Ezekieli 34
1 Neno la Bwana likanijia kusema:
The LORD’s word came to 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 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 Mnakula mafuta ya wanyama, mnavaa mavazi ya sufu na kuchinja kondoo walionona, lakini hamlitunzi kundi.
You eat the fat. You clothe yourself with the wool. You kill the fatlings, but you don’t feed the sheep.
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.
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 Hivyo walitawanyika kwa sababu hapakuwepo mchungaji, nao walipotawanyika, wakawa chakula cha wanyama wa mwitu wote.
They were scattered, because there was no shepherd. They became food to all the animals of the field, and 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 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 “‘Kwa hiyo, ninyi wachungaji, lisikieni neno la Bwana:
“‘Therefore, you shepherds, hear the LORD’s word:
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 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 kwa hiyo enyi wachungaji, sikieni neno la Bwana:
therefore, you shepherds, hear the LORD’s word!”
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.
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 “‘Kwa kuwa hili ndilo Bwana Mwenyezi asemalo: Mimi mwenyewe nitawaulizia kondoo wangu na kuwatafuta.
“‘For the Lord GOD says: “Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will 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 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 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.
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 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 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 Mimi mwenyewe nitawachunga kondoo zangu na kuwafanya wapumzike, asema Bwana Mwenyezi.
I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, 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 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 “‘Kwa habari yenu, enyi kundi langu, hili ndilo Bwana Mwenyezi asemalo: Nitahukumu kati ya kondoo na kondoo, kati ya kondoo dume na mbuzi.
“As for you, O my flock, the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, the rams and the male 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?
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 Je, ni lazima kundi langu wajilishe kwa yale mliyoyakanyaga na kunywa maji mliyoyachafua kwa miguu yenu?
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 “‘Kwa hiyo, hili ndilo Bwana Mwenyezi awaambialo: Tazama, mimi mwenyewe nitahukumu kati ya kondoo wanono na waliokonda.
“Therefore the Lord GOD says to them: ‘Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.
21 Kwa sababu mmewapiga kikumbo na kuwapiga kwa pembe zenu kondoo wote walio dhaifu mpaka wakawafukuza,
Because you thrust with side and with shoulder, and push all the diseased with your horns, until you have scattered them abroad,
22 nitaliokoa kundi langu na hawatatekwa nyara tena. Nitahukumu kati ya kondoo na kondoo.
therefore I will save my flock, and they will no more be a prey. I will judge between sheep and sheep.
23 Nitaweka juu yao mchungaji mmoja, mtumishi wangu Daudi, naye atawachunga, atawachunga na kuwa mchungaji wao.
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 Mimi Bwana nitakuwa Mungu wao, naye mtumishi wangu Daudi atakuwa mkuu miongoni mwao. Mimi Bwana nimenena.
I, the LORD, will be their God, and my servant David prince amongst 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.
“‘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 Nitawabariki wao pamoja na maeneo yanayozunguka kilima changu. Nitawanyeshea mvua kwa majira yake, kutakuwepo mvua za baraka.
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 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.
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 Hawatatekwa tena nyara na mataifa, wala wanyama pori hawatawala tena. Wataishi kwa salama, wala hakuna yeyote atakayewatia hofu.
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 Nitawapa nchi yenye sifa kutokana na mazao yake, hawatapatwa na njaa katika nchi tena wala hawatadharauliwa na mataifa.
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 Ndipo watakapojua kuwa Mimi, Bwana, Mungu wao, niko pamoja nao, na kwamba wao, nyumba ya Israeli, ni watu wangu, asema Bwana Mwenyezi.
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 Ninyi ni kondoo wangu, kondoo wa malisho yangu, ninyi ni watu wangu, nami ni Mungu wenu, asema Bwana Mwenyezi.’”
You my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are men, and I am your God,’ says the Lord GOD.”
