< Deuteronomy 7 >
1 When the LORD your God brings you into the land where you go to possess it, and casts out many nations before you—the Hittite, the Girgashite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite—seven nations greater and mightier than you;
Mgbe Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke unu ga-akpọbata unu nʼala ahụ unu na-abanye inweta, mgbe o si nʼihu unu chụpụ ọtụtụ mba ndị a nʼihu unu, bụ ndị Het, ndị Gigash, ndị Amọrait, ndị Kenan, ndị Periz, ndị Hiv na ndị Jebus, bụ mba asaa ndị dị ike nke ukwuu, baakwa ụba karịa unu;
2 and when the LORD your God delivers them up before you, and you strike them, then you shall utterly destroy them. You shall make no covenant with them, nor show mercy to them.
mgbe Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke unu nyefere ha nʼaka unu, unu meriekwa ha, lezienụ anya hụ na unu bibiri ha kpamkpam. Ka unu na ha ghara ịgba ndụ, unu emekwarala ha ebere.
3 You shall not make marriages with them. You shall not give your daughter to his son, nor shall you take his daughter for your son.
Unu na ha alụrịtakwala di na nwunye, unu enyekwala ụmụ ha ndị ikom ụmụ unu ndị inyom ka ha lụọ, maọbụ lụtara ụmụ unu ndị ikom ụmụ ha ndị inyom.
4 For that would turn away your sons from following me, that they may serve other gods. So the LORD’s anger would be kindled against you, and he would destroy you quickly.
Nʼihi na nke a ga-eme ka ụmụ unu site nʼiso m tụgharịa, malite ife chi ndị ọzọ. Mgbe ahụ iwe Onyenwe anyị ga-adị ọkụ megide unu, laakwa unu nʼiyi ngwangwa.
5 But you shall deal with them like this: you shall break down their altars, dash their pillars in pieces, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their engraved images with fire.
Kama otu a ka unu ga-eme: tikpọọnụ ebe ịchụ aja ha niile. Kụrienụ ogidi arụsị ha niile. Gbutukwaanụ osisi Ashera ha, ma suo arụsị ha niile ọkụ.
6 For you are a holy people to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.
Nʼihi na unu bụ ndị dị nsọ nye Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke unu. Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke unu ahọpụtala unu site nʼagbụrụ niile dị nʼụwa a, ka unu bụrụ ndị nke ya, ihe onwunwe ya dị oke ọnụahịa.
7 The LORD did not set his love on you nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all peoples;
Ọ bụghị nʼihi na unu dị ukwuu nʼọnụọgụgụ karịa ndị mba ọzọ, ka Onyenwe anyị ji họpụta unu, hụ unu nʼanya otu a, nʼezie unu dịkarịsịrị nta nʼọnụọgụgụ.
8 but because the LORD loves you, and because he desires to keep the oath which he swore to your fathers, the LORD has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
Kama, ọ bụ nʼihi Onyenwe anyị hụrụ unu nʼanya, mezuokwa iyi ọ ṅụrụ nye nna nna unu ha, ka o ji site nʼaka ya dị ike gbapụta unu site nʼala ebe unu bụ ndị ohu, site nʼike nke Fero, bụ eze Ijipt.
9 Know therefore that the LORD your God himself is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness to a thousand generations with those who love him and keep his commandments,
Matanụ nke ọma na Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke unu bụ Chineke. Ọ bụ Chineke kwesiri ntụkwasị obi, onye na-edebe ọgbụgba ndụ ịhụnanya ya ruo puku ọgbọ, nye ndị niile hụrụ ya nʼanya, ndị na-edebe ihe niile o nyere nʼiwu.
10 and repays those who hate him to their face, to destroy them. He will not be slack to him who hates him. He will repay him to his face.
Ma onye kpọrọ ya asị, ọ na-eji mbibi kwụghachi ya ụgwọ nʼihu ya, ọ gaghị egbu oge ịkwụghachi onye kpọrọ ya asị ụgwọ nʼihu ha.
11 You shall therefore keep the commandments, the statutes, and the ordinances which I command you today, to do them.
Nʼihi ya, hụ na unu debezuru iwu na ụkpụrụ ndị a m na-enye unu taa.
12 It shall happen, because you listen to these ordinances and keep and do them, that the LORD your God will keep with you the covenant and the loving kindness which he swore to your fathers.
Ọ bụrụ na unu elezie anya, ṅaa ntị nʼiwu ndị a, debe ha, ma mezuokwa ha, Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke unu ga-emezuru unu ọgbụgba ndụ ịhụnanya ahụ dịka ọ ṅụrụ nʼiyi nye nna nna unu ha.
13 He will love you, bless you, and multiply you. He will also bless the fruit of your body and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your livestock and the young of your flock, in the land which he swore to your fathers to give you.
Ọ ga-ahụ unu nʼanya, gọzie unu, meekwa ka unu baa ụba nʼọnụọgụgụ. Ọ ga-agọzi unu nʼọmụmụ, gọzie ihe ọkụkụ nke ala unu, ọka unu, na mmanya ọhụrụ unu, na mmanụ unu, na ụmụ ehi unu mụrụ, na ụmụ igwe atụrụ unu mụrụ, nʼala ahụ ọ ṅụụrụ nna nna unu ha iyi inye unu.
14 You will be blessed above all peoples. There will not be male or female barren among you, or among your livestock.
A ga-agọzi unu karịa mba ndị ọzọ niile dị nʼụwa. Ọ dịghị onye ọbụla nʼime unu, maọbụ nwoke maọbụ nwanyị ga-anọ na-amụtaghị nwa, ọ dịkwaghị anụ ụlọ unu ga-agba aka nwa.
15 The LORD will take away from you all sickness; and he will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which you know, on you, but will lay them on all those who hate you.
Onyenwe anyị ga-ewepụrụ unu ọrịa niile. Ọ gaghị ekwe ka ọrịa ndị Ijipt ọbụla, nke unu na-echeta nke ọma dakwasị unu, ọrịa ndị a niile ka ọ ga-eme ka ọ bịakwasị ndị iro unu!
16 You shall consume all the peoples whom the LORD your God shall deliver to you. Your eye shall not pity them. You shall not serve their gods; for that would be a snare to you.
Mba ọbụla Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke unu nyefere unu nʼaka ka unu ga-ala nʼiyi. Unu emerela ha ebere, unu efekwala chi niile ha, nʼihi na nke a ga-abụrụ unu ihe ịma nʼọnya.
17 If you shall say in your heart, “These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?”
Ma eleghị anya, unu ga na-eche nʼime onwe unu sị, “Mba ndị a dị ike karịa anyị, olee otu anyị ga-esi chụpụ ha?”
18 you shall not be afraid of them. You shall remember well what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt:
Ma unu atụla egwu! Naanị chetanụ ihe Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke unu mere Fero na ndị Ijipt niile.
19 the great trials which your eyes saw, the signs, the wonders, the mighty hand, and the outstretched arm, by which the LORD your God brought you out. So shall the LORD your God do to all the peoples of whom you are afraid.
Unu ji anya unu hụ ọnwụnwa ukwuu niile, ihe ịrịbama niile na ihe ebube niile, nʼaka ahụ dị ike na ogwe aka esetipụrụ esetipụ, nke Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke unu ji kpọpụta unu. Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke ga-emekwa otu ihe ahụ nʼebe ndị niile a unu na-atụ egwu ugbu a.
20 Moreover the LORD your God will send the hornet among them, until those who are left, and hide themselves, perish from before you.
Karịsịa, Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke unu ga-ezipụ ebu nʼetiti ha tutu ruo mgbe ọ bụladị ndị fọdụrụ ndụ, ndị ahụ ga-ezo onwe ha site nʼebe unu nọ, ghọrọ ndị e bibiri.
21 You shall not be scared of them; for the LORD your God is among you, a great and awesome God.
Unu amala jijiji nʼihu ha, nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke unu, onye nọ nʼetiti unu bụ Chineke dị ukwuu, dịkwa egwu.
22 The LORD your God will cast out those nations before you little by little. You may not consume them at once, lest the animals of the field increase on you.
Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke unu, ga-achụpụ mba ndị a ntakịrị ntakịrị. Ọ gaghị ekwe ka unu chụpụ ha otu ugboro, ma ọ bụghị ya, ụmụ anụ ọhịa ọjọọ ga-amụba megide unu.
23 But the LORD your God will deliver them up before you, and will confuse them with a great confusion, until they are destroyed.
Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu ga-enyefe ha nʼaka unu, ọ ga-etinye ha oke ọgbaaghara nʼobi, tutu ruo mgbe ha lara nʼiyi.
24 He will deliver their kings into your hand, and you shall make their name perish from under the sky. No one will be able to stand before you until you have destroyed them.
Eze ha niile ka ọ ga-enyefe nʼaka unu, unu ga-ehichapụkwa aha ha nʼelu ụwa. Ọ dịkwaghị onye pụrụ iguzo nʼihu unu, nʼihi na unu ga-ebibi ha niile.
25 You shall burn the engraved images of their gods with fire. You shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it for yourself, lest you be snared in it; for it is an abomination to the LORD your God.
Kpọọnụ arụsị niile nke apịrị apị nke chi niile ha ọkụ. Unu enwela anya ukwu nʼebe ọlaọcha maọbụ ọlaedo dị ha nʼahụ dị. Unu ewerela ya ka ọ bụrụ nke unu, ka unu ghara ịbụ ndị ọ matara nʼọnya, nʼihi na ọ bụ ihe arụ nye Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke unu.
26 You shall not bring an abomination into your house and become a devoted thing like it. You shall utterly detest it. You shall utterly abhor it; for it is a devoted thing.
Unu ewebatala ihe arụ ọbụla nʼụlọ unu, ka unu ghara ịbụ ihe e debere iche nye mbibi dịka ya. Kpọọnụ ihe arụ ahụ asị, ledakwanụ ya anya, nʼihi na ihe e debere iche nye mbibi ka ọ bụ.