Ezekieli 11
1 Kisha Roho akaniacha juu na kunileta kwenye lango la mashariki la nyumba ya Yahwe, kuelekea mashariki, na tazama, kwenye njia ya mlango wa lango kulikuwa na watu ishirini na tano. Nikamwona Yaazania mwana wa Azuri na Pelatia mwana wa Benaya, viongozi wa watu, miongoni mwao.
Moreover the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the LORD’s house, which looks eastward. Behold, twenty-five men were at the door of the gate; and I saw among them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.
2 Mungu akanambia, “Mwana wa adamu, hawa ndio wale watu walioshauri udhalimu, na kuamua mipango miovu kwenye huu mji.
He said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity, and who give wicked counsel in this city;
3 Wakisema, 'Mda wa kujenga nyumba sio sasa; huu mji ni sufuria, na sisi ni nyama.'
who say, ‘The time is not near to build houses. This is the cauldron, and we are the meat.’
4 Kwa hiyo tabiri juu yao. Tabiri, mwana wa adamu.”'
Therefore prophesy against them. Prophesy, son of man.”
5 Kisha Roho wa Yahwe akanijaza na akaniambia, “akisema: Hivi ndivyo Yahwe asemavyo: kama usemavyo, nyumba ya Israeli; kwa kuwa najua kinachoendelea kwenye fikra zenu.
The LORD’s Spirit fell on me, and he said to me, “Speak, ‘The LORD says: “Thus you have said, house of Israel; for I know the things that come into your mind.
6 Mmewazidisha watu mliowaua kwenye huu mji na kuijaza mitaa kwa hao.
You have multiplied your slain in this city, and you have filled its streets with the slain.”
7 Kwa hiyo, Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: Wale watu milowaua, ambao mmeilaza miili yao kati ya Yerusalemu, ni nyama, na huu mji ni sufuria. Lakini mnaenda kutolewa nje kutoka kati ya huu mji.
“‘Therefore the Lord GOD says: “Your slain whom you have laid in the middle of it, they are the meat, and this is the cauldron; but you will be brought out of the middle of it.
8 Mmeuogopa upanga, kwa hiyo nauleta huo upanga juu yenu-huu ndio usemi wa Bwana Yahwe.
You have feared the sword; and I will bring the sword on you,” says the Lord GOD.
9 Nitawatoa nje kutoka kati ya mji, na kuwaweka kwenye mikono ya wageni, kwa kuwa nitaleta hukumu dhidi yenu.
“I will bring you out of the middle of it, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.
10 Mtaanguka kwa upanga. Nitawahukumu kati ya mipaka ya Israeli hivyo mtajua yakwamba mimi ni Yahwe.
You will fall by the sword. I will judge you in the border of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
11 Huu mji hautakua sufuria yenu ya kupikia, wala hamtakuwa nyama ndani yake. Nitawahukumu kati ya mipaka ya Israeli.
This will not be your cauldron, neither will you be the meat in the middle of it. I will judge you in the border of Israel.
12 Kisha mtajua yakwamba mimi ni Yahwe, yule ambaye hamuishe kwenye amri zake na ambaye hamkuzishika sheria zake. Badala yake, mmebeba hukumu za mataifa wanayowazunguka.”
You will know that I am the LORD, for you have not walked in my statutes. You have not executed my ordinances, but have done after the ordinances of the nations that are around you.”’”
13 Ikawa kwamba nilipokuwa natabiri, Pelatia mwana wa Benaya, akafa. Hivyo nikaanguka kwenye uso wangu na kulia kwa sauti na kusema, “Ee, Bwana Yahwe, Je utayaharibu kabisa mabaki ya Israeli?”
When I prophesied, Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell down on my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, “Ah Lord GOD! Will you make a full end of the remnant of Israel?”
14 Neno la Yahwe likanijia, likisema,
The LORD’s word came to me, saying,
15 “Mwana wa adamu, ndugu zako! Ndugu zako! Watu wa ukoo wako na nyumba yote ya Israeli! Wote hao ndio hao ambao inasemekana wale wanaoishi Yerusalemu, 'Wako mbali sana kutoka kwa Yahwe! Hii nchi tulipewa sisi kama milki yetu.'
“Son of man, your brothers, even your brothers, the men of your relatives, and all the house of Israel, all of them, are the ones to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, ‘Go far away from the LORD. This land has been given to us for a possession.’
16 Kwa hiyo sema, 'Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: kote nimewapitisha mbali kati ya mataifa, na kote nimewasambaza kati ya nchi, bado nimekuwa patakatifu kwa ajili yao kwa mda kidogo kwenye nchi ambazo walizoenda.'
“Therefore say, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Whereas I have removed them far off among the nations, and whereas I have scattered them among the countries, yet I will be to them a sanctuary for a little while in the countries where they have come.”’
17 Kwa hiyo sema, 'Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: Nitawakusanya kutoka kwa watu, na kuwakutanisha kutoka kwenye nchi mlizokuwa mmetawanyika, na nitawapatia nchi ya Israeli.'
“Therefore say, ‘The Lord GOD says: “I will gather you from the peoples, and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.”
18 Kisha wataenda huko na kuondoa kila kitu chenye karaha na kila chukizo kutoka hiyo sehemu.
“‘They will come there, and they will take away all its detestable things and all its abominations from there.
19 Nitawapatia moyo mmoja, na nitaweka roho mpya kati yao. Nitaondoa moyo wa jiwe kutoka kwenye miili wao na kuwapatia moyo wa nyama,
I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them. I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh,
20 ili kwamba waweze kutembea kwenye amri zangu, watayachukua maagizo yangu na kuyatenda. Kisha watakuwa watu wangu, na nitakuwa Mungu wao.
that they may walk in my statutes, and keep my ordinances, and do them. They will be my people, and I will be their God.
21 Lakini kwa wale watembeao kwa kujifanya kuendeleza mambo yao ya karaha na machukizo yao, nitaleta tabia yao kwenye vichwa vyao-hivi ndivyo Bwana Yahwe asemavyo.”
But as for them whose heart walks after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their way on their own heads,’ says the Lord GOD.”
22 Makerubi wakainua mabawa yao na magurudumu yaliyokuwa karibu nao, na utukufu wa Mungu wa Israeli ulikuwa juu yao.
Then the cherubim lifted up their wings, and the wheels were beside them. The glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
23 Kisha utukufu wa Yahwe ukaenda juu kutoka katikati ya mji na kusimama kwenye mlima hata mashariki mwa mji.
The LORD’s glory went up from the middle of the city, and stood on the mountain which is on the east side of the city.
24 Roho akanichukua juu na kunileta hata Ukaldayo, hata uhamishoni, katika maono kutoka kwa Roho wa Mungu, na maono niliyokuwa nimeyaona yakaenda juu yakaniacha.
The Spirit lifted me up, and brought me in the vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to the captives. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.
25 Kisha nikawaambia wale watumwa mambo yote ya Yahwe niliyokuwa nimeyaona.
Then I spoke to the captives all the things that the LORD had shown me.
