Ezekiel 29
1 In the tenth year, in the tenth [month], on the twelfth of the month, a word of YHWH has been to me, saying,
Katika siku ya kumi, katika mwezi wa kumi siku ya kumi na moja ya mwezi, neno la Yahwe likanijia, kusema,
2 “Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy concerning him, and concerning Egypt—all of it.
“Mwanadamu, weka uso wako juu ya Farao, mfalme wa Misri; toa unabii juu yake na juu ya Israeli yote.
3 Speak, and you have said, Thus said Lord YHWH: Behold, I [am] against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt! The great dragon that is crouching in the midst of his floods, Who has said, My flood [is] my own, And I have made it [for] myself.
Nena na sema, 'Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: Tazama! Ni juu yako, Farao, mfalme wa Misri. Wewe joka kubwa ambaye ujifichaye kati ya mto, husema, “Mto wangu ni wangu mwenyewe. Nimeufanya kwa ajili yangu mwenyewe.”
4 And I have put hooks in your jaws, And I have caused the fish of your floods to cleave to your scales, And I have caused you to come up from the midst of your floods, And every fish of your floods cleaves to your scales.
Kwa kuwa nitaweka kalabu katika taya zako, nasamaki za mto wako zitashikamana na magamba yako; nitakuinua juu kutoka kati ya mto wako karibu na samaki zote za mto walioshikamana na maganda yako.
5 And I have left you in the wilderness, You and every fish of your floods, You fall on the face of the field, You are not gathered nor assembled, I have given you for food to the beast of the earth and to the bird of the heavens.
Nitakutupa chini kwenye jangwa, wewe pamoja na samaki wako wote kutoka kwenye mto wako. Utaanguka kwenye shamba la wazi; hutakusanya wala kuinua. Nitakupatia kama chakula kwa viumbe hai vya dunia na kwenye ndege wa angani.
6 And all inhabitants of Egypt have known That I [am] YHWH, Because of their being a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
Kisha wote wakaao Misri watajua kwamba mimi Yahwe, kwa sababu wamekuwa mwanzi wa kutegemewa hata kwenye nyumba ya Israeli.
7 In their taking hold of you by your hand, You crush and have torn every shoulder of theirs, And in their leaning on you you are broken, And have caused all their thighs to stand.
Wakati watakapokushika kwa mkono wao, ulivunjika na kurarua wazi mabega yao; na watakapojifunza juu yako, ulivunjika, na kusababisha miguu yao kutokuwa imara.
8 Therefore, thus said Lord YHWH: Behold, I am bringing in a sword against you, And have cut off man and beast from you.
Kwa hiyo Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: Tazama! nitaleta upanga juu yako. Nitawakatilia mbali wote mwanadamu na mnyama mbali nawe.
9 And the land of Egypt has been for a desolation and a ruin, And they have known that I [am] YHWH, Because he said: The flood [is] mine, and I made [it].
Hivyo nchi ya Misri itakuwa ukiwa na jangwa. Ndipo watakapojua kwamba mimi ni Yahwe, kwa sababu jitu la kutisha liliseama, “Huu mto ni wangu, kwa kuwa nimeufanya mimi.”
10 Therefore, behold, I [am] against you, and against your floods, And have given the land of Egypt for ruins, A dry place, a desolation, from Migdol to Syene, And to the border of Cush.
Kwa hiyo, tazama! Ni juu yako na juu ya mto wako, hivyo nitaitoa nchi ya Misri juu ya ukiwa na jangwa, na utakuwa nchi yenye jangwa kutoka Migdoli hata Sewene na mipaka ya Kushi.
11 A foot of man does not pass over into it, Indeed, the foot of beast does not pass into it, Nor is it inhabited forty years.
Hakutakuwa na mguu wa mtu kupitia, na hakuna mguu wa wanyama pori watakao upitia. Haitakuwa makao kwa miaka arobaini.
12 And I have made the land of Egypt a desolation, In the midst of desolate lands, And its cities, in the midst of cities [that are] laid waste, Are a desolation [for] forty years, And I have scattered the Egyptians among nations, And I have dispersed them through lands.
Kwa kuwa nitaifanya nchi ya Misri kuwa ukiwa kati ya nchi zilizoharibiwa, na miji yake kati ya miji isiyotumika itakuwa ukiwa kwa miaka arobaini; kisha nitaitawanya Misri miongoni mwa mataifa, nitawatapanya kati ya nchi mbali mbali.
13 But thus said Lord YHWH: At the end of forty years I gather the Egyptians Out of the peoples to where they have been scattered,
Kwa kuwa Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: Mwisho wa miaka arobaini nitaikusanya Misri kutoka kwa watu miongoni mwao wale waliokuwa wametawanyika.
14 And I have turned back [to] the captivity of Egypt, And I have brought them back [To] the land of Pathros, to the land of their birth, And they have been a low kingdom there.
Nitawarudisha wageni wa Misri na kuwarudisha hata mkoa wa Pathrosi, hata kwenye nchi ya asili yao. Kisha huko watakuwa ufalme wa chini.
15 It is lowest of the kingdoms, And it does not lift itself up above the nations anymore, And I have made them few, So as not to rule among nations.
Utakuwa chini ya falme, na hautajiinua tena juu ya mataifa. Nitawapunguza hivyo hawatatawala tena juu ya mataifa.
16 And it is no longer for confidence to the house of Israel, Bringing iniquity to remembrance, By their turning after them, And they have known that I [am] Lord YHWH.”
Wamisri hawatakuwa sababu kwa ajili ya imani kwa ajili ya nyumba ya Israeli. Badala yake, watakuwa kumbusho la uovu ambao Israeli umeufanya walipogeukia Misri kwa ajili ya msaada. Kisha watajua kwamba mimi ni Bwana Yahwe.”'
17 And it comes to pass, in the twenty-seventh year, in the first [month], on the first of the month, a word of YHWH has been to me, saying,
Kisha ikawa katika mwaka wa ishirini na saba siku ya kwanza ya mwezi, lile neno la Yahwe likanijia, kusema,
18 “Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, Has caused his force to serve a great service against Tyre, Every head [is] bald—every shoulder peeled, And neither he, nor his force, had reward out of Tyre, For the service that he served against it.
“Mwanadamu, Nebukadreza mfalme wa Babeli amelinda jeshi lake kufanya kazi ngumu juu ya Tiro. Kila kichwa kilitiwa upara, na kila bega lilifanywa mali ghafi. Kisha yeye na jeshi lake hawakupokea malipo kutoka Tiro kwa kazi ngumu aliyokuwa ameimaliza dhidi yake.
19 Therefore, thus said Lord YHWH: Behold, I am giving the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, And he has taken away its store, And has taken its spoil, and taken its prey, And it has been a reward to his force.
Kwa hiyo Bwana Mungu asema hivi, 'Tazama! ninawapatia Nebukadreza nchi ya Misri mfalme wa Babeli, na atachukua utajiri wake, kuziteka nyara milki zake, na kuchukua yote atakayoyakuta huko; nayo yatakuwa mshahara wa jeshi lake.
20 I have given to him his wage for which he labored—The land of Egypt, in that they worked for Me, A declaration of Lord YHWH.
Nimempatia nchi ya Misri kama mshahara kwa ajili ya kazi waliyonifanyia-hivi ndivyo Bwana Yahwe asemavyo.
21 In that day I cause a horn to shoot up for the house of Israel, And I give an opening to your mouth in their midst, And they have known that I [am] YHWH!”
siku hiyo nitachipusha pembe kwa ajili ya nyumba ya Israeli, na nitakufanya uzungumze kati yao, ili kwamba wajue yakwamba mimi ni Yahwe.”'
