Ndị Ikpe 2
1 Mmụọ ozi Onyenwe anyị sitere na Gilgal bịa Bokim gwa ndị Izrel okwu sị ha, “Mụ onwe m kpọpụtara unu site nʼIjipt, kpọbata unu nʼala a dịka m kwere nna unu ha na nkwa. Asịrị m, ‘Agaghị m ala azụ imezu ọgbụgba ndụ mụ na unu,
And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to depart from Egypt, and have brought you to the land which I swore to your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.
2 unu na ndị bi nʼobodo ahụ agbakwala ndụ ọbụla, kama unu ga-etitu ebe ịchụ aja ha.’ Ma unu erubeghị isi nʼokwu a, gịnị mere unu emeghị nke a?
And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?
3 Agwara m unu, na ‘agaghị m esite nʼihu unu chụpụ ha; ha ga-adịrị unu dịka ọnya nʼakụkụ niile, ebe chi niile ha ga-abụkwara unu ihe na-eweta ọnwụnwa.’”
Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be [as thorns] in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare to you.
4 Mgbe Mmụọ ozi Onyenwe anyị ahụ kwusiri okwu ndị a, ụmụ Izrel niile kwara akwa nke ukwuu.
And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spoke these words to all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
5 Nʼihi nke a, ha kpọrọ ebe ahụ Bokim. Ha chụụrụ Onyenwe anyị aja nʼebe ahụ.
And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there to the LORD.
6 Mgbe Joshua zilagasịrị ndị Izrel niile, onye ọbụla nʼime ha gara nʼihe nketa ya, inweta ya, dịka ebo ọbụla dị nʼIzrel si dị.
And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man to his inheritance to possess the land.
7 Ndị Izrel fereOnyenwe anyị ofufe ụbọchị niile nke ndụ Joshua, na nke ndụ ndị okenye ahụ, bụ ndị gara nʼihu bie ndụ mgbe ọ nwụsịrị, bụkwa ndị hụrụ ọrụ ukwuu niile nke Onyenwe anyị rụụrụ ndị Izrel.
And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the LORD, that he did for Israel.
8 Ma Joshua, nwa Nun, onyeozi Onyenwe anyị nwụrụ, mgbe ọ gbara otu narị afọ, na afọ iri.
And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, [being] a hundred and ten years old.
9 E liri ya nʼoke ala nke ihe nketa ya, nʼobodo Timnat Heres, nʼala ugwu ugwu nke ebo Ifrem, nʼụzọ mgbago ugwu Gaash.
And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash.
10 Emesịa, ọgbọ ahụ niile nwụrụ dịka ndị nna nna ha, ọgbọ ọzọ tolitere, ndị na-amaghị Onyenwe anyị maọbụ ihe ndị nke o mere nye ụmụ Izrel.
And also all that generation were gathered to their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.
11 Mgbe ahụ, ndị Izrel mere ihe ọjọọ nʼanya Onyenwe anyị site nʼife Baal ofufe.
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim:
12 Ha gbakụtara Onyenwe anyị azụ, bụ Chineke ahụ, nna ha fere ofufe, onye kpọpụtara ha site nʼala Ijipt. Ma ha malitere ife na ịsọpụrụ, na ịkpọ isiala nye ọtụtụ chi dị iche iche, bụ chi nke ndị bi ha gburugburu. Ha si otu a kpasuo Onyenwe anyị iwe.
And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that [were] around them, and bowed themselves to them, and provoked the LORD to anger.
13 Ha gbakụtara Onyenwe anyị azụ, fee chi Baal na Ashtọret ofufe.
And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.
14 Ya mere, Onyenwe anyị were iwe megide Izrel, rara ha nye nʼaka ndị ji aka ike pụnara ha ihe ha nwere. O weere ha resi ndị iro ha gbara ha gburugburu, bụ ndị ha enwekwaghị ike iguzogide.
And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies around, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
15 Dịka ọ ṅụrụ ya nʼiyi nye ha, mgbe ọbụla ụmụ Izrel pụrụ ibu agha, aka Onyenwe anyị megidere ha ime ka ha bụrụ ndị e meriri emeri. Ọnọdụ ha jọrọ njọ nke ukwuu.
Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn to them: and they were greatly distressed.
16 Nʼihi ọnọdụ ọjọọ a, Onyenwe anyị mere ka ndị ikpe sị nʼetiti ha pụta, ịnapụta ha site nʼaka ndị a ji ike na-apụnara ha ihe ha nwere.
Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, who delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.
17 Ma ụmụ Izrel egeghị ndị ikpe ahụ ntị, kama ha nọgidere na-akpọ isiala nye ma na-agbasokwa chi ndị ọzọ. Dịka nna nna ha na-emeghị, ha mere ngwangwa wezuga onwe ha site nʼụzọ Onyenwe anyị, bụrụ ndị na-enupu isi nʼebe iwu Onyenwe anyị dị.
And yet they would not hearken to their judges, but they went astray after other gods, and bowed themselves to them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; [but] they did not so.
18 Ma mgbe ọbụla Onyenwe anyị nyere ụmụ Izrel onye ikpe, ọ na-anọnyere onye ikpe ahụ ogologo ụbọchị niile nke ndụ ya. Ọ na-esitekwa nʼaka onye ikpe a napụta ụmụ Izrel nʼaka ndị iro ha nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị nwere obi ebere nʼahụ ụmụ Izrel, mgbe ha na-asụ ude, nʼihi mmegbu na mkpagbu niile ndị iro ha na-emegbu ha, ma na-akpagbukwa ha.
And when the LORD raised up judges for them, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: (for the LORD repented because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and burdened them.)
19 Ma mgbe ọbụla onye ikpe a nwụrụ, ụmụ Izrel na-alaghachi azụ biwe ndụ ọjọọ karịa nke nna nna ha ochie. Ha na-agbaso chi ndị ọzọ, na-akpọ isiala nye ha, na ife ha ofufe. Ha jụrụ iwezuga agwa ọjọọ ha ndị a ma ọ bụkwa ụzụ isiike ha.
And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, [that] they returned, and corrupted [themselves] more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down to them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.
20 Nʼihi nke a, Onyenwe anyị were iwe dị ọkụ megide Izrel, ma sị, “Nʼihi na mba a emebiela ọgbụgba ndụ ahụ m nyere nna ha nʼiwu, jụkwa ige m ntị,
And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened to my voice;
21 agaghị m achụpụkwa site nʼihu ha mba ndị ahụ Joshua hapụrụ mgbe ọ nwụrụ.
I also will not henceforth drive out from before them any of the nations which Joshua left when he died:
22 Aga m eji ha nwalee Izrel, ịchọpụta ma ha ga-elezi anya idebe ụzọ Onyenwe anyị, gaakwa ije nʼime ya dịka nna nna ha mere m.”
That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk in it, as their fathers kept [it], or not.
23 Onyenwe anyị hapụrụ mba ndị ahụ niile ka ha nọgide. Ọ chụpụghị ha ngwangwa site na inyefe ha nʼaka Joshua.
Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out speedily, neither did he deliver them into the hand of Joshua.
