Ezekiel 23
1 Yahweh said to me,
Kiugo kĩa Jehova nĩkĩanginyĩrĩire, ngĩĩrwo atĩrĩ:
2 “You human, [listen to this parable about Jerusalem and Samaria]. Once there were two women, daughters of the same mother.
“Mũrũ wa mũndũ, nĩ kwarĩ na andũ-a-nja eerĩ, airĩtu a nyina ũmwe.
3 They lived in Egypt. And from the time that they were young women, they became prostitutes. In that land, [men] fondled their breasts and caressed their bosoms [DOU].
Nĩmatuĩkire ahũũri maraya kũu bũrũri wa Misiri, makĩambĩrĩria ũmaraya kuuma marĩ ethĩ. Marĩ kũu bũrũri-inĩ ũcio nĩmahutagio nyondo, na makahambatwo ithũri cia ũirĩtu wao.
4 The older [sister] was Oholah, and her [younger] sister was Oholibah. [It was as though] they became my [wives. Later] they gave birth to sons and daughters. Oholah represents Samaria, and Oholibah represents Jerusalem.
Ũrĩa mũkũrũ eetagwo Ohola, nake mwarĩ wa nyina eetagwo Oholiba. Maarĩ akwa, nao magĩciara aanake na airĩtu. Ohola nĩwe Samaria, nake Oholiba nĩwe Jerusalemu.
5 Oholah acted like a prostitute while she was [still] my wife. She desired to have sex with those she loved—soldiers from Assyria.
“Ohola nĩahũũraga ũmaraya o na arĩ wakwa; nake nĩeriragĩria endwa ake, na nĩo andũ a Ashuri, o acio maarĩ njamba cia ita
6 [Some of them] were army officers and commanders. They wore [beautiful] blue [uniforms. They were] all handsome young men. Some of them rode horses.
mehumbĩte nguo cia rangi wa bururu, na aathani na anene a ita, acio othe maarĩ andũ ethĩ ciĩrorerwa, o arĩa maathiiaga mahaicĩte mbarathi.
7 She acted like a prostitute toward all the important Assyrian officials, and became unacceptable to me by worshiping all the idols of the men she wanted to have sex with.
Nĩeneanire ta mũmaraya harĩ andũ othe arĩa atĩĩku thĩinĩ wa Ashuri, na agĩĩthaahia na mĩhianano yothe ya mũndũ o wothe ũrĩa eeriragĩria.
8 When she was a young woman in Egypt, she started being a prostitute, and [young] men caressed her breasts and had sex with her; and when she became older, she did not quit acting like a prostitute.
Ndaatiganire na ũmaraya ũcio aambĩrĩirie arĩ bũrũri wa Misiri, rĩrĩa andũ maakomaga nake arĩ mwĩthĩ na makahambataga gĩthũri kĩa ũirĩtu wake, o na magĩkĩrĩrĩria kũhũũra ũmaraya nake.
9 So I allowed the Assyrian soldiers, whom she wanted to have sex with, to capture her.
“Nĩ ũndũ ũcio ngĩmũneana harĩ endwa ake, nĩo andũ a Ashuri o acio eeriragĩria.
10 They stripped all her clothes off her. They took away her sons and daughters. And then they killed her with a sword. [Other] women started talking about what had happened to her, about how she had been punished.
Nĩmamũrutire nguo, makĩmũtunya ariũ na aarĩ ake, na makĩmũũraga na rũhiũ rwa njora. Nĩatuĩkire wa kuunagwo thimo gatagatĩ-inĩ ka andũ-a-nja, nake nĩ aaherithirio.
11 [younger] sister Oholibah saw those [that happened to Oholah], but she was a prostitute, and she desired to have sex with men more than [older] sister had desired.
“Mwarĩ wa nyina Oholiba nĩeyoneire maũndũ macio, no merirĩria-inĩ make o na ũmaraya-inĩ wake nĩeekire mĩtugo mĩaganu gũkĩra mwarĩ wa nyina.
12 Oholibah [also] wanted to have sex with the Assyrian soldiers. [Some of them were] army officers and commanders. [They all] wore beautiful blue uniforms. They were all handsome young men. [Some of] them rode horses.
O nake nĩeriragĩria andũ a Ashuri, arĩa maarĩ aathani na anene a ita, na njamba cia ita ciĩhumbĩte nguo irĩ riiri, o arĩa maathiiaga mahaicĩte mbarathi, acio othe maarĩ andũ ethĩ ciĩrorerwa.
13 I saw what she did that caused her to became unacceptable to me, just like [older] sister.
Nĩndonire atĩ o nake nĩethaahĩtie; eerĩ maathiiaga na mĩthiĩre ĩhaanaine.
14 But she did [even] worse things. She saw drawings of men from Babylonia on the walls, painted in red.
“No rĩrĩ, we nĩakĩrĩrĩirie kũhũũra ũmaraya. Nĩoonire arũme makururĩtwo rũthingo-inĩ, nayo yarĩ mĩhiano ya Akalidei ĩkururĩtwo na rangi mũtune,
15 The [in the drawings] had belts around their waists and long turbans on their heads. They all resembled officers from Babylonia [DOU] [who rode in chariots].
meeohete mĩcibi njohero na iremba mĩtwe icunjuurĩte; othe monekaga mahaana ta atwarithia a ngaari cia mbarathi cia ita a Babuloni, andũ a gũciarĩrwo Kalidei.
16 As soon as she saw those drawings, she wanted to have sex with those men, and she sent messages to them in Babylonia.
O rĩrĩa aamoonire, nĩamerirĩirie, akĩmatũmĩra andũ kũu Kalidei.
17 Then the soldiers from Babylonia came to her, they lay in bed with her, and they had sex with her. Then she became disgusted with them and turned away from them.
Ningĩ andũ a Babuloni magĩũka kũrĩ we, kũu kĩrĩrĩ-inĩ kĩa wendo, nao makĩmũthaahia nĩ ũndũ wa merirĩria mao. Thuutha wa gũthaahio nĩo, agĩtigana nao, akĩira ngoro nĩo.
18 But when she continued to openly/boldly act like a prostitute [DOU], I became disgusted with her, and I rejected her like I had rejected [older] sister.
Rĩrĩa aathiire na mbere na ũmaraya wake atekũhitha, na akĩguũria njaga yake, niĩ na niĩ nĩndatiganire nake ngĩmũmena, ngĩtigana nake o ta ũrĩa ndaatiganire na mwarĩ wa nyina.
19 But she became even more immoral, as she remembered when she was a young woman who was a prostitute in Egypt.
No rĩrĩ, we aakĩrĩrĩirie kũhũũra ũmaraya aaririkana matukũ marĩa aarĩ mwĩthĩ, rĩrĩa aarĩ mũmaraya kũu bũrũri wa Misiri.
20 There she wanted to have sex with those who loved her, whose genitals were [very long], like [SIM] those of donkeys, and whose sexual emissions were huge, [like] those of horses.
Arĩ kũu, akĩĩrirĩria endwa ake, arĩa ciĩga ciao ciatariĩ ta cia ndigiri, na hinya wao wa ũndũrũme woimaga ta wa mbarathi.
21 So she desired to be immoral like she was when she was young, when men in Egypt caressed her bosom and fondled her breasts.”
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio ũkĩĩrirĩria ũũra-thoni wa wĩthĩ waku, rĩrĩa wahambatagwo gĩthũri na ũkahutio nyondo ciaku cia ũirĩtu ũrĩ kũu bũrũri wa Misiri.
22 “[represents you people of Jerusalem]. Therefore, this is what [I], Yahweh the Lord say: ‘I will cause those [soldiers] who loved you but whom you turned away from because you became disgusted with them, to be angry with you. I will cause them to come and attack you from every side—
“Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, wee Oholiba, Mwathani Jehova ekuuga ũũ: Nĩngarahũra endwa aku magũũkĩrĩre, acio watiganire nao ũkĩmamena, ndĩmarehe magũũkĩrĩre kuuma mĩena yothe,
23 soldiers from Babylon and all the other places in Babylonia, [their allies] from Pekod and Shoa and [regions], and all the army of Assyria. [Yes], all of them are handsome young men, army officers and commanders, officers who ride in chariots, all riding on horses.
andũ a Babuloni na Akalidei othe, na andũ a kuuma Pekodi, na Shoa, na Koa, marĩ hamwe na andũ a Ashuri othe, aanake arĩa ciĩrorerwa, arĩa othe matuĩtwo abarũthi na anene a ita, na anene a ngaari cia mbarathi cia ita na andũ arĩa marĩ igweta inene, nao othe mathiiaga mahaicĩte mbarathi.
24 Their huge army will attack you with weapons, riding in chariots and pulling wagons [that will carry their army supplies]. They will surround you, carrying large and small shields, and wearing helmets. I will allow them to capture you and punish you in the way that they [always] [their enemies].
Nĩmagagũũkĩrĩra marĩ na matharaita, na ngaari cia mbarathi cia ita, na makaari, na marĩ na kĩrĩndĩ kĩingĩ; nao mabange magũũkĩrĩre kuuma mĩena yothe, marĩ na ngo iria nene na iria nini, na mekĩrĩte ngũbia cia kĩgera mĩtwe. Nĩngakũneana kũrĩ o ũherithio, nao nĩmagakũherithia kũringana na ũrĩa matuuanagĩra ciira.
25 Because I am very angry with you, I will cause them to act [very] furiously toward you. They will cut off your noses and your ears. Then, those who are still alive, they will kill with their swords. They will take away your sons and daughters, and a fire will burn up those who remain alive.
Nĩngerekeria marakara makwa ndĩ na ũiru ngũũkĩrĩre, nao nĩmagakũherithia marĩ na marakara manene. Nĩmagagũtinia maniũrũ na matũ, nao andũ anyu arĩa magaatigara nĩmakaniinwo na rũhiũ rwa njora. Magaataha ariũ anyu na aarĩ anyu, nao arĩa anyu magaatigara nĩmakaniinwo na mwaki.
26 They will strip off your clothes and your fine jewelry and take them away.
Ningĩ nĩmagakũruta nguo na makuue mathaga maku marĩa mega.
27 In that way, I will stop all the immoral behavior that began when you became a prostitute in Egypt. You will no longer desire to do those things, or think [what you did in] Egypt.’
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio nĩnganiina ũũra-thoni na ũmaraya ũrĩa wee waambĩrĩirie ũrĩ kũu bũrũri wa Misiri. Ndũkarora maũndũ macio ũmerirĩrie, kana ũririkane bũrũri wa Misiri rĩngĩ.
28 This is what [I], Yahweh the Lord say: ‘I am about to allow those whom you hate, those you became disgusted with and turned away from, to capture you.
“Nĩgũkorwo Mwathani Jehova ekuuga ũũ: Ndĩ hakuhĩ gũkũneana kũrĩ acio ũthũire, ngũneane kũrĩ acio wamenire ũkĩmahutatĩra.
29 They will be cruel and take away everything that you have worked hard to acquire. They will leave you completely naked [DOU], and everyone will see that you truly are a prostitute.
Magaakũherithia marĩ na rũthũũro, na magũtunye indo ciaku ciothe iria ũnogeire. Magaagũtiga njaga, ũrĩ ũtheri, nacio thoni cia ũmaraya waku nĩikaguũrio. Naguo ũũra-thoni na ũmaraya waku.
30 It is because of what you have done that you will be punished like that; you have been an immoral prostitute; you have had sex with men of other nations, and you have caused yourselves to become unacceptable to me [worshiping] their idols.
nĩcio ikũreheire maũndũ macio, nĩgũkorwo nĩwerirĩirie ndũrĩrĩ icio, na ũgĩĩthaahia na mĩhianano yacio.
31 You have behaved [the people of Samaria, who are like] your [older] sister. So I will cause you to be punished [MET] like they were punished.’
Wee ũrũmĩrĩire mĩthiĩre ya mwarĩ wa nyũkwa; nĩ ũndũ ũcio nĩngakũnengera gĩkombe gĩake ũkĩnyiite na guoko gwaku.
32 This is what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘[You will suffer like people suffer when they drink from a cup a lot of strong alcoholic drink]: [It will be as though] you will drink from the cup that the people of Samaria drank from; a big and tall cup. Because of your drinking what is in that cup, many people will scorn you and make fun of you because there is a lot of liquid in that cup.
“Mwathani Jehova ekuuga ũũ: “Wee ũkaanyuĩra gĩkombe kĩa mwarĩ wa nyũkwa, gĩkombe kĩnene na kĩriku; nĩgĩkarehe kĩnyararo na itheko, nĩgũkorwo nĩkĩiyũrĩrĩru mũno.
33 When you become very drunk, you will become very sad, [drinking what is in] that cup [MTY] will cause you to become ruined and deserted, like what happened [MET] to [the people of] Samaria, [who are like] [MET] your sister.
Wee nĩũkaiyũrwo nĩ ũrĩĩu na kĩeha, gĩkombe kĩu kĩa mwanangĩko na ihooru, gĩkombe kĩu kĩa mwarĩ wa nyũkwa Samaria.
34 You will drink all the liquid that is in that cup; then you will break that cup into pieces [use those pieces to] gash/cut your [because you will be very sad].’ [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it.
Ũgaakĩnyuĩra na ũkĩinĩkĩrĩre; ũgaakĩringithia thĩ, kĩenyũkange icere, na wĩtarũrange nyondo. Nĩ niĩ njarĩtie ũhoro ũcio, ũguo nĩguo Mwathani Jehova ekuuga.
35 Therefore, this is what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘Because you have forgotten me and rejected me [IDM], you must be punished for your immoral behavior and for [like] a prostitute.’”
“Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Mwathani Jehova ekuuga ũũ: Kuona atĩ wee nĩũriganĩirwo nĩ niĩ na ũkanjikia na thuutha waku, no nginya ũcookererwo nĩ maciaro ma ũũra-thoni waku na ũmaraya waku.”
36 Yahweh said to me, “You human, you must [RHQ] [the people of those two cities represented by] Oholah and Oholibah. You must remind them of their detestable behavior:
Jehova aanjĩĩrire atĩrĩ: Mũrũ wa mũndũ, nĩũgũtuĩra Ohola na Oholiba ciira? Nĩ ũndũ ũcio marũithie nĩ ũndũ wa mĩtugo yao ĩrĩ magigi,
37 [It is as though the people of those cities] have committed adultery and have murdered [MTY] people. They have been unfaithful to me by [worshiping] idols. They have even sacrificed their own children, who belonged to me, to be food for their idols.
nĩgũkorwo nĩmatharĩtie, namo moko mao maiyũrĩte thakame. Matharĩtie na mĩhianano yao; o na makamĩrutĩra ciana ciao magongona, iria manjiarĩire, ituĩke irio ciayo.
38 They have done [disgraceful things]: They have caused my temple to be an unacceptable place for worship, and have not respected the Sabbath days.
O na ningĩ ũndũ ũngĩ manjĩkĩte nĩ ũyũ: Ihinda o rĩu nĩmathaahirie handũ-hakwa-harĩa-haamũre, na magĩthũkia Thabatũ ciakwa.
39 On the same day that they sacrificed their children to their idols, they entered my temple, which caused it to be an unacceptable place for worshiping me.
Mũthenya o ro ũcio maarutire ciana ciao igongona kũrĩ mĩhianano yao-rĩ, noguo maatoonyire handũ-hakwa-harĩa-haamũre na makĩhathaahia. Ũguo nĩguo meekire thĩinĩ wa nyũmba yakwa.
40 They sent messages to men [in countries] far away. And when those men arrived, [the women of those two cities] bathed themselves for them, painted their eyebrows, and put on jewelry.
“O na ningĩ magĩtũmanĩra arũme arĩa mookire kuuma kũraya, na hĩndĩ ĩrĩa maakinyire, mũgĩĩthamba nĩ ũndũ wao, na mũkĩĩhaka rangi maitho, na mũkĩĩgemia na mathaga.
41 They sat on a beautiful couch, with a table in front of it on which they had put incense and [olive] oil that belonged to me.
Ningĩ mũgĩikarĩra ũrĩrĩ warĩtwo na ũkagemio mũno, na hau mbere yaguo hakaigwo metha ĩrĩa mwaigagĩrĩra ũbumba na maguta marĩa maarĩ makwa.
42 Soon there was a noisy crowd around them. Among the crowd there were men from Sheba who had come from the [of Arabia]. They put bracelets on the arms of the [two] sisters and put beautiful crowns on their heads.
“Nake nĩarigiicĩirio nĩ kĩrĩndĩ kĩingĩ kĩanegenaga gĩtekũmaka; andũ a Sabea makĩrehwo kuuma werũ-inĩ, marĩ hamwe na gĩkundi kĩa andũ matarĩ igweta, nao magĩĩkĩra mũtumia ũcio na mwarĩ wa nyina bangiri moko, na makĩmekĩra tanji thaka mĩtwe.
43 Then I said about the woman who had become exhausted by her having sex with many men, ‘Now allow those men to act toward her as though she is a prostitute, because that is all that she is.’
Ningĩ ngĩaria ũhoro wa ũcio waniinĩtwo hinya nĩ ũtharia, ngiuga atĩrĩ, ‘Rĩu nĩmarekwo mamũhũthĩre ta mũmaraya, nĩgũkorwo ũguo nĩguo atariĩ.’
44 So they had sex [EUP] with those two women, Oholah and Oholibah, like men have sex with prostitutes.
Nao magĩkoma nake. O ta ũrĩa arũme makomaga na mũmaraya, ũguo nĩguo maakomire na andũ-a-nja acio maagĩte thoni, nao nĩo Ohola na Oholiba.
45 But righteous men will condemn them to be punished, like women who commit adultery and who murder others are punished, because those women commit adultery and they murder [MTY] others.
No andũ arĩa athingu nĩmakamaherithia na iherithia rĩa andũ-a-nja arĩa matharagia na magaitithia thakame, tondũ nĩmatharagia, na moko mao maiyũrĩte thakame.
46 So this is what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say: Bring a mob to attack Samaria and Jerusalem, and allow that mob to cause the people of those cities to be terrified, and to rob them.
“Mwathani Jehova ekuuga ũũ: Mareherei kĩrĩndĩ kĩmookĩrĩre, na mũmaneane maguoyohithio na matahwo.
47 The mob will throw stones at [to kill them]; they will cut them into pieces with their swords, they will kill their sons and daughters, and burn down their houses.
Kĩrĩndĩ kĩu nĩgĩkamahũũra na mahiga nyuguto na kĩmatemange na hiũ ciao cia njora; gĩkooraga aanake na airĩtu ao, na gĩcine nyũmba ciao.
48 In that way I will cause them to stop their immoral behavior. It will warn other women to not imitate/do what you people of Jerusalem are doing.
“Nĩ ũndũ ũcio nĩnganiina ũũra-thoni kũu bũrũri ũcio nĩguo andũ-a-nja othe makaanio, matikaneke maũndũ ma ũtharia ta inyuĩ.
49 [people of Jerusalem] will be punished for your immoral behavior and for your worshiping idols. Then you will know that I, Yahweh the Lord, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].”
Inyuĩ nĩmũkaherithio nĩ ũndũ wa ũũra-thoni wanyu, na mũcookererwo nĩ maciaro ma mehia manyu ma kũhooya mĩhianano. Na inyuĩ hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩmũkamenya atĩ niĩ nĩ niĩ Mwathani Jehova.”
