Ezekieli 3
1 Akanambia, “Mwanadamu, kile ulichokikuta, kula. Kula hili gombo, kisha nenda kaongee na nyumba ya Israeli.”
He said to me, “Son of man, what you have found, eat. Eat this scroll, then go speak to the house of Israel.”
2 Basi nikafungua kinywa changu, na akanilisha hilo gombo.
So I opened my mouth, and he fed me that scroll.
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.
He said to me, “Son of man, feed your belly and fill your stomach with this scroll that I have given to you!” So I ate it, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth.
4 Kisha akanambia, “Mwana wa adamu, nenda kwenye nyumba ya Israeli na ongea maneno yangu kwao.
Then he said to me, “Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak my words to them.
5 Kwa kuwa hujatumwa kwa watu wenye maneno ya kushangaza au lugha ngumu, lakini kwa nyumba ya Israeli-
For you are not being sent to a people of strange speech or difficult language, but to 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 to many peoples of strange speech or a difficult language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely if I sent you to them, they would have listened to you.
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 listen to you, for they are not willing to listen to me. So all the house of Israel is strong browed and hard hearted.
8 Kumbe nimeufanya uso wako kama kaidi kama nyuso zao na paji lako kuwa gumu kama mapaji yao.
Behold! I have made your face as stubborn as their faces and your brow as hard as their brows.
9 Nimekufanya paji lako kama almasi, gumu kuliko jiwe la kiberiti! Usiwaogope wala kufadhaika kwa nyuso zao, kwa kuwa ni nyumba ya uasi.”
I have made your brow like a diamond, harder than flint! Do not fear them or be discouraged by their faces, since they are a rebellious house.”
10 Kisha akanambia, “Mwana wa adamu, maneno yote niliyokutangazia-yachukue kwenye moyo wako na wasikize kwa sikio lako!
Then he said to me, “Son of man, all the words that I announce to you—take them into your heart and hear them with your ears!
11 Kisha nenda kwa watumwa, kwa watu wako, na uzungumze nao. Waambie, 'Hivi ndivyo Bwana Yahwe asemavyo; iwapo watasikia au hapana.”
Then go to the captives, to your people, and speak to them. Say to them, 'This is what the Lord Yahweh says,' whether they will listen or not.”
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 earthquake: “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.
It was the sound of the wings of the living creatures as they touched one another, and the sound of the wheels that were with them, and the sound of a great earthquake.
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!
The Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went with bitterness in my spirit's rage, for the hand of Yahweh was powerfully pressing on me!
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.
So I went to the captives at Tel Aviv who lived along the Kebar Canal, and I stayed there among them for seven days, overwhelmed in amazement.
16 Kisha ikatokea baada ya siku saba kwamba neno la Yahwe likanijia, likisema,
Then it happened after seven days that the word of Yahweh came to 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, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel, so listen to the word from my mouth, and give them my warning.
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 wicked, 'You will surely die' and you do not warn him or speak a warning to the wicked about his evil deeds so he might live—the wicked one will die for his sin, but I will require his blood from your hand.
19 Lakini kama ukimuonya muovo, na asiuache uovu wake au kutoka matendo yake maovu, kisha atakufa kwa dhambi yake, lakini utaokoa maisha yako mwenyewe.
But if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness or from his wicked deeds, then he will die for his sin, but you will have rescued your own life.
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.
If a righteous man turns from his righteousness and acts unjustly, and I set a stumbling block before him, he will die. Because you did not warn him, he will die in his sin, and I will not call to mind the righteous deeds that he performed, but I will require his blood from your hand.
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.”
But if you warn the righteous man to stop sinning so that he no longer sins, he will surely live since he was warned; and you will have rescued your own life.”
22 Hivyo mkono wa Yahwe ulikuwa juu yangu huko, akanambia, “Inuka! nenda uwandani, na nitaongea na wewe huko!”
So the hand of Yahweh was on me there, and he said to me, “Arise! Go out into the plain, and I will speak with you there!”
23 Nikainuka na kwenda uwandani, na huko utukufu wa Yahwe ulisimama, kama utukufu ambao niliokuwa nimeuona karibu na Kebari Kanali; hivyo nikaanguka kifudifudi.
I arose and went out into the plain, and there the glory of Yahweh was staying, like the glory that I had seen beside the Kebar Canal; so I fell on my face.
24 Roho akaja kwangu na kusimama juu ya miguu yangu; akaongea na mimi, na kunambia, “Nenda na jifungie mwenyewe kwenye nyumba yako,
The Spirit came to me and stood me up on my feet; and he spoke with me, and said to me, “Go and shut yourself up within your house,
25 kwa sasa, mwana wa adamu, wataweka kamba juu yako na kukufunga ili usiweze kutoka nje miongoni mwao.
for now, son of man, they will place ropes upon you and tie you so you cannot go out among them.
26 Nitaufanya ulimi wako ugandamane na paa ya mdomo wako, ili kwamba uwe kimya, na hutaweza kuwakemea, kwa kuwa ni nyumba ya waasi.
I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth, so you will be mute, and you will not be able to rebuke them, since they are a rebellious house.
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 you, I will open your mouth so you will say to them, 'This is what the Lord Yahweh says.' The one who will hear will hear; the one who will not listen will not listen, for they are a rebellious house!”
