Ezekieli 28
1 Kisha neno la Yahwe likanijia, kusema,
The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
2 “Mwanadamu, waambie watawala wa Tiro, 'Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: Moyo wako unakiburi! Umesema, “mimi ni mungu! Nitakaa kwenye kiti cha miungu katika moyo wa bahari!” Ingawa wewe ni mtu na sio mungu, unaufanya moyo wako kama moyo wa mungu,
Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus says the Lord GOD; Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet you are a man, and not God, though you set your heart as the heart of God:
3 unafikiri kwamba unahekima kuliko Danieli, na kwamba hakuna siri ikushangazayo!
Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from you:
4 Umejitajirisha mwenyewe pamoja na hekima na ujuzi, na kujipatia dhahabu na fedha katika hazina yako!
With your wisdom and with your understanding you have got you riches, and have got gold and silver into your treasures:
5 Kwa hekima kubwa na kwa biashara yako, umeongeza utajiri wako, hivyo moyo wako una kiburi kwa sababu ya utajiri yako.
By your great wisdom and by your trade have you increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches:
6 Kwa hiyo, Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: Kwa sababu umetengeza moyo wako kama moyo wa mungu,
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Because you have set your heart as the heart of God;
7 kwa hiyo nitaleta wageni juu yako, watu wa kuogofya kutoka mataifa mengine. Wataleta panga zao juu hekima ya uzuri wako, na watauchafua uzuri wako.
Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon you, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom, and they shall defile your brightness.
8 Watakupeleka chini hata kwenye shimo, na utakufa kifo cha waliokufa katika Bahari.
They shall bring you down to the pit, and you shall die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.
9 Je! kweli utasema, “Mimi ni mungu” mbele ya uso wa yule akuuaye? Wewe ni mwanadamu na sio Mungu, na utakuwa kwenye mkono wa yule akujeruaye.
Will you yet say before him that slays you, I am God? but you shall be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slays you.
10 Utakufa kifo cha asiyetahiriwa kwa mkono wa wageni kwa kuwa nimesema hili-asema Bwana Yahwe.
You shall die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, says the Lord GOD.
11 Neno la Yahwe likanijia, kusema,
Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
12 “Mwanadamu, inua maombolezo kwa ajili ya mfalme wa Tiro na umwambie, 'Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: Uliumbwa mkamilifu, umejaa hekima na ukamilifu wa hekima.
Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus says the Lord GOD; You seal up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
13 Ulikuwa katika Edeni, bustani ya Mungu. Kila jiwe la thamani lilikufunika: akiki, yakuti manjano, almasi, zabarajadi, shohamu, yaspi, yakuti samawi, zumaridi, baharamani, na dhahabu. Ilikuwa siku uliyokuwa umeiumba ambayo walikuwa wameiandaa.
You have been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering, the ruby, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of your timbrels and of your pipes was prepared in you in the day that you were created.
14 Nimekuweka juu ya mlima mtakatifu wa Mungu kama kerubi nimekutia mafuta kwa ajili ya kumlinda mwanadamu. Ulikuwa kati ya mawe ya moto ulipozunguka.
You are the anointed cherub that covers; and I have set you so: you were upon the holy mountain of God; you have walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
15 Ulikuwa mwadilifu kwenye njia zako kutoka siku ulipoumbwa hadi uovu ulipoonekana ndani yako.
You were perfect in your ways from the day that you were created, till iniquity was found in you.
16 Kupitia biashara yako kubwa uliyokuwa umeijaza kwa udhalimu, hivyo umetenda dhambi. Hivyo nimekutupilia mbali ya mlima wa Mungu, kama mmoja wao wa aliyekuwa ameninajisi, na nimekuharibu, kerubi mlinzi, na kukutoa miongono mwa mawe ya moto.
By the multitude of your merchandise they have filled the midst of you with violence, and you have sinned: therefore I will cast you as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy you, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
17 Moyo wako ulikuwa na kiburi kwa uzuri wako; umeiharibu hekima yako kwa sababu ya fahari yako. Nimekupeleka chini kwenye dunia. Nimekuweka mbele ya wafalme ili waweze kukuona.
your heart was lifted up because of your beauty, you have corrupted your wisdom by reason of your brightness: I will cast you to the ground, I will lay you before kings, that they may behold you.
18 Kwa sababu ya wingi wa dhambi zako na biashara za udanganyifu, umepanajisi mahali pako patakatifu. Basi nimetengeneza moto kutoka ndani yako; utakula wewe. Nitakugeuza kwenye majivu juu ya dunia katika macho ya wote wakutazamao.
You have defiled your sanctuaries by the multitude of your iniquities, by the iniquity of your trade; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of you, it shall devour you, and I will bring you to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold you.
19 Wale wote waliokujua miongoni mwa watu watakao kutetemekewa; watakuwa watu wa kutisha, na hutakuwepo tena milele.”'
All they that know you among the people shall be astonished at you: you shall be a terror, and never shall you be any more.
20 Kisha neno la Bwana Yahwe likanijia, kusema,
Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
21 “Mwanadamu, elekeza uso wako Sidoni na toa utabiri juu yake.
Son of man, set your face against Zidon, and prophesy against it,
22 Sema, Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: Tazama! Niko juu yako, Sidoni! Kwa kuwa nitatukuzwa kati yako hivyo watu wako watajua kwamba mimi ni Yahwe wakati nitakapokuwa nimezitekeleza hukumu ndani yako. Nitaonyesha utakatifu ndani yako.
And say, Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against you, O Zidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of you: and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her.
23 Nitapeleka tauni juu yako na tazama mitaa yako, na walioua wataanguka kati yako. Wakati upanga utakapokuja juu yao kutoka pande zote, kisha mtajua kwamba mimi ni Yahwe.
For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into her streets; and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her by the sword upon her on every side; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
24 Kisha hakutakuwa na mtemba uchomao na maumivu ya miba kwa ajili ya nyumba ya Israeli kutoka wale wote waliomzunguka wanaowadharau watu wake, hivyo watajua kwamba mimi ni Bwana Yahwe!'
And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them, that despised them; and they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
25 Bwana Yahwe asema hivi, Nitakapowakusanya nyumba ya Israeli kutoka miongni mwa watu waliokuwa wamekusanyika, na wakati nilipokuwa nimewatenga miongoni mwao, hivyo mataifa aanaweza kuona, kisha watafanya nyumba zao katika nchi nitakayo mpatia mtumishi wangu Yakobo.
Thus says the Lord GOD; When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob.
26 Kisha wataishi salama ndani yake na kujenga nyumba, kulima mizabibu, na kuishi salama wakati nitakapo zitekeleza hukumu juu ya wote wale ambao sasa wanawadharau kutoka sehemu zote; basi watajua yakwamba mimi ni Yahwe Mungu wao!”'
And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; and they shall know that I am the LORD their God.
