Ezekieli 37
1 Mkono wa Yahwe ulikuwa juu yangu, na akanitoa kwa Roho wa Bwana Yahwe na kuniweka chini katikati ya bonde; lilikuwa limejaa mifupa.
The hand of Jehovah was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of Jehovah, and set me down in the midst of the valley, and it was full of bones.
2 Kisha akanifanya kupita kati yao kuizunguka pande zote. Tazama! Mingi yao mikubwa ilikuwa katika bonde! Ilikuwa mikavu sana.
And he caused me to pass by them round about. And, behold, there were very many in the open valley, and, lo, they were very dry.
3 Akanambia, “Mwanadamu, Je! Hii mifupa inaweza kuishi kinyume?” Hivyo nikasema, “Bwana Yahwe, wajua wewe pekee.”
And he said to me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O lord Jehovah, thou know.
4 Kisha akanambia, “Tabiri juu ya hii mifupa na iambie, 'Mifupa mikavu. Lisikilizeni neno la Yahwe.
Again he said to me, Prophesy over these bones, and say to them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of Jehovah.
5 Bwana Yahwe asema hivi kwenye hii mifupa: Tazama! nakaribia kuweka pumzi juu yenu, nanyi mtaishi.
Thus says the lord Jehovah to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live.
6 Nitaweka mishipa juu yenu na kuleta nyama juu yenu. Nitawafunika kwa ngozi na kuweka pumzi ndani yenu hivyo mtaishi. Kisha mtajua kwamba mimi ni Yahwe.”'
And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live. And ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
7 Hivyo nimetoa unabii kama nilivyokuwa nimeamriwa: nimetabiri, tazama, sauti ikaja, iliyokuwa ya mtetememo. Kisha mifupa ikasogeleana pamoja-mfupa juu ya mfupa.
So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I prophesied, there was a noise, and, behold, an earthquake, and the bones came together, bone to its bone.
8 Nikatazama na, kumbe, mishipa ilikuwa juu sasa, na nyama ikatoka juu na ngozi ikazifunika. Lakini hapakuwa na pumzi juu yao.
And I beheld, and, lo, there were sinews upon them, and flesh came up, and skin covered them above, but there was no breath in them.
9 Kisha Yahwe akanambia, “Itabirie pumzi, tabiri, mwanadamu, na iambie pumzi, 'Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: Pumzi, hutoka pepo nne, na pumzi juu ya hawa walioawa, hivyo wanaweza kuishi.”'
Then he said to me, Prophesy to the wind. Prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus says the lord Jehovah: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.
10 Hivyo nimetabiri kama nilivyokuwa nimeamriwa; pumzi ikawajilia na wakaishi. Kisha wakasimama kwa miguu yao, jeshi moja kubwa sana.
So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceedingly great army.
11 Kisha Yahwe akanambia, “Mwanadamu, mifupa hii yote ni ya nyumba ya Israeli. Tazama! Wanasema, 'Mifupa yetu imekauka, na tumaini letu limepotea. Tumekatwa.'
Then he said to me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost. We are clean cut off.
12 Kwa hiyo tabiri na waambie, 'Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: Tazama! Nitayafunua makabiri yenu na kuwapandisha kutoka kwayo, watu wangu. Nitakurudisha hata katika nchi ya Israeli.
Therefore prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the lord Jehovah: Behold, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, O my people, and I will bring you into the land of Israel.
13 Kisha mtajua kwamba mimi ni Yahwe, nitakapo yafunua makaburi yenu na kuwatoa kutoka kwao, watu wangu.
And ye shall know that I am Jehovah when I have opened your graves, and caused you to come up out of your graves, O my people.
14 Nitaweka Roho wangu ndani yenu hivyo mtaishi, na nitawafanya kupumzika katika nchi yenu mtakapojua yakwamba mimi ni Yahwe. Nasema na nitayafanya hayo-hivi ndivyo Bwana Yahwe asemavyo.”'
And I will put my Spirit in you, and ye shall live. And I will place you in your own land. And ye shall know that I, Jehovah, have spoken it and performed it, says Jehovah.
15 Kisha neno la Yahwe likanijia, likisema,
The word of Jehovah came again to me, saying,
16 “Sasa wewe, mwanadamu, chukua fimbo moja kwa ajili yako na andika juu yake, 'Kwa ajili Yuda na kwa ajili ya watu wa Israeli, wenzake,' Kisha fimbo nyingine andika juu yake, 'Kwa kuwa Yusufu, tawi la Efraimu, na kwa ajili ya watu wa Israeli, wenzake.
And thou, son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the sons of Israel his companions. Then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions.
17 Walete wote pamoja kwenye fimbo moja, ili wawe kitu kimoja katika mkono wako.
And join them one to another into one stick for thyself, that they may become one in thy hand.
18 Wakati watu wako watakapokwambia na kusema, 'Je! hutatuambia haya mambo yako yana maana gani?'
And when the sons of thy people shall speak to thee, saying, Will thou not show us what thou mean by these?
19 kisha waambie, 'Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: Tazama! Nalichukua tawi la Yusufu ambalo lipo kwenye mkono wa Efraimu na kabila za Israeli wenzake na kuungana nalo hata kwenye tawi la Yuda, ili kwamba wawe tawi moja, na watakuwa kitu kimoja katika mikono yangu.'
say to them, Thus says the lord Jehovah: Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his companions, and I will put them with it, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in my hand.
20 Shika kwenye mkono wako na matawi uliyoandika mbele ya macho yao.
And the sticks on which thou write shall be in thy hand before their eyes.
21 Waambie, 'Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: Tazama! nakaribia kuwachukua watu wa Israeli kutoka miongoni mwa mataifa walipoenda. Nitawakusanya kutoka nchi zilizozunguka na nitawaleta kwenye nchi yao.
And say to them, Thus says the lord Jehovah: Behold, I will take the sons of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land.
22 Nitawafanya kuwa taifa moja katika nchi, juu ya milima ya Israeli, na kutakuwa na mfalme mmoja kama mfalme juu yao wote, na hawatakuwa mataifa mawili tena. Hawatagawanyika kwenye falme mbili tena.
And I will make them one nation in the land, upon the mountains of Israel, and one king shall be king to them all. And they shall no more be two nations, nor shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all.
23 Kisha hawatajitia unajisi tena kwa sanamu zao, mambo yao yachukizao, au dhambi zao nyingine. Kwa kuwa nitawaokoa kutoka matendo yao ya uongo ambayo wamefanya dhambi, na nitawatakasa, hivyo watakuwa watu wangu nami nitakuwa Mungu wao.
Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions, but I will save them out of all their dwelling-places in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them. So they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
24 Daudi mtumishi wangu atakuwa mfalme juu yao. Hivyo kutakuwa na mchungaji mmoja juu yao wote, na wataishi kulingana na sheria zangu na watazitunza amri zangu na kuzitii.
And my servant David shall be king over them, and they all shall have one shepherd. They shall also walk in my ordinances, and observe my statutes, and do them.
25 Wataishi katika nchi niliwapatia watumishi wangu Yakobo, ambapo baba zenu walipoishi. Wataishi humo milele-wao, watoto wao, na wajukuu zao, kwa Daudi mtumishi wangu atakuwa mkuu wao milele.
And they shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob my servant, in which your fathers dwelt. And they shall dwell therein, they, and their sons, and their son's sons, forever. And David my servant shall be their ruler forever.
26 Nitaweka agano la amani pamoja nao. Litakuwa agano la milele pamoja nao. Nitawaweka na kuwazidisha na kupaweka mahali patakatifu pangu katikati yao milele.
Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them. It shall be an everlasting covenant with them, and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.
27 Maskani yangu yatakuwa pamoja nao; Nitakuwa Mungu wao, na watakuwa watu wangu.
My tabernacle shall also be with them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
28 Kisha mataifa watajua yakwamba mimi ni Yahwe niliyewatenga Israeli, wakati mahali pangu patakatifu patakapokuwa katikati yao milele.”
And the nations shall know that I am Jehovah, who sanctifies Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.
