Jeremiah 11
1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
Nke a bụ okwu nke sị nʼebe Onyenwe anyị nọ bịakwute Jeremaya,
2 “Listen to the words of this covenant and tell them to the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.
“Gee ntị nʼihe niile metụtara ọgbụgba ndụ a, gwakwa ndị Juda, na ndị bi na Jerusalem.
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,
Gwa ha na nke a bụ ihe Onyenwe anyị, Chineke Izrel kwuru, ‘Onye a bụrụ ọnụ ka mmadụ ahụ bụ nke na-adịghị edebe ihe niile banyere ọgbụgba ndụ a,
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.’
bụ nke m nyere nna nna unu ha, mgbe m si nʼIjipt, site nʼoke ọkụ e ji agbaze igwe, kpọpụta ha.’ Asịrị m, Ruberenụ m isi, meekwa ihe niile m nyere unu nʼiwu, unu ga-abụ ndị m, mụ onwe m kwa ga-abụkwa Chineke unu.
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.
‘Mgbe ahụ, aga m emezu iyi ahụ m ṅụụrụ nna nna unu ha, inye ha ala mmiri ara ehi na mmanụ aṅụ na-eru na ya,’ ya bụ, ala ahụ unu bi nʼime ya taa.” Azara m sị, “Amen, Onyenwe anyị.”
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.
Onyenwe anyị sịrị m, “Kpọsaa okwu ndị a nʼobodo Juda niile, na nʼokporoụzọ Jerusalem niile, ‘Geenụ ntị nʼiwu nke ọgbụgba ndụ ahụ, ma mezuo ihe o kwuru.
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.’
Site nʼoge ahụ m si nʼala Ijipt kpọpụta nna nna unu ha ruo taa, adọọla m unu aka na ntị mgbe mgbe sị, “Ruberenụ m isi.”
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.”
Ma ha jụrụ ige ntị. Ha akpọkwaghị okwu m mkpa dịrị ha. Kama ha jegharịrị nʼisiike nke obi ọjọọ ha. Ọ bụ nke a mere m ji mee ka ọbụbụ ọnụ niile nke ya na ọgbụgba ndụ ahụ so bịakwasị ha, dịka m buru ụzọ nye nʼiwu, ma ihe ndị a emeghị ka ha jezie ije.’”
9 And the LORD told me, “There is a conspiracy among the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.
Mgbe ahụ, Onyenwe anyị gwara m sị, “Achọpụtala na-enwere njikọta na ịgba izu mmegide nʼetiti ndị Juda na ndị bi na Jerusalem.
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.
Ha alaghachila azụ nʼụdị mmehie ahụ nna nna ha mehiere, bụ ndị ahụ jụrụ ige ntị nʼokwu m. Ha agbasoola chi ndị ọzọ na-efe ha. Ụlọ Izrel na ụlọ Juda adịghị edebekwa ọgbụgba ndụ ahụ mụ na nna nna ha gbara.
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.
Nʼihi ya, nke a bụ ihe Onyenwe anyị kwuru, ‘Aga m eme ka mbibi, nke ha na-enweghị ike ịgbanarị, bịakwasị ha. Ọ bụrụkwa na ha akpọkuo m agaghị m aṅa ntị.
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.
Ndị obodo Juda na ndị bi na Jerusalem ga-apụ kpọkuo chi ndị ahụ niile ha na-achụrụ aja ihe nsure ọkụ na-esi isi ụtọ, ma chi ndị a agaghị enyere ha aka mgbe mbibi a bịakwasịrị ha.
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.’
Gị, bụ Juda, nwere ọtụtụ chi dị iche iche dịka obodo dị nʼime gị si dị ọtụtụ. Ebe ịchụ aja i wukwara nʼihi ịchụrụ chi ahụ na-eweta ihere bụ Baal aja ihe nsure ọkụ na-esi isi ụtọ, dịkwa ọtụtụ dịka okporoụzọ dị na Jerusalem.’
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.
“Ekperela ndị a ekpere, arịọkwala arịrịọ ọbụla nʼihi ha. Nʼihi na agaghị m ege ntị mgbe ha ga-akpọku m nʼoge ihe mgbu ha.
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?
“Gịnị ka onye m hụrụ nʼanya na-eme nʼime ụlọnsọ ukwuu m, mgbe ya na ọtụtụ ndị ọzọ na-ejikọta onwe ha nʼotu ịtụ atụmatụ ihe ọjọọ? Anụ e doro nsọ apụghị ime ka ahụhụ unu kwesiri ịnata hapụ ịbịakwasị unu. A sị na o si otu a dịrị, mgbe ahụ, unu pụrụ ịṅụrị ọṅụ mgbe unu na-eme ihe ọjọọ unu.”
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.
Aha Onyenwe anyị nyere gị bụ Osisi oliv dị ndụ, nke na-amị mkpụrụ mara mma. Ma ọ bụ olu mkpọtụ nke oke mmiri ozuzo ka ọ ga-eji mụkwasị gị ọkụ; alaka gị ga-agbajisikwa.
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.”
Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile bụ onye ahụ kụnyere gị nʼala, e nyela iwu na mbibi ga-abịakwasị gị, nʼihi na ndị Izrel na Juda emeela ihe ọjọọ, kpasuo m iwe site nʼịchụ aja ihe nsure ọkụ na-esi isi ụtọ nye Baal.
18 And the LORD informed me, so I knew. Then You showed me their deeds.
Ọ bụ Onyenwe anyị kpughere izuzu ọjọọ ha nye m; amatakwara m ihe ha na-ezube, nʼihi na o gosiri m ya nʼoge ahụ.
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.”
Mụ onwe m dị ka nwa atụrụ dị nwayọọ nke e du na-aga ebe a ga-egbu ya. Ma aghọtaghị m na ọ bụ m ka ha zubererị nzube ọjọọ megide. Ha kwuru sị, “Bịanụ ka anyị bibie osisi a na mkpụrụ ya. Ka anyị site nʼala ndị dị ndụ wezuga ya, ka a hapụ ichetakwa aha ya ọzọ”
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.
Ma gị, Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile, ị bụ onye na-ekpe ikpe ziri ezi, na-anwapụtakwa obi mmadụ na mmụọ ya. Mee ka m hụ mgbe ị ga-abọ ọbọ megide ha, nʼihi na ọ bụ nʼaka gị ka m na-etinye okwu a metụtara m.
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.”
Ya mere, nke a ka Onyenwe anyị na-ekwu banyere ndị Anatot ahụ na-achọ ịnapụ gị ndụ gị, ndị ahụ na-asị gị, “Ebukwala amụma site nʼaha Onyenwe anyị ka ị ghara ịnwụ nʼaka anyị.”
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.
Nʼihi nke a Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile kwuru, sị, “Aga m ata ha ahụhụ. Ụmụ okorobịa ha ga-anwụ site na mma agha, ụnwụ ga-egbukwa ụmụ ha ndị ikom na ndị inyom.
23 There will be no remnant, for I will bring disaster on the people of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.”
O nweghị ndị ga-afọdụ ndụ nʼime ha nʼihi na a ga-eme ka oke mbibi bịakwasị ndị Anatot nʼafọ ahụ m ga-ata ha ahụhụ.”
