Ezekiel 37
1 Teko Jehova Nyasaye ne ni kuoma, kendo ne ogola oko kuom teko mar Roho mare mi otera e dier holo moro; kama choke opongʼo.
One day Yahweh gave me another vision. In the vision I felt the power [MTY] of God on me, and by his Spirit he took me to the middle of a valley. It was full of bones [of people who had been killed].
2 Nowuotho koda e dier chokego koni gi koni, komako lweta, kendo naneno choke madongo mangʼeny motamore akwana, kanie dier holono; ne gin choke motwo kururu.
He led me to walk back and forth among those bones. I saw that there were very many bones there, bones that were very dry.
3 Ne openja niya, “Wuod dhano, chokegi bende nyalo bet mangima adier?” Ne awacho niya, “Yaye Jehova Nyasaye Manyalo Gik Moko Duto, in kendi ema inyalo ngʼeyo.”
He asked me, “You human, [do you think that] these bones can become living [people again]?” I replied, “Yahweh my Lord, only you know [if that can happen].”
4 Eka nowachona niya, “Kor wach ni chokegi kiwachonegi niya, Choke motwo, winjuru wach Jehova Nyasaye!
Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones. Say to them, ‘You dry bones, listen to what Yahweh says.
5 Ma e gima Jehova Nyasaye Manyalo Gik Moko Duto wacho ni chokegi: Abiro kudho much ngima kuomu, mi unudok mangima.
This is what Yahweh the Lord says to you bones: I will put my breath into each of you, and you will become alive again.
6 Abiro keto leche kuomu kendo abiro miyo ringʼo gi pien um dendu kendo abiro kudho much ngima kuomu mi unudok mangima. Eka unungʼe ni An e Jehova Nyasaye.”
I will fasten tendons to your bones, and cause your bones to be covered with flesh. I will cover the flesh with skin. Then I will breathe into you, and you will become alive. When that happens, you will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].’”
7 Omiyo ne akoro wach kaka ne ochika. To kane oyudo akoro wach kamano, to ne apo ka awinjo ka choke rwadore matek, kendo chokego nochako tudore, ka moro ka moro kuomgi chomore gi wadgi.
So I spoke to the bones what Yahweh commanded me to speak. As I was speaking, there was a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bones joining to each other.
8 Ne angʼicho kendo naneno ka leche gi ringʼo chako bet e chokego, kendo pien noumogi, to kata kamano ne pod gionge gi ngima.
While I was looking, I saw tendons fastening to them and flesh covering them, and then skin covered the flesh, but they did not breathe.
9 Eka nowacho niya, “Kor wach ni yamo, in wuod dhano, kendo wachne ni, Ma e gima Jehova Nyasaye Manyalo Gik Moko Duto wacho: Kudhi kia e tunge angʼwen mag piny, kendo idonj kuom joma nosenegi mondo gidok mangima.”
Then he said to me, “You human, prophesy to the wind. Say to the wind, ‘Wind [APO], Yahweh says to you, blow from all four directions. Breathe into these people who have been killed, in order that they can become alive again!’”
10 Omiyo ne akoro kaka ne ochika, mi much ngima nodonjo kuomgi; kendo negidoko mangima; ma gichungʼ malo gi tiendgi, ka gin oganda lweny maduongʼ miwuoro!
So I said what he commanded me to say, and then breath entered them. They became alive and stood up, like a huge army.
11 Eka nowachona niya, “Wuod dhano, jo-Israel chalo gi chokegi. Giwacho ni, ‘Chokewa otwo kendo genowa orumo; osengʼad karwa oko.’
Then he said to me, “You human, these bones represent all the Israeli people [MTY]. The people say, ‘[It is as though] our bones are dried up; there are no more good things that we can (hope for/confidently expect to happen to us); our nation is destroyed/finished.’
12 Emomiyo kor wach kendo iwachnegi ni: ‘Ma e gima Jehova Nyasaye Manyalo Gik Moko Duto wacho: Yaye un joga, abiro elo lieteu mi agolu oko kendo aduogu e piny Israel.
So prophesy and say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: My people, [it will be as though] I will open your graves and cause your corpses to become alive again. I will bring you back to Israel.
13 Eka un, ma un joga, unungʼe ni An e Jehova Nyasaye, ka anael lieteu mi agolu oko kuomgi.
Then, what that happens, you my people will know that I, Yahweh the Lord, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].
14 Abiro keto Roho mara kuomu mi udok mangima, kendo abiro miyo udag e pinyu uwegi. Eka unungʼe ni an Jehova Nyasaye ema asewuoyo kendo asetimo kamano. Jehova Nyasaye ema owacho.’”
I will put my Spirit in you, and [it will be as though] you will become alive again, and I will enable you to live in your own land again. Then you will know that it is I, Yahweh, who said [that it would happen] and who has caused it to happen. That is what I, Yahweh, declare.’”
15 Wach Jehova Nyasaye nobirona kama:
Yahweh gave me [another] message. He said,
16 “Wuod dhano, kaw bao moro mopa mondo indikie wechegi ni, ‘Mar jo-Juda gi dhout Israel mamoko mawinjore kode.’ Eka ikaw bao mopa machielo kendo indikie wechegi, ‘Mar Josef (ma en mar Efraim) kod dhout Israel mamoko duto mawinjore kode.’
“You human, take a piece of wood and write on it, ‘This represents Judah and all the tribes of Judah.’ Then take another piece of wood and write on it, ‘This represents Israel and all the tribes of Israel.’
17 Riw bepe ariyogo obed bao achiel mondo gibed gimoro achiel e lweti.
Then join them together to become [as though they were] one piece of wood in your hand.
18 “Ka jou openji ni, ‘Donge inyalo nyiswae tiend wachni?’
When your fellow Israelis ask you, ‘What does (this action/what you just did) mean?’,
19 To wachnegi ni, ‘Ma e gima Jehova Nyasaye Manyalo Gik Moko Duto wacho: Abiro kawo bap Josef, manie lwet Efraim, kod dhout Israel mamoko duto mawinjore kode, kendo abiro tude gi bap Juda, mi gidok bepe mopa achiel, kendo gibiro doko bepe mopa achiel e lweta.’
tell them, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: One of the pieces of wood in my hand represents Israel and all the tribes of Israel. I am joining it to the piece of wood that represents Judah, to form one piece of wood in his hand.’
20 Lier kete misendikogo e nyim wengegi
Then, [you human], hold up the pieces of wood that you have written on, in order that the people can see them.
21 kendo iwachnegi ni, ‘Ma e gima Jehova Nyasaye Manyalo Gik Moko Duto wacho: Abiro golo jo-Israel oko e dier ogendini kuonde ma gisedhiyoe. Abiro chokogi kagologi koni gi koni mi aduog-gi e pinygi giwegi.
Say to the people, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: I will take you Israeli people out of the countries to which you have been forced to go. I will gather you from all those nations and bring you back to your own land.
22 Abiro miyo gibed oganda achiel e piny, ewi gode mag Israel. Ruoth achiel ema noritgi kargi duto, kendo ok ginichak gibed pinje ariyo, kata pinjeruodhi ariyo mopogore.
And I will cause you to again be one nation in that land, on the mountains in Israel. And there will be one king to rule over all of you. Never again will you be two nations or divided into two kingdoms.
23 Ok ginichak gidwanyre gi nyisechegi ma giloso gi kido mamono, kata gi timo gik makwero, nikech anawargi kuom richogi duto mag dok chien, kendo anapwodhgi. Ginibed joga, to anabed Nyasachgi.’
No longer will you (defile yourselves/make yourselves unacceptable to me) by [worshiping] idols and disgusting statues [of your gods], because I will enable you to quit your sinful behavior and to stop rejecting me. You will be my people, and I will be your God.
24 “‘Daudi jatichna nobed ruodhgi kendo giduto ginibed gi jakwath achiel. Gibiro luwo chikena kendo gibiro rito buchena ka gitangʼ.
[Someone who will be like] [MET] [King] David who served [me well] will be the king [of your descendants], and [it will be as though] [MET] he will be their shepherd. They will carefully obey all my laws [DOU].
25 Gibiro dak e piny mane amiyo jatichna ma Jakobo, ma en piny mane kwereu odakie. Gin kaachiel gi nyithindgi kod nyikwagi, gibiro dak kuno nyaka chiengʼ, kendo Daudi jatichna nobed ruodhgi nyaka chiengʼ.
They will live in the land that I gave to Jacob, who also served [me well]; they will live in the land where your ancestors lived. They and their children and their grandchildren will live there forever, and [the one who will be like] [MET] [King] David will be their king forever.
26 Abiro timo singruok mar kwe kodgi, enobed singruok mochwere. Abiro gurogi motegno kendo abiro miyo kwan-gi medre, kendo abiro keto kara maler mar lemo e diergi nyaka chiengʼ.
I will make a peace agreement with them; it will be an agreement that will endure forever. I will again give them that land and cause their population to increase. And I will put my temple among them forever.
27 Kar dakna nobed kodgi; anabed Nyasachgi, kendo ginibed joga.
The place where I will live will be among them; I will be their God and they will be my people.
28 Eka ogendini nongʼe ni an Jehova Nyasaye ema amiyo jo-Israel obedo maler ka kara maler mar lemo obedo e diergi nyaka chiengʼ.’”
Then, when my temple is forever there among them, the people of other nations will know that I, Yahweh, have caused the Israeli people to be set apart [to belong to me].’”
