Izikiel 24
1 O ruo nʼafọ nke itoolu, nʼọnwa nke iri, nʼụbọchị nke iri, okwu nke Onyenwe anyị ruru m ntị, sị,
And the word of the Lord came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, the tenth day of the month, saying:
2 “Nwa nke mmadụ, detuo ụbọchị taa nʼakwụkwọ, nʼihi na ọ bụ taa ka eze Babilọn gbara Jerusalem gburugburu.
Son of man, write thee the name of this day, on which the king of Babylon hath set himself against Jerusalem today.
3 Ugbu a, tụọrọ ndị a na-enupu isi ilu a, gwa ha: ‘Otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwuru: “‘Sikwasịnụ ite ahụ nʼọkụ; sikwasị ya kunyekwanụ mmiri nʼime ya.
And thou shalt speak by a figure a parable to the provoking house, and say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: Set on a pot, set it on, I say, and put water into it.
4 Tinyenụ anụ a bọrọ abọ nʼime ya. Tinye anụ dị mma, apata ya na aka ya. Tinyekwa ọkpụkpụ ndị ahụ dị mma nʼime ya.
Heap together into if the pieces thereof, every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder, choice pieces and full of bones.
5 Werenụ naanị ndị kachasị mma na ndị ahọpụtara site nʼigwe ewu na atụrụ, kwajuokwa nkụ nʼokpuru ya maka ọkpụkpụ ndị ahụ, mee ya ka ọ gbọọ nke ọma, sie ọkpụkpụ ndị ahụ nʼime ya.
Take the fattest of the flock, and lay together piles of bones under it: the seething thereof is boiling hot, and the bones thereof are thoroughly sodden in the midst of it.
6 “‘Nʼihi na Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị sịrị, “‘Ahụhụ dịrị obodo ahụ a na-awụsi ọbara nʼime ya. E, ahụhụ dịrị ite ahụ nchara dị nʼime ya, nke a na-apụghị ịsachapụ nchara ya. Wepụtasịanụ ha nʼotu nʼotu. Ka a hapụ ifekwa nza mgbe a na-eme nke a.
Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose rust is in it, and its rust is not gone out of it: cast it out piece by piece, there hath no lot fallen upon it.
7 “‘Nʼihi na ọbara ọ wụsiri dị nʼetiti ya. Ọ bụkwa nʼelu nkume ka a wụsiri ya. Ọ bụghị nʼelu ala efu, ebe e nwere ike jiri aja kpochie ya.
For her blood is in the midst of her, she hath shed it upon the smooth rock: she hath not shed it upon the ground, that it might be covered with dust.
8 Ọ bụ nʼihi ikpali ọnụma na ịbọ ọbọ ka m ji hapụ ọbara ahụ nʼelu nkume, ebe a na-apụghị iji aja kpochie ya.
And that I might bring my indignation upon her, and take my vengeance: I have shed her blood upon the smooth rock, that it should not be covered.
9 “‘Ya mere, ihe a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị na-ekwu, “‘Ahụhụ dịrị gị obodo ahụ na-awụsi ọbara. Mụ onwe m ga-akwanyekwa nkụ dị ukwuu nʼọkụ.
Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Woe to the bloody city, of which I will make a great bonfire.
10 Chịkọtaanụ nkụ dị ukwuu, mụnyekwanụ ọkụ. Jirinụ ụda dị iche iche sizie anụ ahụ nke ọma; surekwaanụ ọkpụkpụ ya ọkụ.
Heap together the bones, which I will burn with Are: the flesh shall be consumed, and the whole composition shall be sodden, and the bones shall be consumed.
11 Sinyekwanụ ite ahụ ihe na-adịghị nʼime ya nʼọkụ, tutu ruo mgbe ọ nụrụ ọkụ, chagharịa, gbazee ihe niile na-abụghị ọla dị nʼime ya ga-asọpụtasị, nchara ya ga-agwụsịkwa.
Then set it empty upon burning coals, that it may be hot, and the brass thereof may be melted: and let the filth of it be melted in the midst thereof, and let the rust of it be consumed.
12 Ndọgbu nʼọrụ niile a emeghị ka nchara ahụ pụọ. Ọ bụladị ọkụ dị ukwuu ahụ a kwanyere nʼokpuru ya emeghị ka ọ gbazee.
Great pains have been taken, and the great rust thereof is not gone out, not even by fire.
13 “‘Ugbu a, adịghị ọcha gị sitere na ndụ ọjọọ nke ịkwa iko gị. Nʼihi na m agbalịala ime ka ị dị ọcha, ma i kweghị adị ọcha site na mmerụ gị, ị gaghị adịkwa ọcha ọzọ tutu ruo mgbe ọnụma m megide gị zuruoke.
Thy uncleanness is execrable: because I desired to cleanse thee, and thou art not cleansed from thy filthiness: neither shalt thou be cleansed, before I cause my indignation to rest in thee.
14 “‘Mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị ekwuola ya. Oge m ji emezu ihe m kwuru eruola. Agaghị m ahapụ imezu ya. Agaghị m eme ebere maọbụ weghachi aka m azụ. A ga-ekpe gị ikpe dịka omume na obibi ndụ gị si dị. Otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwubiri ya.’”
I the Lord have spoken: it shall come to pass, and I will do it: I will not pass by, nor spare, nor be pacified: I will judge thee according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, saith the Lord.
15 Okwu Onyenwe anyị ruru m ntị, sị,
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
16 “Nwa nke mmadụ, ana m aga iwere ihe otiti napụ gị onye ahụ ihe ya na-atọ gị ụtọ. Ma mgbe o mere, ị gaghị eti aka nʼobi maọbụ kwaa akwa. Anya mmiri agakwaghị esi gị nʼanya pụta.
Son of man, behold I take from thee the desire of thy eyes with a stroke: and thou shalt not lament, nor weep: neither shall thy tears run down.
17 I nwere ike sụọ ude, ma asụsila ya ike. Ị gaghị eru uju nʼihi onye nwụrụ anwụ. Kechie isi gị, yirikwa akpụkpọụkwụ gị, ekpuchila egbugbere ọnụ gị, maọbụ rie nri ndị na-eru ụjụ na-eri.”
Sigh in silence, make no mourning for the dead: let the tire of thy head be upon thee, and thy shoes on thy feet, and cover not thy face, nor eat the meat of mourners.
18 Agwara m ndị mmadụ okwu a nʼụtụtụ, ma nʼanyasị nwunye m nwụrụ. Nʼụtụtụ echi ya, emere m ihe niile dịka e siri nye m ya nʼiwu.
So I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening: and I did in the morning as he had commanded me.
19 Mgbe ahụ, ndị mmadụ sịrị m, “Ị gaghị agwa anyị ihe ihe ndị a pụtara? Gịnị mere iji eme omume dị otu a?”
And the people said to me: Why dost thou not tell us what these things mean that thou doest?
20 Ya mere a sịrị m ha, “Okwu nke Onyenwe anyị bịakwutere m,
And I said to them: The word of the Lord came to me, saying:
21 Gwa ụlọ Izrel, ‘Ihe ndị a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị na-ekwu: Ana m aga ime ka ebe nsọ m ghara ị dị nsọ, bụ ebe e wusiri ike nke unu ji na-anya isi, ihe na-amasị anya unu, nke ihe banyere ya na-atọ obi unu ụtọ. Ụmụ unu ndị ikom na ndị inyom, ndị unu hapụrụ ga-ada site na mma agha.
Speak to the house of Israel: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold I will profane my sanctuary, the glory of your realm, and the thing that your eyes desire, and for which your soul feareth: your sons, and your daughters, whom you have left, shall fall by the sword.
22 Mgbe ahụ, unu ga-eme dịka m mere. Unu agaghị ekpuchi egbugbere ọnụ unu, maọbụ rie nri ndị na-eru ụjụ kwesiri iri.
And you shall do as I have done: you shall not cover your faces, nor shall you eat the meat of mourners.
23 Ihe ikechi isi unu ga-adịgide nʼisi unu, akpụkpọụkwụ unu ga-adịkwa nʼụkwụ unu. Unu agaghị akwa akwa maọbụ tie aka nʼobi, kama unu ga-ata ahụ nʼihi mmehie unu, sụkwaa ude nʼetiti onwe unu.
You shall have crowns on your heads, and shoes on your feet: you shall not lament nor weep, but you shall pine away for your iniquities, and every one shall sigh with his brother.
24 Izikiel ga-abụrụ unu ihe ịmaatụ. Unu ga-emekwa dịka o mere mgbe ihe ndị a mezuru. Unu ga-amata nʼezie na mụ onwe m bụ Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị.’
And Ezechiel shall be unto you for a sign of things to come: according to all that he hath done, so shall you do, when this shall come to pass: and you shall know that I am the Lord God.
25 “Ma gị, nwa nke mmadụ, nʼụbọchị ahụ m napụrụ ha ebe ha siri ike, nke bụ ọṅụ ha na ebube ha, na ihe anya ha na-achọsi ike; na ihe na-atọ obi ha ụtọ, na ụmụ ha ndị ikom na ụmụ ha ndị inyom,
And thou, O son of man, behold in the day wherein I will take away from them their strength, and the joy of their glory, and the desire of their eyes, upon which their souls rest, their sons and their daughters.
26 nʼụbọchị ahụ, ọ bụ onye na-agba ọsọ ndụ ga-agbakwute gị ịkọrọ gị ihe mere.
In that day when he that escapeth shall come to thee, to tell thee:
27 Nʼoge ahụ, ị ga-asaghe ọnụ gị. Gị na onye ahụ na-agba ọsọ ndụ ga-ekwurịta okwu. Ị gaghị anọkwa juu ọzọ. Nʼihi ya, ị ga-aghọrọ ha ihe ịrịbama. Ha ga-amatakwa na mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị.”
In that day, I say, shall thy mouth be opened to him that hath escaped, and thou shalt speak, and shalt be silent no more: and thou shalt be unto them for a sign of things to come, and you shall know that I am the Lord.
