Ezekieli 34
1 Kisha neno la Yahwe likanijia, kusema,
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
2 “Mwanadamu, tabiri dhidi ya wachungaji wa Israeli. Toa unabii na waambie, 'Bwana Yahwe asema hivi kwa wachungaji: Ole kwa wachungaji wa Israeli wanaojilisha wenyewe. Je! wachungaji hawapaswi kulilinda kundi?
Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord God; O shepherds of Israel, do shepherds feed themselves? do not the shepherds feed the sheep?
3 Mnakula mafungu yaliyonona na mnavaa sufu. Mnawachinja walionona. Hamkuwalisha siku zote.
Behold, you feed on the milk, and clothe yourselves with the wool, and kill the fat: but you feed not my sheep.
4 Hamkuwatia nguvu wagonjwa, wala hamkuwaponya wenye maradhi. Hamkuwafungua wale waliovunjika, hamkuwarudisha waliofukuzwa au kuwatafuta waliopotea. Badala yake, mmetawala juu yao kwa nguvu na vurugu.
The weak one you have not strengthened, and the sick you have not cherished, and the bruised you have not bound up, and the stray one you have not turned back, and the lost you have not sought; and the strong you have wearied with labour.
5 Kisha walikuwa wametawanyika bila mchungaji, na wakawa chakula kwa wanyama wote waishio katika mashamba, walipokuwa wametawanyika.
And my sheep were scattered, because there were no shepherds: and they became meat to all the wild beasts of the field.
6 Kundi langu limetawanyika juu ya milima yote na juu ya kilima kirefu, na limetawanyika juu ya uso wote wa dunia. Wala hakuna anayewatafua.
And my sheep were scattered on every mountain, and on every high hill: yes, they were scattered on the face of the earth, and there was none to seek them out, nor to bring them back.
7 Kwa hiyo, wachungaji, sikilizeni neno la Yahwe:
Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord.
8 Kama niishivyo-hivi ndivyo Bwana Yahwe asemavyo-kwa sababu kundi langu limekuwa mateka na chakula kwa ajili ya wanyama katika mashamba, kwa sababu hapakuwa na mchungaji yeyote, lakini wachungaji walijilisha wenyewe na hawakulisha kundi langu.
[As] I live, says the Lord God, surely because my sheep became a prey, and my sheep became meat to all the wild beasts of the field, because there were no shepherds, and the shepherds sought not out my sheep, and the shepherds fed themselves, but fed not my sheep.
9 Kwa hiyo, wachungaji, lisikilizeni neno la Yahwe:
For this cause, O shepherds,
10 Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: Tazama! Niko juu ya wachungaji, na nitalitaka kundi langu kutoka mkononi mwake. Kisha nitawaachisha kutoka kulichunga kundi; wala wachungaji hawatajilisha wenyewe tena kwa kuwa nitaliondoa kundi langu kutoka midomoni mwao, ili kwamba kundi langu lisiwe chakula kwa ajili yao tena.
thus says the Lord God, Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my sheep at their hands, and will turn them back that they shall not feed my sheep, and the shepherds shall no longer feed them; and I will deliver my sheep out of their mouth, and they shall no longer be meat for them.
11 Kwa kuwa Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: Tazama! mimi mwenyewe nitawatafuta kondoo wangu na kuwaulizia,
For thus says the Lord God, Behold, I will seek out my sheep, and will visit them.
12 kama mchungaji atafutaye kundi lake juu ya siku hiyo yupo ndani ya kundi lake lililotawanyika. Hivyo nitalitafuta kundi langu, na nitalichunga kutoka sehemu lilipokuwa limetawanyika siku ya mawingu na giza.
As the shepherd seeks his flock, in the day when there is darkness and cloud, in the midst of the sheep that are separated: so will I seek out my sheep, and will bring them back from every place where they were scattered in the day of cloud and darkness.
13 Kisha nitalileta kutoka miongoni mwa watu; nitalikusanya kutoka nchi mbali mbali na kulileta kwenye nchi yao. Nitaliweka kwenye malisho juu ya pande za milima ya Israeli, karibu na vijito, na katika kila makazi katika nchi.
And I will bring them out from the Gentiles, and will gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land, and will feed them upon the mountains of Israel, and in the valleys, and in every inhabited place of the land.
14 Nitawaweka kwenye malisho mema; juu ya milima ya Israeli itakuwa sehemu za malisho yao. Watalala chini huko katika sehemu nzuri kwa ajili ya malisho, katika malisho mengi, na watalisha juu ya milima ya Israeli.
I will feed them in a good pasture, on a high mountain of Israel: and their folds shall be there, and they shall lie down, and there shall they rest in perfect prosperity, and they shall feed in a fat pasture on the mountains of Israel.
15 Mimi mwenyewe nitachunga kondoo wangu, na mimi mwenyewe nitawalaza chini-hivi ndivyo Bwana Yahwe
I will feed my sheep, and I will cause them to rest; and they shall know that I am the Lord: thus says the Lord God.
16 asemavyo-Nitawatafuta waliopotea nitawarudisha waliofukuzwa. Nitawafunga waliovunjika na kuwaponya kondoo waliougua lakini wanene na wenye nguvu nitawaharibu. Nitawalisha kwa haki.
I will seek that which is lost, and I will recover the stray one, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen the fainting, and will guard the strong, and will feed them with judgement.
17 Hivyo sasa ninyi, kundi langu-hivi ndivyo Bwana Yahwe asemavyo-tazama, nitakuwa hakimu kati ya kondoo na kondoo na kati ya kondoo dume na mbuzi dume.
And [as for] you, you sheep, thus says the Lord God, Behold, I will distinguish between sheep and sheep, [between] rams and he-goats.
18 Je! haitoshi kulisha juu ya malisho mazuri, ambayo mtayakanyaga chini kwa miguu yenu kile kilichobakia kwenye malisho; na kunywa kutoka maji masafi, ambayo hakuna budi kuikanyaga mito kwa miguu yenu?
And [is it] not enough for you that you fed on the good pasture, that you trampled with your feet the remnant of your pasture? and [that] you drank the standing water, [that] you disturbed the residue with your feet?
19 Kondoo zangu zitakula kile mlichokanyagwa kwa miguu yenu, na kunywa maji yale mliyoyakanyaga kwa miguu yenu?
So my sheep fed on that which you had trampled with your feet; and they drank the water that had been disturbed by your feet.
20 Kwa hiyo Bwana Yahwe anawaambia hivi; Tazama! Mimi mwenyewe nitahukumu kati ya wanene na waliokonda,
Therefore thus says the Lord God; Behold, I will separate between the strong sheep and the weak sheep.
21 Kwa kuwa mmewasukuma kwa ubavu wenu na mabega, na kuwapiga kwa pembe wadhaifu wote kwa pembe zenu hadi mtakapowatawanya mbali kutoka kwenye nchi.
You did thrust with your sides and shoulders, and pushed with your horns, and you cruelly treated all the sick.
22 Nitaliokoa kundi langu na hawatakuwa mateka tena, na nitahukumu kati ya kondoo mmoja na mwingine!
Therefore I will save my sheep, and they shall not be any more for a prey; and will judge between ram and ram.
23 Nitaweka juu yao mchungaji mmoja, mtumishi wangu Daudi. Atawachunga, atawalisha, na atakuwa mchungaji wao.
And I will raise up one shepherd over them, and he shall tend them, [even] my servant David, and he shall be their shepherd;
24 Kwa kuwa mimi, Yahwe, nitakuwa Mungu wao, na mtumishi wangu Daudi atakuwa mkuu kati yao-mimi, Yahwe, nimesema hivi.
and I the Lord will be to them a God, and David a prince in the midst of them; I the Lord have spoken it.
25 Kisha nitafanya agano la amani pamoja nao na kuwaondoa wanyama waovu kutoka kwenye nchi, ili kwamba waishi salama katika jangwa na walale salama katika misitu.
And I will make with David a covenant of peace and I will utterly destroy evil beasts from off the land; and they shall dwell in the wilderness, and sleep in the forests.
26 Pia nitaleta baraka juu yao na juu ya maeneo yazungukao kilima changu, kwa kuwa nitaleta manyunyu kwa wakati wake. Haya yatakuwa manyunyu ya baraka.
And I will settle them round about my mountain; and I will give you the rain, the rain of blessing.
27 Kisha miti ya shambani itazaa matunda yake, na dunia itashindwa kuzaa matunda yake. Kondoo wangu watakuwa salama katika nchi yao; kisha watajua ya kwamba mimi ni Yahwe, wakati nitakazipovunja fito za kongwa zao, na wakati nitakapowalinda kutoka kwenye mkono wa wale walio watumikisha.
And the trees that are in the field shall yield their fruit, and the earth shall yield her strength, and they shall dwell in the confidence of peace on their land, and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have broken their yoke; and I will deliver them out of the hand of those that enslaved them.
28 Hawatakuwa mateka tena kwa mataifa, na wanyama pori juu ya dunia hawatawameza tena. Kwa kuwa wataishi salama na wala hakuna mtu atakayewatia hofu.
And they shall no more be a spoil to the nations, and the wild beasts of the land shall no more at all devour them; and they shall dwell safely, and there shall be none to make them afraid.
29 Kwa kuwa nitatengeneza sehemu ya kulimia nzuri kwa ajili yao hivyo hawataangamia kwa njaa katika nchi, na mataifa hayataleta matukano juu ya yao.
And I will raise up for them a plant of peace, and they shall no more perish with hunger upon the land, and they shall no more bear the reproach of the nations.
30 Kisha watajua kwamba mimi, Yahwe Mungu wao, niko pamoja nao. Ni watu wangu, nyumba ya Israeli-hivi ndivyo Bwana Mungu asemavyo.
And they shall know that I am the Lord their God, and they my people. O house of Israel, says the Lord God,
31 Kwa kuwa ninyi ni kondoo wangu, kundi la malisho yangu, na watu wangu, na mimi ni Mungu wenu-hivi ndivyo Bwana Mungu asemavyo.”
you are my sheep, even the sheep of my flock, and I am the Lord your God, says the Lord God.
