Ezekieli 14
1 Tsiku lina ena mwa akuluakulu a Israeli anabwera kwa ine ndipo anakhala pansi pamaso panga.
Then came certain of the elders of Israel to me, and sat before me.
2 Ndipo Yehova anandipatsa uthenga uwu nati,
The word of the LORD came to me, saying,
3 “Iwe mwana wa munthu, anthu awa ayika mtima pa mafano awo. Ayikanso maso awo pa zinthu zina zoyipa zopunthwitsa. Kodi ayembekezera kuti ndiwayankhe chimene atandifunse?
"Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their heart, and put the stumbling block of their iniquity before their face: should I be inquired of at all by them?
4 Tsono yankhula nawo ndi kuwawuza kuti zimene akunena Ambuye Yehova: ‘Ngati Mwisraeli aliyense ayika mtima wake pa mafano ndi kuyika maso ake pa zinthu zoyipa zopunthwitsa, kenaka nʼkupita kwa mneneri, Ineyo Yehova mwini wakene ndidzamuyankha molingana ndi kuchuluka kwa mafano ake.
Therefore speak to them, and tell them, 'Thus says the LORD: "Every man of the house of Israel who takes his idols into his heart, and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to the prophet; I the LORD will answer him in it according to the multitude of his idols;
5 Ine ndidzachita zimenezi kuti mwina nʼkukopa mitima ya anthu a Israeli, amene andisiya chifukwa cha mafano awo.’
that I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols."'
6 “Nʼchifukwa chake uwawuze Aisraeli kuti Ine Ambuye Yehova ndikuti: Lapani! Siyani mafano anu ndi ntchito zanu zonse zonyansa!
"Therefore tell the house of Israel, 'Thus says the LORD: "Return, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.
7 “‘Ngati Mwisraeli wina aliyense kapena mlendo wina aliyense wokhala pakati pa Israeli adzichotsa yekha kwa Ine ndi kuyika mtima pa mafano ake ndi kuyikanso maso ake pa zinthu zopunthwitsa ndipo kenaka nʼkupita kwa mneneri kukafunsa nzeru, Ineyo Yehova mwini wakene ndidzamuyankha.
For everyone of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who live in Israel, who separates himself from me, and takes his idols into his heart, and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to the prophet to inquire for himself of me; I the LORD will answer him by myself:
8 Ine ndidzalimbana naye munthu ameneyo ndipo ndidzamusandutsa chitsanzo ndi chisudzo. Ndidzamuchotsa pakati pa anthu anga. Pamenepo inu mudzadziwa kuti Ine ndine Yehova.
and I will set my face against that man, and will make him an astonishment, for a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and you shall know that I am the LORD.
9 “‘Ndipo ngati mneneri anyengedwa nanenera, Ine Yehova ndiye ndamunyenga mneneri ameneyo, ndipo ndidzatambasula dzanja langa kumukantha ndi kumuwononga pakati pa anthu anga Aisraeli.
"'"If the prophet is deceived and speaks a word, I, the LORD, have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand on him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.
10 Iwo adzalangidwa chifukwa cha kulakwa kwawo. Chilango cha wodzafunsira nzeru kwa mneneri chidzafanana ndi chilango cha mneneriyo.
They shall bear their iniquity: the iniquity of the prophet shall be even as the iniquity of him who seeks him;
11 Ndidzachita zimenezi kuti Aisraeli asasocherenso kundisiya Ine ndi kuti asadziyipitsenso ndi machimo awo. Adzakhala anthu anga, ndipo Ine ndidzakhala Mulungu wawo, akutero Ambuye Yehova.’”
that the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither defile themselves any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God," says the LORD.'"
12 Yehova anayankhula nane kuti,
The word of the LORD came to me, saying,
13 “Iwe mwana wa munthu, ngati dziko lindichimwira posandikhulupirira, Ine ndidzatambasula dzanja langa kulikantha pochepetsa chakudya chake. Ndidzatumiza njala pa dzikolo ndi kuwononga anthu ake ndi nyama zomwe.
"Son of man, when a land sins against me by committing a trespass, and I stretch out my hand on it, and break the staff of its bread, and send famine on it, and cut off from it man and animal;
14 Ngakhale anthu atatu awa, Nowa, Danieli ndi Yobu akanakhala mʼmenemo, akanangopulumutsa moyo wawo chifukwa cha chilungamo chawo. Ndikutero Ine Ambuye Yehova.
though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, says the LORD."
15 “Kapena ndikanatumiza zirombo mʼdziko monse ndi kulisiya lopanda anthu, ndipo dzikolo nʼkukhala chipululu chakuti munthu sangadutse chifukwa cha zirombo.
"If I cause evil animals to pass through the land, and they ravage it, and it be made desolate, so that no man may pass through because of the animals;
16 Apanso, ndikunenetsa Ine Ambuye Yehova kuti, ‘Ngakhale anthu atatu awa akanakhalamo, sakanatha kupulumutsa ana awo aamuna ndi aakazi. Iwo okha akanapulumuka, koma dziko likanasanduka chipululu.’
though these three men were in it, as I live," says the LORD, "they should deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only should be delivered, but the land should be desolate.
17 “Kapena ndikanatumiza lupanga mʼdzikolo ndi kunena kuti, ‘Lupanga lipite mʼdziko monse,’ ndi kuwononga anthu ake ndi nyama zomwe.
"Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, 'Sword, go through the land'; so that I cut off from it man and animal;
18 Apanso ndikunenetsa Ine Ambuye Yehova kuti, ‘Ngakhale anthu atatu awa akanakhalamo, sakanatha kupulumutsa ana awo aamuna kapena ana aakazi. Iwo okha akanapulumuka.’
though these three men were in it, as I live, says the LORD, they should deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only should be delivered themselves.
19 “Kapena ndikanatumiza mliri mʼdzikomo ndi kuonetsa ukali wanga pokhetsa magazi, kuwononga anthu ake ndi nyama zomwe.
"Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my wrath on it in blood, to cut off from it man and animal;
20 Apanso ndikunenetsa Ine Ambuye Yehova kuti ngakhale Nowa, Danieli ndi Yobu akanakhala mʼmenemo, sakanatha ngakhale kupulumutsa mwana wamwamuna kapena wamkazi. Akanangodzipulumutsa okha chifukwa cha chilungamo chawo.
though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, says the LORD, they could not save either son nor daughter; they would save only their own souls by their righteousness.
21 “Pakuti Ambuye Yehova akuti: Kudzakhala zoopsa kwambiri pamene ndidzatumiza pa Yerusalemu zilango zanga zinayi izi: lupanga, njala, zirombo ndi mliri kuti ziwononge anthu ake ndi nyama zomwe!
"For thus says the LORD: 'How much more when I send my four severe judgments on Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the evil animals, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and animal.
22 Komabe padzakhala ena opulumuka, ana aamuna ndi ana aakazi amene adzatulutsidwa mʼdzikomo. Iwo adzabwera kwa inu, ndipo mukadzaona makhalidwe awo ndi zochita zawo, mitima yanu idzakhala pansi mukadzakumbukira chilango chimene ndinachita pa Yerusalemu.
Yet, look, there shall be left a remnant that shall be carried forth, both sons and daughters: look, they shall come forth to you, and you shall see their way and their doings; and you shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought on Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought on it.
23 Mitima yanu idzakhala pansi mukadzaona makhalidwe awo ndi zochita zawo. Tsono mudzadziwa kuti Yerusalemu sindinamuchite zimenezi popanda chifukwa, akutero Ambuye Yehova.”
They shall comfort you, when you see their way and their doings; and you shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it,' says the LORD."
