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Iphe-ẹji, ndu Ízurẹlu eme
Yekwa opu l'ọnu; kẹle udele bekwaru l'eli ụlo Chipfu; ọ bụru iphe, kparụ iya nụ bụ lẹ ndu Ízurẹlu mebyiwarụ ọgbandzu mu l'ẹphe; bya ekwefu ike l'ẹphe tee medu ekemu mu. Ndu Ízurẹlu echiku mu lẹ mkpu sụ: “Gụbe Chileke anyi; anyi maakwaru ngu!” Obenu lẹ ndu Ízurẹlu jịkawaru iphe, dụ ree. Ọ bụru onye ọhogu e-mechaa chịa ya ọso.
“Ẹphe ahọtaje ndu a-bụru eze phẹ; o to shidu mu l'ẹka. Ẹphe ahọta ndu a-bụru ishi phẹ; ẹphe te emedu gẹ mu maru. Ẹphe egudeje mkpọla-ọchaa yẹe mkpọla-ododo phẹ akpụshiru onwophẹ nshi; shi nno emetaru onwophẹ ọla-l'iswi. Unu tuphakwaa nshi nweswi unu ono; unubẹ ndu Samériya; kẹle o meakwarụ ẹhu-eghu mu nwuhuwaa phuruphuru g'ọku! ?Bụ teke ole bẹ ndu Ízurẹlu a-nọ-beru bụru ndu adụdu ike dụebe ree? Ọo lẹ Ízurẹlu bẹ o shi; mbụ nweswi ọbu, bụ iphe, ndu eme ọna meru. Ọ tọ bụdu Chileke. Ọ bụ iphe, aa-kụkposhi iphiriba-iphiriba; mbụ nweswi ndu Samériya ono. Ẹphe akọje phẹrephere g'opfu. Ẹphe -kpajẹ iya; ẹphe akpata iya oke phẹrephere. Ereshi ta amịduru amịmi; mbụ l'ọ tọ dụdu mebyi, dụ iya nụ. Ọme ọ bụkponu l'ọmitaru mebyi; m'ọ bụruro ndu ọhozo gege alwụkota iya.
“Ndu Ízurẹlu bẹ e lweakwaru elwelwe. Nta-a bẹ ẹphe anọdu l'echilabọ ọhamoha bụru okpokoro iphe, adụdu iphe, dụ iya nụ; kẹle ẹphe tụgburu jeshia Asiriya gẹ nkapfụ-ịgara-ọswa, aghaphe nkịnyi iya. Ndu Ifuremu je eshiahaa ọ̀nyà arwọta. 10 A makwarụ-a l'ẹphe tụkowaru ọhamoha bùkọo ọ̀nyà eshi; ọle mu byaru achịkobe phẹ ọzo. Ẹphe awata ala pyẹtee mẹ Ọkalibe, bụ eze ono meahaa phẹ mkpawere.
11 “A makwarụ-a lẹ ndu Ifuremu kpụshiru ọru-ngwẹja, dụ igwerigwe, ẹphe a-nọdu egwe ngwẹja-iphe-ẹji. Ọle ẹka ono tụkoakwaru bụru ẹka a nọ eme iphe-ẹji. 12 Mu bya edeeru phẹ ẹkwo pfuaru phẹ iphemiphe, mu tụru l'ekemu. Ẹphe wolẹru iya-a kua iphe, shi l'ọhozo. 13 Ẹphe -gwaa iphe, e gude bya mu anụnu; ẹphe eworu anụ iya taa l'onwophẹ; obenu lẹ Chipfu bẹ iphe, ẹphe eme adụdu ree. Nta-a bẹ ọo-nyata ẹjo-iphe, ẹphe eme; hụ̀a phẹ ahụ̀hù k'iphe-ẹji phẹ. Mbụ l'ẹphe e-mechaa laphu azụ l'alị ndu Ijiputu.
14 “Ndu Ízurẹlu zọhaakwaru onye meru phẹ nụ. Ẹphe kpụshia ụlo ndu eze dobe. Ndu Jiuda gudeakwa igbulọ kpụ-phee mkpụkpu, dụ igwerigwe mgburugburu. Ọle mu e-mechakwanaa tụa ọku lẹ mkpụkpu phẹ ono; l'o tsua ụlo ụlo, a kpụru kpụshia ike l'ime iya.”