Ezekieli 14
1 Athuuri amwe a Isiraeli nĩmookire harĩ niĩ, magĩikara thĩ hau mbere yakwa.
Then came certain of the elders of Israel to me, and sat before me.
2 Hĩndĩ ĩyo kiugo kĩa Jehova gĩkĩnginyĩrĩra, ngĩĩrwo atĩrĩ,
The word of Jehovah 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 taken their idols into 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 tell them, 'Thus says Jehovah: "Every man of the house of Israel who takes his idols into his heart, and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to the prophet; I Jehovah will answer him in it 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 in 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 tell the house of Israel, 'Thus says Jehovah: "Return, 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 everyone of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who live in Israel, who separates himself from me, and takes his idols into his heart, and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to the prophet to inquire for himself of me; 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 an astonishment, for a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and you 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.
"'"If the prophet is deceived and speaks a word, I, Jehovah, have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand on 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.
They shall bear their iniquity: the iniquity of the prophet shall be even as the iniquity of him who seeks him;
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 defile themselves any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God," says Jehovah.'"
12 Kiugo kĩa Jehova nĩkĩanginyĩrĩire, ngĩĩrwo atĩrĩ:
The word of Jehovah 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 sins against me by committing a trespass, and I stretch out my hand on it, and break the staff of its bread, and send famine on it, and cut off from it man and animal;
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, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, says 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 animals to pass through the land, and they ravage it, and it be made desolate, so that no man may pass through because of the animals;
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 were in it, as I live," says Jehovah, "they should deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only should be delivered, but the land should be desolate.
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 a sword on that land, and say, 'Sword, go through the land'; so that I cut off from it man and animal;
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.
though these three men were in it, as I live, says Jehovah, they should deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only should be delivered themselves.
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 wrath on it in blood, to cut off from it man and animal;
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.
though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, says Jehovah, they could not save either son nor daughter; they would save only 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 says Jehovah: 'How much more when I send my four severe judgments on Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the evil animals, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and animal.
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, look, there shall be left a remnant that shall be carried forth, both sons and daughters: look, they shall come forth to you, and you shall see their way and their doings; and you shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought on Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought on 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.”
They shall comfort you, when you see their way and their doings; and you shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it,' says Jehovah."
