Ọpụpụ 23
1 “Ị gaghị agbasa akụkọ ụgha ọbụla. Esokwala mmadụ ọjọọ nwekọọ ihe ọbụla site nʼịgba ama ị maara na ọ bụghị eziokwu.
You shall not receive a vain report: you shall not agree with the unjust [man] to become an unjust witness.
2 “Ị gaghị eso igwe mmadụ mee ihe ọjọọ. Mgbe ị na-agba akaebe nʼụlọikpe, ị gaghị esonye igwe mmadụ ndị na-atụgharị ikpe ziri ezi.
You shall not associate with the multitude for evil; you shall not join yourself with a multitude to turn aside with the majority so as to shut out judgment.
3 Nʼebe nwa ogbenye nọ, ị gaghị ekpelara ya nʼoge ikpe nʼihi na ọ bụ nwa ogbenye.
And you shall not spare a poor man in judgment.
4 “Ọ bụrụ na ị hụ ehi, maọbụ ịnyịnya ibu nke kpafuru akpafu, ọ bụrụkwa na ọ bụ nke onye iro gị, duru ya dulatara onye iro gị ahụ.
And if you meet your enemy's ox or his ass going astray, you shall turn them back and restore them to him.
5 Ọ bụrụ na ị hụ onye kpọrọ gị asị ka ọ na-agbalị iwelite ịnyịnya ibu ya nke dara nʼihi ibu dị arọ o bu, elefula ya anya, kama gaa nyere ya aka bulite ịnyịnya ahụ.
And if you see your enemy's ass fallen under its burden, you shall not pass by it, but shall help to raise it with him.
6 “Ewezugala ikpe ziri ezi nʼebe ndị ogbenye nọ, nʼihi ọnọdụ ogbenye ha.
You shall not wrest the sentence of the poor in his judgment.
7 Ebola mmadụ ibe gị ebubo ụgha. Esonyekwala gbuo onye aka ya dị ọcha, maọbụ onye na-eme ihe ziri ezi. Nʼihi na mụ onwe m agaghị ahapụ onye na-emebi iwu na-ataghị ya ahụhụ kwesiri ya.
You shall abstain from every unjust thing: you shall not kill the innocent and just, and you shall not justify the wicked for gifts.
8 “Erikwala ngarị, nʼihi na iri ngarị na-eme ka ndị na-ahụ ụzọ kpuo ìsì, meekwa ka okwu onye aka ya dị ọcha gbagọọ agbagọ.
And you shall not receive gifts; for gifts blind the eyes of the seeing, and corrupt just words.
9 “Abụkwala onye na-emegbu ndị ọbịa, nʼihi na ị maara ihe banyere ọnọdụ ndị ọbịa nke ọma. Gị onwe gị bụrịị ọbịa nʼIjipt.
And you shall not afflict a stranger, for you know the heart of a stranger; for you were yourselves strangers in the land of Egypt.
10 “Afọ isi ka ị ga-agha mkpụrụ nʼala ubi gị, ghọọkwa ihe omume ya.
Six years you shall sow your land, and gather in the fruits of it.
11 Ma nʼafọ nke asaa, arụla ọrụ ọbụla nʼala ahụ ọzọ, hapụ ka ala ahụ zuru ike. Mgbe ahụ ndị ogbenye nʼetiti unu ga-aga nʼebe ahụ weta ihe oriri. Mkpụrụ ndị ọzọ fọdụrụ ga-adịrị ụmụ anụ ọhịa dị iche iche. Iwu ndị a ga-adịrị ubi vaịnị na ubi oliv unu niile.
But in the seventh year you shall let it rest, and leave it, and the poor of your nation shall feed; and the wild beasts of the field shall eat that which remains: thus shall you do to your vineyard and to your oliveyard.
12 “Ị ga-arụ ọrụ gị niile nʼime ụbọchị isii. Ị ga-ezukwa ike nʼụbọchị nke asaa. Izuike a ga-adịkwara ehi gị na ịnyịnya ibu gị, na ndị ohu gị nọ nʼezinaụlọ gị na ndị ọbịa niile bi nʼetiti unu.
Six days shall you do your works, and on the seventh day there shall be rest, that your ox and your ass may rest, and that the son of your maidservant and the stranger may be refreshed.
13 “Kpachapụnụ anya hụ na unu mezuru ihe niile ndị a m gwara unu. Unu akpọkwala chi ndị ọzọ aha. Unu ekwupụtakwala ihe banyere ha nʼọnụ unu.
Observe all things whatever I have commanded you; and you shall make no mention of the name of other gods, neither shall they be heard out of your mouth.
14 “Ugboro atọ nʼafọ ka unu ga-emere m mmemme a.
Keep you a feast to me three times in the year.
15 “Meenụ Mmemme Achịcha na-ekoghị eko, ụbọchị asaa ka unu ga-eri achịcha nke e jighị ihe na-eko achịcha mee. Unu ga-eri ya na mgbe a kara aka, nʼọnwa Abib. Nʼihi na ọ bụ nʼọnwa ahụ ka unu si nʼala Ijipt pụta. “Ọ dịghị onye ọbụla ga-agba aka efu bịa nʼihu m.
Take heed to keep the feast of unleavened bread: seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I charged you at the season of the month of new [corn], for in it you came out of Egypt: you shall not appear before me empty.
16 “Mee Mmemme Owuwe Ihe ubi, bụ nke ị ga-eji mkpụrụ mbụ nke ihe niile ị kụrụ nʼubi unu. “Meekwanụ Mmemme Nchịkọta Ihe, nʼọgwụgwụ afọ ọbụla. Mgbe unu si nʼubi na-achịbata mkpụrụ ubi unu niile.
And you shall keep the feast of the harvest of first fruits of your labors, whatever you shall have sown in your field, and the feast of completion at the end of the year in the gathering in of your fruits out of your field.
17 “Ugbo atọ nʼafọ ka ndị ikom niile ga-abịa chee onwe ha nʼihu Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị.
Three times in the year shall all your males appear before the Lord your God.
18 “Unu etinyekwala ihe ọbụla nke nwere ihe na-eko achịcha nʼime ya, mgbe unu na-achụ ọbara nke aja nʼihu m. “Maọbụ hapụ abụba nke aja mmemme m ka ọ dịgide ruo ụtụtụ.
For when I shall have cast out the nations from before you, and shall have widened your borders, you shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven, neither must the fat of my feast abide till the morning.
19 “Wetanụ mkpụrụ mbụ niile nke ala ubi unu, bụ ndị kachasị mma, nʼụlọ Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke unu. “Unu esikwala nwa ewu nʼime mmiri ara nne ya.
You shall bring the first-offerings of the first fruits of your land into the house of the Lord your God. You shall not seethe a lamb in its mother's milk.
20 “Lee, ana m eziga mmụọ ozi nʼihu unu, ichebe unu nʼije unu nakwa ịkpọbatakwa unu nʼebe ahụ M doziri nye unu.
And, behold, I send my angel before your face, that he may keep you in the way, that he may bring you into the land which I have prepared for you.
21 Geenụ ya ntị, nụrụkwa olu ya. Unu enupukwarala ya isi, nʼihi na ọ gaghị agbaghara njehie unu niile, nʼihi na Aha m dị nʼime ya.
Take heed to yourself and listen to him, and disobey him not; for he will not give way to you, for my name is on him.
22 Ọ bụrụ na unu elezie anya nke ọma, gee ya ntị, mee ihe niile m nyere unu nʼiwu, mgbe ahụ, mụ onwe m ga-abụkwara ndị iro unu onye iro, megidekwa ndị na-emegide unu.
If you will indeed hear my voice, and if you will do all the things I shall charge you with, and keep my covenant, you shall be to me a peculiar people above all nations, for the whole earth is mine; and you shall be to me a royal priesthood, and a holy nation: these words shall you speak to the children of Israel, If you shall indeed hear my voice, and do all the things I shall tell you, I will be an enemy to your enemies, and an adversary to your adversaries.
23 Mmụọ ozi m ga-ejekwa nʼihu unu, ịkpọbatakwa unu nʼala ndị Amọrait, na ndị Het, na ndị Periz, na ndị Kenan, na ndị Hiv, na ndị Jebus. Aga m ehichapụ obodo ndị a niile.
For my angel shall go as your leader, and shall bring you to the Amorite, and Chettite, and Pherezite, and Chananite, and Gergesite, and Evite, and Jebusite, and I will destroy them.
24 Unu agaghị akpọ isiala nye chi ha niile. Unu efekwala ha, maọbụ gbasoro omenaala ha. Kama, kwatuonụ ha. Tipịasịakwanụ ebe nkume nsọ niile nke chi ha.
You shall not worship their gods, nor serve them: you shall not do according to their works, but shall utterly destroy them, and break to pieces their pillars.
25 Ma unu ga-efe Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke unu. Mgbe ahụ, ngọzị ya ga-adịkwasị nri unu na mmiri ọṅụṅụ unu. Aga m ewezugakwa ọrịa nʼetiti unu.
And you shall serve the Lord your God, and I will bless your bread and your wine and your water, and I will turn away sickness from you.
26 Nwanyị aga na nwanyị ime ya na-apụ agaghị adị nʼala unu. Aga m emekwa ka unu nwee ogologo ndụ.
There shall not be on your land one that is impotent or barren. I will surely fulfil the number of your days.
27 “Aga m ezipu oke ụjọ m ka ọ nọrọ unu nʼihu tinye ọgbaaghara nʼime mba niile unu ga-ezute. Aga m eme ka ndị iro unu tụgharịa gbaa ọsọ.
And I will send terror before you, and I will strike with amazement all the nations to which you shall come, and I will make all your enemies to flee.
28 Ọzọkwa, aga m eziga ebu ka ọ chụpụ ndị Hiv na ndị Kenan na ndị Het site nʼụzọ unu.
And I will send hornets before you, and you shall cast out the Amorites and the Evites, and the Chananites and the Chettites from you.
29 Ma agaghị m achụpụ ha nʼotu afọ, nʼihi na nke a ga-eme ka ala ahụ niile tọgbọrọ nʼefu, ụmụ anụ ọhịa a baa ụba karịa unu.
I will not cast them out in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the beasts of the field multiply against you.
30 Ma aga m achụpụ ha nwantịntị nwantịntị, tutu ruo oge unu ga-adị ọtụtụ, mgbe ọnụọgụgụ unu ga-akarị nke ha ukwuu, mgbe unu ga-ejupụta ala ahụ niile.
By little [and little] I will cast them out from before you, until you shall be increased and inherit the earth.
31 “Aga m etinye oke ala unu site nʼOsimiri Uhie ruo nʼosimiri Mediterenịa, sitekwa nʼọzara ruo nʼosimiri Yufretis. Aga m enyefe ndị niile bi nʼala ahụ nʼaka unu. Unu ga-achụpụkwa ha.
And I will set your borders from the Red Sea, to the sea of the Phylistines, and from the wilderness to the great river Euphrates; and I will give into your hand those that dwell in the land, and will cast them out from you.
32 Unu na ha agbala ndụ ọbụla. Unu na chi ha enwekwala mmekọ ọbụla.
You shall make no covenant with them and their gods.
33 Unu ekwela ka ha biri nʼala unu, ma ọ bụghị ya, ha ga-eme ka unu mehie megide m, nʼihi nʼife chi ha dị iche iche aghaghị ịbụrụ unu ihe ịma nʼọnya.”
And they shall not dwell in your land, lest they cause you to sin against me; for if you should serve their gods, these will be an offense to you.
