Izikiel 20
1 O ruo, nʼọgwụgwụ ọnwa ise, nʼafọ nke asaa, ụfọdụ nʼime ndị okenye Izrel bịara ịjụta Onyenwe anyị ase. Ha nọdụrụ ala nʼihu m.
And it came to pass in the seventh year in the fifth month, on the tent of the month, that there came in men of the elders of Israel to enquire of Yahweh, —and they sat before me.
2 Mgbe ahụ, okwu Onyenwe anyị ruru m ntị, sị,
Then came the word of Yahweh unto me saying: -
3 “Nwa nke mmadụ, gwa ndị okenye Izrel okwu sị ha, ‘Otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị na-ajụ, Ọ bụ ịjụpụta ase nʼaka m ka unu bịara? Dịka mụ onwe m na-adị ndụ, agaghị m ekwe ka unu jụọ m ase ọbụla, ọ bụ ihe Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwubiri.’
Son of man Speak thou with the elders of Israel and say unto them, Thus, saith My Lord Yahweh, To enquire of me, are ye coming in? As I live, verily I will not be enquired of by you, Declareth My Lord Yahweh.
4 “Ị ga-ekpe ha ikpe? Ị ga-ekpe ha ikpe, nwa nke mmadụ? Mee ka ha mara banyere ihe arụ niile nna nna ha mere.
Wilt thou judge them, wilt thou judge, O son of man? The abominations of their fathers, let them know:
5 Gwa ha, ‘Otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị sịrị, nʼụbọchị m họpụtara Izrel, eweliri m aka m ṅụọrọ ya na ụmụ ya bụ ụlọ Jekọb iyi ma kpugheekwa onwe m gosi ha nʼala Ijipt. Site nʼiweli aka m, agwara m ha okwu sị, “Mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke unu.”
So then thou shalt say unto them Thus, saith My Lord Yahweh, In the day when I made choice of Israel, then lifted I up my hand. to the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known to them, in the land of Egypt, - Yea I lifted up my hand to them, saying, I Yahweh, am your God.
6 Nʼụbọchị ahụ, aṅụụrụ m ha iyi na m ga-esi nʼala Ijipt dupụta ha baa nʼala nke m chọpụtara ha, ala mmiri ara ehi na mmanụ aṅụ na-eru na ya, bụ ala nke kachasị ibe ya mma.
In that day, lifted I up my hand to them, to bring them forth out of the land of Egypt, —into a land that I had looked out for them flowing with milk and honey, The beauty, it was of all lands,
7 Mgbe ahụ, agwara m ha, “Onye ọbụla nʼime unu, wezuganụ oyiyi ihe arụ niile ndị ahụ bụ nke unu legidere anya, unu ejikwala arụsị niile nke Ijipt merụọ onwe unu. Mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke unu.”
And I said unto them. Every one the abomination of his eyes, cast ye away, And with the manufactured gods of Egypt, let it not be that ye defile yourselves: I, Yahweh, am your God.
8 “‘Ma ha nupuru isi megide m. Ha aṅaghị m ntị. Ha ewezugakwaghị oyiyi ihe arụ ndị a, bụ nke ha lekwasịrị anya, maọbụ hapụkwanụ arụsị niile nke ndị Ijipt. Nʼihi ya, aga m awụkwasị ha oke iwe m, meekwa ka iwe m zuo oke nʼahụ ha nʼIjipt.
But they rebelled against me And were not willing to hearken unto me, Every man the abominations of their eyes, they cast not away, And the manufactured gods of Egypt, forsook they not; Therefore spake I of pouring out mine indignation upon them to bring mine anger to an end against them, in the midst of the land of Egypt.
9 Ma nʼihi aha m, e si m Ijipt kpọpụta ha. E mere m nke a ka a ghara imerụ aha m bụ nke dị nsọ, nʼanya ndị mba dị iche iche nʼetiti ndị ha binyere, bụ ndị mkpughere onwe m nye Izrel nʼihu ha.
Howbeit I wrought with effect, for the sake of mine own Name, that it might not be profaned—before the eyes of the nations in whose midst they were, —before whose eyes I made myself known unto them, by bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.
10 Nʼihi ya, esitere m nʼIjipt dupụta ha, dubata ha nʼọzara.
Therefore brought I them forth out of the land of Egypt, —and caused them to come into the desert.
11 Nʼebe ahụ ka m nọ nye ha iwu m niile, gosikwa ha ụkpụrụ m, gwa ha na onye ọbụla debere ha ga-adị ndụ.
Then gave I unto them my statutes, And my regulations, caused I them to know, - By the which the man that doeth them shall live.
12 Ọzọ, e nyekwara m ha ụbọchị izuike, ka ọ bụrụ ihe ịrịbama dị nʼetiti mụ na ha, ka ha maara na mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị, na-edo ha nsọ.
Moreover also my sabbaths, gave I unto them, to become a sign betwixt me and them, —that it might be known that, I, Yahweh, was hallowing them.
13 “‘Ma ụlọ nke Izrel nupuru isi megide m. Nʼime ọzara ahụ, ha jụrụ idebe iwu m. Ha agbasoghị usoro m, ọ bụ ezie na ịgbaso ya pụtara ịdị ndụ. Ha edebeghị ụbọchị izuike m nsọ. Nʼihi ya, ekpebikwara m na m ga-awụkwasị ha iwe ọkụ m, ka m kpochapụ ha nʼime ọzara.
But the house of Israel, rebelled against me, in the desert, In my statutes, walked they not, And my regulations, they rejected By the which the man, that doeth them, shall live, My sabbaths also, they profaned exceedingly. Therefore spake I of pouring out mine indignation upon them in the desert, to make an end of them.
14 Ma nʼihi aha m, e mere m ihe ga-eme ka a ghara ime ya ka ọ hapụ ịdị nsọ nʼanya ndị mba niile, bụ ndị hụrụ mgbe m si Ijipt kpọpụta ha.
Howbeit I wrought with effect for the sake of mine own Name, —that it should not be profaned in the eyes of the nations, in whose eyes I had brought them forth.
15 Ma nʼime ọzara ahụ, eweliri m aka ṅụọrọ ha iyi na m agaghị eduba ha nʼala ahụ m nyere ha, ala mmiri ara ehi na mmanụ aṅụ na-eru na ya, ala ahụ kachasị ala niile ọzọ dị nʼụwa mma.
Yet even I lifted up my hand to them. in the desert, — That I would not bring them into the land which I had given to them flowing with milk and honey, The beauty, it was. of all lands:
16 Nʼihi na ha jụrụ iwu m, ha jụkwara ịgbaso ụkpụrụ m niile. Ha merụrụ ụbọchị izuike m, nʼihi na obi ha niile dị nʼebe arụsị ha dị.
Because my regulations, they had rejected. And as for my statutes, they had not walked therein, My sabbaths also, had they profaned; For after their manufactured gods, their heart had been going.
17 Ma eji m obi ebere lee ha anya ma ghara ịla ha nʼiyi. Ekpochapụghị m ha nʼọzara.
Nevertheless mine eye threw a shield over them that they should not be destroyed; So I made not of them a full end in the desert.
18 Mgbe ahụ, agwara m ụmụ ha okwu nʼọzara, “Unu agbasola nzọ ụkwụ nna unu ha maọbụ debe iwu ha maọbụ jiri arụsị ha merụọ onwe unu.
But I said unto their children in the desert, In the statutes of your fathers, let it not be that ye walk, And their regulations, let it not be that ye observe, — And with their manufactured gods, let it not be that ye defile yourselves.
19 Mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe na Chineke gị. Gbasoonụ iwu m niile, lezie anya ka ị sorokwa ụzọ m niile.
I, Yahweh, am your God, In my statutes, walk ye, — And my regulations, observe ye and do them;
20 Doonụ ụbọchị izuike m nsọ, ka ha ghọọkwa ihe ịrịbama nʼetiti mụ na unu. Mgbe ahụ, unu ga-amata na mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe na Chineke unu.”
My sabbaths also, hallow ye, — And they shall become a sign betwixt me and you, That it may be known that I Yahweh am your God.
21 “‘Ma ụmụ ahụ nupuru isi megide m. Ha ejegharịghị nʼụkpụrụ m, ha elezighị anya ka ha debe iwu nke m kwuru banyere ha, “Na onye ọbụla na-erubere ha isi ga-adị ndụ site na ha,” ha merụrụ ụbọchị izuike m. Nʼihi ya, asịrị m, Aga m awụkwasị ha ọnụma m, mezuokwa iwe m megide ha nʼọzara.
Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me, In my statutes, walked they not, And my regulations, observed they not to do them Wherein the man who shall do them shall live, My sabbaths, they profaned. Therefore spake I of pouring out mine indignation upon them to bring mine anger to an end against them. in the desert.
22 Ọzọkwa, eseghachiri m aka m, nʼihi aha m, e mere m ihe ga-eme ka a ghara ime ya ka ọ hapụ ịdị nsọ nʼanya ndị mba niile, bụ ndị hụrụ mgbe m si Ijipt kpọpụta ha
Howbeit I withdrew my hand, and wrought with effect for the sake of mine own Name, —that it should not be profaned before the eyes of the nations, before whose eyes I had brought them forth:
23 E jikwa m iweli aka elu ṅụọrọ ha iyi nʼime ọzara, na m ga-achụsasị ha nʼetiti mba niile, mee ka ha gbasaa nʼakụkụ niile nke ụwa,
Even, I, lifted up my hand to them in the desert, — That I would disperse them throughout the nations, And scatter them throughout the lands;
24 nʼihi na ha edebeghị iwu m, kama ha jụrụ ụkpụrụ niile, lelịa ma merụọkwa ụbọchị izuike m. Naanị ihe na-agụ ha bụ arụsị niile nke nna ha.
Because my regulations, had they not done And my statutes, they had rejected, My sabbaths also, they had profaned, - And after the manufactured gods of their fathers, were their eyes turned.
25 Ahapụrụ m ha ka ha nabatara onwe ha iwu na omenaala dị iche iche nke na-abaghị uru. Nʼihi na site nʼidebe omenaala ndị a, ha apụghị inweta ndụ.
I myself, indeed, suffered them to walk in statutes which were not good, — And regulations in which they could not live.
26 E merụrụ ha site nʼonyinye ha, bụ, iji nwa mbụ ọbụla chụọ aja, ka m si otu a menye ha egwu ka ha mara na mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe.’
Yea I let them defile themselves with their gifts, when they caused every firstborn to pass through the fire, -. that I might make them desolate. To the end they might know that, I, am Yahweh.
27 “Ya mere, nwa nke mmadụ, gwa ụlọ Izrel okwu, sị ha, ‘Otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị na-ekwu, Nna unu ha kwuluru m na nke a, site na-ekwesighị ntụkwasị obi nye m.
Therefore speak thou unto the house of Israel Son of man, and say unto them, Thus saith My Lord Yahweh, — Yet further in this, did your fathers insult me, by the treachery wherewith they dealt treacherously against me;
28 Mgbe m dubatara ha nʼala ahụ nke m ṅụrụ nʼiyi inye ha, ha hụrụ ugwu dị elu maọbụ osisi nwere ọtụtụ akwụkwọ, ebe ahụ ha chụrụ aja ha, nyekwa onyinye ha, si otu a kpasuo m iwe. Ha doro ha ihe ndị ahụ niile na-esi isi ụtọ, wụsakwara ha aja ihe ọṅụṅụ
When I brought them into the land as to which I had lifted up mine hand to give it them, then beheld they every high hill and every tangled tree And offered there their sacrifices, And presented there, their provoking gift, And placed there, their satisfying odour, And poured out there, their drink- offerings.
29 Ya mere a jụrụ m ha, Gịnị ka a na-akpọ ebe ịchụ aja a unu na-aga?’” (A na-akpọ ya Baama ruo taa.)
Therefore said I unto them, What! a high-place, whereinto ye are entering? And so the name thereof hath been called High-place, until this day.
30 “Nʼihi nke a, gwa ụlọ Izrel, ‘Otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwuru: Unu ọ ga-emerụ onwe unu dịka nna nna unu ha mere site nʼịchụso oyiyi ihe arụ ha dị iche iche?
Therefore say thou unto the house of Israel. Thus saith My Lord Yahweh, Is it in the way of your fathers, ye are defiling yourselves, - And after their abominations, that ye are committing lewdness?
31 Mgbe unu na-enye onyinye unu, na-eme ka ụmụ unu site nʼọkụ gafee, unu na-aga nʼihu jiri arụsị unu niile na-emerụ onwe unu ruo taa. Mụ onwe m, m ga-ekwe ka unu jụta m ase, O ụlọ Izrel? Dịka mụ onwe m na-adị ndụ, otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwubiri, agaghị m ekwe ka unu jụọ m ase.
Yea when ye lift up your gifts When ye cause your children to pass through the fire, Ye are defiling yourselves unto all your manufactured gods unto this day, And shall, I, be enquired of by you O house of Israel? As I live, Declareth My Lord Yahweh, Surely I will not be enquired of by you.
32 “‘Unu na-ekwu nʼobi unu sị, “Anyị chọrọ ịdị ka mba ndị ọzọ, dịka agbụrụ ndị ọzọ nọ nʼụwa, ndị na-akpọ isiala nye osisi na nkume.” Ma ihe unu bu nʼobi agaghị emezu.
And as for that which is rising up on your spirit, it shall, not at all come to pass, In that ye are saying Let us be like the nations Like the families of the lands, By ministering unto Wood and Stone!
33 Dịka m na-adị ndụ, aga m eji aka ike na ogwe aka e setịrị eseti nakwa nwụpụ nke oke iwe m chịa unu, otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwubiri ya.
As I live, Declareth My Lord Yahweh, Surely, with a strong hand and With an outstretched arm and With outpoured indignation, Will I be king over you;
34 Aga m akpọpụta unu site na mba dị iche iche, chịkọtaa unu site na mba ndị ahụ a chụsasịrị unu. Ọ bụ aka m dị ike, aka m setịpụrụ na ọnụma a wụpụrụ ka m ga-eji mee ya.
And I will bring you forth from among the peoples, And gather you together out of the lands, throughout which ye have been dispersed, With a strong hand and With an outstretched arm, and With outpoured indignation;
35 Aga m akpọbata unu nʼọzara nke mba niile, nọdụ nʼebe ahụ kpee unu ikpe nʼihu nʼihu.
And I will bring you into the desert of the peoples, —and will contend with you there, face to face.
36 Dịka m kpere nna nna unu ha ikpe nʼọzara nke dị nʼala Ijipt, otu a ka m ga-esi kpee unu ikpe, otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwubiri.
Just as I contended with your fathers in the desert of the land of Egypt, So will I contend with you, Declareth My Lord Yahweh;
37 Aga m eme ka unu si nʼokpuru mkpanaka m gafee, aga m akpọbata unu na njikọ nke ọgbụgba ndụ ahụ.
And I will cause you to pass under the rod And will bring you into the bond of the covenant;
38 Aga m esi nʼetiti unu wezuga ndị na-ekwe ntị ike ma na-enupu isi megide m. Ọ bụ ezie na m ga-akpọpụta ha site nʼala ahụ ha bi, ma ha agaghị abata nʼala Izrel. Mgbe ahụ, unu ga-amata na mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị.
And will sever from you those who are rebelling and those who are transgressing against me, Out of the land of their sojournings, will I bring them forth, Yet upon the soil of Israel, shall they not enter, So shall ye know that, I, am Yahweh.
39 “‘Ma banyere unu, bụ ụlọ Izrel, nke a bụ ihe Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị na-ekwu: Gaanụ fee arụsị unu niile dị iche iche, onye ọbụla nʼime unu. Ma emesịa, unu aghaghị ịṅa m ntị, ọ dịghịkwa mgbe unu ga-eji onyinye na arụsị unu niile merụọ aha nsọ m.
But as for you, O house of Israel Thus, saith my Lord. Yahweh, Go. serve every man his own manufactured gods, Yet afterwards, surely Ye shall be ready to hearken unto me, — And my holy name, shall ye profane no more, With your gifts, and With your manufactured gods.
40 Nʼihi na ọ bụ nʼelu ugwu m dị nsọ, nke bụ elu ugwu ukwu nke Izrel, ka Izrel niile ga-anọ fee m. Nʼebe ahụ ka m ga-anọkwa nabata onyinye unu na onyinye pụrụ iche unu, na aja nsọ unu dị iche iche. Otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwubiri.
For in my holy mountain. In the mountain of the height of Israel, Declareth, My Lord Yahweh, There shall all the house of Israel serve me, all of it, in the land, There will I accept them, and There, will I seek your heave-offerings and the firstfruits of your gifts, in all your holy things:
41 Aga m anabatakwa unu dịka onyinye ihe nsure ọkụ na-esi isi ụtọ, mgbe m si na mba dị iche iche kpọlata unu, mgbe m ga-achịkọta unu site nʼobodo ahụ niile a chụgara unu. Mgbe ahụ, mba niile ga-amata na m dị nsọ.
As a satisfying odour, will I accept you, Through my bringing you forth from among the peoples, And gathering you out of the lands, throughout which ye have been dispersed; Thus will I hallow myself in you before the eyes of the nations.
42 Mgbe m mere ka unu lọta nʼala Izrel, bụ ala ahụ m weliri aka elu ṅụọ iyi inye nna nna unu ha, unu ga-amata na mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị.
So shall ye know that I am Yahweh, Through my bringing you in unto the soil of Israel, Unto the land as to which I lifted up my hand, to give it unto your fathers.
43 Nʼebe ahụ, unu ga-echeta obibi ndụ na omume mmehie niile unu ji merụọ onwe unu. Unu ga-asọkwa onwe unu oyi, nʼihi ihe ọjọọ niile unu mere.
Then shall ye call to mind. there, your own ways and all your own doings, wherewith ye had defiled yourselves, - And ye shall become loathsome in your own sight, for all your wickednesses, which ye have done.
44 Unu ga-amata na mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị, mgbe m mesochara unu mmeso nʼihi aha m, na-agụghị ajọ omume unu maọbụ otu ụzọ ọjọọ niile unu si dị, unu bụ ụlọ Izrel. Otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara.’”
So shall ye know that, I, am Yahweh, Through my dealing effectively with you, for the sake of mine own Name, - Not according to your own wicked ways. Nor according to your corrupted doings. O house of Israel, Declareth My Lord Yahweh.
45 Okwu Onyenwe anyị ruru m ntị, sị,
Then came the word of Yahweh unto me. saying:
46 “Nwa nke mmadụ, chee ihu gị nʼụzọ ndịda. Kwuokwa okwu megide ala ahụ dị na ndịda, na oke ọhịa niile dị na ndịda.
Son of man Set thy face the way towards Teman, And drop thy word against the land of the sun, And prophesy unto the forest of the field of the South;
47 Sị oke ọhịa ndịda ahụ, ‘Nụrụ okwu nke Onyenwe anyị. Otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwuru: Ana m akwado isunye gị ọkụ, nke ga-erechapụ osisi niile dị nʼime gị, ma ndị dị ndụ ma ndị kpọnwụrụ akpọnwụ. A pụghị imenyụ oke ọkụ ahụ, ọ ga-erechapụkwa ihu niile site na ndịda ruo nʼugwu niile.
And thou shalt say to the forest of the South Hear the word of Yahweh, — Thus saith My Lord Yahweh-Behold me! kindling in thee a fire. And it shall devour in thee every moist tree and every dry tree. The spreading flame shall not be quenched, Then shall be scorched thereby all faces from south to north;
48 Ihe niile bụ mmadụ, ga-ahụ na mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị, sunyere ọkụ ahụ. A gaghị emenyụkwa ya.’”
And all flesh shall see that I. Yahweh have kindled it, - It shall not be quenched.
49 Mgbe ahụ, ekwuru m sị, “Ewoo, Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị ha na-ekwu banyere m, sị, ‘Ọ bụghị naanị ilu ka ọ na-atụ?’”
Then said I, Ah! My Lord Yahweh: They are saying of me, Is not he a putter forth of parables?
