Izikiel 14
1 Ụfọdụ nʼime ndị okenye Izrel bịakwutere m, nọdụ ala nʼihu m.
And there came to me men of the people of Israel, of the elders, 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 conceived their devices in their hearts, and have set before their faces the punishment of their iniquities: shall I indeed answer them?
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 you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord; Any man of the house of Israel, who shall conceive his devices in his heart, and shall set the punishment of his iniquity before his face, and shall come to the prophet; I the Lord will answer him [according to the things] in which his mind is entangled,
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 he should turn aside the house of Israel, according to their hearts that are estranged from me in their thoughts.
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 says the Lord God, Be converted, and turn from your [evil] practices, and from all your sins, and turn your faces back again.
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 any man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, who shall separate himself from me, and conceive his imaginations in his heart, and set before his face the punishment of his iniquity, and come to the prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I the Lord will answer him, [according to the things] wherein he is entangled.
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 desolate and ruined, 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 if a prophet should cause to err and should speak, I the Lord have caused that prophet to err, and will stretch out my hand upon him, and will utterly destroy him 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 trespass of him that asks; and it shall be in like manner to the prophet according to the trespass:
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 no more go astray from me, and that they may no more defile themselves with any of their transgressions: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God, says the Lord.
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, if a land shall sin against me by committing a trespass, then will I stretch out my hand upon it, and will break its staff of bread, and will send forth famine upon it, and cut off from it man and beast.
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 though these three men should be in the midst of it, Noe, and Daniel, and Job, they [alone] should be delivered by their righteousness, says the Lord.
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,
If again I bring evil beasts upon the land, and take vengeance upon it, and it be ruined, and there be no one to pass through for fear of the wild 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.
and [if] these three men should be in the midst of it, [as] I live, says the Lord, neither sons nor daughters shall be saved, but these only shall be saved, and the land shall be destroyed.
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 again if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Let the sword go through the land; and I cut off from them man and beast:
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.
though these three men were in the midst of it, as I live, says the Lord, they shall not deliver sons or daughters, but they only shall be saved themselves.
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] again I send pestilence upon that land, and pour out my wrath upon it in blood, to destroy from off 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 should Noe, and Daniel, and Job, be in the midst of it, [as] I live, says the Lord, there shall be left [them] neither sons nor daughters; [only] they by their righteousness shall deliver their souls.
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.
Thus says the Lord, And if I even send upon Jerusalem my four sore judgments, sword, and famine, and evil beasts, and pestilence, to destroy from 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, behold, [there shall be] men left in it, the escaped thereof, who [shall] lead forth of it sons and daughters: behold, they [shall] go forth to you, and you shall see their ways and their thoughts: and you shall mourn over the evils which I have brought upon Jerusalem, [even] all the evils which 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, because you shall see their ways and their thoughts: and you shall know that I have not done in vain all that I have done in it, says the Lord.
