Jeremiah 18
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 “Go down at once to the potter’s house, and there I will reveal My message to you.”
“Bilie, jee nʼụlọ ọkpụ ite, ebe ahụ ka m ga-anọ zie gị ozi.”
3 So I went down to the potter’s house and saw him working at the wheel.
Ya mere, ebiliri m jee nʼụlọ ọkpụ ite, bịakwute ya mgbe ọ nọ na-arụ ọrụ na nkume ịkpụ ihe.
4 But the vessel that he was shaping from the clay became flawed in his hand; so he formed it into another vessel, as it seemed best for him to do.
Ma ite ahụ ọ chọrọ ịkpụ apụtaghị dịka ọkpụ ite si chọọ ya, nʼihi ya, ọ kpụkọtara ụrọ ahụ ọzọ, malitekwa ịkpụgharị ya.
5 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Mgbe ahụ okwu Onyenwe anyị ruru m ntị,
6 “O house of Israel, declares the LORD, can I not treat you as this potter treats his clay? Just like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.
Ọ sịrị, “Ọ bụ na m apụghị ime unu dịka ọkpụ ite a mere, unu ụmụ Izrel?” Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri, “Dịka ụrọ si dị nʼaka ọkpụ ite ahụ, otu a ka unu onwe unu si dịrị nʼaka m, gị Izrel.
7 At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed.
Mgbe ọbụla m kpọsara na a ga-akwada maọbụ bibie, maọbụ si nʼọnọdụ ya hopu mba maọbụ alaeze ọbụla,
8 But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring.
ọ bụrụ na mba ahụ m dọrọ aka na ntị esite na mmehie ha chegharịa, a gaghị ebibi ya dịka m si zube.
9 And if at another time I announce that I will build up and establish a nation or kingdom,
Ọzọ, ọ bụrụ na m akpọsaa na a ga-ewuli mba ọbụla maọbụ alaeze ọbụla elu, kụọkwa ya,
10 and if it does evil in My sight and does not listen to My voice, then I will relent of the good I had intended for it.
ọ bụrụ na o mee ihe jọrọ njọ nʼanya m, jụ irubere m isi, agaghị m emere ya ihe ọma ahụ m zubere imere ya.
11 Now therefore, tell the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘Behold, I am planning a disaster for you and devising a plan against you. Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways, and correct your ways and deeds.’
“Ugbu a, gwa ndị Juda na ndị ahụ bi na Jerusalem, sị, ‘Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị sịrị: Lee, ana m akwado mbibi nke ga-abịakwasị unu; ana m echekwa echiche ọjọọ megide unu. Ya mere, ka onye ọbụla nʼime unu site nʼụzọ ọjọọ ya chegharịa, ya meekwa ka ụzọ ya na omume ya zie ezi.’
12 But they will reply, ‘It is hopeless. We will follow our own plans, and each of us will act according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.’”
Ma ha ga-aza sị, ‘O nweghị isi! Anyị ga-anọgide na-eme ihe ọbụla anyị chepụtara nʼechiche anyị, na-emekwa atụmatụ isiike nke obi ọjọọ anyị tụpụtara.’”
13 Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Inquire among the nations: Who has ever heard things like these? Virgin Israel has done a most terrible thing.
Nʼihi ya ka Onyenwe anyị ji kwuo sị, “Jụtanụ ajụjụ nʼetiti mba niile, onye nụrụla ihe dị otu a? Ndị m, Izrel, bụ nwaagbọghọ na-amaghị nwoke emeela ihe jọgburu onwe ya.
14 Does the snow of Lebanon ever leave its rocky slopes? Or do its cool waters flowing from a distance ever run dry?
O nweela mgbe mmiri oyi m mere ka ọ kpụkọtaa kọrọ nʼelu ugwu Lebanọn? O nweela mgbe mmiri ya jụrụ oyi, nke si nʼebe dị anya na-asọdata ji akwụsị ịsọ asọ?
15 Yet My people have forgotten Me. They burn incense to worthless idols that make them stumble in their ways, leaving the ancient roads to walk on rutted bypaths instead of on the highway.
Ma ndị m echezọọla m. Ha na-achụ aja nsure ọkụ na-esi isi ụtọ nye arụsị na-enweghị isi, bụ arụsị ndị ahụ mere ka ha sọọ ngọngọ nʼụzọ ha niile. Ha sụrụ ngọngọ hapụ ịgbasokwa ụzọ ọma ahụ dị site na mgbe ochie. Kama ha na-eje ije nʼụzọ ọhịa, nke na-enweghị ụkpụrụ, nke a na-ewuzighị ewuzi.
16 They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads.
Ala ha ga-atọgbọrọ nʼefu. Ọ ga-aghọ ihe iju anya ruo ebighị ebi. Ndị si nʼakụkụ ya na-agafe ga-efufe isi ha, nʼihi na ihe ha ga-ahụ ga-eju ha anya.
17 I will scatter them before the enemy like the east wind. I will show them My back and not My face in the day of their calamity.”
Aga m achụsa ha nʼihu ndị iro ha dịka ifufe na-efe site nʼọwụwa anyanwụ. Aga m agbakụta ha azụ. Ha agaghị ahụkwa ihu m anya nʼụbọchị ahụ mbibi ga-abịakwasị ha.”
18 Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his words.”
Ha sịrị, “Bịanụ ka anyị gbaa izu megide Jeremaya, nʼihi na izi iwu agaghị esite nʼebe ndị nchụaja nọ kwụsị, maọbụ ndụmọdụ nʼebe ndị maara ihe, ma ọ bụkwanụ okwu site nʼebe ndị amụma nọ. Ya mere, bịanụ ka anyị were ire anyị buso ya agha, gharakwa ịṅa ntị nʼokwu ọbụla nke ọ na-ekwu.”
19 Attend to me, O LORD. Hear what my accusers are saying!
Gee m ntị, Onyenwe anyị. Nụrụ ihe ndị na-ebo m ebubo na-ekwu megide m.
20 Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them.
O kwesiri iji ajọ omume kwụghachi ihe ọma? Ma lee na ha egwuolara m olulu. Chetakwa na m guzooro nʼihu gị ma rịọ gị arịrịọ nʼihi ha. Arịrịọ m bụ ka ị hapụ iweso ha oke iwe.
21 Therefore, hand their children over to famine; pour out the power of the sword upon them. Let their wives become childless and widowed; let their husbands be slain by disease, their young men struck down by the sword in battle.
Ya mere, were ụmụ ha nyefee nʼaka ụnwụ. Werekwa ha onwe ha nyefee nʼaka mma agha. Mee ka ndị nwunye ha ghọọ ndị gba aka ụmụ na di. Meekwa ka e gbuo ndị ikom ha, ka mma agha gbukwaa ụmụ okorobịa nʼọgbọ agha.
22 Let a cry be heard from their houses when You suddenly bring raiders against them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and have hidden snares for my feet.
Mee ka e site nʼụlọ ha nụ mkpu akwa, mgbe i mere ka ndị iro ha buso ha agha na mberede. Nʼihi na ha egwuola olulu ijide m, ha esiekwarala m ọnya nzuzo ijide m nʼụkwụ.
23 But You, O LORD, know all their deadly plots against me. Do not wipe out their guilt or blot out their sin from Your sight. Let them be overthrown before You; deal with them in the time of Your anger.
Ma gị onwe gị, Onyenwe anyị, maara nzube ọjọọ ha niile igbu m. Agbagharala ha ajọ omume ha; maọbụ hichapụ mmehie ha site nʼihu gị. Mee ka ụkwụ ha gbuchapụ ka ha daa nʼihu gị; mesie ha ike mgbe ị na-ewe iwe.
