Ezekieli 47
1 Kisha yule mtu akanirudisha nyuma kwenye lango la kuingia la hekalu, na kulikuwa na maji yakitiririka nje kutoka chini ya hekalu kizingiti cha nyumba kuelekea masharikii-kwa mbele ya hekalu kulekea mashariki-na maji yalikuwa yakitiririka chini upande wa kusini mwa hekalu, kuelekea upande wa kuume wa madhabahu.
And he causes me to turn back to the opening of the house; and behold, water is coming forth from under the threshold of the house eastward, for the front of the house [is] eastward, and the water is coming down from beneath, from the right side of the house, from south of the altar.
2 Hivyo akanileta kwenye lango la kaskazini na kuniongoza kuzunguka lango kuelekea mashariki, na hapo maji yalikuwa yakitiririka kutoka lango hili kwa upande wa kusini yake.
And he causes me to go out the way of the gate northward, and causes me to turn around the way outside, to the gate that [is] outside, the way that is looking eastward, and behold, water is coming forth from the right side.
3 Yule mtu alipokuwa akienda mashariki, kulikuwa na kamba ya kupimia kwenye mkono wake; akapima dhiraa elfu moja akanivusha kwenye maji hata maji yakafika kwenye magoti.
In the going out of the man eastward—and a line in his hand—then he measures one thousand by the cubit, and he causes me to pass over into the waters—waters [to my] ankles.
4 Kisha akapima dhiraa elfu moja ten akanivusha kwenye yale maji yaliyofika kwenye magoti; akapima dhiraa elfu kumi nyingine na kunivusha maji yakafika hata kwenye nyonga.
And he measures one thousand, and causes me to pass over into the waters—waters [to my] knees. And he measures one thousand, and causes me to pass over—waters [to my] loins.
5 Tena akapima dhiraa elfu moja nyingine, lakini ulikuwa mto ambao sikuweza kuuvuka kwa sababu maji yalizidi na yalijaa maji ya kuogelea ndani-yalikuwa mto usiovukika
And he measures one thousand—a stream that I am not able to pass over; for the waters have risen—waters to swim in—a stream that is not passed over.
6 Yule mtu akanambia, “Mwanadamu, unaona hii?” akanipeleka na kunirudisha karibu na ukingo wa mto.
And he says to me, “Have you seen, son of man?” And he leads me, and brings me back to the edge of the stream.
7 Nilipokuwa nikirudi, hapo kwenye ukingo wa mto kulikuwa na miti mingi katika huu upande na upande mwingine pia.
In my turning back, then, behold, at the edge of the stream [are] very many trees, on this side and on that side.
8 Yule mtu akanambia, “Haya maji yanatoka kwenda pande za nchi ya mashariki na chini hata Araba; haya maji hutiririka kwenye Bahari ya Chumvi itaifanya kuwa mpya.
And he says to me, “These waters are going forth to the east circuit, and have gone down to the desert, and have entered the sea; they are brought forth to the sea, and the waters have been healed.
9 Itakuwa kwamba kila kiumbe hai kisongamanacho kitaishi mahali maji yanapoelekea; kutakuwa na samaki wengi, kwenye hayo maji yatiririkayo huko. Itafanya maji ya chumvi kuwa mapya. Kila kitu kitaishi popote mto utakapoelekea.
And it has come to pass, every living creature that teems, wherever the streams come, lives: and there has been great abundance of fish, for these waters have come there, and they are healed; and everything to where the stream comes has lived.
10 Kisha itatokea kwamba wavuvi wa En Gedi watasimama karibu na maji, na kutakuwa na sehemu ya kutandazia nyavu za samaki karibu na En Eglaimu. Kutakuwa na samaki nyingi za aina tofauti tofauti katika Bahari ya Chumvi, kama samaki kwenye Bahari Kuu kwa wingi wao.
And it has come to pass, fishers stand by it, from En-Gedi even to En-Eglaim; they are a spreading place for the nets; their fish are of the same kind as the fish of the Great Sea—very many.
11 Lakini Bahari ya Chumvi ikajaa maji na matope hayataachwa mapya; yataachwa yawe kwa ajili ya kutengeneza chumvi.
Its miry and its marshy places—they are not healed; they have been given up to salt.
12 Karibu na huo mto juu ya ukingo wake, pande zote, aina zote za miti utazaa chakula. Majani yake hayatanyauka na matunda yake hayataacha kukua. Kila mwezi miti itazaa matunda, kwa sababu maji kutoka patakatifu yatatirirka kwenda kwenye hiyo miti. Matunda yake yatakuwa kwa ajili ya chakula, na majani yake yatakuwa kwa ajili ya dawa.
And there comes up by the stream, on its edge, on this side and on that side, every [kind of] fruit-tree whose leaf does not fade, and its fruit is not consumed, it yields first-fruits according to its months, because its waters are coming forth from the sanctuary; and its fruits have been for food, and its leaf for medicine.”
13 Bwana Yahwe asema hivi: Hii itakuwa njia ambayo mtaigawanya nchi kwa ajili ya kabila kumi na mbili za Israeli: Yusufu atakuwa na mafungu mawili.
Thus said Lord YHWH: “This [is] the border whereby you inherit the land, according to the twelve tribes of Israel; Joseph [has two] portions.
14 Mtaigawa kila mtu sawa sawa ambayo niliinua mkono wangu na kuapa kuwapa baba zenu. Hii nchi itakuja kuwa urithi kwenu.
And you have inherited it, one as well as another, in that I have lifted up My hand to give it to your fathers; and this land has fallen to you in inheritance.
15 Huu utakuwa mpaka wa nchi upande wa kaskazini kutoka Bahari Kubwa kwa njia ya Hethloni, na kisha kuelekea Zedada.
And this [is] the border of the land at the north quarter; from the Great Sea, the way of Hethlon, at the coming in to Zedad:
16 Kisha mpaka utaenda hata Berotha, hadi Sibraimu, iliyopo kati ya Damaskasi na Hamathi, na kisha hata Hazer-hatikoni, iliyopo karibu na mpaka wa Haurani.
Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, that [is] between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazar-Hatticon, that [is] at the coast of Havran.
17 Hivyo mpaka utaenda kutoka kwenye bahari hadi Hazar-enoni kwenye mpaka wa Damaskasi na Hamathi hata kaskazini. Huu utakuwa upande wa kaskazini.
And the border from the sea has been Hazar-Enan, the border of Damascus, and Zaphon at the north, and the border of Hamath: and [this is] the north quarter.
18 Kwa upande wa mashariki, kati ya Haurani na Damaskasi na kati ya Geliadi na nchi ya Israeli kutakuwa na mto Yordani. Mtapima kutoka kwenye mpaka hata kwenye bahari ya mashariki; huo wote utakuwa mpaka wa mashariki.
And the east quarter [is] from between Havran, and Damascus, and Gilead, and the land of Israel, [to] the Jordan; you measure from the border on the Eastern Sea: and [this is] the east quarter.
19 Kisha upande wa kusini: kusini mwa Tamari hadi kwenye maji ya Meriba Kadeshi, kijito cha Misri hata Bahari Kuu, na upande wa kusini kuelekea kusini.
And the south quarter southward [is] from Tamar to the waters of Meriboth-Kadesh, the stream to the Great Sea: and [this is] the south quarter southward.
20 Kisha mpaka wa magharibi utakuwa Bahari Kuu utaelekea hata nyuma ya Hamathi. Huu utakuwa upande wa mgharibi.
And the west quarter [is] the Great Sea, from the border until opposite the coming in to Hamath: this [is] the west quarter.
21 Kwa njia hii mtaigawanya hii nchi kwa ajili yenu wenyewe, kwa kabila za Israeli.
And you have divided this land to yourselves, according to the tribes of Israel;
22 Hivyo mtagawana urithi kwa ajili yenu wenyewe na kwa ajili ya wageni walio kati yenu, wale watakaozaa watoto kati yenu na waliokuwa, kati yenu, kama wazaliwa wa watu wa Israeli. Mtapewa urithi miongoni mwa makabila ya Israeli.
and it has come to pass, you separate it for an inheritance to yourselves, and to the sojourners who are sojourning in your midst, who have begotten sons in your midst, and they have been to you as native, with the sons of Israel; they are separated with you for an inheritance in the midst of the tribes of Israel.
23 Kisha itatokea kwamba wageni watakuwa pamoja na kabila miongoni mwa yule anayeishi. Mtapatia urithi-hivi ndivyo Bwana Yahwe asemavyo.”
And it has come to pass, in the tribe with which the sojourner sojourns, there you give his inheritance,” a declaration of Lord YHWH.
