Ezekieri 14
1 Vamwe vavakuru veIsraeri vakauya kwandiri vakagara pasi pamberi pangu.
Then came certain of the elders of Israel to me, and sat before me.
2 Ipapo shoko raJehovha rakasvika kwandiri richiti,
The word of YHWH came to me, saying,
3 “Mwanakomana womunhu, ava vanhu vakaisa zvifananidzo mumwoyo yavo vakaisa zvigumbuso zvakaipa pamberi pavo. Ndingavatendera kuti vatombondibvunza here?
"Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their heart, and put the stumbling block of their iniquity before their face: should I be inquired of at all by them?
4 Naizvozvo taura navo ugovaudza kuti, ‘Zvanzi naIshe Jehovha: Kana muIsraeri upi zvake akaisa zvifananidzo mumwoyo make uye akaisa chigumbuso chakaipa pamberi pake ndokuenda kumuprofita, ini Jehovha ndichamupindura pachangu zvinoenderana nokunamata kwake zvifananidzo zvake zvikuru.
Therefore speak to them, and tell them, 'Thus says YHWH: "Every man of the house of Israel who takes his idols into his heart, and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to the prophet; I YHWH will answer him in it according to the multitude of his idols;
5 Ndichaita izvi kuti ndibatezve mwoyo yavanhu veIsraeri, ivo vakandisiya vose kuti vatevere zvifananidzo zvavo.’
that I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols."'
6 “Naizvozvo uti kuimba yeIsraeri, ‘Zvanzi naIshe Jehovha: Tendeukai! Dzokai mufuratire zvifananidzo zvenyu musiye mabasa enyu ose anonyangadza!
"Therefore tell the house of Israel, 'Thus says YHWH: "Return, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.
7 “‘Kana muIsraeri upi zvake, kana mutorwa agere muIsraeri, akazvitsaura kubva pandiri akaisa zvifananidzo mumwoyo make uye akaisa chigumbuso chakaipa pamberi pake ndokuenda kumuprofita kunobvunza nezvangu, ini Jehovha ndichamupindura pachangu.
For everyone of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who live in Israel, who separates himself from me, and takes his idols into his heart, and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to the prophet to inquire for himself of me; I YHWH will answer him by myself:
8 Ndicharinzira chiso changu pamusoro pomunhu uyo kuti ndimurwise uye ndichamuita muenzaniso netsumo. Ndichamubvisa pakati pavanhu vangu. Ipapo muchaziva kuti ndini Jehovha.
and I will set my face against that man, and will make him an astonishment, for a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and you shall know that I am YHWH.
9 “‘Uye kana muprofita akanyengerwa kuti ataure chiprofita, ini Jehovha ndini ndamunyengera, uye ndichatambanudza ruoko rwangu pamusoro pake ndigomuparadza pakati pavanhu veIsraeri.
"'"If the prophet is deceived and speaks a word, I, YHWH, have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand on him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.
10 Vachatakura mhosva yavo ivo, muprofita achava nemhosva zvakangoenzana naiye auya kuzomubvunza.
They shall bear their iniquity: the iniquity of the prophet shall be even as the iniquity of him who seeks him;
11 Ipapo vanhu veIsraeri havangazotsaukizve vachibva kwandiri kana kuzvisvibisazve nezvivi zvavo zvose. Vachava vanhu vangu, uye ini ndichava Mwari wavo, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha.’”
that the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither defile themselves any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God," says YHWH.'"
12 Shoko raJehovha rakasvika kwandiri richiti,
The word of YHWH came to me, saying,
13 “Mwanakomana womunhu, kana nyika ikanditadzira nokusatendeka kwayo uye ini ndikatambanudza ruoko rwangu pamusoro payo kuti ndiparadze kugoverwa kwayo zvokudya nokutumira nzara pamusoro payo nokuuraya vanhu vayo nezvipfuwo zvayo,
"Son of man, when a land sins against me by committing a trespass, and I stretch out my hand on it, and break the staff of its bread, and send famine on it, and cut off from it man and animal;
14 kunyange dai varume vatatu ava, Noa, Dhanieri naJobho, vaiva mairi vaingogona kuzviponesa ivo pachavo nokuda kwokururama kwavo, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha.
though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, says YHWH."
15 “Kana dai ndikatumira zvikara munyika imomo, izvo zvikaisiya isina kana mwana uye ikazoparadzwa zvokuti pashayikwe anopfuura nomo nokuda kwezvikara,
"If I cause evil animals to pass through the land, and they ravage it, and it be made desolate, so that no man may pass through because of the animals;
16 zvirokwazvo, noupenyu hwangu, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha, kunyange dai varume vatatu ava vaivamo, havaizogona kuponesa vanakomana vavo kana vanasikana vavo. Ivo chete ndivo vaingopona, asi nyika yaizoparadzwa.
though these three men were in it, as I live," says YHWH, "they should deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only should be delivered, but the land should be desolate.
17 “Kana dai ndaiuyisa munondo kuzorwisa nyika iyo ndikati, ‘Munondo ngaupfuure nomunyika yose,’ uye ndikauraya vanhu vayo nezvipfuwo zvavo,
"Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, 'Sword, go through the land'; so that I cut off from it man and animal;
18 zvirokwazvo noupenyu hwangu, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha, kunyange dai varume ava vatatu vaivamo, havaizogona kuponesa vanakomana vavo kana vanasikana vavo. Ivo voga ndivo vaizoponeswa.
though these three men were in it, as I live, says YHWH, they should deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only should be delivered themselves.
19 “Kana dai ndikatuma denda munyika ndikadurura hasha dzangu pamusoro payo nokuteura ropa, ndichauraya vanhu vayo nezvipfuwo zvavo,
"Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my wrath on it in blood, to cut off from it man and animal;
20 zvirokwazvo noupenyu hwangu, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha, kunyange dai Noa, naDhanieri naJobho vaivamo, havaigona kuponesa mwanakomana kana mwanasikana. Vaingozviponesa ivo chete nokuda kwokururama kwavo.
though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, says YHWH, they could not save either son nor daughter; they would save only their own souls by their righteousness.
21 “Nokuti zvanzi naIshe Jehovha: Zvichaipisisa sei kana ndikatuma pamusoro peJerusarema zvinotyisa zvina zvandakatonga, zvinoti munondo, nzara, zvikara nedenda, kuzouraya vanhu varo nezvipfuwo zvaro!
"For thus says YHWH: 'How much more when I send my four severe judgments on Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the evil animals, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and animal.
22 Kunyange zvakadaro hazvo pachava navanosara, vanakomana navanasikana vachabudiswa mairi. Vachauya kwamuri, uye pamunoona tsika dzavo namabasa avo, muchanyaradzwa pamusoro penjodzi yandakauyisa pamusoro peJerusarema, njodzi dzose dzandakauyisa pairi.
Yet, look, there shall be left a remnant that shall be carried forth, both sons and daughters: look, they shall come forth to you, and you shall see their way and their doings; and you shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought on Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought on it.
23 Muchanyaradzwa pamunoona tsika dzavo namabasa avo, nokuti muchaziva kuti hapana chandakaita mariri pasina chikonzero, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe Jehovha.”
They shall comfort you, when you see their way and their doings; and you shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it,' says YHWH."
