Ezekieli 21
1 Yehova anandiyankhula nati:
Then came the word of Jehovah 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 drop thy word toward 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 Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, and I will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.
4 Motero ndidzapha aliyense kuchokera kummawa mpaka kumpoto.
Seeing then that I cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of its sheath against all flesh from the south to the north.
5 Pamenepo anthu onse adzadziwa kuti Ine Yehova ndi amene ndasolola lupanga langa mʼchimake; sindidzalilowetsanso mʼchimakemo.’
And all flesh shall know that I, Jehovah, have drawn forth my sword out of its sheath; it shall not return any more.
6 “Tsono iwe mwana wa munthu, buwula. Buwula pamaso pawo ndi mtima wosweka ndi wachisoni chachikulu.
Thou, therefore, O son of man, sigh! With the breaking of thy loins, and with bitterness, sigh before their eyes!
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, “Wherefore sighest thou?” thou shalt say, “For the rumor, because it cometh; and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall fail, and all knees shall flow with water. Behold it cometh, it shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord Jehovah.”
8 Yehova anandiyankhulanso kuti,
Also the word of Jehovah 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 Jehovah: 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, that it may make sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter. Or shall we make mirth? The staff of my son despiseth every rod.
11 “‘Lupanga laperekedwa kuti lipukutidwe, ndi kuti linyamulidwe, lanoledwa ndi kupukutidwa, kuti liperekedwe mʼmanja mwa munthu amene amapha.
And he gave it to be furbished that it might be handled. The sword is sharpened and furbished, to be given into 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, son of man! for it cometh upon my people, upon all the princes of Israel. They are given up to the sword with my people. Therefore smite upon thy thigh.
13 “‘Ambuye Wamphamvuzonse akuti: Ndikuwayesa anthu anga, ndipo ngati satembenuka mtima, ndiye kuti zimenezi sizidzalephera kuwagwera.’
The trial is made. And what if even the contemning staff should be no more? saith the Lord Jehovah.
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, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together! for twice, yea thrice, cometh the sword, a sword of slaughter, a sword of great slaughter, that besetteth them on every side.
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.
That their hearts may faint, and their overthrown may be multiplied, I have set the terror of the sword against all their gates. Ah, how is it made to glitter, polished for slaughter!
16 Iwe lupanga, ipha anthu kumanja, kenaka kumanzere, kulikonse kumene msonga yako yaloza.
Unite thyself, smite to the right, prepare thyself, smite to the left, whithersoever thine edge is turned!
17 Inenso ndidzawomba mʼmanja mwanga, ndipo ndidzaziziritsa ukali wanga Ine Yehova ndayankhula.”
I also will smite my hands together, and cause mine anger to cease. I, Jehovah, have spoken it.
18 Yehova anandiyankhulanso kuti,
The word of Jehovah came to me again, 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.
Do thou, son of man, appoint thee two ways by which the sword of the king of Babylon may come; from one land shall both of them come; and choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city.
20 Ulembe chizindikiro pa msewu umene lupanga lidzadzere popita ku Raba wa ku Amoni, ndiponso ku Yuda ndi ku Yerusalemu, mzinda wotetezedwa.
Appoint a way, that the sword may come towards Rabbath of the sons of Ammon, and towards Judah, to Jerusalem, the fenced 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 shall stand at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination; he shall shake together his arrows, he shall consult the teraphim, he shall look at the liver.
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.
In his right hand shall be the lot: Jerusalem, to set battering-rams, to open the mouth with the war-cry, to lift up the voice in shouting, to set battering-rams against the gates, to cast up a mound, to build a tower.
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 this shall appear a false divination in their sight, because they swore oaths to them. But he shall call to remembrance their 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 Jehovah: Because ye make your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear, —because, I say, ye bring yourselves into remembrance, ye shall be taken with that hand.
25 “‘Tsono iwe kalonga wonyozedwa ndi woyipa wa Israeli, amene tsiku lako lafika, amene nthawi yako yolangidwa yafika penipeni,
And thou, profane, wicked prince of Israel, whose day cometh in the time when iniquity bringeth destruction!
26 Ambuye Yehova akuti: Vula nduwira, chotsa chipewa chaufumu. Zinthu sizidzakhala monga zinalili: anthu wamba adzakwezedwa ndipo okwezedwa adzatsitsidwa.
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will remove the diadem, and take away the crown! This shall no more be this. I exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high.
27 Chipasupasu! Chipasupasu! Ine ndidzawupasula mzindawo! Ndipo sadzawumanganso mpaka atafika amene ali woyenera kuwulandira; Ine ndidzawupereka kwa iyeyo.’
I will destroy, destroy, destroy it; and it shall be no more until he come to whom the right belongeth, and to whom I will give it.
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 Jehovah concerning the sons of Ammon and their scorn; even say thou, The sword, the sword is drawn; to slay, to consume, is it furbished, so that it glittereth;
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.
while they see deceit for thee, and prophesy falsehood, that it may bring thee to the necks of the wicked that are slain, whose day cometh in the time when iniquity bringeth destruction.
30 “‘Bwezerani lupanga mʼchimake. Ku malo kumene inu munabadwira, mʼdziko la makolo anu, ndidzakuweruzani.
Return the sword into its sheath! In the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity, I will judge thee,
31 Ndidzakhuthula ukali wanga pa inu, ndipo mkwiyo wanga udzakuyakirani. Ndidzakuperekani mʼmanja mwa anthu ankhanza; anthu odziwa bwino kuwononga zinthu.
and I will pour upon thee my indignation, I will blow upon thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hands of brutal men, skilful to destroy.
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; men shall no more remember thee. I, Jehovah, have spoken it.
