Izikiel 14
1 Ụfọdụ nʼime ndị okenye Izrel bịakwutere m, nọdụ ala nʼihu m.
And some of the ancients of Israel came to me, and sat before me.
2 Mgbe ahụ okwu Onyenwe anyị ruru m ntị,
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
3 “Nwa nke mmadụ, ndị ikom ndị a na-efe arụsị nʼime obi ha, ma tinyekwa ihe ịsụ ngọngọ nke ajọ omume ya nʼihu ha. Aga m ekwenye ka ha jụta m ase ọbụla?
Son of man, these men have placed their uncleannesses in their hearts, and have set up before their face the stumblingblock of their iniquity: and shall I answer when they inquire of me?
4 Ya mere, gwa ha okwu sị ha ‘Nke a bụ ihe Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwuru: Mgbe onye Izrel ọbụla na-agbaso arụsị nʼobi ya, nke na-ekwekwa ka arụsị ndị a na-eduba ya na mmehie, bịakwutere onye amụma ịjụta ya ase, mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị ga-aza onye ahụ dịka o si dị, ya bụ dịka ịba ụba nke arụsị ya niile si dị.
Therefore speak to them, and say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: Man, man of the house of Israel that shall place his uncleannesses in his heart, and set up the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and shall come to the prophet inquiring of me by him: I the Lord will answer him according to the multitude of his uncleannesses:
5 Nʼụzọ dị otu a ka m ga-esi nwetaghachikwa obi ndị Izrel niile bụ ndị si nʼebe m nọ wezuga onwe ha, ma malite ife arụsị.’
That the house of Israel may be caught in their own heart, with which they have departed from me through all their idols.
6 “Nʼihi ya, gwa ụlọ Izrel, ‘Ihe ndị a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị na-ekwu, Chegharịanụ! Sitenụ nʼife arụsị unu niile chigharịa, jukwanụ omume unu niile rụrụ arụ.
Therefore say to the house of Israel: Thus saith the Lord God: Be converted, and depart from your idols, and turn away your faces from all your abominations.
7 “‘Nʼihi na onye ọbụla nʼụlọ Izrel maọbụ onye ọbụla nʼime ndị ọbịa bi nʼala Izrel, nke kewapụrụ onwe ya site nʼiso m, si otu a mee ka arụsị ọ na-efe baa ya nʼobi, nke na-etinye ihe ịsọ ngọngọ ajọ omume nʼihu ha, mechaa, gakwuru onye amụma maka isite nʼaka ya ịjụta m ase, mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị ga-azaghachi ha.
For every man of the house of Israel, and every stranger among the proselytes in Israel, if he separate himself from me, and place his idols in his heart, and set the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and come to the prophet to inquire of me by him: I the Lord will answer him by myself.
8 Aga m edokwa onwe m imegide ha, mee ka ha bụrụ ihe ịmaatụ na ilu nye ndị ọzọ. Aga m esitekwa nʼetiti ndị m wezuga ha. Mgbe ahụ, unu ga-amata na mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị.
And I will set my face against that man, and will make him an example, and a proverb, and will cut him off from the midst of my people: and you shall know that I am the Lord.
9 “‘Ọ bụrụ na arafuo onye amụma ahụ ka o buo amụma, ọ bụ mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị rafuru onye amụma ahụ. Aga m esetipụ aka m megide ya, bipụkwa ya site nʼetiti ndị m, bụ Izrel.
And when the prophet shall err, and speak a word: I the Lord have deceived that prophet: and I will stretch forth my hand upon him, and will cut him off from the midst of my people Israel.
10 Ha ga-ata ahụhụ nʼihi mmehie ikpe ọmụma ha, dịka ikpe ọmụma dịrị onye na-ajụ ase, otu a ka ọ ga-adịkwa nye onye amụma ụgha ahụ.
And they shall bear their iniquity: according to the iniquity of him that inquireth, so shall the iniquity of the prophet be.
11 Mgbe ahụ, ụmụ Izrel agaghị esitekwa nʼiso m kpafuo ọzọ. Ha agakwaghị eji mmehie merụọ onwe ha, kama ha ga-abụ ndị m, mụ onwe m ga-abụkwa Chineke ha. Otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara ya.’”
That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, nor be polluted with all their transgressions: but may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord of hosts.
12 Okwu Onyenwe anyị ruru m ntị, sị,
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
13 “Nwa nke mmadụ, ọ bụrụ na ndị bi nʼala emehie megide m, site nʼekwesighị ntụkwasị obi ha, ọ bụrụ na m esetipụ aka m mee ka oke ụnwụ bịakwasị ha, ọ bụrụkwa na m emee ka mmadụ na anụmanụ niile dị nʼala a nwụchasịa,
Son of man, when a land shall sin against me, so as to transgress grievously, I will stretch forth my hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof: and I will send famine upon it, and will destroy man and beast out of it.
14 a sịkwa na Noa, Daniel na Job bi nʼetiti ya, ha ga-azọpụta naanị onwe ha nʼezi omume ha. Otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwubiri ya.
And if these three men, Noe, Daniel, and Job, shall be in it: they shall deliver their own souls by their justice, saith the Lord of hosts.
15 “Asị na m eziga anụ ọhịa ọjọọ ka ha bịa bibie ala ahụ, mee ka ọ ghọọ ebe tọgbọrọ nʼefu meekwa ka mmadụ ọbụla ghara ị site nʼime ya gafee nʼihi anụ ọhịa ndị ahụ,
And if I shall bring mischievous beasts also upon the land to waste it, and it be desolate, so that there is none that can pass because of the beasts:
16 dịka m na-adị ndụ ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị na-ekwu, ọ bụrụkwarị na ndị ikom atọ ndị a nọ nʼebe a, ha agaghị anapụta ọ bụladị ụmụ ha ndị nwoke maọbụ ụmụ ha ndị nwanyị site nʼịla nʼiyi. Naanị ha ka a ga-azọpụta, ma ala ahụ ga-abụ ihe tọgbọrọ nʼefu.
If these three men shall be in it, as I live, saith the Lord, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters: but they only shall be delivered, and the land shall be made desolate.
17 “Ọ bụrụ na a sị na m mere ka mma agha bịakwasị ala ahụ, m sị, ‘Ka mma agha gabiga site nʼala ahụ niile gburugburu,’ ma gbuo mmadụ na anụmanụ niile dị nʼime ya,
Or if I bring the sword upon that land, and say to the sword: Pass through the land: and I destroy man and beast out of it:
18 dịka m na-adị ndụ, otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwubiri, a sịkwarị na ndị ikom atọ ndị a nọ nʼala ahụ, ha agaghị anapụta ụmụ ndị ikom na ụmụ ha ndị inyom site nʼịla nʼiyi. Kama, ọ bụ naanị ha onwe ha ka a ga-anapụta.
And these three men be in the midst thereof: as I live, saith the Lord God, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they themselves alone shall be delivered.
19 “Ọzọkwa, ọ bụrụ na m eziga oke iwe m site nʼajọ ọrịa na-efe efe, ọ bụrụ na ọrịa ahụ egbuo mmadụ na anụmanụ ha niile,
Or if I also send the pestilence upon that land, and pour out my indignation upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast:
20 dịka m na-adị ndụ, otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwubiri, a sịkwa na Noa, Daniel na Job bi nʼime ya, ha agaghị anapụta ụmụ ha ndị ikom maọbụ ndị inyom site nʼịla nʼiyi. Ha ga-azọpụta naanị onwe ha nʼezi omume ha.
And Noe, and Daniel, and Job be in the midst thereof: as I live, saith the Lord God, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter: but they shall only deliver their own souls by their justice.
21 “Nʼihi na otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwuru, a ga-esi aṅaa napụta ya, mgbe m zipụrụ ụzọ ikpe m anọ dị oke egwu nke na-echere Jerusalem. Ikpe ndị a bụ: mma agha na ụnwụ, anụ ọhịa ọjọọ na-adọgbu adọgbu na ọrịa na-efe efe, ka ha gbuchapụ mmadụ na anụmanụ niile dị nʼime ya.
For thus saith the Lord: Although I shall send in upon Jerusalem my four grievous judgments, the sword, and the famine, and the mischievous beasts, and the pestilence, to destroy out of it man and beast,
22 Ma a ga-enweta ụfọdụ ndị ga-afọdụ ndụ, bụ ụmụ unu ndị nwoke na ndị nwanyị, ndị a ga-anapụta site nʼahụhụ ndị a. Ha ga-abịakwute unu. Mgbe unu hụrụ omume ha, na obibi ndụ ha, ha ga-abụrụ unu ihe nkasiobi nʼihi na unu ga-esite na ha mata ụdị mbibi nke m mere ka ọ bịakwasị Jerusalem.
Yet there shall be left in it some that shall be saved, who shall bring away their sons and daughters: behold they shall come among you, and you shall see their way, and their doings: and you shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, in all things that I have brought upon it.
23 A ga-akasịkwa unu obi mgbe unu hụrụ omume ha na obibi ndụ ha, unu ga-amatakwa na ọ bụghị nʼefu ka m mere ka ihe ndị a niile dakwasị ha.” Otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwubiri ya.
And they shall comfort you, when you shall see their ways, and their doings: and you shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord God.
