Ezekiel 36
1 And you, son of man, be a prophet about the mountains of Israel, and say, You mountains of Israel, give ear to the word of the Lord:
“Nwa nke mmadụ, buo amụma nye ugwu niile dị nʼIzrel, na-asị ha, ‘Ugwu niile nke Izrel, nụrụnụ okwu nke Onyenwe anyị.
2 This is what the Lord has said: Because your hater has said against you, Aha! and, The old waste places are our heritage, we have taken them:
Ihe ndị a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwuru: Ndị iro unu ekwuola megide unu sị, “Ahaa! Ebe niile dị elu nke mgbe ochie aghọọla ihe nnweta anyị.”’
3 For this cause be a prophet, and say, This is what the Lord has said: Because, even because they have been glad over you and put you to shame on every side, because you have become a heritage for the rest of the nations, and you are taken up on the lips of talkers and in the evil talk of the people:
Nʼihi ya, buo amụma sị, ‘Otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwuru: Nʼihi na ha emeela ka unu tọgbọrọ nʼefu, chụgharịa unu ọsọ nʼakụkụ niile, mekwaa ka unu ghọọrọ mba niile ihe nnweta, ma meekwa ka unu bụrụ ndị a na-ekwujọ, na ndị a na-akọcha,
4 For this reason, you mountains of Israel, give ear to the word of the Lord; this is what the Lord has said to the mountains and to the hills, to the streams and to the valleys, to the unpeopled wastes and to the towns where no one is living, from which the goods have been taken and which have been put to shame by the rest of the nations who are round about:
nʼihi ya, unu ugwu niile nke Izrel, nụrụnụ okwu Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị. Ihe ndị a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị na-agwa ugwu ukwuu na ugwu nta niile, na mgbawara niile dị nʼala, na ndagwurugwu niile, na ebe niile tọgbọrọ nʼefu, na obodo ndị ahụ niile ndị mmadụ na-ebighị nʼime ya, nke ndị mba ọzọ kwakọọrọ ihe dị ha nʼime, ma jirikwa ha na-eme ihe ọchị.
5 For this cause the Lord has said: Truly, in the heat of my bitter feeling I have said things against the rest of the nations and against all Edom, who have taken my land as a heritage for themselves with the joy of all their heart, and with bitter envy of soul have made attacks on it:
Ihe ndị a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwuru, Ọ bụ site nʼịnụ ọkụ nke obi m ka m ji kwuo okwu megide mba ndị ọzọ, ma megidekwa Edọm, nʼihi na ọ bụ site nʼịkpọ asị nke obi ha ka ha ji mee ka ala m bụrụ ihe nnweta ha, ka ha si otu a kposaa, ma chịkọrọkwa ihe niile dị nʼebe ịta nri nke anụ ụlọ ala ahụ.’
6 For this cause be a prophet about the land of Israel, and say to the mountains and to the hills, to the streams and to the valleys, This is what the Lord has said: Truly, in my bitter feeling and in my wrath I have said these things, because you have undergone the shame of the nations:
Nʼihi nke a, buo amụma banyere Izrel, gwa ugwu ukwu ya na ugwu nta ya niile, na mgbawara ala ya, na ndagwurugwu ya niile, sị, ‘Otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị sịrị, ọ bụ site nʼọnụma nke ekworo ka m ji ekwu okwu ndị a, nʼihi na unu ahụọla ahụhụ site na nlelị ndị mba ọzọ na-elelị unu.
7 For this cause the Lord has said, See, I have taken an oath that the nations which are round about you are themselves to undergo the shame which they have put on you.
Nʼihi ya, ihe ndị a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwuru, eweliri m aka m elu ṅụọ iyi na mba ndị a gbara unu gburugburu ga-anọkwa nʼọnọdụ ihere.
8 But you, O mountains of Israel, will put out your branches and give your fruit to my people Israel; for they are ready to come.
“‘Ma unu, ugwu niile nke Izrel ga-awapụta ngalaba, mịakwa mkpụrụ nke ndị m ga-eri, nʼihi na oge ha ga-alọghachi adịghịkwa anya.
9 For truly I am for you, and I will be turned to you, and you will be ploughed and planted:
Lee, mụ onwe m dịnyeere unu; aga m abịa inyere unu aka, nʼihi na a ga-akọgharịkwa unu, kụọkwa mkpụrụ nʼime unu.
10 And I will let your numbers be increased, all the children of Israel, even all of them: and the towns will be peopled and the waste places will have buildings;
Aga m emekwa ka ọnụọgụgụ ndị ga-ebi nʼime unu baa ụba, ọ bụladị ụlọ Izrel niile. Ha ga-ebikwa nʼobodo niile, wugharịakwa ebe niile e tikpọrọ etikpọ.
11 Man and beast will be increased in you, and they will have offspring and be fertile: I will make you thickly peopled as you were before, and will do more for you than at the first: and you will be certain that I am the Lord.
Aga m eme ka ọnụọgụgụ ndị mmadụ, na anụ ụlọ dị nʼime gị baa ụba. Ha ga-amụbakwa, jupụtakwa ebe niile. Ndị mmadụ ga-ebikwa nʼelu gị dịka ha si biri nʼoge gara aga. Aga m emekwa ka ihe gaara ha nke ọma karịa ka ọ dị na mbụ. Mgbe ahụ, unu ga-amata na mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị.
12 Yes, I will have you walked on by the feet of men, even my people Israel; they will have you for a heritage and you will be theirs, and never again will you take their children from them.
Aga m eme ka ndị m, ndị m bụ Izrel, biri nʼime unu. Unu ga-abụ ihe nweta ha, unu ga-aghọkwara ha ihe nketa. Unu agakwaghị agbaba ha aka ụmụ ọzọ.
13 This is what the Lord has said: Because they say to you, You, O land, are the destruction of men, causing loss of children to your nation;
“‘Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị sịrị, nʼihi na ụfọdụ mba na-ekwutọ gị na-asị, “Ị bụ ala na-eri ụmụ ya, ala na-agbaba ndị ya aka ụmụ.”
14 For this reason you will no longer take the lives of men and will never again be the cause of loss of children to your nation, says the Lord.
Nʼihi nke a, ị gaghị erikwa mmadụ ọzọ. Ị gaghị agbawakwa mba gị aka ụmụ ọzọ. Ọ bụ ihe Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwubiri.
15 And I will not let the shaming of the nations come to your ears, and no longer will you be looked down on by the peoples, says the Lord.
Agaghị m emekwa ka ị nụrụ mkparị nke ndị mba ọzọ na-akparị gị. Ị gaghị anọkwa ọnọdụ nke ga-eme ka ndị mba ọzọ lelịa gị, maọbụ nọọ ọnọdụ nke ga-eme ka ị sọọ ngọngọ. Ọ bụ ihe Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwubiri.’”
16 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Ọzọkwa, okwu nke Onyenwe anyị rutere m ntị, sị,
17 Son of man, when the children of Israel were living in their land, they made it unclean by their way and their acts: their way before me was as when a woman is unclean at the time when she is kept separate.
“Nwa nke mmadụ, mgbe ụmụ Izrel bi nʼala nke aka ha, ha merụrụ ya, site na ndụ ọjọọ ha, na omume ha. Ndụ ọjọọ ha nʼihu m, dị ka adịghị ọcha nke nwanyị nʼoge ọ nọ na nsọ ya, nʼọnwa niile.
18 So I let loose my wrath on them because of those whom they had violently put to death in the land, and because they had made it unclean with their images:
Nʼihi ya, awụkwasịrị m ha ọnụma m, nʼihi na ha na-awụsi ọbara nʼala ahụ, jirikwa arụsị ha na-emerụ ya.
19 And I sent them in flight among the nations and wandering through the countries: I was their judge, rewarding them for their way and their acts.
Achụsasịrị m ha na mba dị iche iche. Otu a ka m si kpee ha ikpe nʼihi ụzọ ọjọọ ha, na omume ọjọọ ha.
20 And when they came among the nations, wherever they went, they made my holy name unclean, when it was said of them, These are the people of the Lord who have gone out from his land.
Ma ebe niile ha gara nʼetiti mba niile, ha mere ka aha nsọ m gharakwa ịdị nsọ, nʼihi na a na-ekwu banyere ha, sị, ‘Ndị a bụ ndị nke Onyenwe anyị, ma agbanyeghị nke a, ha sitere nʼala ya pụọ.’
21 But I had pity for my holy name which the children of Israel had made unclean wherever they went.
Ihe na-ewutekwa m bụ aha nsọ m, nke ụlọ Izrel mere ka ọ ghara ịdị nsọ nʼetiti mba niile bụ ebe ha gara.
22 For this cause say to the children of Israel, This is what the Lord has said: I am doing this, not because of you, O children of Israel, but because of my holy name, which you have made unclean among the nations wherever you went.
“Ya mere, gwa ụlọ Izrel, Otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwuru: Ọ bụghị nʼihi na unu, ụlọ Izrel, ka m ji na-eme ihe ndị a, kama ọ bụ nʼihi aha nsọ m, nke unu mere ka ọ ghara ịdị nsọ nʼetiti mba niile dị iche iche ebe ndị unu gara.
23 And I will make holy my great name which has been made unclean among the nations, which you have made unclean among them; and it will be clear to the nations that I am the Lord, says the Lord, when I make myself holy in you before their eyes.
Aga m eme ka ịdị nsọ nke aha ukwuu m, nke unu mere ka ọ ghara ịdị nsọ nʼetiti mba niile, pụta ìhè. Mgbe ahụ, mba niile ga-amakwa na mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị, otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara, mgbe a ga-edo m nsọ site nʼime unu nʼanya ha.
24 For I will take you out from among the nations, and get you together from all the countries, and take you into your land.
“‘Nʼihi na aga m esi na mba niile dị iche iche kpọpụta unu. Aga m achịkọta unu site nʼala niile, mee ka unu bata nʼala unu.
25 And I will put clean water on you so that you may be clean: from all your unclean ways and from all your images I will make you clean.
Aga m efekwasị unu mmiri dị ọcha, unu ga-adịkwa ọcha. Aga m eme ka unu dị ọcha site na-adịghị ọcha unu niile, na site nʼikpere arụsị unu niile.
26 And I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you: I will take away the heart of stone from your flesh, and give you a heart of flesh.
Aga m enye unu obi ọhụrụ, kenyekwa unu mmụọ ọhụrụ. Aga m ewepụ obi nkume nke mmehie dị nʼime unu, nye unu mkpụrụobi nke anụ ahụ.
27 And I will put my spirit in you, causing you to be guided by my rules, and you will keep my orders and do them.
Aga m etinyekwa mmụọ m nʼime unu, mee ka unu gbaso ụkpụrụ m niile ma lezie anya mekwaa ihe niile m nyere nʼiwu.
28 So that you may go on living in the land which I gave to your fathers; and you will be to me a people, and I will be to you a God.
Unu ga-ebikwa nʼala ahụ nke m nyere nna unu ha. Unu ga-abụ ndị m, aga m abụkwa Chineke unu.
29 And I will make you free from all your unclean ways: and at my voice the grain will come up and be increased, and I will not let you be short of food.
Aga m azọpụta unu site na-adịghị ọcha unu niile. M ga-akpọ mkpụrụ ubi, mee ka o rie nne nke ukwu, agaghị m emekwa ka ụnwụ dakwasị unu ọzọ.
30 And I will make the tree give more fruit and the field fuller produce, and no longer will you be shamed among the nations for need of food.
Aga m emekwa ka mkpụrụ osisi na ihe owuwe ubi baa ụba nke ukwuu, ka unu gharakwa ịnata ihere ọzọ nʼihi ụnwụ, nʼetiti mba niile dị iche iche.
31 And at the memory of your evil ways and your wrongdoings, you will have bitter hate for yourselves because of your evil-doings and your disgusting ways, O children of Israel.
Mgbe ahụ, unu ga-echeta ụzọ ọjọọ unu niile na omume ọjọọ unu niile, unu ga-asọkwa onwe unu oyi nʼihi mmehie unu na ihe arụ niile unu mere.
32 Not because of you am I doing it, says the Lord; let it be clear to you, and be shamed and made low because of your ways, O children of Israel.
Ma achọrọ m ka unu mata na ọ bụghị nʼihi mma unu ka m ji na-eme ihe ndị a. Otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara. Unu ụlọ Izrel, ihere kwesiri ime unu nʼihi omume ọjọọ unu mere.
33 This is what the Lord has said: In the day when I make you clean from all your evil-doings I will let the towns be peopled and there will be building on the waste places.
“‘Nke a bụ ihe Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwuru: Nʼụbọchị ahụ m ga-eme ka ị dị ọcha site na mmehie gị niile, aga m eme ka unu lọghachi nʼobodo unu biri, a ga-ewugharịkwa ebe niile tọgbọrọ nʼefu.
34 And the land which was waste will be farmed, in place of being a waste in the eyes of everyone who went by.
Ala ubi ndị ahụ nke tọgbọrọ nʼefu agaghị atọgbọkwa nʼefu nʼihu anya ndị na-agafe agafe. A ga-akọkwa ha niile.
35 And they will say, This land which was waste has become like the garden of Eden; and the towns which were unpeopled and wasted and pulled down are walled and peopled.
Mgbe ahụ, ha ga-asị, “Ala a, nke naara atọgbọ nʼefu, aghọọla ubi a gbara ogige, nke yiri ogige Iden. Leekwa na obodo niile ndị ahụ e tikpọrọ etikpọ, ka e wuzikwara, werekwa mgbidi gbaa ha ogige. Ugbu a, ndị mmadụ jupụtakwara nʼime ha.”
36 Then the rest of the nations round about you will be certain that I the Lord am the builder of the places which were pulled down and the planter of that which was waste: I the Lord have said it, and I will do it.
Mgbe ahụ, mba niile gbara unu gburugburu, bụ ndị fọdụrụ, ga-amata na mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị wuziri ebe niile e tikpọrọ etikpọ, kụọkwa mkpụrụ nʼebe niile tọgbọrọ nʼefu. Mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị, ekwuola, aga m emekwa ya.’
37 This is what the Lord has said: The children of Israel will again make prayer to me for this, that I may do it for them; I will make them increased with men like a flock.
“Otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwuru, ọzọkwa, aga m ege ntị, zaa ekpere ụlọ Izrel, mezuoro ha arịrịọ ha. Aga m eme ka ha baa ụba dịka igwe anụ ụlọ,
38 Like sheep for the offerings, like the sheep of Jerusalem at her fixed feasts, so the unpeopled towns will be made full of men: and they will be certain that I am the Lord.
dịka igwe anụ ụlọ, nke na-ejupụta na Jerusalem nʼoge mmemme ya niile a kara aka. Nʼụzọ dị otu a, obodo niile e tikpọrọ etikpọ ga-ejupụtakwa na mmadụ ọzọ. Mgbe ahụ ha ga-amatakwa na mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị.”
