Ezekieli 33
1 Ningĩ kiugo kĩa Jehova nĩkĩanginyĩrĩire, ngĩĩrwo atĩrĩ:
Again the word of the LORD 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 your people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, 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 when he sees the sword come upon the land, he 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 hears the sound of the trumpet, and takes 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 shall be upon him. But he that takes warning shall deliver 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 come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any 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 you, O son of man, I have set you a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore you shall hear the word at 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, O wicked man, you shall surely die; if you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at your 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.
Nevertheless, if you warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your 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?”’
Therefore, O you son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus all of you speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then 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, says the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn all of you, turn all of you from your evil ways; for why will all of you 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.’
Therefore, you son of man, say unto the children of your people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turns from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sins.
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 shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he has committed, he shall die for it.
14 Ningĩ ingĩĩra mũndũ ũrĩa mwaganu atĩrĩ, ‘Ti-itherũ nĩũgũkua,’ nowe agarũrũke atigane na mehia make, eke maũndũ marĩa marĩ ma kĩhooto na magĩrĩire,
Again, when I say unto the wicked, You shall surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;
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 robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely 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 that he has committed shall be mentioned unto him: he has done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.
17 “No andũ anyu moigaga atĩrĩ, ‘Njĩra ya Mwathani ti ya kĩhooto.’ No nĩ njĩra yao ĩtarĩ ya kĩhooto.
Yet the children of your 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 turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he shall even die thereby.
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.
But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.
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 all of you say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O all of you 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, in the fifth day of the month, that one that 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 the LORD was upon me in the evening, before he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.
23 Ningĩ kiugo kĩa Jehova gĩkĩnginyĩrĩra, ngĩĩrwo atĩrĩ:
Then the word of the LORD 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 wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance.
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?
Wherefore say unto them, Thus says the Lord GOD; All of you eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall all of you 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?’
All of you stand upon your sword, all of you work abomination, and all of you defile every one his neighbour's wife: and shall all of you 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 you thus unto them, Thus says the Lord GOD; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes 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 be in the forts 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.
For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, 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.’
Then shall they know that I am the LORD, when I have laid the land most desolate 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.’
Also, you son of man, the children of your people still are talking against you 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 comes forth from the LORD.
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 you as the people comes, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their covetousness.
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, lo, you are unto them as a very lovely song of one that has a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear your 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 comes to pass, (lo, it will come, ) then shall they know that a prophet has been among them.
