Emọs 8:5
Amos 8:5 · Biblica® Open Igbo Contemporary Bible 2020
na-asị, “Olee mgbe ọnwa ọhụrụ ga-agafe ka anyị ree mkpụrụ ubi, na mgbe ụbọchị izuike ga-agwụ ka anyị ree ọka wiiti?” Ka anyị jiri ihe ọtụtụ dị nta, na ibuli ọnụ ngwa ahịa elu, na aghụghọ site nʼiji ihe ọtụtụ na-ezughị ezu.
Amos 8:5 in English
Amos 8:5 · Berean Standard Bible
asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel;* let us cheat with dishonest scales.
Context
3Otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara, “Nʼụbọchị ahụ, abụ niile nke a na-abụ nʼime ụlọnsọ ukwu ga-aghọ iti mkpu akwa. Ọtụtụ, ọtụtụ ozu ndị nwụrụ anwụ, nʼebe niile ọbụla ka atụpụsịrị ha! Mkpọtụ ọbụla adịghịkwa!”* 4Nụrụnụ nke a, unu ndị na-azọpịa ndị mkpa na-akpa,
na-emekwa ka ụmụ ogbenye dị nʼala a gwụsịa, 5na-asị,
“Olee mgbe ọnwa ọhụrụ ga-agafe
ka anyị ree mkpụrụ ubi,
na mgbe ụbọchị izuike ga-agwụ
ka anyị ree ọka wiiti?”
Ka anyị jiri ihe ọtụtụ dị nta,
na ibuli ọnụ ngwa ahịa elu,
na aghụghọ site nʼiji ihe ọtụtụ na-ezughị ezu. 6Jiri ọlaọcha zụta ụmụ ogbenye,
jirikwa akpụkpọụkwụ abụọ anyị zụta ndị mkpa na-akpa,
ma reekọta ọka wiiti anyị zachatara nʼala ya na ezi ọka wiiti. 7Onyenwe anyị ewerela nganga Jekọb ṅụọ iyi, “Nʼezie, agaghị m echefu, ọ bụladị otu nʼime ọrụ niile ha rụrụ.”
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