Ezekieli 21
1 Kiugo kĩa Jehova nĩkĩanginyĩrĩire, ngĩĩrwo atĩrĩ:
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
2 “Mũrũ wa mũndũ, roria ũthiũ waku Jerusalemu, na ũhunjie ũhoro wa gũũkĩrĩrwo kwa handũ-harĩa-haamũre. Ratha ũhoro wa gũũkĩrĩrwo kwa bũrũri ũcio wa Isiraeli,
Son of man, let your face be turned to Jerusalem, let your words be dropped in the direction of her holy place, and be a prophet against the land of Israel;
3 ũwĩre atĩrĩ, ‘Jehova ekuuga ũũ: Nĩngũgũũkĩrĩra. Nĩngũcomora rũhiũ rwakwa rwa njora kuuma njora-inĩ, na ngwehererie andũ arĩa athingu na arĩa aaganu.
And say to the land of Israel, These are the words of the Lord: See, I am against you, and I will take my sword out of its cover, cutting off from you the upright and the evil.
4 Tondũ nĩngũkwehereria andũ arĩa athingu na arĩa aaganu-rĩ, rũhiũ rwakwa rwa njora nĩrũgacomorerwo mũndũ o wothe kuuma mwena wa gũthini nginya mwena wa gathigathini.
Because I am going to have the upright and the evil cut off from you, for this cause my sword will go out from its cover against all flesh from the south to the north:
5 Hĩndĩ ĩyo, andũ othe nĩmakamenya atĩ niĩ Jehova nĩ niĩ njomorete rũhiũ rwakwa rwa njora kuuma njora-inĩ; rũtigacookio rĩngĩ njora-inĩ.’
And all flesh will see that I the Lord have taken my sword out of its cover: and it will never go back.
6 “Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, wee mũrũ wa mũndũ caaya! Caaĩra mbere yao, ũrĩ mũthĩĩnĩku ngoro na ũrĩ na kĩeha kĩnene.
Make sounds of grief, son of man; with body bent and a bitter heart make sounds of grief before their eyes.
7 Na rĩrĩa magaakũũria atĩrĩ, ‘Ũracaaya nĩkĩ?’ ũkameera atĩrĩ, ‘Nĩ ũndũ wa ũhoro ũrĩa ũroka. Ngoro o yothe nĩĩkaringĩka, na guoko o guothe kwage hinya; roho o wothe nĩũkaringĩka na iru o rĩothe nĩrĩkaregera o ta ũrĩa maaĩ mereeraga.’ Ũhoro ũcio nĩũrooka! Ti-itherũ, ũhoro ũcio nĩũgekĩka, ũguo nĩguo Mwathani Jehova ekuuga.”
And when they say to you, Why are you making sounds of grief? then say, Because of the news, for it is coming: and every heart will become soft, and all hands will be feeble, and every spirit will be burning low, and all knees will be turned to water: see, it is coming and it will be done, says the Lord.
8 Nakĩo kiugo kĩa Jehova gĩkĩnginyĩrĩra, ngĩĩrwo atĩrĩ:
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
9 “Mũrũ wa mũndũ, ratha ũhoro, uuge atĩrĩ, ‘Mwathani ekuuga ũũ: “‘Harĩ rũhiũ rwa njora, harĩ rũhiũ rwa njora, rũnooretwo rũkohĩga, na rũgathũũo rũkahenia,
Son of man, say as a prophet, These are the words of the Lord: Say, A sword, a sword which has been made sharp and polished:
10 rũnooretwo rũrĩ rwa kũũragana, na rũgathũũo nĩguo rũhenagie ta rũheni! “‘Anga nĩtũgagĩkenera mũthĩgi wa ũthamaki wa mũrũ wakwa Juda? Rũhiũ rũu rwa njora nĩrũiraga mũthĩgi o wothe ta ũcio.
It has been made sharp to give death; it is polished so that it may be like a thunder-flame: ...
11 “‘Rũhiũ rũu rwa njora rũthuurĩtwo nĩguo rũthũũo, nĩguo rũnyiitagwo na guoko; nĩrũnoore na rũgathũũo, na nĩrũhaarĩirio nĩguo rũneanwo guoko-inĩ kwa mũũragani.
And I have given it to the polisher so that it may be taken in the hand: he has made the sword sharp, he has had it polished, to put it into the hand of him who gives death.
12 Rĩra na ũgirĩke, wee mũrũ wa mũndũ, nĩgũkorwo nĩrũũkĩrĩire andũ akwa, o na rũgookĩrĩra athamaki othe a Isiraeli. Nĩmaneanĩtwo rũhiũ-inĩ rwa njora marĩ hamwe na andũ akwa. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio wĩhũũre gĩthũri.
Give loud cries and make sounds of grief, O son of man: for it has come on my people, it has come on all the rulers of Israel: fear of the sword has come on my people: for this cause give signs of grief.
13 “‘Ti-itherũ kũgeranio nĩgũgooka. Gũgaagĩikara atĩa angĩkorwo mũthĩgi ũcio wa ũthamaki wa Juda, ũrĩa ũiragwo nĩ rũhiũ rũu rwa njora ndũgathiĩ na mbere? Ũguo nĩguo Mwathani Jehova ekuuga.’
14 “Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, wee mũrũ wa mũndũ-rĩ, ratha ũhoro, na ũhũũre hĩ. Naruo rũhiũ rũu rwa njora ũreke rũringe maita meerĩ, o na nĩrũringe maita matatũ. Nĩ rũhiũ rwa njora rwa kũũragana, nĩ rũhiũ rwa njora rwa kũũragana kũnene, rũramahatĩrĩria na mĩena yothe.
So then, son of man, be a prophet, and put your hands together with a loud sound, and give two blows with the sword, and even three; it is the sword of those who are wounded, even the sword of the wounded; the great sword which goes round about them.
15 Nĩgeetha ngoro iringĩke, nao arĩa magwĩte maingĩhe, nĩnjigĩte rũhiũ rwa njora rwa kũũragana ihingo-inĩ ciao ciothe. Hĩ! Rũthondeketwo rũhenagie ta rũheni, rũnyiitĩtwo nĩguo rũũragane.
In order that hearts may become soft, and the number of those who are falling may be increased, I have sent death by the sword against all their doors: you are made like a flame, you are polished for death.
16 Wee rũhiũ rwa njora, temanga mwena wa ũrĩo, na ningĩ ũtemange mwena wa ũmotho, na ũtemange kũrĩa guothe ũũgĩ waku ũngĩerekerio.
Be pointed to the right, to the left, wherever your edge is ordered.
17 Niĩ o na niĩ-rĩ, nĩngahũũra hĩ, namo mangʼũrĩ makwa mahũahũe. Nĩ niĩ Jehova njugĩte ũguo.”
And I will put my hands together with a loud sound, and I will let my wrath have rest: I the Lord have said it.
18 Kiugo kĩa Jehova nĩkĩanginyĩrĩire, ngĩĩrwo atĩrĩ,
And the word of the Lord came to me again, saying,
19 “Mũrũ wa mũndũ, tema njĩra igĩrĩ cia kũgererwo nĩ rũhiũ rwa njora rwa mũthamaki wa Babuloni, cierĩ ciumĩte bũrũri o ũmwe. Haanda rũũri harĩa njĩra yahũkĩire ĩrorete itũũra inene.
And you, son of man, have two ways marked out, so that the sword of the king of Babylon may come; let the two of them come out of one land: and let there be a pillar at the top of the road:
20 Tema njĩra ĩmwe ĩrĩa rũhiũ rũu rwa njora rũkaagerera rũgĩthiĩ gũũkĩrĩra Raba kũu kwa Aamoni, na ĩngĩ ya kũgerwo nĩruo rũgĩthiĩ gũũkĩrĩra Juda hamwe na Jerusalemu kũu kũirigĩre.
Put a pillar at the top of the road for the sword to come to Rabbah in the land of the children of Ammon, and to Judah and to Jerusalem in the middle of her.
21 Nĩgũkorwo mũthamaki wa Babuloni akaarũgama maahũkanĩro ma njĩra ĩyo, harĩa njĩra icio cierĩ ciahũkanĩire, nĩguo aragũrie: Akaahũthĩra mĩguĩ agĩcuuka mĩtĩ, na ahooe kĩrĩra harĩ mĩhianano yake, na arorithie ini.
For the king of Babylon took his place at the parting of the ways, at the top of the two roads, to make use of secret arts: shaking the arrows this way and that, he put questions to the images of his gods, he took note of the inner parts of dead beasts.
22 Guoko-inĩ gwake kwa ũrĩo, mũtĩ nĩũkagwĩra Jerusalemu, kũrĩa akaigithia mĩgogo ya kũmomora rũirigo, na arute watho wa kũũraganwo, na kuugĩrĩrio mbugĩrĩrio ya mbaara, nayo mĩgogo ya kũmomora ĩigwo ĩhingĩrĩirie ihingo, na aigithie kĩhumbu, na gwakwo ngathĩ ndaaya cia mbaara cia gũteithia gũtharĩkĩra itũũra.
At his right hand was the fate of Jerusalem, to give orders for destruction, to send up the war-cry, to put engines of war against the doors, lifting up earthworks, building walls.
23 Ũndũ ũcio nĩũkoneka ta ũtarĩ wa ma kũrĩ andũ arĩa mehĩtĩte atĩ nĩmarĩmwathĩkagĩra, nowe nĩakamaririkania mahĩtia mao, acooke amanyiite mĩgwate.
And this answer given by secret arts will seem false to those who have given their oaths and have let them be broken: but he will keep the memory of evil-doing so that they may be taken.
24 “Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, Mwathani Jehova ekuuga ũũ: ‘Tondũ inyuĩ andũ aya nĩmũtũmĩte mahĩtia manyu maririkanwo nĩ ũndũ wa ũrĩa ũremi wanyu wonekanĩte, ũkaguũria mehia manyu makoneka maũndũ-inĩ mothe marĩa mwĩkaga; nĩ ũndũ nĩmwĩkĩte ũguo-rĩ, nĩmũkanyiitwo mĩgwate.
For this cause the Lord has said: Because you have made your evil-doing come to mind by the uncovering of your wrongdoing, causing your sins to be seen in all your evil-doings; because you have come to mind, you will be taken in them.
25 “‘Wee mũthamaki ũyũ wa Isiraeli, o wee mwaganu na ndũrĩka, mũthenya waku nĩmũkinyu, na ihinda rĩaku rĩa kũherithio rĩgakinya mũthia.
And you, O evil one, wounded to death, O ruler of Israel, whose day has come in the time of the last punishment;
26 Mwathani Jehova ekuuga ũũ: Ruta kĩremba, na weherie tanji. Maũndũ matigacooka gũikara ta ũrĩa maatariĩ: Arĩa anini nĩmagatũũgĩrio, nao arĩa atũũgĩrie nĩmakanyiihio.
This is what the Lord has said: Take away the holy head-dress, take off the crown: this will not be again: let that which is low be lifted up, and that which is high be made low.
27 Nĩ mwanangĩko! Ĩĩ nĩ mwanangĩko! Nĩngarĩanangithia! Rĩtigacookererio nginya hĩndĩ ĩrĩa ũcio mwene rĩo agooka; ũcio nĩwe ngaarĩneana kũrĩ we.’
I will let it be overturned, overturned, overturned: this will not be again till he comes whose right it is; and I will give it to him.
28 “Nawe mũrũ wa mũndũ, ratha ũhoro, uuge atĩrĩ, ‘Ũũ nĩguo Mwathani Jehova ekuuga ũhoro-inĩ ũkoniĩ Aamoni na irumi ciao: “‘Harĩ rũhiũ rwa njora, harĩ rũhiũ rwa njora, rũcomoretwo rũũragane, na rũthũũĩtwo rũrĩ rwa kũniinana, na rwakũhenia ta rũheni!
And you, son of man, say as a prophet, This is what the Lord has said about the children of Ammon and about their shame: Say, A sword, even a sword let loose, polished for death, to make it shining so that it may be like a flame:
29 O na gũkorwo nĩ kũrĩ cioneki cia maheeni igũkoniĩ, na ũragũri wa maheeni ũgũkoniĩ-rĩ, nĩrũkaigĩrĩrwo ngingo cia arĩa aaganu, arĩa marĩ a kũũragwo, arĩa mũthenya wao ũkinyĩte, o acio ihinda rĩao rĩa kũherithio rĩkinyĩte mũthia.
Your vision is to no purpose, your use of secret arts gives a false answer, to put it on the necks of evil-doers who are wounded to death, whose day has come, in the time of the last punishment.
30 Cookia rũhiũ njora thĩinĩ. Ũrĩ kũu wee wombĩirwo, o kũu bũrũri-inĩ ũcio wa maithe manyu, nĩkuo ngaagũtuĩra ciira.
Go back into your cover. In the place where you were made, in the land from which you were taken, I will be your judge.
31 Nĩngagũitĩrĩria mangʼũrĩ makwa, na ngũũkĩrĩre na mĩhũmũ ya marakara makwa mahiũ; nĩngakũneana moko-inĩ ma andũ matarĩ tha, andũ ohĩgĩrĩru na kũniinana.
And I will let loose my burning passion on you, breathing out on you the fire of my wrath: and I will give you up into the hands of men like beasts, trained to destruction.
32 Wee ũgaatuĩka ngũ cia gwakia mwaki ũcio, nayo thakame yaku ĩgaitĩrwo kũu bũrũri waku, ndũgacooka kũririkanwo; nĩgũkorwo niĩ Jehova nĩ niĩ njarĩtie.’”
You will be food for the fire; your blood will be drained out in the land; there will be no more memory of you: for I the Lord have said it.
