Abandoned by God
1 Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the LORD's house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.
Tena roho ikaniinua, ikanileta hata lango la upande wa mashariki wa nyumba ya Bwana, lililoelekea upande wa mashariki; na tazama, mahali pa kuingilia pa lango walikuwako watu ishirini na watano; na katikati yao nikamwona Yaazania, mwana wa Azuri, na Pelatia, mwana wa Benaya, nao ni wakuu wa watu.
2 Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:
Akaniambia, Mwanadamu, hawa ndio watu wale watungao uovu, na kutoa mashauri mabaya ndani ya mji huu;
3 which say, It is not near: let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh.
wasemao, Wakati wa kujenga nyumba si karibu; mji huu ni sufuria na sisi ni nyama.
4 Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.
Basi toa unabii juu yao, Ee mwanadamu, toa unabii.
5 And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them.
Roho ya Bwana ikaniangukia, naye akaniambia, Nena, Bwana asema hivi; Mmesema maneno hayo, Enyi nyumba ya Israeli; maana mimi nayajua yaingiayo katika mioyo yenu.
6 Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.
Mmewaongeza watu wenu waliouawa ndani ya mji wenu, nanyi mmezijaza njia kuu zake waliouawa.
7 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron: but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it.
Basi Bwana MUNGU asema hivi; Watu wenu waliouawa, ambao mmewalaza katikati yake, hao ndio nyama hiyo, na mji huu ndio sufuria; lakini ninyi mtatolewa nje kutoka katikati yake.
8 Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord GOD.
Ninyi mmeuogopa upanga; nami nitauleta upanga juu yenu, asema Bwana MUNGU.
9 And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.
Nami nitawatoa ninyi nje kutoka katikati yake, na kuwatia katika mikono ya wageni, nami nitafanya hukumu kati yenu.
10 Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Mtaanguka kwa upanga; nitawahukumu katika mpaka wa Israeli; nanyi mtajua ya kuwa mimi ndimi Bwana.
11 This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; but I will judge you in the border of Israel:
Mji huu hautakuwa sufuria lenu, wala ninyi hamtakuwa nyama ndani yake; nitawahukumu katika mpaka wa Israeli;
12 and ye shall know that I am the LORD: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after the manners of the heathen that are round about you.
nanyi mtajua ya kuwa mimi ni Bwana; kwa maana hamuendi katika amri zangu, wala hamkuzishika hukumu zangu, bali mmetenda mambo kama hukumu za mataifa wanaowazunguka.
13 And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel?
Ikawa, nilipotoa unabii, Pelatia, mwana wa Benaya, akafa. Ndipo nikaanguka kifudifudi, nikalia kwa sauti kuu, nikasema, Ee Bwana MUNGU, je! Utawakomesha kabisa mabaki ya Israeli?
14 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Neno la Bwana likanijia, kusema,
15 Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, are they unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from the LORD: unto us is this land given in possession.
Mwanadamu, ndugu zako, naam, ndugu zako, watu wa jamaa zako, na nyumba yote ya Israeli, wote pia, ndio hao ambao wenyeji wa Yerusalemu wamewaambia, Jitengeni mbali na Bwana, nchi hii tumepewa sisi, iwe milki yetu;
16 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.
basi nena, Bwana MUNGU asema hivi, Ikiwa mimi nimewahamisha, wakae katika mataifa, na ikiwa mimi nimewatawanya katika nchi kadha wa kadha, pamoja na hayo nitakuwa patakatifu kwao kwa muda mchache, katika nchi zile walizozifikilia.
17 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even gather you from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.
Basi nena, Bwana MUNGU asema hivi; Nitawakusanya ninyi toka kati ya kabila za watu, na kuwakutanisha toka nchi zile mlizotawanyika, nami nitawapeni nchi ya Israeli.
18 And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.
Nao watafika huko, nao wataondolea mbali vitu vyake vyote vichukizavyo, na machukizo yake yote.
19 And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:
Nami nitawapa moyo mmoja, nami nitatia roho mpya ndani yao; nami nitauondoa moyo wa kijiwe katika miili yao, nami nitawapa moyo wa nyama;
20 that they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
ili waende katika amri zangu, na kuyashika maagizo yangu, na kuyatenda; nao watakuwa watu wangu, nami nitakuwa Mungu wao.
21 But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord GOD.
Bali wao ambao mioyo yao huenda kwa kuufuata moyo wa vitu vyao vichukizavyo, na machukizo yao, nitaileta njia yao iwajilie juu ya vichwa vyao, asema Bwana MUNGU.
22 Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
Ndipo hao makerubi wakainua mabawa yao, nayo magurudumu yalikuwa karibu nao, nao utukufu wa Mungu wa Israeli ulikuwa juu yao.
23 And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.
Utukufu wa Bwana ukapaa juu toka katikati ya mji, ukasimama juu ya mlima wa upande wa mashariki wa mji.
24 Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.
Na roho hiyo ikaniinua, ikanichukua katika maono, kwa nguvu za roho ya Mungu, hata Ukaldayo, kwa watu wale wa uhamisho. Basi maono niliyoyaona yakaniacha.
25 Then I spake unto them of the captivity all the things that the LORD had shewed me.
Ndipo nikawaambia watu wa uhamisho habari ya mambo yote aliyonionyesha Bwana.
