Abominations in the Temple
1 And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month , in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me.
Ikawa katika mwaka wa sita, mwezi wa sita, siku ya tano ya mwezi, nilipokuwa nikikaa nyumbani mwangu, wazee wa Yuda nao wali wamekaa mbele yangu, mkono wa Bwana MUNGU ukaniangukia huko.
2 Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber.
Ndipo nikaangalia, na tazama, kana kwamba ni mfano wa moto; tangu mfano wa viuno vyake na chini, moto; na tangu mfano wa viuno vyake na juu, kana kwamba ni mfano wa mwangaza, kama rangi ya kaharabu.
3 And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.
Naye akanyosha mfano wa mkono, akanishika kwa kishungi kimoja cha nywele za kichwa changu; nayo roho ikaniinua kati ya dunia na mbingu, ikanileta katika maono ya Mungu mpaka Yerusalemu, mpaka mlango wa kuingilia ua wa ndani uelekeao upande wa kaskazini; mahali palipokuwa pamewekwa sanamu ya wivu, itiayo wivu.
4 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain.
Na tazama, huo utukufu wa Mungu wa Israeli ulikuwapo hapo, sawasawa na maono yale niliyoyaona katika uwanda.
5 Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.
Ndipo akaniambia, Mwanadamu, inua macho yako sasa, uangalie upande wa kaskazini. Basi nikainua macho yangu, nikaangalia upande wa kaskazini, na tazama, upande wa kaskazini wa mlango, ilikuwako sanamu ile ya wivu, mahali pale pa kuingilia.
6 He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations.
Akaniambia, Mwanadamu, je! Unayaona wanayoyafanya, yaani, haya machukizo makubwa wanayoyafanya nyumba ya Israeli hapa, hata niende zangu mbali na patakatifu pangu? Lakini utaona tena machukizo makubwa mengine.
7 And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall.
Akanileta hata mlango wa ua; nami nilipoangalia, tazama, pana tundu katika ukuta.
8 Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door.
Ndipo akaniambia, Mwanadamu, toboa sasa katika ukuta huu; nami nilipotoboa, tazama, pana mlango.
9 And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here.
Akaniambia, Ingia uyaone machukizo mabaya wanayoyafanya hapa.
10 So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed upon the wall round about.
Basi, nikaingia, nikaona; na tazama, kila namna ya wadudu, na wanyama wachukizao, na taswira za vinyago vyote vya nyumba ya Israeli, zimepigwa ukutani pande zote.
11 And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.
Na watu sabini wa wazee wa Israeli walikuwa wamesimama na kuzielekea, na katikati yao alisimama Yaazania, mwana wa Shafani; kila mmoja ana chetezo mkononi mwake, na harufu ya moshi wa uvumba ilipaa juu.
12 Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth.
Kisha akaniambia, Mwanadamu, umeyaona wanayotenda wazee wa nyumba ya Israeli gizani, kila mtu ndani ya vyumba vyake vya sanamu? Maana husema, Bwana hatuoni; Bwana ameiacha nchi hii.
13 He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations that they do.
Akaniambia tena, Utaona tena machukizo makubwa mengine wanayoyatenda.
14 Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD's house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.
Ndipo akanileta mpaka mlango wa kuingilia katika nyumba ya Bwana, ulioelekea upande wa kaskazini, na tazama, wanawake wameketi wakimlilia Tamuzi.
15 Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this , O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these.
Akaniambia, Mwanadamu umeyaona haya? Utaona tena machukizo makubwa kuliko hayo.
16 And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD's house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
Akanileta mpaka ua wa ndani wa nyumba ya Bwana, na tazama, mlangoni pa hekalu la Bwana, kati ya ukumbi na madhabahu, walikuwako watu kama ishirini na watano, wamelipa kisogo hekalu la Bwana, na nyuso zao zimeelekea upande wa mashariki, nao wanaliabudu jua, kwa kuuelekea upande wa mashariki.
17 Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this , O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.
Basi, akaniambia, Umeyaona haya, Ee mwanadamu? Je! Ni jambo dogo sana kwa nyumba ya Yuda, wayafanye machukizo wanayoyafanya hapa? Kwa maana wameijaza nchi hii udhalimu, tena wamerejea nyuma ili kunikasirisha; na, tazama, wanaliweka tawi puani.
18 Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.
Kwa sababu hiyo mimi nami nitatenda kwa ghadhabu; jicho langu halitaachilia, wala sitaona huruma, na wajapolia masikioni mwangu kwa sauti kuu, sitawasikiliza.
