Ezekieli 23
1 Neno la Yahwe likanijia, kusema,
The word of the Lord came to me again, saying,
2 “Mwanadamu, Kulikuwa na wanawake wawili, binti za mama mmoja.
Son of man, there were two women, daughters of one mother:
3 Walifanya ukahaba katika Misri katika kipindi cha ujana wao. Walitenda kama makahaba huko. Maziwa yao yalikuwa yamebana na ubikira wa chuchu zao zilipapaswa huko.
They were acting like loose women in Egypt; when they were young their behaviour was loose: there their breasts were crushed, even the points of their young breasts were crushed.
4 Majina yao yalikuwa Ohola-dada mkubwa-na Oholiba-dada yake mdogo. Kisha wakawa wangu na kuzaa wana na binti. Majina yao yalikuwa yakimaanasha hivi: Ohola maana yake Samaria, na Oholiba maana yake Yerusalemu.
Their names were Oholah, the older, and Oholibah, her sister: and they became mine, and gave birth to sons and daughters. As for their names, Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem, Oholibah.
5 Lakini Ohola alifanya kama kahaba hata alipokuwa wangu; aliwatamani wapenzi wake, kwa kuwa Waashuri na nguvu,
And Oholah was untrue to me when she was mine; she was full of desire for her lovers, even for the Assyrians, her neighbours,
6 liwali aliyekuwa amevaa urijuana, na kwa ajili ya maafisa wake, waliokuwa hodari na wanaume wa kuvutia, wote walikuwa waendesha farasi.
Who were clothed in blue, captains and rulers, all of them young men to be desired, horsemen seated on horses.
7 Hivyo akajitoa yeye mwenyewe kama kahaba kwao, kwa watu bora wa Ashuru, na alijitia mwenyewe uchafu pamoja na kila mmoja aliyekuwa amemtamani-pamoja na sanamu zake zote.
And she gave her unclean love to them, all of them the noblest men of Assyria: and she made herself unclean with the images of all who were desired by her.
8 Kwa kuwa hakuacha tabia zake za kihaba nyuma katika Misri, wakati walipolala naye wakati alipokuwa msichana mdogo, wakati walipoanza kwanza kupapasa ubikira wa maziwa yake, wakati walipoanza kummwagia tabia ya uzinzi wao juu yake.
And she has not given up her loose ways from the time when she was in Egypt; for when she was young they were her lovers, and by them her young breasts were crushed, and they let loose on her their unclean desire.
9 Kwa hiyo nilimtia kwenye mkono wa wapenzi wake, kwenye mkono wa Waashuru kwa kuwa aliwatamani.
For this cause I gave her up into the hands of her lovers, into the hands of the Assyrians on whom her desire was fixed.
10 Wakamfunua uchi wake. Wakawachukua wana wake na binti, na wakamuua kwa upanga, na akawa aibu kwa wanawake wengine, hivyo wakapitisha hukumu juu yake.
By these her shame was uncovered: they took her sons and daughters and put her to death with the sword: and she became a cause of wonder to women; for they gave her the punishment which was right.
11 Dada yake Oholiba akaliona hili, lakini aliyatamani zaidi na kufanya kama kahaba hata zaidi kuliko dada yake.
And her sister Oholibah saw this, but her desire was even more unmeasured, and her loose behaviour was worse than that of her sister.
12 Aliwatamanai Waashuru, mabosi na watawala waliokuwa wamevaa ngua za ushawishi, walikuwa watu waendesha farasi. Wote walikuwa hodari, wote vijana wa kuvutia.
She was full of desire for the Assyrians, captains and rulers, her neighbours, clothed in blue, horsemen going on horses, all of them young men to be desired.
13 Nikaona kwamba alikuwa amefanya uchafu mwenyewe. Ilikuwa kama kwa wadada wote.
And I saw that she had become unclean; the two of them went the same way.
14 Kisha akaongeza ukahaba wake tena zaidi. Aliona watu waume waliokuwa wamechorwa juu ya kuta, michoro ya Wakaldayo iliyochorwa kwa rangi nyekundu,
And her loose behaviour became worse; for she saw men pictured on a wall, pictures of the Chaldaeans painted in bright red,
15 waliovaa mikanda kuzunguka viuno vyao, na vilemba virefu juu ya vichwa vyao. Wote walikuwa na mwonekano wa maafisa wa jeshi la waendesha farasi, mfano wa wana wa Wababeli, ambao asili ya nchi ni Ukaldayo.
With bands round their bodies and with head-dresses hanging round their heads, all of them looking like rulers, like the Babylonians, the land of whose birth is Chaldaea.
16 Na mara macho yake yalipowaona, aliwatamani, hivyo akawatuma wajumbe wake kwao katika Ukaldayo.
And when she saw them she was full of desire for them, and sent servants to them in Chaldaea.
17 Kisha Wababeli wakaja katika kitanda chake cha tamaa, na walimfanya unajisi kwa uzinzi wao. Kwa kile alichokuwa amekifanya alifanya unajisi, basi akageuka mwenyewe kutoka kwao katika karaha.
And the Babylonians came to her, into the bed of love, and made her unclean with their loose desire, and she became unclean with them, and her soul was turned from them.
18 Alionyesha matendo yake ya ukahaba na alionyesha uchi wake, hivyo roho yangu ikagauka kutoka kwake, kama roho yangu ilivyogeuka kutoka kwa dada yake.
So her loose behaviour was clearly seen and her shame uncovered: then my soul was turned from her as it had been turned from her sister.
19 Kisha alifanya matendo mengi zaidi ya ukahaba, akakumbuka na kutafakari siku za ujana wake, wakati alipotenda kama kahaba katika nchi ya Misri.
But still she went on the more with her loose behaviour, keeping in mind the early days when she had been a loose woman in the land of Egypt.
20 Basi akawatamani wapenzi wake, ambao sehemu zao za siri zilikuwa kama zile za punda, na kile kizaliwacho hutoka kilikuwa kama wale farasi.
And she was full of desire for her lovers, whose flesh is like the flesh of asses and whose seed is like the seed of horses.
21 Hivi ndivyo ulivyofanya matendo ya aibu ya ujana wako, wakati Wamisri walipopapasa chuchu zako kuyaminya maziwa ya ujana wako.
And she made the memory of the loose ways of her early years come back to mind, when her young breasts were crushed by the Egyptians.
22 Kwa hiyo, Oholiba, Bwana Yahwe asema hivi, 'Tazama! Nitawarudisha wapenzi wako dhidi yako. Wale ambao uliowarudisha, nitawaleta juu yako kutoka kila upande.
For this cause, O Oholibah, this is what the Lord has said: See, I will make your lovers come up against you, even those from whom your soul is turned away in disgust; and I will make them come up against you on every side;
23 Wababeli na Wakaldayo wote, Pekodi, Shoa, na Koa, na Waashuru wote pamoja nao, hodari, vijana wa kutamanika, magavana na maamiri jeshi, wote ni maafisa na watu wote wenye sifa, wote wenye kuendesha farasi.
The Babylonians and all the Chaldaeans, Pekod and Shoa and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them: young men to be desired, captains and rulers all of them, and chiefs, her neighbours, all of them on horseback.
24 Watakuja juu yako kwa silaha, na kwa magari ya farasi na mikokoteni, na kundi kubwa la watu. Watapanga ngao kubwa, ngao ndogo, na kofia za chuma juu yako pande zote. Nitawapatia nafasi kukuadhibu, na watakuadhibu kwa matendo yao.
And they will come against you from the north on horseback, with war-carriages and a great band of peoples; they will put themselves in order against you with breastplate and body-cover and metal head-dress round about you: and I will make them your judges, and they will give their decision against you as seems right to them.
25 Kwa kuwa nitaweka hasira yangu ya wivu juu yako, na watashughulika na wewe kwa hasira. Watakukatilia mbali pua zako na masikio yako, na masalia yako wataanguka kwa upanga. Watawachukua wana wako na binti zako, na masalia yako watateketea kwa moto.
And my bitter feeling will be working against you, and they will take you in hand with passion; they will take away your nose and your ears, and the rest of you will be put to the sword: they will take your sons and daughters, and the rest of you will be burned up in the fire.
26 Watakuvua nguo zako na kuchukua mapambo yako ya vito.
And they will take all your clothing off you and take away your ornaments.
27 Hivyo nitaiondoa tabia yako ya aibu kutoka kwako na matendo yako ya kikahaba kutoka nchi ya Misri. Hutainua macho yako kuwaelekea kwa sahauku, na hutaikumbuka Misri tena.'
So I will put an end to your evil ways and your loose behaviour which came from the land of Egypt: and your eyes will never be lifted up to them again, and you will have no more memory of Egypt.
28 Kwa kuwa Bwana Yahwe asema hivi, 'Tazama! Nitakutia katika mkono wa wale uwachukiao, kukurudisha kwenye mkono wa wale ambao uliokuwa umewarudisha.
For this is what the Lord has said: See, I will give you up into the hands of those who are hated by you, into the hands of those from whom your soul is turned away in disgust:
29 Watashughulika pamoja nawe kwa chuki; watachukua milki zako zote na kukutelekeza uchi na kukuweka wazi. Uchi wa aibu ya ukahaba wako utafunuliwa, tabia yako ya aibu na uzinzi wako.
And they will take you in hand with hate, and take away all the fruit of your work, and let you be unveiled and without clothing: and the shame of your loose behaviour will be uncovered, your evil designs and your loose ways.
30 Haya mambo yatafanyika kwako kwa kuwa umetenda kama kahaba, tamaa za mataifa kwazo umetiwa unajisi kwa sanamu zao.
They will do these things to you because you have been untrue to me, and have gone after the nations, and have become unclean with their images.
31 Umetembea katika njia za dada yako, hivyo nitaweka kikombe chake cha adhabu kwenye mkono wako.'
You have gone in the way of your sister; and I will give her cup into your hand.
32 Bwana Yahwe asema hivi, 'Utakinywea kikombe cha dada yako ambacho ni kirefu na kikubwa. Utakuwa dhihaka na kutawaliwa na dharau-hiki kikombe kimejaa kiasi kikubwa.
This is what the Lord has said: You will take a drink from your sister's cup, which is deep and wide: you will be laughed at and looked down on, more than you are able to undergo.
33 Utajazwa kwa ulevi na huzuni, kikombe cha ushangao na uharibifu; kikombe cha dada yako Samaria.
You will be broken and full of sorrow, with the cup of wonder and destruction, with the cup of your sister Samaria.
34 Utakinywea na kubakia kitupu; kisha utakivunja vunja na kuyararua maziwa yako kuwa vipande vipande. Kwa kuwa nimesema hivyo-hivi ndivyo Bwana Yahwe asemavyo.'
And after drinking it and draining it out, you will take the last drops of it to the end, pulling off your breasts: for I have said it, says the Lord.
35 Kwa hiyo, Bwana Yahwe asema hivi, 'Kwa sababu umenisahau na kunitupa mbali nyumba ya mgongo wako, basi pia utachukua matokeo ya tabia zako za aibu na matendo ya uasherati.”'
So this is what the Lord has said: Because you have not kept me in your memory, and because your back has been turned to me, you will even undergo the punishment of your evil designs and your loose ways.
36 Yahwe akanambia, “Mwanadamu, Je! utamhukumu Ohola na Oholiba? Basi waambie matendo yao ya machukizo,
Then the Lord said to me: Son of man, will you be the judge of Oholibah? then make clear to her the disgusting things she has done.
37 kwa kuwa wamefanya uzinzi, na kwa kuwa kuna damu juu ya vichwa vyao. Wamefanya uzinzi na sanamu zao, na wamewaweka hata wana wao kwenye moto, kama chakula cha sanamu zao.
For she has been false to me, and blood is on her hands, and with her images she has been untrue; and more than this, she made her sons, whom she had by me, go through the fire to them to be burned up.
38 Kisha waliendelea kufanya hivi kwa ajili yangu: Wamepafanya patakatifu pangu unajisi, na katika siku hiyo hiyo wakainajisi Sabato zangu.
Further, this is what she has done to me: she has made my holy place unclean and has made my Sabbaths unclean.
39 Kwa kuwa walipokuwa wamewachinjia watoto wao kwa ajili ya sanamu zao, kisha wakaja hata patakatifu pangu siku hiyo hiyo kupanajisi! Hivyo tazama! Hivi ndivyo walivyofanya kati ya nyumba yangu.
For when she had made an offering of her children to her images, she came into my holy place to make it unclean; see, this is what she has done inside my house.
40 Mmewatuma watu kutoka mbali, ambao wajumbe waliwatuma-sasa tazama. Wakaja kweli, ambao uliojiosha kwa ajili yao, uliweka rangi macho yako, na kujipamba kwa mapambo ya vito.
And she even sent for men to come from far away, to whom a servant was sent, and they came: for whom she was washing her body and painting her eyes and making herself fair with ornaments.
41 Huko ulikaa kwenye kitanda kizuri na kwenye meza iliyokuwa imepangwa mbele yake ulikuwa umeweka ubani na mafuta yangu.
And she took her seat on a great bed, with a table put ready before it on which she put my perfume and my oil.
42 Hivyo sauti za watu zilikuwa zimemzunguka; pamoja na watu wa kila aina, hata walevi waliletwa kutoka jangwani, na wakawavalisha vikuku mikononi mwao na mataji mazuri juu ya vichwa vyao.
... and they put jewels on her hands and beautiful crowns on her head.
43 Kisha nikasema juu yake aliyekuwa ameonywa kwa uzinzi, 'Sasa watazini pamoja naye, na yeye pamoja nao.'
Then I said ... now she will go on with her loose ways.
44 Wakamwingilia na kulala naye kama watu wamwingiliavyo kahaba. Katika njia hii walilala Ohola na Oholiba, waliokuwa wanawake wazinzi.
And they went in to her, as men go to a loose woman: so they went in to Oholibah, the loose woman.
45 Lakini watu wenye haki watapitisha hukumu na kuwaadhibu kama wazinzi, na watawaadhibu kwa hukumu kwa wale wamwagao damu, kwa sababu wao ni wazinzi na damu iko mikononi mwao.
And upright men will be her judges, judging her as false wives and women who take lives are judged; because she has been untrue to me and blood is on her hands.
46 Hivyo Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: Nitainua kundi la watu juu yao na kuwatoa kuwa kitisho na kuteka nyara.
For this is what the Lord has said: I will make a great meeting of the people come together against her, and will send on her shaking fear and take everything from her.
47 Kisha hilo kundi la watu litawapiga kwa mawe na kuwakatilia chini kwa panga zao. Watawaua wana wao na binti na kuzichoma nyumba zao.
And the meeting, after stoning her with stones, will put an end to her with their swords; they will put her sons and daughters to death and have her house burned up with fire.
48 Kwa kuwa nitaondoa tabia ya aibu kutoka kwenye nchi na nidhamu wanawake wote hivyo hawatatenda kama makahaba.
And I will put an end to evil in all the land, teaching all women not to do as you have done.
49 Hivyo wataweka tabia yenu ya aibu juu yenu. Mtachukua hatia ya dhambi zenu pamoja na sanamu zenu, na kwa njia hii mtajua yakuwa mimi ni Bwana Yahwe.”
And I will send on you the punishment of your evil ways, and you will be rewarded for your sins with your images: and you will be certain that I am the Lord.
