Aịzaya 26
1 Nʼụbọchị ahụ, a ga-abụ abụ a nʼala Juda niile: Anyị nwere obodo e wusiri ike. Chineke na-eme ka mgbidi ya na ebe ya niile e wusiri ike bụrụ nzọpụta nye anyị.
In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; salvation will he appoint for walls and bulwarks.
2 Meghee ụzọ ama niile, ka mba ndị ahụ na-eme ezi omume bata, e, bụ mba ahụ kwesiri ntụkwasị obi.
Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth truth may enter in.
3 Ị na-eme ka ndị niile echiche uche ha guzosiri ike nwee udo zuruoke, nʼihi na ọ bụ na gị ka ha na-atụkwasị obi ha.
Thou wilt keep [him] in perfect peace, [whose] mind [is] stayed [on thee]: because he trusteth in thee.
4 Tụkwasị Onyenwe anyị Chineke obi mgbe niile, nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị Chineke bụ oke nkume nke mgbe ebighị ebi.
Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is an everlasting rock.
5 Ndị na-akpa nganga ka ọ na-ewedata ala, na-emekwa ka obodo na-anya isi kpọọ ọnụ nʼala. Mgbidi ya ka ọ na-eme ka ọ daruo ala.
For he hath brought down them that dwell on high, the lofty city: he layeth it low, he layeth it low even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.
6 Ọ na-enyefe obodo ahụ nʼaka ndị a na-emegbu emegbu, na nʼaka ndị ogbenye ka ha zọtọọ ya ụkwụ.
The foot shall tread it down; even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.
7 Ụzọ nke onye ezi omume ha nʼotu, gị, Onye ziri ezi, na-eme ka okporoụzọ ndị ezi omume dị larịị.
The way of the just is uprightness: thou that art up right dost direct the path of the just.
8 E, Onyenwe anyị, anyị na-aga nʼụzọ nke ikpe gị niile, na-ele anya gị. Aha gị na ihe niile e ji mara gị bụ ihe na-agụsị obi anyị agụ ike.
Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; to thy name and to thy memorial is the desire of our soul.
9 Abalị niile ka obi m na-achọsi gị ike, nʼụtụtụ eji m mmụọ m niile na-achọsi gị ike, nʼihi na ọ bụ naanị mgbe ị bịara kpee ụwa ikpe ka mmadụ ga-esi nʼajọ omume tụgharịa ime ezi ihe.
With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
10 Obi ebere gị nʼebe ndị na-emebi iwu nọ adịghị eme ka ha gbanwee. Ọ bụladị nʼala a, ebe ndị ezi omume bi, ha na-anọgide na-eme ihe ọjọọ. Ha adịghị echeta ịdị ukwuu gị, Onyenwe anyị.
Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness will he deal wrongfully, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.
11 Onyenwe anyị ebuliela aka ya elu, ha adịghị ahụ ya. Gosi ha ekworo gị banyere ndị gị, ka e si otu a mee ka ihere mee ha. E, ka ọkụ ahụ ị kwadooro ndị iro gị rechapụ ha.
LORD, thy hand is lifted up, yet they see not: but they shall see [thy] zeal for the people, and be ashamed; yea, fire shall devour thine adversaries.
12 Onyenwe anyị, ị na-enye anyị udo; nʼihi na ihe niile anyị nwere sitere nʼaka gị.
LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou hast also wrought all our works for us.
13 O, Onyenwe anyị Chineke anyị, ọ dị mgbe anyị nọ nʼokpuru ọchịchị ndị ọzọ dị iche iche, ma ugbu a, ọ bụ naanị aha gị ka anyị na-efe.
O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us; but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.
14 Ndị niile anyị fere na mbụ anwụchaala; ha adịghịkwa ndụ; mmụọ ha agakwaghị alọghachi ọzọ. Nʼihi na ị tara ha ahụhụ, laa ha nʼiyi; e chefukwaala ha.
[They are] dead, they shall not live; [they are] deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.
15 I meela ka mba a dị ukwuu, Onyenwe anyị; i meela ka mba a saa mbara. I wetarala onwe gị nsọpụrụ, i meela ka oke ala ahụ niile gbatịa.
Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the nation; thou art glorified: thou hast enlarged all the borders of the land.
16 Onyenwe anyị, nʼime mkpagbu ha, ha gbakwutere gị. Mgbe iwe gị bịakwasịrị ha, ọ bụ olu dị nta ka ha ji kpeere gị ekpere.
LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer [when] thy chastening was upon them.
17 Gị, Onyenwe anyị, emeela ka anyị kwaa akwa, dị ka nwanyị ime na-eme si ata ikikere eze na akwa akwa nʼihi ihe mgbu. Otu a ka anyị nọ nʼihu gị.
Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been before thee, O LORD.
18 Anyị anọọla ọnọdụ ihe mgbu, na ịta ikikere eze, ma o nweghị ihe ọma anyị nwetara nʼime ya. Mgbalị anyị niile emeghị ka nzọpụta rute ụwa aka. O nwekwaghị ihe nwere isi anyị rụpụtara.
We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
19 Ma ndị gị niile nwụrụ anwụ ga-adị ndụ, O Onyenwe anyị. Ozu ha ga-esite nʼọnwụ bilie. Unu ndị niile bi nʼaja tetanụ ma tie mkpu ọṅụ. Nʼihi na igirigi gị dị ka igirigi nke ụtụtụ, ala ga-amụpụtakwa ndị ya niile nwụrụ anwụ.
Thy dead shall live; my dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust: for thy dew is [as] the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast forth the dead.
20 Baanụ nʼụlọ, ndị m, kpọchienụ ụzọ unu! Zoonụ onwe unu naanị nwa oge nta, tutu ruo mgbe iwe Chineke ga-agabiga.
Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
21 Lee anya! Onyenwe anyị si nʼebe obibi ya na-abịa ikpe ndị bi nʼụwa ikpe nʼihi mmehie ha niile. Ụwa ga-ekpughepụ gosi ọbara niile a wụsiri nʼelu ya, ọ gaghị ezokwa ndị niile e gburu lie nʼime ya.
For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
