< Ezekiel 3 >
1 And He says to me, “Son of man, eat that which you find, eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel.”
Tsono Mulungu anandiwuza kuti, “Mwana wa munthu, idya chimene ndikukupatsachi. Idya kenaka upite ukayankhule ndi Aisraeli.”
2 And I open my mouth, and He causes me to eat this scroll.
Choncho ndinayasama ndipo anandipatsa mpukutuwo kuti ndidye.
3 And He says to me, “Son of man, feed your belly, and fill your bowels with this scroll that I am giving to you”; and I eat it, and it is as honey for sweetness in my mouth.
Kenaka Iye anandiwuza kuti, “Iwe mwana wa munthu, idya mpukutu umene ndikukupatsa kuti ukhute.” Choncho ndinadya, ndipo unkatsekemera ngati uchi mʼkamwa mwanga.
4 And He says to me, “Son of man, go forth, go to the house of Israel, and you have spoken to them with My words.
Pamenepo Iye anandiwuza kuti, “Iwe mwana wa munthu, pita tsopano kwa Aisraeli ndipo ukawawuze mawu anga.
5 For you [are] not sent to a people deep of lip and heavy of tongue—to the house of Israel;
Sindikukutuma kwa anthu oyankhula chiyankhulo chachilendo ndi chovuta, koma kwa Aisraeli.
6 not to many peoples, deep of lip and heavy of tongue, whose words you do not understand. If I had not sent you to them—they listen to you,
Sindikukutuma kwa mitundu yambiri ya anthu oyankhula chiyankhulo chachilendo ndi chovuta, amene mawu ake sungawamvetse. Ndithu ndikanakutuma kwa iwowa, bwenzi iwo atakumvera.
7 but the house of Israel are not willing to listen to you, for they are not willing to listen to Me, for all the house of Israel are brazen-faced and strong-hearted.
Koma Aisraeli sadzakumvera chifukwa iwo sakufuna kumvera Ine. Paja Aisraeli onse ndi okanika ndiponso a mtima wowuma.
8 Behold, I have made your face strong against their face, and your forehead strong against their forehead.
Tsono ine ndakhwimitsa nkhope yako mofanana ndi nkhope zawo. Ndalimbitsanso mutu wako mofanana ndi mitu yawo.
9 As an adamant, harder than a rock, I have made your forehead; do not fear them, nor are you frightened before them, for they [are] a house of rebellion.”
Ine ndidzakusandutsa wolimba ngati mwala wa dayimondi umene uposa thanthwe lina lililonse kulimba kwake. Usachite nawo mantha kapena kuopsedwa nawo. Paja anthuwa ndi awupandu.”
10 And He says to me, “Son of man, all My words that I speak to you, receive with your heart, and hear with your ears;
Anatinso, “Iwe mwana wa munthu, umvetsetse bwino zimene ndikukuwuzazi ndipo mawu angawa uwasunge bwino mu mtima mwako.
11 and go forth, go to the expulsion, to the sons of your people, and you have spoken to them, and have said to them: Thus said Lord YHWH; whether they hear, or whether they refrain.”
Tsopano upite kwa Aisraeli anzako amene ali ku ukapolo ndipo ukayankhule nawo. ‘Kaya akamvera kaya sakamvera,’ koma uzikawawuza kuti, Ambuye Wamphamvuzonse akuti zakutizakuti.”
12 And a spirit lifts me up, and I hear a noise behind me, a great rushing—“Blessed [is] the glory of YHWH from His place!”
Pamenepo Mzimu unandinyamula ndipo kumbuyo kwanga ndinamva liwu lamphamvu ngati chivomerezi chachikulu, lonena kuti, “Utamandike ulemerero wa Yehova kumene Iye amakhala!”
13 Even a noise of the wings of the living creatures touching one another, and a noise of the wheels alongside them, even a noise of a great rushing.
Phokoso ndinkalimvalo linali la kugundana kwa mapiko a zamoyo ndiponso phokoso la mikombero ya pambali pake ija, limene linkamveka ngati chivomerezi chachikulu.
14 And [the] Spirit has lifted me up, and takes me away, and I go bitterly, in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of YHWH [is] strong on me.
Mzimu wa Yehova unandikweza ndi kundinyamula ndipo ndinachokapo ndili wowawidwa ndi wonyuka mu mtima. Ndipo dzanja la Yehova linali pa ine mwa mphamvu.
15 And I come to the expulsion, at Tel-Ahib, who are dwelling at the river Chebar, and where they are dwelling I also dwell [for] seven days, causing astonishment in their midst.
Choncho ndinafika kwa amene anali mu ukapolo ku Telabibu pafupi ndi mtsinje wa Kebara. Ndinakhala pansi pakati pawo masiku asanu ndi awiri, ndili wothedwa nzeru kwambiri.
16 And it comes to pass, at the end of seven days,
Atatha masiku asanu ndi awiriwo, Yehova anandiwuza kuti,
17 that there is a word of YHWH to me, saying, “Son of man, I have given you [as] a watchman to the house of Israel, and you have heard a word from My mouth, and have warned them from Me.
“Iwe mwana wa munthu, Ine ndakuyika kuti ukhale mlonda wa Aisraeli. Uziti ukamva mawu anga, ndiye uzikawachenjeza.
18 In My saying to the wicked: You surely die; and you have not warned him, nor have spoken to warn the wicked from his wicked way, so that he lives; he—the wicked—dies in his iniquity, and I require his blood from your hand.
Ndikawuza munthu woyipa kuti, ‘Iwe udzafa ndithu,’ koma iwe osamuchenjeza kapena kumuyankhula kuti aleke njira zake zoyipa ndi kuti akhale ndi moyo, munthu woyipayo adzafa mu uchimo wake, koma Ine ndidzakuyimba mlandu chifukwa cha imfa yake.
19 And you, because you have warned the wicked, and he has not turned back from his wickedness, and from his wicked way, he dies in his iniquity, and you have delivered your soul.
Koma ukamuchenjeza munthu woyipa koma iye osatembenuka mtima kuleka zoyipa zake kapena kusiya njira zake zoyipa, munthuyo adzafa chifukwa cha uchimo wake koma iwe udzapulumutsa moyo wako.
20 And in the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, and he has done perversity, and I have put a stumbling-block before him, he dies; because you have not warned him, he dies in his sin, and his righteousness that he has done is not remembered, and I require his blood from your hand.
“Ngati munthu wolungama asiya chilungamo chake ndi kuchita uchimo ndipo Ine nʼkumuyika mʼzoopsa, munthuyo adzafa ndithu. Popeza iwe sunamuchenjeze, adzafadi chifukwa cha tchimo ndipo chilungamo chake sichidzakumbukiridwa, koma ndidzakuyimba mlandu chifukwa cha imfa yake.
21 And you, because you have warned him—the righteous—that the righteous does not sin, and he has not sinned, he surely lives, because he has been warned; and you have delivered your soul.”
Koma ngati umuchenjeza munthu wolungama kuti asachimwe ndipo iye nʼkuleka kuchimwa adzakhala ndi moyo ndithu chifukwa anamvera chenjezo, ndipo iwe udzapulumutsa moyo wako.”
22 And there is a hand of YHWH on me there, and He says to me, “Rise, go forth to the valley, and there I speak with you.”
Nthawi ina dzanja la Yehova linali pa ine ndipo anandiwuza kuti, “Nyamuka upite ku chigwa, kumeneko ndikayankhula nawe.”
23 And I rise and go forth to the valley, and behold, there the glory of YHWH is standing as the glory that I had seen by the river Chebar, and I fall on my face.
Choncho ndinanyamuka kupita ku chigwa. Ndipo ndinaona ulemerero wa Yehova kumeneko, ngati ulemerero umene ndinaona mʼmbali mwa mtsinje wa Kebara ndipo ndinagwa pansi chafufumimba.
24 And [the] Spirit comes into me, and causes me to stand on my feet, and He speaks with me, and says to me, “Go in, be shut up in the midst of your house.
Koma Mzimu wa Mulungu unalowa mwa ine ndipo unandiyimiritsa. Tsono Yehova anandiyankhula nati: “Pita, kadzitsekere mʼnyumba mwako.
25 And you, son of man, behold, they have put thick bands on you, and have bound you with them, and you do not go forth in their midst;
Ndipo iwe mwana wa munthu, adzakumanga ndi zingwe motero kuti sudzatha kuyendanso pakati pa anthu.
26 and I cause your tongue to cleave to your palate, and you have been mute, and are not for a reprover to them, for they [are] a house of rebellion.
Ndidzamatirira lilime lako kukhosi, kotero kuti udzakhala chete wosatha kuwadzudzula, chifukwa iwo ndi anthu aupandu.
27 And in My speaking with you, I open your mouth, and you have said to them: Thus said Lord YHWH; the hearer hears, and the refrainer refrains; for they [are] a house of rebellion.”
Koma pamene ndidzayankhula kwa iwe, ndidzatsekula pakamwa pako ndipo udzawawuza kuti, ‘Ambuye Yehova akuti zakutizakuti.’ Aliyense wofuna kumva amve ndipo wokana kumva, muleke akane; pakuti iwo ndi anthu opanduka.”