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Neno la Bwana likanijia tena, kusema,
Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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Mwanadamu, palikuwa na wanawake wawili, binti za mama mmoja;
“Son of man, there were two women, daughters of the same mother,
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nao walizini huko Misri; walizini wakati wa ujana wao; huko vifua vyao vililemewa, na huko waliyabana matiti ya ubikira wao.
and they played in Egypt, prostituting themselves from their youth. Their breasts were fondled there, and their virgin bosoms caressed.
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Na majina yao, mkubwa aliitwa Ohola, na umbu lake Oholiba; wakawa wangu, wakazaa wana na binti. Na katika hayo majina yao, Samaria ni Ohola, na Yerusalemu ni Oholiba.
The older was named Oholah, and her sister was named Oholibah. They became Mine and gave birth to sons and daughters. As for their identities, Oholah is Samaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem.
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Na Ohola alifanya mambo ya kikahaba alipokuwa wangu; naye alipenda mno wapenzi wake, Waashuri, jirani zake,
Oholah prostituted herself while she was still Mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians—warriors
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waliovikwa samawi, maliwali na mawaziri, wote vijana wa kutamanika, wapanda farasi wakipanda farasi zao.
clothed in blue, governors and commanders, all desirable young men, horsemen mounted on steeds.
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Akawagawia mambo yake ya kikahaba, watu wateule wa Ashuru, wote pia; akajitia unajisi kwa vinyago vyote vya kila mmoja wa hao aliowapenda.
She offered sexual favors to all the elite of Assyria. She defiled herself with all the idols of those for whom she lusted.
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Wala hakuyaacha mambo yake ya kikahaba tangu siku za Misri, kwa maana wakati wa ujana wake walilala naye, wakayabana matiti ya ubikira wake wakamwaga uzinzi wao juu yake.
She did not give up the prostitution she began in Egypt, when men slept with her in her youth, caressed her virgin bosom, and poured out their lust upon her.
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Kwa sababu hiyo nalimtia katika mikono ya wapenzi wake, katika mikono ya Waashuri, aliowapendelea.
Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, the Assyrians for whom she lusted.
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Na hawa wakaufunua uchi wake, wakatwaa wanawe na binti zake, wakamwua yeye kwa upanga; akawa jina la aibu kati ya wanawake; kwa maana walitoa hukumu juu yake.
They exposed her nakedness, seized her sons and daughters, and put her to the sword. Thus she became a byword among women, and they executed judgment against her.
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Na umbu lake, Oholiba, akayaona hayo walakini alizidi kuharibika kuliko yeye, kwa kupendelea kwake, na kwa uzinzi wake, uliokuwa mwingi kuliko uzinzi wa umbu lake.
Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet in her lust and prostitution she was more depraved than her sister.
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Aliwapendelea Waashuri, maliwali na mawaziri, jirani zake, waliovikwa nguo za shani, wapanda farasi wakipanda farasi zao, wote pia vijana wa kutamanika.
She too lusted after the Assyrians—governors and commanders, warriors dressed in splendor, horsemen riding on steeds, all desirable young men.
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Nikaona ya kuwa ametiwa unajisi; wote wawili walifuata njia moja.
And I saw that she too had defiled herself; both of them had taken the same path.
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Naye akaongeza uzinzi wake; kwa maana aliona watu waume, ambao sura zao zimeandikwa ukutani, sura za Wakaldayo zilizoandikwa kwa rangi nyekundu;
But Oholibah carried her prostitution even further. She saw the men portrayed on the wall, images of the Chaldeans, engraved in vermilion,
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waliofungiwa mikumbuu viunoni mwao, na vilemba vilivyotiwa rangi vichwani mwao; wote wakuu wa kuangaliwa, kwa mfano wa wana wa Babeli katika Ukaldayo, katika nchi ya kuzaliwa kwao.
wearing belts on their waists and flowing turbans on their heads; all of them looked like officers of the Babylonians in Chaldea, the land of their birth.
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Na mara alipowaona aliwapendelea, akatuma wajumbe kwao hata Ukaldayo.
At the sight of them, she lusted for them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.
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Na watu wa Babeli wakamwendea katika kitanda cha mapenzi, wakamtia unajisi kwa uzinzi wao, akatiwa unajisi nao, kisha roho yake ikafarakana nao.
Then the Babylonians came to her, to the bed of love, and in their lust they defiled her. But after she had been defiled by them, she turned away in disgust.
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Basi alifunua uzinzi wake, na kufunua uchi wake; ndipo roho yangu ikafarakana naye, kama ilivyofarakana na umbu lake.
When Oholibah openly prostituted herself and exposed her nakedness, I turned away from her in disgust, just as I had turned away from her sister.
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Lakini aliongeza uzinzi wake, akikumbuka siku za ujana wake, alipofanya mambo ya kikahaba katika nchi ya Misri.
Yet she multiplied her promiscuity, remembering the days of her youth, when she had prostituted herself in the land of Egypt
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Akawapendelea wapenzi wao, ambao nyama ya mwili wao ni kama nyama ya mwili wa punda, nacho kiwatokacho ni kama kiwatokacho farasi.
and lusted after their lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of stallions.
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Ndivyo ulivyokumbuka uasherati wa ujana wako, yalipobanwa matiti yako na Wamisri, kwa maziwa ya ujana wako.
So you revisited the indecency of your youth, when the Egyptians caressed your bosom and pressed your young breasts.
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Kwa sababu hiyo, Ewe Oholiba, Bwana MUNGU asema hivi, Tazama, nitawainua wapenzi wako juu yako, ambao roho yako imefarakana nao, nami nitawaleta juu yako pande zote;
Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will incite your lovers against you, those from whom you turned away in disgust. And I will bring them against you from every side—
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watu wa Babeli, na Wakaldayo wote, Pekodi na Shoa na Koa, na Waashuri wote pamoja nao; vijana wa kutamanika, wote pia, maliwali na mawaziri, wakuu, na watu wenye sifa, wote wenye kupanda farasi.
the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, the men of Pekod, Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them—all desirable young men, governors and commanders, officers and men of renown, mounted on horses.
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Nao watakuja kwako na silaha zao, na magari ya vita, na magurudumu, na wingi wa mataifa; watajipanga juu yako kwa ngao, na vigao, na chapeo za shaba, pande zote; nami nitawapa uwezo wa kuhukumu, nao watakuhukumu sawasawa na hukumu zao.
They will come against you with a host of peoples, with weapons, chariots, and wagons. They will array themselves against you on every side with buckler and shield and helmet. I will delegate judgment to them, and they will punish you according to their own standards.
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Nami nitaweka wivu wangu juu yako, nao watakutenda mambo kwa ghadhabu; watakuondolea pua yako na masikio yako; na mabaki yako wataanguka kwa, upanga; watawatwaa wanao na binti zako; na mabaki yako watateketea motoni.
And I will set My jealous rage against you, and they will deal with you in fury. They will cut off your noses and ears, and your survivors will fall by the sword. They will seize your sons and daughters, and your remnant will be consumed by fire.
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Pia watakuvua nguo zako, na kukuondolea vyombo vyako vya uzuri.
They will strip off your clothes and take your fine jewelry.
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Hivyo ndivyo nitakavyoukomesha uasherati wako, na uzinzi wako, ulioletwa toka nchi ya Misri; usije ukawainulia macho yako, na kukumbuka Misri tena.
So I will put an end to your indecency and prostitution, which began in the land of Egypt, and you will not lift your eyes to them or remember Egypt anymore.’
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Maana Bwana MUNGU asema hivi, Tazama nitakutia katika mikono yao unaowachukia, katika mikono yao, ambao roho imefarakana nao;
For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Surely I will deliver you into the hands of those you hate, from whom you turned away in disgust.
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nao watakutenda mambo kwa chuki, watakuondolea kazi zako zote, watakuacha uchi, huna nguo na aibu ya mambo yako ya kikahaba itafunuliwa, uasherati wako na uzinzi wako.
They will treat you with hatred, take all for which you have worked, and leave you naked and bare, so that the shame of your prostitution will be exposed. Your indecency and promiscuity
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Utatendwa mambo hayo kwa sababu umezini na hao wasioamini, na kwa sababu umetiwa unajisi kwa vinyago vyao.
have brought these things upon you, because you have prostituted yourself with the nations and defiled yourself with their idols.
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Umekwenda katika njia ya umbu lako; basi nitatia kikombe chake katika mkono wako.
Because you have followed the path of your sister, I will put her cup into your hand.’
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Bwana MUNGU asema hivi; Utakinywea kikombe cha umbu lako; chenye nafasi nyingi kikubwa; utadhihakiwa na kudharauliwa; kimejaa sana.
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You will drink your sister’s cup, a cup deep and wide. It will bring scorn and derision, for it holds so much.
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Utajazwa ulevi na sikitiko, kwa kikombe cha ushangao na ukiwa, kikombe cha umbu lako Samaria.
You will be filled with drunkenness and grief, with a cup of devastation and desolation, the cup of your sister Samaria.
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Naam, utakinywea hata hakitabaki kitu ndani yake, utavitafuna vigae vyake, utayararua maziwa yako; maana mimi, Bwana MUNGU, nimenena neno hili.
You will drink it and drain it; you will dash it to pieces, and tear your breasts. For I have spoken,’ declares the Lord GOD.
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Basi Bwana MUNGU asema hivi; Kwa kuwa umenisahau, na kunitupa nyuma yako, basi kwa hiyo, uchukue uasherati wako na uzinzi wako.
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you have forgotten Me and have cast Me behind your back, you must bear the consequences of your indecency and prostitution.’”
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Tena Bwana akaniambia, Mwanadamu, utawahukumu Ohola na Oholiba? Basi uwahubiri machukizo yao.
Then the LORD said to me: “Son of man, will you pass judgment against Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations.
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Maana wamezini, na damu imo mikononi mwao, nao wamezini na vinyago vyao; tena wana wao walionizalia wamewapitisha katika moto ili waliwe nao.
For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols. They have even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to Me, in the fire as food for their idols.
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Tena wamenitenda haya; wamepatia unajisi mahali pangu patakatifu, siku ile ile, nao wamezitangua sabato zangu.
They have also done this to Me: On that very same day, they defiled My sanctuary and profaned My Sabbaths.
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Kwa maana walipokuwa wamekwisha kuvichinjia vinyago vyao watoto wao, ndipo walipoingia patakatifu pangu, siku ile ile, wapatie unajisi, na tazama, wamefanya hivyo kati ya nyumba yangu.
On the very day they slaughtered their children for their idols, they entered My sanctuary to profane it. Yes, they did this inside My house.
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Tena mmewatuma watu kuwaita watokao mbali; ambao mjumbe alitumwa kwao, na tazama, wakaja; nawe ulijiosha kwa ajili yao, ulitia rangi macho yako, na kujipamba vyombo vya uzuri;
Furthermore, you sisters sent messengers for men who came from afar; and behold, when they arrived, you bathed for them, painted your eyes, and adorned yourself with jewelry.
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ukaketi juu ya kitanda cha enzi, na meza imeandikwa tayari mbele yake, ambayo juu yake uliweka uvumba wangu na mafuta yangu.
You sat on a couch of luxury with a table spread before it, on which you had set My incense and My oil,
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Na sauti za wingi wa watu wenye hali ya raha zilikuwa pamoja naye; na pamoja na watu wasio na adabu, waliletwa walevi toka jangwani; wakawatia vikuku mikononi, na taji nzuri juu ya vichwa vyao.
accompanied by the sound of a carefree crowd. Drunkards were brought in from the desert along with men from the rabble, who put bracelets on your wrists and beautiful crowns on your head.
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Ndipo nikasema, Huyo aliye mkongwe atafanya uzinzi! Sasa hao watazini naye, naam, na yeye!
Then I said of her who had grown old in adulteries: ‘Now let them use her as a prostitute, for that is all she is!’
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Wakamwingilia kama watu wamwingiliavyo kahaba; ndivyo walivyowaingilia Ohola na Oholiba, wanawake wale waasherati.
And they slept with her as with a prostitute; they slept with Oholah and Oholibah, those lewd women.
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Basi watu wenye haki watawahukumu, kwa hukumu iwapasayo wazinzi, na kwa hukumu iwapasayo wanawake wamwagao damu; kwa sababu wao ndio wazinzi, na mikononi mwao mna damu.
But righteous men will sentence them to the punishment of those who commit adultery and bloodshed, because they are adulteresses with blood on their hands.
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Maana Bwana MUNGU asema hivi; Nitaleta kusanyiko la watu juu yao, nami nitawatoa warushwe huko na huko, na kutekwa nyara.
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Bring a mob against them and consign them to terror and plunder.
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Na kusanyiko hilo watawapiga kwa mawe, na kuwaua kwa panga zao; watawaua wana wao na binti zao, na kuziteketeza nyumba zao kwa moto.
The mob will stone them and cut them down with their swords. They will kill their sons and daughters and burn down their houses.
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Hivyo nitaukomesha uasherati katika nchi hii, ili wanawake wote wafundishwe, wasifanye mambo ya uasherati wenu.
So I will put an end to indecency in the land, and all the women will be admonished not to imitate your behavior.
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Nao watawalipa ninyi malipo ya uasherati wenu, nanyi mtachukua dhambi za vinyago vyenu; nanyi mtajua ya kuwa mimi ndimi Bwana MUNGU.
They will repay you for your indecency, and you will bear the consequences of your sins of idolatry. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.’”