Ezekiel 36
1 “And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say: Mountains of Israel, listen to this message from the Lord.
“Na wewe, mwanadamu, itabirie milima ya Israeli na useme, 'Milima ya Israeli, lisikilizeni neno la Yahwe.
2 This is what the Lord God says: The enemy said about you, ‘Aha! These old high places now belong to us,’
Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: Adui amesema kuhusu ninyi, “Aha!” na “Mahala pa juu pa zamani pamekuwa milki yetu.”'
3 so you must prophesy and announce that this is what the Lord God says: They have turned you into a wasteland, attacking you from every direction, so that you became the property of other nations and people gossiped about you and slandered you.
Kwa hiyo tabiri na sema, 'Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: Kwa sababu ya ukiwa wenu na kwa sababu mashambulizi yaliyokuja juu yenu kutoka pande zote, mmekuwa milki ya mataifa mengine; mmeambiwa kwa midomo yao waongeao, na kwa masingizio ya watu.
4 So now, mountains of Israel, listen to the message from the Lord God. This is what the Lord God says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the deserted ruins and abandoned towns, that the other nations around you have looted and mocked.
Kwa hiyo, milima ya Israeli, sikilizeni neno la Bwana Yahwe: Bwana Yahwe asema hivi kwa milima na vilima, mifereji ya maji na mabonde, mahali palipoharibika kuwa ukiwa na miji iliyoachwa ambayo imetekwa nyara na kutokuwa huru kwa kutaniwa na mataifa yaliyowazunguka-
5 Yes, this is what the Lord God says: I have spoken passionately against these other nations, and against all the Edomites, who took over my country and made it theirs, happily celebrating as they looted the land and treated me with complete contempt.
kwa hiyo Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: Hakika nimeongea katika moto wa hasira yangu juu ya mataifa meningine, juu ya Edemu na wote waliochukua nchi yangu kwa ajili yao wenyewe kama milki, dhidi ya wale walikuwa na furaha yote katika mioyo yao na dharau katika roho zao, kama walivyoitwaa nchi yangu kwamba wangeweza kudai nchi za malisho kwa ajili yao.
6 So prophesy concerning the country of Israel and tell the mountains and hills, the ravines and valleys, that this is what the Lord God says: Just watch, for I have spoken passionately about this because you have had to put up with this mockery from other nations.
Kwa hiyo, tabiri kwa nchi ya Israeli na sema kwa milima na vilima, hata kwenye mifereji na mabonde, Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: Tazama! Katika ghadhabu yangu na hasira yangu nasema hivi kwa sababu mmechukua fedheha za mataifa.
7 This is what the Lord God says: I hold up my hand and swear that the other nations around you will suffer their own shame.
Kwa hiyo, Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: Mimi mwenyewe nitainua mkono wangu kuapa kwamba mataifa yanayowazunguka yamkini yatawabebea aibu yao wenyewe.
8 But you, mountains of Israel, will grow trees that will produce fruit for my people Israel, for soon they'll be coming home.
Lakini ninyi, milima ya Israeli, mtachipuza matawi na kuzaa matunda kwa ajili ya watu wangu Israeli, kwa kuwa watarudi kwenu.
9 Look, I am for you and I will help you. Your land will be ploughed, and crops will be sown.
Maana tazama, nipo kwa ajili yenu, na kuwachukulia kwa fadhili; mtalimwa na kupandwa mbegu.
10 You will support the people of Israel as they return and grow in number. People will live in the towns again and rebuild the ruins.
Hivyo nitawaongeza juu ya milima yenu watu katika nyumba ya Israeli, yote. Miji itakaa na palipoharibiwa kujengwa.
11 The number of your people will grow— they will have many children. The animals too will have many young. I will make sure that you're inhabited just as you used to be, and I will make you more prosperous that you were before. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
Nitaongeza mtu na wanyama juu yenu milima ili kwamba itaongezeka na kuzaa. Kisha nitawafanya kuishi kama mlivyokuwa, na nitawafanya kustawi zaidi kuliko mlivyokuwa zamani, kwa kuwa mtajua yakwamba mimi ni Yahwe.
12 I will have my people Israel walk on you mountains. You will be theirs; you will belong to them, and you will no longer rob your nation of their children.
Nitawaleta watu, watu wangu Israeli, kutembea juu yenu. Watakumiliki, na utakuwa urithi wao, na hutasababisha tena watoto wao kufa.
13 This is what the Lord God says: Because people say to you, ‘You eat people, and rob your nation of their children,’
Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: Kwa sababu wanakwambia, “Wewe unakula watu, na watoto wa nchi yako wamekufa,”
14 from now on you won't eat people or rob your nation of their children, declares the Lord God.
kwa hiyo hautawala watu wangu tena, na hutalifanya tena taifa lako kuomboleza vifo vyao. Hivi ndivyo Bwana Yahwe asemavyo.
15 I'm going to stop these nations insulting you, and you won't have to put up with their taunts any more, or make the nation fall, declares the Lord God.”
Wala sintokuruhusu kusikiliza fedhiha za mataifa tena; hautachukua tena aibu ya watu au kufanya taifa lako kuanguka-hivi ndivyo Bwana Yahwe asemavyo.”'
16 Another message from Lord came to me, saying,
Kisha neno la Yahwe likanijia, kusema,
17 “Son of man, when the people of Israel were living in their country, they made it unclean by the way they behaved, by what they did. The way they were behaving in my presence was like the ceremonial uncleanness of a woman's period.
“Mwanadamu, wakati nyumba ya Israeli walipoikalia nchi yao, waliinajisi kwa njia zao na matendo yao. Njia zao zilikuwa kama uchafu wa hedhi ya mwanamke mbele yangu.
18 So I became angry with them because of murders they committed in the country, and because they made it unclean by worshiping idols.
Hivyo nilimwaga ghadhabu yangu juu yao kwa ajili ya damu ambayo waliyoimwaga juu ya nchi na kwa ajili ya uchafu wa hiyo kwa sanamu zao.
19 I scattered them among the different nations and countries. I judged them according to the way they had behaved and what they did.
Nimewatawanya miongoni mwa mataifa; walitawanyika katika nchi nyingi. Nimewahukumu kulingana na njia zao na matendo yao.
20 But wherever they went among the nations, they ruined my reputation, because people said about them, ‘These are the Lord's people, but they had to leave his country.’
Kisha wakaenda kati ya mataifa, na popote walipoenda, walilitukana jina langu takatifu wakati watu waliwasema, 'Je! hawa kweli ni watu wa Yahwe? Kwa kuwa wamefukuzwa nje ya nchi yake.
21 So I had to take care of my reputation for holiness which the people of Israel had ruined among the nations where they'd gone.
Lakini nilikuwa na huruma kwa ajili ya jina langu takatifu ambalo nyumba ya Israeli walilinajisi miongoni mwa mataifa, walipoenda huko.
22 Tell the people of Israel that this is what the Lord God says: I'm not doing this for you, people of Israel, but for my reputation for holiness, which you ruined among the nations where you went.
Kwa hiyo waambie nyumba ya Israeli, 'Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: Sifanyi haya kwa ajili yenu, nyumba ya Israeli, lakini jina langu, mlilolitukana miongoni mwa mataifa kila sehemu mlipoenda.
23 I will reveal the holy nature and importance of my reputation, which has been ruined among the nations, the reputation you have ruined among them. Then the nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the Lord God, when I reveal my holiness through you as they watch.
Kwa kuwa nitalifanya jina langu kuu kuwa takatifu, mlilolitukana miongoni mwa mataifa-katikati ya mataifa, mmelitukana. Kisha mataifa watajua kwamba mimi ni Yahwe-hivi ndivyo asemavyo Bwana Yahwe-asemavyo-wakati mtakapoona kwamba mimi ni mtakatifu.
24 For I will bring you back from among the nations, gathering you from all the different countries, and I will lead you back into your own country.
Nitawachukua kutoka mataifa na kuwakusanya kutoka kila nchi, na nitawaleta hata nchi yenu.
25 I will also pour pure water over you, and you will be clean. I will wash you clean from all your uncleanness and from all your idols.
Kisha nitanyunyiza maji masafi juu yenu ili muwe wasafi kutoka kwenye uchafu wote, na nitawasafisha kutoka sanamu zenu zenu.
26 I will give you a new mind and I will put a new spirit inside you. I will take away your stubborn mind and I will give you a loving mind.
Nitawapatia moyo mpya na roho mpya sehemu zenu za ndani, na nitautoa moyo wa jiwe kutoka kwenye nyama zenu. Kwa kuwa nitawapatia moyo wa nyama.
27 I will put my Spirit inside you so you will follow my laws and remember to do what I tell you.
Nitaiweka Roho yangu ndani yenu na kuwawezesha kutembea katika sheria zangu na kuziweka hukumu zangu, hivyo mtazitenda.
28 Then you will live in the country I gave to your forefathers. You will be my people, and I will be your God.
Kisha mtakaa katika nchi niliyowapa babu zenu; mtakuwa watu wangu, nami nitakuwa Mungu wenu.
29 I will save you from everything that makes you unclean. I will make sure you have plenty of grain. I won't send you any famines.
Kwa kuwa nitawaokoa kutokana na uchafu wenu wote. Nitaita ngano kuiongeza. Sitaweka tena njaa juu yenu.
30 I will also make sure you have good harvests from your orchards and fields, so that you won't be mocked by other nations anymore because of famine.
Nitaongeza tunda la mti na kuzalisha kwenye mashamba ili kwamba msichukue tena aibu ya njaa juu ya mataifa.
31 Then you will remember your evil ways and terrible things you've done, and you'll hate yourselves for your sins and disgusting actions.
Kisha mtazikumbuka njia zenu mbaya na matendo yenu ambayo hayakuwa mazuri, na mtaonyesha chuki kwenye nyuso zenu kwa sababu ya dhambi zenu na matendo yenu maovu.
32 You need to realize that I'm not doing this for your sake, declares the Lord God. You should be ashamed and embarrassed for what you've done, people of Israel!
Sifanyi hili kwa ajili yenu-hivi ndivyo Bwana Yahwe asemavyo-ijulikane kwenu. Hivyo tahayarikeni na kufadhaika kwa sababu ya njia zenu, nyumba ya Israeli.
33 This is what the Lord God says: On the day I make you clean from all your sins, I will have you live in your towns again and make sure the ruins are rebuilt.
Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: Katika siku niliyowatakasa kutoka kwenye uovu wenu wote, nitawafanya miji ikaliwe na kuzijenga sehemu zilizoharibiwa.
34 The land that was deserted will be cultivated again instead of looking abandoned to everyone passing by.
Kwa kuwa mtailima nchi iliyoharibiwa hadi itakapoonekana haijaaharibika mbele za macho ya wote wapitao karibu.
35 Then they will say, ‘This deserted land is now like the garden of Eden. The towns that were demolished, abandoned, and destroyed have been restored and strengthened, and people are living in them.’
Kisha watasema, “Hii nchi ilikuwa ukiwa, lakini imekuwa kama bustani ya Edeni; miji ya ukiwa na isiyo na wakaaji iliyo magofu ambayo ilibomolewa sasa inakaliwa.
36 Then those nations around you that are left will acknowledge that I, the Lord, have rebuilt what was demolished, and that I have replanted what was destroyed. I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will carry it out.
Kisha mataifa mengine waliowazunguka watajua yakwamba mimi ni Yahwe, kwamba nimejenga palipokuwa pameharibiwa na kuipanda mbegu sehemu iliyokuwa ukiwa.
37 This is what the Lord God says: I will once again answer the prayers of the people of Israel. This is what I will do for them: I will have them increase in number like a flock.
Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: Tena nitaulizwa na nyumba ya Israeli kufanya hivi kwa ajili yao, kuwaongeza kama kundi la watu.
38 Just like all the many flocks that are brought to Jerusalem to be sacrificed during the religious festivals, so the towns that were once demolished will be full of flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”
Kama kundi lililotengwa kwa ajili ya sadaka, kama kundi katika Yerusalimu katika sikukuu yake iliyoteuliwa, hivyo miji itaharibiwa kwa kujazwa na makundi ya watu na watajua kwamba mimi ni Yahwe.”'
