MBONO YE KUTANGA YA EZEKIELE YE NDZIMU
Zwitjili ne gudzo le Ndzimu
1 Mu gole le bumakumi matatu, mu mwedzi we bunna, mu zhuba le bushanu le mwedzi ndili pakati kwe batapiwa pa gwizi gwe Kheba, kudzimu kwakazhuka ngono abona mbono dzinodwa ku Ndzimu. 2 Mu zhuba le bushanu le mwedzi kwakabe kuli gole le bushanu la Mambo Jehoyakini ali mu butapiwa, 3 dama la Yahwe lakazha ku mpirisiti Ezekiele nkololo wa Bhuzi, mu shango ye Khaladiya pa gwizi gwe Kheba. Simba la Yahwe lakabe linaye.
4 Ndakalinga bonani, abona dutu lidwa ku bunandzwa, abona gole gulugulu lina tjedza kulipoteleka ne lupenyo gwe moto gudwa mulili ngono pakati kwe moto kuna tjinolingika se bgwe linoyi tjibilo tjinothuta. 5 Pakati kwawo kwakabe kuna tjinolingika se zwibumbiwa zwinna zwinotjila. Ngono mbumbiko yazo ilingika seye nthu, 6 koga tjimwe ne tjimwe tjazo tjina njiso dzili nna ne mapapilo ali manna. 7 Makumbo azo akatambunuka, matshambo azo enga thozo dze phulu epenya se phangula ya kuyungiwa. 8 Kusi kwe mapapilo mu mbizho nna dzazo zwakabe zwina maboko e nthu. Ngono zose bunna zwakabe zwina njiso ne mapapilo. 9 Mapapilo azo akabe ekuthana. Tjimwe ne tjimwe tjazo tjiyenda mbeli tjakatambunuka ha zwiyenda tjisingabuyile ntome. 10 Njiso dzazo dzakabe dzilingika sahwoku, Tjimwe ne tjimwe tje zwibumbiwa izwezwi zwinna tjakabe tjina buso gwe nthu, ku lubizho gwe luji tjina buso gwe shumba, ku lumeshwe tjina buso gwe ng'ombe, shule tjina buso gwe dzu. 11 Njiso dzazo dzakabe dzakajalo. Mapapilo azo akabe akatambunukila pezhugwi, tjimwe ne tjimwe tjina mapapilo mabili, bhapilo limwe ne limwe likutha le tjimwe tjibumbiwa ngono mapapilo mamwe mabili akazwimba mbili watjo. 12 Tjibumbiwa tjimwe ne tjimwe tjakabe tjiyenda tjakatambunukila mbeli. Kumwe ne kumwe meya kwayakabe iyenda, zwakabe zwiyendako zwisingatendebuke ha zwiyenda. 13 Pakati kwe zwibumbiwa izwezwi zwinotjila kwakabe kuna tjinolingika se masimbe e moto anothuta kene se mavone e yenda yeno na yeno, moto wakabe upenya lupenyo gwe vula gudwa muuli. 14 Zwibumbiwa izwezwi zwinotjila zwakabe zwilabukila mbeli na shule se lupenyo gwe vula.
15 Ndakati ndilinga zwibumbiwa izwezwi zwinotjila abona gumbgwana pasi pawunde ye tjibumbiwa tjimwe ne tjimwe tjinotjila, tjimwe ne tjimwe tjazo tjina njiso dzili nna. 16 Ndingiko ne mbumbiko ye makumbgwana yakabe ilingika sahwoku, akabe epenya se dayimani, efanana nge mbumbiko, kuthamiwa kwawo kulingika se gumbgwana lili mu limwe gumbgwana. 17 Zwakabe zwiti ha zwiyenda zwiyendila ku lubizho gumwe ne gumwe kwakalinga njiso dzazo zwisingabuyile ntome. 18 Matantane azo akabe akakulila pezhugwi etjenamisa, matantane wose bunna akabe alizhele mesho pamwe ne pamwe pawo. 19 Zwibumbiwa zwinotjila zwakabe zwiti ha zwiyenda, makumbgwana eyendabo akazwibapisa, ha zwibumbiwa zwimilika kudwa mu shango makumbgwana anomilikabo. 20 Kumwe ne kumwe meya kwayakabe iyenda, zwakabe zwiyendabo, ngono makumbgwana akabe emilika nazo ngoti meya ye zwibumbiwa zwinotjila yakabe ili mu makumbgwana. 21 Zwibumbiwa zwakabe zwiti ha zwingayenda, makumbgwana eyendabo, ha zwingama, naiwo emabo, ha zwibumbiwa zwingamilika kudwa mu shango, naiwo emilikabo nazo, ngoti meya ye zwibumbiwa ili mu makumbgwana.
22 Pezhugwi kwe misholo ye zwibumbiwa zwinotjila kwakabe kuna tjinolingika se denga linopenya se makaa e vula lakaangila pezhugwi kwe misholo. 23 Ipapo kusi kwe denga mapapilo azo akabe akatambunudziwa e tjimwe ne tjimwe akalingisana ne e tjimwe, ngono tjimwe ne tjimwe tje zwibumbiwa tjina mamwe mapapilo mabili atjakazwimba mbili watjo ndiwo. 24 Ndakahwa nsindo we mapapilo azo ha zwiyenda, unga nsindo we vula njinji, unga nsindo wa Masimba Wose, kufanana ne phipiti ye ngwa. Ha zwima zoliga mapapilo azo. 25 Ngono kukazha hwi lidwa pezhugwi kwe denga lipezhugwi kwe misholo yazo, izo zwama zwaliga mapapilo azo.
26 Pezhugwi kwe denga pezhugwi kwe misholo yazo kwakabe kuna tjinolingika se tjigalo tje bushe, tjilingika se bgwe linoyi safire, pezhugwi kwe tjigalo kuligele tjinolingika se nthu. 27 Kutangisa pakabe pelingika se thunji dzidze kuyenda pezhugwi kwakabe kupenya se tjibilo, kunga moto kupoteleka, ngono kudwa ipapo kuyenda pasi kulingika se moto, tjedza tjinopenya tjakampoteleka. 28 Lupenyo gwakampoteleka gunga nlalabungu mu gole mu zhuba le vula ina. Bubuya kumpoteleka gwakabe gulingika saikoku. Iyeyi ndiyo ndingiko inofanana nge tjedza tja Yahwe.
Ndzimu unodana Ezekiele kube nlebesambeli
Ndakati ndiyibona awila pasi nge buso ngono ahwa hwi le mmwe elebeleka.
EZEKIEL'S FIRST VISION OF GOD (1.1—7.27)
God's Throne
1 On the fifth day of the fourth month of the thirtieth year, I, Ezekiel the priest, son of Buzi, was living with the Jewish exiles by the Chebar River in Babylonia. The sky opened, and I saw a vision of God. ( 2 It was the fifth year since King Jehoiachin had been taken into exile.) 3 There in Babylonia beside the Chebar River, I heard the Lord speak to me, and I felt his power.
4 I looked up and saw a windstorm coming from the north. Lightning was flashing from a huge cloud, and the sky around it was glowing. Where the lightning was flashing, something shone like bronze. 5 At the center of the storm I saw what looked like four living creatures in human form, 6 but each of them had four faces and four wings. 7 Their legs were straight, and they had hoofs like those of a bull. They shone like polished bronze. 8 In addition to their four faces and four wings, they each had four human hands, one under each wing. 9 Two wings of each creature were spread out so that the creatures formed a square, with their wing tips touching. When they moved, they moved as a group without turning their bodies.
10 Each living creature had four different faces: a human face in front, a lion's face at the right, a bull's face at the left, and an eagle's face at the back. 11 Two wings of each creature were raised so that they touched the tips of the wings of the creatures next to it, and their other two wings were folded against their bodies. 12 Each creature faced all four directions, and so the group could go wherever they wished, without having to turn.
13 Among the creatures there was something that looked like a blazing torch, constantly moving. The fire would blaze up and shoot out flashes of lightning. 14 The creatures themselves darted back and forth with the speed of lightning.
15 As I was looking at the four creatures I saw four wheels touching the ground, one beside each of them. 16 All four wheels were alike; each one shone like a precious stone, and each had another wheel intersecting it at right angles, 17 so that the wheels could move in any of the four directions. 18 The rims of the wheels were covered with eyes. 19 Whenever the creatures moved, the wheels moved with them, and if the creatures rose up from the earth, so did the wheels. 20 The creatures went wherever they wished, and the wheels did exactly what the creatures did, because the creatures controlled them. 21 So every time the creatures moved or stopped or rose in the air, the wheels did exactly the same.
22 Above the heads of the creatures there was something that looked like a dome made of dazzling crystal. 23 There under the dome stood the creatures, each stretching out two wings toward the ones next to it and covering its body with the other two wings. 24 I heard the noise their wings made in flight; it sounded like the roar of the sea, like the noise of a huge army, like the voice of Almighty God. When they stopped flying, they folded their wings, 25 but there was still a sound coming from above the dome over their heads.
26 Above the dome there was something that looked like a throne made of sapphire, and sitting on the throne was a figure that looked like a human being. 27 The figure seemed to be shining like bronze in the middle of a fire. It shone all over with a bright light 28 that had in it all the colors of the rainbow. This was the dazzling light which shows the presence of the Lord.
God Calls Ezekiel to Be a Prophet
When I saw this, I fell face downward on the ground. Then I heard a voice