Ezekiel 5

1 And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber’s razor, and cause it to pass upon thy head and upon thy beard: then take to thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair.

“Kisha wewe mwana wa adamu, chukua upanga mkali kama wembe wa kinyozi kwa ajili yako mwenyewe, na pitisha hayo makali juu ya kichwa chako na ndevu zako, kisha chukua mizani za kupimia uzito na uzigawanye nywele zako.

2 Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a sword: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.

Choma theluthi ya tatu ya hiyo kwa moto katikati ya mji wakati siku za kuzingirwa zitakapokamilika, na chukua theluthi ya nywele na uipige kwa panga na kuuzunguka mji. Kisha tawanya theluthi yake kwenye upepo, na nitasogeza panga karibu ili kufukuza watu.

3 Thou shalt also take of them a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.

Lakini chukua kiasi kidogo cha nywele na zifunge kwenye pindo za nguo yako.

4 Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; from which a fire shall come forth into all the house of Israel.

Kisha chukua tena zile nyewele na zitupe katikati ya moto; na zichome kwenye moto; kutoka hapo utatoka nje kwenda nyumba zote za Israeli.”

5 Thus saith the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are around her.

Bwana Yahwe asema hivi, “Hii ndio Yerusalemu katikati ya mataifa, nilipomuweka, na ambapo nilipomzunguka kwa nchi zingine.

6 And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that are around her: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not walked in them.

Lakini anaudhaifu wa kukataa amri zangu zaidi kuliko mataifa yalivyo, na sheria yangu zaidi kuliko mataifa ambayo yanayomzunguka. Watu wamezikataa humuku zangu na kuacha kutembea katika sheria zangu.”

7 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye multiplied more than the nations that are around you, and have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept my judgments, neither have done according to the judgments of the nations that are around you;

Kwa hiyo Bwana Yahwe asema hivi, “Kwa sababu mmekuwa kikwazo kuliko mataifa ambayo yanayowazunguka na kuacha kutembea kwenye amri zangu wala kutenda kulingana na amri zangu, wala hata kutenda kulingana na amri za mataifa yanayowazunguka,”

8 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations.

kwa hiyo Bwana asema hivi, “Tazama! Mimi mwenyewe nitatenda juu yenu. Nitato hukumu kati yenu ili mataifa waone.

9 And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and the like of which I will not do any more, because of all thy abominations.

Nitawafanyia yale ambayo sijawahi kuyafanya na kile ambacho sintokifanya tena, kwa sababu ya matendo yenu ya kuchukiza.

10 Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds.

Kwa hiyo baba watawala watoto kati yenu, na watoto watawala baba zao, kwa kuwa nitafanya hukumu juu yenu na kuwatawanya kila mahali wote ninyi mliobaki.

11 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thy abominations, therefore I will also diminish thee; neither shall my eye spare, neither will I have any pity.

Kwa hiyo, kama niishivyo-hivi ndivyo Bwana Yahwe asemavyo-bila shaka hii ilikuwa kwa sababu umapanajisi patakatifu pangu kwa mambo ya machukizo yako yote na kwa matendo yako yote niyachukiayo, kwamba mimi mwenyewe nitakupunguza katika hesabu; jicho langu halitakuhurumia, na sintoacha kukuharibu.

12 A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword around thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.

Theluthi yenu mtakufa kwa tauni, na wataliwa na njaa katikati yenu. Theluthi wataanguka kwa upanga likiwazunguka. Kisha nitawatawanya theluthi katika mahali pote, na nitafuatisha upanga kuwafukuza pia.

13 Thus shall my anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the LORD have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them.

Hivi ndivyo ghadhabu yangu itavyokamilika, na nitasababisha ghadhabu yangu juu yao hata kulala. Nitajiridhisha, na watajua kwamba, mimi Yahwe, nimenena kwa ghadhabu yangu wakati nitakapo kamilisha ghadhabu yangu dhidi yao.

14 Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that are around thee, in the sight of all that pass by.

Nitakufanya mkiwa kwa mataifa yanayokuzunguka kwenye uso wa kila mtu apitaye karibu.

15 So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an horror to the nations that are around thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken it.

Hivyo Yerusalemu itakuwa jambo kwa watu wengine kushutumu na kufanya mzaha, na chukizo kwa mataifa ambayo yanayowazunguka. Nitafanya hukumu dhidi yenu kwa ghadhabu na hasira, na kwa kukemea kwa hasira-Mimi, Yahwe nimesema hivi!

16 When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:

Nitatuma mishale mikali ya njaa juu yenu ambayo itakuwa na maana ya kwamba nitawaharibu. Kwa kuwa nitaongeza njaa juu yenu na kuvunja tegemeo lenu la mkate.

17 So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the LORD have spoken it.

Nitaleta njaa na majanga dhidi yenu hivyo mtakuwa wagumba. Tauni na damu zitapita kati yako, na nitaleta upanga dhidi yenu-Mimi Yahwe, nimesema hivi.”