Aịzaya 58
1 “Welie olu gị tie mkpu, egbochikwala iti mkpu. Welie olu gị dịka opi ike. Gwa ndị m nnupu isi ha, gwakwa ụlọ Jekọb mmehie ha.
Cry aloud, spare not, lift up your voice like a trumpet, and show my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
2 Kwa ụbọchị ka ha na-achọ m ha na-eme dịka ọ na-agụ ha agụ ịmara ụzọ m niile, dịka a ga-asị na ha bụ mba na-eme ihe ziri ezi, ndị na-agbakụtaghị iwu Chineke ha azụ. Ha na-ajụ m maka ikpe ziri ezi, na-eme dịka ọ na-agụ ha agụụ ka Chineke bịaruo ha nso.
Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.
3 Ha na-asị, ‘Nʼihi gịnị ka anyị ji ebu ọnụ, ma ị dịghị ahụta ya? Nʼihi gịnị ka anyị ji weda onwe anyị nʼala, ma ị dịghị ahụta nke a?’ “Ma nʼụbọchị unu na-ebu ọnụ, unu na-eme ihe masịrị unu, unu na-eji anya ike nara ndị na-arụrụ unu ọrụ ihe ha rụpụtara.
Why have we fasted, say they, and you see not? why have we afflicted our soul, and you take no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast you find pleasure, and exact all your labors.
4 Nʼoge ahụ, ọ bụ ise okwu na ịlụ ọgụ, ya na iti ibe unu ọkpọ nʼihi ajọọ obi ka unu ji emechi ụbọchị ibu ọnụ unu. Unu apụghị ibu ọnụ otu unu si eme taa na-ele anya ka anụ olu unu nʼelu.
Behold, you fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: you shall not fast as you do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.
5 Nke a ọ bụ ụdị obubu ọnụ nke m họpụtara, naanị ụbọchị nke ndị mmadụ ji eweda onwe ha nʼala? Ọ bụ naanị nke mmadụ ji ehulata isi ya nʼala dịka osisi achara, nke i dina nʼakwa mkpe na ntụ? Ọ bụ nke a ka unu na-akpọ obubu ọnụ, ụbọchị nke Onyenwe anyị nabatara?
Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? will you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
6 “Nke a ọ bụghị ụdị obubu ọnụ m họpụtara: Ịtọpụ agbụ niile nke ikpe na-ezighị ezi, na ịtọpụ ụdọ niile nke mmegbu, na ime ka ndị a na-emegbu nwere onwe ha na itiji yoku ọbụla?
Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?
7 Ka i kenye ndị agụụ na-agụ ihe oriri gị, ka ị kpọbata nʼime ụlọ gị ndị na-enweghị onye inyeaka, ma ndị ogbenye. Ka i nye ndị na-agba ọtọ uwe, ka ị hapụ izo onwe gị nʼebe ndị ikwu gị chọrọ inyeaka gị nọ.
Is it not to deal your bread to the hungry, and that you bring the poor that are cast out to your house? when you see the naked, that you cover him; and that you hide not yourself from your own flesh?
8 Ọ bụrụ na i mee ihe ndị a, aga m eme ka ihuọma m chakwasị gị dịka ìhè isi ụtụtụ. A ga-agwọkwa ọrịa gị niile. Mgbe ahụ, ezi omume gị ga-edu gị, ebube Onyenwe anyị ga-echekwa gị nʼazụ.
Then shall your light break forth as the morning, and your health shall spring forth speedily: and your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.
9 Mgbe ahụ, ị ga-akpọ, Onyenwe anyị ga-azakwa, ị ga-eti mkpu akwa maka enyemaka, ọ ga-asị gị, Lekwa m nʼebe a. “Ọ bụrụ na ị wezuga yoku mmegbu, ọ bụrụkwa na ịkwụsị ịtụ mkpịsịaka, na ịgbasa okwu ịkpọ asị,
Then shall you call, and the LORD shall answer; you shall cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If you take away from the middle of you the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;
10 ọ bụrụ na inye ndị agụụ na-agụ nri, nyere ndị nọ na mkpa aka, mgbe ahụ, ìhè gị ga-achawapụta, ọchịchịrị niile gbara gị gburugburu ga-aghọ ìhè, na-achakwa ka ehihie.
And if you draw out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall your light rise in obscurity, and your darkness be as the noon day:
11 Onyenwe anyị ga na-edu gị mgbe niile. Ọ ga-eme ka afọ jụ gị nʼala kpọrọ nkụ, meekwa ka ị nọrọ nʼahụ isiike. Ị ga-adịkwa ka ubi a gbara ogige nke a na-agba mmiri nke ọma, dịka isi iyi na-adịghị ata ata.
And the LORD shall guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in drought, and make fat your bones: and you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
12 Ndị gị ga-edozi mkpọmkpọ ebe ochie niile. Ha ga-ebulikwa ntọala nke mgbe ochie. A ga-akpọ unu ndị na-edozi mgbidi dara ada, ndị na-arụzikwa okporoụzọ nke ebe obibi.
And they that shall be of you shall build the old waste places: you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; and you shall be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
13 “Ọ bụrụ na i debe ụkwụ gị site na-edebeghị ụbọchị izuike nsọ, sitekwa na-ime ihe ndị na-atọ gị ụtọ nʼụbọchị nsọ m, ọ bụrụ na ịkpọ ụbọchị izuike m ihe mmasị na ụbọchị nsọ Onyenwe anyị ihe a na-akwanyere ugwu, ọ bụrụ na ị sọpụrụ ya site na-emeghị ihe nʼụzọ nke gị, na-emeghị ọchịchọ nke obi gị, maọbụ ikwugheri ọnụ,
If you turn away your foot from the sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honorable; and shall honor him, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words:
14 mgbe ahụ, ị ga-achọta ọṅụ gị nʼime Onyenwe anyị, m ga-emekwa ka ịnọkwasị nʼebe dị elu niile nke ala ahụ, meekwa ka irie oriri na ihe nketa nke nna gị Jekọb.” Nʼihi na ọnụ Onyenwe anyị ekwuola ya.
Then shall you delight yourself in the LORD; and I will cause you to ride on the high places of the earth, and feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father: for the mouth of the LORD has spoken it.
