The City of Blood
1 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Neno la Bwana likanijia tena, kusema,
2 Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations.
Na wewe, mwanadamu, je! Utauhukumu, utauhukumu mji huu wa damu? Basi uujulishe machukizo yake yote.
3 Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD, The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself.
Nawe utasema, Bwana MUNGU asema hivi; Mji umwagao damu ndani yake, ili wakati wake upate kuja; mji ufanyao vinyago juu ya nafsi yake, ili ujitie unajisi!
4 Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries.
Umekuwa na hatia katika damu yako uliyomwaga, nawe umekuwa na unajisi kwa vinyago vyako ulivyovifanya; nawe umezileta karibu siku zako, nawe umefika karibu na miaka yako; basi, kwa sababu ya hayo, nimekufanya kuwa lawama kwa mataifa, na kuwa dhihaka katika nchi zote.
5 Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed.
Zilizo karibu, na zilizo mbali nawe, zitakudhihaki, Ewe mchafu, uliyejaa fujo.
6 Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.
Tazama, wakuu wa Israeli, kila mmoja kwa kadiri ya nguvu zake, wamekuwamo ndani yako, ili kumwaga damu.
7 In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
Ndani yako wamedharau baba na mama; kati yako wamewatenda wageni udhalimu; ndani yako wamewaonea yatima na mjane.
8 Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.
Umevidharau vitu vyangu vitakatifu, umezitia unajisi sabato zangu.
9 In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.
Wasingiziaji wamekuwamo ndani yako, ili kumwaga damu; na ndani yako wamekula juu ya milima; kati yako wamefanya uasherati.
10 In thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution.
Ndani yako wamefunua uchi wa baba zao; ndani yako wamemfanyia nguvu mwanamke asiye safi wakati wa kutengwa kwake.
11 And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter.
Na mtu mmoja amefanya chukizo pamoja na mke wa jirani yake; na mtu mwingine amemharibu mke wa mwanawe kwa uasherati; na mtu mwingine ndani yako amemfanyia nguvu umbu lake, binti ya babaye.
12 In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
Ndani yako wamepokea rushwa ili kumwaga damu; umepokea riba na faida; nawe kwa choyo umepata mapato kwa kuwadhulumu jirani zako, nawe umenisahau mimi, asema Bwana MUNGU.
13 Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.
Basi, tazama, nimeipigia kofi hiyo faida uliyopata kwa njia isiyo haki, na hiyo damu yako iliyokuwa kati yako.
14 Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the LORD have spoken it , and will do it .
Je! Moyo wako waweza kuvumilia, au mkono wako waweza kuwa hodari, katika siku zile nitakapokutenda mambo? Mimi, Bwana, nimenena neno hili, tena nitalitenda.
15 And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.
Nami nitakutawanya kati ya mataifa, na kukutapanya kati ya nchi mbalimbali; nami nitauteketeza uchafu wako, ili ukutoke.
16 And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of the heathen, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.
Nawe utatiwa unajisi ndani ya nafsi yako, mbele ya macho ya mataifa; nawe utajua ya kuwa mimi ndimi Bwana.
17 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Neno la Bwana likanijia, kusema,
18 Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.
Mwanadamu, nyumba ya Israeli imekuwa taka za fedha kwangu; wote wamekuwa shaba, na bati, na chuma, na risasi, kati ya tanuu; wamekuwa taka za fedha.
19 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
Basi Bwana MUNGU asema hivi; Kwa sababu ninyi nyote mmekuwa taka za fedha, tazama, nitawakusanya kati ya Yerusalemu.
20 As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it ; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there , and melt you.
Kama vile watu wakusanyavyo fedha, na shaba, na chuma, na risasi, na bati, kati ya tanuu, ili kuvifukutia moto na kuviyeyusha; ndivyo nitakavyowakusanya ninyi katika hasira yangu, na ghadhabu yangu, nami nitawalaza huko, na kuwayeyusha.
21 Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.
Naam, nitawakusanya, na kuwafukutia moto wa ghadhabu yangu, nanyi mtayeyushwa kati yake.
22 As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the LORD have poured out my fury upon you.
Kama fedha iyeyushwavyo kati ya tanuu, ndivyo mtakavyoyeyushwa kati yake; nanyi mtajua ya kuwa mimi, Bwana, nimemwaga ghadhabu yangu juu yenu.
23 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Neno la Bwana likanijia, kusema,
24 Son of man, say unto her, Thou art the land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.
Mwanadamu, uiambie nchi, Wewe u nchi isiyosafika, wala kunyeshewa mvua siku ya ghadhabu.
25 There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.
Fitina ya manabii wake imo ndani yake, kama simba angurumaye akirarua mawindo; wamekula roho za watu; hutwaa kwa nguvu hazina na vitu vya thamani; wameongeza hesabu ya wajane wake ndani yake.
26 Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
Makuhani wake wameihalifu sheria yangu, wametia unajisi vitu vyangu vitakatifu; hawakuweka tofauti ya vitu vitakatifu na vitu vya kutumiwa sikuzote; wala hawakuwafundisha watu kupambanua vitu vichafu na vitu vilivyo safi, nao wamefumba macho yao, wasiziangalie sabato zangu, nami nimetiwa unajisi kati yao.
27 Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
Wakuu wake kati yake wamekuwa kama mbwa-mwitu wakirarua mawindo; ili kumwaga damu, na kuharibu roho za watu, wapate faida kwa njia isiyo halali.
28 And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter , seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken.
Na manabii wake wamewapakia chokaa isiyokorogwa vema, wakiona ubatili, na kuwatabiria maneno ya uongo, wakisema, Bwana MUNGU asema hivi; iwapo Bwana hakusema neno.
29 The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
Watu wa nchi wametumia udhalimu, wamenyang'anya kwa nguvu; naam, wamewatenda jeuri maskini na wahitaji, nao wamewaonea wageni bila haki.
30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.
Nami nikatafuta mtu miongoni mwao, atakayelitengeneza boma, na kusimama mbele zangu mahali palipobomoka, kwa ajili ya nchi, nisije nikaiharibu, lakini sikuona mtu.
31 Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord GOD.
Kwa sababu hiyo nimemwaga ghadhabu yangu juu yao; nimewateketeza kwa moto wa hasira yangu; nami nimeileta njia yao wenyewe juu ya vichwa vyao, asema Bwana MUNGU.
