¹Then came certain of the elders of Israel to me, and sat before me.

¹Markaasaa waxaa ii yimid qaar odayaashii reer binu Israa'iil ka mid ah oo hortayday fadhiisteen.

²The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

²Oo haddana Eraygii Rabbiga ayaa ii yimid isagoo leh,

³Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their heart, and put the stumbling block of their iniquity before their face: should I be inquired of at all by them?

³Wiilka Aadamow, nimankanu qalbigooday sanamyadoodii dabaggeliyeen, oo wejigoodana waxay hor dhigeen waxa ay ku turunturoodaan ee xumaantooda ah. Haddaba miyey waajib igu tahay inaan u jawaabo markay wax i weyddiistaan?

⁴Therefore speak to them, and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Every man of the house of Israel who takes his idols into his heart, and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to the prophet; I Yahweh will answer him therein according to the multitude of his idols;

⁴Sidaas daraaddeed iyaga la hadal oo waxaad ku tidhaahdaa, Sayidka Rabbiga ahu wuxuu leeyahay, Nin kasta oo reer binu Israa'iil ka mid ah oo sanamkiisa qalbigiisa dabaggeliya, oo waxa uu ku turunturoodo ee xumaantiisa ahna wejigiisa hor dhiga, oo haddana nebiga u yimaada, aniga Rabbiga ah ayaa kii u yimaada u jawaabi doona sida sanamyadiisa faraha badan,

⁵that I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.

⁵si aan reer binu Israa'iil qalbigooda ugu qabto, maxaa yeelay, iyagu sanamyadooda aawadood ayay kulligood iiga shisheeyoobeen.

⁶Therefore tell the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Return, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.

⁶Sidaas daraaddeed waxaad reer binu Israa'iil ku tidhaahdaa, Sayidka Rabbiga ahu wuxuu leeyahay, Soo noqda, oo sanamyadiinna ka soo noqda, oo wejigiinnana waxyaalihiinna karaahiyada ah oo dhan ka sii jeediya.

⁷For everyone of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who live in Israel, who separates himself from me, and takes his idols into his heart, and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to the prophet to inquire for himself of me; I Yahweh will answer him by myself:

⁷Waayo, mid kasta oo reer binu Israa'iil ka mid ah ama mid kasta oo shisheeyayaasha reer binu Israa'iil dhex deggan ka mid ah oo iska kay sooca, oo sanamyadiisana qalbigiisa dabaggeliya, oo waxa uu ku turunturoodo ee xumaantiisa ah wejigiisa hor dhiga, haddana nebiga ugu yimaada inuu wax i weyddiisto, aniga Rabbiga ah qudhaydaa u jawaabi doona.

⁸and I will set my face against that man, and will make him an astonishment, for a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.

⁸Oo ninkaas wejigaygaan u jeedin doonaa, oo waxaan isaga ka dhigi doonaa yaab iyo calaamad iyo maahmaah, oo dadkaygaan ka dhex gooyn doonaa, oo idinkuna waxaad ogaan doontaan inaan anigu Rabbiga ahay.

⁹If the prophet is deceived and speak a word, I, Yahweh, have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand on him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.

⁹Oo haddii nebi intuu wax ku hadlo la khiyaaneeyo, nebigaas aniga Rabbiga ah ayaa khiyaaneeyey, oo gacantaydaan ku soo kor fidin doonaa, oo dadkayga reer binu Israa'iil dhexdiisa ayaan ka baabbi'in doonaa.

¹⁰They shall bear their iniquity: the iniquity of the prophet shall be even as the iniquity of him who seeks him;

¹⁰Oo iyana ciqaabta xumaantooday qaadan doonaan. Nebiga ciqaabtiisuna waxay ahaan doontaa sidii ciqaabta kan isaga wax weyddiista,

¹¹that the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither defile themselves any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, says the Lord Yahweh.

¹¹si ayan reer binu Israa'iil mar dambe iiga amban ama ayan mar dambe xadgudubyadooda ugu nijaasoobin, laakiinse ay dadkaygii iigu ahaadaan, oo aan aniguna Ilaahooda ugu noqdo, ayaa Sayidka Rabbiga ahu leeyahay.

¹²The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

¹²Oo haddana Eraygii Rabbiga ayaa ii yimid isagoo leh,

¹³Son of man, when a land sins against me by committing a trespass, and I stretch out my hand on it, and break the staff of its bread, and send famine on it, and cut off from it man and animal;

¹³Wiilka Aadamow, marka dalku xadgudub xun iigu dembaabo, oo aan gacantayda ku soo dul fidiyo, oo aan usha cuntadiisa jebiyo, oo aan abaar ku soo daayo, oo aan dad iyo duunyaba ka dhex gooyo,

¹⁴though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, says the Lord Yahweh.

¹⁴Sayidka Rabbiga ahu wuxuu leeyahay, xataa haddii saddexdaas nin oo ah Nuux iyo Daanyeel iyo Ayuub ay dhex joogi lahaayeen, xaqnimadooda waxay ku samatabbixin lahaayeen naftooda oo keliya.

¹⁵If I cause evil animals to pass through the land, and they ravage it, and it be made desolate, so that no man may pass through because of the animals;

¹⁵Haddaan dalka dugaag baas ku soo dhex daayo, oo ay dadka ka baabbi'iyaan si uu meel cidla ah u noqdo, oo aan ciduna dugaagga aawadiis u soo dhex marin,

¹⁶though these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord Yahweh, they should deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only should be delivered, but the land should be desolate.

¹⁶xataa hadday saddexdaas nin dhex joogi lahaayeen, Sayidka Rabbiga ahu wuxuu leeyahay, Noloshaydaan ku dhaartaye, Wiilal iyo gabdho toona ma samatabbexeen. Iyaga keligood ayaa samatabbixi lahaa, laakiinse dalku waa cidloobi lahaa.

¹⁷Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off from it man and animal;

¹⁷Amase haddaan dalkaas seef ku soo daayo, oo aan ku idhaahdo, Seefay, dalka dhex mar, si aan dhexdiisa dad iyo duunyaba uga wada gooyo,

¹⁸though these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord Yahweh, they should deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only should be delivered themselves.

¹⁸Sayidka Rabbiga ahu wuxuu leeyahay, Noloshaydaan ku dhaartaye, Xataa hadday saddexdaas nin dhex joogi lahaayeen wiilal iyo gabdho toona ma samatabbexeen, laakiinse iyagoo keliya ayaa samatabbixi lahaa.

¹⁹Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my wrath on it in blood, to cut off from it man and animal;

¹⁹Amase haddaan dalkaas belaayo ku soo dhex daayo, oo aan cadhadaydana dhiig ugu kor shubo, si aan dad iyo duunyoba uga gooyo,

²⁰though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, says the Lord Yahweh, they should deliver neither son nor daughter; they should but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.

²⁰xataa haddii Nuux iyo Daanyeel iyo Ayuub ay dhex joogi lahaayeen, Sayidka Rabbiga ahu wuxuu leeyahay, Noloshaydaan ku dhaartaye, Wiil iyo gabadh toona ma samatabbexeen, laakiinse iyagu xaqnimadooda ayay naftooda oo keliya ku samatabbixin lahaayeen.

²¹For thus says the Lord Yahweh: How much more when I send my four severe judgments on Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the evil animals, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and animal!

²¹Waayo, Sayidka Rabbiga ahu wuxuu leeyahay, Haddaba intee in le'eg bay ka sii darnaan doontaa markaan Yeruusaalem ku soo daayo afartayda xukun ee baas, kuwaasoo ah seef, iyo abaar, iyo dugaag baas, iyo belaayo, si aan dhexdeeda dad iyo duunyoba uga wada gooyo?

²²Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be carried forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth to you, and you shall see their way and their doings; and you shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought on Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought on it.

²²Laakiinse bal ogaada, waxaa dhexdeeda ku hadhi doona kuwa la soo bixin doono, oo wiilal iyo gabdhoba leh. Oo bal ogaada, idinkay idiin soo bixi doonaan, oo waxaad arki doontaan jidkooda iyo falimahoodaba, oo belaayada aan Yeruusaalem ku soo daayay, kuwaasoo ah xataa waxyaalaha aan iyada ku soo dejiyey oo dhan waa laydiinka qalbi qabowjin doonaa.Oo markaad jidkooda iyo falimahoodaba aragtaan way idiin qalbi qabowjin doonaan, oo Sayidka Rabbiga ahuna wuxuu leeyahay, Idinku waxaad ogaan doontaan inaanan sababla'aan ugu samayn wixii aan dhexdeeda ku sameeyey oo dhan.

²³They shall comfort you, when you see their way and their doings; and you shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, says the Lord Yahweh.

²³Oo markaad jidkooda iyo falimahoodaba aragtaan way idiin qalbi qabowjin doonaan, oo Sayidka Rabbiga ahuna wuxuu leeyahay, Idinku waxaad ogaan doontaan inaanan sababla'aan ugu samayn wixii aan dhexdeeda ku sameeyey oo dhan.