Hali inobila
1 Mu gole le buzhanalume, mu mwedzi we bugumi, mu zhuba le bugumi le mwedzi we bugumi, dama la Yahwe lakazha kundili liti, 2 “Nkololo we nthu, kwala nasi kuti mwedzi nngana nasi zhuba lino nge kuti mambo we Bhabhiloni wakomba Jerusalema nge ngwa. 3 Leba ngopesa ku bapanduki ibaba uti, ‘She Yahwe banolebeleka bakati,
“ ‘Biga hali pa moto, uibige pa moto
udile vula muili.
4 Ulonge muili thango dze nyama,
thango dzose dzakanaka,
tjidzwa ne bhandabuko,
uizhadze nge mafupa akanaka.
5 Ushalule inodzipinda dzose mu ngubi
ulobele hwuni kusi kwe hali,
ukapaidze thango dze nyama dzimu ili
ubhike kose ne mafupa muili.
6 “ ‘Ndizo wali Yahwe banolebeleka bakati,
“ ‘Yee mme wee iwe nzi nkulu unotebula malopa
hali ina bulala muili,
isakatongo sukiwa bulala.
Dusa nyama muili thango ne thango
usingashalule.
7 Nge kuti malopa aakatebula amuili
wakaitebulila pezhugwi kwe shongwe,
aazoitebulila pasi
kuti aivukidze nge mavu.
8 Ku musa bushongola gwangu, kuti ndibgwilizile,
ndakadila malopa aakatebula
pezhugwi kwe shongwe
kuti asivukidziwe.
9 “ ‘Ndizo wali tjinoleba She Yahwe ndi etji,
“ ‘Yee mme wee wapalala iwe nzi nkulu uzhele malopa.
Imi namibo ndowothama swinga gulu le hwuni.
10 Ndizo tathikanya hwuni njinji,
ubhatidze moto
Bhika nyama zubuyanana,
uyishanganye ne zwinoizipisa
mafupa apisiwe.
11 Uyigadze pa masimbe isina tjimukati,
kuita kuti ipise, khopa yayo ipenye,
shambgwa yayo inyawuke, bulala gutshwe gupele.
12 Ndakazwinyadzila suli,
bulala gwayo bukodu agutopedziwa nge moto.
13 Shambgwa iyo bupombgwe gugo,
ndakati ndokutjenapadza ndikudusa mu bupombgwe gugo
koga auzotjenapala mu shambgwa iyo,
aungatongo tjenapala kakale
kuswikila bushongola gwangu gwagutshika mukuli.
14 “ ‘Imi Yahwe ndalebeleka. Tjibaka tjabe itjo tjekuti nditole thambo. Anditowononoka, anditowohwila zogwadza kene kuli kuzwidziba. Unowosumikilisiwa kuyendidzana ne mazwiibhato awo nenge mishingo iyo. Koleba She Yahwe.’ ”
Nkadzi wa Ezekiele unofa
15 Dama la Yahwe likazha kundili liti, 16 “Nkololo we nthu, bona nge hwada ing'ompela ndowodusa mukuli tje moyo uwo. Koga usitongo lila kene kuli kutebula mishodzi. 17 Ususuthike nge kunyalala, usitongo lilila nfi. Mbala tjiala tjitjo mu nsholo ne shangu dzidzo mu makumbo, usitongo zwimba buso gugo ne zojiwa zwe balili usitongo zwija.”
18 Ndizo ndakalebeleka ne bathu mangwanana ngono madekwana nkadzi wangu kafa. Tjimuka mangwanana ashinga sekwa ndakadwiwa.
19 Ipapo bathu bakandibhuzwa bakati, “Apa aungatibudze kuti zwithu izwezwi zodwani ku tili kene?”
20 Ndizo abadwa ati, “Dama la Yahwe lazha kundili likati, 21 Idwa bathu be Iziraela uti, ‘Tjinolebgwa ndi She Yahwe etji, Bona ndipejo nge kulengudza bugalo gwangu gwakayengemala, mbako yakasima yamunozwikudza ndiyo, shathiso ye moyo yenyu, tje ludo gwenyu. Bakololo ne bakololokadzi bamakasiya banowonofa nge thumo. 22 Ngono mowothama sekwa ndathama. Amutowozwimba njiso dzenyu kene kuli kuja zojiwa zwe balili. 23 Mowombala zwiala zwenyu mu misholo yenyu ne shangu dzenyu mu makumbo enyu. Amutowolila koga mowokorotela ngekwe zwibi zwenyu, mowosusuthika pakati kwenyu. 24 Ndizo Ezekiele unowobe tjilakidzo kumuli, imwi mowothama sekwa athama. Ikoku kowoti kushingikala mowoziba kuti ndimi She Yahwe.’
25 “Ngono iwe nkololo we nthu, mu zhuba ilelo landinowobatolela ng'umba yabo yakasima, nditola kushatha kwabo ne gudzo labo, shathiso yabo ne tje moyo yabo ne bakololo babo ne bakololokadzi babo naibobo, 26 mu zhuba ilelo, wasiya unozha kuwomubikila tjashingikala. 27 Mu zhuba ilelo nlomo wenyu unowozhuka ngono mukalebeleka naye ngono mukasinyalale. Ndizo unowobe tjilakidzo ku bali, ngono banowoziba kuti ndimi Yahwe.”
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