Ezekieli 18
1 Kiugo kĩa Jehova nĩkĩanginyĩrĩire, ngĩũrio atĩrĩ:
'And there is a word of Jehovah 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 — to you, ye — using this simile Concerning the ground of Israel, saying: Fathers do eat unripe fruit, And the sons' teeth are blunted?
3 “Mwathani Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ: Ti-itherũ o ta ũrĩa niĩ ndũũraga muoyo-rĩ, mũtigacooka kũgweta thimo ĩno thĩinĩ wa Isiraeli.
I live — an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Ye have no more the use of this simile 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.
Lo, all the souls are Mine, As the soul of the father, So also the soul of the son — they are Mine, The soul that is sinning — it doth die.
5 “Mũndũ aahota gũkorwo nĩ mũthingu, na ekaga maũndũ ma kĩhooto na marũngĩrĩru.
And a man, when he is righteous, And hath done judgment 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.
On the mountains he hath not eaten, And his eyes he hath not lifted up Unto idols of the house of Israel, And the wife of his neighbour defiled not, And to a separated woman 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.
A man — he doth not oppress, His pledge to the debtor he doth return, Plunder he doth not take away, His bread to the hungry he doth give, And the naked doth cover 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.
In usury he doth not give, and increase taketh not, From perversity he turneth back his hand, True judgment he doth 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 doth walk, And My judgments he hath kept — to deal truly, Righteous [is] he, he surely liveth, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.
10 “Mũndũ ũcio angĩkorwo arĩ na mwanake mũtunyani, mũitithia wa thakame kana wĩkaga ũndũ o na ũmwe wa maũndũ macio mangĩ mooru
And — he hath begotten a son, A burglar — a shedder of blood, And he hath made a brother of one of these,
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 all those hath not done, For even on the mountains he hath eaten, And the wife of his neighbour he hath defiled,
12 Nĩahinyagĩrĩria mũthĩĩni na mũbatari. Nĩatunyanaga indo. Ndacookagia kĩrĩa oete gĩa kũrũgamĩrĩra thiirĩ. Nĩatiiragĩra mĩhianano maitho. Nĩekaga maũndũ marĩa marĩ magigi.
The afflicted and needy he hath oppressed, Plunder he hath taken violently away, A pledge he doth not return, And unto the idols he hath lifted up his eyes, Abomination he hath done!
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.
In usury he hath given, and increase taken, And he liveth: he doth not live, All these abominations he hath done, He doth surely die, his blood is on 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 — lo, he hath begotten a son, And he seeth all the sins of his father, That he hath done, and he feareth, And doth not do like 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.
On the mountains he hath not eaten, And his eyes he hath not lifted up Unto idols of the house of Israel, The wife of his neighbour he hath not defiled,
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.
A man — he hath not oppressed, A pledge he hath not bound, And plunder he hath not taken away, His bread to the hungry he hath given, And the naked he covered 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 afflicted he hath turned back his hand, Usury and increase he hath not taken, My judgments he hath done, In My statutes he hath walked, He doth not die for the iniquity of his father, He doth 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 used oppression, Did violently Plunder a brother, And that which [is] not good did in the midst of his people, And lo, he is dying in 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.
And ye have said, Wherefore hath not the son, Borne of the iniquity of the father? And — the son judgment and righteousness hath done, All My statutes he hath kept, And he doeth them, he surely liveth.
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 doth sin — it doth die. A son doth not bear of the iniquity of the father, And a father doth not bear of the iniquity of the son, The righteousness of the righteous is on him, And the wickedness of the wicked is on 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 back From all his sins that he hath done, And he hath kept all My statutes, And hath done judgment and righteousness, He doth surely live, he doth 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 that he hath done Are not remembered to him, In his righteousness that he hath done he liveth.
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?
Do I at all desire the death of the wicked? An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Is it not in his turning back from his way — And he hath lived?
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.
And in the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, And he hath done perversity, According to all the abominations That the wicked hath done, he doth — thus he liveth, All his righteousnesses that he hath done are not remembered, For his trespass that he hath trespassed, And for his sin that he hath sinned, For them he doth 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?
And ye have said, Not pondered is the way of the Lord. Hear, I pray you, O house of Israel, My way — is it not pondered? Are not your ways unpondered?
26 Mũndũ mũthingu angĩgarũrũka atigane na ũthingu wake ehie, agaakua nĩ ũndũ wa mehia make; agaakua nĩ ũndũ wa mehia macio ekĩte.
In the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, And he hath done perversity, And he is dying by them, for his perversity That he hath done he dieth.
27 No mũndũ mwaganu angĩgarũrũka atigane na waganu ũrĩa ekĩte, na eke maũndũ ma kĩhooto na marĩa magĩrĩire-rĩ, we nĩakahonokia muoyo wake.
And in the turning back of the wicked From his wickedness that he hath done, And he doth judgment and righteousness, He his soul doth keep alive.
28 Nĩ ũndũ nĩeciiragia ũhoro wa mahĩtia make mothe marĩa aneeka, na akagarũrũka agatigana namo-rĩ, ti-itherũ nĩagatũũra muoyo; we ndagakua.
And he seeth and turneth back, From all his transgressions that he hath done, He doth surely live, he doth 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?
And the house of Israel have said, Not pondered is the way of the Lord, My ways — are they not pondered? O house of Israel — are not your ways unpondered?
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, each according to his ways I judge you, O house of Israel? An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Turn ye back, yea, turn yourselves back, From all your transgressions, And iniquity is not to you for a 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 from off you all your transgressions, By which ye have transgressed, And make to you a new heart, and a new spirit, And why do 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 the dying, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, And turn ye back and live!
