< Ezekieli 33 >
1 Ningĩ kiugo kĩa Jehova nĩkĩanginyĩrĩire, ngĩĩrwo atĩrĩ:
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
2 “Mũrũ wa mũndũ, arĩria andũ anyu, ũmeere atĩrĩ: ‘Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa ngaarehithia rũhiũ rwa njora rũũkĩrĩre bũrũri, nao andũ a bũrũri ũcio methuurĩre mũndũ ũmwe wao mamũtue mũrangĩri wao,
Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take one man from among them all, and set him for their watchman:
3 nake one rũhiũ rwa njora rũgĩũka gũũkĩrĩra bũrũri ũcio, nake ahuhe karumbeta nĩgeetha amenyithie andũ mehũũge-rĩ,
if he see the sword coming upon the land, and blow the trumpet, and warn the people;
4 hĩndĩ ĩyo mũndũ wothe ũrĩa ũkaigua karumbeta kau no aage kwĩhũga, naruo rũhiũ rũu rwa njora rũũke rũmũũrage-rĩ, nĩagacookererwo nĩ thakame yake mwene.
then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning, if the sword come and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.
5 Kuona atĩ nĩaiguire mũgambo wa karumbeta na akĩaga kwĩhũga-rĩ, nĩagacookererwo nĩ thakame yake mwene. Korwo nĩehũũgire-rĩ, nĩangĩehonokirie we mwene.
He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood is upon him: whereas had he taken warning, he would have delivered his soul.
6 No rĩrĩ, mũrangĩri ũcio angĩona rũhiũ rũu rwa njora rũgĩũka, na aage kũhuha karumbeta nĩgeetha andũ mehũũge, naruo rũhiũ rũu rwa njora rũũke rũũrage ũmwe wao, mũndũ ũcio agaakua tondũ wa wĩhia wake, no niĩ-rĩ, nĩngooria mũrangĩri ũcio thakame ya mũndũ ũcio.’
But if the watchman see the sword coming, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned, if the sword come and take a person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.
7 “Mũrũ wa mũndũ, nĩngũtuĩte mũrangĩri wa andũ a nyũmba ya Isiraeli; nĩ ũndũ ũcio, igua kiugo kĩrĩa ngwaria na ũmahe ũhoro kuuma harĩ niĩ atĩ mehũũge.
So thou, son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; and thou shalt hear the word from my mouth, and warn them from me.
8 Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa ndeera mũndũ mwaganu atĩrĩ, ‘Wee mũndũ ũyũ mwaganu, ti-itherũ nĩũgũkua,’ nawe wage kũmũringĩrĩria atigane na mĩthiĩre ĩyo yake-rĩ, mũndũ ũcio mwaganu nĩagaakua tondũ wa wĩhia wake, no wee nĩwe ngooria thakame yake.
When I say unto the wicked, Wicked [man], thou shalt certainly die; and thou speakest not to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked [man] shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thy hand.
9 No rĩrĩ, ũngĩĩra mũndũ ũcio mwaganu ehũũge atigane na mĩthiĩre ĩyo yake, nake aage gwĩka ũguo-rĩ, nĩagaakua nĩ ũndũ wa wĩhia wake, no wee nĩũkahonokia muoyo waku.
But if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it, and he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
10 “Mũrũ wa mũndũ, ĩra andũ a nyũmba ya Isiraeli atĩrĩ, ‘Inyuĩ mũroiga atĩrĩ: “Mahĩtia na mehia maitũ nĩmatũritũhĩire, na ithuĩ tũkahwererekera nĩ ũndũ wamo. Twakĩhota atĩa gũtũũra muoyo?”’
And thou, son of man, say unto the house of Israel, Thus ye speak, saying, Our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we waste away in them, how then should we live?
11 Meere ũũ, ‘Mwathani Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ: Ti-itherũ o ta ũrĩa niĩ ndũũraga muoyo-rĩ, ndikenagio nĩ gĩkuũ kĩa andũ arĩa aaganu, no nĩ kaba magarũrũke matigane na mĩthiĩre ĩyo yao, nĩguo matũũre muoyo. Garũrũkai! Garũrũkai, mũtigane na mĩthiĩre ĩyo yanyu mĩũru! Mũgũgĩkua nĩkĩ, inyuĩ andũ a nyũmba ya Isiraeli?’
Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
12 “Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, wee mũrũ wa mũndũ, ĩra andũ anyu atĩrĩ, ‘Ũthingu wa mũndũ ũrĩa mũthingu ndũkamũhonokia rĩrĩa akaaga gwathĩka, naguo waganu wa mũndũ ũrĩa mwaganu-rĩ, ndũgatũma agwe rĩrĩa akaagarũrũka atigane naguo. Mũndũ ũrĩa mũthingu angĩĩhia-rĩ, ndagetĩkĩrio atũũre muoyo nĩ ũndũ wa ũthingu ũrĩa ararĩ naguo.’
And thou, son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression; and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live thereby in the day that he sinneth.
13 Ingĩĩra mũndũ ũrĩa mũthingu atĩ ti-itherũ nĩegũtũũra muoyo, no hĩndĩ ĩyo we mwene ehie ehokete ũthingu ũcio wake, gũtirĩ gĩĩko kĩa ũthingu o na kĩmwe kĩa iria aneeka gĩkaaririkanwo; agaakua nĩ ũndũ wa ũũru ũcio ekĩte.
When I say to the righteous that he shall certainly live, and he trusteth to his righteousness and doeth what is wrong, none of his righteous acts shall be remembered; but in his unrighteousness which he hath done, in it shall he die.
14 Ningĩ ingĩĩra mũndũ ũrĩa mwaganu atĩrĩ, ‘Ti-itherũ nĩũgũkua,’ nowe agarũrũke atigane na mehia make, eke maũndũ marĩa marĩ ma kĩhooto na magĩrĩire,
And when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt certainly die, and he turneth from his sin, and doeth judgment and justice;
15 angĩcookia kĩrĩa ooete gĩa kũrũgamĩrĩra thiirĩ, na acookie kĩrĩa aiyĩte, na arũmagĩrĩre irĩra cia watho wa kũrũmĩrĩrwo iria iheanaga muoyo, na ndageke ũndũ mũũru-rĩ, ti-itherũ nĩagatũũra muoyo; ndagakua.
if the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had taken by robbery, walk in the statutes of life, doing nothing that is wrong; he shall certainly live, he shall not die.
16 Gũtirĩ rĩĩhia o na rĩmwe ekĩte rĩgaacooka kũririkanwo nĩguo orio. Nĩekĩte maũndũ marĩa marĩ ma kĩhooto na magĩrĩire; ti-itherũ nĩagatũũra muoyo.
None of his sins which he hath committed shall be remembered against him: he hath done judgment and justice; he shall certainly live.
17 “No andũ anyu moigaga atĩrĩ, ‘Njĩra ya Mwathani ti ya kĩhooto.’ No nĩ njĩra yao ĩtarĩ ya kĩhooto.
Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
18 Mũndũ mũthingu angĩtigana na ũthingu wake eeke maũndũ mooru-rĩ, nĩagaakua nĩ ũndũ wamo.
When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and doeth what is wrong, then he shall die therein.
19 Nake mũndũ mwaganu angĩgarũrũka atigane na waganu wake, eeke maũndũ marĩa marĩ ma kĩhooto na magĩrĩire-rĩ, nĩagatũũra muoyo nĩ ũndũ wa gwĩka ũguo.
And when the wicked turneth from his wickedness, and doeth judgment and justice, he shall live for these things.
20 No rĩrĩ, inyuĩ andũ a nyũmba ya Isiraeli, mugaga atĩrĩ, ‘Njĩra ya Mwathani ti ya kĩhooto.’ No rĩrĩ, niĩ ngaatuĩra o mũndũ wanyu ciira kũringana na mĩthiĩre yake we mwene.”
Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.
21 Mwaka-inĩ wa ikũmi na ĩĩrĩ kuuma twathaamio, mũthenya wa ĩtano wa mweri wa ikũmi-rĩ, mũndũ worĩte kuuma Jerusalemu agĩũka kũrĩ niĩ, akĩnjĩĩra atĩrĩ, “Itũũra rĩrĩa inene nĩrĩgwĩte!”
And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth [month], on the fifth of the month, that one who had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten!
22 Na rĩrĩ, hwaĩ-wa-ira, mũndũ ũcio ataanakinya, guoko kwa Jehova kwarĩ igũrũ rĩakwa, nake akĩhingũra kanua gakwa, mũndũ ũcio atanooka kũrĩ niĩ rũciinĩ. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio ngĩtumũrwo kanua, na ndiacookire gũkira.
Now the hand of Jehovah had been upon me in the evening, before he that had escaped came; and he had opened my mouth against his coming to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.
23 Ningĩ kiugo kĩa Jehova gĩkĩnginyĩrĩra, ngĩĩrwo atĩrĩ:
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
24 “Mũrũ wa mũndũ, andũ acio matũũraga kũu kwanangĩku bũrũri-inĩ wa Isiraeli maroiga atĩrĩ, ‘Iburahĩmu aarĩ o mũndũ ũmwe, no nĩegwatĩire bũrũri ũyũ. No ithuĩ tũrĩ aingĩ; ti-itherũ bũrũri ũyũ nĩ ithuĩ tũheetwo ũtuĩke igai riitũ.’
Son of man, they that inhabit those waste places in the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited this land, and we are many: the land is given us for a possession.
25 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio meere atĩrĩ, ‘Mwathani Jehova ekuuga ũũ: Kuona atĩ inyuĩ mũrĩĩaga nyama irĩ o na thakame, na mũkainamĩrĩra mĩhianano yanyu, na mũgaitithia thakame-rĩ, inyuĩ no mũkĩĩgwatĩre bũrũri ũyũ ũtuĩke wanyu?
Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood; and shall ye possess the land?
26 Inyuĩ mwĩhokaga rũhiũ rwanyu rwa njora, na mũgeeka maũndũ marĩ magigi, na o mũndũ wanyu agathaahia mũtumia wa mũndũ ũrĩa ũngĩ. Inyuĩ no mũkĩĩgwatĩre bũrũri ũyũ ũtuĩke wanyu?’
Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife; and shall ye possess the land?
27 “Meere atĩrĩ: ‘Mwathani Jehova ekuuga ũũ: Ti-itherũ o ta ũrĩa niĩ ndũũraga muoyo, acio matigaire kũu kwanangĩku makaaniinwo na rũhiũ rwa njora, nao arĩa marĩ mĩgũnda-inĩ ngaamaneana kũrĩ nyamũ cia gĩthaka imatambuurange, nao arĩa marĩ ciĩhitho-inĩ nũmu na ngurunga-inĩ makooragwo nĩ mũthiro.
Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: [As] I live, verily they that are in the waste places shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that are in the strongholds and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.
28 Nĩngatũma bũrũri ũcio wanangĩke ũkire ihooru, naguo hinya ũrĩa wĩtĩĩagĩra nĩũgaathira, na irĩma icio cia Isiraeli nĩigakirio ihooru, kwage mũndũ ũngĩtuĩkanĩria kuo.
And I will make the land a desolation and an astonishment, and the pride of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolated, so that none shall pass through.
29 Hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩmakamenya atĩ niĩ nĩ niĩ Jehova, rĩrĩa ngaananga bũrũri ũcio ũkire ihooru, nĩ ũndũ wa maũndũ marĩa mothe marĩ magigi maneeka.’
And they shall know that I [am] Jehovah, when I have made the land a desolation and an astonishment because of all their abominations which they have committed.
30 “No wee mũrũ wa mũndũ-rĩ, andũ anyu maraaranĩria ũhoro waku marĩ thingo-inĩ, na mĩrango-inĩ ya nyũmba, makeerana atĩrĩ, ‘Ũkaai mũigue ndũmĩrĩri ĩrĩa yũkĩte kuuma kũrĩ Jehova.’
And as for thee, son of man, the children of thy people keep talking of thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from Jehovah.
31 Andũ akwa mokaga kũrĩ we, o ta ũrĩa mamenyerete gwĩka, na magaikara thĩ mbere yaku mathikĩrĩrie ciugo ciaku, no rĩrĩ, matiĩkaga ũrĩa ciugĩte. Merutagĩra na tũnua twao, no ngoro ciao ikorokagĩra uumithio ũtarĩ wa kĩhooto.
And they come unto thee as a people cometh, and they sit before thee [as] my people, and they hear thy words, but they do them not; for with their mouth they shew much love, [but] their heart goeth after their dishonest gain.
32 Ti-itherũ harĩ o-rĩ, wee ũtuĩkĩte o ta mũndũ ũrĩa ũinaga nyĩmbo cia wendo arĩ na mũgambo mwega, na akahũũra kĩnanda wega, nĩgũkorwo nĩmaiguaga ciugo ciaku no matiĩkaga ũrĩa ciugĩte.
And behold, thou art unto them as a lovely song, a pleasant voice, and one that playeth well on an instrument; and they hear thy words, but they do them not.
33 “Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa maũndũ macio mothe makaahinga, na ti-itherũ nĩmakahinga, hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩmakamenya atĩ thĩinĩ wao nĩ kwarĩ na mũnabii.”
And when this cometh to pass (behold, it will come), then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.