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Ezaa Old Testament

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            <div class="label">9</div><div class="s"><span class="heading">&#7884;gbandzu Chileke y&#7865;le Nowa</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">T&#7885; d&#7909; iya b&#7909;, Chileke bya ag&#7885;ru &#7885;nu-&#7885;ma n&#7909; Nowa y&#7865;le &#7909;nwu iya s&#7909; wh&#7865;: &#8220;Unu z&#249;&#803;a az&#249;&#803;z&#249; kabaa l'igwe, unu z&#249;&#803;a z&#249;&#803;-jia mgboko. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#7908;nwu an&#7909;manu, n&#7885;kota l&#7865; mgboko m&#7865;e &#7865;nu, l'ewhe l'eli m&#7865;e iwhe lile, l'aw&#7909; l'&#7865;who m&#7865;e &#7865;ma lile, bu l&#7865; mini b&#7865; egvu unu l'e-gudeshije, &#7865;hu anmak&#7885;ta wh&#7865; anma nteke wh&#7865; wh&#7909;ru unu. G&#7865; wh&#7865; ha b'e yekotaru unu l'&#7865;ka. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Iwhe lile, n&#7885; ndz&#7909;, l'eme &#7909;kporo l'a-b&#7909;ru unu nri, oshi-&#7885;mi ab&#7909;ru unu nri. Iwhe ono g'&#7885; ha b&#7865; mu n&#7909;kotaru unu.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.9.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#7884;le t'unu be erijekwa iwhe n&#7885; ndz&#7909;, b&#7909; iya b&#7909; iwhe mmee n&#7885;kwadu l'&#7865;hu. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Ndz&#7909; unu b&#7865; mu l'a-j&#7883; aj&#7883; iya. An&#7909;manu -gbua madz&#7909; b&#7865; mu l'a-j&#7883; iya aj&#7883; iya. Madz&#7909; -gbua madz&#7909; ibe iya, mu aj&#7883;kwaa ya wh&#7885; aj&#7883; iya.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.9.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;Onye gburu madz&#7909; b&#7865;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.9.6"><span class="content">b&#7909;kwawho madz&#7909; l'e-gbu y&#7865;bedua.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.9.6"><span class="content">O noo l&#7865; Chileke meru madz&#7909;,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.9.6"><span class="content">&#7885; d&#7909; g&#7865; Chileke d&#7909;.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.9.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;A -bya l'unub&#7865;dua, unu z&#249;&#803;a az&#249;&#803;z&#249; ka l'igwe, unu abakash&#7883;hu dzuru mgboko.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.9.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Chileke bya as&#7909; Nowa y&#7865;le &#7909;nwu iya, b&#7909; ndu wh&#7865; l'iya t&#7909;koru n&#7885;dukota: </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;Ntaa b&#7865; mu l'unu m&#7865;e &#7865;pa unu ndu &#7885;whu l'e-je abya l'iwhu gbawar&#7909; ndz&#7909;. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Iwhe n&#7885; ndz&#7909;, unu l&#7865; wh&#7865; shi t&#7909;ko n&#7885;du b&#7865; mu l&#7865; wh&#7865; gbakwaruwh&#7885; ndz&#7909; b&#7909; iya b&#7909;: &#7865;nu m&#7865;e &#233;lw&#249; m&#7865;e an&#7909;-&#7865;gbudu. Iwhe lile ono, unu l&#7865; wh&#7865; kpak&#7885;ru shi l'&#7909;gbo f&#7909;ta, mb&#7909; iwhe lile, n&#7885; ndz&#7909;, e meru eme l&#7865; mgboko. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Mb&#7865;dua l'unub&#7865;dua gbaakwaru ndz&#7909;. A ta abyad&#7909; l'e-gudebaa utso rigbushia iwhe n&#7885; ndz&#7909; &#7885;do. Utso, l'e-mebyishi mgboko-o l'owhu ta abyah&#7865; l'agbabaa &#7885;do.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.9.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Chileke s&#7909;: &#8220;&#7884; waa iwhe l'a-n&#7885; egoshi &#7885;gbandzu ono, mu l'unu gbar&#7909; m&#7865;e &#7885;whu mu l'iwhe n&#7885; ndz&#7909;, unu l'iya t&#7909;koru n&#7885;du gbar&#7909;, mb&#7909; &#7885;gbandzu ono, l'a-d&#7909; rwua l'&#7885;gbo &#7885;whu l'e-je abya l'atatiwhu: </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Mu dobewaru evu-mini mu l'akpamigwe. &#7884;o-n&#7885; egoshi &#7885;gbandzu ono, mu l&#7865; mgboko l'owhu gbar&#7909;. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Nteke mu meru t'igweli kpua ekpukpu, evu-mini f&#7909;ta l'urwukpu; </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.9.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">mu anyata &#7885;gbandzu ono, mu l'unu gbar&#7909; m&#7865;e &#7885;whu mu l'iwhe lile, n&#7885; ndz&#7909; l'&#7909;du iya l'&#7909;du iya gbar&#7909; nke &#7885;whu b&#7909; l&#7865; mini ta abyad&#7909; l'abyabaa utso bya erigbushia iwhe n&#7885; ndz&#7909; &#7885;do. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.9.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Iwhe b&#7909;-zhia nteke evu-mini f&#7909;taru l'urwukpu b&#7865; mu l'a-wh&#7909; iya nyata &#7885;gbandzu tututu-m&#7883;mimi ono, m&#7909;be Chileke m&#7865;e iwhe n&#7885; ndz&#7909; l'&#7909;du iya l'&#7909;du iya, e meru eme l&#7865; mgboko-o gbar&#7909;.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.9.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.9.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">O noo ya, Chileke s&#7909; Nowa: &#8220;O noo iwhe l'a-n&#7885; egoshi &#7885;gbandzu ono, mu l'iwhe lile, n&#7885; ndz&#7909; l&#7865; mgboko-o gbar&#7909;.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s"><span class="heading">&#7908;nwu Nowa</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.9.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.9.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#7908;nwu Nowa, shi l'&#7909;gbo ono l&#7909;futa b&#7909; Shemu m&#7865;e Hamu m&#7865;e Jaf&#7865;ti. Hamu b&#7909; nna Kenanu. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.9.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">O noo unwoke &#7865;to, Nowa nw&#7909;taru ndono. &#7884; b&#7909;ru l'&#7865;ka wh&#7865; b&#7865; madz&#7909; shi bakash&#7883;hu dzuru mgboko l'owhu.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.9.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.9.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">O noo ya, Nowa b&#7909; onye l'ak&#7885; iwhe l'al&#7883;. &#7884; ya b&#7909; onye ivur&#7909;zo k&#7885;ru mgbu vay&#7883;nu. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.9.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">O rwua ujiku lan&#7909;, &#7885; ng&#7909;a mm&#7865;e, shi l'akp&#7909;ru vay&#7883;nu iya ono. &#7884; wata iya ome l'&#7865;nya; &#7885; gbar&#7909; &#7885;to z&#7865;e az&#7865;e l'&#7909;lo-&#7865;kwa iya. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.9.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Hamu, b&#7909; nna Kenanu je awh&#7909;a nna iya l'&#7865;ka &#7885; gba &#7885;to. O jeje ekfuaru iya unwune iya lab&#7885; &#7885;whu, n&#7885; l'etezhi. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.9.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">&#7884;o ya b&#7909;, Shemu y&#7865;le Jaf&#7865;ti ch&#7883;ta &#7865;kwa wukobegee onwowhe l'ukuvu, kp&#7885;o l'az&#7909; l'az&#7909; je awh&#7909;-kpua ya nna wh&#7865; ono, gba &#7885;to. Wh&#7865; wochagee iwhu ewocha t&#7865; wh&#7865; ba awh&#7909; nna wh&#7865; l'&#7865;ka &#7885; gba &#7885;to.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.9.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.9.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Mm&#7865;e ono korohulewho Nowa l'&#7865;nya, o zhilihu. &#7884; bya ach&#7885;futa iwhe nwa iya nke nwata meru iya. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.9.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#7884; s&#7909;:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.9.25"><span class="content">&#8220;Kenanu b&#7865; b&#7909;akwa onye a t&#7909;ru &#7885;nu!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.9.25"><span class="content">&#7884;o-b&#7909;ru ohu, &#7865;nya kagee</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.9.25"><span class="content">alwalwa l'&#7865;ka unwune iya n&#7885;.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.9.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.9.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">&#7884; s&#7909;kwawho:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.9.26"><span class="content">&#8220;T'e tua Onye-Nwe-&#7884;ha, b&#7909;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.9.26"><span class="content">Chileke nke Shemu &#7865;wha!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.9.26"><span class="content">T&#7865; Kenanu b&#7909;kwaru ohu Shemu!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.9.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.9.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">T&#7865; Chileke mee t&#7865; Jaf&#7865;ti saa &#7885;sa!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.9.27"><span class="content">T&#7865; Jaf&#7865;ti buru l'&#7909;lo-&#7865;kwa Shemu!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.9.27"><span class="content">T&#7865; Kenanu b&#7909;fukwaruwho ohu iya!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.9.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.9.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">G'utso ono byageeru b&#7865; Nowa n&#7885;fuaru &#7909;kporo awha ugbo iri l'&#7865;saa l'awha iri. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.9.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Mkpak&#7885; awha, Nowa n&#7885;ru b&#7909; &#7909;nu awha ugbo lab&#7885; l'&#7909;kporo awha ugbo &#7865;saa l'awha iri, t&#7865;menu &#7885; nw&#7909;hu.</span></span></div>
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Tọ dụ iya bụ, Chileke bya agọru ọnu-ọma nụ Nowa yẹle ụnwu iya sụ whẹ: “Unu zụ̀a azụ̀zù kabaa l'igwe, unu zụ̀a zụ̀-jia mgboko. Ụnwu anụmanu, nọkota lẹ mgboko mẹe ẹnu, l'ewhe l'eli mẹe iwhe lile, l'awụ l'ẹwho mẹe ẹma lile, bu lẹ mini bẹ egvu unu l'e-gudeshije, ẹhu anmakọta whẹ anma nteke whẹ whụru unu. Gẹ whẹ ha b'e yekotaru unu l'ẹka. Iwhe lile, nọ ndzụ, l'eme ụkporo l'a-bụru unu nri, oshi-ọmi abụru unu nri. Iwhe ono g'ọ ha bẹ mu nụkotaru unu.
“Ọle t'unu be erijekwa iwhe nọ ndzụ, bụ iya bụ iwhe mmee nọkwadu l'ẹhu. Ndzụ unu bẹ mu l'a-jị ajị iya. Anụmanu -gbua madzụ bẹ mu l'a-jị iya ajị iya. Madzụ -gbua madzụ ibe iya, mu ajịkwaa ya whọ ajị iya.
“Onye gburu madzụ bẹ
bụkwawho madzụ l'e-gbu yẹbedua.
O noo lẹ Chileke meru madzụ,
ọ dụ gẹ Chileke dụ.
“A -bya l'unubẹdua, unu zụ̀a azụ̀zù ka l'igwe, unu abakashịhu dzuru mgboko.”
Chileke bya asụ Nowa yẹle ụnwu iya, bụ ndu whẹ l'iya tụkoru nọdukota: “Ntaa bẹ mu l'unu mẹe ẹpa unu ndu ọwhu l'e-je abya l'iwhu gbawarụ ndzụ. Iwhe nọ ndzụ, unu lẹ whẹ shi tụko nọdu bẹ mu lẹ whẹ gbakwaruwhọ ndzụ bụ iya bụ: ẹnu mẹe élwù mẹe anụ-ẹgbudu. Iwhe lile ono, unu lẹ whẹ kpakọru shi l'ụgbo fụta, mbụ iwhe lile, nọ ndzụ, e meru eme lẹ mgboko. Mbẹdua l'unubẹdua gbaakwaru ndzụ. A ta abyadụ l'e-gudebaa utso rigbushia iwhe nọ ndzụ ọdo. Utso, l'e-mebyishi mgboko-o l'owhu ta abyahẹ l'agbabaa ọdo.”
Chileke sụ: “Ọ waa iwhe l'a-nọ egoshi ọgbandzu ono, mu l'unu gbarụ mẹe ọwhu mu l'iwhe nọ ndzụ, unu l'iya tụkoru nọdu gbarụ, mbụ ọgbandzu ono, l'a-dụ rwua l'ọgbo ọwhu l'e-je abya l'atatiwhu: Mu dobewaru evu-mini mu l'akpamigwe. Ọo-nọ egoshi ọgbandzu ono, mu lẹ mgboko l'owhu gbarụ. Nteke mu meru t'igweli kpua ekpukpu, evu-mini fụta l'urwukpu; mu anyata ọgbandzu ono, mu l'unu gbarụ mẹe ọwhu mu l'iwhe lile, nọ ndzụ l'ụdu iya l'ụdu iya gbarụ nke ọwhu bụ lẹ mini ta abyadụ l'abyabaa utso bya erigbushia iwhe nọ ndzụ ọdo. Iwhe bụ-zhia nteke evu-mini fụtaru l'urwukpu bẹ mu l'a-whụ iya nyata ọgbandzu tututu-mịmimi ono, mụbe Chileke mẹe iwhe nọ ndzụ l'ụdu iya l'ụdu iya, e meru eme lẹ mgboko-o gbarụ.”
O noo ya, Chileke sụ Nowa: “O noo iwhe l'a-nọ egoshi ọgbandzu ono, mu l'iwhe lile, nọ ndzụ lẹ mgboko-o gbarụ.”

Ụnwu Nowa, shi l'ụgbo ono lụfuta bụ Shemu mẹe Hamu mẹe Jafẹti. Hamu bụ nna Kenanu. O noo unwoke ẹto, Nowa nwụtaru ndono. Ọ bụru l'ẹka whẹ bẹ madzụ shi bakashịhu dzuru mgboko l'owhu.
O noo ya, Nowa bụ onye l'akọ iwhe l'alị. Ọ ya bụ onye ivurụzo kọru mgbu vayịnu. O rwua ujiku lanụ, ọ ngụa mmẹe, shi l'akpụru vayịnu iya ono. Ọ wata iya ome l'ẹnya; ọ gbarụ ọto zẹe azẹe l'ụlo-ẹkwa iya. Hamu, bụ nna Kenanu je awhụa nna iya l'ẹka ọ gba ọto. O jeje ekfuaru iya unwune iya labọ ọwhu, nọ l'etezhi. Ọo ya bụ, Shemu yẹle Jafẹti chịta ẹkwa wukobegee onwowhe l'ukuvu, kpọo l'azụ l'azụ je awhụ-kpua ya nna whẹ ono, gba ọto. Whẹ wochagee iwhu ewocha tẹ whẹ ba awhụ nna whẹ l'ẹka ọ gba ọto.
Mmẹe ono korohulewho Nowa l'ẹnya, o zhilihu. Ọ bya achọfuta iwhe nwa iya nke nwata meru iya. Ọ sụ:
“Kenanu bẹ bụakwa onye a tụru ọnu!
Ọo-bụru ohu, ẹnya kagee
alwalwa l'ẹka unwune iya nọ.”
Ọ sụkwawho:
“T'e tua Onye-Nwe-Ọha, bụ
Chileke nke Shemu ẹwha!
Tẹ Kenanu bụkwaru ohu Shemu!
Tẹ Chileke mee tẹ Jafẹti saa ọsa!
Tẹ Jafẹti buru l'ụlo-ẹkwa Shemu!
Tẹ Kenanu bụfukwaruwho ohu iya!”
G'utso ono byageeru bẹ Nowa nọfuaru ụkporo awha ugbo iri l'ẹsaa l'awha iri. Mkpakọ awha, Nowa nọru bụ ụnu awha ugbo labọ l'ụkporo awha ugbo ẹsaa l'awha iri, tẹmenu ọ nwụhu.

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