Ezekiel 34
1 And the word of the Lord came vnto me, saying,
Neno la Bwana likanijia kusema:
2 Sonne of man, prophesie against the shepherdes of Israel, prophesie and say vnto them, Thus saieth the Lord God vnto the shepherds, Wo be vnto the shepherds of Israel, that feede them selues: should not the shepherds feede the flockes?
“Mwanadamu, tabiri juu ya wachungaji wa Israeli, tabiri na uwaambie: ‘Hili ndilo Bwana Mwenyezi asemalo: Ole wa wachungaji wa Israeli ambao hujitunza wenyewe tu! Je, haiwapasi wachungaji kutunza kundi la kondoo?
3 Yee eate the fat, and yee clothe you with the wooll: yee kill them that are fed, but ye feede not the sheepe.
Mnakula mafuta ya wanyama, mnavaa mavazi ya sufu na kuchinja kondoo walionona, lakini hamlitunzi kundi.
4 The weake haue ye not strengthened: the sicke haue ye not healed, neither haue ye bounde vp the broken, nor brought againe that which was driuen away, neither haue yee sought that which was lost, but with crueltie, and with rigour haue yee ruled them.
Hamkuwatia nguvu walio dhaifu wala hamkuwaganga wenye maradhi wala kuwafunga waliojeruhiwa. Hamkuwarudisha waliotangatanga wala kuwatafuta wale waliopotea. Badala yake mmewatawala kwa ukali na kwa ukatili.
5 And they were scattered without a shepherde: and when they were dispersed, they were deuoured of all the beastes of the fielde.
Hivyo walitawanyika kwa sababu hapakuwepo mchungaji, nao walipotawanyika, wakawa chakula cha wanyama wa mwitu wote.
6 My sheepe wandred through all the mountaines, and vpon euery hie hill: yea, my flocke was scattered through al the earth, and none did seeke or search after them.
Kondoo wangu walitawanyika, wakatangatanga kwenye milima yote na kwenye kila kilima kirefu. Kondoo wangu walitawanyika juu ya uso wa dunia yote bila kuwa na yeyote wa kuwaulizia wala wa kuwatafuta.
7 Therefore ye shepherds, heare the woorde of the Lord.
“‘Kwa hiyo, ninyi wachungaji, lisikieni neno la Bwana:
8 As I liue, sayeth the Lord God, surely because my flocke was spoyled, and my sheepe were deuoured of all the beasts of the fielde, hauing no shepherde, neither did my shepherdes seeke my sheepe, but the shepherdes fedde them selues, and fedde not my sheepe,
Kwa hakika kama niishivyo, asema Bwana Mwenyezi, kwa sababu kondoo zangu wamekosa mchungaji na hivyo wametekwa nyara na kuwa chakula cha wanyama wote wa mwituni na kwa sababu wachungaji wangu, hawakuwatafuta kondoo zangu, bali wachungaji wamejitunza wenyewe, nao hawakuwalisha kondoo zangu,
9 Therefore, heare ye the word of the Lord, O ye shepherds.
kwa hiyo enyi wachungaji, sikieni neno la Bwana:
10 Thus saieth the Lord God, Behold, I come against the shepherds, and will require my sheepe at their hands, and cause them to cease from feeding the sheepe: neither shall the shepherds feede them selues any more: for I wil deliuer my sheepe from their mouthes, and they shall no more deuoure them.
Hili ndilo Bwana Mwenyezi asemalo: Mimi ni kinyume na wachungaji nami nitawadai kondoo zangu mikononi mwao. Nitawafukuza kutoka kwenye kuchunga kundi langu, ili wachungaji wasiendelee kujitunza wenyewe. Nitaokoa kondoo zangu kutoka kwenye vinywa vyao, nao kondoo hawatakuwa tena chakula chao.
11 For thus sayeth the Lord God, Beholde, I will search my sheepe, and seeke them out.
“‘Kwa kuwa hili ndilo Bwana Mwenyezi asemalo: Mimi mwenyewe nitawaulizia kondoo wangu na kuwatafuta.
12 As a shepherd searcheth out his flocke, when he hath bene among his sheepe that are scattered, so wil I seeke out my sheepe and wil deliuer them out of all places, where they haue beene scattered in the cloudie and darke day,
Kama vile mchungaji atafutavyo kundi lake lililotawanyika wakati akiwa pamoja nalo, hivyo ndivyo nitakavyowatafuta kondoo wangu. Nitawaokoa kutoka mahali pote walipokuwa wametawanyikia katika siku ya mawingu na giza nene.
13 And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countreis, and will bring them to their owne lande, and feede them vpon the mountaines of Israel, by the riuers, and in all the inhabited places of the countrey.
Nitawatoa katika mataifa na kuwakusanya kutoka nchi mbalimbali, nami nitawaleta katika nchi yao wenyewe. Nitawalisha kwenye milima ya Israeli, katika mabonde na mahali pote panapokalika katika nchi.
14 I will feede them in a good pasture, and vpon the hie mountaines of Israel shall their folde be: there shall they lie in a good folde and in fat pasture shall they feede vpon the mountaines of Israel.
Nitawachunga kwenye malisho mazuri na miinuko ya mlima wa Israeli patakuwa mahali pao pa malisho. Huko watajipumzisha kwa amani katika nchi ya malisho mazuri, nao watajilisha huko katika malisho tele katika milima ya Israeli.
15 I will feede my sheepe, and bring them to their rest, sayth the Lord God.
Mimi mwenyewe nitawachunga kondoo zangu na kuwafanya wapumzike, asema Bwana Mwenyezi.
16 I will seeke that which was lost, and bring againe that which was driue away, and will binde vp that which was broken, and will strengthen the weake but I wil destroy the fat and the strong, and I will feede them with iudgement.
Nitawaulizia kondoo waliopotea na kuwaleta waliotangatanga. Nitawafunga waliojeruhiwa na kuwatia nguvu walio dhaifu lakini wale waliojikinai na wenye nguvu nitawaangamiza. Nitalichunga kundi kwa haki.
17 Also you my sheepe, Thus saieth the Lord God, behold, I iudge betweene sheepe, and sheepe, betweene the rammes and the goates.
“‘Kwa habari yenu, enyi kundi langu, hili ndilo Bwana Mwenyezi asemalo: Nitahukumu kati ya kondoo na kondoo, kati ya kondoo dume na mbuzi.
18 Seemeth it a small thing vnto you to haue eaten vp the good pasture, but yee must treade downe with your feete the residue of your pasture? and to haue drunke of the deepe waters, but yee must trouble the residue with your feete?
Je, haiwatoshi ninyi kujilisha kwenye malisho mazuri? Je, ni lazima ninyi kuyakanyaga pia malisho yenu yaliyobaki kwa miguu yenu? Je, haiwatoshi ninyi kunywa maji safi? Je, ni lazima kuyachafua maji mengine kwa miguu yenu?
19 And my sheepe eate that which yee haue troden with your feete, and drinke that which ye haue troubled with your feete.
Je, ni lazima kundi langu wajilishe kwa yale mliyoyakanyaga na kunywa maji mliyoyachafua kwa miguu yenu?
20 Therefore thus sayth the Lord God vnto them, behold, I, euen I wil iudge betweene the fat sheepe and the leane sheepe.
“‘Kwa hiyo, hili ndilo Bwana Mwenyezi awaambialo: Tazama, mimi mwenyewe nitahukumu kati ya kondoo wanono na waliokonda.
21 Because ye haue thrust with side and with shoulder, and pusht al the weake with your hornes, till ye haue scattered them abroade,
Kwa sababu mmewapiga kikumbo na kuwapiga kwa pembe zenu kondoo wote walio dhaifu mpaka wakawafukuza,
22 Therefore wil I helpe my sheepe, and they shall no more be spoyled, and I wil iudge betweene sheepe and sheepe.
nitaliokoa kundi langu na hawatatekwa nyara tena. Nitahukumu kati ya kondoo na kondoo.
23 And I wil set vp a shepherd ouer them, and he shall feede them, euen my seruant Dauid, he shall feede them, and he shalbe their shepherd.
Nitaweka juu yao mchungaji mmoja, mtumishi wangu Daudi, naye atawachunga, atawachunga na kuwa mchungaji wao.
24 And I the Lord will be their God, and my seruant Dauid shalbe the prince amog them. I the Lord haue spoken it.
Mimi Bwana nitakuwa Mungu wao, naye mtumishi wangu Daudi atakuwa mkuu miongoni mwao. Mimi Bwana nimenena.
25 And I will make with them a couenant of peace, and will cause the euil beastes to cease out of the land: and they shall dwel safely in the wildernesse, and sleepe in the woods.
“‘Nitafanya nao Agano la amani na kuwaondoa wanyama wa mwitu kutoka nchi yao ili kondoo wangu waweze kupumzika nyikani na msituni kwa salama.
26 And I wil set them, as a blessing, euen roud about my mountaine: and I will cause rayne to come downe in due season, and there shalbe raine of blessing.
Nitawabariki wao pamoja na maeneo yanayozunguka kilima changu. Nitawanyeshea mvua kwa majira yake, kutakuwepo mvua za baraka.
27 And the tree of the fielde shall yeeld her fruite, and the earth shall giue her fruite, and they shalbe safe in their land, and shall know that I am the Lord, when I haue broken the cordes of their yoke, and deliuered them out of the hands of those that serued themselues of them.
Miti ya shambani itatoa matunda yake na ardhi itatoa mazao yake, watu watakaa salama katika nchi yao. Watajua kuwa Mimi ndimi Bwana, nitakapovunja vifungo vya nira zao na kuwaokoa kutoka mikono ya wale waliowafanya watumwa.
28 And they shall no more be spoyled of the heathen, neither shall the beastes of the land deuoure them, but they shall dwell safely and none shall make them afrayd.
Hawatatekwa tena nyara na mataifa, wala wanyama pori hawatawala tena. Wataishi kwa salama, wala hakuna yeyote atakayewatia hofu.
29 And I will rayse vp for them a plant of renoume, and they shalbe no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither beare the reproche of the heathen any more.
Nitawapa nchi yenye sifa kutokana na mazao yake, hawatapatwa na njaa katika nchi tena wala hawatadharauliwa na mataifa.
30 Thus shall they vnderstande, that I the Lord their God am with them, and that they, euen the house of Israel, are my people, sayth the Lord God.
Ndipo watakapojua kuwa Mimi, Bwana, Mungu wao, niko pamoja nao, na kwamba wao, nyumba ya Israeli, ni watu wangu, asema Bwana Mwenyezi.
31 And yee my sheepe, the sheepe of my pasture are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord God.
Ninyi ni kondoo wangu, kondoo wa malisho yangu, ninyi ni watu wangu, nami ni Mungu wenu, asema Bwana Mwenyezi.’”
