Ezekieli 34
1 Neno la Bwana likanijia kusema:
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 “Mwanadamu, tabiri juu ya wachungaji wa Israeli, tabiri na uwaambie: ‘Hili ndilo Bwana Mwenyezi asemalo: Ole wa wachungaji wa Israeli ambao hujitunza wenyewe tu! Je, haiwapasi wachungaji kutunza kundi la kondoo?
Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus says the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?
3 Mnakula mafuta ya wanyama, mnavaa mavazi ya sufu na kuchinja kondoo walionona, lakini hamlitunzi kundi.
All of you eat the fat, and all of you clothe you with the wool, all of you kill them that are fed: but all of you feed not the flock.
4 Hamkuwatia nguvu walio dhaifu wala hamkuwaganga wenye maradhi wala kuwafunga waliojeruhiwa. Hamkuwarudisha waliotangatanga wala kuwatafuta wale waliopotea. Badala yake mmewatawala kwa ukali na kwa ukatili.
The diseased have all of you not strengthened, neither have all of you healed that which was sick, neither have all of you bound up that which was broken, neither have all of you brought again that which was driven away, neither have all of you sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have all of you ruled them.
5 Hivyo walitawanyika kwa sababu hapakuwepo mchungaji, nao walipotawanyika, wakawa chakula cha wanyama wa mwitu wote.
And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became food to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.
6 Kondoo wangu walitawanyika, wakatangatanga kwenye milima yote na kwenye kila kilima kirefu. Kondoo wangu walitawanyika juu ya uso wa dunia yote bila kuwa na yeyote wa kuwaulizia wala wa kuwatafuta.
My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.
7 “‘Kwa hiyo, ninyi wachungaji, lisikieni neno la Bwana:
Therefore, all of you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
8 Kwa hakika kama niishivyo, asema Bwana Mwenyezi, kwa sababu kondoo zangu wamekosa mchungaji na hivyo wametekwa nyara na kuwa chakula cha wanyama wote wa mwituni na kwa sababu wachungaji wangu, hawakuwatafuta kondoo zangu, bali wachungaji wamejitunza wenyewe, nao hawakuwalisha kondoo zangu,
As I live, says the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became food to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;
9 kwa hiyo enyi wachungaji, sikieni neno la Bwana:
Therefore, O all of you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
10 Hili ndilo Bwana Mwenyezi asemalo: Mimi ni kinyume na wachungaji nami nitawadai kondoo zangu mikononi mwao. Nitawafukuza kutoka kwenye kuchunga kundi langu, ili wachungaji wasiendelee kujitunza wenyewe. Nitaokoa kondoo zangu kutoka kwenye vinywa vyao, nao kondoo hawatakuwa tena chakula chao.
Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be food for them.
11 “‘Kwa kuwa hili ndilo Bwana Mwenyezi asemalo: Mimi mwenyewe nitawaulizia kondoo wangu na kuwatafuta.
For thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.
12 Kama vile mchungaji atafutavyo kundi lake lililotawanyika wakati akiwa pamoja nalo, hivyo ndivyo nitakavyowatafuta kondoo wangu. Nitawaokoa kutoka mahali pote walipokuwa wametawanyikia katika siku ya mawingu na giza nene.
As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
13 Nitawatoa katika mataifa na kuwakusanya kutoka nchi mbalimbali, nami nitawaleta katika nchi yao wenyewe. Nitawalisha kwenye milima ya Israeli, katika mabonde na mahali pote panapokalika katika nchi.
And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
14 Nitawachunga kwenye malisho mazuri na miinuko ya mlima wa Israeli patakuwa mahali pao pa malisho. Huko watajipumzisha kwa amani katika nchi ya malisho mazuri, nao watajilisha huko katika malisho tele katika milima ya Israeli.
I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
15 Mimi mwenyewe nitawachunga kondoo zangu na kuwafanya wapumzike, asema Bwana Mwenyezi.
I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, says the Lord GOD.
16 Nitawaulizia kondoo waliopotea na kuwaleta waliotangatanga. Nitawafunga waliojeruhiwa na kuwatia nguvu walio dhaifu lakini wale waliojikinai na wenye nguvu nitawaangamiza. Nitalichunga kundi kwa haki.
I will seek that which was lost, and bring again 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 with judgment.
17 “‘Kwa habari yenu, enyi kundi langu, hili ndilo Bwana Mwenyezi asemalo: Nitahukumu kati ya kondoo na kondoo, kati ya kondoo dume na mbuzi.
And as for you, O my flock, thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats.
18 Je, haiwatoshi ninyi kujilisha kwenye malisho mazuri? Je, ni lazima ninyi kuyakanyaga pia malisho yenu yaliyobaki kwa miguu yenu? Je, haiwatoshi ninyi kunywa maji safi? Je, ni lazima kuyachafua maji mengine kwa miguu yenu?
Seems it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but all of you must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but all of you must foul the residue with your feet?
19 Je, ni lazima kundi langu wajilishe kwa yale mliyoyakanyaga na kunywa maji mliyoyachafua kwa miguu yenu?
And as for my flock, they eat that which all of you have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which all of you have fouled with your feet.
20 “‘Kwa hiyo, hili ndilo Bwana Mwenyezi awaambialo: Tazama, mimi mwenyewe nitahukumu kati ya kondoo wanono na waliokonda.
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD unto them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.
21 Kwa sababu mmewapiga kikumbo na kuwapiga kwa pembe zenu kondoo wote walio dhaifu mpaka wakawafukuza,
Because all of you have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till all of you have scattered them abroad;
22 nitaliokoa kundi langu na hawatatekwa nyara tena. Nitahukumu kati ya kondoo na kondoo.
Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.
23 Nitaweka juu yao mchungaji mmoja, mtumishi wangu Daudi, naye atawachunga, atawachunga na kuwa mchungaji wao.
And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
24 Mimi Bwana nitakuwa Mungu wao, naye mtumishi wangu Daudi atakuwa mkuu miongoni mwao. Mimi Bwana nimenena.
And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.
25 “‘Nitafanya nao Agano la amani na kuwaondoa wanyama wa mwitu kutoka nchi yao ili kondoo wangu waweze kupumzika nyikani na msituni kwa salama.
And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
26 Nitawabariki wao pamoja na maeneo yanayozunguka kilima changu. Nitawanyeshea mvua kwa majira yake, kutakuwepo mvua za baraka.
And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.
27 Miti ya shambani itatoa matunda yake na ardhi itatoa mazao yake, watu watakaa salama katika nchi yao. Watajua kuwa Mimi ndimi Bwana, nitakapovunja vifungo vya nira zao na kuwaokoa kutoka mikono ya wale waliowafanya watumwa.
And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.
28 Hawatatekwa tena nyara na mataifa, wala wanyama pori hawatawala tena. Wataishi kwa salama, wala hakuna yeyote atakayewatia hofu.
And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid.
29 Nitawapa nchi yenye sifa kutokana na mazao yake, hawatapatwa na njaa katika nchi tena wala hawatadharauliwa na mataifa.
And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more.
30 Ndipo watakapojua kuwa Mimi, Bwana, Mungu wao, niko pamoja nao, na kwamba wao, nyumba ya Israeli, ni watu wangu, asema Bwana Mwenyezi.
Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, says the Lord GOD.
31 Ninyi ni kondoo wangu, kondoo wa malisho yangu, ninyi ni watu wangu, nami ni Mungu wenu, asema Bwana Mwenyezi.’”
And all of you my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, says the Lord GOD.
