Ezekiel 24
1 And the word of the Lord came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, the tenth day of the month, saying:
Mwaka-inĩ wa kenda, mũthenya wa ikũmi wa mweri wa ikũmi, kiugo kĩa Jehova nĩkĩanginyĩrĩire, ngĩĩrwo atĩrĩ:
2 Son of man, write thee the name of this day, on which the king of Babylon hath set himself against Jerusalem today.
“Mũrũ wa mũndũ, andĩka mũthenya wa ũmũthĩ nĩ tarĩki ciigana, o ũyũ wa ũmũthĩ, tondũ mũthenya ũyũ wa ũmũthĩ mũthamaki wa Babuloni nĩarigiicĩirie Jerusalemu.
3 And thou shalt speak by a figure a parable to the provoking house, and say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: Set on a pot, set it on, I say, and put water into it.
Arĩria andũ aya a nyũmba ĩno nemi na ngerekano, ũmeere atĩrĩ, ‘Mwathani Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ: “‘Hagĩra nyũngũ ya kũruga; mĩhagĩre na ũmĩitĩrĩre maaĩ.
4 Heap together into if the pieces thereof, every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder, choice pieces and full of bones.
Ĩkĩra icunjĩ cia nyama thĩinĩ wayo, icunjĩ ciothe iria njega, ta cia kũgũrũ na guoko. Mĩiyũrie na mahĩndĩ marĩa mega mũno;
5 Take the fattest of the flock, and lay together piles of bones under it: the seething thereof is boiling hot, and the bones thereof are thoroughly sodden in the midst of it.
oya nyamũ ĩrĩa njega mũno rũũru-inĩ. Igĩrĩra ngũ rungu rwayo nĩ ũndũ wa mahĩndĩ; reke ĩtherũke, namo mahĩndĩ mahĩĩre o kũu thĩinĩ wayo.
6 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose rust is in it, and its rust is not gone out of it: cast it out piece by piece, there hath no lot fallen upon it.
“‘Nĩgũkorwo Mwathani Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ: “‘Kaĩ itũũra rĩu inene rĩitithagia thakame rĩrĩ na haro-ĩ, o na nyũngũ ĩyo ĩrĩ na mũcura, ĩrĩa gĩkũrĩ kĩayo gĩtangĩthira! Mĩonorie kĩrungʼo, o kĩrungʼo, itegũcuukĩrwo mĩtĩ.
7 For her blood is in the midst of her, she hath shed it upon the smooth rock: she hath not shed it upon the ground, that it might be covered with dust.
“‘Nĩgũkorwo thakame ĩrĩa rĩitithĩtie ĩrĩ o thĩinĩ warĩo: Rĩamĩitire o kũu rwaro-inĩ rwa ihiga itheri; rĩtiamĩitire tĩĩri-inĩ, harĩa rũkũngũ rũngĩamĩthikire.
8 And that I might bring my indignation upon her, and take my vengeance: I have shed her blood upon the smooth rock, that it should not be covered.
Nĩgeetha njarahũre mangʼũrĩ na ndĩĩrĩhĩrie-rĩ, ndaitire thakame yarĩo rwaro-inĩ rwa ihiga itheri, nĩguo ndĩgathikwo.
9 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Woe to the bloody city, of which I will make a great bonfire.
“‘Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, ũũ nĩguo Mwathani Jehova ekuuga: “‘Kaĩ itũũra rĩu inene rĩitithagia thakame rĩrĩ na haaro-ĩ! O na niĩ nĩngacookanĩrĩria ngũ hĩba ndaaya na igũrũ.
10 Heap together the bones, which I will burn with Are: the flesh shall be consumed, and the whole composition shall be sodden, and the bones shall be consumed.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio iganĩrĩra ngũ, na wakie mwaki. Ruga nyama icio wega, na ũtukanie na indo cia gũcamia wega; namo mahĩndĩ ũreke macure.
11 Then set it empty upon burning coals, that it may be hot, and the brass thereof may be melted: and let the filth of it be melted in the midst thereof, and let the rust of it be consumed.
Ningĩ ũhagĩre nyũngũ ĩyo theri makara-inĩ, nginya ĩhiũhe na gĩcango kĩayo gĩtunĩhe, nĩguo gĩko kĩayo gĩtweke, na gĩkũrĩ kĩayo gĩcinwo, gĩthire.
12 Great pains have been taken, and the great rust thereof is not gone out, not even by fire.
Nĩkĩremete njĩra ciothe; gĩkũrĩ kĩu kĩayo ti kĩrute, o na gĩacinwo na mwaki.
13 Thy uncleanness is execrable: because I desired to cleanse thee, and thou art not cleansed from thy filthiness: neither shalt thou be cleansed, before I cause my indignation to rest in thee.
“‘Rĩu-rĩ, gĩko gĩaku nĩ ũũra-thoni. Tondũ ngeretie gũgũtheria, no wee ndũngĩthera gĩko gĩaku, wee ndũngĩthera rĩngĩ nginya mangʼũrĩ makwa ma gũgũũkĩrĩra makahũahũa.
14 I the Lord have spoken: it shall come to pass, and I will do it: I will not pass by, nor spare, nor be pacified: I will judge thee according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, saith the Lord.
“‘Niĩ Jehova nĩnjarĩtie. Ihinda nĩikinyu njĩke ũndũ. Ndikerigĩrĩria; na ndikaiguanĩra tha kana ndĩĩricũkwo. Ũgaatuĩrwo ciira kũringana na mĩtugo yaku, na ciĩko ciaku, ũguo nĩguo Mwathani Jehova ekuuga.’”
15 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Kiugo kĩa Jehova nĩkĩanginyĩrĩire, ngĩĩrwo atĩrĩ:
16 Son of man, behold I take from thee the desire of thy eyes with a stroke: and thou shalt not lament, nor weep: neither shall thy tears run down.
“Mũrũ wa mũndũ, atĩrĩ, ndĩ hakuhĩ gũkwehereria kĩrĩa gĩkenagia maitho maku mũno na igũtha o rĩmwe. No rĩrĩ, ndũgacakae kana ũrĩre, o na kana ũite maithori.
17 Sigh in silence, make no mourning for the dead: let the tire of thy head be upon thee, and thy shoes on thy feet, and cover not thy face, nor eat the meat of mourners.
Caaya ũkirĩte; tiga kũrĩrĩra ũcio ũkuĩte. Ikara wĩohete kĩremba mũtwe na wĩkĩrĩte iraatũ magũrũ; ndũkehumbĩre kanua kana ũrĩe irio cia mũtugo wa hĩndĩ ya macakaya.”
18 So I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening: and I did in the morning as he had commanded me.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio ngĩrooka kwarĩria andũ rũciinĩ, na hwaĩ-inĩ ũcio mũtumia wakwa agĩkua. Rũciinĩ rũrũ rũngĩ ngĩĩka o ta ũrĩa ndaathĩtwo njĩke.
19 And the people said to me: Why dost thou not tell us what these things mean that thou doest?
Nao andũ acio makĩnjũũria atĩrĩ, “Kaĩ ũtangĩtwĩra ũhoro wa maũndũ maya na ũrĩa matũkoniĩ?”
20 And I said to them: The word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio ngĩmeera atĩrĩ, “Kiugo kĩa Jehova nĩkĩanginyĩrĩire, ngĩĩrwo atĩrĩ:
21 Speak to the house of Israel: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold I will profane my sanctuary, the glory of your realm, and the thing that your eyes desire, and for which your soul feareth: your sons, and your daughters, whom you have left, shall fall by the sword.
Ĩra andũ a nyũmba ya Isiraeli atĩrĩ, ‘Ũũ nĩguo Mwathani Jehova ekuuga: Ngirie gũthaahia handũ-hakwa-harĩa-haamũre, hau gĩikaro kĩa hinya kĩrĩa mwĩtĩĩaga nakĩo, o kĩu gĩkenagia maitho manyu, kĩrĩa mwendete. Ariũ na aarĩ anyu arĩa mwatigire na thuutha makaaniinwo na rũhiũ rwa njora.
22 And you shall do as I have done: you shall not cover your faces, nor shall you eat the meat of mourners.
Na inyuĩ nĩmũgeeka o ta ũguo niĩ njĩkĩte. Mũtikehumbĩra kanua kana mũrĩe irio cia mũtugo wa hĩndĩ ya macakaya.
23 You shall have crowns on your heads, and shoes on your feet: you shall not lament nor weep, but you shall pine away for your iniquities, and every one shall sigh with his brother.
Nĩmũgaikara mwĩohete iremba mĩtwe na mwĩkĩrĩte iraatũ magũrũ. Mũtigacakaya kana mũrĩre, no nĩmũkahwererekera tondũ wa mehia manyu na mũcaayage thĩinĩ wanyu.
24 And Ezechiel shall be unto you for a sign of things to come: according to all that he hath done, so shall you do, when this shall come to pass: and you shall know that I am the Lord God.
Ezekieli agaatuĩka rũũri harĩ inyuĩ; mũgeeka o ta ũguo we ekĩte. Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa maũndũ macio mageekĩka-rĩ, nĩrĩo mũkaamenya atĩ niĩ nĩ niĩ Mwathani Jehova.’
25 And thou, O son of man, behold in the day wherein I will take away from them their strength, and the joy of their glory, and the desire of their eyes, upon which their souls rest, their sons and their daughters.
“Nawe mũrũ wa mũndũ, mũthenya ũrĩa ngeeheria gĩikaro kĩao kĩa hinya, gĩkeno kĩao na riiri wao, na kĩndũ kĩrĩa gĩkenagia maitho mao, na wendi wa ngoro ciao, na aanake na airĩtu ao o nao,
26 In that day when he that escapeth shall come to thee, to tell thee:
mũthenya ũcio mũndũ ũũrĩte kwao nĩagakũrehera ũhoro.
27 In that day, I say, shall thy mouth be opened to him that hath escaped, and thou shalt speak, and shalt be silent no more: and thou shalt be unto them for a sign of things to come, and you shall know that I am the Lord.
Hĩndĩ ĩyo kanua gaku nĩgagatumũka; nĩũkaria nake, na ndũgacooka gũkira. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio wee ũgaatuĩka rũũri harĩo, nao nĩmakamenya atĩ niĩ nĩ niĩ Jehova.”
