Ezekieli 3
1 Akanambia, “Mwanadamu, kile ulichokikuta, kula. Kula hili gombo, kisha nenda kaongee na nyumba ya Israeli.”
Then said he unto me, Son of man What thou findest, eat, —eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel.
2 Basi nikafungua kinywa changu, na akanilisha hilo gombo.
So I opened my mouth, —and he caused me to eat this roll.
3 Akanambia, “Mwana wa adamu, lisha tumbo lako na jaza tumbo lako kwa hili gombo ambalo nimekupa!” Basi nikalila, na lilikuwa tamu kama asali kwenye mdomo wangu.
Then said he unto me Son of man. Thy belly, cause thou to eat and thy bowels, fill thou with this roll which I am giving unto thee. So I did eat, and it became in my mouth, as honey for sweetness.
4 Kisha akanambia, “Mwana wa adamu, nenda kwenye nyumba ya Israeli na ongea maneno yangu kwao.
Then said he unto me, — Son of man Go get thee unto the house of Israel, and thou shalt speak with my words, unto them.
5 Kwa kuwa hujatumwa kwa watu wenye maneno ya kushangaza au lugha ngumu, lakini kwa nyumba ya Israeli-
For not unto a people deep of lip and heavy of tongue, art thou sent —[but] unto the house of Israel:
6 sio kwa taifa lenye nguvu ya maneno ya ajabu au lugha ngumu ambao maneno yao hutaweza kuyaelewa! Kama nikikutuma kwao, watakusikiliza.
not unto many peoples deep of lip and heavy of tongue, whose words thou couldst not understand, —surely if unto them I had sent thee, they would have hearkened unto thee.
7 Lakini nyumba ya Israeli haitakuwa tayari kukusikiliza, kwa kuwa hawako tayari kunisikiliza mimi. Hivyo nyumba yote ya Israeli ni paji gumu na moyo mgumu.
But the house of Israel will not be willing to hearken unto thee, for they are not willing to hearken unto me, —for all the house of Israel are bold of forehead and hard of heart.
8 Kumbe nimeufanya uso wako kama kaidi kama nyuso zao na paji lako kuwa gumu kama mapaji yao.
Lo! I have made thy face bold like as their faces, and thy forehead bold like as their forehead.
9 Nimekufanya paji lako kama almasi, gumu kuliko jiwe la kiberiti! Usiwaogope wala kufadhaika kwa nyuso zao, kwa kuwa ni nyumba ya uasi.”
As an adamant harder than flint, have I made thy forehead, —thou shalt not fear them neither shalt thou be dismayed at their faces, For a perverse house, they are!
10 Kisha akanambia, “Mwana wa adamu, maneno yote niliyokutangazia-yachukue kwenye moyo wako na wasikize kwa sikio lako!
Then said he unto me, — Son of man. All my words which I shall speak unto thee, receive thou into thy heart and in thine ears, hear thou:
11 Kisha nenda kwa watumwa, kwa watu wako, na uzungumze nao. Waambie, 'Hivi ndivyo Bwana Yahwe asemavyo; iwapo watasikia au hapana.”
then go get thee unto them of the captivity, unto the sons of thy people, and thou shalt speak unto them and say unto them, Thus saith My Lord Yahweh, whether they will hear or whether they will forbear.
12 Kisha Roho akaniinua juu, na nikasikia nyuma yangu sauti yenye tetemeko la aridhi: “Ubarikiwe utukufu wa Yahwe kutoka mahali pake!”
Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the sound of a great rushing, — Blessed be the glory of Yahweh. From his place!
13 Ilikuwa sauti ya mabawa ya viumbe hai vilipokuwa vikigusana kila kimoja, na sauti ya magurudumu ambayo yalikuwa pamoja na hivyo viumbe, na sauti ya tetemeko kubwa arithi.
Yea the sound of the wings of the living ones, gently touching each other, and the sound of the wheels, along with them, even the sound of a great rushing.
14 Roho akaniinua juu na kunichukua, Nikaenda kwa uchungu katika hasira kali rohoni mwangu, kwa kuwa mkono wa Yahwe ulikuwa na nguvu ukigandamiza juu yangu!
So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away, —and I went bitterly, in the rage of my spirit, but the hand of Yahweh upon me was strong.
15 Hivyo nikaenda kwa watumwa huko Tel Abibu waliokuwa wakiishi karibu na Kebari Kanali, na niliishi miongoni mwao huko kwa mda wa miaka saba, kushinda kabisa katika mshangao.
Thus came I unto them of the captivity, at Tel-abib. who were dwelling towards he river Chebar and I dwelt where They were dwelling; yea I dwelt there seven days, stunned in their midst,
16 Kisha ikatokea baada ya siku saba kwamba neno la Yahwe likanijia, likisema,
And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of Yahweh came unto me saying
17 “Mwana wa adamu, nimekufanya uwe mwangalizi kwa ajili ya nyumba ya Israeli, hivyo sikiliza neno kutoka kinywani mwangu, na uwapatie onyo langu.
Son of man, A watchman, have I appointed thee to the house of Israel, —and thou shalt hear, at my mouth a message, and shalt warn them from me.
18 Nitakaposema kwa waovu, 'Utakufa hakika' na usimuonye au kuzungumza onyo kwa waovu kuhusu matendo yao maovu hivyo anaweza kuishi-yule muovu atakufa kwa ajili ya dhambi yake, lakini nitaitaka damu yake kutoka kwenye mkono wako.
When I say to the lawless man— Thou shalt surely die, and thou hast not given him warning, neither hast spoken to warn the lawless man from his lawless way, to save himself alive the same lawless man in his iniquity shall die, but his blood, at thy hand, will I require.
19 Lakini kama ukimuonya muovo, na asiuache uovu wake au kutoka matendo yake maovu, kisha atakufa kwa dhambi yake, lakini utaokoa maisha yako mwenyewe.
Whereas when thou hast warned a lawless man, and he hath not turned from his lawlessness and from his lawless way he in his iniquity shall die, but Thou hast delivered thine own soul.
20 Kama mwenye haki ataicha haki yake na kutenda yasiyohaki, na nikaweka kizuizi mbele yake, atakufa. Kwasababu hukumuonya, atakufa katika dhambi yake, na sintokumbuka matendo ya haki aliyoyafanya, lakini nitaitaka damu yake kutoka kwenye mkono wako.
And when a righteous man hath turned from his righteousness, and committed perversity, and I have suffered a stumbling- block to be laid before him he shall die, —though thou hast not warned him, in his sin, shall he die, neither shall be remembered his righteous deeds which he hath done, but his blood, at thy hand will I require;
21 Lakini kama ukimuonya mwenye mtu mwenye haki kuacha kufanya dhambi halafu akaacha kutenda dhambi, ataishi hakika tangu alipo unywa; na utakuwa umeokoa maisha yako mwenyewe.”
whereas when Thou hast warned a righteous man. That a righteous man must not sin and he hath not sinned, he shall surely live in that he took warning, and thou hast delivered thine own soul.
22 Hivyo mkono wa Yahwe ulikuwa juu yangu huko, akanambia, “Inuka! nenda uwandani, na nitaongea na wewe huko!”
Then came upon me there the hand of Yahweh, —and he said unto me, Arise go forth into the valley, and there, will I speak with thee.
23 Nikainuka na kwenda uwandani, na huko utukufu wa Yahwe ulisimama, kama utukufu ambao niliokuwa nimeuona karibu na Kebari Kanali; hivyo nikaanguka kifudifudi.
So I arose and went forth into the valley, and lo! there the glory of Yahweh, standing, like the glory which I saw by the river Chebar, -and I fell upon my face.
24 Roho akaja kwangu na kusimama juu ya miguu yangu; akaongea na mimi, na kunambia, “Nenda na jifungie mwenyewe kwenye nyumba yako,
Then the Spirit entered into me, and caused me to stand upon my feet, —and he spake with me and said unto me, Go in shut thyself up, in the midst of thine own house,
25 kwa sasa, mwana wa adamu, wataweka kamba juu yako na kukufunga ili usiweze kutoka nje miongoni mwao.
And thou—O son of man, lo! they have put upon thee bands, and they will bind thee therewith, -. so that thou go not forth in their midst;
26 Nitaufanya ulimi wako ugandamane na paa ya mdomo wako, ili kwamba uwe kimya, na hutaweza kuwakemea, kwa kuwa ni nyumba ya waasi.
thy tongue also, will I cause to cleave unto the roof of thy mouth, so shalt thou be dumb and not be to them a reprover, — For a perverse house, they are!
27 Lakini nitakapozungumza na wewe, nitafungua mdomo wako hivyo utawaambia, 'Hivi ndivyo Bwana Yahwe asemavyo.' Yeye asikiaye na asikie; yeye asiyesikia na asisikie, kwa kuwa wao ni nyumba ya kuasi!”
But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them. Thus saith My Lord Yahweh, —He that is minded to hear, let him hear, And he that is minded to forbear, let him forbear! For a perverse house, they are!
