Ezekiel 22
1 A message from the Lord came to me, saying,
Okwu nke Onyenwe anyị ruru m ntị, sị:
2 “So, son of man, are you ready to judge them? Are you ready to judge the people of this city that have caused so much bloodshed? Make them face all the disgusting things they've done,
“Ma gị onwe gị, Nwa nke mmadụ, ị ga-ekpe ya ikpe? Ị ga-ekpe obodo ọbara a ikpe? Mgbe ahụ, ị ga-eguzogide ya ihu nʼihu mee ka ọ mara ihe arụ niile o mere.
3 and tell them that this is what the Lord God says: You are a city who has caused your own doom by murdering people within your walls, and by making idols to worship that made you unclean.
‘Ị ga-asị, Otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị na-ekwu: Gị obodo nke na-ewetara onwe gị mbibi nʼihi ọbara niile a na-awụsi nʼetiti gị, na arụsị niile i ji na-emerụ onwe gị.
4 You are guilty of murder, and you have made yourself unclean by the idols you've made. You have shortened your lives—your time is up! That's why other people taunt you—everyone mocks you.
Lee ka i si bụrụ onye ikpe mara nʼihi ọbara ị wụsiri. Leekwa ka i si bụrụ onye e merụrụ emerụ site nʼarụsị niile ị kpụrụ. I jirila aka gị mee ka ọgwụgwụ gị dị nso, leekwa na ọgwụgwụ gị dị nso, leekwa na ọgwụgwụ gị abịala nʼezie. Nʼihi ya, aga m eme gị ka ị bụrụ ihe nkọcha nye mba niile, na ihe ịkwa emo nye mba dị iche iche.
5 People far and near will laugh at you, you corrupt city full of confusion!
Ndị nọ gị nso na ndị nọ gị ebe dị anya ga-achị gị ọchị, gị obodo rụrụ arụ, na nke jupụtara nʼọgbaaghara.
6 Look at how all of your leaders in Israel use their power to murder.
“‘Lee ka ndịisi Izrel nọ nʼime gị si e ji ike ha nwere na-awụsi ọbara.
7 You despise your parents. You exploit the foreigners who live with you, and you mistreat orphans and widows.
A na-elelị nne na nna nʼime gị. Ndị mbịarambịa ka e ji anya ike na-emegbu. Ndị na-enweghị nna na ndị inyom di ha nwụrụ ka a na-akpagbu, na-emejọkwa.
8 You detest my holy things and violate my Sabbaths.
I lelịala ihe nsọ m niile, merụọkwa ụbọchị izuike m niile.
9 Living among you are people who falsely accuse others in order to put them to death. You also have those who eat religious meals at pagan shrines in the mountains, and commit immoral acts within the city.
Ndị nkwutọ, ndị na-awụsi ọbara nọ nʼime gị. Ndị na-eri nri nʼihu arụsị niile dị nʼelu ugwu, na ndị na-eme omume rụrụ arụ nọkwa nʼime gị.
10 Some of those living in the city have sex with their father's wives or with women during their period.
Nʼime gị ka ndị na-akwaso nwunye nna ha iko dị, nʼime gị ka ndị na-awakpo ụmụ nwanyị mgbe ha nọ na nsọ ha, bụ mgbe ha nọ nʼọnọdụ adịghị ọcha.
11 You're home to evil men. One does disgusting things with someone else's wife. Another seduces his daughter-in-law, while another rapes his sister, the daughter of his own father.
Nʼime gị ka otu nwoke na-eme ihe arụ ya na nwunye onye agbataobi ya, onye ọzọ na-enweghị ihere emerụọla nwunye nwa ya, onye ọzọkwa, emerụkwala nwanne ya nwanyị, bụ ada nke nna ya mụrụ.
12 Your people take money to murder others. You charge interest and make a profit on loans, and use extortion to get money from your neighbors. You have forgotten all about me, declares the Lord God.
E nwekwara ndị na-anara ego gbuo mmadụ ibe ha nʼime gị. Gị onwe gị na-anarakwa ndị i binyere ego ụma buru ibu, na-esitekwa nʼaka ike na-anara ndị mmadụ ihe ha. I chefuokwala m. Otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwubiri.
13 So watch out! I clap my hands in condemnation at your dishonest profiteering and at all your murders.
“‘Lee, aghaghị m ịkụkọta ọbụ aka m abụọ nʼihi uru nke na-ezighị ezi ị na-eri, na ọbara niile nke ị wụsiri nʼetiti gị.
14 Are you going to be so brave, and will you be strong enough to defend yourselves when it comes time for me to deal with you? I, the Lord, have spoken, and I'm going to act.
Obi gị ọ ga-esikwa ike? Ị ga-eguzokwa nʼụbọchị m ga-ekpe gị ikpe? Nʼihi na mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị ekwuola. Aga m emezukwa ya.
15 I'm going to scatter you among the nations and the different countries. I will put a stop to your unclean acts.
Aga m achụsa unu nʼetiti mba niile, fesaa unu nʼetiti mba niile. Aga m emekwa ka adịghị ọcha unu kwụsị.
16 For when everyone else sees how you've made yourselves unclean, then you will acknowledge that I am the Lord.”
Mgbe e mere ka ị ghara ịdị nsọ nʼanya ndị mba dị iche iche, ị ga-amatakwa na mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị.’”
17 A message from the Lord came to me, saying,
Mgbe ahụ, okwu Onyenwe anyị ruru m ntị, sị,
18 “Son of man, the people of Israel have ended up like the impurities left over from refining metal. They're all like copper, tin, iron, and lead in the furnace—they are just the impurities left from refining silver.
“Nwa nke mmadụ, ụlọ Izrel aghọọlara m ihe efu. Ha niile aghọọla ọla, na gbamgbam, na igwe, na ọla opu a hapụrụ nʼọkụ. Ha bụ nnọọ ihe efu nke ọlaọcha.
19 So this is what the Lord God says: Because all of you have ended up like impurities, watch as I collect you together in Jerusalem.
Nʼihi ya, otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwuru: ‘Nʼihi na unu niile aghọọla ihe efu, aga m achịkọta unu nʼime Jerusalem.
20 In the same way a refiner collects silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin and puts them in the blast furnace to melt them with fire, I'm going to collect you in my burning anger, and keep you there until I melt you.
Dịka a na-achịkọta ọlaọcha, na ọla, na igwe, na opu, na gbamgbam, tinye ha nʼoke ọkụ ka ha gbazee, otu a ka m ga-esite nʼiwe m na ọnụma m chịkọtaa unu nʼime obodo ahụ gbazee unu.
21 I'm going to collect you all together and blast you with the fire of my anger, and you'll be melted there in the city.
Aga m achịkọta unu, fụkwasị unu ọkụ nke ọnụma m, mee ka unu gbazee nʼime ya.
22 Just as silver is melted in a furnace, so you'll be melted in the city. Then you will realize that I, the Lord, have made you experience my anger.”
Dịka ọlaọcha si agbaze nʼọkụ, otu a ka unu ga-esi gbazee nʼime ya. Unu ga-amatakwa nʼezie na mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị awụkwasịla unu iwe m.’”
23 Another message from the Lord came to me, saying,
Ọzọkwa, okwu Onyenwe anyị ruru m ntị, sị,
24 “Son of man, tell the city of Jerusalem, at the time of punishment, you are a country that has not been made clean, a place where no rain has fallen,
“Nwa nke mmadụ, gwa ala ahụ okwu, ‘Ị bụ ala nke a na-emebeghị ka ọ dị ọcha, maọbụ mmiri izokwasị ya nʼụbọchị ọnụma.’
25 Her leaders conspire together and it's like watching a roaring lion ripping up its prey. They destroy the people, grab everything that's valuable, and make many more widows in the city.
E nwere izuzu ọjọọ nke ndị ụmụ eze nọ nʼime ya, dịka ọdụm nke na-agbọ ụja na-adọgbu anụ ọ na-eri eri, ha na-eripịa ndị mmadụ. Ha ewerela akụ ha na ihe ha niile dị oke ọnụahịa, mekwa ka ụmụ nwanyị na-enweghị di baa ụba nʼetiti ya.
26 Her priests pervert my law and make my holy things unclean. They don't distinguish between what is holy and what is ordinary, and they don't separate the clean from the unclean. They forget about my Sabbaths, and they lead people to treat me with no respect.
Ndị nchụaja ya na-enupu isi nʼiwu m niile, mee ka ihe nsọ m niile gharakwa ịdị nsọ, nʼebe nsọ m. Ha adịghị akpakwa oke nʼetiti ihe dị nsọ na ihe na-adịghị nsọ. Ha na-ezi ndị m na ihe dị iche ọbụla adịghị nʼetiti ihe dị ọcha na ihe na-adịghị ọcha. Ha adịghị akpọkwa ụbọchị izuike m ihe ọbụla. Nʼihi ya, e mere ka m ghara ịdịkwa nsọ nʼetiti ha.
27 Her city officials are like wolves ripping up their prey, killing people, destroying lives so they can profit through fraud.
Ndịisi nọ nʼime gị dịka nkịta ọhịa na-adọgbu anụ o gbutara. Ha na-awụsi ọbara, ime ka mkpụrụobi mmadụ laa nʼiyi nʼihi uru akpa ha.
28 Her prophets cover up what they do, using false visions as whitewash and prophecies that are lies, saying, ‘This is what the Lord God says,’ when the Lord hasn't said anything.
Ndị amụma ha eteela nzu nʼọrụ ha niile site nʼọhụ ụgha nʼịgba afa ụgha mgbe ha na-ahụghị ọhụ ọbụla. Ha na-asị, ‘Otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị sịrị,’ mgbe Onyenwe anyị na-ekwughị ihe ọbụla.
29 The people of this country are extortioners and robbers. They mistreat the poor and those in need and exploit the foreigners, treating them totally unfairly.
Ndị ala a na-eji aka ike na-apụnara ndị ọzọ ihe ha nwere na-ezukwa ohi. Ha na-emegbu ndị ogbenye na ndị nọ na mkpa, na-emegbukwa ndị ọbịa site nʼụzọ ekpeghị ikpe ziri ezi.
30 I tried to find one of them repair the wall and defend the gap so when I came I wouldn't destroy it—but I couldn't find anyone.
“Achọrọ m otu onye nʼetiti ha bụ onye nke ga-ewuzi mgbidi ogige, guzokwa nʼihu m ikwuchite ọnụ ala a, ka m ghara ịla ala a nʼiyi, ma ọ dịghị onye m hụrụ.
31 So I have let them experience my hostility, burning them up with the fire of my anger. I have made sure they suffer the consequences of what they've done, declares the Lord God.”
Nʼihi ya, aga m awụkwasị ha ọnụma m, jirikwa iwe m dị ọkụ rechapụ ha. Aga m ebokwasịkwa ahụhụ niile nke mmehie ha, nʼisi ha, otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwubiri.”
