¹ Opet mi dođe riječ Jahvina:

² "Sine čovječji! Ti boraviš u rodu odmetničkom koji ima oči, a ne vidi, uši ima, a ne čuje, jer su rod odmetnički.

³ Zato, sine čovječji, spremi izgnanički zavežljaj i njima na oči obdan se seli: seli se iz svojega mjesta u drugo, ne bi li uvidjeli da su rod odmetnički.

⁴ Obdan, njima na oči, iznesi zavežljaj, zavežljaj izgnanički, a iziđi obnoć na njihove oči kao što se odlazi u izgnanstvo.

⁵ Njima na oči prokopaj zid i kroza nj izađi.

⁶ I njima na oči vrgni zavežljaj na ramena i po mrkloj noći iziđi. Pokrij lice da ne vidiš zemlju, jer te postavih kao znamenje domu Izraelovu!"

⁷ Učinih kako mi bijaše zapovjeđeno: obdan iznesoh zavežljaj, zavežljaj izgnanički, a obnoć prokopah zid rukama i njima na oči po mrkloj noći vrgoh zavežljaj na ramena.

⁸ Ujutro mi dođe riječ Jahvina:

⁹ "Sine čovječji, zapita li te dom Izraelov, dom odmetnički: 'Što to radiš?'

¹⁰ ti mu reci: 'Ovako govori Jahve Gospod! Ovo je proroštvo knezu jeruzalemskom i svemu domu Izraelovu koji je u Jeruzalemu.'

¹¹ Reci: 'Ja sam vam znamenje! Kako ja uradih, tako će biti njima: svi ćete se morati seliti u izgnanstvo!

¹² Knez njihov morat će vrći zavežljaj na ramena i po mrkloj noći izaći. Prokopat će zid da izađe kroza nj i lice će pokriti rukama da očima ne vidi zemlje.

¹³ Ja ću mu razapeti mrežu, i uhvatit će se u moju zamku, i odvest ću ga u Babilon, u zemlju kaldejsku. Ali je on neće ugledati i ondje će život ostaviti.

¹⁴ A sve one oko njega, pomagače i čete, raspršit ću u sve vjetrove i svoj mač ću trgnuti na njih.

¹⁵ A kad ih raspršim među narode i rasijem po zemljama, znat će da sam ja Jahve.

¹⁶ Ipak, ostavit ću nekolicinu koji će umaći maču, gladi i kugi, da među narodima kamo prispiju pripovijedaju svoje gadosti; neka se zna da sam ja Jahve.'"

¹⁷ I dođe mi riječ Jahvina:

¹⁸ "Sine čovječji, jedi kruha zabrinuto i pij vode sa zebnjom i sa strepnjom!

¹⁹ I reci puku zemlje: 'Ovako govori Jahve Gospod Jeruzalemcima u zemlji Izraelovoj: Zabrinuto će jesti kruha i sa strepnjom piti vode, jer će im zemlja opustjeti i ostat će bez igdje ičega s bezakonja žitelja svojih.

²⁰ I svi gradovi, sada napučeni, bit će poharani, a sva zemlja opustošena. I znat će da sam ja Jahve!'"

²¹ I dođe mi riječ Jahvina:

²² "Sine čovječji, kakve su vam to priče o zemlji Izraelovoj? Govori se: 'Gle, prolaze dani, a od proroštva ništa!'

²³ Zato im reci: Ovako govori Jahve Gospod: 'Dokončat ću te priče i neće se više ponavljati u Izraelu.' Reci im: 'Bliže se već dani i sva će se proroštva moja ispuniti!

²⁴ Jer neće više biti u domu Izraelovu varavih viđenja, ni lažnih proroštava kojima ljude bijahu zavodili.

²⁵ Jer što ja, Jahve Gospod, govorim, to će i biti, i riječ se neće odgoditi! Da! Još za vaših dana, rode odmetnički, riječ ću izgovoriti i izvršiti.' Tako govori Jahve Gospod!"

²⁶ I dođe mi riječ Jahvina:

²⁷ "Sine čovječji! Evo što se govori u domu Izraelovu: 'Viđenje što ga ovaj ugleda za dane je daleke! Prorokuje za daleka vremena!'

²⁸ Zato im reci: Ovako govori Jahve Gospod: 'Nijedna riječ moja neće se više odgoditi! Što rekoh, rečeno je, i sve će se ispuniti!' - riječ je Jahve Gospoda."

¹ He brought me back to the door of the house; and behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward; (for the forefront of the house was toward the east;) and the waters came down from under, from the right side of the house, on the south of the altar.

² Then he brought me out by the way of the gate northward, and led me round by the way outside to the outer gate, by the way of [the gate] that looks toward the east; and behold, there ran out waters on the right side.

³ When the man went forth eastward with the line in his hand, he measured one thousand cubits, and he caused me to pass through the waters, waters that were to the ankles.

⁴ Again he measured one thousand, and caused me to pass through the waters, waters that were to the knees. Again he measured one thousand, and caused me to pass through [the waters], waters that were to the waist.

⁵ Afterward he measured one thousand; [and it was] a river that I could not pass through; for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed through.

⁶ He said to me, Son of man, have you seen [this]? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the bank of the river.

⁷ Now when I had returned, behold, on the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.

⁸ Then he said to me, These waters issue forth toward the eastern region, and shall go down into the Arabah; and they shall go toward the sea; into the sea [shall the waters go] which were made to issue forth; and the waters shall be healed.

⁹ It shall happen, that every living creature which swarms, in every place where the rivers come, shall live; and there shall be a very great multitude of fish; for these waters are come there, and [the waters of the sea] shall be healed, and everything shall live wherever the river comes.

¹⁰ It shall happen, that fishermen shall stand by it: from En Gedi even to En Eglaim shall be a place for the spreading of nets; their fish shall be after their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.

¹¹ But the miry places of it, and its marshes, shall not be healed; they shall be given up to salt.

¹² By the river on its bank, on this side and on that side, shall grow every tree for food, whose leaf shall not wither, neither shall its fruit fail: it shall bring forth new fruit every month, because its waters issue out of the sanctuary; and its fruit shall be for food, and its leaf for healing.

¹³ Thus says the Lord Yahweh: This shall be the border, by which you shall divide the land for inheritance according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph [shall have two] portions.

¹⁴ You shall inherit it, one as well as another; for I swore to give it to your fathers: and this land shall fall to you for inheritance.

¹⁵ This shall be the border of the land: On the north side, from the great sea, by the way of Hethlon, to the entrance of Zedad;

¹⁶ Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazer Hatticon, which is by the border of Hauran.

¹⁷ The border from the sea, shall be Hazar Enon at the border of Damascus; and on the north northward is the border of Hamath. This is the north side.

¹⁸ The east side, between Hauran and Damascus and Gilead, and the land of Israel, shall be the Jordan; from the [north] border to the east sea you shall measure. This is the east side.

¹⁹ The south side southward shall be from Tamar as far as the waters of Meriboth Kadesh, to the brook [of Egypt], to the great sea. This is the south side southward.

²⁰ The west side shall be the great sea, from the [south] border as far as over against the entrance of Hamath. This is the west side.

²¹ So you shall divide this land to you according to the tribes of Israel.

²² It shall happen, that you shall divide it by lot for an inheritance to you and to the aliens who live among you, who shall father children among you; and they shall be to you as the native-born among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.

²³ It shall happen, that in what tribe the stranger lives, there you shall give him his inheritance, says the Lord Yahweh.