Ezekiel 5
1 “Son of man, go and shave your head and your beard using a sharp sword like a barber's razor. Then divide up the hair using a set of scales.
“Kisha wewe mwana wa adamu, chukua upanga mkali kama wembe wa kinyozi kwa ajili yako mwenyewe, na pitisha hayo makali juu ya kichwa chako na ndevu zako, kisha chukua mizani za kupimia uzito na uzigawanye nywele zako.
2 Once the days of the siege have finished, burn up one third of the hair inside the city; slash at another third with a sword around the city; and scatter another third in the wind. I will let loose a sword behind them to chase them.
Choma theluthi ya tatu ya hiyo kwa moto katikati ya mji wakati siku za kuzingirwa zitakapokamilika, na chukua theluthi ya nywele na uipige kwa panga na kuuzunguka mji. Kisha tawanya theluthi yake kwenye upepo, na nitasogeza panga karibu ili kufukuza watu.
3 Take just a few hairs and tuck them into the hem of your clothes.
Lakini chukua kiasi kidogo cha nywele na zifunge kwenye pindo za nguo yako.
4 Take some of these and toss them into the fire to burn them. A fire will spread from there to burn everyone in Israel.
Kisha chukua tena zile nyewele na zitupe katikati ya moto; na zichome kwenye moto; kutoka hapo utatoka nje kwenda nyumba zote za Israeli.”
5 This is what the Lord God says: This represents Jerusalem. I placed her right in the middle of the nations, surrounded by other countries.
Bwana Yahwe asema hivi, “Hii ndio Yerusalemu katikati ya mataifa, nilipomuweka, na ambapo nilipomzunguka kwa nchi zingine.
6 But she rebelled against my rules, acting more wickedly than the nations, and she defied my regulations more than the countries surrounding her. Her people rejected my rules and refused to follow my regulations.
Lakini anaudhaifu wa kukataa amri zangu zaidi kuliko mataifa yalivyo, na sheria yangu zaidi kuliko mataifa ambayo yanayomzunguka. Watu wamezikataa humuku zangu na kuacha kutembea katika sheria zangu.”
7 Consequently this is what the Lord God says: You have caused more trouble than the nations around you. You refused to follow my rules and keep my regulations. In fact you didn't even live up to the standards of the nations surrounding you.
Kwa hiyo Bwana Yahwe asema hivi, “Kwa sababu mmekuwa kikwazo kuliko mataifa ambayo yanayowazunguka na kuacha kutembea kwenye amri zangu wala kutenda kulingana na amri zangu, wala hata kutenda kulingana na amri za mataifa yanayowazunguka,”
8 So this is what the Lord God says: Watch out, because it's me who is condemning you, Jerusalem! I'm going to carry out my sentence against you while the other nations watch.
kwa hiyo Bwana asema hivi, “Tazama! Mimi mwenyewe nitatenda juu yenu. Nitato hukumu kati yenu ili mataifa waone.
9 Because of all the disgusting things you've done, I'm going to do to you what I've never done before—and I won't ever do again.
Nitawafanyia yale ambayo sijawahi kuyafanya na kile ambacho sintokifanya tena, kwa sababu ya matendo yenu ya kuchukiza.
10 In your city parents will eat their own children, and children will eat their parents. I'm going to punish you and scatter in every directions those who are left.
Kwa hiyo baba watawala watoto kati yenu, na watoto watawala baba zao, kwa kuwa nitafanya hukumu juu yenu na kuwatawanya kila mahali wote ninyi mliobaki.
11 As I live, declares the Lord God, because you have made my sanctuary unclean with all your offensive idols and disgusting practices, I will stop treating you well. I won't be kind to you—I won't show you any pity.
Kwa hiyo, kama niishivyo-hivi ndivyo Bwana Yahwe asemavyo-bila shaka hii ilikuwa kwa sababu umapanajisi patakatifu pangu kwa mambo ya machukizo yako yote na kwa matendo yako yote niyachukiayo, kwamba mimi mwenyewe nitakupunguza katika hesabu; jicho langu halitakuhurumia, na sintoacha kukuharibu.
12 A third of your people will die from disease or starvation inside the city; a third will be killed by the sword outside the city walls; and a third I will scatter in the wind in all directions, and let loose a sword behind them to chase them.
Theluthi yenu mtakufa kwa tauni, na wataliwa na njaa katikati yenu. Theluthi wataanguka kwa upanga likiwazunguka. Kisha nitawatawanya theluthi katika mahali pote, na nitafuatisha upanga kuwafukuza pia.
13 Once my anger is over and I've finished punishing them, then I'll be satisfied. When I've finished punishing them, then they'll know that I, the Lord, meant what I said when I spoke so strongly.
Hivi ndivyo ghadhabu yangu itavyokamilika, na nitasababisha ghadhabu yangu juu yao hata kulala. Nitajiridhisha, na watajua kwamba, mimi Yahwe, nimenena kwa ghadhabu yangu wakati nitakapo kamilisha ghadhabu yangu dhidi yao.
14 I'm going to ruin you and humiliate you in front of the nations surrounding you, in the sight of every passer-by.
Nitakufanya mkiwa kwa mataifa yanayokuzunguka kwenye uso wa kila mtu apitaye karibu.
15 You will be criticized and mocked, you'll be a warning and something horrifying to the surrounding nations when I carry out my sentence against you in my rage and furious anger. I the Lord have spoken.
Hivyo Yerusalemu itakuwa jambo kwa watu wengine kushutumu na kufanya mzaha, na chukizo kwa mataifa ambayo yanayowazunguka. Nitafanya hukumu dhidi yenu kwa ghadhabu na hasira, na kwa kukemea kwa hasira-Mimi, Yahwe nimesema hivi!
16 When I pour down on you deadly arrows of famine and destruction they're intended to kill you. I will make your famine worse by stopping your food supply.
Nitatuma mishale mikali ya njaa juu yenu ambayo itakuwa na maana ya kwamba nitawaharibu. Kwa kuwa nitaongeza njaa juu yenu na kuvunja tegemeo lenu la mkate.
17 I will send famine and wild animals to attack you. You'll have no children left. Disease and killing will sweep over you, and I will bring armies to attack you. I the Lord have spoken.”
Nitaleta njaa na majanga dhidi yenu hivyo mtakuwa wagumba. Tauni na damu zitapita kati yako, na nitaleta upanga dhidi yenu-Mimi Yahwe, nimesema hivi.”
