Ezekiel 22
1 And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying,
Kisha neno la Yahwe likanijia, kusema,
2 “And you, son of man, do you judge? Do you judge the city of blood? Then you have caused it to know all its abominations,
“Sasa wewe, mwanadamu, Je! Utanihukumu? Utauhukumu mji kwa damu? Mfanye ajue machukizo yake yote.
3 and you have said, Thus said Lord YHWH: The city is shedding blood in its midst, For the coming in of its time, And it has made idols on it for defilement.
Utasema, 'Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: Huu ndiyo mji umbao umwagao damu kati yake ili kwamba mda wake ufike; mji ufanyao sanamu ili ujitie unajisi.
4 You have been guilty by your blood that you have shed, And you have been defiled by your idols that you have made, And you cause your days to draw near, And have come to your years, Therefore I have given you [for] a reproach to nations, And a derision to all the lands.
Umekuwa na hatia kwa damu uliyoimwaga, na kufanya unajisi kwa sanamu ulizozitengeneza. Kwa kuwa umezileta karibu siku zako na kuzikaribia siku zako za mwisho. Kwa hiyo nitakufanya lawama kwa mataifa na kejeli katika uso wa kila nchi.
5 The near and the far-off from you scoff at you, O defiled of name—abounding in trouble.
Wote walio karibu na wale walio mbali nawe watakudhihaki, wewe mji mchafu, ujulikanao kila mahali kwa sifa mbaya kama kujaa machafuko.
6 Behold, princes of Israel—each according to his arm Have been in you to shed blood.
Tazama! Wakuu wa Israeli, kila mmoja kwa nguvu yake, wamekuja kwako kumwaga damu.
7 They have made light of father and mother in you, They dealt oppressively to a sojourner in your midst, They oppressed fatherless and widow in you.
Wamefanya udanganyifu kwa baba na mama ndani yako, na wametenda yaliyo kinyume juu ya wageni kati yako. Wamewatenda vibaya yatima na wajane ndani mwako.
8 You have despised My holy things, And you have defiled My Sabbaths.
Umevidharau vitu vyangu vitakatifu na kuinajisi Sabato yangu.
9 Men of slander have been in you to shed blood, And they have eaten on the mountains in you, They have done wickedness in your midst.
Watu wasingiziaji wamekuja kati yako ili kumwaga damu, na hula juu ya milima. Hufanya uovu kati yako.
10 One has uncovered the nakedness of a father in you, They humbled the menstruous woman in you.
Uchi wa baba umefunuliwa ndani yako. Wamemtukana mwanamke mchafu ndani yako wakati wa uchafu wake.
11 And each has done abomination with the wife of his neighbor, And each has defiled his daughter-in-law through wickedness, And each has humbled his sister, his father’s daughter, in you.
Watu waliofanya machukizo pamoja na wake za majirani zao, na watu wafanyao uchafu wa aibu kwa mke wa mwanao mwenyewe; watu wawatukanao dada zao wenyewe-binti za baba zao wenyewe-haya yote yapo miongoni mwanu.
12 They have taken a bribe to shed blood in you, You have taken usury and increase, And cut off your neighbor by oppression, And you have forgotten Me, A declaration of Lord YHWH!
Hawa watu huchukua rushwa kati yenu ili kumwaga damu. Umechukua faida na kuongeza riba nyingi sana, na umenisahau-hivi ndivyo Bwana Yahwe asemavyo.
13 And behold, I have struck My hand, Because of your dishonest gain that you have gained, And for your blood that has been in your midst.
Tazama! Kwa mkono wangu nimeipiga faida ambayo uliyoitengeneza kwa njia isiyo halali, na damu iliyo kati yako.
14 Does your heart stand—are your hands strong, For the days that I am dealing with you? I, YHWH, have spoken and have done [it].
Je! Moyo wako utasimama, mikono yako itakuwa hodari katika siku wakati mimi mwenyewe nitakapo kushughulikia? Mimi, Yahwe, nasema hivi, na nitalifanya.
15 And I have scattered you among nations, And have spread you out among lands, And consumed your uncleanness out of you.
Hivyo nitakutawanya kati ya mataifa na kukutawanya kati ya nchi mbali mbali. Katika njia hii, nitausafisha uchafu kutoka kwako.
16 And you have been defiled in yourself Before the eyes of nations, And you have known that I [am] YHWH.”
Hivyo utakuwa mchafu machoni mwa mataifa. Kisha utajua kwamba mimi ni Yahwe.”'
17 And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying,
Kisha neno la Yahwe likanijia, kusema,
18 “Son of man, the house of Israel has been for dross to Me, All of them [are] bronze, and tin, and iron, and lead, In the midst of a furnace—silver has been dross,
“Mwanadamu, nyumba ya Israeli imekuwa takataka kwangu. Wote wamekuwa masazo ya shaba na bati, na chuma na risasi kati yenu. Watakuwa kama takataka ya fedha katika tanuu.
19 Therefore, thus said Lord YHWH: Because you have all become dross, Therefore, behold, I am gathering you into the midst of Jerusalem,
Kwa hiyo Bwana Yahwe asema hivi, 'Kwa sababu mmekuwa kama takataka, kwa hiyo, tazama! Nataka kuwakusanya katikakati ya mji wa Yerusalemu.
20 A gathering of silver, and bronze, and iron, and lead, and tin, Into the midst of a furnace—to blow fire on it, to melt it, So I gather in My anger and in My fury, And I have let rest, and have melted you.
Kama kukusanya fedha na shaba, chuma, risasi na chuma kati ya tanuu ili kuvifukutia moto na kuviyeyusha juu yake, nitawayeyusha. Hivyo nitawakusanya katika hasira yangu na ghadhabu. Nitawaweka hapo na kufukutisha moto juu yake ili kuiyeyusha; hivyo nitawakusanya katika hasira yangu na ghadhabu yangu, na nitawaweka hapo na kuwayeyusha.
21 And I have heaped you up, And blown on you in the fire of My wrath, And you have been melted in its midst.
Basi nitawakusanya na kuwafukutia kwa moto wa hasira yangu juu yenu hivyo basi mtamwagwa kati yake.
22 As the melting of silver in the midst of a furnace, So you are melted in its midst, And you have known that I, YHWH, have poured out My fury on you.”
Kama kuyeyusha fedha kati ya tanuu, mtayeyushwa chini kati yake, na mtajua yakwamba mimi, Yahwe, nimemwaga ghdhabu yangu juu yenu!”'
23 And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying,
Neno la Yahwe likanijia, kusema,
24 “Son of man, say to it, You [are] a land, It [is] not cleansed nor rained on in a day of indignation.
“Mwanadamu, mwambie, 'Wewe ni nchi ambayo haijasafishwa. Hakuna mvua siku ya hasira!
25 A conspiracy of its prophets [is] in its midst, As a roaring lion tearing prey; They have devoured the soul, They have taken wealth and glory, Its widows have multiplied in its midst.
Kuna njama ya manabii wake kati yake, kama simba angurumaye akirarua mawindo. Wamekula uhai na kuchukua utajiri wa thamani; wamewafanya wajane wengi ndani yake!
26 Its priests have wronged My law, And they defile My holy things, They have not made separation between holy and common, And they have not made known [the difference] between the unclean and the clean, And they have hidden their eyes from My Sabbaths, And I am pierced in their midst.
Makuhani wake hufanya kinyume na sheria yangu, na wamevinajisi vitu vyangu vitakatifu. Hawawezi kutofautisha kati ya vitu vitakatifu na vitu vya najisi. Wanaficha macho yao kutoka Sabato zangu hivyo basi nimetiwa unajisi kati yao.
27 Its princes [are] as wolves in its midst, Tearing prey, to shed blood, to destroy souls, For the sake of gaining dishonest gain.
Wakuu wake ndani mwake wamekuwa kama mbwa mwitu wakirarua mawindo yao. Wamemwaga damu na kuharibu maisha, ili kupata faida kwa njia ya udanganyifu.
28 And its prophets have coated with chalk for them, Seeing a vain thing, and divining a lie for them, Saying, Thus said Lord YHWH, And YHWH has not spoken.
Manabii wake wamepakwa chokaa; wanaona maono ya uongo na kutabiri uongo kwao. Wanasema “Bwana Yahwe asema hivi”' wakati Yahwe hajanena.
29 The people of the land have used oppression, And have taken plunder away violently, And have oppressed humble and needy, And oppressed the sojourner without judgment.
Watu wa nchi wamewakandamiza kwa kutaka kwa nguvu na kuwanyang'anya kwa nguvu, na wamewatesa maskini na wahitaji, na kuwakandamiza wageni bila haki.
30 And I seek from them a man making a wall, And standing in the breach before Me, In behalf of the land—not to destroy it, And I have found none.
Hivyo nimetafuta mtu kutoka kwao ambaye ataweza kujenga ukuta na ambaye atakayeweza kusimama mbele yangu katika uvunjaji wake kwa ajili ya nchi basi sitaweza kuiharibu, lakini sikuona mtu.
31 And I pour out My indignation on them, I have consumed them by [the] fire of My wrath, I have put their way on their own head, A declaration of Lord YHWH!”
Hivyo nitaimwaga ghadhabu yangu juu yao. Nitawamaliza kwa moto wa ghadhabu yangu na kuweka njia yao juu ya vichwa vyao wenyewe-hivi ndivyo Bwana Yahwe asemavyo.”'
