Izikiel 36
1 “Nwa nke mmadụ, buo amụma nye ugwu niile dị nʼIzrel, na-asị ha, ‘Ugwu niile nke Izrel, nụrụnụ okwu nke Onyenwe anyị.
And thou, son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD.
2 Ihe ndị a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwuru: Ndị iro unu ekwuola megide unu sị, “Ahaa! Ebe niile dị elu nke mgbe ochie aghọọla ihe nnweta anyị.”’
Thus saith the Lord GOD: Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha! and, The ancient high places are ours in possession:
3 Nʼihi ya, buo amụma sị, ‘Otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwuru: Nʼihi na ha emeela ka unu tọgbọrọ nʼefu, chụgharịa unu ọsọ nʼakụkụ niile, mekwaa ka unu ghọọrọ mba niile ihe nnweta, ma meekwa ka unu bụrụ ndị a na-ekwujọ, na ndị a na-akọcha,
therefore prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD: Because, even because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the nations, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and the evil report of the people:
4 nʼihi ya, unu ugwu niile nke Izrel, nụrụnụ okwu Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị. Ihe ndị a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị na-agwa ugwu ukwuu na ugwu nta niile, na mgbawara niile dị nʼala, na ndagwurugwu niile, na ebe niile tọgbọrọ nʼefu, na obodo ndị ahụ niile ndị mmadụ na-ebighị nʼime ya, nke ndị mba ọzọ kwakọọrọ ihe dị ha nʼime, ma jirikwa ha na-eme ihe ọchị.
therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes and to the cities that are forsaken, which are become a prey and derision to the residue of the nations that are round about:
5 Ihe ndị a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwuru, Ọ bụ site nʼịnụ ọkụ nke obi m ka m ji kwuo okwu megide mba ndị ọzọ, ma megidekwa Edọm, nʼihi na ọ bụ site nʼịkpọ asị nke obi ha ka ha ji mee ka ala m bụrụ ihe nnweta ha, ka ha si otu a kposaa, ma chịkọrọkwa ihe niile dị nʼebe ịta nri nke anụ ụlọ ala ahụ.’
therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the nations, and against all Edom, which have appointed my land unto themselves for a possession with the joy of all their heart, with despite of soul, to cast it out for a prey:
6 Nʼihi nke a, buo amụma banyere Izrel, gwa ugwu ukwu ya na ugwu nta ya niile, na mgbawara ala ya, na ndagwurugwu ya niile, sị, ‘Otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị sịrị, ọ bụ site nʼọnụma nke ekworo ka m ji ekwu okwu ndị a, nʼihi na unu ahụọla ahụhụ site na nlelị ndị mba ọzọ na-elelị unu.
Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the shame of the heathen:
7 Nʼihi ya, ihe ndị a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwuru, eweliri m aka m elu ṅụọ iyi na mba ndị a gbara unu gburugburu ga-anọkwa nʼọnọdụ ihere.
therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: I have lifted up mine hand, [saying], Surely the heathen that are round about you, they shall bear their shame.
8 “‘Ma unu, ugwu niile nke Izrel ga-awapụta ngalaba, mịakwa mkpụrụ nke ndị m ga-eri, nʼihi na oge ha ga-alọghachi adịghịkwa anya.
But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people Israel; for they are at hand to come.
9 Lee, mụ onwe m dịnyeere unu; aga m abịa inyere unu aka, nʼihi na a ga-akọgharịkwa unu, kụọkwa mkpụrụ nʼime unu.
For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown:
10 Aga m emekwa ka ọnụọgụgụ ndị ga-ebi nʼime unu baa ụba, ọ bụladị ụlọ Izrel niile. Ha ga-ebikwa nʼobodo niile, wugharịakwa ebe niile e tikpọrọ etikpọ.
and I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the waste places shall be builded:
11 Aga m eme ka ọnụọgụgụ ndị mmadụ, na anụ ụlọ dị nʼime gị baa ụba. Ha ga-amụbakwa, jupụtakwa ebe niile. Ndị mmadụ ga-ebikwa nʼelu gị dịka ha si biri nʼoge gara aga. Aga m emekwa ka ihe gaara ha nke ọma karịa ka ọ dị na mbụ. Mgbe ahụ, unu ga-amata na mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị.
and I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase, and be fruitful: and I will cause you to be inhabited after your former estate, and will do better [unto you] than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
12 Aga m eme ka ndị m, ndị m bụ Izrel, biri nʼime unu. Unu ga-abụ ihe nweta ha, unu ga-aghọkwara ha ihe nketa. Unu agakwaghị agbaba ha aka ụmụ ọzọ.
Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel; and they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of children.
13 “‘Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị sịrị, nʼihi na ụfọdụ mba na-ekwutọ gị na-asị, “Ị bụ ala na-eri ụmụ ya, ala na-agbaba ndị ya aka ụmụ.”
Thus saith the Lord GOD: Because they say unto you, Thou [land] art a devourer of men, and hast been a bereaver of thy nation;
14 Nʼihi nke a, ị gaghị erikwa mmadụ ọzọ. Ị gaghị agbawakwa mba gị aka ụmụ ọzọ. Ọ bụ ihe Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwubiri.
therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nation any more, saith the Lord GOD;
15 Agaghị m emekwa ka ị nụrụ mkparị nke ndị mba ọzọ na-akparị gị. Ị gaghị anọkwa ọnọdụ nke ga-eme ka ndị mba ọzọ lelịa gị, maọbụ nọọ ọnọdụ nke ga-eme ka ị sọọ ngọngọ. Ọ bụ ihe Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwubiri.’”
neither will I let thee hear any more the shame of the heathen, neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the peoples any more, neither shalt thou cause thy nation to stumble any more, saith the Lord GOD.
16 Ọzọkwa, okwu nke Onyenwe anyị rutere m ntị, sị,
Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
17 “Nwa nke mmadụ, mgbe ụmụ Izrel bi nʼala nke aka ha, ha merụrụ ya, site na ndụ ọjọọ ha, na omume ha. Ndụ ọjọọ ha nʼihu m, dị ka adịghị ọcha nke nwanyị nʼoge ọ nọ na nsọ ya, nʼọnwa niile.
Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their way and by their doings: their way before me was as the uncleanness of a woman in her separation.
18 Nʼihi ya, awụkwasịrị m ha ọnụma m, nʼihi na ha na-awụsi ọbara nʼala ahụ, jirikwa arụsị ha na-emerụ ya.
Wherefore I poured out my fury upon them for the blood which they had poured out upon the land, and because they had defiled it with their idols:
19 Achụsasịrị m ha na mba dị iche iche. Otu a ka m si kpee ha ikpe nʼihi ụzọ ọjọọ ha, na omume ọjọọ ha.
and I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.
20 Ma ebe niile ha gara nʼetiti mba niile, ha mere ka aha nsọ m gharakwa ịdị nsọ, nʼihi na a na-ekwu banyere ha, sị, ‘Ndị a bụ ndị nke Onyenwe anyị, ma agbanyeghị nke a, ha sitere nʼala ya pụọ.’
And when they came unto the nations, whither they went, they profaned my holy name; in that men said of them, These are the people of the LORD, and are gone forth out of his land.
21 Ihe na-ewutekwa m bụ aha nsọ m, nke ụlọ Izrel mere ka ọ ghara ịdị nsọ nʼetiti mba niile bụ ebe ha gara.
But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations, whither they went.
22 “Ya mere, gwa ụlọ Izrel, Otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwuru: Ọ bụghị nʼihi na unu, ụlọ Izrel, ka m ji na-eme ihe ndị a, kama ọ bụ nʼihi aha nsọ m, nke unu mere ka ọ ghara ịdị nsọ nʼetiti mba niile dị iche iche ebe ndị unu gara.
Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD: I do not [this] for your sake, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name, which ye have profaned among the nations, whither ye went.
23 Aga m eme ka ịdị nsọ nke aha ukwuu m, nke unu mere ka ọ ghara ịdị nsọ nʼetiti mba niile, pụta ìhè. Mgbe ahụ, mba niile ga-amakwa na mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị, otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara, mgbe a ga-edo m nsọ site nʼime unu nʼanya ha.
And I will sanctify my great name, which hath been profaned among the nations, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the nations shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
24 “‘Nʼihi na aga m esi na mba niile dị iche iche kpọpụta unu. Aga m achịkọta unu site nʼala niile, mee ka unu bata nʼala unu.
For I will take you from among the nations, and gather you out of all the countries, and will bring you into your own land.
25 Aga m efekwasị unu mmiri dị ọcha, unu ga-adịkwa ọcha. Aga m eme ka unu dị ọcha site na-adịghị ọcha unu niile, na site nʼikpere arụsị unu niile.
And I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
26 Aga m enye unu obi ọhụrụ, kenyekwa unu mmụọ ọhụrụ. Aga m ewepụ obi nkume nke mmehie dị nʼime unu, nye unu mkpụrụobi nke anụ ahụ.
A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
27 Aga m etinyekwa mmụọ m nʼime unu, mee ka unu gbaso ụkpụrụ m niile ma lezie anya mekwaa ihe niile m nyere nʼiwu.
And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
28 Unu ga-ebikwa nʼala ahụ nke m nyere nna unu ha. Unu ga-abụ ndị m, aga m abụkwa Chineke unu.
And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
29 Aga m azọpụta unu site na-adịghị ọcha unu niile. M ga-akpọ mkpụrụ ubi, mee ka o rie nne nke ukwu, agaghị m emekwa ka ụnwụ dakwasị unu ọzọ.
And I will save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the corn, and will multiply it, and lay no famine upon you.
30 Aga m emekwa ka mkpụrụ osisi na ihe owuwe ubi baa ụba nke ukwuu, ka unu gharakwa ịnata ihere ọzọ nʼihi ụnwụ, nʼetiti mba niile dị iche iche.
And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more the reproach of famine among the nations.
31 Mgbe ahụ, unu ga-echeta ụzọ ọjọọ unu niile na omume ọjọọ unu niile, unu ga-asọkwa onwe unu oyi nʼihi mmehie unu na ihe arụ niile unu mere.
Then shall ye remember your evil ways, and your doings that were not good; and ye shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.
32 Ma achọrọ m ka unu mata na ọ bụghị nʼihi mma unu ka m ji na-eme ihe ndị a. Otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara. Unu ụlọ Izrel, ihere kwesiri ime unu nʼihi omume ọjọọ unu mere.
Not for your sake do I [this], saith the Lord GOD, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel.
33 “‘Nke a bụ ihe Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwuru: Nʼụbọchị ahụ m ga-eme ka ị dị ọcha site na mmehie gị niile, aga m eme ka unu lọghachi nʼobodo unu biri, a ga-ewugharịkwa ebe niile tọgbọrọ nʼefu.
Thus saith the Lord GOD: In the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the waste places shall be builded.
34 Ala ubi ndị ahụ nke tọgbọrọ nʼefu agaghị atọgbọkwa nʼefu nʼihu anya ndị na-agafe agafe. A ga-akọkwa ha niile.
And the land that was desolate shall be tilled, whereas it was a desolation in the sight of all that passed by.
35 Mgbe ahụ, ha ga-asị, “Ala a, nke naara atọgbọ nʼefu, aghọọla ubi a gbara ogige, nke yiri ogige Iden. Leekwa na obodo niile ndị ahụ e tikpọrọ etikpọ, ka e wuzikwara, werekwa mgbidi gbaa ha ogige. Ugbu a, ndị mmadụ jupụtakwara nʼime ha.”
And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are fenced and inhabited.
36 Mgbe ahụ, mba niile gbara unu gburugburu, bụ ndị fọdụrụ, ga-amata na mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị wuziri ebe niile e tikpọrọ etikpọ, kụọkwa mkpụrụ nʼebe niile tọgbọrọ nʼefu. Mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị, ekwuola, aga m emekwa ya.’
Then the nations that are left round about you shall know that I the LORD have builded the ruined places, and planted that which was desolate: I the LORD have spoken it, and I will do it.
37 “Otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwuru, ọzọkwa, aga m ege ntị, zaa ekpere ụlọ Izrel, mezuoro ha arịrịọ ha. Aga m eme ka ha baa ụba dịka igwe anụ ụlọ,
Thus saith the Lord GOD: For this moreover will I be inquired of by the house of Israel; to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.
38 dịka igwe anụ ụlọ, nke na-ejupụta na Jerusalem nʼoge mmemme ya niile a kara aka. Nʼụzọ dị otu a, obodo niile e tikpọrọ etikpọ ga-ejupụtakwa na mmadụ ọzọ. Mgbe ahụ ha ga-amatakwa na mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị.”
As the flock for sacrifice, as the flock of Jerusalem in her appointed feasts; so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
