Ezekiel 21
1 And the word of Yhwh came unto me, saying,
Yehova anandiyankhula nati:
2 Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,
“Iwe mwana wa munthu, tembenuka uyangʼane ku Yerusalemu ndipo ulalike mawu odzudzula malo ake opatulika. Unenere zodzudzula anthu a ku Yerusalemu.
3 And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith Yhwh; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.
Uwawuze kuti, Ambuye Yehova akuti, ‘Taona, Ine ndidzalimbana nawe. Ndidzasolola lupanga langa mʼchimake ndi kuwononga anthu olungama ndi ochimwa omwe.
4 Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:
Motero ndidzapha aliyense kuchokera kummawa mpaka kumpoto.
5 That all flesh may know that I Yhwh have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.
Pamenepo anthu onse adzadziwa kuti Ine Yehova ndi amene ndasolola lupanga langa mʼchimake; sindidzalilowetsanso mʼchimakemo.’
6 Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.
“Tsono iwe mwana wa munthu, buwula. Buwula pamaso pawo ndi mtima wosweka ndi wachisoni chachikulu.
7 And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord Yhwh.
Ndipo akadzakufunsa kuti, ‘Nʼchifukwa chiyani ukubuwula?’ Iwe udzayankhe kuti, ‘Ndikubuwula chifukwa cha nkhani imene ndamva. Zikadzachitika zimenezi, mitima yonse idzangoti fumu, manja onse adzangolefuka, mpweya wawo udzawathera, ndipo mawondo onse adzangoti zii.’ Izi zikubwera! Ndipo zidzachitika ndithu, akutero Ambuye Yehova.”
8 Again the word of Yhwh came unto me, saying,
Yehova anandiyankhulanso kuti,
9 Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith Yhwh; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished:
“Iwe mwana wa munthu, unenere ndipo unene kuti, Ambuye Yehova akuti, “Izi ndi zimene Yehova akunena: Lupanga, lupanga, lanoledwa ndipo lapukutidwa.
10 It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree.
Lanoledwa kuti likaphe, lapukutidwa kuti lingʼanime ngati mphenzi! “‘Kodi tingakondwere bwanji? Wanyoza ndodo, mwana wanga ndi chilichonse cha mtengo.
11 And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.
“‘Lupanga laperekedwa kuti lipukutidwe, ndi kuti linyamulidwe, lanoledwa ndi kupukutidwa, kuti liperekedwe mʼmanja mwa munthu amene amapha.
12 Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh.
Fuwula ndi kulira, iwe mwana wa munthu, pakuti zimenezi zidzagwera anthu anga; zidzagweranso akalonga onse a Israeli. Adzaphedwa ndi lupanga pamodzi ndi anthu anga. Chifukwa chake udzigugude pa chifuwa ndi chisoni.
13 Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord Yhwh.
“‘Ambuye Wamphamvuzonse akuti: Ndikuwayesa anthu anga, ndipo ngati satembenuka mtima, ndiye kuti zimenezi sizidzalephera kuwagwera.’
14 Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers.
“Tsono mwana wa munthu, nenera ndipo uwombe mʼmanja. Lupanga likanthe kawiri ngakhale katatu. Limenelo ndilo lupanga lophera anthu. Inde ndilodi lupanga lophera anthu koopsa limene likuwazungulira.
15 I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter.
Ndawayikira pa zipata zawo zonse lupanga laphuliphuli kuti ataye mtima ndiponso kuti anthu ambiri agwe. Aa! Lapangidwa lupanga kuti lizingʼanima ngati mphenzi ndi kuti azilisolola kuphera anthu.
16 Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set.
Iwe lupanga, ipha anthu kumanja, kenaka kumanzere, kulikonse kumene msonga yako yaloza.
17 I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I Yhwh have said it.
Inenso ndidzawomba mʼmanja mwanga, ndipo ndidzaziziritsa ukali wanga Ine Yehova ndayankhula.”
18 The word of Yhwh came unto me again, saying,
Yehova anandiyankhulanso kuti,
19 Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city.
“Iwe mwana wa munthu, ulembe zizindikiro za misewu iwiri imene lupanga la mfumu ya ku Babuloni lingathe kudzeramo. Misewu yonse ikhale yochokera mʼdziko limodzi. Ika chikwangwani pa mphambano yopita mu mzinda.
20 Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.
Ulembe chizindikiro pa msewu umene lupanga lidzadzere popita ku Raba wa ku Amoni, ndiponso ku Yuda ndi ku Yerusalemu, mzinda wotetezedwa.
21 For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.
Pakuti mfumu ya ku Babuloni yayima pa msewu, pa mphambano ya misewu iwiriyo. Ikuwombeza ndi mivi yake kuti idziwe njira yoyenera kudzeramo. Ikupempha nzeru kwa milungu yake ndipo ikuyangʼana chiwindi cha nyama yoperekedwa ku nsembe.
22 At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort.
Mʼdzanja lake lamanja muli muvi waula wolembedwa Yerusalemu. Kumeneko mfumuyo idzayika zida zogumulira, idzalamula kupha anthu ndiponso kufuwula mfuwu wa nkhondo. Mfumuyo idzapanga zida zogumulira makoma, kuwunda mitumbira ya nkhondo ndi kumanga nsanja za nkhondo.
23 And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken.
Koma kwa anthu a ku Yerusalemu zidzaoneka ngati zowombeza zabodza chifukwa cha malumbiro amene anachita kwa mfumuyo. Koma mfumuyo idzawakumbutsa za zolakwa zawo kuti atengedwe ku ukapolo.
24 Therefore thus saith the Lord Yhwh; Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because, I say, that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand.
“Nʼchifukwa chake Ambuye Yehova akuti, ‘Popeza mwandikumbutsa zolakwa, moti kundiwukira kwanu kwaonekera poyera ndi kuti mu zochita zanu zonse mukuonetsa machimo anu, nʼchifukwa chake mudzagwidwa ndi kutengedwa ukapolo.
25 And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,
“‘Tsono iwe kalonga wonyozedwa ndi woyipa wa Israeli, amene tsiku lako lafika, amene nthawi yako yolangidwa yafika penipeni,
26 Thus saith the Lord Yhwh; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high.
Ambuye Yehova akuti: Vula nduwira, chotsa chipewa chaufumu. Zinthu sizidzakhala monga zinalili: anthu wamba adzakwezedwa ndipo okwezedwa adzatsitsidwa.
27 I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him.
Chipasupasu! Chipasupasu! Ine ndidzawupasula mzindawo! Ndipo sadzawumanganso mpaka atafika amene ali woyenera kuwulandira; Ine ndidzawupereka kwa iyeyo.’
28 And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord Yhwh concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is furbished, to consume because of the glittering:
“Ndipo iwe mwana wa munthu, nenera kuti, ponena za Aamoni ndi zonyoza zawo, Ambuye Yehova akuti, “‘Lupanga, lupanga, alisolola kuti liphe anthu, alipukuta kuti liwononge ndi kuti lingʼanime ngati mphenzi.
29 Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end.
Zimene akuti akuona mʼmasomphenya zokhudza inu ndi zabodza. Mawula awo okhudza inu ndi abodzanso. Mudzakhala pamodzi ndi anthu oyipa amene tsiku lawo lafika, ndiye kuti nthawi ya kulangidwa kwawo komaliza.
30 Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.
“‘Bwezerani lupanga mʼchimake. Ku malo kumene inu munabadwira, mʼdziko la makolo anu, ndidzakuweruzani.
31 And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, and skilful to destroy.
Ndidzakhuthula ukali wanga pa inu, ndipo mkwiyo wanga udzakuyakirani. Ndidzakuperekani mʼmanja mwa anthu ankhanza; anthu odziwa bwino kuwononga zinthu.
32 Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt be no more remembered: for I Yhwh have spoken it.
Mudzakhala ngati nkhuni pa moto. Ena adzakhetsa magazi anu mʼdziko lanu lomwe. Simudzakumbukiridwanso pakuti Ine Yehova ndayankhula.’”
