< 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.
These bee the wordes which Moses spake vnto all Israel, on this side Iorden in the wildernesse, in the plaine, ouer against the red Sea, betweene Paran and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Di-zahab.
2 Site nʼugwu Horeb ruo Kadesh Banea, bụ njem abalị iri na otu ma e soro ụzọ gawara ugwu Sia.
There are eleuen dayes iourney from Horeb vnto Kadesh-barnea, by the way of mout Seir.
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.
And it came to passe in the first day of the eleuenth moneth, in the fourtieth yeere that Moses spake vnto the children of Israel according vnto all that the Lord had giuen him in commandement vnto 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.
After that he had slaine Sihon the king of the Amorites which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og king of Bashan, which dwelt at Ashtaroth in Edrei.
5 Nʼọwụwa anyanwụ Jọdan, nʼala ndị Moab ka Mosis nọ kọwaara ụmụ Izrel iwu ndị a sị ha,
On this side Iorden in the lande of Moab began Moses to declare this lawe, saying,
6 Onyenwe anyị Chineke anyị gwara anyị nʼugwu Horeb sị, “Unu anọọla ọtụtụ oge nʼugwu a.
The Lord our God spake vnto vs in Horeb, saying, Ye haue dwelt long ynough in this mount,
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.
Turne you and depart, and goe vnto the mountaine of the Amorites, and vnto all places neere thereunto in the plaine, in the mountaine, or in the valley: both Southwarde, and to the Sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and vnto Lebanon: euen vnto the great riuer, the riuer Perath.
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.”
Beholde, I haue set the land before you: go in and possesse that land which the Lord sware vnto your fathers, Abraham, Izhak, and Iaakob, to giue vnto them and to their seede after them.
9 Nʼoge ahụ, agwara m unu ụmụ Izrel okwu sị, “Unu bụụrụ m oke ibu arọ, apụghịkwa m ibu unu naanị m.
And I spake vnto you the same time, saying, I am not able to beare you my selfe alone:
10 Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu emeela ka unu mụbaa dịka kpakpando nke eluigwe.
The Lord your God hath multiplied you: and beholde, ye are this day as the starres of heauen in nomber:
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.
(The Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many moe as ye are, and blesse you, as he hath promised you)
12 Ma olee otu naanị m ga-esi buo ibu unu, doziekwa ise okwu unu na nsogbu unu niile?
Howe can I alone beare your combrance and your charge, and your strife?
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.”
Bring you men of wisedome and of vnderstanding, and knowen among your tribes, and I will make them rulers ouer you:
14 Unu zara sị m, “Ihe ahụ i zubere ime dị mma.”
Then ye answered me and said, The thing is good that thou hast commanded vs to doe.
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 tooke the chiefe of your tribes wise and knowen men, and made them rulers ouer you, captaines ouer thousands, and captaines ouer hundreds, and captaines ouer fiftie, and captaines ouer tenne, and officers among 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.
And I charged your iudges that same time, saying, Heare the controuersies betweene your brethren, and iudge righteously betweene euery man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.
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.
Ye shall haue no respect of person in iudgement, but shall heare the small aswell as the great: yee shall not feare the face of man: for the iudgement is Gods: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring vnto me, and I will heare it.
18 Nʼoge ahụ, agwara m unu ihe niile unu na-aghaghị ime.
Also I commanded you the same time all the things which ye should doe.
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 we departed from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible wildernesse (as yee haue seene) by the way of the mountaine of the Amorites, as the Lord our God commanded vs: and we came to 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.
And I saide vnto you, Yee are come vnto the mountaine of the Amorites, which the Lord our God doeth giue vnto vs.
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.”
Beholde, the Lord thy God hath layde the land before thee: go vp and possesse it, as the Lord the God of thy fathers hath saide vnto thee: feare not, neither be discouraged.
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.”
Then ye came vnto me euery one, and said, We wil send men before vs, to search vs out the land and to bring vs word againe, what way we must go vp by, and vnto what cities we shall come.
23 Ntụpụta unu juru m afọ, nʼihi ya, esitere m nʼetiti unu họpụta mmadụ iri na abụọ, otu onye site nʼebo ọbụla.
So the saying pleased me well, and I tooke twelue men of you, of euery tribe one.
24 Ndị a pụrụ, gbagoo ala ugwu ugwu ahụ tutu bịaruo na Ndagwurugwu Eshkọl. Ha legharịrị anya nʼala ahụ.
Who departed, and went vp into the mountaine, and came vnto the riuer Eshcol, and searched out the land.
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.”
And tooke of the fruite of the land in their hands, and brought it vnto vs, and brought vs worde againe, and sayd, It is a good land, which the Lord our God doeth giue vs.
26 Ma unu jụrụ ịga nʼala ahụ, si otu a nupu isi megide iwu Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu nyere.
Notwithstanding, ye would not go vp, but were disobedient vnto the commandement of the Lord your God,
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!
And murmured in your tentes, and sayd, Because the Lord hated vs, therefore hath hee brought vs out of the land of Egypt, to deliuer vs into the hand of the Amorites, and to destroy vs.
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.’”
Whither shall we go vp? our brethren haue discouraged our hearts, saying, The people is greater, and taller then we: the cities are great and walled vp to heauen: and moreouer we haue seene the sonnes of the Anakims there.
29 Ma agwara m unu sị, “Ka ụjọ ghara ịtụ unu, unu atụla ndị ahụ egwu.
But I sayd vnto you, Dread not, nor be afrayd of them.
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,
The Lord your God, who goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did vnto you in Egypt before your eyes,
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 wildernesse, where thou hast seene how the Lord thy God bare thee, as a man doeth beare his sonne, in all the way which ye haue gone, vntill ye came vnto this place.
32 Ma agbanyeghị nke a, unu ekwenyeghị na Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu,
Yet for all this ye did not beleeue the Lord your 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.
Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tentes in, in fire by night, that ye might see what way to goe, and in a cloude by day.
34 Ma otu o si dị, mgbe Onyenwe anyị nụrụ ntamu unu, iwe dị ukwuu were ya, nʼihi ntamu unu, ọ ṅụrụ iyi sị,
Then the Lord heard the voyce of your wordes, and was wroth, and sware, saying,
35 “O nweghị otu onye nʼime ọgbọ ọjọọ a ga-anọ ndụ hụ ala ọma ahụ m ṅụrụ iyi inye nna nna unu,
Surely there shall not one of these men of this froward generation, see that good land, which I sware to giue vnto your fathers,
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.”
Saue Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh: he shall see it, and to him will I giue the land that he hath troden vpon, and to his children, because he hath constantly followed the Lord.
37 Ọ bụkwa nʼihi unu ka Onyenwe anyị ji weso m iwe, na-asị, “Gị onwe gị kwa, ị gaghị aba nʼebe ahụ!
Also the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not goe in thither,
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.
But Ioshua the sonne of Nun which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: incourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherite it.
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.
Moreouer, your children, which ye sayd should be a praye, and your sonnes, which in that day had no knowledge betweene good and euill, they shall go in thither, and vnto them wil I giue it, and they shall possesse it.
40 Ma unu onwe unu, bilienụ, chigharịa gawa nʼime ọzara. Cheenụ ihu unu nʼOsimiri Uhie.”
But as for you, turne backe, and take your iourney into the wildernesse by the way of the red Sea.
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 ye answered and sayd vnto me, We haue sinned against the Lord, we wil go vp, and fight, according to all that the Lord our God hath commanded vs: and ye armed you euery man to the warre, and were ready to goe vp into the mountaine.
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 the Lord said vnto me, Say vnto them, Goe not vp, neither fight, (for I am not among you) least ye fall before your enemies.
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.
And when I told you, ye would not heare, but rebelled against the commandement of the Lord, and were presumptuous, and went vp into the mountaine.
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 Amorites which dwelt in that mountaine came out against you, and chased you (as bees vse to doe) and destroied you in Seir, euen vnto Hormah.
45 Emesịa, unu lọghachiri bịa kwaa akwa nʼihu Onyenwe anyị, ma o geghị ntị nye olu akwa unu, ọ ṅakwaghị unu ntị.
And when ye came againe, ye wept before the Lord, but the Lord would not heare your voyce, nor incline his eares vnto you.
46 Nʼihi ya, unu nọrọ ọtụtụ oge na Kadesh.
So ye abode in Kadesh a long time, according to the time that ye had remained before.