Ezekiel 23
1 A message from the Lord came to me, saying,
Neno la Yahwe likanijia, kusema,
2 “Son of man, there were once two women. They were daughters of the same mother.
“Mwanadamu, Kulikuwa na wanawake wawili, binti za mama mmoja.
3 They became prostitutes in Egypt. In fact, they were prostitutes from the time they were young. They allowed their virgin breasts to be fondled and their nipples squeezed.
Walifanya ukahaba katika Misri katika kipindi cha ujana wao. Walitenda kama makahaba huko. Maziwa yao yalikuwa yamebana na ubikira wa chuchu zao zilipapaswa huko.
4 The older girl was called Oholah, and her sister Oholibah. I married them both and they had sons and daughters. Oholah represents Samaria, and Oholibah represents Jerusalem.
Majina yao yalikuwa Ohola-dada mkubwa-na Oholiba-dada yake mdogo. Kisha wakawa wangu na kuzaa wana na binti. Majina yao yalikuwa yakimaanasha hivi: Ohola maana yake Samaria, na Oholiba maana yake Yerusalemu.
5 Oholah prostituted herself while she was still married to me. She wanted to have sex with her lovers, the Assyrians.
Lakini Ohola alifanya kama kahaba hata alipokuwa wangu; aliwatamani wapenzi wake, kwa kuwa Waashuri na nguvu,
6 They were soldiers dressed in blue, leaders and commanders, all of them handsome young men in the cavalry.
liwali aliyekuwa amevaa urijuana, na kwa ajili ya maafisa wake, waliokuwa hodari na wanaume wa kuvutia, wote walikuwa waendesha farasi.
7 She gave away herself sexually to all the important men of Assyria. She made herself unclean by her worship of all the idols of those men she wanted to have sex with.
Hivyo akajitoa yeye mwenyewe kama kahaba kwao, kwa watu bora wa Ashuru, na alijitia mwenyewe uchafu pamoja na kila mmoja aliyekuwa amemtamani-pamoja na sanamu zake zote.
8 She didn't stop her prostitution that she started in Egypt—men sleeping with her when she was young, squeezing her virgin breasts and using her to satisfy their sexual appetite.
Kwa kuwa hakuacha tabia zake za kihaba nyuma katika Misri, wakati walipolala naye wakati alipokuwa msichana mdogo, wakati walipoanza kwanza kupapasa ubikira wa maziwa yake, wakati walipoanza kummwagia tabia ya uzinzi wao juu yake.
9 So I handed her over to her lovers, the Assyrians she wanted to have sex with.
Kwa hiyo nilimtia kwenye mkono wa wapenzi wake, kwenye mkono wa Waashuru kwa kuwa aliwatamani.
10 They stripped her naked, took away her sons and daughters, and killed her with the sword. She became infamous among women, and they punished her.
Wakamfunua uchi wake. Wakawachukua wana wake na binti, na wakamuua kwa upanga, na akawa aibu kwa wanawake wengine, hivyo wakapitisha hukumu juu yake.
11 Oholibah saw what happened to her sister, but she became even worse than her in her wanting sex and practicing prostitution.
Dada yake Oholiba akaliona hili, lakini aliyatamani zaidi na kufanya kama kahaba hata zaidi kuliko dada yake.
12 She also wanted to have sex with the Assyrians: their leaders and commanders, their splendidly-dressed soldiers—all of them handsome young men in the cavalry.
Aliwatamanai Waashuru, mabosi na watawala waliokuwa wamevaa ngua za ushawishi, walikuwa watu waendesha farasi. Wote walikuwa hodari, wote vijana wa kuvutia.
13 I saw that she had also made herself unclean—both sisters were doing the same thing.
Nikaona kwamba alikuwa amefanya uchafu mwenyewe. Ilikuwa kama kwa wadada wote.
14 However, Oholibah's prostitution was even worse. She saw pictures of Babylonian soldiers wearing bright red uniforms painted on the wall.
Kisha akaongeza ukahaba wake tena zaidi. Aliona watu waume waliokuwa wamechorwa juu ya kuta, michoro ya Wakaldayo iliyochorwa kwa rangi nyekundu,
15 They were wearing belts on their waists and large turbans on their heads. They all looked like Babylonian officers in Chaldea, the country where they were born.
waliovaa mikanda kuzunguka viuno vyao, na vilemba virefu juu ya vichwa vyao. Wote walikuwa na mwonekano wa maafisa wa jeshi la waendesha farasi, mfano wa wana wa Wababeli, ambao asili ya nchi ni Ukaldayo.
16 When she saw the paintings of them, she wanted to have sex with them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.
Na mara macho yake yalipowaona, aliwatamani, hivyo akawatuma wajumbe wake kwao katika Ukaldayo.
17 The Babylonians came to her and her love bed, and made her unclean with their sexual desire. However, after she had been dishonored by them, she rejected them in disgust.
Kisha Wababeli wakaja katika kitanda chake cha tamaa, na walimfanya unajisi kwa uzinzi wao. Kwa kile alichokuwa amekifanya alifanya unajisi, basi akageuka mwenyewe kutoka kwao katika karaha.
18 When Oholibah so blatantly prostituted herself, exposing herself naked, I turned away from her in disgust, just as I had done to her sister.
Alionyesha matendo yake ya ukahaba na alionyesha uchi wake, hivyo roho yangu ikagauka kutoka kwake, kama roho yangu ilivyogeuka kutoka kwa dada yake.
19 But she practiced even more prostitution, remembering how she'd been a prostitute in Egypt when she was young.
Kisha alifanya matendo mengi zaidi ya ukahaba, akakumbuka na kutafakari siku za ujana wake, wakati alipotenda kama kahaba katika nchi ya Misri.
20 She wanted to have sex with her lovers who had genitals like donkeys and who ejaculated like stallions.
Basi akawatamani wapenzi wake, ambao sehemu zao za siri zilikuwa kama zile za punda, na kile kizaliwacho hutoka kilikuwa kama wale farasi.
21 You went back to the indecent acts when you were young, when the Egyptians squeezed your nipples and fondled your young breasts.
Hivi ndivyo ulivyofanya matendo ya aibu ya ujana wako, wakati Wamisri walipopapasa chuchu zako kuyaminya maziwa ya ujana wako.
22 So Oholibah, this is what the Lord God says: I'm going to encourage your lovers to attack you, those you rejected in disgust. I will bring them to attack you from every direction:
Kwa hiyo, Oholiba, Bwana Yahwe asema hivi, 'Tazama! Nitawarudisha wapenzi wako dhidi yako. Wale ambao uliowarudisha, nitawaleta juu yako kutoka kila upande.
23 the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, the men of Pekod, Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians along with them—all handsome young men, leaders and commanders, chariot captains and important officers, all riding horses.
Wababeli na Wakaldayo wote, Pekodi, Shoa, na Koa, na Waashuru wote pamoja nao, hodari, vijana wa kutamanika, magavana na maamiri jeshi, wote ni maafisa na watu wote wenye sifa, wote wenye kuendesha farasi.
24 They will attack you from the north, invading with a great army, chariots, and wagons. They will come with their shields and helmets and surround you. I will hand you over to them for punishment, and they will judge and punish you following their own laws.
Watakuja juu yako kwa silaha, na kwa magari ya farasi na mikokoteni, na kundi kubwa la watu. Watapanga ngao kubwa, ngao ndogo, na kofia za chuma juu yako pande zote. Nitawapatia nafasi kukuadhibu, na watakuadhibu kwa matendo yao.
25 I feel so strongly about what you've done that I will oppose you, and they will treat you very badly. They will cut off your noses and ears, and they will kill those of you who are left. They will take away your sons and daughters as prisoners, and those of you who are left will be destroyed by fire.
Kwa kuwa nitaweka hasira yangu ya wivu juu yako, na watashughulika na wewe kwa hasira. Watakukatilia mbali pua zako na masikio yako, na masalia yako wataanguka kwa upanga. Watawachukua wana wako na binti zako, na masalia yako watateketea kwa moto.
26 They will tear off your clothes and take your beautiful jewelry.
Watakuvua nguo zako na kuchukua mapambo yako ya vito.
27 I'm going to put a stop to your immorality and prostitution, which started in Egypt. You won't think longingly about those times, and you'll forget all about Egypt.
Hivyo nitaiondoa tabia yako ya aibu kutoka kwako na matendo yako ya kikahaba kutoka nchi ya Misri. Hutainua macho yako kuwaelekea kwa sahauku, na hutaikumbuka Misri tena.'
28 For this is what the Lord God says: Believe it when I say that I'm going to hand you over to the people you hate, the ones you rejected in disgust.
Kwa kuwa Bwana Yahwe asema hivi, 'Tazama! Nitakutia katika mkono wa wale uwachukiao, kukurudisha kwenye mkono wa wale ambao uliokuwa umewarudisha.
29 They will treat you with hatred. They will take away everything you've worked for, leaving you stark naked with nothing, so that so that the indecent acts of your prostitution will be exposed. Your immorality and prostitution
Watashughulika pamoja nawe kwa chuki; watachukua milki zako zote na kukutelekeza uchi na kukuweka wazi. Uchi wa aibu ya ukahaba wako utafunuliwa, tabia yako ya aibu na uzinzi wako.
30 is why all this has happened to you, because you acted as a prostitute with the nations and made yourself unclean by worshiping their idols.
Haya mambo yatafanyika kwako kwa kuwa umetenda kama kahaba, tamaa za mataifa kwazo umetiwa unajisi kwa sanamu zao.
31 Because you did what your sister did, I will give you her cup to drink.
Umetembea katika njia za dada yako, hivyo nitaweka kikombe chake cha adhabu kwenye mkono wako.'
32 This is what the Lord God says: You will drink from your sister's cup—a large, deep cup. You will be laughed at and insulted. You'll have to endure much of this.
Bwana Yahwe asema hivi, 'Utakinywea kikombe cha dada yako ambacho ni kirefu na kikubwa. Utakuwa dhihaka na kutawaliwa na dharau-hiki kikombe kimejaa kiasi kikubwa.
33 It will make you drunk and full of grief because it's a cup of that brings horror and destruction, the cup your sister Samaria drank from.
Utajazwa kwa ulevi na huzuni, kikombe cha ushangao na uharibifu; kikombe cha dada yako Samaria.
34 You will drink it all down, smash it to pieces on the ground, and tear at your breasts. This is what I have spoken, declares the Lord God.
Utakinywea na kubakia kitupu; kisha utakivunja vunja na kuyararua maziwa yako kuwa vipande vipande. Kwa kuwa nimesema hivyo-hivi ndivyo Bwana Yahwe asemavyo.'
35 In summary this is what the Lord God says: Because you have forgotten about me and have ignored me, you will have to experience the consequences of your immorality and prostitution.”
Kwa hiyo, Bwana Yahwe asema hivi, 'Kwa sababu umenisahau na kunitupa mbali nyumba ya mgongo wako, basi pia utachukua matokeo ya tabia zako za aibu na matendo ya uasherati.”'
36 Then the Lord said to me: “Son of man, are you going to condemn Oholah and Oholibah? Expose the disgusting things they've done!
Yahwe akanambia, “Mwanadamu, Je! utamhukumu Ohola na Oholiba? Basi waambie matendo yao ya machukizo,
37 For they have committed adultery, and they are guilty of murder. They have committed adultery with their idols, and have even offered their children, whom they had for me, as sacrifices to their idols.
kwa kuwa wamefanya uzinzi, na kwa kuwa kuna damu juu ya vichwa vyao. Wamefanya uzinzi na sanamu zao, na wamewaweka hata wana wao kwenye moto, kama chakula cha sanamu zao.
38 They also did this to me: On the very same day they both made my sanctuary unclean and violated my Sabbaths.
Kisha waliendelea kufanya hivi kwa ajili yangu: Wamepafanya patakatifu pangu unajisi, na katika siku hiyo hiyo wakainajisi Sabato zangu.
39 On very day that they killed their children for their idols, they went my sanctuary and made it unclean. Look at what they did right inside my Temple!
Kwa kuwa walipokuwa wamewachinjia watoto wao kwa ajili ya sanamu zao, kisha wakaja hata patakatifu pangu siku hiyo hiyo kupanajisi! Hivyo tazama! Hivi ndivyo walivyofanya kati ya nyumba yangu.
40 They even kept on sending messengers for men to come from far away. When the men arrived, you would get yourselves ready for them by bathing, doing your eye makeup, and putting in your jewelry.
Mmewatuma watu kutoka mbali, ambao wajumbe waliwatuma-sasa tazama. Wakaja kweli, ambao uliojiosha kwa ajili yao, uliweka rangi macho yako, na kujipamba kwa mapambo ya vito.
41 You sat on an expensive couch, with my incense and my oil on a table placed in front of it.
Huko ulikaa kwenye kitanda kizuri na kwenye meza iliyokuwa imepangwa mbele yake ulikuwa umeweka ubani na mafuta yangu.
42 The room was full of the noise of people partying. Drunk men were brought in from the desert along with some common people and they put bracelets on your wrists and beautiful crowns on your head.
Hivyo sauti za watu zilikuwa zimemzunguka; pamoja na watu wa kila aina, hata walevi waliletwa kutoka jangwani, na wakawavalisha vikuku mikononi mwao na mataji mazuri juu ya vichwa vyao.
43 Then I said about the old worn-out woman, ‘Now they can have her as a prostitute because that's what she is!’
Kisha nikasema juu yake aliyekuwa ameonywa kwa uzinzi, 'Sasa watazini pamoja naye, na yeye pamoja nao.'
44 So they had sex with her like a prostitute. They had sex with Oholah and Oholibah, those immoral women.
Wakamwingilia na kulala naye kama watu wamwingiliavyo kahaba. Katika njia hii walilala Ohola na Oholiba, waliokuwa wanawake wazinzi.
45 But men who believe in what's right will judge them and impose the punishment for committing commit adultery and murder, because they are adulterers and murderers.
Lakini watu wenye haki watapitisha hukumu na kuwaadhibu kama wazinzi, na watawaadhibu kwa hukumu kwa wale wamwagao damu, kwa sababu wao ni wazinzi na damu iko mikononi mwao.
46 This is what the Lord God says: Have a mob attack them! Make them terrified and rob them.
Hivyo Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: Nitainua kundi la watu juu yao na kuwatoa kuwa kitisho na kuteka nyara.
47 The mob will stone them and kill them with their swords, slaughtering their sons and daughters and burning down their houses.
Kisha hilo kundi la watu litawapiga kwa mawe na kuwakatilia chini kwa panga zao. Watawaua wana wao na binti na kuzichoma nyumba zao.
48 This is how I will put an end to immorality in the country, and all the women will be warned not to do what you have done.
Kwa kuwa nitaondoa tabia ya aibu kutoka kwenye nchi na nidhamu wanawake wote hivyo hawatatenda kama makahaba.
49 They will punish you for your immorality, and you will have to experience the consequences of your idol worship. Then you will know that I am the Lord God.”
Hivyo wataweka tabia yenu ya aibu juu yenu. Mtachukua hatia ya dhambi zenu pamoja na sanamu zenu, na kwa njia hii mtajua yakuwa mimi ni Bwana Yahwe.”
