Ezekiel 24
1 And the word of the Lord came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, the tenth day of the month, saying:
Neno la Yahwe likanijia katika mwaka wa nane mwezi wa kumi na siku ya kumi ya mwezi, kusema,
2 Son of man, write thee the name of this day, on which the king of Babylon hath set himself against Jerusalem today.
“Mwanadamu, andika kwa ajili yako jina la hii siku, siku hii sahihi mfalme wa Babeli ameizingira Yerusalimu.
3 And thou shalt speak by a figure a parable to the provoking house, and say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: Set on a pot, set it on, I say, and put water into it.
Basi nena mithali juu ya hii nyumba ya kuasi, fumbo moja. Waambie, 'Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: weka sufuria ya kupikia. Iweke na weka maji kwenye hiyo.
4 Heap together into if the pieces thereof, every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder, choice pieces and full of bones.
Vikusanye vipande vya chakula ndani yake, kila kipande kizuri-paja na bega-na ijaze kwa mifupa bora.
5 Take the fattest of the flock, and lay together piles of bones under it: the seething thereof is boiling hot, and the bones thereof are thoroughly sodden in the midst of it.
Chukua kundi bora na jaza mifupa chini yake. Ilete kuchemsha na ipike mifupa ndani yake.
6 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose rust is in it, and its rust is not gone out of it: cast it out piece by piece, there hath no lot fallen upon it.
Kwa hiyo, Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: Ole kwa mji wa damu. Nitakiongeza chungu cha mbao. Weka kuni nyingi na washa moto. Pika nyama vizuri na changanya katika viungo na iacha mifupa iteketee.
7 For her blood is in the midst of her, she hath shed it upon the smooth rock: she hath not shed it upon the ground, that it might be covered with dust.
Kwa kuwa damu iko kati yake. Ameiweka juu ya jiwe laini; hakuimwaga juu ya nchi kuifunika kwa mavumbi,
8 And that I might bring my indignation upon her, and take my vengeance: I have shed her blood upon the smooth rock, that it should not be covered.
hivyo inaleta hasira ya kulipa kisasi. Nimeweka damu yake juu ya jiwe laini ili isifunikwe.
9 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Woe to the bloody city, of which I will make a great bonfire.
Kwa hiyo, Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: Ole kwa mji wa damu. Nitakiongeza chungu cha mbao.
10 Heap together the bones, which I will burn with Are: the flesh shall be consumed, and the whole composition shall be sodden, and the bones shall be consumed.
Weka kuni nyingi na washa moto. Pika nyama vizuri na changanya katika viungo na acha mifupa iteketee.
11 Then set it empty upon burning coals, that it may be hot, and the brass thereof may be melted: and let the filth of it be melted in the midst thereof, and let the rust of it be consumed.
Kisha weka chungu kitupu juu ya mkaa, ili kuchemsha na kuchoma shaba yake, hivyo uchafu wake ndani yake itayeyushwa, kutu yake imekula.'
12 Great pains have been taken, and the great rust thereof is not gone out, not even by fire.
Amechoka kwa sababu ya kazi ya taabu, lakini kutu yake haitoki kweke kwa moto.
13 Thy uncleanness is execrable: because I desired to cleanse thee, and thou art not cleansed from thy filthiness: neither shalt thou be cleansed, before I cause my indignation to rest in thee.
Tabia yako ya aibu iko ndani ya uchafu wako, kwa sababu nimekusafisha, lakini bado hutaweza kuwa msafi. Bado hutakuwa huru kutoka uchafu wako hadi hasira yako itakapotulia kutoka kwako.
14 I the Lord have spoken: it shall come to pass, and I will do it: I will not pass by, nor spare, nor be pacified: I will judge thee according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, saith the Lord.
Mimi, Yahwe, nimesema hili, na nitalifanya. Sintotulia wala kupumzika kwa ajili ya hili. Kama njia zako zilivyokuwa, na kama matendo yako, yatakuhukumu! -hivi ndivyo Bwana Yahwe asemavyo.”
15 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Kisha neno la Yahwe likanijia, kusema,
16 Son of man, behold I take from thee the desire of thy eyes with a stroke: and thou shalt not lament, nor weep: neither shall thy tears run down.
“mwanadamu! Tazama, ninachukua tamaa ya macho yako kutoka kwako pamoja na tauni, lakini hutaomboleza wala kulia, na machozi yako hayatatoka.
17 Sigh in silence, make no mourning for the dead: let the tire of thy head be upon thee, and thy shoes on thy feet, and cover not thy face, nor eat the meat of mourners.
Utagugumia bila kusikika. Usiendeshe mazishi kwa ajili ya aliyekufa. Funga kilemba chako juu yako na vaa makubazi miguuni pako, lakini usivalishe shela nywele zako au kula mkate wa watu waombolezao kwa ajili ya kuwapoteza wake zao.”
18 So I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening: and I did in the morning as he had commanded me.
Hivyo nimeongea na watu asubuhi, na mke wangu amekufa asubuhi. Asubuhi nimefanya kile nilichokuwa nimeambiwa kukifanya.
19 And the people said to me: Why dost thou not tell us what these things mean that thou doest?
Watu wameniuliza, “Ji! hautatuambia haya mambo yanamaana gani, mambo ambayo unayoyafanya?”
20 And I said to them: The word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Hivyo nimewaambia, “Neno la Yahwe likanijia, kusema,
21 Speak to the house of Israel: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold I will profane my sanctuary, the glory of your realm, and the thing that your eyes desire, and for which your soul feareth: your sons, and your daughters, whom you have left, shall fall by the sword.
'Waambie nyumba ya Israeli, Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: Tazama! Nitapanajisi patakatifu pangu-fahari ya nguvu yenu, mahali panapopendeza macho yenu, na panapotamaniwa na roho zenu, na wana wenu na binti zenu ambao mliowaacha nyuma wataanguka kwa upanga.
22 And you shall do as I have done: you shall not cover your faces, nor shall you eat the meat of mourners.
Kisha mtafanya hasa kama nilivyofanya: hutafunika nywele za sehemu ya chini za uso, wala kula mkate wa watu wanaoomboleza!
23 You shall have crowns on your heads, and shoes on your feet: you shall not lament nor weep, but you shall pine away for your iniquities, and every one shall sigh with his brother.
Badala yake, vilemba vyenu vitakuwa juu ya vichwa, na makubadhi yenu miguuni mwenu; hutaomboleza wala kulia, kwa kuwa mtayeyuka katika maovu yenu, na kila mtu atagugumia kwa ya ajili ya ndugu yake.
24 And Ezechiel shall be unto you for a sign of things to come: according to all that he hath done, so shall you do, when this shall come to pass: and you shall know that I am the Lord God.
Hivyo Ezekieli atakuwa ishara kwenu, kama kila kitu ambacho alichokifanya mtafanya wakati hili litakapokuja. Kisha mtajua yakwamba mimi ni Bwana Yahwe!”'
25 And thou, O son of man, behold in the day wherein I will take away from them their strength, and the joy of their glory, and the desire of their eyes, upon which their souls rest, their sons and their daughters.
“Lakini wewe, mwanadamu, siku ambayo nitachukua hekalu lao, ambalo ni furaha yao, kiburi chao, na kile waonacho na kutamani-na wakati nikiwachukua wana wao na binti-
26 In that day when he that escapeth shall come to thee, to tell thee:
siku hiyo, mgeni atakuja kwako kukupatia habari!
27 In that day, I say, shall thy mouth be opened to him that hath escaped, and thou shalt speak, and shalt be silent no more: and thou shalt be unto them for a sign of things to come, and you shall know that I am the Lord.
Siku hiyo kinywa chako kitafunguliwa kwa huyo mgeni na utaongea-hutakuwa bubu tena. Utakuwa ishara kwao hivyo basi watajua kwamba mimi ni Yahwe.
