Aịzaya 1
1 Ọhụ Aịzaya nwa Emọz, nke ọ hụrụ banyere Juda na Jerusalem nʼoge ọchịchị Ụzaya, Jotam, Ehaz na Hezekaya, bụ ndị eze Juda.
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
2 Gee ntị, gị eluigwe, gee ntị, gị ụwa! Nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị ekwuola okwu: “Azụrụ m ụmụntakịrị, zụlite ha, ma ha enupula isi megide m.
Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
3 Ehi maara onyenwe ya, ịnyịnya ibu makwaara ebe onyenwe ya na-anọ azụ ya nri, ma Izrel amaghị m, ndị m adịghị aghọtakwa.”
The ox knoweth his owner, and the donkey his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
4 Ahụhụ dịrị mba ndị mmehie, ndị ajọ omume riri ahụ, ụmụ ndị ajọ omume, ụmụ ndị nyefere onwe ha na mmerụ! Ha agbakụtala Onyenwe anyị azụ, ha elelịala Onye dị Nsọ nke Izrel, ha agbakụtala ya azụ ha.
Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel to anger, they are gone away backward.
5 Gịnị mere a ga-eji nọgide na-eti unu ihe? Gịnị mere unu ji nọgide na nnupu isi? Lee ọnya juru unu isi, leekwa na ọrịa na-arịa obi unu.
Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
6 O nweghị akụkụ ahụ unu zuruoke, site nʼọbọ ụkwụ unu ruo nʼopi isi unu; ọnya, na ntihịa ahụ, na ọnya mmerụ ahụ, jupụtara unu nʼahụ; e kechikwaghị ha, e tekwaghị ha mmanụ.
From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
7 Ala unu tọgbọrọ nʼefu, agbaakwala obodo unu ọkụ. Ndị mbịarambịa ewerechaala ihe dị nʼubi unu nʼihu unu, ha emeela ka ọ tọgbọrọ nʼefu dịka mgbe onye ọbịa kpochapụrụ ihe dị nʼime ya.
Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, foreigners devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by foreigners.
8 Ada Zayọn ka a hapụrụ dịka ụlọ nche dị nʼubi vaịnị, dịka ụlọ nta dị nʼubi kukumba, dịka obodo ndị iro gbara gburugburu.
And the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
9 Ọ bụrụ na Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile emeghị ka mmadụ ole na ole fọdụ ndụ nʼime anyị, anyị gara adị ka Sọdọm, anyị gaara adịkwa ka Gọmọra.
Except the LORD of hosts had left to us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like Gomorrah.
10 Nụrụnụ okwu Onyenwe anyị, unu ndị na-achị Sọdọm; geenụ ntị nʼozizi Chineke anyị, unu ndị Gọmọra.
Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear to the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
11 “Nʼihi gịnị ka unu ji na-achụrụ m ọtụtụ aja, gịnị ka ihe ndị a bụ nye m?” ka Onyenwe anyị sịrị. “Afọ ejula m nʼaja nsure ọkụ niile nke eji ebule na anụmanụ e mere ka ha gbaa abụba chụọ; Ọbara oke ehi na nke ụmụ atụrụ na mkpi adịghị atọkwa m ụtọ.
To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of male goats.
12 Mgbe unu na-abịa ka ahụ unu nʼihu m, onye chọrọ nke a nʼaka unu? Kwụsịnụ ịzọtọ ogige m.
When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?
13 Kwụsị iweta onyinye niile na-enweghị isi. Ihe nsure ọkụ na-esi isi ụtọ unu bụrụ m ihe arụ. Mmemme ọnwa ọhụrụ, na nke ụbọchị izuike, na nzukọta unu niile, apụghị m ịnagide mkpọkọta unu nke na-abaghị uru.
Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination to me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot endure; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
14 Mkpụrụobi m kpọrọ mmemme ọnwa ọhụrụ, na mmemme unu ndị ọzọ a kara aka asị. Ha bụụrụ m ibu arọ, ike agwụkwala m ibu ha.
Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble to me; I am weary of bearing them.
15 Mgbe unu na-agbasa aka unu nʼekpere, agaghị m aṅa unu ntị; ọ bụladị mgbe unu na-ekpe ọtụtụ ekpere, agaghị m aṅa ntị.” Nʼihi na aka unu jupụtara nʼọbara!
And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
16 Sachapụnụ onwe unu, dịkwanụ ọcha. Wezuganụ ajọ omume unu niile site nʼihu m; kwụsịnụ ime ihe na-adịghị mma.
Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil;
17 Mụtanụ otu e si eme ihe ziri ezi; chọọnụ ikpe ziri ezi, nyerenụ ndị a na-emegbu aka. Werenụ ọnọdụ nna nʼebe ndị na-enweghị nna nọ, ma kwuchitenụ ọnụ ụmụ nwanyị di ha nwụrụ.
Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
18 “Bịanụ ka anyị kparịtaa ụka,” bụ ihe Onyenwe anyị na-asị. “A sịkwarị na mmehie unu dị ka uwe uhie, ha ga-adị ọcha dịka akụmmiri igwe, a sịkwa na ha dị uhie uhie dịka ogho uhie, ha ga-adịkwa ka ajị anụ ọcha.
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
19 Ọ bụrụ na unu ga-ekwenye, ọ bụrụ na unu ga-erubere m isi, aga m eme ka unu nwee ezi ihe nke unu ga-eri nʼala a.
If ye are willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
20 Ma ọ bụrụ na unu ajụ ma nupu isi, ọ bụ mma agha ka a ga-eji gbuchapụ unu.” Nʼihi na ọnụ Onyenwe anyị ekwula ya.
But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
21 Lee ka obodo ahụ kwesiri ntụkwasị obi aghọọla onye akwụna! Ọ bụ nke jupụtararị nʼikpe ziri ezi; ezi omume na-anọbu nʼime ya, ma ugbu a, ọ bụzi ndị ogbu mmadụ.
How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
22 Ọlaọcha gị aghọọla unyi, ezi mmanya gị aghọọla nke a gwafere mmiri oke.
Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:
23 Ndị ndu gị niile bụ ndị nnupu isi, ndị bụkwa ndị enyi ndị ohi, onye ọbụla nʼime ha hụrụ iri ngarị nʼanya, na-agbasokwa onyinye. Ha adịghị echebe ndị na-enweghị nna ikpe gbasara ndị inyom di ha nwụrụ adịghị abịa nʼihu ha.
Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth bribes, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come to them.
24 Nʼihi ya, Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile, Onye dị ike nke Izrel, kwubiri sị, “Aga m abọ ọbọ megide ndị iro m, ime ka unu gharakwa inye m nsogbu ọzọ.
Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will rid myself of my adversaries, and avenge me of my enemies:
25 Aka m ga-abịakwasị unu. Aga m anụcha unu dịka e si anụcha ọlaedo, si otu a wepụchaa unyi niile dị nʼime unu.
And I will turn my hand upon thee, and thoroughly purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:
26 Emesịa, aga m enye unu ndị na-ekpe ikpe ziri ezi. Ndị na-adụ unu ọdụ ga-abụkwa ndị nwere uche dịka ndị unu nwere na mbụ. Ọzọ, a ga-akpọ obodo unu Obodo Ezi Omume, Obodo kwesiri Ntụkwasị Obi.”
And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.
27 A ga-eji ikpe ziri ezi zọpụta Zayọn. Ọ ga-ejikwa ezi omume zọpụta ndị niile lọghachikwutere ya.
Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.
28 Ma ndị mmehie niile na ndị niile na-enupu isi ka ọ ga-ala nʼiyi; ọ ga-egbukwa ndị niile na-agbakụta Onyenwe anyị azụ.
And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.
29 “Ihere ga-eme unu nʼihi osisi ook nsọ ndị ahụ niile obi unu na-enwe aṅụrị nʼime ha. Ihere ga-eme unu nʼihi ubi a gbara ogige ndị ahụ unu jiri aka unu họrọ.
For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
30 Unu ga-ala nʼiyi dịka osisi ook na-akpọnwụ akpọnwụ maọbụ ka ubi a gbara ogige nke mmiri kọrọ.
For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.
31 Onye kachasị ike nʼetiti unu ga-ala nʼiyi dịka ahịhịa na-ere ọkụ; ọrụ ya ga-abụ icheku ọkụ nke ga-emenye ọkụ ahụ ga-erepịa unu. Ọ dịkwaghị onye pụrụ imenyụ ya.”
And the strong shall be as a wick, and its maker as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.
