Esekiele 11:1-25
11 Kabili umupashi walinjimishe no kuntwala ku mpongolo ya ku kabanga iya ng’anda ya kwa Yehova, impongolo iyalosha ku kabanga.+ Namwene abaume 25 pa mwinshi wa mpongolo kabili pali aba baume pali na Yaasania umwana wa kwa Asuri e lyo na Pelatia umwana wa kwa Benaya, bacilolo ba bantu.+
2 Lyena anjebele ati: “We mwana wa muntu, aba e bantu abalepanga ukucita ifyabipa kabili e balepanda abantu amano yabipa muli uno musumba.*
3 Balelanda abati, ‘Bushe ino te nshita ya kukuula amayanda?+ Uno musumba* ni mpoto ya kwipikilamo,*+ e lyo ifwe tuli munofu.’
4 “E ico sesema pa fyabipa ifikabacitikila. Sesema, we mwana wa muntu.”+
5 Lyena umupashi wa kwa Yehova waishile pali ine,+ kabili anjebele ati: “Landa auti, ‘Ifi e fyo Yehova alanda: “Ifyo mulandile fya cine, mwe ba mu ng’anda ya kwa Israele, kabili ninjishiba ifyo muletontonkanya.*
6 Mwalilenga abantu abengi bafwa muli uno musumba, kabili mwalisusha ifitumbi mu misebo ya uko.”’”+
7 “E ico Shikulu Mulopwe Yehova atila: ‘Ifitumbi fya bantu ifyo mwapoosaika mu musumba e munofu e lyo umusumba e mpoto,+ lelo imwe nkamufumyamo.’”
8 “‘Mulatiina ulupanga,+ kabili nkaleta ulupanga pali imwe,’ e fyo Shikulu Mulopwe Yehova alanda.
9 ‘Imwe nkamufumya mu kati ka uko kabili nkamupeela mu minwe ya bena fyalo, kabili nkamupingula.+
10 Mukafwa ku lupanga.+ Nkamupingwila pa mupaka wa Israele+ kabili mukeshiba ukuti nine Yehova.+
11 Kuli imwe umusumba tawakabe impoto ya kwipikilamo, na imwe tamwakabe umunofu mu kati ka iko; nkamupingwila pa mupaka wa Israele,
12 kabili mukeshiba ukuti nine Yehova. Pantu tamwaendele mu fipope fyandi kabili tamwakonkele ubupingushi bwandi,+ lelo mwakonkele ubupingushi bwa nko ishamushinguluka.’”+
13 Ilyo napwishishe fye ukusesema, Pelatia umwana wa kwa Benaya alifwile, e ico nalifukeme nafisha ne mpumi panshi e lyo nalila mwi shiwi ilikalamba nati: “Iye, mwe Shikulu Mulopwe Yehova! Bushe mwalalofya bonse abashalapo aba mu ng’anda ya kwa Israele?”+
14 Na kabili Yehova anjebele ati:
15 “We mwana wa muntu, bamunonko, aba muli balupwa lobe abakwata insambu sha kulubula ubupyani na bonse aba mu ng’anda ya kwa Israele, abo abekala mu Yerusalemu baeba abati, ‘Talukeni kuli Yehova. Icalo cesu; nifwe bapeela pa kuti cibe cesu.’
16 E ico landa auti, ‘Shikulu Mulopwe Yehova atila: “Nangu ca kuti nalibatalushisha mu nko ishaba ukutali, kabili nangu ca kuti nalibasalanganishisha mu fyalo,+ nkaba icifulo cabo ica mushilo mu fyalo umo baya.”’+
17 “E ico landa auti, ‘Shikulu Mulopwe Yehova atila: “Nkamulonganika ukufuma mu bantu aba mishobo iyalekanalekana, kabili nkamulonganika ukufuma mu fyalo umo mwasalanganina, kabili nkamupeela icalo ca Israele.+
18 Kabili bakesa mu calo no kufumyamo ifya muselu fyonse ne fya bunani fyonse ifyo bacita.+
19 Kabili nkalenga bakabe no mutima umo,+ nkabika no mupashi uupya pali bena;+ mu mibili yabo nkafumyamo imitima iyakosa nge libwe+ no kubikamo imitima iyanaka ngo munofu,*+
20 pa kuti bakale-enda mu fipope fyandi kabili bakalekonka ubupingushi bwandi. Lyena bakaba abantu bandi na ine nkaba Lesa wabo.”’
21 “‘“Lelo abatwalilila ukubika imitima yabo pa fya bunani na pa fya muselu ifyo bacita, nkabika ifikafuma mu fyabipa ifyo bacita pa mitwe yabo,” e fyo Shikulu Mulopwe Yehova alanda.’”
22 Bakerubi bafungulwile amapindo, kabili imipeto* yali mupepi nabo,+ no bukata bwa kwa Lesa wa kwa Israele bwali pa muulu wabo.+
23 Lyena ubukata bwa kwa Yehova+ bwalimine ukufuma pa musumba, kabili ilyo bwafikile pa muulu wa lupili ulwabela ku kabanga ka musumba,+ bwaliminine.
24 Lyena mu cimonwa umupashi wa kwa Lesa walinjimishe no kuntwala kuli bankole abali mu Kaldi. Pa numa icimonwa ico nalemona calipwile.
25 Kabili natendeke ukweba bankole fyonse ifyo Yehova anangile.
Amafutunoti
^ Nelyo “pali uyu musumba.”
^ Mu ciHebere, “Umwanakashi,” e kutila, umusumba wa Yerusalemu umo abaYuda balemona ukuti e mo bali no kucingililwa.
^ Nelyo “impoto ya kwipikilamo iya kanwa akakalamba.”
^ Nelyo “ifintu ifisa mu mitima yenu.”
^ E kutila, iikonka ifyo Lesa alanda.
^ Nelyo, “amawilo.”
