The Desolation of the Land
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Neno la Bwana likanijia, kusema,
2 Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,
Mwanadamu, uelekeze uso wako uitazame milima ya Israeli, ukaitabirie,
3 and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.
ukisema, Enyi milima ya Israeli, lisikieni neno la Bwana MUNGU; Bwana MUNGU aiambia hivi milima na vilima, na vijito na mabonde; Tazama, mimi, naam, mimi, nitaleta upanga juu yenu, nami nitapaharibu mahali penu palipoinuka,
4 And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.
Na madhabahu zenu zitakuwa ukiwa, na sanamu zenu za jua zitavunjika; nami nitawatupa wana wenu waliouawa mbele ya vinyago vyenu.
5 And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.
Nami nitaiweka mizoga ya wana wa Israeli mbele ya vinyago vyao; nami nitaitawanya mifupa yenu pande zote za madhabahu zenu.
6 In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.
Kila mahali mkaapo miji itaharibika, na mahali palipoinuka patakuwa ukiwa; ili madhabahu zenu ziharibiwe, na kufanywa ukiwa, na vinyago vyenu vivunjwe, na kukoma, na sanamu zenu za jua zikatwe, na kuangushwa, na kazi zenu zifutwe kabisa.
7 And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Na hao waliouawa wataanguka katikati yenu; nanyi mtajua ya kuwa mimi ndimi Bwana.
8 Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries.
Lakini nitasaza mabaki; maana mtakuwa na baadhi ya watu watakaoukimbia upanga kati ya mataifa, mtakapokuwa mmetawanyika katika nchi za watu.
9 And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.
Na hao wa kwenu watakaookoka watanikumbuka kati ya mataifa, watakakochukuliwa mateka, jinsi nilivyoiponda mioyo yao ya kikahaba, iliyoniacha, na macho yao, yaendayo kufanya uasherati na vinyago vyao; nao watajichukia nafsi zao machoni pao wenyewe, kwa sababu ya mabaya yao yote, waliyoyatenda kwa machukizo yao yote.
10 And they shall know that I am the LORD, and that I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them.
Nao watajua ya kuwa mimi ndimi Bwana; sikusema bure kama nitawatenda mabaya hayo.
11 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.
Bwana MUNGU asema hivi; Piga kwa mkono wako, ipige nchi kwa mguu wako, ukaseme, Ole! Kwa sababu ya machukizo maovu yote ya nyumba ya Israeli; maana wataanguka kwa upanga, na kwa njaa, na kwa tauni.
12 He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my fury upon them.
Yeye aliye mbali sana atakufa kwa tauni; na yeye aliye karibu atakufa kwa upanga; na yeye atakayesalia, na kuhusuriwa katika mji, atakufa kwa njaa, hivyo ndivyo nitakavyoitimiza ghadhabu yangu juu yao.
13 Then shall ye know that I am the LORD, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols.
Nanyi mtajua ya kuwa mimi ndimi Bwana, watu wa kwao waliouawa watakapokuwa kati ya vinyago vyao, pande zote za madhabahu zao, juu ya kila kilima kirefu, juu ya vilele vya milima, na chini ya kila mti wenye majani mabichi, na chini ya kila mwaloni mnene, pale pale walipovifukizia uvumba mzuri vinyago vyao vyote.
14 So will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, in all their habitations: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Nami nitanyosha mkono wangu juu yao, na kuifanya nchi kuwa maganjo, tena ukiwa mbaya kuliko jangwa upande wa Dibla, katika makao yao yote; nao watajua ya kuwa mimi ndimi Bwana.
