Emọs 3

1 Nụrụnụ okwu ndị a nke Onyenwe anyị kwuru megide unu, unu ndị Izrel, megidekwa ezinaụlọ ahụ niile nke m kpọpụtara site nʼala Ijipt.

Hear you this word, O house of Israel, which the Lord has spoken concerning you, and against the whole family whom I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying,

2 “Naanị unu ka m họọrọ nʼime ezinaụlọ niile nke nọ nʼelu ụwa; Ọ bụ nʼihi nke a ka m ga-eji nye unu ahụhụ nʼihi mmehie unu niile.”

You especially have I known out of all the families of the earth: therefore will I take vengeance upon you for all your sins.

3 Mmadụ abụọ ga-esi aṅaa jekọọ ije ma ọ bụrụ na ha enweghị nkwekọrịta?

Shall two walk together at all, if they do not know one another?

4 Ọdụm ọ na-agbọ ụja nʼọhịa ma ọ bụrụ na o nweghị anụ ọ hụrụ? Nwa ọdụm ọ na-ebigbọ nʼime olulu ya, mgbe ọ dịghị anụ ọ dọgburu?

Will a lion roar out of his thicket if he has no prey? will a [lion's] whelp utter his voice at all out of his lair, if he have taken nothing?

5 Nnụnụ ọ na-ama nʼọnya dị nʼala ma ọ bụrụ na o nweghị ọnya e siri ijide ya? Ọnya e siiri anụ ọ na-akụchi ma ọ bụrụ na o nweghị ihe ọ matara?

Will a bird fall on the earth without a fowler? will a snare be taken up from the earth without having taken anything?

6 Mgbe a fụrụ opi nʼobodo, ọ bụ na ndị bi nʼime ya adịghị ama jijiji? Mgbe mbibi na ịla nʼiyi dakwasịrị obodo ọbụla ọ bụghị Onyenwe anyị mere ka ọ dị?

Shall the trumpet sound in the city, and the people not be alarmed? shall there be evil in a city which the Lord has not wrought?

7 Nʼezie Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị adịghị eme ihe ọbụla tutu ruo mgbe o buru ụzọ gosi ya ndị na-ejere ya ozi bụ ndị amụma.

For the Lord God will do nothing, without revealing instruction to his servants the prophets.

8 Ọdụm agbọọla ụja, o nwere onye na-agaghị atụ egwu? Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị ekwuola okwu, onye ga-ahapụ ibu amụma?

A lion shall roar, and who will not be alarmed? the Lord God has spoken, and who will not prophesy?

9 Kwusaanụ ya nʼobodo niile e wusiri ike nke Ashdọd na ebe niile e wusiri ike nke Ijipt, sị, “Zukọtanụ nʼelu ugwu niile nke Sameria ka unu hụ oke ọgbaaghara nke dị nʼetiti ya na mmegbu niile nke dị nʼetiti ndị ya.”

Proclaim it to the regions among the Assyrians, and to the regions of Egypt, and say, Gather yourselves to the mountain of Samaria, and behold many wonderful things in the midst of it, and the oppression that is in it.

10 “Ha echezọọla ime ezi ihe.” Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara, “bụ ndị ahụ na-akpakọba ihe e zutere nʼohi na ihe e sitere nʼaka ike pụnara ndị mmadụ nʼime nʼụlọ ha niile e wusiri ike.”

And she knew not what things would come against her, says the Lord, [even] those that store up wrong and misery in their countries.

11 Nʼihi ya nke a bụ ihe Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwuru, “Onye iro na-abịa! Ọ ga-agba ala gị gburugburu; ọ ga-akwatu ebe niile gị bụ nke e wusiri ike, ma kwakọrọkwa ihe niile dị nʼụlọ gị ndị ahụ e wusiri ike.”

Therefore thus says the Lord God; O Tyre, your land shall be made desolate round about [you]; and he shall bring down your strength out of you, and your countries shall be spoiled.

12 Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị sịrị, “Dịka onye ọzụzụ atụrụ si anapụta naanị ọkpụkpụ ụkwụ abụọ maọbụ iberibe ntị site nʼọnụ ọdụm, otu a ka a ga-esi zọpụta ụmụ Izrel bi na Sameria, na nkuku isi ihe ndina na nʼiberibe akwa ọma site nʼelu ihe ndina.”

Thus says the Lord; As when a shepherd rescues from the mouth of a lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so shall be drawn forth the children of Israel who dwell in Samaria in the presence of [a foreign] tribe, and in Damascus.

13 “Nụrụ nke a, ma gbaanụ ama megide ụmụ Jekọb,” ọ bụ otu a ka Onyenwe anyị, bụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile, kwubiri.

Hear, O you priests, and testify to the house of Jacob, says the Lord God Almighty.

14 “Nʼụbọchị ahụ, m ga-enye Izrel ahụhụ nʼihi mmehie ha, aghaghị m imebikwa ebe ịchụ aja nke dị na Betel. Mpi dị nʼebe ịchụ aja ka a ga-ebipụkwa, mee ka ha daa nʼala.

For in the day wherein I shall take vengeance of the sins of Israel upon him, I will also take vengeance on the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be broken down, and they shall fall upon the ground.

15 Aga m etida ụlọ ndị niile ha wuru maka oge oyi, na nke ha wuru maka oge okpomọkụ; aga m ebibikwa ụlọ ndị ahụ niile ha ji ọdụ enyi wuo. Ọtụtụ ebe obibi ha niile ka a ga-etitukwa.” Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri ya.

I will crush and strike the turreted-house upon the summer-house; and the ivory-houses shall be destroyed, and many other houses also, says the Lord.