< Ezekiel 8 >

1 And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me.
Nʼafọ nke isii, nʼọnwa nke isii, nʼụbọchị nke ise nke ọnwa ahụ, mgbe mụ onwe m nọdụ ala nʼụlọ m, ndị okenye Juda na-anọdụkwa ala nʼihu m, aka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị dịkwasịrị m nʼahụ nʼebe ahụ.
2 Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber.
Ahụrụ m oyiyi yiri mmadụ. Akụkụ oyiyi a nke dị site nʼụkwụ ya ruo nʼala ya na-acha dịka ọkụ, sitekwanụ nʼụkwụ ya rigoo, ọ na-egbu nnọọ amụma dịka nkume amba dị oke ọnụahịa.
3 And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of my head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.
Oyiyi a setịpụrụ ihe dịka aka mmadụ, jiri ya jide m nʼagịrị isi m. Mgbe ahụ, Mmụọ nke Chineke buliri m elu nʼetiti ala na mbara eluigwe. Nʼime ọhụ nke Chineke, o buuru m jee Jerusalem, nʼọnụ ụzọ ama nke dị nʼugwu, nʼime ogige ya, ebe arụsị ahụ na-akpasu ekworo guzo.
4 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain.
Ma, lee, ebube Chineke Izrel jupụtara nʼebe ahụ, dị ka m si hụ ya na mbụ na ndagwurugwu.
5 Then said he to me, Son of man, lift up thy eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up my eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entrance.
Ọ sịrị m, “Nwa nke mmadụ, welie anya gị lee nʼụzọ nke ugwu.” Eweliri m anya m lee nʼụzọ ugwu, ma lee, nʼọnụ ụzọ e si abata nʼime ebe ịchụ aja, ahụrụ m oyiyi arụsị ekworo ka o guzo nʼakụkụ ugwu ya.
6 He said furthermore to me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should withdraw from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations.
Ọ sịrị m, “Nwa nke mmadụ, ị na-ahụ ihe ha na-eme, arụ dị egwu nke ụlọ Izrel na-eme nʼebe a, ihe ndị ga-achụpụ m nʼebe dị anya site nʼebe nsọ m? Ma ị ga-ahụkwa ihe arụ ndị dị ukwuu karịa ndị a.”
7 And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall.
O mere ka m guzo nʼọnụ ụzọ ogige ahụ, mgbe m lere anya, ahụrụ m oghere dị nʼaja ụlọ ahụ.
8 Then said he to me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had dug in the wall, behold a door.
Ọ sịrị m, “Nwa nke mmadụ, ugbu a gwupuo aja ụlọ a.” Mgbe m gwupuru ya, ahụrụ m ọnụ ụzọ e si aba nʼebe ahụ.
9 And he said to me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here.
Ọ sịrị m, “Banye nʼime ka ị hụ ihe arụ ọjọọ niile nke ha na-eme nʼebe a.”
10 So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed around upon the wall.
Abanyere m hụ na ihe jupụtara nʼahụ ụlọ ahụ bụ naanị oyiyi e sere ese, nke ihe na-akpụ akpụ dịka agwọ dị iche iche, ngwere na anụmanụ rụrụ arụ dị iche iche, tinyekwara arụsị niile nke ụlọ Izrel na-efe.
11 And there stood before them seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.
Nʼihu ihe ndị a, ka iri ndị okenye asaa nke ụlọ Izrel, ha na Jaazanaya nwa Shefan guzo nʼebe ahụ. Onye ọbụla nʼime ha ji ihe nsure ọkụ na-esi isi ụtọ nʼaka ya, anwụrụ ọkụ si nʼihe nsure ọkụ ndị a na-agbagokwa elu.
12 Then said he to me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth.
Ọ sịrị m, “Nwa nke mmadụ, ị hụla ihe ndị okenye ụlọ Izrel na-eme nʼọchịchịrị, onye ọbụla nʼime ụlọ ya nʼihu arụsị ya? Ma ha na-asị, ‘Onyenwe anyị adịghị ahụ anyị, O sitela nʼala anyị wezuga onwe ya.’”
13 He said also to me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations that they do.
Ọzọ, ọ sịrị m, “Ị ga-ahụkwa oke ihe arụ karịrị ndị a ha na-eme!”
14 Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD’S house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.
O mere ka m bịakwa nʼọnụ ụzọ ahụ dị nʼakụkụ ugwu nke ụlọnsọ nke Onyenwe anyị. Nʼebe ahụ, ahụrụ m ndị inyom nọ na-akwa akwa nʼihi Tamuz, chi ha.
15 Then said he to me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these.
Mgbe ahụ, ọ sịrị m, “Ị hụla ihe ndị a, nwa nke mmadụ? Ị ga-ahụkwa ihe arụ ndị dị ukwuu karịa ndị a.”
16 And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD’S house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
O mere ka m baa nʼime ogige dị nʼime ụlọ ukwu nke Onyenwe anyị, nʼebe ahụ, nʼọnụ ụzọ ụlọnsọ ukwu nke Onyenwe anyị, nʼagbata ebe ịchụ aja na mpụta ọnụ ụlọ ahụ, ka ihe ruru iri mmadụ abụọ na ise guzo, chee ihu ha nʼakụkụ ọwụwa anyanwụ na-efe anyanwụ. Ha gbakụtara ụlọnsọ ukwu nke Onyenwe anyị azụ mgbe ha na-eche ihu nʼọwụwa anyanwụ na-akpọ isiala nye anyanwụ.
17 Then he said to me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.
Ọ sịrị m, “Ị hụla nke a, nwa nke mmadụ? Ọ bụ ihe dị nta nye ụlọ Juda, bụ ime ihe arụ niile ndị a ha na-eme nʼebe a? Ha ga-ejikwa ihe ike mejupụta ala, siri otu a na-akpasu m iwe mgbe niile? Lee ka ha si nọgide na-akparị m, na-etinye alaka nʼimi ha.
18 Therefore will I also deal in fury: my eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, yet I will not hear them.
Nʼihi ya, aga m eme ka ha nụrụ ụfụ iwe m, ọ dịkwaghị onye m ga-ahapụ. Ọ bụrụkwa na ha anọgide na-ebe akwa nʼoke olu, agaghị m aṅa ha ntị.”

< Ezekiel 8 >