Ezekiel 21
1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Yehova anandiyankhula nati:
2 Son of man, let your face be turned to Jerusalem, let your words be dropped in the direction of her holy place, and be a prophet against the land of Israel;
“Iwe mwana wa munthu, tembenuka uyangʼane ku Yerusalemu ndipo ulalike mawu odzudzula malo ake opatulika. Unenere zodzudzula anthu a ku Yerusalemu.
3 And say to the land of Israel, These are the words of the Lord: See, I am against you, and I will take my sword out of its cover, cutting off from you the upright and the evil.
Uwawuze kuti, Ambuye Yehova akuti, ‘Taona, Ine ndidzalimbana nawe. Ndidzasolola lupanga langa mʼchimake ndi kuwononga anthu olungama ndi ochimwa omwe.
4 Because I am going to have the upright and the evil cut off from you, for this cause my sword will go out from its cover against all flesh from the south to the north:
Motero ndidzapha aliyense kuchokera kummawa mpaka kumpoto.
5 And all flesh will see that I the Lord have taken my sword out of its cover: and it will never go back.
Pamenepo anthu onse adzadziwa kuti Ine Yehova ndi amene ndasolola lupanga langa mʼchimake; sindidzalilowetsanso mʼchimakemo.’
6 Make sounds of grief, son of man; with body bent and a bitter heart make sounds of grief before their eyes.
“Tsono iwe mwana wa munthu, buwula. Buwula pamaso pawo ndi mtima wosweka ndi wachisoni chachikulu.
7 And when they say to you, Why are you making sounds of grief? then say, Because of the news, for it is coming: and every heart will become soft, and all hands will be feeble, and every spirit will be burning low, and all knees will be turned to water: see, it is coming and it will be done, says the Lord.
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.”
8 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Yehova anandiyankhulanso kuti,
9 Son of man, say as a prophet, These are the words of the Lord: Say, A sword, a sword which has been made sharp and polished:
“Iwe mwana wa munthu, unenere ndipo unene kuti, Ambuye Yehova akuti, “Izi ndi zimene Yehova akunena: Lupanga, lupanga, lanoledwa ndipo lapukutidwa.
10 It has been made sharp to give death; it is polished so that it may be like a thunder-flame: ...
Lanoledwa kuti likaphe, lapukutidwa kuti lingʼanime ngati mphenzi! “‘Kodi tingakondwere bwanji? Wanyoza ndodo, mwana wanga ndi chilichonse cha mtengo.
11 And I have given it to the polisher so that it may be taken in the hand: he has made the sword sharp, he has had it polished, to put it into the hand of him who gives death.
“‘Lupanga laperekedwa kuti lipukutidwe, ndi kuti linyamulidwe, lanoledwa ndi kupukutidwa, kuti liperekedwe mʼmanja mwa munthu amene amapha.
12 Give loud cries and make sounds of grief, O son of man: for it has come on my people, it has come on all the rulers of Israel: fear of the sword has come on my people: for this cause give signs of grief.
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.
“‘Ambuye Wamphamvuzonse akuti: Ndikuwayesa anthu anga, ndipo ngati satembenuka mtima, ndiye kuti zimenezi sizidzalephera kuwagwera.’
14 So then, son of man, be a prophet, and put your hands together with a loud sound, and give two blows with the sword, and even three; it is the sword of those who are wounded, even the sword of the wounded; the great sword which goes round about them.
“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.
15 In order that hearts may become soft, and the number of those who are falling may be increased, I have sent death by the sword against all their doors: you are made like a flame, you are polished for death.
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.
16 Be pointed to the right, to the left, wherever your edge is ordered.
Iwe lupanga, ipha anthu kumanja, kenaka kumanzere, kulikonse kumene msonga yako yaloza.
17 And I will put my hands together with a loud sound, and I will let my wrath have rest: I the Lord have said it.
Inenso ndidzawomba mʼmanja mwanga, ndipo ndidzaziziritsa ukali wanga Ine Yehova ndayankhula.”
18 And the word of the Lord came to me again, saying,
Yehova anandiyankhulanso kuti,
19 And you, son of man, have two ways marked out, so that the sword of the king of Babylon may come; let the two of them come out of one land: and let there be a pillar at the top of the road:
“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.
20 Put a pillar at the top of the road for the sword to come to Rabbah in the land of the children of Ammon, and to Judah and to Jerusalem in the middle of her.
Ulembe chizindikiro pa msewu umene lupanga lidzadzere popita ku Raba wa ku Amoni, ndiponso ku Yuda ndi ku Yerusalemu, mzinda wotetezedwa.
21 For the king of Babylon took his place at the parting of the ways, at the top of the two roads, to make use of secret arts: shaking the arrows this way and that, he put questions to the images of his gods, he took note of the inner parts of dead beasts.
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.
22 At his right hand was the fate of Jerusalem, to give orders for destruction, to send up the war-cry, to put engines of war against the doors, lifting up earthworks, building walls.
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.
23 And this answer given by secret arts will seem false to those who have given their oaths and have let them be broken: but he will keep the memory of evil-doing so that they may be taken.
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.
24 For this cause the Lord has said: Because you have made your evil-doing come to mind by the uncovering of your wrongdoing, causing your sins to be seen in all your evil-doings; because you have come to mind, you will be taken in them.
“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.
25 And you, O evil one, wounded to death, O ruler of Israel, whose day has come in the time of the last punishment;
“‘Tsono iwe kalonga wonyozedwa ndi woyipa wa Israeli, amene tsiku lako lafika, amene nthawi yako yolangidwa yafika penipeni,
26 This is what the Lord has said: Take away the holy head-dress, take off the crown: this will not be again: let that which is low be lifted up, and that which is high be made low.
Ambuye Yehova akuti: Vula nduwira, chotsa chipewa chaufumu. Zinthu sizidzakhala monga zinalili: anthu wamba adzakwezedwa ndipo okwezedwa adzatsitsidwa.
27 I will let it be overturned, overturned, overturned: this will not be again till he comes whose right it is; and I will give it to him.
Chipasupasu! Chipasupasu! Ine ndidzawupasula mzindawo! Ndipo sadzawumanganso mpaka atafika amene ali woyenera kuwulandira; Ine ndidzawupereka kwa iyeyo.’
28 And you, son of man, say as a prophet, This is what the Lord has said about the children of Ammon and about their shame: Say, A sword, even a sword let loose, polished for death, to make it shining so that it may be like a flame:
“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.
29 Your vision is to no purpose, your use of secret arts gives a false answer, to put it on the necks of evil-doers who are wounded to death, whose day has come, in the time of the last punishment.
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.
30 Go back into your cover. In the place where you were made, in the land from which you were taken, I will be your judge.
“‘Bwezerani lupanga mʼchimake. Ku malo kumene inu munabadwira, mʼdziko la makolo anu, ndidzakuweruzani.
31 And I will let loose my burning passion on you, breathing out on you the fire of my wrath: and I will give you up into the hands of men like beasts, trained to destruction.
Ndidzakhuthula ukali wanga pa inu, ndipo mkwiyo wanga udzakuyakirani. Ndidzakuperekani mʼmanja mwa anthu ankhanza; anthu odziwa bwino kuwononga zinthu.
32 You will be food for the fire; your blood will be drained out in the land; there will be no more memory of you: for I the Lord have said it.
Mudzakhala ngati nkhuni pa moto. Ena adzakhetsa magazi anu mʼdziko lanu lomwe. Simudzakumbukiridwanso pakuti Ine Yehova ndayankhula.’”
