Diuteronomi 28

1 Ọ bụrụ na i debezuo ma gbasookwa iwu ndị a niile Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị sitere nʼaka m na-enye gị taa, Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị ga-eme ka ị ghọọ mba kachasị mba niile nʼụwa elu.

'And it hath been, if thou dost hearken diligently to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all His commands which I am commanding thee to-day, that Jehovah thy God hath made thee uppermost above all the nations of the earth,

2 Ngọzị ndị a niile ga-abịakwasị gị, zuo gị ahụ, ma ọ bụrụ na i rubere Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị isi.

and all these blessings have come upon thee, and overtaken thee, because thou dost hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God:

3 Onye a gọziri agọzi ka ị ga-abụ nʼobodo, bụrụkwa onye a gọziri agọzi nʼala ubi.

'Blessed [art] thou in the city, and blessed [art] thou in the field.

4 Ihe a gọziri agọzi ka mkpụrụ nke afọ gị ga-abụ na mkpụrụ nke ala ubi gị na mkpụrụ nke anụ ụlọ gị, ụmụ ehi gị mụrụ na ụmụ igwe ewu na atụrụ gị.

'Blessed [is] the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, increase of thine oxen, and wealth of thy flock.

5 Ihe a gọziri agọzi ka abọ gị na ihe i ji agwọ achịcha ga-abụ.

'Blessed [is] thy basket and thy kneading-trough.

6 Onye a gọziri agọzi ka ị ga-abụ mgbe ị na-abata na mgbe ị na-apụ apụ.

'Blessed [art] thou in thy coming in, and blessed [art] thou in thy going out.

7 Onyenwe anyị ga-eme ka ndị iro ọbụla buliri onwe ha elu imegide gị bụrụ ndị e meriri nʼihu anya gị. Ha ga-esite nʼotu ụzọ buso gị agha, ma ha ga-esite nʼụzọ asaa si nʼihu gị gbalaga.

'Jehovah giveth thine enemies, who are rising up against thee — smitten before thy face; in one way they come out unto thee, and in seven ways they flee before thee.

8 Onyenwe anyị ga-ezipụ ngọzị ya ka ọ dịkwasị nʼelu ọba gị na nʼelu ihe ọbụla i tinyere aka gị. Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị ga-agọzi gị nʼala ahụ ọ na-enye gị.

'Jehovah commandeth with thee the blessing in thy storehouses, and in every putting forth of thy hand, and hath blessed thee in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

9 Onyenwe anyị ga-eme ka i guzosie ike dịka ndị nsọ ya, dịka o sitere nʼịṅụ iyi kwee nkwa ime ma ọ bụrụ na i debe iwu Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị, ma jee ije nʼụzọ ya niile.

'Jehovah doth establish thee to Himself for a holy people, as He hath sworn to thee, when thou keepest the commands of Jehovah thy God, and hast walked in His ways;

10 Mgbe ahụ, ndị niile nọ nʼụwa ga-ahụta na ọ bụ aha Onyenwe anyị ka a kpọkwasịrị gị. Ha ga-atụkwa gị egwu.

and all the peoples of the land have seen that the name of Jehovah is called upon thee, and they have been afraid of thee.

11 Onyenwe anyị ga-eme ka ị babiga ụba oke na mkpụrụ nke afọ gị, na mkpụrụ nke anụ ụlọ gị, na mkpụrụ nke ihe ubi gị, nʼala ahụ ọ ṅụrụ nʼiyi nye nna nna gị na ọ ga-enye gị.

'And Jehovah hath made thee abundant in good, in the fruit of the womb, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, on the ground which Jehovah hath sworn to thy fathers to give to thee.

12 Onyenwe anyị ga-emeghepụ eluigwe ebe ụlọakụ ya dị, zidata mmiri nʼala gị nʼoge ya, ma gọzie akaọrụ gị niile. Ị ga-agbazinye ọtụtụ mba ihe, ma gị onwe gị agaghị esite nʼaka onye ọbụla gbaziri ihe ọbụla.

'Jehovah doth open to thee his good treasure — the heavens — to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand, and thou hast lent to many nations, and thou — thou dost not borrow.

13 Onyenwe anyị ga-eme ka ị bụrụ isi, ọ bụghị ọdụdụ. Ọ bụrụ na ị ṅaa ntị nʼiwu ndị a Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị na-enye gị taa, lezie anya ịgbaso ha, ị ga-anọgide nʼelu, ị gaghị anọ nʼokpuru.

'And Jehovah hath given thee for head, and not for tail; and thou hast been only above, and art not beneath, for thou dost hearken unto the commands of Jehovah thy God, which I am commanding thee to-day, to keep and to do,

14 Ewezugala onwe gị site nʼiwu niile ndị a m na-enye gị taa, maọbụ gaa nʼaka nri maọbụ nʼaka ekpe, ịgbaso chi ndị ọzọ na ife ha ofufe.

and thou dost not turn aside from all the words which I am commanding you to-day — right or left — to go after other gods, to serve them.

15 Ma otu ọ dị, ọ bụrụ na ị jụ irubere Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị isi, jụkwa ilezi anya, gbasoo iwu ya na ụkpụrụ ya niile, nke m na-enye gị taa, ọbụbụ ọnụ ndị a ga-adakwasị gị.

'And it hath been, if thou dost not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God to observe to do all His commands, and His statutes, which I am commanding thee to-day, that all these revilings have come upon thee, and overtaken thee:

16 Ị ga-abụ onye a bụrụ ọnụ nʼobodo, bụrụ onye a bụrụ ọnụ nʼala ubi,

'Cursed [art] thou in the city, and cursed [art] thou in the field.

17 Abọ gị na ihe ịgwọ achịcha gị ga-abụ ihe a bụrụ ọnụ.

'Cursed [is] thy basket and thy kneading-trough.

18 Ihe a bụrụ ọnụ ka mkpụrụ nke afọ gị ga-abụ, ihe a bụrụ ọnụ ka mkpụrụ nke ala gị ga-abụ, ya na ụmụ nke igwe anụ ụlọ gị, na ụmụ ehi gị na nke igwe ewu na atụrụ gị mụrụ.

'Cursed [is] the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, increase of thine oxen, and wealth of thy flock.

19 Onye a bụrụ ọnụ ka ị ga-abụ mgbe ị na-abata abata na mgbe ị na-apụ apụ.

'Cursed [art] thou in thy coming in, and cursed [art] thou in thy going out.

20 Onyenwe anyị ga-ezidata nʼisi gị ọbụbụ ọnụ, na ọgbaaghara, tinyere nkọcha nʼihe niile nke i tinyere aka gị, tutu ruo mgbe ị ghọrọ onye e bibiri ebibi bụrụ onye lara nʼiyi na mberede, nʼihi ihe ọjọọ niile i mere site nʼịhapụ m.

'Jehovah doth send on thee the curse, the trouble, and the rebuke, in every putting forth of thy hand which thou dost, till thou art destroyed, and till thou perish hastily, because of the evil of thy doings [by] which thou hast forsaken Me.

21 Onyenwe anyị ga-ezite ajọ ọrịa nʼetiti gị tutu ruo mgbe a ga-ekpochapụ gị site nʼala ahụ ị gaje ịba nʼime ya inweta.

'Jehovah doth cause to cleave to thee the pestilence, till He consume thee from off the ground whither thou art going in to possess it.

22 Onyenwe anyị ga-eti unu ọrịa na-eripịa eripịa, ahụ ọkụ na ọrịa na-aza anụ ahụ, oke okpomọkụ na mma agha, ụkọ mmiri ozuzo na ọrịa na-eripịa ihe ubi, na ọmụma ebu ga-abịakwasị gị tutu ruo mgbe i lara nʼiyi.

'Jehovah doth smite thee with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with extreme burning, and with sword, and with blasting, and with mildew, and they have pursued thee till thou perish

23 Mbara eluigwe nke ị na-ahụ anya ga-aghọ bronz, ala ị na-azọkwasị ụkwụ gị ga-aghọ igwe.

'And thy heavens which [are] over thy head have been brass, and the earth which [is] under thee iron;

24 Onyenwe anyị ga-eme ka mmiri kwesiri izo nʼala gị ghọọ uzuzu na aja. Ha ga-esi na mbara eluigwe na-ezodata nʼala tutu ruo mgbe ị lara nʼiyi.

Jehovah giveth the rain of thy land — dust and ashes; from the heavens it cometh down on thee till thou art destroyed.

25 Onyenwe anyị ga-eme ka ndị iro gị merie gị nʼagha. Ị ga-esi otu ụzọ pụta ibuso ha agha, ma ị ga-esi ụzọ asaa gbalaga. Ị ga-aghọrọ ndị ụwa ihe a na-asọ oyi mgbe ha hụrụ ihe dakwasịrị gị.

'Jehovah giveth thee smitten before thine enemies; in one way thou goest out unto them, and in seven ways dost flee before them, and thou hast been for a trembling to all kingdoms of the earth;

26 Ozu unu ga-aghọrọ ụmụ anụ ufe niile na anụ ọhịa niile ihe oriri. O nwekwaghị onye ga-anọ menye ha egwu chụpụ ha.

and thy carcase hath been for food to every fowl of the heavens, and to the beast of the earth, and there is none causing trembling.

27 Onyenwe anyị ga-ezite etuto ndị Ijipt ka ha bịakwasị gị, ya na ọnya, na agba, na ọkọ. Ọ dịkwaghị ihe a ga-eji gwọọ ha.

'Jehovah doth smite thee with the ulcer of Egypt, and with emerods, and with scurvy, and with itch, of which thou art not able to be healed.

28 Onyenwe anyị ga-ezitere gị isi mgbaka, na ikpu ìsì, na ọgbaaghara nke obi.

'Jehovah doth smite thee with madness, and with blindness, and with astonishment of heart;

29 Ị ga-asọgharị isi nʼetiti ehihie dịka onye kpuru ìsì nʼasọgharị nʼọchịchịrị. Ọ dịghị ihe ọbụla ga-agara gị nke ọma. Site nʼụbọchị ruo nʼụbọchị, ị ga-abụ onye a na-emegbu emegbu, na onye a na-anapụ ihe ya nʼike oge niile, na-enweghị onye ga-anapụta gị.

and thou hast been gropling at noon, as the blind gropeth in darkness; and thou dost not cause thy ways to prosper; and thou hast been only oppressed and plundered all the days, and there is no saviour.

30 Gị na nwanyị ga-enwe nkwekọrịta ịlụ di na nwunye, ma nwoke ọzọ ga-eduru ya dinaa ya nʼike. Ị ga-ewu ụlọ ma ị gaghị ebi nʼime ya. Ị ga-akụ ubi vaịnị ma ị gaghị eri mkpụrụ si na ya.

'A woman thou dost betroth, and another man doth lie with her; a house thou dost build, and dost not dwell in it; a vineyard thou dost plant, and dost not make it common;

31 Nʼihu anya gị ka a ga-egbu ehi gị, ma ị gaghị ata iberibe anụ ya. A ga-anapụ gị ịnyịnya ibu gị nʼihu anya gị ma a gaghị eweghachiri gị ya. Atụrụ gị ka a ga-enye ndị iro gị. Ọ dịkwaghị onye ga-anapụta ha.

thine ox [is] slaughtered before thine eyes, and thou dost not eat of it; thine ass [is] taken violently away from before thee, and it is not given back to thee; thy sheep [are] given to thine enemies, and there is no saviour for thee.

32 A ga-ewere ụmụ gị ndị ikom na ndị inyom nye ndị mba ọzọ. Ọ ga-agụ gị agụụ ogologo oge ka ị hụ ha anya, ma ị pụghị inyere ha aka.

'Thy sons and thy daughters [are] given to another people, and thine eyes are looking and consuming for them all the day, and thy hand is not to God!

33 Mba nke ị na-amaghị ga-eri mkpụrụ ubi ị tara ahụhụ kụọ nʼala gị. Ị ga-abụ naanị onye a na-emegbu emegbu na onye a na-akpagbu ụbọchị ndụ gị niile.

The fruit of thy ground, and all thy labour, eat up doth a people whom thou hast not known; and thou hast been only oppressed and bruised all the days;

34 Ihe ndị a niile ị ga-eji anya gị hụ ga-eme ka i nwe isi mgbaka.

and thou hast been mad, because of the sight of thine eyes which thou dost see.

35 Onyenwe anyị ga-eme ka etuto nke na-egbu oke mgbu a na-apụghị ịgwọta agwọta too gị nʼikpere na ogwe ụkwụ gị abụọ, ọ ga-agbasa site nʼọbọ ụkwụ gị abụọ ruo nʼopi isi gị.

'Jehovah doth smite thee with an evil ulcer, on the knees, and on the legs (of which thou art not able to be healed), from the sole of thy foot even unto thy crown.

36 Onyenwe anyị ga-achụpụ gị na eze ahụ ị họpụtara nye onwe gị, chụpụ gị nye mba ọzọ, ebe gị na nna nna gị ha, na-amaghị. Nʼebe ahụ, ị ga-efe chi ndị ọzọ nke e ji osisi na nkume kpụọ.

'Jehovah doth cause thee to go, and thy king whom thou raisest up over thee, unto a nation which thou hast not known, thou and thy fathers, and thou hast served there other gods, wood and stone;

37 Ị ga-abụ ihe iju anya, na ihe e ji atụ ilu, na ihe akụkọ, nʼetiti mba ahụ niile Onyenwe anyị ga-achụga gị.

and thou hast been for an astonishment, for a simile, and for a byword among all the peoples whither Jehovah doth lead thee.

38 Ị ga-akụ ọtụtụ mkpụrụ nʼubi ma ị ga-aghọta ntakịrị mkpụrụ, nʼihi na igurube ga-ericha ihe ị kụrụ nʼubi.

'Much seed thou dost take out into the field, and little thou dost gather in, for the locust doth consume it;

39 Ị ga-akọ ubi vaịnị lekọtakwa ya anya, ma ị gaghị aracha mkpụrụ ya maọbụ ṅụọ mmanya si na ya, nʼihi na ikpuru ga-eri ha.

vineyards thou dost plant, and hast laboured, and wine thou dost not drink nor gather, for the worm doth consume it;

40 Osisi oliv ga na-eto ebe niile, ma mmanụ oliv agaghị adị nke ị ga-ete nʼahụ nʼihi na mkpụrụ oliv ga-adasịsị na-akaghị aka oge ha mara ifuru.

olives are to thee in all thy border, and oil thou dost not pour out, for thine olive doth fall off.

41 Ị ga-amụta ụmụ ndị ikom na ndị inyom ma ha agaghị adịgide nʼihi na a ga-adọta ha nʼagha.

'Sons and daughters thou dost beget, and they are not with thee, for they go into captivity;

42 Igwe igurube ga-erichasị osisi niile dị nʼubi gị, ya na ihe ị kụrụ nʼubi gị.

all thy trees and the fruit of thy ground doth the locust possess;

43 Onye ọbịa bi nʼetiti gị ga-aba ụba karịa gị. Ihe ga na-agara ya nke ọma, ma ihe ga na-ajọrọ gị njọ.

the sojourner who [is] in thy midst goeth up above thee very high, and thou goest down very low;

44 Ọ ga-ebinye gị ihe, ọ bụkwaghị gị ga-ebinye ya! Ọ ga-abụ isi ma ị ga-abụ ọdụdụ.

he doth lend [to] thee, and thou dost not lend [to] him; he is for head, and thou art for tail.

45 Ọbụbụ ọnụ ndị a niile ga-abịakwasị gị. Ha ga-achụso gị ọsọ, chụkwute gị tutu ruo mgbe a lara gị nʼiyi, naanị nʼihi na ị jụrụ irubere Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị isi, na idebe iwu na ụkpụrụ ndị a o nyere gị.

'And come upon thee have all these curses, and they have pursued thee, and overtaken thee, till thou art destroyed, because thou hast not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep His commands, and His statutes, which he hath commanded thee;

46 Ha ga-abụ ihe ịrịbama na ihe ebube nye gị, na mkpụrụ gị niile, ruo mgbe ebighị ebi.

and they have been on thee for a sign and for a wonder, also on thy seed — to the age.

47 Nʼihi na ị jụrụ iji ọṅụ na obi ụtọ fee Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị nʼoge ihe na-agara gị nke ọma.

'Because that thou hast not served Jehovah thy God with joy, and with gladness of heart, because of the abundance of all things —

48 Ya mere, nʼọnọdụ agụụ na akpịrị ịkpọ nkụ, nʼọnọdụ ịgba ọtọ na ụkọ ka ị ga-efe ndị iro ahụ Onyenwe anyị na-ezite imegide gị. Ọ ga-anyakwasị yoku igwe nʼolu gị ruo mgbe ọ lara gị nʼiyi.

thou hast served thine enemies, whom Jehovah sendeth against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in lack of all things; and he hath put a yoke of iron on thy neck, till He hath destroyed thee.

49 Onyenwe anyị ga-eme ka mba si nʼebe dị anya na nsọtụ ụwa, bịakwasị gị, imegide gị. Mba a ga-adị gara gara dịka ugo, ọ ga-abụkwa mba ị na-amaghị asụsụ ha,

'Jehovah doth lift up against thee a nation, from afar, from the end of the earth, as the eagle it flieth; a nation whose tongue thou hast not heard,

50 Mba na-enweghị ihu ọchị nke na-adịghị asọpụrụ okenye maọbụ were ihuọma leta ụmụntakịrị.

a nation — fierce of countenance — which accepteth not the face of the aged, and the young doth not favour;

51 Ha ga-erichapụ mkpụrụ nke anụ ụlọ gị niile na mkpụrụ nke ihe ubi gị niile tutu ruo mgbe ị ghọrọ ihe e bibiri ebibi. O nwekwaghị ihe ga-afọdụrụ gị, maọbụ ọka, maọbụ mmanya ọhụrụ maọbụ mmanụ oliv, maọbụ ụmụ ehi maọbụ ewu na atụrụ gị mụrụ, ruo mgbe e mere ka ị laa nʼiyi.

and it hath eaten the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy ground, till thou art destroyed; which leaveth not to thee corn, new wine, and oil, increase of thine oxen, and wealth of thy flock, till it hath destroyed thee.

52 Mba ahụ ga-anọchigide obodo ndị ahụ niile dị nʼala gị tutu ruo mgbe mgbidi ndị ahụ niile e wusiri ike, nke ị na-atụkwasị obi dara. Ọ ga-anọchigide ndị ahụ niile dị nʼala ahụ niile Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị na-enye gị.

'And it hath laid siege to thee in all thy gates, till thy walls come down, the high and the fenced ones in which thou art trusting, in all thy land; yea, it hath laid siege to thee in all thy gates, in all thy land, which Jehovah thy God hath given to thee;

53 Ị ga-erikwa anụ ahụ ụmụ gị ndị ikom na ndị inyom ndị Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị nyere gị nʼihi oke nnọchigide nke ndị agha nọchigidere gị na nʼihi oke mkpagbu nke ndị iro.

and thou hast eaten the fruit of thy body, flesh of thy sons and thy daughters (whom Jehovah thy God hath given to thee), in the siege, and in the straitness with which thine enemies do straiten thee.

54 Ọ bụladị nwoke ahụ dịkasịrịrị nwayọọ na-enwekwa mmetụta mmadụ nʼetiti unu ga-aghọ onye afọ tara mmiri nke ukwuu megide nwanne ya nwoke, maọbụ nwunye nke ọ hụrụ nʼanya, maọbụ ụmụ ya, ndị ka dị ndụ.

'The man who is tender in thee, and who [is] very delicate — his eye is evil against his brother, and against the wife of his bosom, and against the remnant of his sons whom he leaveth,

55 Ọ gaghị enye onye ọbụla nʼime ha ụfọdụ nʼime anụ ahụ ụmụ ndị ọ na-eri, nʼihi na ọ bụ naanị ya bụ ihe oriri fọdụrụ ya, nʼihi ahụhụ nke nnọchi ndị iro nọchiri ọnụ ụzọ obodo gị niile butere.

against giving to one of them of the flesh of his sons whom he eateth, because he hath nothing left to him, in the siege, and in the straitness with which thine enemy doth straiten thee in all thy gates.

56 Nwanyị nke dịkarịsịrị nwayọọ na-enwekwa mmetụta mmadụ nʼetiti unu, nke dị oke nwayọọ, nke ihe na-emetụta na ọ dịghị amasị ya ịzọgịdesị ọbụ ụkwụ ya ike nʼala, ga-ajụ ikenye di ya ọ hụrụ nʼanya, nwa ya nwoke maọbụ nwa ya nwanyị,

'The tender woman in thee, and the delicate, who hath not tried the sole of her foot to place on the ground because of delicateness and because of tenderness — her eye is evil against the husband of her bosom, and against her son, and against her daughter,

57 ọ bụladị akpanwa si nʼetiti ụkwụ ya pụta na ụmụ ọhụrụ ọ mụrụ. Nʼọnọdụ ọjọọ nʼoke ụkọ ya, ọ chọrọ iri ha na nzuzo, nʼihi ahụhụ nke ndị iro gị mere ka ọ bịakwasị gị nʼoge nnọchigide nke obodo gị niile.

and against her seed which cometh out from between her feet, even against her sons whom she doth bear, for she doth eat them for the lacking of all things in secret, in the siege and in the straitness with which thine enemy doth straiten thee within thy gates.

58 Ọ bụrụ na i lezighị anya gbasoo okwu iwu niile e dere nʼime akwụkwọ a, ọ bụrụ na ị sọpụrụghị aha a dị ebube na nke dị egwu, bụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị,

'If thou dost not observe to do all the words of this law which are written in this book, to fear this honoured and fearful name — Jehovah thy God —

59 Onyenwe anyị ga-ezitere gị na ụmụ ụmụ gị ihe otiti dị oke egwu, oke mbibi nke ga-adị ogologo oge, na ọrịa dị oke njọ nke na-adịghị ala ala.

then hath Jehovah made wonderful thy strokes, and the strokes of thy seed — great strokes, and stedfast, and evil sicknesses, and stedfast.

60 Ọ ga-ezitere gị ọrịa ndị ahụ niile dị nʼIjipt, nke ị na-atụ ụjọ ha, ha ga-arapara gị nʼahụ.

'And He hath brought back on thee all the diseases of Egypt, of the presence of which thou hast been afraid, and they have cleaved to thee;

61 Ọ bụghị naanị nke a! Onyenwe anyị ga-eme ka ụdị ọrịa ọbụla, na ụdị ihe otiti ọbụla, ọ bụladị ndị na-adịghị nʼime Akwụkwọ Iwu a, bịakwasị gị, tutu ruo mgbe a ga-ekpochapụ gị.

also every sickness and every stroke which is not written in the book of this law; Jehovah doth cause them to go up upon thee till thou art destroyed,

62 Ọ bụ ezie na ị dị ukwuu nʼọnụọgụgụ dịka kpakpando nke eluigwe, maọbụ naanị mmadụ ole na ole nʼime gị ga-afọdụ. Ihe ndị a niile ga-emezu nʼihi na i geghị ntị nʼolu Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke gị.

and ye have been left with few men, instead of which ye have been as stars of the heavens for multitude, because thou hast not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah thy God.

63 Dịka mmụba ị mụbara nʼọnụọgụgụ, na ịdị ukwuu nke akụnụba gị si bụrụ ihe nyere Onyenwe anyị obi ụtọ, otu a ka ọ ga-esi tọkwaa ya ụtọ ibibi gị, na ime ka ị daa ụkpa. Ọ ga-esi nʼala ahụ ị na-aga inweta hopu gị.

'And it hath been, as Jehovah hath rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you, so doth Jehovah rejoice over you to destroy you, and to lay you waste; and ye have been pulled away from off the ground whither thou art going in to possess it;

64 Nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị ga-eme ka ị gbasasịa nʼetiti mba niile, site nʼotu nsọtụ ụwa ruo na nsọtụ nke ọzọ. Nʼebe ahụ, ị ga-efekwa chi ndị ọzọ, nke gị, maọbụ nna nna gị ha, na-amaghị, chi e ji osisi na nkume kpụọ.

and Jehovah hath scattered thee among all the peoples, from the end of the earth even unto the end of the earth; and thou hast served there other gods which thou hast not known, thou and thy fathers — wood and stone.

65 Nʼetiti mba ndị a, obi agaghị eru gị ala, ọbụ ụkwụ gị agaghị enwe ebe izuike. Nʼebe ahụ, Onyenwe anyị ga-enye gị mkpụrụobi na-ama jijiji, anya nke ike gwụrụ nʼihi enweghị olileanya, na obi na-ada mba.

'And among those nations thou dost not rest, yea, there is no resting-place for the sole of thy foot, and Jehovah hath given to thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and grief of soul;

66 Ndụ gị ga-ekonye nʼelu nʼihi oke egwu. Ị ga-anọ nʼegwu, ehihie na abalị, ị gaghị ejikwa ndụ gị nʼaka.

and thy life hath been hanging in suspense before thee, and thou hast been afraid by night and by day, and dost not believe in thy life;

67 Nʼụtụtụ, ị ga-asị, “Ewoo, a sịkwa na ugbu a bụ uhuruchi!” Nʼuhuruchi ị ga-asịkwa, “Ewoo, a sịkwarị na ugbu a bụ ụtụtụ!” Ị ga-ekwu ihe ndị a nʼihi ihe egwu juru gị obi, na nʼihi ihe ndị ahụ niile anya gị na-ahụ.

in the morning thou sayest, O that it were evening! and in the evening thou sayest, O that it were morning! from the fear of thy heart, with which thou art afraid, and from the sight of thine eyes which thou seest.

68 Onyenwe anyị ga-eme ka i soro ụgbọ mmiri lọghachi nʼIjipt, nʼije ahụ m kwuru na ị gaghị ejekwa ọzọ. Nʼebe ahụ ị ga-ewere onwe gị resi ndị iro gị dịka ohu ndị ikom maọbụ ndị inyom, ma ọ dịghị onye ga-achọ ịzụ gị.

'And Jehovah hath brought thee back to Egypt with ships, by a way of which I said to thee, Thou dost not add any more to see it, and ye have sold yourselves there to thine enemies, for men-servants and for maid-servants, and there is no buyer.'