Ezekiel 34
1 The LORD’s word came to me, saying,
Kisha neno la Yahwe likanijia, kusema,
2 “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy, and tell them, even the shepherds, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the sheep?
“Mwanadamu, tabiri dhidi ya wachungaji wa Israeli. Toa unabii na waambie, 'Bwana Yahwe asema hivi kwa wachungaji: Ole kwa wachungaji wa Israeli wanaojilisha wenyewe. Je! wachungaji hawapaswi kulilinda kundi?
3 You eat the fat. You clothe yourself with the wool. You kill the fatlings, but you do not feed the sheep.
Mnakula mafungu yaliyonona na mnavaa sufu. Mnawachinja walionona. Hamkuwalisha siku zote.
4 You have not strengthened the diseased. You have not healed that which was sick. You have not bound up that which was broken. You have not brought back that which was driven away. You have not sought that which was lost, but you have ruled over them with force and with rigor.
Hamkuwatia nguvu wagonjwa, wala hamkuwaponya wenye maradhi. Hamkuwafungua wale waliovunjika, hamkuwarudisha waliofukuzwa au kuwatafuta waliopotea. Badala yake, mmetawala juu yao kwa nguvu na vurugu.
5 They were scattered, because there was no shepherd. They became food to all the animals of the field, and were scattered.
Kisha walikuwa wametawanyika bila mchungaji, na wakawa chakula kwa wanyama wote waishio katika mashamba, walipokuwa wametawanyika.
6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains and on every high hill. Yes, my sheep were scattered on all the surface of the earth. There was no one who searched or sought.”
Kundi langu limetawanyika juu ya milima yote na juu ya kilima kirefu, na limetawanyika juu ya uso wote wa dunia. Wala hakuna anayewatafua.
7 “‘Therefore, you shepherds, hear the LORD’s word:
Kwa hiyo, wachungaji, sikilizeni neno la Yahwe:
8 “As I live,” says the Lord GOD, “surely because my sheep became a prey, and my sheep became food to all the animals of the field, because there was no shepherd, and my shepherds did not search for my sheep, but the shepherds fed themselves, and did not feed my sheep,
Kama niishivyo-hivi ndivyo Bwana Yahwe asemavyo-kwa sababu kundi langu limekuwa mateka na chakula kwa ajili ya wanyama katika mashamba, kwa sababu hapakuwa na mchungaji yeyote, lakini wachungaji walijilisha wenyewe na hawakulisha kundi langu.
9 therefore, you shepherds, hear the LORD’s word!”
Kwa hiyo, wachungaji, lisikilizeni neno la Yahwe:
10 The Lord GOD says: “Behold, I am against the shepherds. I will require my sheep at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the sheep. The shepherds will not feed themselves any more. I will deliver my sheep from their mouth, that they may not be food for them.”
Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: Tazama! Niko juu ya wachungaji, na nitalitaka kundi langu kutoka mkononi mwake. Kisha nitawaachisha kutoka kulichunga kundi; wala wachungaji hawatajilisha wenyewe tena kwa kuwa nitaliondoa kundi langu kutoka midomoni mwao, ili kwamba kundi langu lisiwe chakula kwa ajili yao tena.
11 “‘For the Lord GOD says: “Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out.
Kwa kuwa Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: Tazama! mimi mwenyewe nitawatafuta kondoo wangu na kuwaulizia,
12 As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered abroad, so I will seek out my sheep. I will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
kama mchungaji atafutaye kundi lake juu ya siku hiyo yupo ndani ya kundi lake lililotawanyika. Hivyo nitalitafuta kundi langu, na nitalichunga kutoka sehemu lilipokuwa limetawanyika siku ya mawingu na giza.
13 I will bring them out from the peoples, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the watercourses, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
Kisha nitalileta kutoka miongoni mwa watu; nitalikusanya kutoka nchi mbali mbali na kulileta kwenye nchi yao. Nitaliweka kwenye malisho juu ya pande za milima ya Israeli, karibu na vijito, na katika kila makazi katika nchi.
14 I will feed them with good pasture, and their fold will be on the mountains of the height of Israel. There they will lie down in a good fold. They will feed on rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.
Nitawaweka kwenye malisho mema; juu ya milima ya Israeli itakuwa sehemu za malisho yao. Watalala chini huko katika sehemu nzuri kwa ajili ya malisho, katika malisho mengi, na watalisha juu ya milima ya Israeli.
15 I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down,” says the Lord GOD.
Mimi mwenyewe nitachunga kondoo wangu, na mimi mwenyewe nitawalaza chini-hivi ndivyo Bwana Yahwe
16 “I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick; but I will destroy the fat and the strong. I will feed them in justice.”’
asemavyo-Nitawatafuta waliopotea nitawarudisha waliofukuzwa. Nitawafunga waliovunjika na kuwaponya kondoo waliougua lakini wanene na wenye nguvu nitawaharibu. Nitawalisha kwa haki.
17 “As for you, O my flock, the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, the rams and the male goats.
Hivyo sasa ninyi, kundi langu-hivi ndivyo Bwana Yahwe asemavyo-tazama, nitakuwa hakimu kati ya kondoo na kondoo na kati ya kondoo dume na mbuzi dume.
18 Does it seem a small thing to you to have fed on the good pasture, but you must tread down with your feet the residue of your pasture? And to have drunk of the clear waters, but must you foul the residue with your feet?
Je! haitoshi kulisha juu ya malisho mazuri, ambayo mtayakanyaga chini kwa miguu yenu kile kilichobakia kwenye malisho; na kunywa kutoka maji masafi, ambayo hakuna budi kuikanyaga mito kwa miguu yenu?
19 As for my sheep, they eat that which you have trodden with your feet, and they drink that which you have fouled with your feet.’
Kondoo zangu zitakula kile mlichokanyagwa kwa miguu yenu, na kunywa maji yale mliyoyakanyaga kwa miguu yenu?
20 “Therefore the Lord GOD says to them: ‘Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.
Kwa hiyo Bwana Yahwe anawaambia hivi; Tazama! Mimi mwenyewe nitahukumu kati ya wanene na waliokonda,
21 Because you thrust with side and with shoulder, and push all the diseased with your horns, until you have scattered them abroad,
Kwa kuwa mmewasukuma kwa ubavu wenu na mabega, na kuwapiga kwa pembe wadhaifu wote kwa pembe zenu hadi mtakapowatawanya mbali kutoka kwenye nchi.
22 therefore I will save my flock, and they will no more be a prey. I will judge between sheep and sheep.
Nitaliokoa kundi langu na hawatakuwa mateka tena, na nitahukumu kati ya kondoo mmoja na mwingine!
23 I will set up one shepherd over them, and he will feed them, even my servant David. He will feed them, and he will be their shepherd.
Nitaweka juu yao mchungaji mmoja, mtumishi wangu Daudi. Atawachunga, atawalisha, na atakuwa mchungaji wao.
24 I, the LORD, will be their God, and my servant David prince among them. I, the LORD, have spoken it.
Kwa kuwa mimi, Yahwe, nitakuwa Mungu wao, na mtumishi wangu Daudi atakuwa mkuu kati yao-mimi, Yahwe, nimesema hivi.
25 “‘I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause evil animals to cease out of the land. They will dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.
Kisha nitafanya agano la amani pamoja nao na kuwaondoa wanyama waovu kutoka kwenye nchi, ili kwamba waishi salama katika jangwa na walale salama katika misitu.
26 I will make them and the places around my hill a blessing. I will cause the shower to come down in its season. There will be showers of blessing.
Pia nitaleta baraka juu yao na juu ya maeneo yazungukao kilima changu, kwa kuwa nitaleta manyunyu kwa wakati wake. Haya yatakuwa manyunyu ya baraka.
27 The tree of the field will yield its fruit, and the earth will yield its increase, and they will be secure in their land. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bars of their yoke, and have delivered them out of the hand of those who made slaves of them.
Kisha miti ya shambani itazaa matunda yake, na dunia itashindwa kuzaa matunda yake. Kondoo wangu watakuwa salama katika nchi yao; kisha watajua ya kwamba mimi ni Yahwe, wakati nitakazipovunja fito za kongwa zao, na wakati nitakapowalinda kutoka kwenye mkono wa wale walio watumikisha.
28 They will no more be a prey to the nations, neither will the animals of the earth devour them; but they will dwell securely, and no one will make them afraid.
Hawatakuwa mateka tena kwa mataifa, na wanyama pori juu ya dunia hawatawameza tena. Kwa kuwa wataishi salama na wala hakuna mtu atakayewatia hofu.
29 I will raise up to them a plantation for renown, and they will no more be consumed with famine in the land, and not bear the shame of the nations any more.
Kwa kuwa nitatengeneza sehemu ya kulimia nzuri kwa ajili yao hivyo hawataangamia kwa njaa katika nchi, na mataifa hayataleta matukano juu ya yao.
30 They will know that I, the LORD, their God am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are my people, says the Lord GOD.
Kisha watajua kwamba mimi, Yahwe Mungu wao, niko pamoja nao. Ni watu wangu, nyumba ya Israeli-hivi ndivyo Bwana Mungu asemavyo.
31 You my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are men, and I am your God,’ says the Lord GOD.”
Kwa kuwa ninyi ni kondoo wangu, kundi la malisho yangu, na watu wangu, na mimi ni Mungu wenu-hivi ndivyo Bwana Mungu asemavyo.”
