Ezekieli 14
1 Athuuri amwe a Isiraeli nĩmookire harĩ niĩ, magĩikara thĩ hau mbere yakwa.
And men among the elders of Israel came to me, and they sat down before me.
2 Hĩndĩ ĩyo kiugo kĩa Jehova gĩkĩnginyĩrĩra, ngĩĩrwo atĩrĩ,
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
3 “Mũrũ wa mũndũ, andũ aya nĩmeigĩire mĩhianano ngoro-inĩ ciao, na makeigĩra mĩhĩnga ya waganu mbere ya maitho mao. Nĩnjagĩrĩirwo kũreka matuĩrie ũndũ o na ũrĩkũ harĩ niĩ?
“Son of man, these men have placed their uncleanness in their hearts, and they have stationed the scandal of their iniquities before their face. So why should I respond when they inquire of me?
4 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio maarĩrie, ũmeere ũũ, ‘Mwathani Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ: Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa Mũisiraeli o wothe angĩgĩa mĩhianano ngoro-inĩ yake, na eigĩre waganu wa kũmũhĩngithia mbere ya maitho make, angĩcooka athiĩ harĩ mũnabii-rĩ, niĩ Jehova nĩ niĩ mwene ngaamũcookeria ũhoro kũringana na ũrĩa ũhooi wake wa mĩhianano ũigana,
Because of this, speak to them, and you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord God: The man, the man of the house of Israel, who places his uncleanness in his heart, and who stations the scandal of his iniquities before his face, and who approaches a prophet, so as to inquire of me through him: I, the Lord, will respond to him in accord with the multitude of his uncleannesses,
5 Ngeeka ũguo nĩguo ndĩnyiitĩre ngoro cia andũ a Isiraeli rĩngĩ, arĩa othe mandiganĩirie nĩ ũndũ wa mĩhianano ĩyo yao.’
so that the house of Israel may be seized within their own heart, by which they have withdrawn from me to all their idols.
6 “Nĩ ũndũ ũcio ĩra andũ a nyũmba ya Isiraeli atĩrĩ, ‘Mwathani Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ: Mwĩrirei! Garũrũkai mũtigane na mĩhianano ĩyo yanyu, na mũregane na maũndũ marĩa mothe mwĩkaga marĩ magigi!
Because of this, say to the house of Israel: Thus says the Lord God: Be converted, and withdraw from your idols, and turn your faces away from all your abominations.
7 “‘Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa Mũisiraeli o wothe, kana mũndũ wa kũngĩ ũrĩa ũtũũraga Isiraeli angĩehera harĩ niĩ, na eigĩre mĩhianano ngoro-inĩ yake, na agĩe na waganu wa kũmũhĩngithia mbere ya maitho make, angĩcooka athiĩ harĩ mũnabii agatuĩrie ũhoro kũrĩ niĩ-rĩ, niĩ Jehova nĩ niĩ mwene ngaamũcookeria ũhoro.
For the man, the man of the house of Israel, and the new arrival among the converts who may be in Israel, if he is alienated from me, and he sets his idols in his heart, and he stations the scandal of his iniquity before his face, and he approaches the prophet, so that he may inquire of me through him: I, the Lord, will respond to him through myself.
8 Nĩngatũma ũthiũ wakwa ũũmĩre mũndũ ũcio, na ndũme atuĩke kĩonereria harĩ arĩa angĩ, o na ndũme atuĩke wa kuunagwo thimo. Nĩngamweheria harĩ andũ akwa. Hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩmũkamenya atĩ niĩ nĩ niĩ Jehova.
And I will set my face against that man, and I will make him an example and a proverb. And I will perish him from the midst of my people. And you shall know that I am the Lord.
9 “‘Mũnabii angĩkaaheenererio nĩguo aarie ũhoro wakwa, niĩ Jehova nĩ niĩ ngaakorwo heenereirie mũnabii ũcio, na nĩngamũtambũrũkĩria guoko gwa kũmũũkĩrĩra, ndĩmũniine ehere gatagatĩ-inĩ ka andũ akwa a Isiraeli.
And when a prophet has gone astray and has spoken a word: I, the Lord, have deceived that prophet. And I will extend my hand over him, and I will wipe him away from the midst of my people, Israel.
10 Andũ acio nĩmakaherithĩrio wĩhia wao; mũnabii ũcio agaatuuo mwĩhia o ta mũndũ ũcio ũtuĩrĩtie ũhoro harĩ we.
And they shall bear their iniquity. In accord with the iniquity of the one who inquires, so shall the iniquity of the prophet be.
11 Hĩndĩ ĩyo andũ a Isiraeli matigacooka kũhĩtia njĩra mehere harĩ niĩ, kana macooke gwĩthaahia na mehia macio mao mothe. Nĩmagatuĩka andũ akwa, na niĩ nduĩke Ngai wao, ũguo nĩguo Mwathani Jehova ekuuga.’”
So may the house of Israel no longer go astray from me, nor be polluted by all their transgressions. Instead, may they be my people, and may I be their God, says the Lord of hosts.”
12 Kiugo kĩa Jehova nĩkĩanginyĩrĩire, ngĩĩrwo atĩrĩ:
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
13 “Mũrũ wa mũndũ, bũrũri ũngĩnjĩhĩria nĩ ũndũ wa kwaga kwĩhokeka, na ndambũrũkie guoko ndĩũũkĩrĩre, na ndĩũniinĩre kĩhumo kĩa irio, na ndĩũrehere ngʼaragu, na njũrage andũ aguo na mahiũ mao,
“Son of man, when a land will have sinned against me, so that it transgresses grievously, I will extend my hand over it, and I will crush the staff of its bread. And I will send a famine upon it, and I will destroy from it both man and beast.
14 andũ aya atatũ, Nuhu, na Danieli, na Ayubu, o na mangĩkorwo maarĩ thĩinĩ wa bũrũri ũcio, no mehonokirie o oiki nĩ ũndũ wa ũthingu wao, ũguo nĩguo Mwathani Jehova ekuuga.
And if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver their own souls by their justice, says the Lord of hosts.
15 “Ningĩ korwo ndarekereria nyamũ cia gĩthaka igerere bũrũri ũcio nacio ciũtige ũtarĩ ciana, naguo ũkire ihooru kwage mũndũ ũngĩtuĩkanĩria kuo nĩ ũndũ wa nyamũ icio,
And if I also lead in very harmful beasts upon the land, so that I devastate it, and it becomes impassable, so that no one may cross through it because of the beasts,
16 Mwathani Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ, ti-itherũ o ta ũrĩa niĩ ndũũraga muoyo, o na andũ acio atatũ mangĩgakorwo marĩ kuo, matikahota kũhonokia ariũ ao kana aarĩ ao. O oiki no mahonoke, no bũrũri ũcio no ũkire ihooru.
if these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord God, they will deliver neither sons, nor daughters. But only they themselves will be delivered, for the land shall be desolated.
17 “O na kana ingĩrehithia rũhiũ rwa njora njũkĩrĩre bũrũri ũcio, njuge atĩrĩ, ‘Rũhiũ rwa njora nĩrũtuĩkanĩrie bũrũri ũyũ wothe,’ na njũrage andũ akuo na mahiũ mao-rĩ,
Or if I lead in the sword upon that land, and if I say to the sword, ‘Pass through the land,’ and so I destroy from it both man and beast,
18 Mwathani Jehova oigĩte atĩrĩ, ti-itherũ o ta ũrĩa niĩ ndũũraga muoyo, o na andũ acio atatũ mangĩgakorwo marĩ kuo, matikahota kũhonokia ariũ ao kana aarĩ ao. O oiki no-o mangĩhonokio.
and if these three men were in its midst, as I live, says the Lord God, they will deliver neither sons, nor daughters, but only they themselves will be delivered.
19 “O na ningĩ korwo ndarehithia mũthiro bũrũri ũcio, na niĩ ndĩũitĩrĩrie mangʼũrĩ makwa na ũndũ wa gũitithia thakame, na njũragithie andũ akuo na mahiũ mao,
Then, if I also send the pestilence upon that land, and I pour out my indignation upon it with blood, so that I take away from it both man and beast,
20 Mwathani Jehova oigĩte atĩrĩ, ti-itherũ o ta ũrĩa niĩ ndũũraga muoyo, o na Nuhu, na Danieli, na Ayubu, mangĩgakorwo marĩ kuo, matikahonokia mũriũ kana mwarĩ. O oiki no mehonokie nĩ ũndũ wa ũthingu wao.
and if Noah, and Daniel, and Job were in its midst, as I live, says the Lord God, they will deliver neither son, nor daughter, but they will deliver only their own souls by their justice.
21 “Nĩgũkorwo Mwathani Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ: Gũtigagĩkorwo kũrĩ kũũru makĩria hĩndĩ ĩrĩa ngaarehera Jerusalemu matuĩro makwa mana ma ciira ma kũguoyohithia: namo nĩmo rũhiũ rwa njora, na ngʼaragu, na nyamũ cia gĩthaka, o na mũthiro, nĩguo njũrage andũ akuo na mahiũ mao!
For thus says the Lord God: Even though I will send upon Jerusalem my four most grievous judgments, sword and famine and harmful beasts and pestilence, so that I destroy from it both man and beast,
22 No rĩrĩ, kũrĩ amwe magaatigara; nao nĩo ariũ na aarĩ arĩa magaatharwo marutwo kuo. Nĩmagooka kũrĩ inyuĩ, na rĩrĩa mũkoona mĩtugo na ciĩko ciao, nĩmũkahoorerio ngoro igũrũ rĩa mwanangĩko ũcio ndeheire Jerusalemu, naguo nĩ mwanangĩko o wothe ndĩrĩrehithĩirie.
yet still there shall be left within it some who will be saved, who shall lead away their own sons and daughters. Behold, they will enter to you, and you will see their way and their accomplishments. And you shall be consoled concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, concerning all the things that I have brought to bear upon it.
23 Nĩmũkahoorerio ngoro rĩrĩa mũkoona mĩtugo yao na ciĩko ciao, nĩgũkorwo nĩmũkamenya atĩ gũtirĩ ũndũ o na ũmwe njĩkĩte kuo ũtarĩ na gĩtũmi, ũguo nĩguo Mwathani Jehova ekuuga.”
And they shall console you, when you see their ways and their accomplishments. And you shall know that I have not acted to no purpose in all that I have done within it, says the Lord God.”
