Isaiah 48
1 "Hear this, house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, and have come forth out of the waters of Judah; who swear by the name of YHWH, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness
“Geenụ ntị na nke a, unu agbụrụ Jekọb, unu ndị a na-akpọ nʼaha Izrel, ndị si nʼagbụrụ Juda pụta. Unu ndị na-eji aha Onyenwe anyị na-aṅụ iyi, ndị na-akpọku aha Chineke nke Izrel, ma ọ bụghị nʼeziokwu maọbụ nʼezi omume.
2 (for they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves on the God of Israel; YHWH of hosts is his name):
Unu ndị na-akpa nganga na unu bụ ndị bi nʼobodo dị nsọ, ndị na-anyakwa isi na unu na-adabere na Chineke Izrel. Onye aha ya bụ Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile.
3 I have declared the former things from of old; yes, they went forth out of my mouth, and I caused them to hear it. Suddenly I did them, and they happened.
Nʼoge gara aga ka m kwuru ihe na-aga ime nʼoge dị nʼihu. Mgbe m kwupụrụ ya, emekwara m ka ihe ahụ m kwuru mezuo.
4 Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your brow bronze;
Nʼihi na amaara m na unu bụ ndị isiike, matakwa na akwara dị unu nʼolu bụ igwe a na-apụghị ịrọji arọji. Amakwaara m na egedege ihu unu bụ bronz.
5 therefore I have declared it to you from of old; before it came to pass I showed it to you; lest you should say, 'My idol has done them, and my engraved image, and my molten image, has commanded them.'
Ọ bụ ya mere m ji buru ụzọ gwa unu nʼoge gara aga ihe m gaje ime, ka unu ghara ị sị, ‘Ọ bụ arụsị anyị mere ya. Ọ bụ arụsị anyị a pịrị apị na chi ọla m nyere iwu ka ha mee!’
6 You have heard it; see all this; and you, will you not declare it? "I have shown you new things from this time, even hidden things, which you have not known.
Unu anụla ama m na-agba, hụkwa ka ha na-emezu, ma unu ajụla ikwere na ọ bụ eziokwu. “Site ugbu a gawa, aga m agwa unu ihe ọhụrụ nke m na-agwabeghị unu na mbụ.
7 They are created now, and not from of old; and before this day you did not hear them; lest you should say, 'Look, I knew them.'
Ọ bụ ugbu a ka e kere ya, ọ bụghị na mgbe ochie. Unu anụtụbeghị ihe banyere ya mbụ, ya mere, unu agaghị asị, ‘Ọ bụ ihe maara ihe banyere ya.’
8 Yes, you did not hear; yes, you did not know; yes, from of old your ear was not opened: for I knew that you dealt very treacherously, and was called a transgressor from the womb.
E, ị nụbeghị, ị maghịkwa, site na mgbe ochie ntị gị egheghị oghe. Nʼihi na amaara m na ị bụ onye aghụghọ na-ekwesighị ntụkwasị obi, onye a na-akpọ onye nnupu isi site nʼafọ nne ya.
9 For my name's sake will I defer my anger, and for my praise will I refrain for you, that I not cut you off.
Ma nʼihi aha m, ka m na-eme ka ọnụma m jụrụ nʼihi otuto m, a na m egbochi ya nʼebe ị nọ, ka a ghara ikpochapụ unu kpamkpam.
10 Look, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
Lee, anụchaalam unu, ma ọ bụghị dịka e si anụcha ọlaọcha nʼọkụ. E, anwaleela m unu nʼoke ọkụ nke ahụhụ.
11 For my own sake, for my own sake, will I do it; for how should my name be profaned? I will not give my glory to another.
Nʼihi mụ onwe m, e, nʼihi mụ onwe m, ka m na-eme nke a. Aga m esi aṅaa hapụ ka m bụrụ onye emere ka aha m ghara ịdị nsọ? Agaghị m enye onye ọzọ otuto m.
12 "Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
“Geenụ m ntị, gị Jekọb, na gị Izrel onye m kpọrọ. Mụ onwe m bụ onye ahụ; Abụ m onye mbụ, bụrụkwa onye ikpeazụ.
13 Yes, my hand has laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand has spread out the heavens: when I call to them, they stand up together.
Ọ bụ aka m tọrọ ntọala ụwa. Ọ bụkwa aka nri m gbasara eluigwe. Mgbe m kpọrọ ha oku ha na-abịa guzo nʼihu m.
14 "Let all of them assemble and hear; who among them has declared these things? He whom YHWH loves shall perform his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.
“Chịkọtaanụ onwe unu, unu niile, geenụ ntị. Onye nʼetiti arụsị ndị a gosiri ihe ndị a na-aga ime? Onye ahụ Onyenwe anyị họọrọ ka ya na ya dị na mma ga-emezu nzube ya megide Babilọn, aka ya ga-emegide ndị Kaldịa.
15 I, even I, have spoken; yes, I have called him; I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.
Mụ onwe m, ọ bụladị mụ onwe m ekwuola ya; e, akpọọla m ya. Aga m eme ka ọbịa nʼije ya, ọ ga-agakwa nke ọma.
16 "Come near to me and hear this: "From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time that it was, there am I." Now YHWH has sent me, with his Spirit.
“Bịakwutenụ m nso, geenụ ntị na nke a: “Site na mkpọsa mbụ ọ bụghị na nzuzo ka m kwuru okwu; mgbe o mere anọ m nʼebe ahụ.” Ma ugbu a, Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị ezitela m, o mejupụtala m na Mmụọ ya.
17 Thus says YHWH, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am YHWH your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way that you should go.
Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị sịrị, Onye mgbapụta unu, bụ Onye nsọ Izrel, “Mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị, onye na-ezi unu ihe nʼihi ọdịmma unu, na-eduzikwa unu nʼụzọ unu kwesiri iso.
18 But would that you had listened to my commandments. Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.
A sịkwarị na unu ṅara ntị nʼiwu m niile, udo unu gaara na-eru dịka osimiri, ọdịmma unu adịkwa ka mmali nke ebili oke osimiri.
19 Your descendants would have been as the sand, and the offspring of your body like its grains; his name not be cut off nor destroyed from before me.
Mkpụrụ gị gaara amụba dịka aja, ụmụ unu gaara a dị ka mkpụrụ ọkụkụ a na-enweghị ike ịgụta ọnụ, a gaghị ehichapụkwa aha ha, maọbụ bibie nʼihu ha.”
20 Go forth from Babylon, flee from the Chaldeans; with a voice of singing declare, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth: say, YHWH has redeemed his servant Jacob.
Sitenụ na Babilọn pụọ, gbanarịnụ ndị Kaldịa! Werenụ olu iti mkpu ọṅụ kwusaa inwere onwe unu a. Meenụ ka ndị bi na nsọtụ niile nke ụwa nụrụ ya sịnụ, “Onyenwe anyị agbapụtala ohu ya Jekọb.”
21 They did not thirst when he led them through the deserts; he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them; he split the rock also, and the waters gushed out.
Mgbe O duuru ndị ya jee ije nʼọzara, ala kpọrọ nkụ, akpịrị akpọghị ha nkụ. O mere ka mmiri si nʼoke nkume sọpụtara ha, e, ọ kpọwara oke nkume mee ka mmiri sọpụta.
22 "There is no peace," says YHWH, "for the wicked."
Onyenwe anyị sịrị, “Ọ dịghị udo dịrị ndị na-emebi iwu.”
