Ezekieli 14
1 Athuuri amwe a Isiraeli nĩmookire harĩ niĩ, magĩikara thĩ hau mbere yakwa.
And there came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.
2 Hĩndĩ ĩyo kiugo kĩa Jehova gĩkĩnginyĩrĩra, ngĩĩrwo atĩrĩ,
And the word of Jehovah came unto 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 set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumbling-block of their iniquity before their face: should I be inquired of at all by them?
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,
Therefore speak to them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumbling-block of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet, I Jehovah will answer him according to this, according to the multitude of his idols:
5 Ngeeka ũguo nĩguo ndĩnyiitĩre ngoro cia andũ a Isiraeli rĩngĩ, arĩa othe mandiganĩirie nĩ ũndũ wa mĩhianano ĩyo yao.’
that I may take the house of Israel by their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through 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!
Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Return ye, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces 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 every one of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, who separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumbling-block of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet to inquire of me by him, I Jehovah will answer him by 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 will make him desolate, [so that he shall be] for a sign and for proverbs, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people: and ye shall know that I [am] Jehovah.
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 if the prophet be enticed and shall speak a word, I Jehovah have enticed that prophet; and I will stretch out my hand against him, and will destroy him 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: the iniquity of the prophet shall be even as the iniquity of the inquirer;
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.’”
that the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither make themselves any more unclean with all their transgressions; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, saith the Lord Jehovah.
12 Kiugo kĩa Jehova nĩkĩanginyĩrĩire, ngĩĩrwo atĩrĩ:
And the word of Jehovah came unto 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 sinneth against me by working unfaithfulness, and I stretch out my hand upon it, and break the staff of the bread thereof, and send famine upon it, and cut off man and beast from it;
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.
though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, should be in it, they should deliver [but] their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord Jehovah.
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,
If I cause evil beasts to pass through the land, and they bereave it, and it become a desolation, so that no one passeth through 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.
— though these three men should be in it, [as] I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, they should deliver neither sons nor daughters: they only should be delivered, and the land should be a desolation.
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 bring the sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land, so that I cut off man and beast from it,
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 these three men should be in it, [as] I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, they should deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only themselves should 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,
Or [if] I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it 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 Noah, Daniel, and Job should be in it, [as] I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, they should deliver neither son nor daughter: they should [but] deliver their own souls by their righteousness.
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 saith the Lord Jehovah: How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the evil beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it 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.
But behold, there shall be left in it those that escape, who shall be brought out of [it], sons and daughters. Behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings; and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, as to all that I have brought 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 comfort you, when ye see their way and their doings; and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord Jehovah.
