Ezekieli 36
1 “Na wewe, mwanadamu, itabirie milima ya Israeli na useme, 'Milima ya Israeli, lisikilizeni neno la Yahwe.
And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say to the mountains of Israel, Hear you the word of the Lord:
2 Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: Adui amesema kuhusu ninyi, “Aha!” na “Mahala pa juu pa zamani pamekuwa milki yetu.”'
Thus says the Lord God; Because the enemy has said against you, Aha, the old waste places are become a possession for us:
3 Kwa hiyo tabiri na sema, 'Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: Kwa sababu ya ukiwa wenu na kwa sababu mashambulizi yaliyokuja juu yenu kutoka pande zote, mmekuwa milki ya mataifa mengine; mmeambiwa kwa midomo yao waongeao, na kwa masingizio ya watu.
therefore prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God; Because you have been dishonoured, and hated by those round about you, that you might be a possession to the remainder of the nations, and you became a byword, and a reproach to the nations:
4 Kwa hiyo, milima ya Israeli, sikilizeni neno la Bwana Yahwe: Bwana Yahwe asema hivi kwa milima na vilima, mifereji ya maji na mabonde, mahali palipoharibika kuwa ukiwa na miji iliyoachwa ambayo imetekwa nyara na kutokuwa huru kwa kutaniwa na mataifa yaliyowazunguka-
therefore, you mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord; Thus says the Lord to the mountains, and to the hills, and to the streams, and to the valleys, and to [the places] that have been made desolate and destroyed, and to the cities that have been deserted, and have become a spoil and a trampling to the nations that were left round about;
5 kwa hiyo Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: Hakika nimeongea katika moto wa hasira yangu juu ya mataifa meningine, juu ya Edemu na wote waliochukua nchi yangu kwa ajili yao wenyewe kama milki, dhidi ya wale walikuwa na furaha yote katika mioyo yao na dharau katika roho zao, kama walivyoitwaa nchi yangu kwamba wangeweza kudai nchi za malisho kwa ajili yao.
therefore, thus says the Lord; Verily in the fire of my wrath have I spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Idumea, because they have appropriated my land to themselves for a possession with joy, disregarding the lives [of the inhabitants], to destroy [it] by plunder:
6 Kwa hiyo, tabiri kwa nchi ya Israeli na sema kwa milima na vilima, hata kwenye mifereji na mabonde, Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: Tazama! Katika ghadhabu yangu na hasira yangu nasema hivi kwa sababu mmechukua fedheha za mataifa.
therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains, and to the hills, and to the valleys, and to the forests, Thus says the Lord; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my wrath, because you have borne the reproaches of the heathen:
7 Kwa hiyo, Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: Mimi mwenyewe nitainua mkono wangu kuapa kwamba mataifa yanayowazunguka yamkini yatawabebea aibu yao wenyewe.
therefore I will lift up my hand against the nations that are round about you; they shall bear their reproach.
8 Lakini ninyi, milima ya Israeli, mtachipuza matawi na kuzaa matunda kwa ajili ya watu wangu Israeli, kwa kuwa watarudi kwenu.
But your grapes and your fruits, O mountains of Israel, shall my people eat; for they are hoping to come.
9 Maana tazama, nipo kwa ajili yenu, na kuwachukulia kwa fadhili; mtalimwa na kupandwa mbegu.
For, behold, I am towards you, and I will have respect to you, and you shall be tilled and sown:
10 Hivyo nitawaongeza juu ya milima yenu watu katika nyumba ya Israeli, yote. Miji itakaa na palipoharibiwa kujengwa.
and I will multiply men upon you, [even] all the house of Israel to the end: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the desolate land shall be built upon.
11 Nitaongeza mtu na wanyama juu yenu milima ili kwamba itaongezeka na kuzaa. Kisha nitawafanya kuishi kama mlivyokuwa, na nitawafanya kustawi zaidi kuliko mlivyokuwa zamani, kwa kuwa mtajua yakwamba mimi ni Yahwe.
And I will multiply men and cattle upon you; and I will cause you to dwell as at the beginning, and will treat you well, as in your former [times]: and you shall know that I am the Lord.
12 Nitawaleta watu, watu wangu Israeli, kutembea juu yenu. Watakumiliki, na utakuwa urithi wao, na hutasababisha tena watoto wao kufa.
And I will increase men upon you, [even] my people Israel; and they shall inherit you, and you shall be to them for a possession; and you shall no more be bereaved of them.
13 Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: Kwa sababu wanakwambia, “Wewe unakula watu, na watoto wa nchi yako wamekufa,”
Thus says the Lord God: Because they said to you, You [land] devour men, and have been bereaved of your nation;
14 kwa hiyo hautawala watu wangu tena, na hutalifanya tena taifa lako kuomboleza vifo vyao. Hivi ndivyo Bwana Yahwe asemavyo.
therefore you shall no more devour men, and you shall no more bereave your nation, says the Lord God.
15 Wala sintokuruhusu kusikiliza fedhiha za mataifa tena; hautachukua tena aibu ya watu au kufanya taifa lako kuanguka-hivi ndivyo Bwana Yahwe asemavyo.”'
And there shall no more be heard against you the reproach of the nations, and you shall no more bear the revilings of the peoples, says the Lord God.
16 Kisha neno la Yahwe likanijia, kusema,
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
17 “Mwanadamu, wakati nyumba ya Israeli walipoikalia nchi yao, waliinajisi kwa njia zao na matendo yao. Njia zao zilikuwa kama uchafu wa hedhi ya mwanamke mbele yangu.
Son of man, the house of Israel lived upon their land, and defiled it by their way, and with their idols, and with their uncleannesses; and their way was before me like the uncleanness of a removed woman.
18 Hivyo nilimwaga ghadhabu yangu juu yao kwa ajili ya damu ambayo waliyoimwaga juu ya nchi na kwa ajili ya uchafu wa hiyo kwa sanamu zao.
So I poured out my wrath upon them:
19 Nimewatawanya miongoni mwa mataifa; walitawanyika katika nchi nyingi. Nimewahukumu kulingana na njia zao na matendo yao.
and I dispersed them amongst the nations, and utterly scattered them through the countries: I judged them according to their way and according to their sin.
20 Kisha wakaenda kati ya mataifa, na popote walipoenda, walilitukana jina langu takatifu wakati watu waliwasema, 'Je! hawa kweli ni watu wa Yahwe? Kwa kuwa wamefukuzwa nje ya nchi yake.
And they went in amongst the nations, amongst which they went, and they profaned my holy name, while it was said of them, These are the people of the Lord, and they came forth out of his land.
21 Lakini nilikuwa na huruma kwa ajili ya jina langu takatifu ambalo nyumba ya Israeli walilinajisi miongoni mwa mataifa, walipoenda huko.
But I spared them for the sake of my holy name, which the house of Israel profaned amongst the nations, amongst whom they went.
22 Kwa hiyo waambie nyumba ya Israeli, 'Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: Sifanyi haya kwa ajili yenu, nyumba ya Israeli, lakini jina langu, mlilolitukana miongoni mwa mataifa kila sehemu mlipoenda.
Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord; I do not this, O house of Israel, for your sakes, but because of my holy name, which you have profaned amongst the nations, amongst whom you went.
23 Kwa kuwa nitalifanya jina langu kuu kuwa takatifu, mlilolitukana miongoni mwa mataifa-katikati ya mataifa, mmelitukana. Kisha mataifa watajua kwamba mimi ni Yahwe-hivi ndivyo asemavyo Bwana Yahwe-asemavyo-wakati mtakapoona kwamba mimi ni mtakatifu.
And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned amongst the nations, which you profaned in the midst of them; and the nations shall know that I am the Lord, when I am sanctified amongst you before their eyes.
24 Nitawachukua kutoka mataifa na kuwakusanya kutoka kila nchi, na nitawaleta hata nchi yenu.
And I will take you out from the nations, and will gather you out of all the lands, and will bring you into your own land:
25 Kisha nitanyunyiza maji masafi juu yenu ili muwe wasafi kutoka kwenye uchafu wote, na nitawasafisha kutoka sanamu zenu zenu.
and I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be purged from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols, and I will cleanse you.
26 Nitawapatia moyo mpya na roho mpya sehemu zenu za ndani, na nitautoa moyo wa jiwe kutoka kwenye nyama zenu. Kwa kuwa nitawapatia moyo wa nyama.
And I will give you a new heart, and will put a new spirit in you: and I will take away the heart of stone out of your flesh, and will give you a heart of flesh.
27 Nitaiweka Roho yangu ndani yenu na kuwawezesha kutembea katika sheria zangu na kuziweka hukumu zangu, hivyo mtazitenda.
And I will put my Spirit in you, and will cause you to walk in mine ordinances, and to keep my judgements, and do [them].
28 Kisha mtakaa katika nchi niliyowapa babu zenu; mtakuwa watu wangu, nami nitakuwa Mungu wenu.
And you shall dwell upon the land which I gave to your fathers; and you shall be to me a people, and I will be to you a God.
29 Kwa kuwa nitawaokoa kutokana na uchafu wenu wote. Nitaita ngano kuiongeza. Sitaweka tena njaa juu yenu.
And I will save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the corn, and multiply it, and will not bring famine upon you.
30 Nitaongeza tunda la mti na kuzalisha kwenye mashamba ili kwamba msichukue tena aibu ya njaa juu ya mataifa.
And I will multiply the fruit of the trees, and the produce of the field, that you may not bear the reproach of famine amongst the nations.
31 Kisha mtazikumbuka njia zenu mbaya na matendo yenu ambayo hayakuwa mazuri, na mtaonyesha chuki kwenye nyuso zenu kwa sababu ya dhambi zenu na matendo yenu maovu.
And you shall remember your evil ways and your practices that were not good, and you shall be hateful in your own sight for your transgressions and for your abominations.
32 Sifanyi hili kwa ajili yenu-hivi ndivyo Bwana Yahwe asemavyo-ijulikane kwenu. Hivyo tahayarikeni na kufadhaika kwa sababu ya njia zenu, nyumba ya Israeli.
Not for your sakes do I [this], says the Lord God, [as] it is known to you: be you ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel.
33 Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: Katika siku niliyowatakasa kutoka kwenye uovu wenu wote, nitawafanya miji ikaliwe na kuzijenga sehemu zilizoharibiwa.
Thus says the Lord God; In the day wherein I shall cleanse you from all your iniquities I will also cause the cities to be inhabited, and the waste [places] shall be built upon:
34 Kwa kuwa mtailima nchi iliyoharibiwa hadi itakapoonekana haijaaharibika mbele za macho ya wote wapitao karibu.
and the desolate land shall be cultivated, whereas it was desolate in the eyes of every one that passed by.
35 Kisha watasema, “Hii nchi ilikuwa ukiwa, lakini imekuwa kama bustani ya Edeni; miji ya ukiwa na isiyo na wakaaji iliyo magofu ambayo ilibomolewa sasa inakaliwa.
And they shall say, That desolate land is become like a garden of delight; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are inhabited.
36 Kisha mataifa mengine waliowazunguka watajua yakwamba mimi ni Yahwe, kwamba nimejenga palipokuwa pameharibiwa na kuipanda mbegu sehemu iliyokuwa ukiwa.
And the nations, as many as shall have been left round about you, shall know that I the Lord have built the ruined [cities] and planted the waste [lands]: I the Lord have spoken, and will do [it].
37 Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: Tena nitaulizwa na nyumba ya Israeli kufanya hivi kwa ajili yao, kuwaongeza kama kundi la watu.
Thus says the Lord God; Yet [for] this will I be sought by the house of Israel, to establish them; I will multiply them [even] men as sheep;
38 Kama kundi lililotengwa kwa ajili ya sadaka, kama kundi katika Yerusalimu katika sikukuu yake iliyoteuliwa, hivyo miji itaharibiwa kwa kujazwa na makundi ya watu na watajua kwamba mimi ni Yahwe.”'
as holy sheep, as the sheep of Jerusalem in her feasts; thus shall the desert cities be full of flocks of men: and they shall know that I [am] the Lord.
