Izikiel 21
1 Mgbe ahụ, okwu Onyenwe anyị ruru m ntị, sị,
And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
2 “Nwa nke mmadụ, chee ihu gị nʼụzọ Jerusalem, buo amụma megide ụlọnsọ ukwu ahụ. Bukwaa amụma megide ala Izrel
“Son of man, set your face against Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel
3 sị ala Izrel otu a, ‘Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị na-ekwu, Mụ onwe m na-emegide gị. Aga m esite nʼọbọ mịpụta mma agha m, site na gị gbuchapụ ma onye ezi omume na onye ajọ omume.
and tell her that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am against you, and I will draw My sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.
4 Nʼihi na m na-aga igbuchapụ ndị ezi omume na ndị ajọ omume, mma agha m ga-esite nʼọbọ ya pụta megide onye ọbụla site nʼugwu ruo na ndịda.
Because I will cut off both the righteous and the wicked, My sword will be unsheathed against everyone from south to north.
5 Mgbe ahụ, mmadụ niile ga-amata na mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị amịpụtala mma agha m site nʼọbọ ya, ọ gaghị amịghachi baa nʼọbọ ọzọ.’
Then all flesh will know that I, the LORD, have taken My sword from its sheath, not to return it again.’
6 “Nʼihi ya, sụọ ude, nwa nke mmadụ, sụọ ude nʼihu ha nʼọnọdụ oke mwute na obi mgbawa.
But you, son of man, groan! Groan before their eyes with a broken heart and bitter grief.
7 Mgbe ha jụrụ gị, ‘Gịnị kpatara i ji asụ ude?’ Ị ga-asị, ‘Nʼihi ozi nke na-abịa. Obi niile ga-agbaze site nʼegwu, aka niile ga-akụdakwa; mmụọ niile ga-ada mba, ikpere niile ga-ede mmiri site nʼamịrị.’ Ọ na-abịa, ọ ghaghị imezu, otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwubiri ya.”
And when they ask, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you are to say, ‘Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will melt, and every hand will go limp. Every spirit will faint, and every knee will turn to water.’ Yes, it is coming and it will surely happen, declares the Lord GOD.”
8 Ọzọkwa, okwu Onyenwe anyị ruru m ntị, sị,
Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
9 “Nwa nke mmadụ buo amụma sị, ‘Ihe a ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru: “‘Lee, mma agha, lee, mma agha, a mụọla ya, hichakwaa ya.
“Son of man, prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord says: ‘A sword, a sword, sharpened and polished—
10 Amụọla ya nʼihi oke ogbugbu nke gaje ịdị, hichakwaa ya nke ọma ka ọ na-egbu dịka amụma. “‘Anyị ọ ga-aṅụrị ọṅụ na mkpara eze nwa m nwoke Juda? Mma agha na-elelị mkpara niile dị otu a anya.
it is sharpened for the slaughter, polished to flash like lightning! Should we rejoice in the scepter of My son? The sword despises every such stick.
11 “‘E nyere iwu ka e hichazie mma agha ahụ, ka e jidekwa ya nʼaka. A mụọla ya, hichazie ya. E doziela ya maka onye ahụ ga-eji ya laa ndụ nʼiyi.
The sword is appointed to be polished, to be grasped in the hand. It is sharpened and polished, to be placed in the hand of the slayer.
12 Nwa nke mmadụ, tie mkpu akwa ma kwasie akwa ike, nʼihi na ọ bụ megide ndị m ọ bụkwa megide ndịisi Izrel niile. A na-atụnyere ha mma agha ga-egbu ha, ha na ndị m. Nʼihi ya, tie aka gị nʼobi gị.
Cry out and wail, O son of man, for the sword is wielded against My people; it is against all the princes of Israel! They are tossed to the sword with My people; therefore strike your thigh.
13 “‘Ọnwụnwa aghaghị ịbịa. Ma gịnị ga-eme, ma ọ bụrụ na mkpara eze nke mma agha na-elelị anya, agaghị nʼihu na-adịgide? Otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwubiri.’
Surely testing will come! And what if even the scepter, which the sword despises, does not continue?’
14 “Nʼihi ya, buo amụma, nwa nke mmadụ. Kụkọọ ọbụ aka gị abụọ, ka mma agha gbuo ugboro abụọ e, ọ bụladị ugboro atọ. Ọ bụ mma agha e debere maka ogbugbu, nke e debere maka oke ogbugbu nke ga-abịachibido ha gburugburu.
‘So then, son of man, prophesy and strike your hands together. Let the sword strike two times, even three. It is a sword that slays, a sword of great slaughter closing in on every side!
15 Ka obi ha gbazee site nʼegwu, ka ndị na-ada ada hie nne, nʼihi na edoziela m mma agha ahụ nʼọnụ ụzọ ama ha niile maka oke ogbugbu. Lee, mma agha ahụ na-egbu amụma, etinyela ya nʼaka onye ga-egbu oke ogbugbu.
So that their hearts may melt and many may stumble, I have appointed at all their gates a sword for slaughter. Yes, it is ready to flash like lightning; it is drawn for slaughter.
16 Gị mma agha, ebe ọbụla ị chọrọ, ebe ọbụla i nwere ike, gbuo onye ọbụla, ma ọ nọ gị nʼaka nri ma ọ nọ gị nʼaka ekpe.
Slash to the right; set your blade to the left— wherever your blade is directed.
17 Mụ onwe m ga-akụkọtakwa ọbụ aka m, ime ka iwe m jụrụ. Mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị ekwuola.”
I too will strike My hands together, and I will satisfy My wrath.’
18 Okwu nke Onyenwe anyị ruru m ntị, sị,
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
19 “Nwa nke mmadụ mee ụzọ abụọ nke mma agha eze Babilọn ga-eso. Ka ụzọ abụọ ndị a malite nʼotu obodo. Dee ihe ngosi manye ha nʼebe ahụ ụzọ wara abụọ.
“Now you, son of man, mark out two roads for the sword of the king of Babylon to take, both starting from the same land. And make a signpost where the road branches off to each city.
20 Mee ka otu nʼime ụzọ ndị ahụ bụrụ ebe mma agha ga-esi bịa megide Raba nke Amọn, ka nke ọzọ megide Juda na Jerusalem, bụ ebe e wusiri ike.
Mark out one road for the sword to come against Rabbah of the Ammonites, and another against Judah into fortified Jerusalem.
21 Nʼihi na eze Babilọn ga-abịa guzo nʼebe ahụ ụzọ wara abụọ, nʼisi ụzọ abụọ ahụ ịchọ ihe ama. Ọ ga-esite nʼịgba àkụ nke ife nza, jụọ ase site nʼaka arụsị ya niile, nyochakwaa umeju ahụ.
For the king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He shakes the arrows, he consults the idols, he examines the liver.
22 Nʼụzọ dị nʼaka nri, ka ihe ịjụ ase banyere Jerusalem ga-esi bịa. Nʼebe ahụ ka ọ ga-ewu ihe niile ha ji etida mgbidi obodo ahụ. Nʼebe ahụ ka ọ ga-anọ nye iwu maka igbuchapụ ndị niile, na iwu ido ihe e ji etipu mgbidi nʼọnụ ụzọ ama niile, na iwu a ga-eji wuo nkwasa agha na mgbidi e ji ebuso ya agha.
In his right hand appears the portent for Jerusalem, where he is to set up battering rams, to call for the slaughter, to lift a battle cry, to direct the battering rams against the gates, to build a ramp, and to erect a siege wall.
23 Ọ ga-adị ha dịka ọjụjụ ase nke na-abaghị uru, nye ndị ahụ ṅụrụ ha iyi, ma ọ ga-echetara ha ihe ọjọọ ha mere, dọkpụrụ ha nʼike.
It will seem like a false omen to the eyes of those who have sworn allegiance to him, but it will draw attention to their guilt and take them captive.
24 “Nʼihi ya, ihe ndị a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwuru. ‘Ebe ọ bụ na unu esitela na nnupu isi unu mee ka e cheta ajọ omume unu, si otu a na-ekpughe mmehie unu nʼihe niile unu na-eme. Ebe ọ bụ na unu emeela ihe dị otu a, a ghaghị ịdọta unu nʼagha.
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you have drawn attention to your guilt, exposing your transgressions, so that your sins are revealed in all your deeds—because you have come to remembrance—you shall be taken in hand.
25 “‘Gị onye rụrụ arụ, onye na-emebi iwu, gị nwa eze nʼIzrel, gị onye ụbọchị ahụhụ ya rurula,
And you, O profane and wicked prince of Israel, the day has come for your final punishment.’
26 ihe ndị a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị sịrị, yipụ okpueze gị, ya na akwa ị na-atụghị nʼisi. Ihe agaghị adịkwa dịka o si adị na mbụ. A ga-ebuli ndị dị ala, wedata ndị dị elu.
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Remove the turban, and take off the crown. Things will not remain as they are: Exalt the lowly and bring low the exalted.
27 Mbibi, mbibi. Aga m eme ka ọ ghọọ ihe e bibiri ebibi. A gaghị eweghachikwa ya ọzọ tutu ruo mgbe onye ahụ o ruuru nʼizi ezi bịara. Ya ka m ga-enyefe ya nʼaka.’
A ruin, a ruin, I will make it a ruin! And it will not be restored until the arrival of Him to whom it belongs, to whom I have assigned the right of judgment.’
28 “Ma gị onwe gị, Nwa nke mmadụ, buo amụma kwuo, ‘Ihe ndị a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwuru megide ndị Amọn nʼihi ịkwa emo ha: “‘Lee mma agha, lee mma agha, nke a mịpụtara maka oke ogbugbu. E hichaziela ya mee ka ọ dị nkọ iripịa, ka ọ na-egbu amụma dịka amụma egbe eluigwe.
Now prophesy, son of man, and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says concerning the Ammonites and their contempt: ‘A sword! A sword is drawn for slaughter, polished to consume, to flash like lightning—
29 Nʼagbanyeghị ọhụ ụgha nke a na-ahụ banyere unu, na a jụtakwala ase ụgha banyere unu, a ga-etinye ya nʼolu ndị mmebi iwu ahụ a gaje igbu egbu, bụ ndị ụbọchị ha rurula, ndị oge ịta ahụhụ ha zukwara.
while they offer false visions for you and lying divinations about you— to be placed on the necks of the wicked who are slain, whose day has come, the time of their final punishment.
30 “‘Mịghachinụ ya nʼọbọ ya. Nʼebe ahụ e kere unu nʼala nna nna unu ha, Aga m ekpe unu ikpe.
Return the sword to its sheath! In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you.
31 Aga m awụkwasị unu ọnụma m, kukwasịkwa unu ikuku nke oke iwe m. Aga m ewere unu nyefee nʼaka ndị na-eme ihe ike, ndị bụ ọka na ịla mmadụ nʼiyi.
I will pour out My anger upon you; I will breathe the fire of My fury against you; I will hand you over to brutal men, skilled in destruction.
32 Unu ga-aghọkwa mmanụ a na-awụnye nʼọkụ. A ga-awụsịkwa ọbara unu nʼala unu. Ọ dịkwaghị onye ga-echeta unu ọzọ, nʼihi na mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị ekwuola.’”
You will be fuel for the fire. Your blood will stain your own land. You will not be remembered, for I, the LORD, have spoken.’”
