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Ezekiel, 33

1. The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,

1. The word of the LORD came to me:

2. 'Son of man, speak to the people of your country. Say to them, "When I send the sword against the people of that country, take one of their number and post him as a watchman;

2. "Son of man, speak to your people and say to them, If I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from among them, and make him their watchman;

3. if he sees the sword coming against the country, he must sound his horn to warn the people.

3. and if he sees the sword coming upon the land and blows the trumpet and warns the people;

4. If someone hears the sound of the horn but pays no attention and the sword overtakes him and destroys him, he will have been responsible for his own death.

4. then if any one who hears the sound of the trumpet does not take warning, and the sword comes and takes him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.

5. He has heard the sound of the horn and paid no attention; his death will be his own responsibility. But the life of someone who pays attention will be secure.

5. He heard the sound of the trumpet, and did not take warning; his blood shall be upon himself. But if he had taken warning, he would have saved his life.

6. "If, however, the watchman has seen the sword coming but has not blown his horn, and so the people are not alerted and the sword overtakes them and destroys a single one of them, that person will indeed die for his guilt, but I shall hold the watchman responsible for his death."

6. But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, so that the people are not warned, and the sword comes, and takes any one of them; that man is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at the watchman's hand.

7. 'Son of man I have appointed you as watchman for the House of Israel. When you hear a word from my mouth, warn them from me.

7. "So you, son of man, I have made a watchman for the house of Israel; whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me.

8. If I say to someone wicked, "Evil- doer, you are to die," and you do not speak to warn the wicked person to renounce such ways, the wicked person will die for this guilt, but I shall hold you responsible for the death.

8. If I say to the wicked, O wicked man, you shall surely die, and you do not speak to warn the wicked to turn from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand.

9. If, however, you do warn someone wicked to renounce such ways and repent, and that person does not repent, then the culprit will die for this guilt, but you yourself will have saved your life.

9. But if you warn the wicked to turn from his way, and he does not turn from his way; he shall die in his iniquity, but you will have saved your life.

10. 'Son of man, say to the House of Israel, "You are continually saying: Our crimes and sins weigh heavily on us; we are wasting away because of them. How are we to go on living?"

10. "And you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, Thus have you said: `Our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we waste away because of them; how then can we live?'

11. Say to them, "As I live -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- I do not take pleasure in the death of the wicked but in the conversion of the wicked who changes his ways and saves his life. Repent, turn back from your evil ways. Why die, House of Israel?"

11. Say to them, As I live, says the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; turn back, turn back from your evil ways; for why will you die, O house of Israel?

12. 'Son of man, say to the members of your nation, "The uprightness of an upright person will not save him once he takes to wrong-doing; the wickedness of a wicked person will not ruin him once he renounces his wickedness. No one upright will be able to live on the strength of uprightness, having once taken to sinning.

12. And you, son of man, say to your people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him when he transgresses; and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall by it when he turns from his wickedness; and the righteous shall not be able to live by his righteousness when he sins.

13. If I say to someone upright: You are to live, and then, trusting in this uprightness, he does wrong, none of the uprightness will be remembered; because of the wrong-doing, he will die.

13. Though I say to the righteous that he shall surely live, yet if he trusts in his righteousness and commits iniquity, none of his righteous deeds shall be remembered; but in the iniquity that he has committed he shall die.

14. If, however, I say to someone wicked: You are to die, and he turns back from sin and does what is lawful and upright,

14. Again, though I say to the wicked, `You shall surely die,' yet if he turns from his sin and does what is lawful and right,

15. if he returns pledges, restores what he has stolen, keeps the laws that give life and no longer does wrong, he will live and will not die.

15. if the wicked restores the pledge, gives back what he has taken by robbery, and walks in the statutes of life, committing no iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.

16. None of his previous sins will be remembered against him; having done what is lawful and upright, he will live.

16. None of the sins that he has committed shall be remembered against him; he has done what is lawful and right, he shall surely live.

17. "But the members of your nation say: What the Lord does is unjust. But it is what you do that is unjust.

17. "Yet your people say, `The way of the Lord is not just'; when it is their own way that is not just.

18. When an upright person gives up being upright and does wrong, he dies for it.

18. When the righteous turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he shall die for it.

19. And when a wicked person gives up being wicked and does what is lawful and upright, because of this he lives.

19. And when the wicked turns from his wickedness, and does what is lawful and right, he shall live by it.

20. But you say: What the Lord does is unjust! I shall judge each of you by what you do, House of Israel." '

20. Yet you say, `The way of the Lord is not just.' O house of Israel, I will judge each of you according to his ways."

21. In the twelfth year of our captivity, on the fifth day of the tenth month, a fugitive arrived from Jerusalem and said to me, 'The city has been taken.'

21. In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, a man who had escaped from Jerusalem came to me and said, "The city has fallen."

22. Now the hand of the Lord had been on me the evening before the fugitive arrived; he had opened my mouth before the fugitive came to me the next morning; my mouth had been opened and I was dumb no longer.

22. Now the hand of the LORD had been upon me the evening before the fugitive came; and he had opened my mouth by the time the man came to me in the morning; so my mouth was opened, and I was no longer dumb.

23. The word of Yahweh was then addressed to me as follows,

23. The word of the LORD came to me:

24. 'Son of man, the people living in those ruins on the soil of Israel say this, "Abraham was alone when he was given possession of this country. But we are many; the country has been given us as our heritage."

24. "Son of man, the inhabitants of these waste places in the land of Israel keep saying, `Abraham was only one man, yet he got possession of the land; but we are many; the land is surely given us to possess.'

25. 'Very well, tell them, "The Lord Yahweh says this: You eat blood, you raise your eyes to your foul idols, you shed blood; are you to own the country?

25. Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: You eat flesh with the blood, and lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood; shall you then possess the land?

26. You rely on your swords, you engage in loathsome practices, each of you defiles his neighbour's wife; are you to own the country?"

26. You resort to the sword, you commit abominations and each of you defiles his neighbor's wife; shall you then possess the land?

27. Tell them this, "The Lord Yahweh says this: As I live, I swear it, those in the ruins will fall to the sword, those in the countryside I shall give to the wild animals for them to eat, and those among the crags and in caves will die of plague.

27. Say this to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: As I live, surely those who are in the waste places shall fall by the sword; and him that is in the open field I will give to the beasts to be devoured; and those who are in strongholds and in caves shall die by pestilence.

28. I shall make the country a desolate waste, and the pride of its strength will be at an end. The mountains of Israel will be deserted and no one will pass that way again.

28. And I will make the land a desolation and a waste; and her proud might shall come to an end; and the mountains of Israel shall be so desolate that none will pass through.

29. Then they will know that I am Yahweh, when I make the country a desolate waste because of all the filthy things they have done."

29. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have made the land a desolation and a waste because of all their abominations which they have committed.

30. 'Son of man, the members of your nation are talking about you on the ramparts and in doorways. They keep saying to one another, "Come and hear the word that has come from Yahweh."

30. "As for you, son of man, your people who talk together about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses, say to one another, each to his brother, `Come, and hear what the word is that comes forth from the LORD.'

31. They throng towards you; my people sit down in front of you and listen to your words, but they do not act on them. What they act on is the lie in their mouths, and their hearts are set on dishonest gain.

31. And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for with their lips they show much love, but their heart is set on their gain.

32. As far as they are concerned, you are like a love song pleasantly sung to a good musical accompaniment. They listen to your words, but no one acts on them.

32. And, lo, you are to them like one who sings love songs with a beautiful voice and plays well on an instrument, for they hear what you say, but they will not do it.

33. When the thing takes place -- and it is beginning now -- they will know that there has been a prophet among them.'

33. When this comes -- and come it will! -- then they will know that a prophet has been among them."



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Alaviitteet:

33:1-9 - Jumala asettaa "vartijan" (profeetan) vastuun varoittaa ihmisiä lähestyvästä tuomiosta. Vartijan tehtävänä on varoittaa, ja tottelemattomuuden tapauksessa vastuu lankeaa ihmisille. Tämä tehtävä korostaa hengellisen johtajuuden roolia Jumalan kansan suojelemisessa (ks. myös Apt. 20:26-27 ja 1. Timoteukselle 4:16).

33:10-11 - Jumala kutsuu israelilaisia parannukseen ja tarjoaa heille mahdollisuuden muuttua. Pelastussanoma tarjotaan rakkaudella ja armolla korostaen, että Jumala ei halua jumalattomien kuolemaa, vaan että he tekevät parannuksen ja elävät (ks. myös 2. Piet. 3:9 ja Hesekiel 18:23).

33:12-20 - Jumala vahvistaa, että sekä vanhurskaat että jumalattomat voivat langeta syntiin ja että Jumalan oikeudenmukaisuus vaatii, että jokainen tuomitaan tekojensa mukaan. Parannus on pelastuksen perusta, ja kuuliaisuus Jumalan sanalle on välttämätöntä elämän säilyttämiseksi (ks. myös Room. 2:6-11 ja Ilm. 20:12-13).

33:21-22 - Profeetta vapautetaan vankilasta, ja Jumalan sana palautetaan hänen elämäänsä. Tämä symboloi profeetallisen palvelutyön palauttamista ja totuuden julistamisen tehtävän jatkamista. Jumalan läsnäolo vanhurskaiden kanssa on keskeistä profeetan tehtävässä (ks. myös Jeremia 1:8 ja Daniel 6:22).

33:23-33 - Israelin kansa on edelleen kapinassa, koska he kuulevat Jumalan sanan, mutta eivät pane sitä käytäntöön. Tottelemattomuudella on seurauksia, ja Jumalan sanat täytyy elää, ei vain kuulla. Sanan tottelemisen laiminlyönti johtaa lopulliseen tuomioon (ks. myös Jaakob 1:22-25 ja Matteus 7:24-27).

Aiheeseen liittyvät säkeet Ezekiel, 33:

Hesekielin luku 33 uudistaa Hesekielin profeetallisen kutsumuksen. Minkä vastuun Jumala asettaa sanansaattajalleen? Tämä tärkeä teksti vertaa profeettaa vartijaan ja korostaa hänen velvollisuuttaan varoittaa. Luvussa käsitellään sellaisia aiheita kuin yksilöllinen vastuu, parannus ja Jumalan oikeudenmukaisuus. Hesekiel 33 merkitsee myös siirtymää profetioissa, kääntyen ennallistamisen toivoon. Tutki kanssamme viittä raamatunkohtaa, jotka valaisevat tämän keskeisen luvun perusperiaatteita.

Jeremia 6:17: "Asetin vartijat vartioimaan heitä ja sanoin: "Kuuntele trumpetin ääntä!" Mutta sinä sanoit: "Emme kiinnitä huomiota."" - Tämä Jeremian kohtaus toistaa Hesekiel 33:n vartijan vastuun teemaa.

Jesaja 58:1: "Huuta kovaa, älä pidättele! Nosta ääntäsi kuin trumpetti. Ilmoita kansalleni heidän kapinansa ja Jaakobin seurakunnalle heidän syntinsä." - Jesaja, kuten Hesekiel Hesekiel 33:ssa, korostaa profeetan velvollisuutta varoittaa ihmisiä.

Apostolien teot 20:26-27: "Sen tähden sanon teille tänään, että olen syytön kaikkien vereen. Sillä minä en jättänyt julistamatta heille kaikkea Jumalan tahtoa." - Paavali heijastaa palvelutyössään Hesekielin luvun 33:n vartijan vastuun periaatetta.

Heprealaiskirje 13:17: "Tottele johtajiasi ja alistu heidän auktoriteetilleen. He pitävät sinusta vastuussa. Tottele heitä, jotta heidän työnsä olisi ilo eikä taakka, sillä siitä ei olisi sinulle hyötyä." - Tämä jae kuvastaa johtajien ja seuraajien keskinäistä vastuuta, joka on Hesekielin luvussa 33.

Jaakob 5:19-20: "Veljeni, jos joku teistä poikkeaa totuudesta ja joku tuo hänet takaisin, tietäkää, että jokainen, joka kääntää syntisen hänen tiensä erheeltä, pelastaa hänen hengen ja antaa monta syntiä anteeksi." - Jaakob korostaa luopuneiden palauttamisen tärkeyttä ja toistaa Hesekielin luvussa 33 olevan kehotuksen parannukseen.

FAQ:

Mitä Jumala sanoo Hesekielille vartijan roolista?

Jumala käskee Hesekieliä olemaan vartija ja varoittaa ihmisiä heidän synneistään ja tuomion seurauksista, jotta he voivat tehdä parannuksen. (Hesekiel 33:7-9)

Miksi Jumala sanoo, ettei hän ole tyytyväinen jumalattomien kuolemaan?

Jumala sanoo, ettei hän halua jumalattomien kuolemaa, vaan että kaikki ihmiset kääntyisivät Hänen puoleensa ja jäävät elämään. Hänen halunsa on parannus ja pelastus. (Hesekiel 33:11)

Mitä Hesekiel opettaa Jumalan oikeudenmukaisuudesta?

Hesekiel opettaa, että Jumalan oikeus on puolueetonta. Jos vanhurskaat kääntyvät pois vanhurskaudestaan, heitä rangaistaan, mutta jos jumalattomat katuvat, he pelastuvat. (Hesekiel 33:12-16)

Miten ihmiset suhtautuvat Hesekielin sanomaan?

Ihmiset kuuntelivat Hesekieliä, mutta he eivät ottaneet hänen sanojaan vakavasti, vaan pitivät hänen viestejään miellyttävinä lauluina eikä kiireellisenä varoituksena. (Hesekiel 33:30-33)

Mikä on Hesekielin luvun 33 päävaroitus?

Päävaroitus on, että jokainen joutuu vastuuseen omista synneistään. Ei ole mitään järkeä luottaa muiden katumukseen; jokaisen tulee kääntyä Jumalan puoleen henkilökohtaisesti. (Hesekiel 33:10-20)


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