Ezekieli 29
1 Katika siku ya kumi, katika mwezi wa kumi siku ya kumi na moja ya mwezi, neno la Yahwe likanijia, kusema,
In the twelfth year, in the tenth month, on the first [day] of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
2 “Mwanadamu, weka uso wako juu ya Farao, mfalme wa Misri; toa unabii juu yake na juu ya Israeli yote.
Son of man, set thy face against Pharao king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against the whole of Egypt:
3 Nena na sema, 'Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: Tazama! Ni juu yako, Farao, mfalme wa Misri. Wewe joka kubwa ambaye ujifichaye kati ya mto, husema, “Mto wangu ni wangu mwenyewe. Nimeufanya kwa ajili yangu mwenyewe.”
and say, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I am against Pharao, the great dragon that lies in the midst of his rivers, that says, The rivers are mine, and I made them.
4 Kwa kuwa nitaweka kalabu katika taya zako, nasamaki za mto wako zitashikamana na magamba yako; nitakuinua juu kutoka kati ya mto wako karibu na samaki zote za mto walioshikamana na maganda yako.
And I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy river to stick to thy sides, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy river:
5 Nitakutupa chini kwenye jangwa, wewe pamoja na samaki wako wote kutoka kwenye mto wako. Utaanguka kwenye shamba la wazi; hutakusanya wala kuinua. Nitakupatia kama chakula kwa viumbe hai vya dunia na kwenye ndege wa angani.
and I will quickly cast down thee and all the fish of thy river: thou shalt fall on the face of the plain, and shalt by no means be gathered, and shalt not be brought together: I have given thee for food to the wild beasts of the earth and to the fowls of the sky.
6 Kisha wote wakaao Misri watajua kwamba mimi Yahwe, kwa sababu wamekuwa mwanzi wa kutegemewa hata kwenye nyumba ya Israeli.
And all the dwellers in Egypt shall know that I am the Lord, because thou hast been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
7 Wakati watakapokushika kwa mkono wao, ulivunjika na kurarua wazi mabega yao; na watakapojifunza juu yako, ulivunjika, na kusababisha miguu yao kutokuwa imara.
When they took hold of thee with their hand, thou didst break: and when every hand was clapped against them, and when they leaned on thee, thou wast utterly broken, and didst crush the loins of them all.
8 Kwa hiyo Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: Tazama! nitaleta upanga juu yako. Nitawakatilia mbali wote mwanadamu na mnyama mbali nawe.
Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I [will] bring a sword upon thee, and will cut off from thee man and beast;
9 Hivyo nchi ya Misri itakuwa ukiwa na jangwa. Ndipo watakapojua kwamba mimi ni Yahwe, kwa sababu jitu la kutisha liliseama, “Huu mto ni wangu, kwa kuwa nimeufanya mimi.”
and the land of Egypt shall be ruined and desert; and they shall know that I am the Lord; because thou sayest, The rivers are mine, and I made them.
10 Kwa hiyo, tazama! Ni juu yako na juu ya mto wako, hivyo nitaitoa nchi ya Misri juu ya ukiwa na jangwa, na utakuwa nchi yenye jangwa kutoka Migdoli hata Sewene na mipaka ya Kushi.
Therefore, behold, I am against thee, and against all thy rivers, and I will give up the land of Egypt to desolation, and the sword, and destruction, from Magdol and Syene even to the borders of the Ethiopians.
11 Hakutakuwa na mguu wa mtu kupitia, na hakuna mguu wa wanyama pori watakao upitia. Haitakuwa makao kwa miaka arobaini.
No foot of man shall pass through it, and no foot of beast shall pass through it, and it shall not be inhabited for forty years.
12 Kwa kuwa nitaifanya nchi ya Misri kuwa ukiwa kati ya nchi zilizoharibiwa, na miji yake kati ya miji isiyotumika itakuwa ukiwa kwa miaka arobaini; kisha nitaitawanya Misri miongoni mwa mataifa, nitawatapanya kati ya nchi mbali mbali.
And I will cause her land to be utterly destroyed in the midst of a land that is desolate, and her cities shall be [desolate] forty years in the midst of cities that are desolate: and I will disperse Egypt among the nations, and will utterly scatter them into the countries.
13 Kwa kuwa Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: Mwisho wa miaka arobaini nitaikusanya Misri kutoka kwa watu miongoni mwao wale waliokuwa wametawanyika.
Thus saith the Lord; After forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the nations among whom they have been scattered;
14 Nitawarudisha wageni wa Misri na kuwarudisha hata mkoa wa Pathrosi, hata kwenye nchi ya asili yao. Kisha huko watakuwa ufalme wa chini.
and I will turn the captivity of the Egyptians, and will cause them to dwell in the land of Phathore, in the land whence they were taken;
15 Utakuwa chini ya falme, na hautajiinua tena juu ya mataifa. Nitawapunguza hivyo hawatatawala tena juu ya mataifa.
and it shall be a base kingdom beyond all [other] kingdoms; it shall not any more be exalted over the nations; and I will make them few in number, that they may not be [great] among the nations.
16 Wamisri hawatakuwa sababu kwa ajili ya imani kwa ajili ya nyumba ya Israeli. Badala yake, watakuwa kumbusho la uovu ambao Israeli umeufanya walipogeukia Misri kwa ajili ya msaada. Kisha watajua kwamba mimi ni Bwana Yahwe.”'
And they shall no more be to the house of Israel a confidence bringing iniquity to remembrance, when they follow after them; and they shall know that I am the Lord.
17 Kisha ikawa katika mwaka wa ishirini na saba siku ya kwanza ya mwezi, lile neno la Yahwe likanijia, kusema,
And it came to pass in the twenty-seventh year, on the first [day] of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
18 “Mwanadamu, Nebukadreza mfalme wa Babeli amelinda jeshi lake kufanya kazi ngumu juu ya Tiro. Kila kichwa kilitiwa upara, na kila bega lilifanywa mali ghafi. Kisha yeye na jeshi lake hawakupokea malipo kutoka Tiro kwa kazi ngumu aliyokuwa ameimaliza dhidi yake.
Son of man, Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyre; every head was bald, and every shoulder peeled; yet there was no reward to him or to his army [serving] against Tyre, nor for the service wherewith they served against it.
19 Kwa hiyo Bwana Mungu asema hivi, 'Tazama! ninawapatia Nebukadreza nchi ya Misri mfalme wa Babeli, na atachukua utajiri wake, kuziteka nyara milki zake, na kuchukua yote atakayoyakuta huko; nayo yatakuwa mshahara wa jeshi lake.
Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I [will] give to Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon the land of Egypt, and he shall take the plunder thereof, and seize the spoils thereof; and [it] shall be a reward for his army.
20 Nimempatia nchi ya Misri kama mshahara kwa ajili ya kazi waliyonifanyia-hivi ndivyo Bwana Yahwe asemavyo.
In return for his service wherewith he served against Tyre, I have given him the land of Egypt; thus saith the Lord God:
21 siku hiyo nitachipusha pembe kwa ajili ya nyumba ya Israeli, na nitakufanya uzungumze kati yao, ili kwamba wajue yakwamba mimi ni Yahwe.”'
In that day shall a horn spring forth for all the house of Israel, and I will give thee an open mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am the Lord.
