Jeremiah 11
1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
Esiae nye gbe si tso Yehowa gbɔ va na Yeremia.
2 “Listen to the words of this covenant and tell them to the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.
“Ɖo to nubabla sia me nyawo ne nàgblɔ wo na Yudatɔwo kple ame siwo le Yerusalem.
3 You must tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant,
Gblɔ na wo be ale Yehowa, Israel ƒe Mawu la gblɔe nye esi: ‘Fiƒode le ame si mewɔ ɖe nubabla sia me nyawo dzi o la dzi.
4 which I commanded your forefathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying, ‘Obey Me, and do everything I command you, and you will be My people, and I will be your God.’
Nya siwo ƒe se mede na mia fofowo esi mekplɔ wo do goe tso Egipte, tso galolõkpodzo me.’ Megblɔ be, ‘Miɖo tom, miwɔ nu siwo katã meɖo na mi, ekema mianye nye dukɔ eye nye hã manye miaƒe Mawu.
5 This was in order to establish the oath I swore to your forefathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is to this day.” “Amen, LORD,” I answered.
Ekema mawɔ ɖe atam si meka na mia fofowo be matsɔ anyigba si le dzidzim kple notsi kple anyitsi na wo la dzi.’ Esiae nye anyigba si dzi miele egbea.” Meɖo eŋu be, “Amen, Yehowa.”
6 Then the LORD said to me, “Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying: Hear the words of this covenant and carry them out.
Yehowa gblɔ nam be, “Ɖe gbeƒã nya siawo katã le Yuda duwo kple Yerusalem ƒe ablɔwo dzi be ‘Miɖo to nubabla sia me nyawo ne mialé wo me ɖe asi.
7 For from the time I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt until today, I strongly warned them again and again, saying, ‘Obey My voice.’
Tso gbe si gbe mekplɔ mia fofowo do goe tso Egipte va se ɖe egbe sia la, mexlɔ̃ nu wo zi geɖe be, “Miɖo tom.”
8 Yet they would not obey or incline their ears, but each one followed the stubbornness of his evil heart. So I brought on them all the curses of this covenant I had commanded them to follow but they did not keep.”
Ke womeɖo to alo see nam o, ke boŋ wodze woƒe dzi vɔ̃ɖiwo ƒe tosesẽ yome. Ale mehe fiƒode siwo katã megblɔ da ɖi ɖe nubabla la dzi dalawo ŋu la va wo dzi.’”
9 And the LORD told me, “There is a conspiracy among the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.
Tete Yehowa gblɔ nam be, “Nugbeɖoɖo aɖe le Yudatɔwo kple Yerusalem nɔlawo dome.
10 They have returned to the sins of their forefathers who refused to obey My words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with their fathers.
Wotrɔ yi wo fofowo ƒe nu vɔ̃wo gbɔ, ame siwo gbe nye gbe sese. Wokplɔ mawu bubuwo ɖo be yewoasubɔ wo. Israel ƒe aƒe la kple Yuda ƒe aƒe la siaa tu nubabla si mewɔ kple wo fofowo.
11 Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to bring upon them a disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to Me, but I will not listen to them.
Eya ta ale Yehowa gblɔe nye si, ‘Mahe gbegblẽ si nu womate ŋu asi le o la ava wo dzi togbɔ be woado ɣli ayɔm hã la, nyematɔ na wo o.
12 Then the cities of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods to which they have been burning incense, but these gods certainly will not save them in their time of disaster.
Yuda ƒe duwo kple Yerusalem nɔlawo afa avi na woƒe mawu siwo wodoa dzudzɔ ʋeʋĩ na gake womate ŋu akpe ɖe wo ŋuti ne gbegblẽ siawo katã va ƒo ɖi o.
13 Your gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, O Judah; the altars of shame you have set up—the altars to burn incense to Baal—are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.’
O Yuda, wò mawuwo sɔ gbɔ abe wò duwo ene, eye nuxeƒe siwo nèɖo be yeanɔ dzudzɔ ʋeʋĩ dom na ŋukpenamawu, Baal la sɔ gbɔ abe Yerusalem ƒe ablɔwo ene.’
14 As for you, do not pray for these people. Do not raise up a cry or a prayer on their behalf, for I will not be listening when they call out to Me in their time of disaster.
“Mègado gbe ɖa ɖe ame siawo ta o, mègaɖe kuku ɖe wo nu o, eye mègabia naneke na wo o, elabena ne woyɔm le xaxaɣi la, nyemaɖo to wo o.
15 What right has My beloved in My house, having carried out so many evil schemes? Can consecrated meat avert your doom, so that you can rejoice?
“Nu ka wɔm nye lɔlɔ̃tɔ le le nye gbedoxɔ la me, le esime wowɔ nu tovowo kple ame geɖewo? Ɖe wò vɔsalã kɔkɔewo ate ŋu aɖe wò le tohehe mea? Elabena ne èle nu tovowo wɔm la, dzi nɔa dzɔwòm.”
16 The LORD once called you a flourishing olive tree, beautiful with well-formed fruit. But with a mighty roar He will set it on fire, and its branches will be consumed.
Yehowa na ŋkɔ wò be amiti dama si dzi kutsetse nyuiwo le. Gake le gbeɖeɖe aɖe abe ahom sesẽ ene me la, ana dzo afiae eye eƒe alɔdzewo hã afia keŋkeŋ.
17 The LORD of Hosts, who planted you, has decreed disaster against you on account of the evil that the house of Israel and the house of Judah have brought upon themselves, provoking Me to anger by burning incense to Baal.”
Yehowa Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la, ame si li ke wò la ɖo gbegblẽ ɖe ŋuwò elabena Israel ƒe aƒe kple Yuda ƒe aƒe wɔ vɔ̃ eye wodo dziku nɛ le ale si wodo dzudzɔ ʋeʋĩ na Baal la ta.
18 And the LORD informed me, so I knew. Then You showed me their deeds.
Esime Yehowa ɖe woƒe nugbeɖoɖowo fiam la, menyae, elabena le ɣe ma yi la, efia nu siwo wɔm wonɔ lam.
19 For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”
Menɔ abe alẽvi si wokplɔ yina wuwu ge la ene; nyemekpɔe dze sii be woɖo nugbe ɖe ŋutinye le gbɔgblɔm be, “Mina míagblẽ ati la kple eƒe kutsetse, mina míaɖee ɖa le agbagbeawo ƒe anyigba dzi, ale be womagaɖo ŋku eƒe ŋkɔ dzi gbeɖegbeɖe o.”
20 O LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously, who examines the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.
Ke, O Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ, wò ame si drɔ̃a ʋɔnu dzɔdzɔe, doa dzi kple tamesusu kpɔ la, na makpɔ wò hlɔ̃biabia si le wo dzi va ge elabena asiwò me metsɔ nye nya dee.
21 Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning the people of Anathoth who are seeking your life and saying, “You must not prophesy in the name of the LORD, or you will die by our hand.”
“Eya ta ale Yehowa gblɔ tso Anatɔt ŋutsuwo, ame siwo le wò agbe yome tim eye wole gbɔgblɔm be, ‘Mègagblɔ nya ɖi le Yehowa ƒe ŋkɔ me o, ne menye nenema o la, míawu wò.’
22 So this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will punish them. Their young men will die by the sword, their sons and daughters by famine.
Le esia ta, ale Yehowa Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la gblɔe nye esi: ‘Mahe to na wo. Woƒe ɖekakpuiwo atsi yi nu, dɔwuame atsrɔ̃ wo viŋutsuwo kple vinyɔnuwo.
23 There will be no remnant, for I will bring disaster on the people of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.”
Ame aɖeke masusɔ o, elabena mahe dzɔgbevɔ̃e gã aɖe ada ɖe Anatɔt ŋutsuwo dzi le ƒe si meɖo be mahe to na wo la me.’”
