Aịzaya 42
1 “Lee ohu m, onye m na-agba ume, onye m họpụtara, onye ihe ya na-atọ mkpụrụobi m ụtọ. Aga m eme ka Mmụọ m dịrị nʼime ya. Ọ ga-emekwa ka ikpe ziri ezi rute mba niile aka.
“Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations.
2 Ọ gaghị eti mkpu maọbụ welie olu ya kwaa akwa, maọbụ welie olu ya elu, ọ gaghị eme ka a nụ olu ya nʼezi.
He will not cry out or raise His voice, nor make His voice heard in the streets.
3 Ọ gaghị agbaji ahịhịa riidi azọpịara azọpịa, maọbụ menyụọ ogho oriọna na-enwu ntakịrị ntakịrị. Ọ ga-esite nʼikwesị ntụkwasị obi wepụta ikpe ziri ezi.
A bruised reed He will not break and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice.
4 Ọ gaghị asọ ngọngọ maọbụ daa mba, ruo mgbe o hiwere ikpe ziri ezi nʼelu ụwa. Ọ bụkwa nʼozizi ya ka agwa etiti niile ga-atụkwasị olileanya ha.”
He will not grow weak or discouraged before He has established justice on the earth. In His law the islands will put their hope.”
5 Nke a bụ ihe Chineke bụ Onyenwe anyị kwuru, onye ahụ kere eluigwe niile, onye gbasapụkwara ha, onye gbasapụkwara ụwa nʼihe niile nke si nʼime ya apụta, onye na-enye ndị niile bi nʼime ya ume, na-enyekwa ndị na-agagharị nʼime ya ndụ.
This is what God the LORD says— He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:
6 “Mụ onwe m, bụ Onyenwe anyị, akpọla gị ka i gosi ezi omume m. Aga m echebe gị, gbaa gị ume, nʼihi na eweere m gị nye ndị m ka ị bụrụ ihe imesi ọgbụgba ndụ m ike. Ị ga-abụkwa ìhè nye mba niile.
“I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,
7 Ị ga-emeghe anya ndị kpuru ìsì, gbapụtakwa ndị nọ nʼụlọ mkpọrọ, meekwa ka ndị nọ nʼụlọ mkpọrọ gbara ọchịchịrị nwere onwe ha.
to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.
8 “Mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị! Nke a bụkwa aha m. Agaghị m enye onye ọzọ ugwu na nsọpụrụ m. Mụ na arụsị a pịrị apị agakwaghị azọ otuto m.
I am the LORD; that is My name! I will not yield My glory to another or My praise to idols.
9 Lee ihe ochie emezuola ma nke ọhụrụ ka m na-ekwupụta. Tupu ha pụta ìhè ana m akpọsa ha nye unu.”
Behold, the former things have happened, and now I declare new things. Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”
10 Bụkuonụ Onyenwe anyị abụ ọhụrụ; tookwanụ ya, unu ndị niile bi na nsọtụ niile nke ụwa, unu ndị na-arịda nʼosimiri, na ihe niile bi nʼime ya. Toonu ya unu ndị bi nʼala ebe mmiri gbara gburugburu.
Sing to the LORD a new song— His praise from the ends of the earth— you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, you islands, and all who dwell in them.
11 Ka ọzara na obodo niile dị nʼime ya welie olu ha elu, ka ndị bi na Keda ṅụrịa ọṅụ. Ka ndị bi na Sela tie mkpu ọṅụ, ka ha si nʼelu ugwu niile tisie mkpu ọṅụ ike.
Let the desert and its cities raise their voices; let the villages of Kedar cry aloud. Let the people of Sela sing for joy; let them cry out from the mountaintops.
12 Ka ha nye Onyenwe anyị ebube, kpọsaakwa otuto ya nʼala niile mmiri gbara gburugburu.
Let them give glory to the LORD and declare His praise in the islands.
13 Onyenwe anyị ga-apụta buo agha dịka dike. Ọ bụ site nʼịnụ ọkụ nʼobi nke onye agha ka ọ ga-eji buo agha. Ọ ga-eti mkpu agha megide ndị iro ya, ma merie ha.
The LORD goes forth like a mighty one; He stirs up His zeal like a warrior. He shouts; yes, He roars in triumph over His enemies:
14 “Ọ dịla anya kemgbe m gbara nkịtị; ejidesịrị m onwe m aka ike. Ma ugbu a, aga m egosi iwe m; aga m asụ ude, kwaa akwa dị ka nwanyị ime na-eme.
“I have kept silent from ages past; I have remained quiet and restrained. But now I will groan like a woman in labor; I will at once gasp and pant.
15 Aga m eme ka ugwu ukwu na ugwu nta niile dị larịị, meekwa ka ihe ọkụkụ ha niile kpọnwụọ. Aga m eme ka osimiri ghọọ ọzara, meekwa ka ọdọ mmiri niile takpọọ.
I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation. I will turn the rivers into dry land and drain the marshes.
16 Aga m edu ndị kpuru ìsì, site nʼụzọ nke ha na-amaghị, nʼokporoụzọ ha agatụbeghị ka m ga-edu ha; Aga m eme ka ọchịchịrị ghọọ ìhè nʼihu ha, meekwa ka ebe niile gbagọrọ agbagọ guzozie. Ihe ndị a niile ka m ga-eme. Agaghị m agbakụta ha azụ.
I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.
17 Ma ndị niile na-atụkwasị arụsị obi, ndị na-asị ihe ndị ahụ a pịrị apị, ‘Unu bụ chi anyị,’ a ga-achụghachi ha azụ nʼọnọdụ ihere.
But those who trust in idols and say to molten images, ‘You are our gods!’ will be turned back in utter shame.
18 “Geenụ ntị, unu ndị ntị chiri, leenụ anya unu ndị ìsì kpuru, ma hụ ụzọ.
Listen, you deaf ones; look, you blind ones, that you may see!
19 Olee onye kpuru ìsì dịka ohu m? Onye kwa ka ntị chiri dịka onyeozi nke eziokwu m? Ọ dị onye ọzọ kpuru ìsì dịka onye a m họpụtara ka ọ bụrụ ohu Onyenwe anyị?
Who is blind but My servant, or deaf like the messenger I am sending? Who is blind like My covenant partner, or blind like the servant of the LORD?
20 Ị hụla ọtụtụ ihe, ma ị dịghị atụkwasị uche gị na ha. Ntị gị ghere oghe, ma ị dịghị eji ya anụ ihe.”
Though seeing many things, you do not keep watch. Though your ears are open, you do not hear.”
21 Onyenwe anyị emeela ka iwu ya dị ukwuu, meekwa ka ọ dị ebube, nʼihi na ọ tọrọ ya ụtọ isite na ya mee ka ezi omume ya pụta ìhè.
The LORD was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness, to magnify His law and make it glorious.
22 Ma e meela ka ndị ya bụrụ ndị e zukpọrọ ihe ha nwere nʼoge agha. A kpọchikwara ha nʼolulu e gwuru nʼala, zoo ha nʼime ụlọ mkpọrọ dị iche iche. Ha aghọọla ihe a kwatara nʼagha, ma ọ dịghị onye na-anapụta ha. Ha aghọkwaala ihe e si nʼaka mmadụ pụnara ya nʼike, ma ọ dịghị onye na-asị ndị iro ha, “Nyeghachikwa m ihe m i ji aka ike were.”
But this is a people plundered and looted, all trapped in caves or imprisoned in dungeons. They have become plunder with no one to rescue them, and loot with no one to say, “Send them back!”
23 Onye ka ọ bụ nʼetiti unu nke ga-ege ntị nʼihe ndị a? Onye ga-aṅa ntị si otu a mata ihe na-aga ime nʼoge dị nʼihu?
Who among you will pay attention to this? Who will listen and obey hereafter?
24 Onye weere Jekọb nyefee nʼaka ndị na-ebibi ihe, onye were Izrel nyefee ndị ohi? Ọ bụ na ọ bụghị Onyenwe anyị onye ha mehiere megide? Nʼihi na ha ekweghị eso ụzọ ya niile, ha erubeghị isi nye iwu ya.
Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? They were unwilling to walk in His ways, and they would not obey His law.
25 Ọ bụ ya mere o ji wụkwasị ndị ya iwe ọkụ ya, ihe ike nke agha. Ọ bụ ezie na iwe ya bịakwasịrị ha dịka ọkụ na-erepịa erepịa, ma ha aghọtaghị ihe kpatara ya; o repịara ha, ma ha atụgharịa uche ha banyere ya.
So He poured out on them His furious anger and the fierceness of battle. It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.
