Ezekieli 2
1 Akanambia, “Mwana wa adamu, simama kwa miguu yako; kisha nitaongea na wewe.”
And he said to me, Son of man, get up on your feet, so that I may say words to you.
2 Kisha, alipokuwa akiongea na mimi, Roho akaingia ndani yangu na ikaniweka kwenye miguu yangu, na nikamsikia akiongea na mimi.
And at his words the spirit came into me and put me on my feet; and his voice came to my ears.
3 Akanambia, “Mwana wa adamu, nakutuma kwa watu wa Israeli, kwa mataifa yanayoasi ambayo yameasi dhidi yangu-wote wao na babu zao wameasi juu yangu hata hivi leo!
And he said to me, Son of man, I am sending you to the children of Israel, to an uncontrolled nation which has gone against me: they and their fathers have been sinners against me even to this very day.
4 Vizazi vyao vina sura za kikaidi na mioyo migumu. Nakutuma wewe kwenda kwao, na utawaambia, 'Hivi ndivyo Bwana Yahwe asemavyo.'
And the children are hard and stiff-hearted; I am sending you to them: and you are to say to them, These are the words of the Lord.
5 Labda watasikia au hawatasikia. Ni nyumba za uasi, lakini angalau watajua kwamba nabii alikuwa miongoni mwao.
And they, if they give ear to you or if they do not give ear (for they are an uncontrolled people), will see that there has been a prophet among them.
6 Wewe, mwanadamu, usiwaogope au maneno yao. Usiogope, ingawa utakuwa pamoja na mitemba na miiba na ijapokuwa unaishi na nge. Usiogope maneno yao au kuvunjika moyo kwa nyuso zao, kwa kuwa ni nyumba zenye kuasi.
And you, son of man, have no fear of them or of their words, even if sharp thorns are round you and you are living among scorpions: have no fear of their words and do not be overcome by their looks, for they are an uncontrolled people.
7 Lakini utawaambia maneno yangu, labda watasikia au hapana, kwa sababu ni waasi mno.
And you are to give them my words, if they give ear to you or if they do not: for they are uncontrolled.
8 Lakini wewe, mwanadamu, silikiliza kile nisemacho kwako. Usiwe muasi kama nyumba za uasi. Fungua mdomo wako na ule kile ninachotaka kukupa!”
But you, son of man, give ear to what I say to you, and do not be uncontrolled like that uncontrolled people: let your mouth be open and take what I give you.
9 Kisha nikaona, na mkono ulikuwa umenyooshwa kwangu; ndani yake kulikuwa na hati ya kukunja.
And looking, I saw a hand stretched out to me, and I saw the roll of a book in it;
10 Akaikinjua mbele yangu; ilikuwa imeandikwa pande zote mbele na nyuma, na yalikuwa yameandikwa maombolezo kwenye hiyo hati ya kukunja, na huzuni, na ole.
And he put it open before me, and it had writing on the front and on the back; words of grief and sorrow and trouble were recorded in it.
