Ezekiel 34
1 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Kisha neno la Yahwe likanijia, kusema,
2 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say to them, Thus saith the Lord GOD to the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?
“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 Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe yourselves with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.
Mnakula mafungu yaliyonona na mnavaa sufu. Mnawachinja walionona. Hamkuwalisha siku zote.
4 The diseased ye have not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.
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 And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became food to all the beasts of the field, when they 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 upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek for them.
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, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
Kwa hiyo, wachungaji, sikilizeni neno la Yahwe:
8 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became food to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;
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, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
Kwa hiyo, wachungaji, lisikilizeni neno la Yahwe:
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock 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 thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search for my sheep, and seek them out.
Kwa kuwa Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: Tazama! mimi mwenyewe nitawatafuta kondoo wangu na kuwaulizia,
12 As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and 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 And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, 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 in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a rich pasture shall they feed upon 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 will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith 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 bring again 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 with judgment.
asemavyo-Nitawatafuta waliopotea nitawarudisha waliofukuzwa. Nitawafunga waliovunjika na kuwaponya kondoo waliougua lakini wanene na wenye nguvu nitawaharibu. Nitawalisha kwa haki.
17 And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between 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 Seemeth it a small thing to you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the rest of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the rest 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 And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.
Kondoo zangu zitakula kile mlichokanyagwa kwa miguu yenu, na kunywa maji yale mliyoyakanyaga kwa miguu yenu?
20 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD to them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.
Kwa hiyo Bwana Yahwe anawaambia hivi; Tazama! Mimi mwenyewe nitahukumu kati ya wanene na waliokonda,
21 Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye 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 will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.
Nitaliokoa kundi langu na hawatakuwa mateka tena, na nitahukumu kati ya kondoo mmoja na mwingine!
23 And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
Nitaweka juu yao mchungaji mmoja, mtumishi wangu Daudi. Atawachunga, atawalisha, na atakuwa mchungaji wao.
24 And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a 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 And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely 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 And I will make them and the places around my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; there shall 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 And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that subjected them to service.
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 And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall 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 And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen 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 Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith 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 And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith 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.”
