Ezekieli 21
1 Yehova anandiyankhula nati:
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
2 “Iwe mwana wa munthu, tembenuka uyangʼane ku Yerusalemu ndipo ulalike mawu odzudzula malo ake opatulika. Unenere zodzudzula anthu a ku Yerusalemu.
Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and let thy speech flow towards the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel:
3 Uwawuze kuti, Ambuye Yehova akuti, ‘Taona, Ine ndidzalimbana nawe. Ndidzasolola lupanga langa mʼchimake ndi kuwononga anthu olungama ndi ochimwa omwe.
And say to the land of Israel: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold I come against thee, and I will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off in thee the just, and the wicked.
4 Motero ndidzapha aliyense kuchokera kummawa mpaka kumpoto.
And forasmuch as I have cut off in thee the just, and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of its sheath against all flesh, from the south even to the north.
5 Pamenepo anthu onse adzadziwa kuti Ine Yehova ndi amene ndasolola lupanga langa mʼchimake; sindidzalilowetsanso mʼchimakemo.’
That all flesh may know that I the Lord have drawn my sword out of its sheath not to be turned back.
6 “Tsono iwe mwana wa munthu, buwula. Buwula pamaso pawo ndi mtima wosweka ndi wachisoni chachikulu.
And thou, son of man, mourn with the breaking of thy loins, and with bitterness sigh before them.
7 Ndipo akadzakufunsa kuti, ‘Nʼchifukwa chiyani ukubuwula?’ Iwe udzayankhe kuti, ‘Ndikubuwula chifukwa cha nkhani imene ndamva. Zikadzachitika zimenezi, mitima yonse idzangoti fumu, manja onse adzangolefuka, mpweya wawo udzawathera, ndipo mawondo onse adzangoti zii.’ Izi zikubwera! Ndipo zidzachitika ndithu, akutero Ambuye Yehova.”
And when they shall say to thee: Why mournest thou? thou shalt say: For that which I hear: because it cometh, and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be made feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and water shall run down every knee: behold it cometh, and it shall be done, saith the Lord God.
8 Yehova anandiyankhulanso kuti,
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
9 “Iwe mwana wa munthu, unenere ndipo unene kuti, Ambuye Yehova akuti, “Izi ndi zimene Yehova akunena: Lupanga, lupanga, lanoledwa ndipo lapukutidwa.
Son of man, prophesy, and say: Thus saith the Lord God: Say: The sword, the sword is sharpened, and furbished.
10 Lanoledwa kuti likaphe, lapukutidwa kuti lingʼanime ngati mphenzi! “‘Kodi tingakondwere bwanji? Wanyoza ndodo, mwana wanga ndi chilichonse cha mtengo.
It is sharpened to kill victims: it is furbished that it may glitter: thou removest the sceptre of my son, thou hast cut down every tree.
11 “‘Lupanga laperekedwa kuti lipukutidwe, ndi kuti linyamulidwe, lanoledwa ndi kupukutidwa, kuti liperekedwe mʼmanja mwa munthu amene amapha.
And I have given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, that it may be in the hand of the slayer.
12 Fuwula ndi kulira, iwe mwana wa munthu, pakuti zimenezi zidzagwera anthu anga; zidzagweranso akalonga onse a Israeli. Adzaphedwa ndi lupanga pamodzi ndi anthu anga. Chifukwa chake udzigugude pa chifuwa ndi chisoni.
Cry, and howl, O son of man, for this sword is upon my people, it is upon all the princes of Israel, that are fled: they are delivered up to the sword with my people, strike therefore upon thy thigh,
13 “‘Ambuye Wamphamvuzonse akuti: Ndikuwayesa anthu anga, ndipo ngati satembenuka mtima, ndiye kuti zimenezi sizidzalephera kuwagwera.’
Because it is tried: and that when it shall overthrow the sceptre, and it shall not be, saith the Lord God.
14 “Tsono mwana wa munthu, nenera ndipo uwombe mʼmanja. Lupanga likanthe kawiri ngakhale katatu. Limenelo ndilo lupanga lophera anthu. Inde ndilodi lupanga lophera anthu koopsa limene likuwazungulira.
Thou therefore, O son of man, prophesy, and strike thy hands together, and let the sword be doubled, and let the sword of the slain be tripled: this is the sword of a great slaughter, that maketh them stand amazed,
15 Ndawayikira pa zipata zawo zonse lupanga laphuliphuli kuti ataye mtima ndiponso kuti anthu ambiri agwe. Aa! Lapangidwa lupanga kuti lizingʼanima ngati mphenzi ndi kuti azilisolola kuphera anthu.
And languish in heart, and that multiplieth ruins. In all their gates I have set the dread of the sharp sword, the sword that is furbished to glitter, that is made ready for slaughter.
16 Iwe lupanga, ipha anthu kumanja, kenaka kumanzere, kulikonse kumene msonga yako yaloza.
Be thou sharpened, go to the right hand, or to the left, which way soever thou hast a mind to set thy face.
17 Inenso ndidzawomba mʼmanja mwanga, ndipo ndidzaziziritsa ukali wanga Ine Yehova ndayankhula.”
And I will clap my hands together, and will satisfy my indignation: I the Lord have spoken.
18 Yehova anandiyankhulanso kuti,
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
19 “Iwe mwana wa munthu, ulembe zizindikiro za misewu iwiri imene lupanga la mfumu ya ku Babuloni lingathe kudzeramo. Misewu yonse ikhale yochokera mʼdziko limodzi. Ika chikwangwani pa mphambano yopita mu mzinda.
And thou son of man, set thee two ways, for the sword of the king of Babylon to come: both shall come forth out of one land: and with his hand he shall draw lots, he shall consult at the head of the way of the city.
20 Ulembe chizindikiro pa msewu umene lupanga lidzadzere popita ku Raba wa ku Amoni, ndiponso ku Yuda ndi ku Yerusalemu, mzinda wotetezedwa.
Thou shalt make a way that the sword may come to Rabbath of the children of Ammon, and to Juda unto Jerusalem the strong city.
21 Pakuti mfumu ya ku Babuloni yayima pa msewu, pa mphambano ya misewu iwiriyo. Ikuwombeza ndi mivi yake kuti idziwe njira yoyenera kudzeramo. Ikupempha nzeru kwa milungu yake ndipo ikuyangʼana chiwindi cha nyama yoperekedwa ku nsembe.
For the king of Babylon stood in the highway, at the head of two ways, seeking divination, shuffling arrows: he inquired of the idols, and consulted entrails.
22 Mʼdzanja lake lamanja muli muvi waula wolembedwa Yerusalemu. Kumeneko mfumuyo idzayika zida zogumulira, idzalamula kupha anthu ndiponso kufuwula mfuwu wa nkhondo. Mfumuyo idzapanga zida zogumulira makoma, kuwunda mitumbira ya nkhondo ndi kumanga nsanja za nkhondo.
On his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth in slaughter, to lift up the voice in howling, to set engines against the gates, to cast up a mount, to build forts.
23 Koma kwa anthu a ku Yerusalemu zidzaoneka ngati zowombeza zabodza chifukwa cha malumbiro amene anachita kwa mfumuyo. Koma mfumuyo idzawakumbutsa za zolakwa zawo kuti atengedwe ku ukapolo.
And he shall be in their eyes as one consulting the oracle in vain, and imitating the leisure of sabbaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity that they may be taken.
24 “Nʼchifukwa chake Ambuye Yehova akuti, ‘Popeza mwandikumbutsa zolakwa, moti kundiwukira kwanu kwaonekera poyera ndi kuti mu zochita zanu zonse mukuonetsa machimo anu, nʼchifukwa chake mudzagwidwa ndi kutengedwa ukapolo.
Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Because you have remembered your iniquity, and have discovered your prevarications, and your sins have appeared in all your devices: because, I say, you have remembered, you shall be taken with the hand.
25 “‘Tsono iwe kalonga wonyozedwa ndi woyipa wa Israeli, amene tsiku lako lafika, amene nthawi yako yolangidwa yafika penipeni,
But thou profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come that hath been appointed in the time of iniquity:
26 Ambuye Yehova akuti: Vula nduwira, chotsa chipewa chaufumu. Zinthu sizidzakhala monga zinalili: anthu wamba adzakwezedwa ndipo okwezedwa adzatsitsidwa.
Thus saith the Lord God: Remove the diadem, take off the crown: is it not this that hath exalted the low one, and brought down him that was high?
27 Chipasupasu! Chipasupasu! Ine ndidzawupasula mzindawo! Ndipo sadzawumanganso mpaka atafika amene ali woyenera kuwulandira; Ine ndidzawupereka kwa iyeyo.’
I will shew it to be iniquity, iniquity, iniquity: but this was not done till he came to whom judgment belongeth, and I will give it him.
28 “Ndipo iwe mwana wa munthu, nenera kuti, ponena za Aamoni ndi zonyoza zawo, Ambuye Yehova akuti, “‘Lupanga, lupanga, alisolola kuti liphe anthu, alipukuta kuti liwononge ndi kuti lingʼanime ngati mphenzi.
And thou son of man, prophesy, and say: Thus saith the Lord God concerning the children of Ammon, and concerning their reproach, and thou shalt say: sword, O sword, come out of the scabbard to kill, be furbished to destroy, and to glitter,
29 Zimene akuti akuona mʼmasomphenya zokhudza inu ndi zabodza. Mawula awo okhudza inu ndi abodzanso. Mudzakhala pamodzi ndi anthu oyipa amene tsiku lawo lafika, ndiye kuti nthawi ya kulangidwa kwawo komaliza.
Whilst they see vain things in thy regard, and they divine lies: to bring thee upon the necks of the wicked that are wounded, whose appointed day is come in the time of iniquity.
30 “‘Bwezerani lupanga mʼchimake. Ku malo kumene inu munabadwira, mʼdziko la makolo anu, ndidzakuweruzani.
Return into thy sheath. I will judge thee in the place wherein thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.
31 Ndidzakhuthula ukali wanga pa inu, ndipo mkwiyo wanga udzakuyakirani. Ndidzakuperekani mʼmanja mwa anthu ankhanza; anthu odziwa bwino kuwononga zinthu.
And I will pour out upon thee my indignation: in the fire of my rage will I blow upon thee, and will give thee into the hands of men that are brutish and contrive thy destruction.
32 Mudzakhala ngati nkhuni pa moto. Ena adzakhetsa magazi anu mʼdziko lanu lomwe. Simudzakumbukiridwanso pakuti Ine Yehova ndayankhula.’”
Thou shalt be fuel for the fire, thy blood shall be in the midst of the land, thou shalt be forgotten: for I the Lord have spoken it.
