< Jeremiah 13 >

1 This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and buy yourself a linen loincloth and put it around your waist, but do not let it touch water.”
Èyí ni ohun tí Olúwa wí fún mi: “Lọ kí o sì ra àmùrè aṣọ ọ̀gbọ̀, kí o sì dì í mọ́ ẹ̀gbẹ́ rẹ, kí o má sì ṣe jẹ́ kí omi kí ó kàn án.”
2 So I bought a loincloth as the LORD had instructed me, and I put it around my waist.
Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni mo ra àmùrè gẹ́gẹ́ bí Olúwa ti wí, mo sì dì í mọ́ ẹ̀gbẹ́ mi.
3 Then the word of the LORD came to me a second time:
Nígbà náà ni ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa tọ̀ mí wá nígbà kejì,
4 “Take the loincloth that you bought and are wearing, and go at once to Perath and hide it there in a crevice of the rocks.”
“Mú àmùrè tí o rà, kí o sì fiwé ẹ̀gbẹ́ rẹ, kí o sì lọ sí Perati, kí o lọ pa á mọ́ sí pàlàpálá òkúta.”
5 So I went and hid it at Perath, as the LORD had commanded me.
Nígbà náà ni mo lọ pa á mọ́ ní Perati gẹ́gẹ́ bí Olúwa ti wí fún mi.
6 Many days later the LORD said to me, “Arise, go to Perath, and get the loincloth that I commanded you to hide there.”
Lẹ́yìn ọjọ́ díẹ̀, Olúwa sọ fún mi, “Lọ sí Perati kí o lọ mú àmùrè tí mo ní kí o pamọ́ síbẹ̀.”
7 So I went to Perath and dug up the loincloth, and I took it from the place where I had hidden it. But now it was ruined—of no use at all.
Nígbà náà ni mo lọ sí Perati mo lọ wá àmùrè mi níbi tí mo pa á mọ́ sí, ṣùgbọ́n nísinsin yìí àmùrè náà ti bàjẹ́, kò sì wúlò fún ohunkóhun mọ́.
8 Then the word of the LORD came to me:
Nígbà náà ni ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa tọ̀ mí wá pé:
9 “This is what the LORD says: In the same way I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.
“Èyí ni ohun tí Olúwa sọ: ‘Bákan náà ni èmi yóò run ìgbéraga Juda àti ìgbéraga ńlá ti Jerusalẹmu.
10 These evil people, who refuse to listen to My words, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, and who go after other gods to serve and worship them, they will be like this loincloth—of no use at all.
Àwọn ènìyàn búburú tí ó kùnà láti gbọ́ ọ̀rọ̀ mi, tí wọ́n ń lo agídí ọkàn wọn, tí ó sì ń rìn tọ àwọn òrìṣà láti sìn wọ́n, àti láti foríbalẹ̀ fún wọn, yóò sì dàbí àmùrè yìí tí kò wúlò fún ohunkóhun.
11 For just as a loincloth clings to a man’s waist, so I have made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to Me, declares the LORD, so that they might be My people for My renown and praise and glory. But they did not listen.
Nítorí bí a ti lẹ àmùrè mọ́ ẹ̀gbẹ́ ènìyàn, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni a lẹ agbo ilé Israẹli àti gbogbo ilé Juda mọ́ mi,’ ni Olúwa wí, ‘kí wọn kí ó lè jẹ́ ènìyàn ògo àti ìyìn fún mi, ṣùgbọ́n wọn kò fẹ́ gbọ́.’
12 Therefore you are to tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Every wineskin shall be filled with wine.’ And when they reply, ‘Don’t we surely know that every wineskin should be filled with wine?’
“Sọ fún wọn, ‘Èyí ni Olúwa Ọlọ́run àwọn ọmọ Israẹli wí, gbogbo ìgò ni à ó fi ọtí wáìnì kún.’ Bí wọ́n bá sì sọ fún ọ pé, ‘Ṣé a kò mọ̀ pé gbogbo ìgò ni ó yẹ láti bu ọtí wáìnì kún?’
13 then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am going to fill with drunkenness all who live in this land—the kings who sit on David’s throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the people of Jerusalem.
Nítorí náà sọ fún wọn pé, ‘Èyí ni ohun tí Olúwa wí: Èmi yóò fi ìmutípara kún gbogbo olùgbé ilẹ̀ yìí pẹ̀lú ọba tí ó jókòó lórí ìtẹ́ Dafidi, àwọn àlùfáà, àwọn wòlíì gbogbo àwọn tó ń gbé ní Jerusalẹmu.
14 I will smash them against one another, fathers and sons alike, declares the LORD. I will allow no mercy or pity or compassion to keep Me from destroying them.’”
Èmi yóò ti èkínní lu èkejì, àwọn baba àti ọmọkùnrin pọ̀ ni Olúwa wí. Èmi kì yóò dáríjì, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni èmi kì yóò ṣàánú, èmi kì yóò ṣe ìyọ́nú láti máa pa wọ́n run.’”
15 Listen and give heed. Do not be arrogant, for the LORD has spoken.
Gbọ́ kí o sì fetísílẹ̀, ẹ má ṣe gbéraga, nítorí Olúwa ti sọ̀rọ̀.
16 Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.
Ẹ fi ògo fún Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín, kí ó tó mú òkùnkùn wá, àti kí ó tó mú ẹsẹ̀ yín tàsé lórí òkè tí ó ṣókùnkùn. Nígbà tí ẹ̀yin sì ń retí ìmọ́lẹ̀, òun yóò sọ ọ́ di òjìji yóò sì ṣe bi òkùnkùn biribiri.
17 But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.
Ṣùgbọ́n bí ẹ̀yin kò bá fetísílẹ̀, Èmi yóò sọkún ní ìkọ̀kọ̀ nítorí ìgbéraga yín. Ojú mi yóò sun ẹkún kíkorò, tí omi ẹkún, yóò sì máa sàn jáde, nítorí a kó agbo Olúwa lọ ìgbèkùn.
18 Say to the king and to the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.”
Sọ fún ọba àti ayaba pé, “Ẹ rẹ ara yín sílẹ̀, ẹ sọ̀kalẹ̀ láti orí ìtẹ́ yín, adé ògo yín bọ́ sí ilẹ̀ láti orí yín.”
19 The cities of the Negev have been shut tight, and no one can open them. All Judah has been carried into exile, wholly taken captive.
Àwọn ìlú tí ó wà ní gúúsù ni à ó tì pa, kò sì ní sí ẹnikẹ́ni láti ṣí wọn. Gbogbo Juda ni a ó kó lọ sí ilẹ̀ ìgbèkùn, gbogbo wọn ni a ó kó lọ ní ìgbèkùn pátápátá.
20 Lift up your eyes and see those coming from the north. Where is the flock entrusted to you, the sheep that were your pride?
Gbé ojú rẹ sókè, kí o sì wo àwọn tí ó ń bọ̀ láti àríwá. Níbo ni agbo ẹran tí a fi sí abẹ́ àkóso rẹ wà; àgùntàn tí ò ń mú yangàn.
21 What will you say when He sets over you close allies whom you yourself trained? Will not pangs of anguish grip you, as they do a woman in labor?
Kí ni ìwọ yóò wí nígbà tí Olúwa bá dúró lórí rẹ àwọn tí o mú bí ọ̀rẹ́ àtàtà. Ǹjẹ́ kò ní jẹ́ ìrora fún ọ bí aboyún tó ń rọbí?
22 And if you ask yourself, “Why has this happened to me?” It is because of the magnitude of your iniquity that your skirts have been stripped off and your body has been exposed.
Tí o bá sì bi ara rẹ léèrè, “Kí ni ìdí rẹ̀ tí èyí fi ṣẹlẹ̀ sí mi?” Ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ tí o ṣẹ̀ ni aṣọ rẹ fi fàya tí a sì ṣe é ní ìṣekúṣe.
23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good— you who are accustomed to doing evil.
Ǹjẹ́ Etiopia le yí àwọ̀ rẹ̀ padà? Tàbí ẹkùn lè yí àwọ̀ rẹ̀ padà? Bí èyí kò ti lè rí bẹ́ẹ̀ náà ni ẹ̀yin tí ìwà búburú bá ti mọ́ lára kò lè ṣe rere.
24 “I will scatter you like chaff driven by the desert wind.
“N ó fọ́n ọn yín ká bí i ìyàngbò tí ẹ̀fúùfù ilẹ̀ aṣálẹ̀ ń fẹ́.
25 This is your lot, the portion I have measured to you,” declares the LORD, “because you have forgotten Me and trusted in falsehood.
Èyí ni ìpín tìrẹ; tí mo ti fi sílẹ̀ fún ọ,” ni Olúwa wí, “Nítorí ìwọ ti gbàgbé mi o sì gbẹ́kẹ̀lé àwọn ọlọ́run àjèjì.
26 So I will pull your skirts up over your face, that your shame may be seen.
N ó sí aṣọ lójú rẹ, kí ẹ̀sín rẹ le hàn síta—
27 Your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution on the hills and in the fields— I have seen your detestable acts. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?”
ìwà àgbèrè àti ìfẹ́kúfẹ̀ẹ́, àìlójútì panṣágà rẹ! Mo ti rí ìwà ìríra rẹ, lórí òkè àti ní pápá. Ègbé ni fún ọ ìwọ Jerusalẹmu! Yóò ti pẹ́ tó tí o ó fi máa wà ní àìmọ́?”

< Jeremiah 13 >