Jezekiel 14
1 And there came to me men of the people of Israel, of the elders, and sat before me.
Tsiku lina ena mwa akuluakulu a Israeli anabwera kwa ine ndipo anakhala pansi pamaso panga.
2 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Ndipo Yehova anandipatsa uthenga uwu nati,
3 Son of man, these men have conceived their devices in their hearts, and have set before their faces the punishment of their iniquities: shall I indeed answer them?
“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?
4 Therefore speak to them, and you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord; Any man of the house of Israel, who shall conceive his devices in his heart, and shall set the punishment of his iniquity before his face, and shall come to the prophet; I the Lord will answer him [according to the things] in which his mind is entangled,
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.
5 that he should turn aside the house of Israel, according to their hearts that are estranged from me in their thoughts.
Ine ndidzachita zimenezi kuti mwina nʼkukopa mitima ya anthu a Israeli, amene andisiya chifukwa cha mafano awo.’
6 Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God, Be converted, and turn from your [evil] practices, and from all your sins, and turn your faces back again.
“Nʼchifukwa chake uwawuze Aisraeli kuti Ine Ambuye Yehova ndikuti: Lapani! Siyani mafano anu ndi ntchito zanu zonse zonyansa!
7 For any man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, who shall separate himself from me, and conceive his imaginations in his heart, and set before his face the punishment of his iniquity, and come to the prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I the Lord will answer him, [according to the things] wherein he is entangled.
“‘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.
8 And I will set my face against that man, and will make him desolate and ruined, and will cut him off from the midst of my people; and you shall know that I am the Lord.
Ine ndidzalimbana naye munthu ameneyo ndipo ndidzamusandutsa chitsanzo ndi chisudzo. Ndidzamuchotsa pakati pa anthu anga. Pamenepo inu mudzadziwa kuti Ine ndine Yehova.
9 And if a prophet should cause to err and should speak, I the Lord have caused that prophet to err, and will stretch out my hand upon him, and will utterly destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.
“‘Ndipo ngati mneneri anyengedwa nanenera, Ine Yehova ndiye ndamunyenga mneneri ameneyo, ndipo ndidzatambasula dzanja langa kumukantha ndi kumuwononga pakati pa anthu anga Aisraeli.
10 And they shall bear their iniquity according to the trespass of him that asks; and it shall be in like manner to the prophet according to the trespass:
Iwo adzalangidwa chifukwa cha kulakwa kwawo. Chilango cha wodzafunsira nzeru kwa mneneri chidzafanana ndi chilango cha mneneriyo.
11 that the house of Israel may no more go astray from me, and that they may no more defile themselves with any of their transgressions: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God, says the Lord.
Ndidzachita zimenezi kuti Aisraeli asasocherenso kundisiya Ine ndi kuti asadziyipitsenso ndi machimo awo. Adzakhala anthu anga, ndipo Ine ndidzakhala Mulungu wawo, akutero Ambuye Yehova.’”
12 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Yehova anayankhula nane kuti,
13 Son of man, if a land shall sin against me by committing a trespass, then will I stretch out my hand upon it, and will break its staff of bread, and will send forth famine upon it, and cut off from it man and beast.
“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.
14 And though these three men should be in the midst of it, Noe, and Daniel, and Job, they [alone] should be delivered by their righteousness, says the Lord.
Ngakhale anthu atatu awa, Nowa, Danieli ndi Yobu akanakhala mʼmenemo, akanangopulumutsa moyo wawo chifukwa cha chilungamo chawo. Ndikutero Ine Ambuye Yehova.
15 If again I bring evil beasts upon the land, and take vengeance upon it, and it be ruined, and there be no one to pass through for fear of the wild beasts:
“Kapena ndikanatumiza zirombo mʼdziko monse ndi kulisiya lopanda anthu, ndipo dzikolo nʼkukhala chipululu chakuti munthu sangadutse chifukwa cha zirombo.
16 and [if] these three men should be in the midst of it, [as] I live, says the Lord, neither sons nor daughters shall be saved, but these only shall be saved, and the land shall be destroyed.
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.’
17 Or again if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Let the sword go through the land; and I cut off from them man and beast:
“Kapena ndikanatumiza lupanga mʼdzikolo ndi kunena kuti, ‘Lupanga lipite mʼdziko monse,’ ndi kuwononga anthu ake ndi nyama zomwe.
18 though these three men were in the midst of it, as I live, says the Lord, they shall not deliver sons or daughters, but they only shall be saved themselves.
Apanso ndikunenetsa Ine Ambuye Yehova kuti, ‘Ngakhale anthu atatu awa akanakhalamo, sakanatha kupulumutsa ana awo aamuna kapena ana aakazi. Iwo okha akanapulumuka.’
19 Or [if] again I send pestilence upon that land, and pour out my wrath upon it in blood, to destroy from off it man and beast:
“Kapena ndikanatumiza mliri mʼdzikomo ndi kuonetsa ukali wanga pokhetsa magazi, kuwononga anthu ake ndi nyama zomwe.
20 and should Noe, and Daniel, and Job, be in the midst of it, [as] I live, says the Lord, there shall be left [them] neither sons nor daughters; [only] they by their righteousness shall deliver their souls.
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.
21 Thus says the Lord, And if I even send upon Jerusalem my four sore judgements, sword, and famine, and evil beasts, and pestilence, to destroy from out of it man and beast;
“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!
22 yet, behold, [there shall be] men left in it, the escaped thereof, who [shall] lead forth of it sons and daughters: behold, they [shall] go forth to you, and you shall see their ways and their thoughts: and you shall mourn over the evils which I have brought upon Jerusalem, [even] all the evils which I have brought upon it.
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.
23 And they shall comfort you, because you shall see their ways and their thoughts: and you shall know that I have not done in vain all that I have done in it, says the Lord.
Mitima yanu idzakhala pansi mukadzaona makhalidwe awo ndi zochita zawo. Tsono mudzadziwa kuti Yerusalemu sindinamuchite zimenezi popanda chifukwa, akutero Ambuye Yehova.”
