Izikiel 3
1 Ọ sịrị m, “Nwa nke mmadụ, rie ihe a m gaje inye gị. Taa akwụkwọ a a fụkọrọ afụkọ; pụọ gaa gwa ụmụ Izrel okwu.”
And he said unto me, Son of man, eat what thou findest: eat this roll, and go, speak unto the house of Israel.
2 Ya mere, a saghere m ọnụ m, o nyere m akwụkwọ ahụ a fụkọrọ afụkọ ka m rie.
So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat this roll.
3 Ọ sịrị m, “Nwa nke mmadụ, taa akwụkwọ a niile m nyere gị, tajuo ya afọ gị.” Atara m ya. Ma mgbe m na-ata ya, ọ tọrọ m ụtọ nʼọnụ dịka a ga-asị na ọ bụ mmanụ aṅụ.
And he said unto me, Son of man, feed thy belly, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I am giving unto thee. And I ate it; and it was in my mouth like honey in sweetness.
4 Ọ sịrị m, “Nwa nke mmadụ, bilie jekwuru ụmụ Izrel gwa ha okwu m niile.
And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.
5 Nʼihi na-ezighị m gị ka i jekwuru mba ndị okwu ha edoghị anya na ndị a naghị aghọta asụsụ ha, kama ọ bụ ijekwuru ụlọ Izrel.
For not to a people of an obscure speech and of a difficult tongue art thou sent, but to the house of Israel;
6 Ezikwaghị m gị ka i jekwuru mba nwere asụsụ na-edoghị anya, nke ị na-adịghị aghọta okwu ha. Nʼihi na a sị na ọ bụ ndị dị otu a ka m zigara gị ka i jekwuru, ha gaara ege gị ntị.
Not to many people of an obscure speech and of a difficult tongue, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would truly have hearkened unto thee.
7 Ma ụlọ Izrel agaghị ekwe gee gị ntị, nʼihi na ha jụrụ ige m ntị. Nʼihi na ụlọ Izrel bụ ndị obi ha siri ike, na ndị isiike.
But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me; for all the house of Israel have a bold forehead, and a hard heart.
8 Lee, emeela m ka ihu gị sie ike karịa nke ha, ka egedege ihu gị siekwa ike karịa nke ha.
Behold, I have made thy face strong against their face, and thy forehead strong against their forehead.
9 Aga m emekwa ka egedege ihu gị dị ka nkume siri ike, sie ike karịa nkume. Nʼihi ya, atụla ha egwu; ọ bụ ezie na ha bụ ndị na-enupu isi, ma atụla ihu ha egwu.”
As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: thou shalt not fear them, nor shalt thou be dismayed at their presence, though they be a rebellious family.
10 Ọ sịrị m, “Nwa nke mmadụ, gee ntị nke ọma nʼokwu ndị a niile m na-agwa gị, tinyekwa ha nʼuche gị.
And he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I will speak unto thee receive in thy heart, and hear [them] with thy ears.
11 Jekwuru ndị gị a dọtara nʼagha nọ na mba ọzọ, sị ha, ‘Ihe ndị a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị na-ekwu,’ Gwa ha ya, ma ha gere gị ntị ma ha egeghị gị ntị.”
And go, get thee to those in exile, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus hath said the Lord Eternal: whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.
12 Mgbe ahụ, Mmụọ ahụ buliri m elu. Anụrụ m olu mere oke ụzụ nʼazụ m, mgbe ebube nke Onyenwe anyị sị nʼọnọdụ ya bilie.
Then a spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, [saying, ] Blessed be the glory of the Lord from his place.
13 Ọ bụ ụzụ nke nku ihe ndị ahụ dị ndụ na-eme mgbe ha na-emetụrịta nku ibe ha; ọ bụkwa ụzụ ụkwụ wịịlu ha nke dị nʼakụkụ ha.
[I heard] also the sound of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the sound of the wheels at the same time with them, and the sound of a great rushing.
14 Mmụọ ahụ buliri m, bupụ m. Ejegharịrị m nʼobi ilu na iwe nke mmụọ m, ebe aka Onyenwe anyị dịkwa ike nʼahụ m.
So a spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I walked in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit, and the inspiration of the Lord was strong upon me.
15 A bịakwutere m ndị ahụ a dọọrọ nʼagha, ha aga biri na Tel Abib nʼakụkụ osimiri Keba. Nʼebe ahụ, bụ ebe ha na-ebi, anọdụrụ m nʼetiti ha abalị asaa, nʼọnọdụ obi ilu na ọnụma.
Then came I to the exiles at Tel-abib, who dwelt by the river Kebar, and I remained where they dwelt, and I remained there in a state of confusion among them seven days.
16 Mgbe abalị asaa gasịrị, okwu Onyenwe anyị bịakwutere m,
And it came to pass at the end of seven days, That the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
17 “Nwa nke mmadụ, emeela m gị ka ị bụrụ onye nche nye ụlọ Izrel. Nʼihi ya, gee ntị nʼihe m na-ekwu, ka ị dọọrọ m ha aka na ntị.
Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: and thou shalt hear the word out of my mouth, and give them warning from me.
18 Mgbe m na-asị onye ajọ omume, ‘Ị ghaghị ịnwụ,’ ma ọ bụrụ na ị dọghị ya aka na ntị, maọbụ ị kwughị okwu ime ka ha chigharịa site nʼụzọ ọjọọ ha niile pụta nʼihi ịzọpụta ndụ ha, onye ahụ na-emebi iwu ga-anwụ nʼihi mmehie ya niile, ma nʼaka gị ka m ga-ajụta ọbara ha.
When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou dost not give him warning, and speakest not to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life: the same wicked man shall die through his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thy hand.
19 Ma ọ bụrụ na ị dọọ onye ajọ omume aka na ntị, ma ha esighị nʼajọ omume maọbụ nʼụzọ ọjọọ ha niile chigharịa, ha ga-anwụ nʼihi mmehie, ma ndụ gị ka ị zọpụtara.
But thou, —if thou hast warned the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way: he shall indeed die in his iniquity; but thou hast surely delivered thy soul.
20 “Ma ọ bụrụ na onye ezi omume esite nʼụzọ ezi omume ya wezuga onwe ya bido ime ihe ọjọọ, m siere ha ọnya, ha ga-anwụ nʼihi na ị dọghị ha aka na ntị, ha ga-anwụ nʼihi mmehie ha. Agaghịkwa echeta ihe ọma niile ndị ha mere, ma ị ga-aza ajụjụ maka ọnwụ ha.
Again, When a righteous man do turn from his righteousness, and do what is wrong: then will I lay a stumbling-block before him, [so that] he shall die; yet if thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his acts of righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require from thy hand.
21 Ma ọ bụrụ na ị dọọ onye ezi omume aka na ntị ka ọ ghara ime mmehie, ha gharakwa ime mmehie, ha ga-adị ndụ nʼihi na ha nabatara ịdọ aka na ntị ahụ. Gị onwe gị azọpụtakwala ndụ gị, nʼụzọ dị otu a.”
But if thou hast truly warned him, —the righteous, that the righteous should not sin, and he doth not sin: he shall surely live, because he attended to the warning, and thou hast surely delivered thy own soul.
22 Aka Onyenwe anyị dịgidesịrị ike nʼahụ m nʼebe ahụ. Ma ọ sịrị m, “Bilie gaa nʼebe ahụ obosara ala dị ka m gwa gị okwu nʼebe ahụ,”
And the inspiration of the Lord came there over me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the valley, and there will I speak with thee.
23 Ebiliri m gaa nʼebe ahụ ala dị larịị. Ebube Onyenwe anyị guzo nʼebe ahụ dịka ebube nke m hụrụ nʼakụkụ iyi Keba. Adara m kpuo ihu m nʼala.
And I arose, and went forth into the valley; and, behold, there was the glory of the Lord standing, like that glory which I had seen by the river Kebar: and I fell down on my face.
24 Mgbe ahụ, Mmụọ ahụ banyere nʼime m mee ka m guzo ọtọ nʼụkwụ m abụọ. Ọ gwara m okwu sị m, “Gaa, baa nʼụlọ, mechibido onwe gị ụzọ.
Then entered a spirit into me, and placed me upright on my feet, and spoke with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself up within thy house.
25 Ma gị, nwa nke mmadụ, a ga-eji ụdọ kee gị ka ị ghara inwe ike ịpụ gaa nʼetiti ndị mmadụ.
But thou, O son of man, behold, they put ropes upon thee, and bind thee with them, that thou canst not go out among them:
26 Aga m eme ka ire gị rapara nʼakpo ọnụ gị, ka ị ghọọ onye ogbi, gharakwa ịbụ onye na-adọ ha aka na ntị, nʼihi na ha bụ ndị na-enupu isi.
And I will let thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not become to them a man who reproveth; for they are a rebellious family.
27 Ma mgbe ọbụla m ziri gị ozi, aga m atọghepụ ire gị. Ị ga-asịkwa ha, ‘Otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwuru.’ Ka onye nwere ntị nụrụ, ka onye nke na-achọghị ịnụ ghara ịnụ, nʼihi na ha bụ ndị na-enupu isi.
But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus hath said the Lord Eternal, He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forebear; for they are a rebellious family.
