Isaiah 8
1 And Yahweh said unto me: Take thee a large tablet, —and write thereon in plain characters, To Maher-shalal-hash-baz. ["Speed-spoil-hurry-prey".]
Onyenwe anyị siri m, “Were otu mbadamba ihe dị ukwuu, were odee nke onye ọbụla na-eji ede ihe dekwasị ya Maha-shalal-Hash-Baz.
2 That I may take in attestation, faithful witnesses, —even Uriah the priest, and Zechariah son of Jeberechiah.
Aga m akpọbata Ụraya onye nchụaja na Zekaraya nwa Jeberekaya dịka ndị akaebe kwesiri ntụkwasị obi.”
3 Then approached I unto the prophetess, and she conceived and bare a son, —and Yahweh said unto me, Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
Emesịa, mụ na nwunye m, bụ onye amụma dinakọrọ, ọ tụụrụ ime, mụọrọ m nwa nwoke. Ma Onyenwe anyị sịrị m, “Gụọ ya Maha-shalal-Hash-Baz.
4 For before the boy shall have knowledge to cry, My father! and, My mother! the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be carried away before the king of Assyria.
Nʼihi na tupu nwantakịrị ahụ etolite ịkpọ nne maọbụ nna, eze ndị Asịrịa ga-ebuso Damaskọs na Sameria agha, bukọrọkwa akụ ha niile.”
5 And again Yahweh spake unto me yet further saying:
Onyenwe anyị gwakwara m okwu ọzọ sị,
6 Because this people hath refused the waters of Shiloah which flow softly, —and are rejoicing with Rezin and the son of Remaliah,
“Nʼihi na ndị a ajụla mmiri Shiloa nke ji nwayọọ na-asọ ma na-aṅụrị ọṅụ nʼihi Rezin na nwa nwoke Remalaya,
7 now therefore, lo! the Lord is about to bring up against them the waters, strong and many, of the River ["Euphrates"], even the king of Assyria and all his glory, —and he shall rise over all his channels, and flow over all his banks;
ya mere, Onyenwe anyị na-aga iweta iju mmiri nke osimiri Yufretis megide ha, bụ eze ndị Asịrịa ya na ebube ya niile. Ọ ga-erubiga oke, gafee ụzọ ya niile, ọ ga-erubiga ma tofeekwa ọnụ ya niile,
8 and roll on throughout Judah—overflow and pass along, till unto the neck, he shall reach, —and it shall be, that, the stretching out of his wings, shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel!
wụsịakwa nʼala Juda niile. Ọ ga-erikpu ala Juda niile, ọ ga-agabiga, kpuchiekwa ọ bụladị nʼolu ka ọ ga-eru. Nku ya ga-agbasa kpuchie obosara niile nke ala gị, O Ịmanụel.”
9 Rage, O ye peoples, —and be overthrown, And give ear, all ye distant parts of the earth, —Gird yourselves and be overthrown, Gird yourselves, and be overthrown:
Tienụ mkpu agha unu mba dị iche iche, ma a ga-etipịa unu. Geenụ ntị unu mba niile dị ebe dị anya. Kwadoonụ maka agha ma a ga-etipịa unu. Kwadoonụ maka agha ka e tipịa unu.
10 Determine a plan, —and it shall be frustrated, —Speak a word, and it shall not stand, For With-us-is-GOD!
Tụọnụ atụmatụ unu ma a ga-ekposa ya. Wepụtanụ atụmatụ unu ma ọ gaghị eguzo nʼihi na Chineke nọnyere anyị.
11 For, thus, spake Yahweh unto me like a firm grasp of the hand, —when he admonished me, not to walk in the way of this people, saying:
Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị sịrị m nʼike nke aka ya dị nʼahụ, ọ dọrọ m aka na ntị ka m ghara ije ije nʼụzọ ndị nke a, na-asị:
12 Ye shall not say—A confederacy! of everything of which this people may say. A confederacy! And their fear, shall ye not fear or regard as awful:
“Adịnyerela ha nʼihe niile ha na-ezube ime na nzuzo megide ọchịchị; ka ihe ha na-atụ egwu hapụ ịbụ ihe ga-eme ka ị tụọ egwu.
13 Yahweh of hosts, him, shall ye hallow, —And let, him, be your fear, and let, him inspire you with awe;
Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile, ya ka unu ga-edo nsọ. Ya bụ onye unu kwesiri ịtụ ụjọ. Ya bụ onye unu ga-atụ egwu ma jijiji.
14 So shall he become a hallowed asylum, —But a stone to strike against, and a rock to stumble over unto both houses of Israel A trap and a snare to the dweller in Jerusalem;
Ọ ga-abụkwa ebe nsọ; nye ụlọ Izrel na Juda, ọ ga-aghọrọ ha nkume nke na-eme ka ndị mmadụ sọọ ngọngọ, oke nkume nke na-eme ka ha daa. Ọ ga-abụkwara ndị Jerusalem igbudu na ọnya nke ha ga-adaba nʼime ya.
15 And many, shall stumble among them, —and fall and be torn, and snared, and captured.
Ọtụtụ nʼime ha ga-asọ ngọngọ; ha ga-ada bụrụ ndị e tipịara. Ha ga-abụ ndị ọnya ga-ama, na ndị a ga-anwude.”
16 Bind thou up the testimony, —Seal the instruction amongst my disciples.
Kechie ihe ịgba ama nke iwu a kpuchie ntụziaka Chineke nke ọma nʼetiti ndị na-eso ụzọ ya.
17 I will therefore long for Yahweh, Who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob, —And will wait, for him.
Aga m echere Onyenwe anyị, onye na-ezonarị ụlọ Jekọb ihu ya ugbu a. Aga m atụkwasị obi m na ya.
18 Lo! I and the children whom Yahweh hath given me, are for signs and for wonders in Israel, —from Yahweh of hosts, who is making his habitation in Mount Zion.
Lee mụ onwe m, na ụmụ ndị Onyenwe anyị nyere m. Anyị bụ ihe ịrịbama na ihe iji cheta ihe nye ndị Izrel site na Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile, onye na-ebi nʼugwu Zayọn.
19 But, when they say unto you—Seek ye unto the necromancers and unto the wizards, who chirp, and who mutter, Should not a people seek, unto its God? In behalf of the living, [should it seek] unto the dead?
Mgbe onye ọbụla sịrị unu, jụtanụ ndị na-ajụ mmụọ ọjọọ ase na ndị dibịa afa ihe, bụ ndị na-ekwu okwu nʼolu dị nta nke mmadụ na-adịghị anụ nke ọma na ndị na-atamu atamu, ndị mmadụ ọ gaghị ajụ Chineke ha ase? Ọ bụ nʼihi gịnị ka eji jụta ndị nwụrụ anwụ ase nʼihi ndị dị ndụ?
20 To the law and to the testimony! If they speak not according to this word, [It is], because they have no dawning day.
Lezienụ okwu ntụziaka na nke ịdọ aka na ntị Chineke anya. Ọ bụrụ na ozi ha dị iche na nke a, o gosiri na ha enweghị ìhè maọbụ eziokwu ọbụla nʼime ha.
21 Therefore shall they pass through it hard pressed and hungry, —And it shall be when they hunger, then will they rage and revile their king and their god and turn their faces upwards;
Ndị a ga-awagharị nʼala a niile. Agụụ ga-agụ ha, ha ga-adakwa mba. Nʼọnọdụ oke agụụ nke ga-agụ ha, iwe dị ukwuu ga-ewe ha, mee ka ha lelie anya ha nʼelu, kọchaa eze ha, na Chineke ha.
22 And unto the land, shall they look hard, And lo! distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish, driven away!
Mgbe ahụ, ọ bụrụ na ha eledata anya ha nʼala ọ bụ naanị oke nsogbu na oke ihe mgbu ka ha ga-ahụ. Ha ga-ahụkwa oke ihe egwu na ọchịchịrị. Ụzọ mgbapụ agaghị adịkwara ha nʼoge nsogbu a. A ga-achụbanye ha nʼime ọchịchịrị.
