Izikiel 29
1 Nʼafọ nke iri, nʼọnwa nke iri, nʼụbọchị nke iri na abụọ, okwu nke Onyenwe anyị ruru m ntị, sị,
In the tenth year, in the tenth [month], on the twelfth of the month, a word of YHWH has been to me, saying,
2 “Nwa nke mmadụ, chee ihu gị nʼIjipt buo amụma megide Fero bụ eze Ijipt, na ala Ijipt niile.
“Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy concerning him, and concerning Egypt—all of it.
3 Gwa ya okwu, sị, ‘Otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị sịrị: “‘Lee, mụ onwe m na-emegide gị, Fero eze Ijipt, gị onye bụ ogologo anụ ọjọọ ahụ na-amakpu nʼetiti mmiri iyi. Nʼihi na ị sịrị, “Ọ bụ m nwe Naịl, ọ bụkwa mụ onwe m mere ya nye onwe m.”
Speak, and you have said, Thus said Lord YHWH: Behold, I [am] against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt! The great dragon that is crouching in the midst of his floods, Who has said, My flood [is] my own, And I have made it [for] myself.
4 Ma aga m etinye nko nʼagba gị, mee ka azụ niile nke iyi gị niile rapara nʼakpịrịkpa gị. Aga m adọpụta gị site nʼetiti iyi gị niile, mee ka azụ niile rapara nʼakpịrịkpa gị.
And I have put hooks in your jaws, And I have caused the fish of your floods to cleave to your scales, And I have caused you to come up from the midst of your floods, And every fish of your floods cleaves to your scales.
5 Aga m ahapụ gị na azụ niile nke osimiri iyi gị nʼọzara, ebe ahụ ka unu ga-anọ nwụọ nʼala ubi, a gaghị eli unu eli maọbụ tụtụọ unu, nʼihi na emeela m ka unu bụrụ nri nye anụ ọhịa niile, na nnụnụ niile.
And I have left you in the wilderness, You and every fish of your floods, You fall on the face of the field, You are not gathered nor assembled, I have given you for food to the beast of the earth and to the bird of the heavens.
6 Mgbe ahụ, ndị niile bi nʼIjipt ga-amata na mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị. “‘Ị dịrịla ka mkpanaka achara nʼebe ụlọ Izrel nọ.
And all inhabitants of Egypt have known That I [am] YHWH, Because of their being a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
7 Mgbe ha jidere gị nʼaka, ị nyajiri dọwaa ha ubu ha. Mgbe ha dabeere na gị, ị gbajiri mee ka ha ghara inwekwa ike iguzosi ike nʼụkwụ ha.
In their taking hold of you by your hand, You crush and have torn every shoulder of theirs, And in their leaning on you you are broken, And have caused all their thighs to stand.
8 “‘Nʼihi ya, otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwuru: Lee, aga m eme ka mma agha bịakwasị gị, aga m ebipụkwa mmadụ na anụmanụ niile dị nʼime gị.
Therefore, thus said Lord YHWH: Behold, I am bringing in a sword against you, And have cut off man and beast from you.
9 Ala Ijipt ga-aghọ ebe tọgbọrọ nʼefu; ha ga-amatakwa na mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị. “‘Nʼihi na ị sịrị, “Osimiri Naịl bụ nke m. Ọ bụ m kere ya.”
And the land of Egypt has been for a desolation and a ruin, And they have known that I [am] YHWH, Because he said: The flood [is] mine, and I made [it].
10 Nʼihi ya, aga m edo onwe m megide gị, megidekwa osimiri gị. Aga m ala Ijipt niile nʼiyi site na Migdol ruo Aswan, ruokwa nʼoke ala ha na ndị Kush.
Therefore, behold, I [am] against you, and against your floods, And have given the land of Egypt for ruins, A dry place, a desolation, from Migdol to Syene, And to the border of Cush.
11 Ọ dịghị ụkwụ anụmanụ maọbụ mmadụ ga-agafe nʼime ya, agaghị ebikwa nʼime ya ruo mgbe iri afọ anọ gasịrị.
A foot of man does not pass over into it, Indeed, the foot of beast does not pass into it, Nor is it inhabited forty years.
12 Aga m emekwa ka ala Ijipt bụrụ ebe tọgbọrọ nʼefu nʼetiti mkpọmkpọ ala niile, obodo ya niile ga-atọgbọrọ nʼefu iri afọ anọ nʼetiti obodo ndị e mere ka ha laa nʼiyi. Aga m achụsasị ndị Ijipt nʼetiti mba niile, fesaa ha nʼala niile.
And I have made the land of Egypt a desolation, In the midst of desolate lands, And its cities, in the midst of cities [that are] laid waste, Are a desolation [for] forty years, And I have scattered the Egyptians among nations, And I have dispersed them through lands.
13 “‘Ọzọkwa, Otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị sịrị, nʼọgwụgwụ iri afọ anọ ahụ, aga m achịkọtakwa ndị Ijipt site nʼebe niile ha gbasara.
But thus said Lord YHWH: At the end of forty years I gather the Egyptians Out of the peoples to where they have been scattered,
14 Aga m emekwa ka ndị ya niile laghachi nʼala Patros, ala ebe a mụrụ ha. Ma Ijipt agaghị abụkwa alaeze a maara nke ọma ọzọ.
And I have turned back [to] the captivity of Egypt, And I have brought them back [To] the land of Pathros, to the land of their birth, And they have been a low kingdom there.
15 Ọ ga-abụ alaeze dị nnọọ ala karịa alaeze niile. Ọ dịkwaghị mgbe ọzọ ọ ga-eweli onwe ya elu karịa mba ọzọ niile. Aga m emekwa ka ha dị nta, nke ha agaghị inwe ike achịkwa mba niile ọzọ.
It is lowest of the kingdoms, And it does not lift itself up above the nations anymore, And I have made them few, So as not to rule among nations.
16 Ijipt agaghị abụkwara ụlọ Izrel ihe ntụkwasị obi, kama ọ ga-abụrụ ha ihe iji cheta mmehie ha mere mgbe ha lere anya enyemaka site nʼaka ya. Mgbe ahụ, ha ga-amata na mụ onwe m bụ Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụOnyenwe anyị.’”
And it is no longer for confidence to the house of Israel, Bringing iniquity to remembrance, By their turning after them, And they have known that I [am] Lord YHWH.”
17 Ọ ruo, nʼiri afọ abụọ na asaa, nʼọnwa mbụ, nʼụbọchị nke mbụ, ka okwu nke Onyenwe anyị ruru m ntị, sị,
And it comes to pass, in the twenty-seventh year, in the first [month], on the first of the month, a word of YHWH has been to me, saying,
18 “Nwa nke mmadụ, Nebukadneza bụ eze Babilọn mere ka ndị agha ya lụsoo Taịa ọgụ nʼebe ọ dị ukwuu. Isi niile ọbụla ka e mere ka ọ kwọchasịa, ubu niile kwa echihịara echihịa. Ma ya na ndị agha ya anataghị ụgwọ ọrụ ọbụla, nʼagha ahụ o buru megide Taịa.
“Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, Has caused his force to serve a great service against Tyre, Every head [is] bald—every shoulder peeled, And neither he, nor his force, had reward out of Tyre, For the service that he served against it.
19 Nʼihi nke a, Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị na-ekwu sị: Lee, ana m aga inye Nebukadneza eze Babilọn ala Ijipt. Ọ ga-akwakọrọ akụnụba ya, ọ ga-azacha ma bukọrọkwa ihe niile nke dị nʼala ahụ. Ha ga-abụkwa ụgwọ ọrụ nke ndị agha ya.
Therefore, thus said Lord YHWH: Behold, I am giving the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, And he has taken away its store, And has taken its spoil, and taken its prey, And it has been a reward to his force.
20 Enyefeela m ala Ijipt nʼaka ya, ka ọ bụrụ ụgwọ ọrụ nʼihi ọrụ ya, nʼihi na ya na ndị agha ya rụụrụ m ya. Otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwubiri.”
I have given to him his wage for which he labored—The land of Egypt, in that they worked for Me, A declaration of Lord YHWH.
21 “Nʼụbọchị ahụ, aga m eme ka otu mpi puputara ụlọ Izrel. Aga m asaghekwa ọnụ gị nʼetiti ha. Mgbe ahụ, ha ga-amata na mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị.”
In that day I cause a horn to shoot up for the house of Israel, And I give an opening to your mouth in their midst, And they have known that I [am] YHWH!”
