Ezekiel 6
1 And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying,
Neno la Bwana likanijia kusema,
2 “Son of man, set your face toward mountains of Israel, and prophesy concerning them:
“Mwanadamu, elekeza uso wako kukabili milima ya Israeli, utabiri dhidi yake
3 And you have said, Mountains of Israel, Hear a word of Lord YHWH! Thus said Lord YHWH, To the mountains, and to the hills, To the streams, and to the valleys: Behold, I am bringing in a sword against you, And I have destroyed your high places.
na useme: ‘Ee milima ya Israeli, sikia neno la Bwana Mwenyezi. Hili ndilo Bwana Mwenyezi aliambiayo milima na vilima, magenge na mabonde: Ninakaribia kuleta upanga dhidi yenu, nami nitapaharibu mahali penu pote pa juu pa kuabudia miungu.
4 And your altars have been desolated, And your images have been broken, And I have caused your wounded to fall before your idols,
Madhabahu yenu yatabomolewa na madhabahu yenu ya kufukizia uvumba yatavunjavunjwa, nami nitawachinja watu wenu mbele ya sanamu zenu.
5 And I have put the carcasses of the sons of Israel before their idols, And I have scattered your bones around your altars.
Nitazilaza maiti za Waisraeli mbele ya sanamu zao, nami nitatawanya mifupa yenu kuzunguka madhabahu yenu.
6 In all your dwellings the cities are laid waste, And the high places are desolate, So that your altars are dry and desolate, Your idols have broken and ceased, And your images have been cut down, And your works have been blotted out.
Popote mnapoishi, miji hiyo itafanywa ukiwa na mahali pa juu pa kuabudia miungu patabomolewa, ili madhabahu yenu ifanywe ukiwa na kuharibiwa, sanamu zenu zitavunjavunjwa na kuharibiwa, madhabahu yenu ya kufukizia uvumba yatabomolewa na kila mlichokifanya kitakatiliwa mbali.
7 And the wounded has fallen in your midst, And you have known that I [am] YHWH.
Watu wenu watachinjwa katikati yenu, nanyi mtatambua Mimi ndimi Bwana.
8 And I have caused [some] to remain, In their being for you the escaped of the sword among nations, In your being scattered through lands.
“‘Lakini nitawabakiza hai baadhi yenu, kwa kuwa baadhi yenu watanusurika kuuawa watakapokuwa wametawanyika katika nchi na mataifa.
9 And your escaped have remembered Me among nations, To where they have been taken captive, Because I have been broken with their heart that is going whoring, That has turned aside from off Me, And with their eyes they are going whoring after their idols, And they have been loathsome in their own faces, For the evils that they have done—all their abominations.
Ndipo katika mataifa ambamo watakuwa wamechukuliwa mateka, wale ambao watanusurika watanikumbuka, jinsi ambavyo nimehuzunishwa na mioyo yao ya uzinzi, ambayo imegeukia mbali nami na macho yao ambayo yametamani sanamu zao. Watajichukia wenyewe kwa ajili ya uovu walioutenda na kwa ajili ya desturi zao za kuchukiza.
10 And they have known that I [am] YHWH, I have not spoken to do this evil to them for nothing.
Nao watajua kuwa Mimi ndimi Bwana, sikuwaonya bure kuwa nitaleta maafa hayo yote juu yao.
11 Thus said Lord YHWH: Strike with your palm, and stamp with your foot, And say: Aah! For all the evil abominations of the house of Israel, Which falls by sword, by famine, and by pestilence.
“‘Hili ndilo Bwana Mwenyezi asemalo: Piga makofi, kanyaga chini kwa mguu na upige kelele, “Ole!” kwa sababu ya maovu yote na machukizo yote yanayofanywa na nyumba ya Israeli, kwa kuwa wataanguka kwa upanga, njaa na tauni.
12 The far-off dies by pestilence, And the near falls by sword, And the left and the besieged dies by famine, And I have completed My fury on them.
Yeye aliye mbali sana atakufa kwa tauni, naye aliye karibu atauawa kwa upanga, naye yule atakayenusurika na kubaki atakufa kwa njaa. Hivyo ndivyo nitakavyotimiza ghadhabu yangu dhidi yao.
13 And you have known that I [am] YHWH, In their wounded being in the midst of their idols, Around their altars, On every high hill, on all tops of mountains, And under every green tree, and under every thick oak, The place where they gave refreshing fragrance to all their idols.
Nao watajua kwamba Mimi ndimi Bwana, wakati maiti za watu wao zitakapokuwa zimelala katikati ya sanamu zao kuzunguka madhabahu yao, juu ya kila kilima kilichoinuka na juu ya vilele vyote vya milima, chini ya kila mti uliotanda na kila mwaloni wenye majani, yaani, sehemu walizofukizia uvumba kwa sanamu zao zote.
14 And I have stretched out My hand against them, And have made the land a desolation, Even a desolation from the wilderness to Diblath, In all their dwellings, And they have known that I [am] YHWH!”
Nami nitanyoosha mkono wangu dhidi yao na kuifanya nchi yao ukiwa, kuanzia jangwani hadi Dibla, kila mahali wanapoishi. Ndipo watakapojua ya kwamba Mimi ndimi Bwana.’”
