Aịzaya 8
1 Onyenwe anyị siri m, “Were otu mbadamba ihe dị ukwuu, were odee nke onye ọbụla na-eji ede ihe dekwasị ya Maha-shalal-Hash-Baz.
Then the LORD said to me, “Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary stylus: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
2 Aga m akpọbata Ụraya onye nchụaja na Zekaraya nwa Jeberekaya dịka ndị akaebe kwesiri ntụkwasị obi.”
And I will appoint for Myself trustworthy witnesses—Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah.”
3 Emesịa, mụ na nwunye m, bụ onye amụma dinakọrọ, ọ tụụrụ ime, mụọrọ m nwa nwoke. Ma Onyenwe anyị sịrị m, “Gụọ ya Maha-shalal-Hash-Baz.
And I had relations with the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. The LORD said to me, “Name him Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
4 Nʼihi na tupu nwantakịrị ahụ etolite ịkpọ nne maọbụ nna, eze ndị Asịrịa ga-ebuso Damaskọs na Sameria agha, bukọrọkwa akụ ha niile.”
For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”
5 Onyenwe anyị gwakwara m okwu ọzọ sị,
And the LORD spoke to me further:
6 “Nʼihi na ndị a ajụla mmiri Shiloa nke ji nwayọọ na-asọ ma na-aṅụrị ọṅụ nʼihi Rezin na nwa nwoke Remalaya,
“Because this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoiced in Rezin and the son of Remaliah,
7 ya mere, Onyenwe anyị na-aga iweta iju mmiri nke osimiri Yufretis megide ha, bụ eze ndị Asịrịa ya na ebube ya niile. Ọ ga-erubiga oke, gafee ụzọ ya niile, ọ ga-erubiga ma tofeekwa ọnụ ya niile,
the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates — the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.
8 wụsịakwa nʼala Juda niile. Ọ ga-erikpu ala Juda niile, ọ ga-agabiga, kpuchiekwa ọ bụladị nʼolu ka ọ ga-eru. Nku ya ga-agbasa kpuchie obosara niile nke ala gị, O Ịmanụel.”
It will pour into Judah, swirling and sweeping over it, reaching up to the neck; its spreading streams will cover your entire land, O Immanuel!
9 Tienụ mkpu agha unu mba dị iche iche, ma a ga-etipịa unu. Geenụ ntị unu mba niile dị ebe dị anya. Kwadoonụ maka agha ma a ga-etipịa unu. Kwadoonụ maka agha ka e tipịa unu.
Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!
10 Tụọnụ atụmatụ unu ma a ga-ekposa ya. Wepụtanụ atụmatụ unu ma ọ gaghị eguzo nʼihi na Chineke nọnyere anyị.
Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us.”
11 Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị sịrị m nʼike nke aka ya dị nʼahụ, ọ dọrọ m aka na ntị ka m ghara ije ije nʼụzọ ndị nke a, na-asị:
For this is what the LORD has spoken to me with a strong hand, instructing me not to walk in the way of this people:
12 “Adịnyerela ha nʼihe niile ha na-ezube ime na nzuzo megide ọchịchị; ka ihe ha na-atụ egwu hapụ ịbụ ihe ga-eme ka ị tụọ egwu.
“Do not call conspiracy everything these people regard as conspiracy. Do not fear what they fear; do not live in dread.
13 Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile, ya ka unu ga-edo nsọ. Ya bụ onye unu kwesiri ịtụ ụjọ. Ya bụ onye unu ga-atụ egwu ma jijiji.
The LORD of Hosts is the One you shall regard as holy. Only He should be feared; only He should be dreaded.
14 Ọ ga-abụkwa ebe nsọ; nye ụlọ Izrel na Juda, ọ ga-aghọrọ ha nkume nke na-eme ka ndị mmadụ sọọ ngọngọ, oke nkume nke na-eme ka ha daa. Ọ ga-abụkwara ndị Jerusalem igbudu na ọnya nke ha ga-adaba nʼime ya.
And He will be a sanctuary— but to both houses of Israel a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, to the dwellers of Jerusalem a trap and a snare.
15 Ọtụtụ nʼime ha ga-asọ ngọngọ; ha ga-ada bụrụ ndị e tipịara. Ha ga-abụ ndị ọnya ga-ama, na ndị a ga-anwude.”
Many will stumble over these; they will fall and be broken; they will be ensnared and captured.”
16 Kechie ihe ịgba ama nke iwu a kpuchie ntụziaka Chineke nke ọma nʼetiti ndị na-eso ụzọ ya.
Bind up the testimony and seal the law among my disciples.
17 Aga m echere Onyenwe anyị, onye na-ezonarị ụlọ Jekọb ihu ya ugbu a. Aga m atụkwasị obi m na ya.
I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.
18 Lee mụ onwe m, na ụmụ ndị Onyenwe anyị nyere m. Anyị bụ ihe ịrịbama na ihe iji cheta ihe nye ndị Izrel site na Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile, onye na-ebi nʼugwu Zayọn.
Here am I, and the children the LORD has given me as signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD of Hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.
19 Mgbe onye ọbụla sịrị unu, jụtanụ ndị na-ajụ mmụọ ọjọọ ase na ndị dibịa afa ihe, bụ ndị na-ekwu okwu nʼolu dị nta nke mmadụ na-adịghị anụ nke ọma na ndị na-atamu atamu, ndị mmadụ ọ gaghị ajụ Chineke ha ase? Ọ bụ nʼihi gịnị ka eji jụta ndị nwụrụ anwụ ase nʼihi ndị dị ndụ?
When men tell you to consult the spirits of the dead and the spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?
20 Lezienụ okwu ntụziaka na nke ịdọ aka na ntị Chineke anya. Ọ bụrụ na ozi ha dị iche na nke a, o gosiri na ha enweghị ìhè maọbụ eziokwu ọbụla nʼime ha.
To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
21 Ndị a ga-awagharị nʼala a niile. Agụụ ga-agụ ha, ha ga-adakwa mba. Nʼọnọdụ oke agụụ nke ga-agụ ha, iwe dị ukwuu ga-ewe ha, mee ka ha lelie anya ha nʼelu, kọchaa eze ha, na Chineke ha.
They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God.
22 Mgbe ahụ, ọ bụrụ na ha eledata anya ha nʼala ọ bụ naanị oke nsogbu na oke ihe mgbu ka ha ga-ahụ. Ha ga-ahụkwa oke ihe egwu na ọchịchịrị. Ụzọ mgbapụ agaghị adịkwara ha nʼoge nsogbu a. A ga-achụbanye ha nʼime ọchịchịrị.
Then they will look to the earth and see only distress and darkness and the gloom of anguish. And they will be driven into utter darkness.
