Ezekiel 19
1 Thou also, take vp a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
“Imba nyimbo ya madandawulo, kuyimbira akalonga a ku Israeli.
2 And say, Wherefore lay thy mother as a lyonesse among the lyons? she nourished her yong ones among the lyons whelps,
Uzinena kuti, “‘Amayi ako anali ndani? Anali ngati mkango waukazi! Iwo unabwatama pakati pa mikango yayimuna; unkalera ana ake pakati pa misona.
3 And she brought vp one of her whelps, and it became a lyon, and it learned to catch the praye, and it deuoured men.
Unalera mmodzi mwa ana ake, ndipo mwanayo anasanduka mkango wamphamvu. Unaphunzira kugwira nyama, ndipo unayamba kudya anthu.
4 The nations also heard of him, and he was taken in their nets, and they brought him in chaines vnto the land of Egypt.
Anthu amitundu anamva za mkangowo, ndipo tsiku lina unagwa mʼmbuna mwawo. Iwo anawukoka ndi ngowe kupita nawo ku dziko la Igupto.
5 Nowe when she sawe, that she had waited and her hope was lost, she tooke another of her whelps, and made him a lyon.
“‘Amayi aja ataona kuti mwana ankamukhulupirira uja wagwidwa ndi kuti chiyembekezo chake chapita padera, amayiwo anatenganso mwana wina namusandutsa mkango wamphamvu.
6 Which went among the lyons, and became a lyon, and learned to catch the praye, and he deuoured men.
Unkayendayenda pakati pa mikango inzake, pakuti tsopano unali mkango wamphamvu. Unaphunzira kugwira nyama ndipo unayamba kudya anthu.
7 And he knew their widowes, and he destroyed their cities, and the land was wasted, and all that was therein by the noyse of his roaring.
Unagwetsa malinga awo, ndikuwononga mizinda yawo. Onse a mʼdzikomo anachita mantha chifukwa cha kubangula kwake.
8 Then the nations set against him on euery side of the countreys, and laide their nets for him: so he was taken in their pit.
Pamenepo mitundu ya anthu, makamaka ochokera madera ozungulira, inabwera kudzalimbana nawo. Anawutchera ukonde wawo, ndipo tsiku lina unagwera mʼmbuna mwawo.
9 And they put him in prison and in chaines, and brought him to the King of Babel, and they put him in holdes, that his voyce should no more be heard vpon the mountaines of Israel.
Anawukoka ndi ngowe nawuponya mʼchitatanga. Anabwera nawo kwa mfumu ya ku Babuloni ndipo mfumuyo inawuponya mʼndende ndi cholinga choti liwu lake lisamamvekenso ku mapiri a Israeli.
10 Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she brought foorth fruite and branches by the abundant waters,
“‘Amayi ako anali ngati mpesa mʼmunda wamphesa wodzalidwa mʼmbali mwa madzi. Unabereka bwino ndipo unali ndi nthambi zambiri chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa madzi.
11 And she had strong rods for the scepters of them that beare rule, and her stature was exalted among the branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.
Nthambi zake zinali zolimba, zoyenera kupangira ndodo yaufumu. Unatalika nusomphoka pakati pa zomera zina. Unkaoneka bwino chifukwa cha kutalika kwake, ndi nthambi zake zambiri.
12 But she was plucked vp in wrath: she was cast downe to the ground, and the East winde dried vp her fruite: her branches were broken, and withered: as for the rod of her strength, the fire consumed it.
Koma unazulidwa mwaukali ndipo unagwetsedwa pansi. Unawuma ndi mphepo ya kummawa, zipatso zake zinayoyoka; nthambi zake zolimba zinafota ndipo moto unapsereza mtengo wonse.
13 And now she is planted in the wildernes in a drie and thirstie ground.
Ndipo tsopano anawuwokeranso ku chipululu, dziko lowuma ndi lopanda madzi.
14 And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath deuoured her fruite, so that she hath no strong rod to be a scepter to rule: this is a lamentation and shalbe for a lamentation.
Moto unatulukanso mu mtengomo ndi kupsereza nthambi ndi zipatso zake. Palibe nthambi yolimba inatsala pa mtengowo yoyenera kupangira ndodo yaufumu. Imeneyi ndi nyimbo yachisoni ndipo yasanduka nyimbo ya pa maliro.’”
