Ezekieli 18
1 Kiugo kĩa Jehova nĩkĩanginyĩrĩire, ngĩũrio atĩrĩ:
And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
2 “Inyuĩ andũ aya, mũkoragwo mũkiuga atĩa rĩrĩa mũkwaria thimo ĩno igũrũ rĩa bũrũri wa Isiraeli: “‘Maithe ma ciana marĩĩaga thabibũ ngagatu, namo magego ma ciana makaigua thithi’?
What mean ye, that ye use this proverb in the country of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge?
3 “Mwathani Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ: Ti-itherũ o ta ũrĩa niĩ ndũũraga muoyo-rĩ, mũtigacooka kũgweta thimo ĩno thĩinĩ wa Isiraeli.
As I live, saith the Lord Eternal, ye shall not have any more to use this proverb in Israel.
4 Nĩgũkorwo roho o wothe ũrĩ muoyo nĩ wakwa; roho wa ithe nĩ wakwa o na wa mũriũ no wakwa. Roho ũrĩa wĩhagia nĩguo ũgaakua.
Behold, all the souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son—mine are they: the soul which sinneth that alone shall die.
5 “Mũndũ aahota gũkorwo nĩ mũthingu, na ekaga maũndũ ma kĩhooto na marũngĩrĩru.
But if a man be righteous, and execute justice and righteousness;
6 We ndarĩĩaga irio iria irutagĩrwo mahooero-inĩ marĩa marĩ irĩma igũrũ, kana agatiirĩra maitho mĩhianano ya andũ a nyũmba ya Isiraeli. We ndathaahagia mũtumia wa mũndũ ũrĩa ũngĩ, kana agakoma na mũndũ-wa-nja rĩrĩa arĩ na ihinda rĩa mweri.
Upon the mountains he eateth not, and his eyes he lifteth not up to the idols of the house of Israel, and the wife of his neighbor he defileth not, and unto a woman in her separation he cometh not near;
7 Ndahinyagĩrĩria mũndũ o na ũrĩkũ, no nĩacookagĩria mũndũ ũrĩa marĩ thiirĩ nake kĩrĩa ooete kĩrĩ gĩa kũrũgamĩrĩra thiirĩ. We ndatunyanaga indo, no arĩa ahũtu nĩamaheaga irio ciake, na arĩa marĩ njaga akamahe nguo.
And he over-reacheth no man, he restoreth his pledge for a debt, a robbery he doth not commit, his bread he giveth to the hungry, and the naked he covereth with a garment;
8 Ningĩ ndakombanagĩra nĩguo etie uumithio ũtarĩ wa kĩhooto, kana agetia uumithio mũkĩru. We nĩagiragia guoko gwake gũtigeeke ũũru, na nĩatuithanagia ciira na kĩhooto gatagatĩ ka mũndũ na ũrĩa ũngĩ.
Upon interest he giveth not forth, and increase he doth not take, from wrong he withdraweth his hand, true judgment he executeth between man and man;
9 Mũndũ ũcio nĩarũmagĩrĩra watho wakwa wa kũrũmĩrĩrwo, na akahingia watho wakwa na wĩhokeku. Mũndũ ũcio nĩ mũthingu; ti-itherũ nĩagatũũra muoyo, ũguo nĩguo Mwathani Jehova ekuuga.
In my statutes he walketh steadfastly, and my ordinances he keepeth to deal truly: he is righteous, he shall surely live, saith the Lord Eternal.
10 “Mũndũ ũcio angĩkorwo arĩ na mwanake mũtunyani, mũitithia wa thakame kana wĩkaga ũndũ o na ũmwe wa maũndũ macio mangĩ mooru
If he [now] beget a dissolute son that sheddeth blood and doth to [his] brother any one of thee things;
11 (o na harĩa ithe ateekire ũndũ o na ũmwe wa mo): “We nĩarĩĩaga irio iria irutĩirwo mahooero-inĩ marĩa marĩ irĩma-igũrũ. Nĩathũkagia mũtumia wa mũndũ ũrĩa ũngĩ.
And he is one that doth not any of these [duties]; but eateth even upon the mountains, and defileth the wife of his neighbor;
12 Nĩahinyagĩrĩria mũthĩĩni na mũbatari. Nĩatunyanaga indo. Ndacookagia kĩrĩa oete gĩa kũrũgamĩrĩra thiirĩ. Nĩatiiragĩra mĩhianano maitho. Nĩekaga maũndũ marĩa marĩ magigi.
The poor and needy he over-reacheth, he is guilty of robberies, the pledge he restoreth not, and to the idols he lifteth up his eyes, abominations he committeth:
13 We nĩakombanagĩra nĩguo etie uumithio ũtarĩ wa kĩhooto, na agetia uumithio mũkĩru. Mũndũ ta ũcio-rĩ, nĩagatũũra muoyo? Ndangĩtũũra muoyo! Nĩ ũndũ nĩekĩte maũndũ macio mothe marĩ magigi-rĩ, ti-itherũ no nginya akooragwo na thakame yake ĩmũcookerere we mwene.
Upon interest he giveth forth, and increase he taketh: and he should live? he shall not live; all these abominations hath he done, he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.
14 “No rĩrĩ, mũriũ ũcio angĩkorwo arĩ na mwana ũrĩa wonaga mehia macio mothe ithe ekaga, na o na gũtuĩka nĩamoonaga, we ndekaga maũndũ macio mooru:
And behold, if he beget a son, who seeth all the sins of his father which he hath done, and he considereth, and doth not the like of them;
15 “We ndarĩĩaga irio iria irutĩirwo mahooero-inĩ marĩa marĩ irĩma igũrũ, kana agatiirĩra maitho mĩhianano ya andũ a nyũmba ya Isiraeli. Ndathaahagia mũtumia wa mũndũ ũrĩa ũngĩ.
Upon the mountains he eateth not, and his eyes he lifteth not up to the idols of the house of Israel, the wife of his neighbor he defileth not;
16 Ndahinyagĩrĩria mũndũ o na ũrĩkũ, na ndeetagia kĩndũ gĩa kũrũgamĩrĩra thiirĩ. Ndatunyanaga indo, no irio ciake aciheaga arĩa ahũtu, na akahe arĩa marĩ njaga nguo.
And he over-reacheth no man, a pledge he withholdeth not, and of a robbery he is never guilty, his bread he giveth to the hungry, and the naked he covereth with a garment;
17 Nĩarigagĩrĩria guoko gwake gũtikehie, na ndakombanagĩra nĩguo etie uumithio ũtarĩ wa kĩhooto, kana etie uumithio mũkĩru. Nĩahingagia watho wakwa, na akarũmĩrĩra watho wakwa wa kũrũmĩrĩrwo. Ũcio-rĩ, ndagakua nĩ ũndũ wa mehia ma ithe; ti-itherũ nĩagatũũra muoyo.
From the poor he withdraweth his hand, interest and increase he taketh not: my ordinances he executeth; in my statutes he walketh: —he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.
18 No rĩrĩ, ithe nĩagaakua nĩ ũndũ wa mehia make mwene, tondũ we nĩekire maũndũ ma ũrĩa-ngʼũũrũ, na agĩtunya mũrũ wa ithe indo, na agĩĩka maũndũ marĩa mooru gatagatĩ-inĩ ka andũ ao.
His father, because he unjustly withheld [wages], was guilty of robbery on his brother, and did that which is not good in the midst of his people, —and lo, he died through his iniquity.
19 “No inyuĩ mũũragia atĩrĩ, ‘Nĩ kĩĩ gĩkũgiria mũriũ agae mahĩtia ma ithe?’ Kuona atĩ mũriũ ũcio nĩekĩte maũndũ marĩa marĩ kĩhooto na magĩrĩru, na akamenyerera watho wakwa wa kũrũmĩrĩrwo, na akaũhingia-rĩ, ti-itherũ nĩegũtũũra muoyo.
Yet say ye, Why doth not the son bear part of the iniquity of the father? when the son hath executed justice and righteousness, all my statutes hath he kept, and hath done them: he shall surely live.
20 Roho ũrĩa wĩhagia nĩguo ũgaakua. Mwana ndakagaya waganu wa ithe, kana ithe agae waganu wa mwana. Ũthingu wa mũndũ ũrĩa mũthingu nowe mwene ũgaacookererwo nĩguo, naguo waganu wa mũndũ ũrĩa mwaganu nowe ũgaacookererwo nĩguo.
The soul that sinneth, she alone shall die; the son shall not help to bear the iniquity of the father and the father shall not help to bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
21 “No rĩrĩ, mũndũ mwaganu angĩgarũrũka atigane na mehia mothe marĩa ekĩte, na arũmie watho wakwa wa kũrũmĩrĩrwo, na ekage maũndũ ma kĩhooto na marĩa magĩrĩire, ti-itherũ nĩegũtũũra muoyo; we ndagakua.
And the wicked, when he turneth away from all his sins that he hath committed, and keepeth all my statutes, and executeth justice and righteousness, shall surely live, he shall not die.
22 Gũtirĩ ihĩtia o na rĩmwe rĩa marĩa aaneka rĩgaacooka kũririkanwo. Tondũ wa maũndũ ma ũthingu marĩa ekĩte-rĩ, nĩegũtũũra muoyo.
All his transgressions which he hath committed shall not be remembered unto him: through his righteousness which he hath done shall he live.
23 Mwathani Jehova ekũũria atĩrĩ: Anga niĩ nĩngenagio nĩ gĩkuũ kĩa andũ arĩa aaganu? Githĩ ti kwenda ingĩenda magarũrũke matigane na mĩthiĩre ĩyo yao nĩguo matũũre muoyo?
Have I then the least pleasure in the death of the wicked? saith the Lord Eternal: and not in his turning away from his ways, that he may live?
24 “No angĩkorwo mũndũ mũthingu no agarũrũke atigane na ũthingu wake, na ehie na eke maũndũ marĩ magigi ta marĩa mekagwo nĩ mũndũ mwaganu-rĩ, anga nĩagagĩtũũra muoyo? Hatirĩ ũndũ o na ũmwe wa maũndũ ma ũthingu marĩa aaneka ũkaaririkanwo. Tondũ wa mahĩtia ma kwaga kwĩhokeka na tondũ wa mehia marĩa ekĩte-rĩ, no agaakua.
But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth wrong, and doth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? all his righteousness that he hath done shall not he remembered: through his trespass which he hath committed, and through his sin that he hath done, —through them shall he die.
25 “No inyuĩ muugaga atĩrĩ, ‘Njĩra ya Mwathani ti ya kĩhooto.’ Ta thikĩrĩriai inyuĩ andũ a nyũmba ya Isiraeli: Njĩra yakwa-rĩ, ti ya kĩhooto? Atĩrĩrĩ, githĩ njĩra cianyu ticio itarĩ cia kĩhooto?
Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equitable: hear now, O house of Israel, Is not my way equitable? is it not your ways which are not equitable?
26 Mũndũ mũthingu angĩgarũrũka atigane na ũthingu wake ehie, agaakua nĩ ũndũ wa mehia make; agaakua nĩ ũndũ wa mehia macio ekĩte.
When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and doth wrong, and dieth therefore: through his wrong which he hath done must he die.
27 No mũndũ mwaganu angĩgarũrũka atigane na waganu ũrĩa ekĩte, na eke maũndũ ma kĩhooto na marĩa magĩrĩire-rĩ, we nĩakahonokia muoyo wake.
Again, when the wicked turneth away from his wickedness which he hath committed, and executeth justice and righteousness: he shall indeed preserve his soul alive.
28 Nĩ ũndũ nĩeciiragia ũhoro wa mahĩtia make mothe marĩa aneeka, na akagarũrũka agatigana namo-rĩ, ti-itherũ nĩagatũũra muoyo; we ndagakua.
Because he hath considered, and turned away from all his transgressions which he had committed: he shall surely live, he shall not die.
29 No andũ a nyũmba ĩno ya Isiraeli mekuuga atĩrĩ, ‘Njĩra ya Mwathani ti ya kĩhooto.’ Anga njĩra ciakwa ti cia kĩhooto, inyuĩ andũ a nyũmba ya Isiraeli? Githĩ njĩra cianyu ticio itarĩ cia kĩhooto?
Yet say the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equitable: are not my ways equitable, O house of Israel? is it not your ways which are not equitable?
30 “Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, inyuĩ andũ a nyũmba ya Isiraeli, nĩngũmũtuĩra ciira, o mũndũ o mũndũ kũringana na mĩthiĩre yake, ũguo nĩguo Mwathani Jehova ekuuga. Mwĩrirei! Tiganai na mahĩtia manyu mothe; namo mehia manyu matigatũma mwanangwo.
Therefore will I judge you, every one according to his ways, O house of Israel, saith the Lord Eternal: return ye, and cause others to return from all your transgressions, that iniquity may not become your stumbling-block.
31 Tiganai na waganu wothe ũrĩa mwĩkĩte, mũgĩe na ngoro njerũ na roho mwerũ. Nĩ kĩĩ gĩgũtũma mũkue, inyuĩ andũ a nyũmba ya Isiraeli?
Cast away from yourselves all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
32 Nĩgũkorwo ndikenagio nĩ gĩkuũ kĩa mũndũ o na ũrĩkũ, ũguo nĩguo Mwathani Jehova ekuuga. Mwĩrirei mũtũũre muoyo!
For I have no pleasure in the death of him that deserveth to die, saith the Lord Eternal: therefore convert yourselves, and live.
