Ezekiel 22
1 And the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying:
Kiugo kĩa Jehova nĩkĩanginyĩrĩire, ngĩĩrwo atĩrĩ:
2 Thou therefore son of man, Wilt thou judge wilt thou judge the city of bloodshed; and cause her to know all her abominations?
“Mũrũ wa mũndũ, nĩũkũrĩtuĩra ciira? Nĩũgũtuĩra ciira itũũra rĩĩrĩ inene rĩitithagia thakame? Nĩ ũndũ ũcio rĩonie maũndũ marĩa mothe rĩĩkaga marĩ magigi,
3 Thou shalt say then Thus saith My Lord. Yahweh, A city shedding blood in her own midst That her time might come, Therefore hath she been making manufactured gods for herself, to be defiled.
ũrĩĩre atĩrĩ, ‘Mwathani Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ: Wee itũũra inene rĩrĩa rĩĩrehithagĩria mũtino nĩ ũndũ wa gũitithia thakame kũu thĩinĩ warĩo, na rĩgethaahia nĩ ũndũ wa gũthondeka mĩhianano,
4 Because of the blood which thou hast shed, hast thou become guilty. And with the manufactured gods which thou hast made, hast thou defiled thyself, Thus hast thou brought near thy days, And hast come unto thy years, — For this cause, have I delivered thee As a reproach to the nations, And as a derision to all the lands.
nĩũhĩtĩtie nĩ ũndũ wa thakame ĩrĩa ũitĩte, na nĩũthaahĩtio nĩ mĩhianano ĩrĩa ũthondekete. Nĩũtũmĩte matukũ maku makinye mũthia, o naguo mũthia wa mĩaka yaku nĩmũkinyu. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio nĩngatũma ũtuĩke kĩndũ kĩmeneku harĩ ndũrĩrĩ, na kĩndũ gĩa gũthekererwo nĩ mabũrũri macio mothe.
5 They who are near and they who are far off from thee shall shew themselves derisive over thee, — O thou of impure name, abounding in confusion!
Andũ arĩa marĩ gũkuhĩ na arĩa marĩ kũraya nĩmagakũnyũrũragia, wee itũũra rĩĩrĩ inene ũrĩ ngumo njũru, na ũkaiyũra ngũĩ.
6 Lo! the princes of Israel, every man for his own arm, have they been in thee, For the sake of shedding blood.
“‘Ta rora ũrĩa o ũmwe wa athamaki a Isiraeli arĩa marĩ thĩinĩ waku ahũthagĩra hinya wake ũũru agĩitithia thakame.
7 Father and mother, have they despised in thee, To the sojourner, have they dealt with oppression in the midst of thee, — The fatherless and the widow, have they maltreated in thee:
Nĩmagithĩtie ithe wa ciana o na nyina gĩtĩĩo marĩ kũu thĩinĩ waku; na marĩ thĩinĩ waku nĩmahinyĩrĩirie ageni na makanyariira mwana ũrĩa ũkuĩrĩirwo nĩ ithe, o na mũtumia wa ndigwa.
8 My holy things, hast thou despised, - And my sabbaths, hast thou profaned:
Wee-rĩ, nĩũnyararĩte indo ciakwa iria nyamũre, o na ũgathaahia Thabatũ ciakwa.
9 Slanders, have arisen in thee For the sake of shedding blood, - And unto the mountains, have they eaten in thee, Lewdness, have they practised in the midst of thee:
Kũu thĩinĩ waku nĩ kũrĩ andũ maiganagĩrĩra igenyo, na mendete ũiti wa thakame; na thĩinĩ waku nĩ kũrĩ andũ marĩĩaga irio mahooero ma irĩma-igũrũ, na mageeka ciĩko cia ũũra-thoni.
10 A father’s shame hath been uncovered in thee, Her that was unclean in her removal, have they humbled in thee;
Nĩ kũrĩ andũ thĩinĩ waku mataheaga ũrĩrĩ wa maithe mao gĩtĩĩo; na thĩinĩ waku nĩ kũrĩ andũ mathũkagia atumia nĩ ũndũ wa gũthiĩ nao mahinda-inĩ mao ma mweri, ihinda-inĩ rĩrĩa marĩ na thaahu.
11 And, one man, with the wife of his neighbour, hath wrought abomination, And another, hath defiled, his daughter-in-law, by shameful deed, — And another, his own sister daughter of his own father, hath humbled in thee:
Kũu thĩinĩ waku nĩ kũrĩ mũndũ wĩkaga maũndũ marĩ magigi na mũtumia wa mũndũ ũrĩa ũngĩ, nake ũngĩ ndangĩconoka agĩthũkia mũtumia wa mũriũ, ũngĩ nake agathũkagia mwarĩ wa nyina, o ũcio mwarĩ wa ithe.
12 Bribes, have they accepted in thee, For the sake of shedding blood, -Interest and increase, hast thou accepted And thou hast overreached thy neighbour by oppression, And me, hast thou forgotten, Declareth My Lord Yahweh.
Andũ maamũkagĩra mahaki marĩ thĩinĩ waku nĩguo maite thakame; wee ũrĩ mũrĩa-ngʼũũrũ, na nĩwamũkagĩra uumithio mũkĩru, na ũkoona uumithio ũtarĩ kĩhooto kuuma kũrĩ andũ arĩa angĩ na njĩra ya ũhahanyi. Wee nĩũriganĩirwo nĩ niĩ, ũguo nĩguo Mwathani Jehova ekuuga.
13 Lo! therefore I have smitten my hand, At thine unjust gain which thou hast made— And over thy bloodshed, which they have caused in thy midst.
“‘Ti-itherũ nĩngahũũra hĩ nĩ ũndũ wa uumithio ũcio wonete ũtarĩ wa kĩhooto, na nĩ ũndũ wa thakame ĩrĩa ũitithĩtie kũu thĩinĩ waku.
14 Can thy heart endure or can thy hands be strong in the days when I am dealing with thee? I. Yahweh have spoken and will perform.
Mũthenya ũrĩa ngaakũherithia-rĩ ũmĩrĩru waku nĩũgetiiria, kana moko maku magĩe na hinya? Niĩ Jehova nĩ niĩ njarĩtie ũhoro ũcio, na nĩ niĩ ngaawĩka.
15 Therefore will I disperse thee among the nations, And scatter thee throughout the lands, — And will cause to cease thine impurity out of thee;
Nĩngakũharaganĩria ndũrĩrĩ-inĩ, na ngũhurunjĩre mabũrũri-inĩ; na nĩngakinyia thaahu waku mũthia.
16 So shalt thou be profaned in thyself, before the eyes of nations, Thus shalt thou know that, I, am Yahweh.
Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa wee ũgaakorwo ũthaahĩte maitho-inĩ ma ndũrĩrĩ, nĩũkamenya atĩ niĩ nĩ niĩ Jehova.’”
17 Then came the word of Yahweh unto me, saying:
Ningĩ kiugo kĩa Jehova gĩkĩnginyĩrĩra, ngĩĩrwo atĩrĩ:
18 Son of man, The house of Israel hath become to me, dross, — They all are copper and tin and iron and lead in the midst of a furnace, The dross of silver, have they become.
“Mũrũ wa mũndũ, harĩ niĩ-rĩ, andũ a nyũmba ĩno ya Isiraeli matuĩkĩte o ta gĩko kĩrĩa gĩtigaraga rĩrĩa cuuma ĩratherio na mwaki wa ũturi; acio othe matuĩkĩte o ta gĩcango, na ibati, na kĩgera, o na ngocorai marĩ mwaki-inĩ wa ũturi. O no ta gĩko kĩrĩa gĩtigaraga rĩrĩa betha ĩratherio na mwaki wa ũturi.
19 Therefore, Thus, saith My Lord Yahweh, Because ye all are become dross, Therefore, behold me! gathering you into the midst of Jerusalem:
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Mwathani Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ: ‘Tondũ inyuothe nĩmũtuĩkĩte gĩko kĩrĩa gĩtigaraga rĩrĩa cuuma ĩratherio na mwaki wa ũturi, nĩngamũcookanĩrĩria kũu Jerusalemu.
20 As they gather silver and copper and iron and lead and tin into the midst of a furnace, to blow upon it the fire to melt it, So, will I gather in mine anger and in mine indignation, and will let be and will melt you;
O ta ũrĩa andũ macookanagĩrĩria betha, na gĩcango, na kĩgera, na ngocorai, o na ibati icua-inĩ rĩa mwaki nĩguo itwekio na mwaki mũhiũ-rĩ, ũguo nĩguo o na niĩ ngaamũcookanĩrĩria ndĩ na marakara na mangʼũrĩ, na ndĩmũikie kũu thĩinĩ wa itũũra inene ndĩmũtwekerie kuo.
21 Yea I will gather you together, and blow upon you, with the fire of my wrath, — And ye shall be melted in the midst thereof:
Nĩngamũcookanĩrĩria na ndĩmũhurutĩre na mangʼũrĩ makwa mahiũ, na inyuĩ nĩmũgatwekerio o kũu thĩinĩ warĩo.
22 As silver is melted in he midst of a furnace, So, shall ye be melted in the midst thereof, — Then shall ye know that, I Yahweh, have poured out mine indignation upon you.
O ta ũrĩa betha ĩtwekagĩrio icua-inĩ rĩa mwaki, ũguo noguo o na inyuĩ mũgaatwekerio kũu thĩinĩ warĩo, na inyuĩ nĩmũkamenya atĩ niĩ Jehova nĩ niĩ ndĩmũitĩrĩirie mangʼũrĩ makwa.’”
23 And the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying:
O rĩngĩ kiugo kĩa Jehova nĩkĩanginyĩrĩire, ngĩĩrwo atĩrĩ:
24 Son of man, say to her. Thou, art a land, that is not to be rained upon, nor to receive fruitful showers, in the day of indignation.
“Mũrũ wa mũndũ, ĩra bũrũri ũcio atĩrĩ, ‘Wee-rĩ, ũrĩ bũrũri ũkoretwo wagĩte mbura kana rũthuthuũ, mũthenya ũrĩa wa mangʼũrĩ.’
25 Because her princes in her midst are like a roaring lion rending prey, — Life, have they devoured Wealth and precious things, have they been wont to take, Her widows, have they multiplied in her midst.
Nĩ kũrĩ na ndundu ya gũũkanĩrĩra ya anene akuo marĩ thĩinĩ waguo, nao matariĩ ta mũrũũthi ũkũrarama ũgĩtambuura kĩrĩa ũnyiitĩte; marĩĩaga andũ, na magakuua mĩthithũ na indo cia goro, na magatũma kũgĩe na atumia aingĩ a ndigwa thĩinĩ waguo.
26 Her priests have done violence to my law And have profaned my holy things, Between the hallowed and the common, have they put no difference, And between the unclean and clean, have they not taught men to discern, - And from my sabbaths, have they hid their eyes, So that I have been profaned in their midst.
Athĩnjĩri-Ngai akuo mahũthagĩra hinya makiuna watho wakwa, na magathaahia indo ciakwa iria nyamũre; matikũũranaga indo iria nyamũre na iria itarĩ nyamũre; marutanaga atĩ gũtirĩ ngũũrani ya indo irĩ thaahu na iria itarĩ thaahu; na mahingaga maitho matikamenyerere Thabatũ ciakwa, nĩguo ngarumagwo gatagatĩ-inĩ kao.
27 Her rulers within her have been like wolves, rending prey, - In shedding blood In destroying lives, For the sake of getting dishonest gain.
Anene akuo arĩa marĩ kuo matariĩ ta njũũi igĩtambuura kĩrĩa inyiitĩte; maitaga thakame na makooraga andũ, nĩguo megwatĩre uumithio ũrĩa ũtagĩrĩire.
28 And her prophets have coated it for them with whitewash, Seeing visions of falsehood And divining for them lies, Saying, Thus saith My Lord Yahweh, when Yahweh, hath not spoken.
Anabii akuo mamahakagĩra ciĩko icio coka mwerũ, na njĩra ya kũmoonera cioneki cia maheeni, na ũragũri wa maheeni. Moigaga atĩrĩ, ‘Mwathani Jehova ekuuga ũũ’, o rĩrĩa Jehova atarĩ ũndũ oigĩte.
29 The people of the land have exacted oppression, and seized plunder, - Even the afflicted and the needy, have they maltreated, And the sojourner have they oppressed without justice.
Andũ a bũrũri ũcio mahũthagĩra ũhahanyi na ũtunyani; mahinyagĩrĩria athĩĩni na abatari, na makanyariira andũ a kũngĩ, makamaagithia kĩhooto.
30 Then sought I from among them, a man Who could build up a wall And stand in the breach before me in behalf of the land So that I might not destroy her, — But I found none.
“Ndaacaririe mũndũ thĩinĩ wao ũngĩaka rũthingo na arũgame mbere yakwa mwanya-inĩ, agitĩre bũrũri ũcio, nĩguo ndikaũniine o kũũniina, no ndiigana kuona o na ũmwe.
31 Therefore have I poured out upon them mine indignation, In the fire of mine outburst, have I consumed them, — Their way, upon their own head, have I placed Declareth, My Lord Yahweh.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio nĩngamaitĩrĩria mangʼũrĩ makwa, na ndĩmaniine na marakara makwa mahiũ, na ndĩmacookererie maũndũ marĩa mothe mekĩte, ũguo nĩguo Mwathani Jehova ekuuga.”
