apvalysiu ir išgelbėsiu juos iš jų nuodėmių bei nusikaltimų. Jie bus mano tauta, ir Aš būsiu jų Dievas.
24 Mano tarnas Dovydas bus jų karalius, ir jie turės vieną ganytoją. Jie laikysis mano sprendimų ir vykdys mano nuostatus.
25 Jie gyvens krašte, kuriame gyveno jų tėvai, kurį Aš daviau savo tarnui Jokūbui. Jie, jų vaikai ir vaikų vaikai liks gyventi ten. Mano tarnas Dovydas bus jų kunigaikštis amžinai.
26 Aš sudarysiu su jais taikos sandorą, kuri bus amžina. Aš juos įkurdinsiu ir padauginsiu, savo šventyklą amžiams pastatysiu tarp jų.
27 Aš gyvensiu tarp jų ir būsiu jų Dievas, o jie bus mano tauta.
28 Kai Aš atstatysiu amžiams savo šventyklą tarp jų, tautos žinos, kad Aš, Viešpats, pašventinau Izraelį’ ".
1 The hand of the Lord had been on me, and he took me out in the spirit of the Lord and put me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones;
2 And he made me go past them round about: and I saw that there was a very great number of them on the face of the wide valley, and they were very dry.
3 And he said to me, Son of man, is it possible for these bones to come to life? And I made answer, and said, It is for you to say, O Lord.
4 And again he said to me, Be a prophet to these bones, and say to them, O you dry bones, give ear to the word of the Lord.
5 This is what the Lord has said to these bones: See, I will make breath come into you so that you may come to life;
6 And I will put muscles on you and make flesh come on you, and put skin over you, and breath into you, so that you may have life; and you will be certain that I am the Lord.
7 So I gave the word as I was ordered: and at my words there was a shaking of the earth, and the bones came together, bone to bone.
8 And looking I saw that there were muscles on them and flesh came up, and they were covered with skin: but there was no breath in them.
9 And he said to me, Be a prophet to the wind, be a prophet, son of man, and say to the wind, The Lord has said: Come from the four winds, O wind, breathing on these dead so that they may come to life.
10 And I gave the word at his orders, and breath came into them, and they came to life and got up on their feet, a very great army.
11 Then he said to me, Son of man, these bones are all the children of Israel: and see, they are saying, Our bones have become dry our hope is gone, we are cut off completely.
12 For this cause be a prophet to them, and say, This is what the Lord has said: See, I am opening the resting-places of your dead, and I will make you come up out of your resting-places, O my people; and I will take you into the land of Israel.
13 And you will be certain that I am the Lord by my opening the resting-places of your dead and making you come up out of your resting-places, O my people.
14 And I will put my spirit in you, so that you may come to life, and I will give you a rest in your land: and you will be certain that I the Lord have said it and have done it, says the Lord.
15 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
16 And you, son of man, take one stick, writing on it, For Judah and for the children of Israel who are in his company: then take another stick, writing on it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and all the children of Israel who are in his company:
17 Then, joining them one to another, make them one stick, so that they may be one in your hand.
18 And when the children of your people say to you, Will you not make clear to us what these things have to do with us?
19 Then say to them, This is what the Lord has said: See, I am taking the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel who are in his company; and I will put it on the stick of Judah and make them one stick, and they will be one in my hand.
20 And the sticks with your writing on them will be in your hand before their eyes.
21 And say to them, These are the words of the Lord: See, I am taking the children of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and will get them together on every side, and take them into their land:
22 And I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king will be king over them all: and they will no longer be two nations, and will no longer be parted into two kingdoms:
23 And they will no longer make themselves unclean with their images or with their hated things or with any of their sins: but I will give them salvation from all their turning away in which they have done evil, and will make them clean; and they will be to me a people, and I will be to them a God.
24 And my servant David will be king over them; and they will all have one keeper: and they will be guided by my orders and will keep my rules and do them.
25 And they will be living in the land which I gave to Jacob, my servant, in which your fathers were living; and they will go on living there, they and their children and their children's children, for ever: and David, my servant, will be their ruler for ever.
26 And I will make an agreement of peace with them: it will be an eternal agreement with them: and I will have mercy on them and make their numbers great, and will put my holy place among them for ever.
27 And my House will be over them; and I will be to them a God, and they will be to me a people.
28 And the nations will be certain that I who make Israel holy am the Lord, when my holy place is among them for ever.