Ezekieli 34
1 Kiugo kĩa Jehova nĩkĩanginyĩrĩire, ngĩĩrwo atĩrĩ:
The LORD’s word came to me, saying,
2 “Mũrũ wa mũndũ, ratha ũhoro wa gũũkĩrĩra arĩithi a Isiraeli; ratha ũhoro, ũmeere atĩrĩ: ‘Mwathani Jehova ekuuga ũũ: Kaĩ arĩithi a Isiraeli, o acio merĩithagia o ene, marĩ na haaro-ĩ! Githĩ arĩithi ti a kũrĩithagia rũũru?
“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy, and tell them, even the shepherds, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Shouldn’t the shepherds feed the sheep?
3 Inyuĩ mũrĩĩaga ngʼondu iria noru, na mũkehumba nguo cia guoya wacio, na mũgathĩnja iria njega, no mũtirĩithagia rũũru rũu.
You eat the fat. You clothe yourself with the wool. You kill the fatlings, but you don’t feed the sheep.
4 Inyuĩ mũtiĩkĩrĩte iria hinyaru hinya, kana mũkahonia iria ndwaru, o na kana mũkooha iria ndiihie. Mũtihũndũrĩte iria itururĩte, kana mũgacaria iria ciũrĩte. Mũciathĩte na hinya, o na mũtarĩ na tha.
You haven’t strengthened the diseased. You haven’t healed that which was sick. You haven’t bound up that which was broken. You haven’t brought back that which was driven away. You haven’t sought that which was lost, but you have ruled over them with force and with rigor.
5 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio ciahurunjũkire tondũ itiarĩ na mũrĩithi, na rĩrĩa ciahurunjũkire ĩgĩtuĩka irio cia nyamũ ciothe cia gĩthaka.
They were scattered, because there was no shepherd. They became food to all the animals of the field, and were scattered.
6 Ngʼondu ciakwa ciorũũrire kũu irĩma-inĩ guothe o na tũrĩma-igũrũ. Ciahurunjirwo thĩ yothe, na gũtirĩ mũndũ worĩrĩirie kũrĩa irĩ, kana agĩcicaria.
My sheep wandered through all the mountains and on every high hill. Yes, my sheep were scattered on all the surface of the earth. There was no one who searched or sought.”
7 “‘Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, inyuĩ arĩithi-rĩ, iguai kiugo kĩa Jehova:
“‘Therefore, you shepherds, hear the LORD’s word:
8 Mwathani Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ: Ti-itherũ o ta ũrĩa niĩ ndũũraga muoyo, tondũ rũũru rwakwa nĩ rwagĩte mũrĩithi, na nĩrũtahĩtwo rũgatuĩka irio cia nyamũ ciothe cia gĩthaka, na ningĩ tondũ arĩithi akwa matiigana gũcaria rũũru rwakwa, no nĩo ene meemenyereire handũ ha kũmenyerera rũũru rwakwa-rĩ,
“As I live,” says the Lord GOD, “surely because my sheep became a prey, and my sheep became food to all the animals of the field, because there was no shepherd, and my shepherds didn’t search for my sheep, but the shepherds fed themselves, and didn’t feed my sheep,
9 nĩ ũndũ ũcio, inyuĩ arĩithi, iguai kiugo kĩa Jehova:
therefore, you shepherds, hear the LORD’s word!”
10 Mwathani Jehova ekuuga ũũ: Nĩngũũkĩrĩra arĩithi acio, na nĩo ngooria rũũru rwakwa. Nĩngameheria matige kũrĩithia rũũru rũu, nĩguo arĩithi acio matigacooke kũrĩa ngʼondu. Nĩngateithũra rũũru rwakwa kuuma tũnua-inĩ twao, nĩguo rũtigatuĩke irio cia kũrĩĩo nĩo.
The Lord GOD says: “Behold, I am against the shepherds. I will require my sheep at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the sheep. The shepherds won’t feed themselves any more. I will deliver my sheep from their mouth, that they may not be food for them.”
11 “‘Nĩgũkorwo Mwathani Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ: Niĩ mwene, nĩ niĩ ngaacaria ngʼondu ciakwa ndĩcirĩithagie.
“‘For the Lord GOD says: “Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out.
12 O ta ũrĩa mũrĩithi amenyagĩrĩra rũũru rwake rũrĩa rũhurunjũkĩte rĩrĩa arĩ hamwe naruo-rĩ, ũguo nĩguo o na niĩ ngaamenyagĩrĩra ngʼondu ciakwa. Nĩngaciteithũra ndĩcirute kũrĩa guothe ciahurunjirwo mũthenya ũrĩa kwarĩ matu na nduma.
As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day that he is amongst his sheep that are scattered abroad, so I will seek out my sheep. I will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
13 Nĩngaciruta ndũrĩrĩ-inĩ, na ndĩcicookanĩrĩrie kuuma mabũrũri-inĩ, na ndĩcirehe bũrũri ũrĩa ũrĩ wacio kĩũmbe. Nĩngacirĩithagia kũu irĩma-inĩ cia bũrũri wa Isiraeli, na tũmĩkuru-inĩ, o na kũu bũrũri-inĩ ũcio kũrĩa gũtũũragwo nĩ andũ.
I will bring them out from the peoples, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the watercourses, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
14 Nĩngacirĩithagia kũrĩa kũrĩ na ũrĩithio mwega, na irĩma-inĩ cia bũrũri wa Isiraeli nĩkuo gũgaatuĩka bũrũri wacio wa ũrĩithio. Kũu nĩkuo ikaarahaga, bũrũri ũrĩ ũrĩithio mwega, na irĩĩage ũrĩithio-inĩ mũnoru, kũu irĩma-inĩ cia bũrũri wa Isiraeli.
I will feed them with good pasture, and their fold will be on the mountains of the height of Israel. There they will lie down in a good fold. They will feed on rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.
15 Mwathani Jehova ekuuga atĩrĩ, Niĩ mwene nĩ niĩ ngerĩithagĩria ngʼondu ciakwa, na ndũme ciarahage kũu.
I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down,” says the Lord GOD.
16 Nĩngacaria iria ciũrĩte, na njookie iria itururĩte. Nĩngooha iria ndiihie nacio iria hinyaru ndĩciĩkĩre hinya, no iria noru na iria irĩ na hinya-rĩ, nĩkũniina ngaaciniina. Nĩngarĩithagia rũũru rũu na kĩhooto.
“I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick; but I will destroy the fat and the strong. I will feed them in justice.”’
17 “‘Mwathani Jehova ekuuga ũũ: “Ha ũhoro wanyu inyuĩ rũũru rwakwa-rĩ, nĩngatuithania ciira gatagatĩ ka ngʼondu ĩmwe na ĩrĩa ĩngĩ, na gatagatĩ ka ndũrũme na thenge.
“As for you, O my flock, the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, the rams and the male goats.
18 Anga ti ũndũ mũiganu harĩ inyuĩ kũrĩa kũu ũrĩithio-inĩ ũcio mwega? Ningĩ no nginya mũrangĩrĩrie ũrĩithio ũcio ũngĩ wanyu na makinya? Anga ti ũndũ mũiganu harĩ inyuĩ kũnyua maaĩ makembu? No nginya mũcooke munjuge maaĩ macio mangĩ na makinya manyu?
Does it seem a small thing to you to have fed on the good pasture, but you must tread down with your feet the residue of your pasture? And to have drunk of the clear waters, but must you foul the residue with your feet?
19 No nginya rũũru rwakwa rũrĩĩage kĩrĩa mũrangĩrĩirie, na rũnyuuage kĩrĩa munjugĩte na makinya manyu?”
As for my sheep, they eat that which you have trodden with your feet, and they drink that which you have fouled with your feet.’
20 “‘Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, Mwathani Jehova ekũmeera ũũ: Atĩrĩrĩ, niĩ mwene nĩ niĩ ngaatuithania ciira gatagatĩ ka ngʼondu iria noru na iria hĩnju.
“Therefore the Lord GOD says to them: ‘Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.
21 Tondũ mũcithinĩkanagia na rwere, o na kĩande, nacio ngʼondu iria itarĩ na hinya mũgacitiindĩka na hĩa cianyu o nginya mũgaciingata,
Because you thrust with side and with shoulder, and push all the diseased with your horns, until you have scattered them abroad,
22 nĩngahonokia rũũru rwakwa, naruo rũtigaacooka gũtahwo rĩngĩ. Nĩngatuithania ciira gatagatĩ ka ngʼondu ĩmwe na ĩrĩa ĩngĩ.
therefore I will save my flock, and they will no more be a prey. I will judge between sheep and sheep.
23 Nĩngaciarahũrĩra mũrĩithi ũmwe, nake nĩ Daudi ndungata yakwa, na nĩwe ũgaacirĩithagia; agaacirĩithagia na atuĩke mũrĩithi wacio.
I will set up one shepherd over them, and he will feed them, even my servant David. He will feed them, and he will be their shepherd.
24 Niĩ Jehova nĩ niĩ ngaatuĩka Ngai wacio, nake Daudi ndungata yakwa nĩagatuĩka mũthamaki gatagatĩ-inĩ ga cio. Niĩ Jehova nĩ niĩ njarĩtie ũhoro ũcio.
I, the LORD, will be their God, and my servant David prince amongst them. I, the LORD, have spoken it.
25 “‘Nĩngathondeka kĩrĩkanĩro gĩa thayũ nacio, nacio nyamũ cia gĩthaka ndĩcieherie kũu bũrũri-inĩ ũcio, nĩgeetha itũũre werũ-inĩ na ikomage mĩtitũ-inĩ irĩ na thayũ.
“‘I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause evil animals to cease out of the land. They will dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.
26 Nĩngacirathima na ndaathime kũrĩa gũthiũrũkĩirie kĩrĩma gĩakwa. Nĩngoiragia mbura hĩndĩ ya kĩmera yakinya; nĩgũkaagĩa mbura ya kĩrathimo.
I will make them and the places around my hill a blessing. I will cause the shower to come down in its season. There will be showers of blessing.
27 Mĩtĩ ya mũgũnda nĩĩgaciaraga maciaro mayo, nayo mĩgũnda ĩgĩe na magetha mayo; andũ nao nĩmagaikaraga na thayũ thĩinĩ wa bũrũri wao. Nĩmakamenya atĩ niĩ nĩ niĩ Jehova, rĩrĩa ngoinanga mĩtĩ ya macooki kuuma ngingo-inĩ ciao, na ndĩmateithũre kuuma moko-inĩ ma arĩa maamatuire ngombo.
The tree of the field will yield its fruit, and the earth will yield its increase, and they will be secure in their land. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bars of their yoke, and have delivered them out of the hand of those who made slaves of them.
28 Matigacooka gũtahwo nĩ ndũrĩrĩ, kana kũrĩĩo nĩ nyamũ cia gĩthaka. Magaatũũraga na thayũ, na gũtirĩ mũndũ ũkaamamakagia.
They will no more be a prey to the nations, neither will the animals of the earth devour them; but they will dwell securely, and no one will make them afraid.
29 Nĩngamahe bũrũri ũĩkaine nĩ ũndũ wa kũgĩa magetha, nao matigacooka kũhũũta marĩ kũu bũrũri-inĩ ũcio kana maconorithio nĩ ndũrĩrĩ icio.
I will raise up to them a plantation for renown, and they will no more be consumed with famine in the land, and not bear the shame of the nations any more.
30 Nao nĩmakamenya atĩ niĩ, Jehova Ngai wao, ndĩ hamwe nao, na atĩ nĩo andũ akwa, o andũ a nyũmba ya Isiraeli, ũguo nĩguo Mwathani Jehova ekuuga.
They will know that I, the LORD, their God am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are my people, says the Lord GOD.
31 Inyuĩ ngʼondu ciakwa, o inyuĩ ngʼondu cia rũũru rwakwa-rĩ, inyuĩ mũrĩ andũ, na niĩ ndĩ Ngai wanyu, ũguo nĩguo Mwathani Jehova ekuuga.’”
You my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are men, and I am your God,’ says the Lord GOD.”
