Aịzaya 5
1 Aga m abụ abụ nye onye m hụrụ nʼanya, abụ banyere ubi vaịnị ya. Onye m hụrụ nʼanya nwere ubi ya nʼelu ugwu nta nke bụ ezi ala.
Let me sing now a song respecting my friend, A song respecting my friend touching his vineyard. My friend had a vineyard On a very fruitful hill;
2 O gwuzere ya, wepụsịa okwute niile dị nʼime ya, werekwa mkpụrụ vaịnị mara mma kụọ nʼime ya. O wuru ụlọ nche nʼetiti ya, sitekwa na nkume wapụtakwa ebe ịzọcha mmanya. Emesịa, ọ nọdụrụ chere oge owuwe ihe ubi. Mgbe oge ahụ ruru, ọ chọpụtara na nʼọnọdụ mkpụrụ vaịnị mara mma, ọ bụ ndị jọrọ njọ mịrị.
He digged it, and cleared it of stones, And planted it with the choicest vine, And built a tower in the midst of it, And hewed out a wine-press therein; Then he looked that it should bring forth its grapes, But it brought forth sour grapes.
3 “Ugbu a, ndị ikom Jerusalem na Juda, unu anụla ihe mere. Kpebienụ ikpe a dị nʼetiti mụ na ubi vaịnị m.
And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, Judge ye between me and my vineyard!
4 Olee ihe ọzọ m gaara emere ya karịa ihe m mere? Gịnị mere ubi vaịnị m ji mịara m mkpụrụ jọrọ njọ nʼọnọdụ mkpụrụ na-atọ ụtọ?
What could have been done for my vineyard That I have not done for it? Why, then, when I looked that it should bring forth its grapes, Brought it forth sour grapes?
5 Ugbu a, lee, ihe m na-aga ime ubi vaịnị m a. Aga m ewepụ ihe mgbochi a gbara ya, hapụ ya ka ọ ghọọ ebe anụ ụlọ na-ata nri. Aga m etida mgbidi ya hapụ ya ka ọ bụrụ ebe a na-azọtọ ụkwụ.
But come now, and I will tell you What I mean to do with my vineyard. I will take away its hedge, and it shall be eaten up; I will break down its wall, and it shall be trodden down!
6 Agaghị m akwachakwa ya ọzọ. Agakwaghị m egwuru ya ala, aga m ahapụ ya ka ogwu na uke too nʼime ya. Aga m enyekwa igwe ojii iwu ka mmiri ghara izokwasị ya ọzọ.”
And I will make it a waste; It shall not be pruned, nor digged, But shall grow up into thorns and briers; I will also command the clouds That they shed no rain upon it.
7 Ubi vaịnị nke Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile, bụ mba Izrel na ndị Juda, ha bụ vaịnị ahụ nke nʼatọ obi ya ụtọ. Ma o lere anya ikpe ziri ezi, ma ihe ọ hụrụ bụ iwusi ọbara. O lere anya ezi omume, ma ihe ọ nụrụ bụ mkpu akwa ndị a na-emegbu emegbu.
The vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, And the men of Judah the plant of his delight. He looked for justice, and behold, bloodshed! For righteousness, and behold, outcry!
8 Ahụhụ dịrị unu ndị na-azụkọta ala ma ndị ọzọ ahụghị ebe ha ga-ebi, unu ndị na-ewu ụlọ na-ewukwasị ụlọ nʼala buru ibu, ime ka ọ bụrụ naanị unu bi nʼụwa.
Woe to them that join house to house, That add field to field, Till there is no place left, And they dwell alone in the land.
9 Ma Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile ekwuola ihe banyere unu, na ọnọdụ unu. Eji m ntị m abụọ nụ mgbe ọ na-asị, “Nʼezie, ọtụtụ ụlọ mara mma ga-atọgbọrọ nʼefu, ụlọ ukwu mara mma ndị nwe ha agaghị anọkwa.
To mine ear hath Jehovah of hosts revealed it: Surely many houses shall become a desolation, The great and the fair ones, without an inhabitant.
10 Ubi vaịnị ahụ a ga-eji ehi abụọ kọọ ụbọchị iri ga-ewepụta naanị ihe nwere ike iru galọọnụ mmanya isii, ma ọka a kọrọ, nke ruru akpa ọka atọ ga-amịpụta ihe ruru otu akpa nʼọkara.”
Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield a single bath of wine, And a homer of seed shall produce but an ephah.
11 Ahụhụ ga-adịrị unu niile ndị na-ebili nʼisi ụtụtụ ịgbaso mmanya. Ndị na-amụgide anya abalị tutu ruo mgbe ha ṅụbigara mmanya oke.
Woe to them that rise early in the morning to follow strong drink, —Who sit late in the night that wine may inflame them!
12 Unu na-eji ụbọ akwara dị iche iche na une, na ihe iti egwu na opi, na mmanya na-eme onwe unu obi ụtọ nʼoge mmemme oriri unu, ma unu na-elelị Onyenwe anyị anya; unu adịghịkwa asọpụrụ akaọrụ ya.
And the lyre and the harp, the tabret and the pipe, and wine, are at their feasts, But they regard not the work of Jehovah, Nor attend to the operation of his hands.
13 Nʼihi ya, ndị m ga-eje biri na mba ọzọ, nʼihi amaghị ihe; ndị ọkwa ha dị elu ga-anwụ nʼihi agụụ, ndị mmadụ efu ga-abụ ndị akpịrị ga-akpọ nkụ nʼihi agụụ mmiri.
Therefore shall my people be led captive, when they think not of it; Their honorable men shall be famished with hunger, And their rich men parched with thirst.
14 Nʼihi ya, ala mmụọ na-eme ka ọchịchọ ya saa mbara, ọ na-asaghebigakwa ọnụ ya oke; ndị ukwu na ndị nta bi nʼime ala a ka ọ ga-elo, tinyere ndị na-emebiga mkpọtụ oke, na ndị na-egwuribiga egwu ọṅụ oke. (Sheol h7585)
Therefore doth the under-world enlarge its greedy throat, And stretch open its mouth without measure, And down go her nobility and her wealth, Her busy throng, and all that was joyful within her. (Sheol h7585)
15 Nʼụbọchị ahụ, a ga-eweda nʼala ndị dị elu, na ndị dị ala, ndị mpako ka a ga-eweda nʼala.
The mean man shall be bowed down, And the great man shall be brought low, And the eyes of the haughty shall be humbled;
16 Ma Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile, nwee ọnọdụ dịkarịsịrị elu, nʼihi ikpe ikpe ziri ezi ya, Chineke onye dị nsọ na-egosikwa onwe ya na ọ dị nsọ site nʼezi omume ya.
Jehovah of hosts shall be exalted through judgment; Yea, God, the Holy One, shall be sanctified through righteousness.
17 Mgbe ahụ, ụmụ atụrụ ga-akpa nri ha dị ka ọ bụ nʼọzara ka ha nọ, ehi na anụ ụlọ ga-akpa nri ha nʼụlọ ndị ọgaranya niile e tikpọrọ etikpọ.
Then shall the lambs feed, as in their own pasture, And the deserted fields of the rich shall strangers consume.
18 Ahụhụ ga-adịrị ndị ji aghụghọ na-adọkpụgharị mmehie ha; ahụhụ dịkwara ndị na-adọkpụgharị ajọ omume ha dịka ụdọ eji adọkpụgharị ụgbọala.
Woe to them that draw calamity with cords of wickedness, And punishment as with wagon-traces, —
19 Nye ndị ahụ na-asị “Ka Chineke mee ngwa; ya rụọ ọrụ ya ọsịịsọ, ka anyị hụ ya. Atụmatụ nke Onye nsọ nke Izrel, ka ọ bịaruo nso, ka ọ pụta ìhè, ka anyị nwe ike mara ihe o zubere.”
Who say, Let him make speed, let him hasten his work that we may see it! Let the purpose of the Holy One of Israel draw near and be fulfilled, that we may know it!
20 Ahụhụ dịrị ndị na-akpọ ihe ọjọọ ezi ihe ndị na-akpọkwa ezi ihe ihe ọjọọ, ndị na-etinye ọchịchịrị nʼọnọdụ ìhè na ìhè nʼọnọdụ ọchịchịrị ndị na-etinye ihe dị ilu nʼọnọdụ ihe ụtọ, na ihe ụtọ nʼọnọdụ ihe ilu.
Woe to them that call evil good, and good evil, That put darkness for light, and light for darkness, That put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
21 Ahụhụ ga-adịrị ndị maara ihe nʼanya nke onwe ha, ndị na-elekwa onwe ha anya na ha bụ ndị nwere nghọta.
Woe to them that are wise in their own eyes, And prudent in their own conceit!
22 Ahụhụ ga-adịrị ndị bụ dike nʼịṅụ mmanya, na ndị bụkwa dimkpa nʼịgwakọta mmanya,
Woe to them that are valiant to drink wine, And men of might to mingle strong drink!
23 ndị na-asị onye ikpe maara nʼikpe amaghị ya nʼihi ịnata ngarị, ma wezuga ikpe ziri ezi site nʼebe onye aka ya dị ọcha nọ.
That clear the guilty for a reward, And take away from the righteous his right!
24 Nʼihi ya, dịka ire ọkụ si erechapụ ahịhịa ọka, na dịka ahịhịa kpọrọ nkụ si ada nʼime ọkụ na-enwu enwu, otu a ka mgbọrọgwụ ha ga-ere ure okoko ha ka ikuku ga-ebufu dịka uzuzu; nʼihi na ha ajụla iwu niile Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile nyere, lelịakwa okwu nke Onye nsọ Izrel.
Therefore, as fire devours stubble, And as the withered grass sinks into the flame, So their root shall become rottenness, And their blossom shall fly up like dust. For they have despised the law of Jehovah of hosts, And contemned the word of the Holy One of Israel.
25 Nʼihi nke a, iwe Onyenwe anyị dị ọkụ megide ndị ya; o setịpụrụ aka ya na-etitu ha nʼala. Ugwu niile ga-ama jijiji, ozu ndị ahụ dịka ihe na-abaghị uru nʼokporoụzọ niile. Ma nʼagbanyeghị ihe ndị a niile, iwe ya alaghachibeghị azụ, aka ya ka setịpụkwara esetipụ.
Therefore is the anger of Jehovah kindled against his people; He stretcheth forth his hand against them, and smiteth them, so that the mountains tremble, And their carcasses are as dung in the midst of the streets; For all this his anger is not turned away, But his hand is stretched out still.
26 Ọ ga-eweli ọkọlọtọ nye mba niile dị nʼebe dị anya, ọ na-akpọkọta ndị niile nọ na nsọtụ ụwa. Ma lee, ka ha na-abịa, ha na-eme ngwa bịa ọsịịsọ.
He lifteth up a banner for the nations afar off, He whistleth for them from the ends of the earth, And behold, they haste, and come swiftly.
27 Ọ dịghị onye na-ada mba, ọ dịkwaghị onye nʼasụ ngọngọ nʼime ha, ọ dịghị onye nʼatụ oru ụra maọbụ rahụ ụra, ọ dịghị ihe ike nʼukwu ha nke tọpụrụ atọpụ ọ dịghị ihe ikechi akpụkpọụkwụ nke dọbiri adọbi.
None among them is weary, and none stumbleth; None slumbereth nor sleepeth; The girdle of their loins is not loosed, Nor the latchet of their shoes broken.
28 Àkụ ha niile dị nkọ, ekweela ụta ha niile, ụkwụ ịnyịnya dị ka nkume ọkụ, ụkwụ ụgbọ agha ha dị ka oke ifufe.
Their arrows are sharp, And all their bows bent; The hoofs of their horses are like flint, And their wheels like a whirlwind.
29 Ha na-ebigbọ dịka ọdụm, ha na-ebigbọkwa dịka ụmụ ọdụm; ha na-asụ mgbe ha wụkwasịrị nʼelu ihe ndọgbu. Ha na-ejide ndị m, kpụrụ ha laa, ọ dịkwaghị onye nnapụta ha nwere.
Their roaring is like the roaring of the lion; They roar like young lions; They roar, and seize the prey; They bear it away, and none can rescue it.
30 Nʼụbọchị ahụ, ha ga-ebigbọ nʼelu ya dịka mbigbọ nke oke osimiri. A sịkwa na mmadụ elegide ala ahụ anya, ọ ga-ahụ na ọchịchịrị na ihe mgbu, ọ bụladị anyanwụ ka igwe ojii ga-eme ka ọ gbaa ọchịchịrị.
Yea, in that day shall they roar against them like the roaring of the sea; And if one look to the land, behold darkness and sorrow, And the light is darkened by its clouds.
