< Deuteronomy 1 >
1 These [are] the words which Moses spoke to all Israel on this side Jordan in the desert towards the west near the Red Sea, between Pharan Tophol, and Lobon, and Aulon, and the gold works.
Ndị a bụ okwu ahụ Mosis gwara Izrel niile mgbe ha nọ nʼọwụwa anyanwụ Jọdan, nʼọzara nʼAraba, ebe chere ihu nʼobodo Suf, nʼetiti Paran na Tofel na Leban, na Hazerọt, na Dizahab.
2 [It is] a journey of eleven days from Choreb to mount Seir as far as Cades Barne.
Site nʼugwu Horeb ruo Kadesh Banea, bụ njem abalị iri na otu ma e soro ụzọ gawara ugwu Sia.
3 And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first [day] of the month, Moses spoke to all the children of Israel, according to all things which the Lord commanded him for them:
Ọ bụ nʼabalị mbụ nke ọnwa iri na otu, nke afọ iri anọ ka Mosis gwara ụmụ Izrel ihe niile Onyenwe anyị nyere ya nʼiwu banyere ha.
4 after he had smitten Seon king of the Amorites who dwelt in Esebon, and Og the king of Basan who dwelt in Astaroth and in Edrain;
Nke mere mgbe ọ lụgbuchara Saịhọn, eze ndị Amọrait, onye na-achị na Heshbọn, lụgbukwaa Ọg, eze ndị Bashan na Edrei, onye na-achị nʼAshtarọt.
5 beyond Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to declare this law, saying,
Nʼọwụwa anyanwụ Jọdan, nʼala ndị Moab ka Mosis nọ kọwaara ụmụ Izrel iwu ndị a sị ha,
6 The Lord your God spoke to us in Choreb, saying, Let it suffice you to have dwelt [so long] in this mountain.
Onyenwe anyị Chineke anyị gwara anyị nʼugwu Horeb sị, “Unu anọọla ọtụtụ oge nʼugwu a.
7 Turn ye and depart and enter into the mountain of the Amorites, and [go] to all that dwell near about Araba, to the mountain and the plain and to the south, and the land of the Chananites near the sea, and Antilibanus, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.
Ugbu a bilienụ ije, baa nʼala ugwu ugwu ndị Amọrait. Gaakwanụ nʼala niile ndị agbataobi ha bụ Araba, nʼugwu niile na nʼebe dị ala ala na Negeb, nʼọnụ mmiri nke oke osimiri, garuokwanụ ala ndị Kenan na nke ndị Lebanọn, gagidekwanụ ruo nʼosimiri ukwu Yufretis.
8 Behold, [God] has delivered the land before you; go in and inherit the land, which I sware to your fathers, Abraam, and Isaac, and Jacob, to give it to them and to their seed after them.
Lee, enyela m unu ala ahụ niile! Baanụ nʼime ya, bichiekwanụ ala ahụ Onyenwe anyị ṅụrụ iyi na ọ ga-enye nna nna unu bụ Ebraham, Aịzik, Jekọb na ụmụ ụmụ ha niile ndị ga-esote ha.”
9 And I spoke to you at that time, saying, I shall not be able by myself to bear you.
Nʼoge ahụ, agwara m unu ụmụ Izrel okwu sị, “Unu bụụrụ m oke ibu arọ, apụghịkwa m ibu unu naanị m.
10 The Lord your God has multiplied you, and, behold, ye are to-day as the stars of heaven for multitude.
Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu emeela ka unu mụbaa dịka kpakpando nke eluigwe.
11 The Lord God of your fathers add to you a thousand-fold more than you are, and bless you as he has spoken to you.
Ka Onyenwe anyị Chineke nna nna unu ha meekwa ka unu mụbaa nʼọnụọgụgụ, puku kwụrụ puku, ya gọziekwa unu dịka o kwere na nkwa.
12 How shall I alone be able to bear your labour, and your burden, and your gainsayings?
Ma olee otu naanị m ga-esi buo ibu unu, doziekwa ise okwu unu na nsogbu unu niile?
13 Take to yourselves wise and understanding and prudent men for your tribes, and I will set your leaders over you.
Họpụtanụ ụfọdụ ndị ikom nwe amamihe, nghọta, na ndị a na-akwanyere ụgwụ, site nʼebo niile unu nʼotu nʼotu, aga m emekwa ha ndịisi unu.”
14 And ye answered me and said, The thing which thou hast told us [is] good to do.
Unu zara sị m, “Ihe ahụ i zubere ime dị mma.”
15 So I took of you wise and understanding and prudent men, and I set them to rule over you as rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, and rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens, and officers to your judges.
Ya mere, a kpọọrọ m ndịisi nʼebo dị iche iche, ndị ikom maara ihe, na ndị a na-asọpụrụ, mee ka ha bụrụ ndịisi ọchịchị unu, ụfọdụ ha na-elekọta puku mmadụ, ụfọdụ narị mmadụ, ndị ọzọ na-elekọta iri mmadụ ise, ndị ọzọ mmadụ iri, ka ha bụrụ ndị ndu ebo dị iche iche.
16 And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear [causes] between your brethren, and judge rightly between a man and [his] brother, and the stranger that is with him.
Adọrọ m ndị ikpe unu a aka na ntị nʼoge ahụ sị ha, “Nụrụnụ ikpe niile metụtara esemokwu dị nʼetiti ụmụnna unu, ma kpeenụ ikpe ọbụla na-eleghị mmadụ anya nʼihu ma ikpe ahụ ọ dị nʼetiti ụmụnna unu ndị Izrel, maọbụ nʼetiti ndị Izrel na ndị ọbịa.
17 Thou shalt not have respect to persons in judgment, thou shalt judge small and great equally; thou shalt not shrink from before the person of a man, for the judgment is God's; and whatsoever matter shall be too hard for you, ye shall bring it to me, and I will hear it.
Kpeenụ ikpe ziri ezi nye onye ukwu na onye nta. Elekwala ndị unu na-ekpe ikpe anya nʼihu, nʼihi na unu na-ekpe ikpe unu nʼọnọdụ Chineke.” Enyekwara m ha iwu sị ha wetaranụ m ikpe niile siri unu ike ka m leba ha anya.
18 And I charged upon you at that time all the commands which ye shall perform.
Nʼoge ahụ, agwara m unu ihe niile unu na-aghaghị ime.
19 And we departed from Choreb, and went through all that great wilderness and terrible, which ye saw, by the way of the mountain of the Amorite, as the Lord our God charged us, and we came as far as Cades Barne.
Emesịa, dịka iwu Onyenwe anyị Chineke anyị nyere si dị, anyị hapụrụ ugwu Horeb, chee ihu gawa nʼala ugwu ugwu ndị Amọrait. Ụzọ anyị si gafee ọzara ukwu ahụ dị egwu nke unu ji anya unu hụ tutu anyị erute Kadesh Banea.
20 And I said to you, Ye have come as far as the mountain of the Amorite, which the Lord our God gives to you:
Mgbe ahụ agwara m unu okwu sị, “Unu erutela nʼala ugwu ugwu ndị Amọrait, ala ahụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke anyị na-enye anyị.
21 behold, the Lord your God has delivered to us the land before you: go up and inherit it as the Lord God of your fathers said to you; fear not, neither be afraid.
Lee, Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu enyela unu ala ahụ. Gaanụ nweta ya ka ọ bụrụ nke unu dịka Onyenwe anyị Chineke nna nna unu gwara unu sị, Unu atụla egwu, ka obi unu gharakwa ịda mba.”
22 And ye all came to me, and said, Let us send men before us, and let them go up to the land for us; and let them bring back to us a report of the way by which we shall go up, and of the cities into which we shall enter.
Ma unu niile bịakwutere m sị m, “Ka anyị zipụ ndị nnyocha ka ha gaa mata ezi ụzọ e si abanye nʼala ahụ. Anyị ga-ekpebikwa obodo ndị anyị ga-ebu ụzọ banye.”
23 And the saying pleased me: and I took of you twelve men, one man of a tribe.
Ntụpụta unu juru m afọ, nʼihi ya, esitere m nʼetiti unu họpụta mmadụ iri na abụọ, otu onye site nʼebo ọbụla.
24 And they turned and went up to the mountain, and they came as far as the valley of the cluster, and surveyed it.
Ndị a pụrụ, gbagoo ala ugwu ugwu ahụ tutu bịaruo na Ndagwurugwu Eshkọl. Ha legharịrị anya nʼala ahụ.
25 And they took in their hands of the fruit of the land, and brought it to you, and said, The land is good which the Lord our God gives us.
Ha ghọtara ụfọdụ nʼime mkpụrụ osisi mịrị nʼala ahụ, bulatara anyị. Ha wetakwaara anyị ozi, sị, “Ala ahụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke anyị na-aga inye anyị dị mma.”
26 Yet ye would not go up, but rebelled against the words of the Lord our God.
Ma unu jụrụ ịga nʼala ahụ, si otu a nupu isi megide iwu Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu nyere.
27 And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the Lord hated us, he has brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites, to destroy us.
Unu nọ nʼụlọ ikwu unu tamuo ntamu na-asị, “Nʼezie Onyenwe anyị ahụghị anyị nʼanya. Lee ka o si site nʼala Ijipt dupụta anyị were anyị nyefee nʼaka ndị Amọrait ka ha laa anyị nʼiyi!
28 Whither do we go up? and your brethren drew away your heart, saying, [It is a] great nation and populous, and mightier than we; and [there are] cities great and walled up to heaven: moreover we saw there the sons of the giants.
Ebee ka anyị nwere ike ịga ugbu a? Ụmụnna anyị gara nyochaa ala ahụ emenyela anyị egwu. Ha sịrị, ‘Na ndị bi nʼala ahụ toro ogologo karịa anyị bụrụkwa ndị dị ike. Ha sịkwara na mgbidi e ji gbaa obodo ha gburugburu topuru ruo nʼeluigwe! Anyị hụkwara ụmụ Anak nʼebe ahụ.’”
29 And I said to you, Fear not, neither be ye afraid of them;
Ma agwara m unu sị, “Ka ụjọ ghara ịtụ unu, unu atụla ndị ahụ egwu.
30 the Lord your God who goes before your face, he shall fight against them together with you effectually, according to all that he wrought for you in the land of Egypt;
Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu, onye na-aga nʼihu unu, ga-alụrụ unu ọgụ, dịka o si lụọra unu ọgụ nʼihu anya unu, nʼala Ijipt,
31 and in this wilderness which ye saw, by the way of the mountain of the Amorite; how the Lord thy God will bear thee as a nursling, as if any man should nurse his child, through all the way which ye have gone until ye came to this place.
nakwa nʼime ọzara, ebe unu nọ hụ otu Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu si bulie unu elu dịka nna si ebuli nwa ya elu, nʼụzọ niile unu gbasoro tutu unu erute ebe a.”
32 And in this matter ye believed not the Lord our God,
Ma agbanyeghị nke a, unu ekwenyeghị na Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu,
33 who goes before you in the way to choose you a place, guiding you in fire by night, shewing you the way by which ye go, and a cloud by day.
bụ onye gara nʼihu unu nʼije unu niile, ịchọpụtara unu ebe unu ga-ama ụlọ ikwu unu, onye jikwa ọkụ duo unu nʼabalị, jiri igwe ojii duo unu nʼehihie, iji zi unu ụzọ unu ga-agbaso.
34 And the Lord heard the voice of your words, and being greatly provoked he sware, saying,
Ma otu o si dị, mgbe Onyenwe anyị nụrụ ntamu unu, iwe dị ukwuu were ya, nʼihi ntamu unu, ọ ṅụrụ iyi sị,
35 Not one of these men shall see this good land, which I sware to their fathers,
“O nweghị otu onye nʼime ọgbọ ọjọọ a ga-anọ ndụ hụ ala ọma ahụ m ṅụrụ iyi inye nna nna unu,
36 except Chaleb the son of Jephonne, he shall see it; and to him I will give the land on which he went up, and to his sons, because he attended to the things of the Lord.
karịakwa Kaleb, nwa Jefune. Ọ ga-ahụ ala ahụ anya, aga m enye ya na ụmụ ụmụ ya ala ahụ ọ zọkwasịrị ụkwụ ya, nʼihi na o ji obi ya niile sogide Onyenwe anyị.”
37 And the Lord was angry with me for your sake, saying, Neither shalt thou by any means enter therein.
Ọ bụkwa nʼihi unu ka Onyenwe anyị ji weso m iwe, na-asị, “Gị onwe gị kwa, ị gaghị aba nʼebe ahụ!
38 Joshua the son of Naue, who stands by thee, he shall enter in there; do thou strengthen him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.
Kama Joshua, nwa Nun, onye na-enyere gị aka, ga-edu ha banye nʼebe ahụ. Gbaa ya ume nʼihi na ọ bụ ya ga-edu ndị Izrel inweta ala ahụ dịka ihe nketa ha.
39 And every young child who this day knows not good or evil, —they shall enter therein, and to them I will give it, and they shall inherit it.
Ọ bụkwa ụmụntakịrị ahụ na-amaghị ihe dị iche site nʼihe ọma na ihe ọjọọ ka m ga-enye ala ahụ. Ha ga-abanye nʼime ya, nweta ya dịka ihe nketa.
40 And ye turned and marched into the wilderness, in the way by the Red Sea.
Ma unu onwe unu, bilienụ, chigharịa gawa nʼime ọzara. Cheenụ ihu unu nʼOsimiri Uhie.”
41 And ye answered and said, We have sinned before the Lord our God; we will go up and fight according to all that the Lord our God has commanded us: and having taken every one his weapons of war, and being gathered together, ye went up to the mountain.
Mgbe ahụ, unu kwupụtara mmehie unu sị, “Anyị emehiela megide Onyenwe anyị. Anyị ga-agbago nʼala ahụ gaa lụọ ọgụ, dịka Onyenwe anyị Chineke anyị nyere anyị nʼiwu.” Ya mere, onye ọbụla nʼime unu yikwasịrị ihe agha ya na-eche na ọ dị mfe ịgbago nʼobodo ndị ahụ dị nʼugwu.
42 And the Lord said to me, Tell them, Ye shall not go up, neither shall ye fight, for I am not with you; thus shall ye not be destroyed before your enemies.
Ma Onyenwe anyị sịrị m, “Gwa ha, ‘Unu arịgokwala, gaa buo agha, nʼihi na agaghị m anọnyere unu. Ndị iro unu ga-emerikwa unu.’”
43 And I spoke to you, and ye did not hearken to me; and ye transgressed the commandment of the Lord; and ye forced your way and went up into the mountain.
Ya mere, agwara m unu, ma unu aṅaghị ntị. Unu nupuru isi nʼiwu Onyenwe anyị, jiri nganga juru unu obi bilie, rigoo nʼobodo ahụ dị nʼugwu.
44 And the Amorite who dwelt in that mountain came out to meet you, and pursued you as bees do, and wounded you from Seir to Herma.
Ndị Amọrị bụ ndị bi nʼugwu ahụ pụtara, ha chụsasịrị unu dịka aṅụ si eme, tidaa unu nʼala site na Sia ruo Homa.
45 And ye sat down and wept before the Lord our God, and the Lord hearkened not to your voice, neither did he take heed to you.
Emesịa, unu lọghachiri bịa kwaa akwa nʼihu Onyenwe anyị, ma o geghị ntị nye olu akwa unu, ọ ṅakwaghị unu ntị.
46 And ye dwelt in Cades many days, as many days as ye dwelt [there].
Nʼihi ya, unu nọrọ ọtụtụ oge na Kadesh.