Ezekieli 29
1 Katika mwaka wa kumi, mwezi wa kumi, siku ya kumi na mbili, neno la Bwana likanijia kusema:
In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the word of YHWH came to me, saying,
2 “Mwanadamu, elekeza uso wako juu ya Farao mfalme wa Misri na utabiri dhidi yake na dhidi ya Misri yote.
"Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.
3 Nena, nawe useme: ‘Hili ndilo Bwana Mwenyezi asemalo: “‘Mimi ni kinyume nawe, Farao, mfalme wa Misri, joka kubwa ulalaye katikati ya vijito vyako. Unasema, “Mto Naili ni wangu mwenyewe; niliufanya kwa ajili yangu mwenyewe.”
Speak and say, 'Thus says YHWH: "Look, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lies in the midst of his rivers, that has said, 'My river is my own, and I have made it for myself.'
4 Lakini nitatia ndoana katika mataya yako nami nitawafanya samaki wa vijito vyako washikamane na magamba yako. Nitakutoa katikati ya vijito vyako, pamoja na samaki wote walioshikamana na magamba yako.
I will put hooks in your jaws, and I will make the fish of your rivers stick to your scales; and I will bring you up out of the midst of your rivers, with all the fish of your rivers which stick to your scales.
5 Nitakutupa jangwani, wewe pamoja na samaki wote wa vijito vyako. Utaanguka uwanjani, nawe hutakusanywa au kuchukuliwa. Nitakutoa uwe chakula kwa wanyama wa nchi na ndege wa angani.
I'll cast you forth into the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers. You'll fall on the open field. You won't be brought together, nor gathered. I have given you for food to the animals of the earth and to the birds of the sky.
6 Ndipo wale wote waishio Misri watakapojua kuwa Mimi ndimi Bwana. “‘Umekuwa fimbo ya tete kwa nyumba ya Israeli.
All the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am YHWH, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
7 Walipokushika kwa mikono yao, ulivunjika na kuchana mabega yao; walipokuegemea, ulivunjika na migongo yao ikateguka.
When they took hold of you with their hand, you splintered and dislocated their shoulders; and when they leaned on you, you shattered and caused their legs to be unsteady."
8 “‘Kwa hiyo hili ndilo Bwana Mwenyezi asemalo: Nitaleta upanga juu yako na kuua watu wako na wanyama wao.
"'Therefore thus says YHWH: "Look, I will bring a sword on you, and will cut off man and animal from you.
9 Misri itakuwa ukiwa na isiyolimwa wala kukaliwa na watu. Ndipo watakapojua kuwa Mimi ndimi Bwana. “‘Kwa sababu ulisema, “Mto Naili ni wangu; mimi niliufanya,”
The land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste; and they shall know that I am YHWH. Because he has said, 'The river is mine, and I have made it;'
10 kwa hiyo mimi ni kinyume nawe na kinyume na vijito vyako, nami nitaifanya nchi ya Misri kuwa magofu na ukiwa isiyolimwa wala kukaliwa na watu kuanzia Migdoli hadi Aswani, hata kufikia mpakani wa Ethiopia.
therefore, look, I am against you, and against your rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from the tower of Syene even to the border of Ethiopia.
11 Hakuna unyayo wa mtu au mnyama utakaopita ndani yake, wala hakuna yeyote atakayeishi humo kwa muda wa miaka arobaini.
No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of animal shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.
12 Nitaifanya nchi ya Misri ukiwa, miongoni mwa nchi zilizo ukiwa, nayo miji yake itabaki ukiwa miaka arobaini miongoni mwa miji iliyo magofu. Nami nitawatawanya Wamisri miongoni mwa mataifa na kuwafukuza huku na huko katika nchi nyingine.
I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of the countries that are desolate; and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be a desolation forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries."
13 “‘Lakini hili ndilo Bwana Mwenyezi asemalo: Mwishoni mwa hiyo miaka arobaini, nitawakusanya Wamisri kutoka mataifa walikotawanywa.
"'For thus says YHWH: "At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the peoples where they were scattered;
14 Nitawarudisha hao Wamisri kutoka kwenye kutekwa kwao na kuwaweka katika Pathrosi, nchi ya baba zao. Huko watakuwa na ufalme usiokuwa na nguvu.
and I will bring back the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their birth; and they shall be there a base kingdom.
15 Utakuwa ufalme dhaifu kuliko zote na kamwe Misri haitajikweza tena juu ya mataifa mengine. Nitaufanya ufalme wake dhaifu sana kiasi kwamba kamwe hautatawala tena juu ya mataifa mengine.
It shall be the base of the kingdoms; neither shall it any more lift itself up above the nations: and I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations.
16 Misri haitakuwa tena tumaini la watu wa Israeli bali itakuwa kumbukumbu ya dhambi yao kwa kuigeukia kuomba msaada. Ndipo watakapojua kuwa Mimi ndimi Bwana Mwenyezi.’”
It shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, bringing iniquity to memory, when they turn to look after them: and they shall know that I am YHWH."'"
17 Katika mwaka wa ishirini na saba, mwezi wa kwanza, siku ya kwanza, neno la Bwana likanijia, kusema:
It came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first month, in the first day of the month, the word of YHWH came to me, saying,
18 “Mwanadamu, Nebukadneza mfalme wa Babeli aliongoza jeshi lake kufanya kazi ngumu dhidi ya Tiro; kila kichwa kilipata upaa na kila bega likachunika. Lakini yeye na jeshi lake hawakupata malipo yoyote kutokana na muda wote aliongoza hiyo vita dhidi ya Tiro.
"Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyre: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was worn; yet had he no wages, nor his army, from Tyre, for the service that he had served against it.
19 Kwa hiyo hili ndilo Bwana Mwenyezi asemalo: Nitaitia Misri mikononi mwa Nebukadneza mfalme wa Babeli, naye atachukua utajiri wa Misri. Atateka mateka na kuchukua nyara mali za Misri kama ujira kwa ajili ya jeshi lake.
Therefore thus says YHWH: 'Look, I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and he shall carry off her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.
20 Nimempa mfalme wa Babeli nchi ya Misri kuwa ujira kwa juhudi zake kwa sababu yeye na jeshi lake walifanya kwa ajili yangu, asema Bwana Mwenyezi.
I have given him the land of Egypt as his recompense for which he served, because they worked for me,' says YHWH.
21 “Katika siku hiyo nitaifanya nyumba ya Israeli iwe na nguvu nami nitakifungua kinywa chako miongoni mwao. Ndipo watakapojua kwamba Mimi ndimi Bwana.”
'In that day will I cause a horn to bud forth to the house of Israel, and I will give you the opening of the mouth in their midst; and they shall know that I am YHWH.'"
