Diuteronomi 1
1 Ndị a bụ okwu ahụ Mosis gwara Izrel niile mgbe ha nọ nʼọwụwa anyanwụ Jọdan, nʼọzara nʼAraba, ebe chere ihu nʼobodo Suf, nʼetiti Paran na Tofel na Leban, na Hazerọt, na Dizahab.
In this book is written what Moses/I said to the Israeli people. He/I told them these things when they/we were in the desert, on the east side of the Jordan [River]. They/We had set up our tents near [a place named] Suph, between Paran [town on the one side of the river] and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab [towns on the other side of the river].
2 Site nʼugwu Horeb ruo Kadesh Banea, bụ njem abalị iri na otu ma e soro ụzọ gawara ugwu Sia.
To walk from Sinai [Mountain] to the Kadesh-Barnea [oasis], people usually travel for only eleven days, going by way of the hilly area named Edom.
3 Ọ bụ nʼabalị mbụ nke ọnwa iri na otu, nke afọ iri anọ ka Mosis gwara ụmụ Izrel ihe niile Onyenwe anyị nyere ya nʼiwu banyere ha.
Forty years after (the Israelis/we) left Egypt, in the middle of January, Moses/I told the Israeli people everything that Yahweh had commanded him/me to tell them.
4 Nke mere mgbe ọ lụgbuchara Saịhọn, eze ndị Amọrait, onye na-achị na Heshbọn, lụgbukwaa Ọg, eze ndị Bashan na Edrei, onye na-achị nʼAshtarọt.
This was after they/we had defeated Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group, who lived in Heshbon [city], and Og, the king of the Bashan [region] who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei [towns].
5 Nʼọwụwa anyanwụ Jọdan, nʼala ndị Moab ka Mosis nọ kọwaara ụmụ Izrel iwu ndị a sị ha,
Moses/I told them these things while the people were in the Moab region, on the east side of the Jordan [River]. He/I (explained to them/enabled them to understand) God’s laws. This is what he/I said to them:
6 Onyenwe anyị Chineke anyị gwara anyị nʼugwu Horeb sị, “Unu anọọla ọtụtụ oge nʼugwu a.
“Yahweh our God said to us when we were at Sinai [Mountain], ‘You have stayed for a very long time at [the bottom of] this mountain.
7 Ugbu a bilienụ ije, baa nʼala ugwu ugwu ndị Amọrait. Gaakwanụ nʼala niile ndị agbataobi ha bụ Araba, nʼugwu niile na nʼebe dị ala ala na Negeb, nʼọnụ mmiri nke oke osimiri, garuokwanụ ala ndị Kenan na nke ndị Lebanọn, gagidekwanụ ruo nʼosimiri ukwu Yufretis.
So now continue traveling. Go to the hilly area where the Amor people-group lives and to the nearby areas—to the Jordan [River] Valley, to the hilly region, to the western (foothills/hills at the bottom of the mountains), to the desert area to the south, to the [Mediterranean] Seacoast, to all of Canaan land, to the Lebanon [Mountains], and [northeast] to the great Euphrates River.
8 Lee, enyela m unu ala ahụ niile! Baanụ nʼime ya, bichiekwanụ ala ahụ Onyenwe anyị ṅụrụ iyi na ọ ga-enye nna nna unu bụ Ebraham, Aịzik, Jekọb na ụmụ ụmụ ha niile ndị ga-esote ha.”
Note that I will give that land to you. I, Yahweh, promised to your ancestors Abraham and Isaac and Jacob that I would give it to them and to their descendants. So now go and occupy it.’”
9 Nʼoge ahụ, agwara m unu ụmụ Izrel okwu sị, “Unu bụụrụ m oke ibu arọ, apụghịkwa m ibu unu naanị m.
Moses/I also said to the people, “When [we were still at Sinai Mountain], I told your ancestors ‘It is a very big burden/responsibility for me to govern all of you. So I cannot do it by myself.
10 Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu emeela ka unu mụbaa dịka kpakpando nke eluigwe.
Yahweh our God has caused us Israelis to now become as numerous as the stars in the sky.
11 Ka Onyenwe anyị Chineke nna nna unu ha meekwa ka unu mụbaa nʼọnụọgụgụ, puku kwụrụ puku, ya gọziekwa unu dịka o kwere na nkwa.
And I hope/desire that Yahweh, the God whom our ancestors [worshiped], will cause us to become 1,000 times as numerous as we are now and that he will bless us just like he promised to do.
12 Ma olee otu naanị m ga-esi buo ibu unu, doziekwa ise okwu unu na nsogbu unu niile?
But I certainly cannot [RHQ] (solve/deal with) all of your complaints/problems.
13 Họpụtanụ ụfọdụ ndị ikom nwe amamihe, nghọta, na ndị a na-akwanyere ụgwụ, site nʼebo niile unu nʼotu nʼotu, aga m emekwa ha ndịisi unu.”
So choose some men from your tribes who are wise and who have good sense and who are respected. Then I will appoint them to be your leaders.’
14 Unu zara sị m, “Ihe ahụ i zubere ime dị mma.”
Your ancestors replied, ‘What you have suggested is good for us to do.’
15 Ya mere, a kpọọrọ m ndịisi nʼebo dị iche iche, ndị ikom maara ihe, na ndị a na-asọpụrụ, mee ka ha bụrụ ndịisi ọchịchị unu, ụfọdụ ha na-elekọta puku mmadụ, ụfọdụ narị mmadụ, ndị ọzọ na-elekọta iri mmadụ ise, ndị ọzọ mmadụ iri, ka ha bụrụ ndị ndu ebo dị iche iche.
So I took the wise and respected men [that your ancestors chose] from your tribes, and I appointed them to be your leaders. I appointed some to (rule/have authority) over 1,000 people, some to have authority over 100 people, some to have authority over 50 people, and some to have authority over ten people. I also appointed other officers from throughout your tribes.
16 Adọrọ m ndị ikpe unu a aka na ntị nʼoge ahụ sị ha, “Nụrụnụ ikpe niile metụtara esemokwu dị nʼetiti ụmụnna unu, ma kpeenụ ikpe ọbụla na-eleghị mmadụ anya nʼihu ma ikpe ahụ ọ dị nʼetiti ụmụnna unu ndị Izrel, maọbụ nʼetiti ndị Izrel na ndị ọbịa.
I instructed/told your leaders, ‘Listen to the disputes that occur among your people. Judge each dispute, including disputes between close relatives and quarrels between your people and people from other countries who live among you.
17 Kpeenụ ikpe ziri ezi nye onye ukwu na onye nta. Elekwala ndị unu na-ekpe ikpe anya nʼihu, nʼihi na unu na-ekpe ikpe unu nʼọnọdụ Chineke.” Enyekwara m ha iwu sị ha wetaranụ m ikpe niile siri unu ike ka m leba ha anya.
You must (be impartial/not favor one person more than another); you must treat poor people and important people equally. You must not worry about what anyone will think [about how you decide matters], because you will decide matters as God [wants you to]. If any quarrel/dispute is very difficult and you are unable to decide it, bring it to me, and I will decide.’
18 Nʼoge ahụ, agwara m unu ihe niile unu na-aghaghị ime.
At that time I also told you other things that you should do.”
19 Emesịa, dịka iwu Onyenwe anyị Chineke anyị nyere si dị, anyị hapụrụ ugwu Horeb, chee ihu gawa nʼala ugwu ugwu ndị Amọrait. Ụzọ anyị si gafee ọzara ukwu ahụ dị egwu nke unu ji anya unu hụ tutu anyị erute Kadesh Banea.
“Then, just like Yahweh our God commanded us, we left Sinai [Mountain] and went through that huge desert that was very (dangerous/difficult to travel through), on the road to the hilly area where the Amor people-group live. We arrived at Kadesh-Barnea.
20 Mgbe ahụ agwara m unu okwu sị, “Unu erutela nʼala ugwu ugwu ndị Amọrait, ala ahụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke anyị na-enye anyị.
I said to your ancestors, ‘We have now come to the hilly area where the Amor people-group live. This is part of the area that Yahweh our God, the one whom our ancestors [worshiped], is giving to us.
21 Lee, Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu enyela unu ala ahụ. Gaanụ nweta ya ka ọ bụrụ nke unu dịka Onyenwe anyị Chineke nna nna unu gwara unu sị, Unu atụla egwu, ka obi unu gharakwa ịda mba.”
Note that Yahweh our God is giving this land to us. So go and occupy it as he commanded. Do not be (at all/even a little bit) afraid.’
22 Ma unu niile bịakwutere m sị m, “Ka anyị zipụ ndị nnyocha ka ha gaa mata ezi ụzọ e si abanye nʼala ahụ. Anyị ga-ekpebikwa obodo ndị anyị ga-ebu ụzọ banye.”
But all of your ancestors came to me and said, ‘Before we go, we should [first] send some men there to explore the land, in order that they can return and tell us which will be the best road to go there and what kind of towns are there.’
23 Ntụpụta unu juru m afọ, nʼihi ya, esitere m nʼetiti unu họpụta mmadụ iri na abụọ, otu onye site nʼebo ọbụla.
I thought that it would be good to do that, so I chose twelve men, one man from each tribe.
24 Ndị a pụrụ, gbagoo ala ugwu ugwu ahụ tutu bịaruo na Ndagwurugwu Eshkọl. Ha legharịrị anya nʼala ahụ.
They went up into the hilly area as far as Eshcol Valley, and they explored all that area.
25 Ha ghọtara ụfọdụ nʼime mkpụrụ osisi mịrị nʼala ahụ, bulatara anyị. Ha wetakwaara anyị ozi, sị, “Ala ahụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke anyị na-aga inye anyị dị mma.”
They picked some of the fruit that they found there and brought it to us. They reported that the land that Yahweh our God was giving to us is very good/fertile.”
26 Ma unu jụrụ ịga nʼala ahụ, si otu a nupu isi megide iwu Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu nyere.
“But your ancestors refused to go [and conquer that land]. They rebelled against what Yahweh our God had commanded them to do, and they would not go into that land.
27 Unu nọ nʼụlọ ikwu unu tamuo ntamu na-asị, “Nʼezie Onyenwe anyị ahụghị anyị nʼanya. Lee ka o si site nʼala Ijipt dupụta anyị were anyị nyefee nʼaka ndị Amọrait ka ha laa anyị nʼiyi!
Your ancestors [stayed] in their tents and complained saying ‘Yahweh hates us. So he has brought us here from Egypt just to allow the Amor people-group to destroy us.
28 Ebee ka anyị nwere ike ịga ugbu a? Ụmụnna anyị gara nyochaa ala ahụ emenyela anyị egwu. Ha sịrị, ‘Na ndị bi nʼala ahụ toro ogologo karịa anyị bụrụkwa ndị dị ike. Ha sịkwara na mgbidi e ji gbaa obodo ha gburugburu topuru ruo nʼeluigwe! Anyị hụkwara ụmụ Anak nʼebe ahụ.’”
(Why should we go there?/We do not want to go there.) [RHQ] The men whom we sent there have caused us to become very discouraged/afraid. They have told us that the people there are much stronger and taller than we are and that there are extremely high [HYP] walls around their towns. Also they reported that they saw [giants there that are] descendants of Anak.’
29 Ma agwara m unu sị, “Ka ụjọ ghara ịtụ unu, unu atụla ndị ahụ egwu.
Then I said to your ancestors, ‘Do not be afraid (at all/even a little bit) [DOU] of those people!
30 Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu, onye na-aga nʼihu unu, ga-alụrụ unu ọgụ, dịka o si lụọra unu ọgụ nʼihu anya unu, nʼala Ijipt,
Yahweh our God will go ahead of you, and he will fight for you, just like you saw him do for you in Egypt
31 nakwa nʼime ọzara, ebe unu nọ hụ otu Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu si bulie unu elu dịka nna si ebuli nwa ya elu, nʼụzọ niile unu gbasoro tutu unu erute ebe a.”
and in the desert. You saw how he brought you safely here, like a man would carry his son. [SIM]’
32 Ma agbanyeghị nke a, unu ekwenyeghị na Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu,
[I reminded them that] he always went ahead of them while they traveled [in the desert]. He directed them by [a pillar of] fire during the night and a [pillar of] cloud during the day. He showed them places to set up their tents. But in spite of what I said, your ancestors would not trust Yahweh our God.
33 bụ onye gara nʼihu unu nʼije unu niile, ịchọpụtara unu ebe unu ga-ama ụlọ ikwu unu, onye jikwa ọkụ duo unu nʼabalị, jiri igwe ojii duo unu nʼehihie, iji zi unu ụzọ unu ga-agbaso.
34 Ma otu o si dị, mgbe Onyenwe anyị nụrụ ntamu unu, iwe dị ukwuu were ya, nʼihi ntamu unu, ọ ṅụrụ iyi sị,
Yahweh heard what they said, and he became angry. He solemnly declared,
35 “O nweghị otu onye nʼime ọgbọ ọjọọ a ga-anọ ndụ hụ ala ọma ahụ m ṅụrụ iyi inye nna nna unu,
‘Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, will enter the land. He has obeyed me completely. So I will give to him and to his descendants [some of] the land that he explored. He is the only one of all you people who will enter that land. None of these evil people will ever see that good land which I solemnly promised to give to your ancestors.’
36 karịakwa Kaleb, nwa Jefune. Ọ ga-ahụ ala ahụ anya, aga m enye ya na ụmụ ụmụ ya ala ahụ ọ zọkwasịrị ụkwụ ya, nʼihi na o ji obi ya niile sogide Onyenwe anyị.”
37 Ọ bụkwa nʼihi unu ka Onyenwe anyị ji weso m iwe, na-asị, “Gị onwe gị kwa, ị gaghị aba nʼebe ahụ!
But because of [what] your ancestors [did], Yahweh was also angry with me. He said to me, ‘You also will not enter that land.
38 Kama Joshua, nwa Nun, onye na-enyere gị aka, ga-edu ha banye nʼebe ahụ. Gbaa ya ume nʼihi na ọ bụ ya ga-edu ndị Izrel inweta ala ahụ dịka ihe nketa ha.
Joshua, the son of Nun, who is your helper, will enter it. Encourage him, because he is the one who will enable you Israeli people to occupy that land.’
39 Ọ bụkwa ụmụntakịrị ahụ na-amaghị ihe dị iche site nʼihe ọma na ihe ọjọọ ka m ga-enye ala ahụ. Ha ga-abanye nʼime ya, nweta ya dịka ihe nketa.
Then Yahweh said to all of us, ‘You said that your children would be captured by your enemies. Because they are very young, they do not yet know what is good and what is evil. But they are the ones to whom I will give that land, and they will enter it and occupy it.
40 Ma unu onwe unu, bilienụ, chigharịa gawa nʼime ọzara. Cheenụ ihu unu nʼOsimiri Uhie.”
But as for you, turn around and go back into the desert, toward the (Red Sea/Gulf of Aqaba).’
41 Mgbe ahụ, unu kwupụtara mmehie unu sị, “Anyị emehiela megide Onyenwe anyị. Anyị ga-agbago nʼala ahụ gaa lụọ ọgụ, dịka Onyenwe anyị Chineke anyị nyere anyị nʼiwu.” Ya mere, onye ọbụla nʼime unu yikwasịrị ihe agha ya na-eche na ọ dị mfe ịgbago nʼobodo ndị ahụ dị nʼugwu.
Then your ancestors replied, ‘We have sinned; we have disobeyed Yahweh. So we will go and attack [the people who live in] that land, just like Yahweh our God commanded us to do.’ And each of their men put on his weapons, and they thought that it would be easy to invade the hilly region.
42 Ma Onyenwe anyị sịrị m, “Gwa ha, ‘Unu arịgokwala, gaa buo agha, nʼihi na agaghị m anọnyere unu. Ndị iro unu ga-emerikwa unu.’”
But Yahweh said to me, ‘Tell them, “Do not go up there and attack those people, because I will not go with you. If you go, your enemies will defeat you.”’
43 Ya mere, agwara m unu, ma unu aṅaghị ntị. Unu nupuru isi nʼiwu Onyenwe anyị, jiri nganga juru unu obi bilie, rigoo nʼobodo ahụ dị nʼugwu.
So I told that to your ancestors, but they would not heed what I said. They [again] rebelled against what Yahweh commanded them to do. Their soldiers proudly/arrogantly marched up into that hilly region.
44 Ndị Amọrị bụ ndị bi nʼugwu ahụ pụtara, ha chụsasịrị unu dịka aṅụ si eme, tidaa unu nʼala site na Sia ruo Homa.
Then the men of the Amor people-group who lived in that region came out [of their towns] and attacked those soldiers. They pursued your ancestors’ soldiers like [a swarm of] bees pursues people, and they pursued them [south] from the Edom area and defeated them at Hormah [city].
45 Emesịa, unu lọghachiri bịa kwaa akwa nʼihu Onyenwe anyị, ma o geghị ntị nye olu akwa unu, ọ ṅakwaghị unu ntị.
So your ancestors went back [to Kadesh-Barnea] and cried out to request Yahweh [to help them], but he did not heed them. He did not pay any attention to them [DOU].
46 Nʼihi ya, unu nọrọ ọtụtụ oge na Kadesh.
So we stayed there at Kadesh-Barnea for a long time.”
