Jeremiah 2
1 Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa sì tọ̀ mí wá wí pé:
2 “Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.
“Lọ kí o sì kéde sí etí Jerusalẹmu pé: “Báyìí ni Olúwa wí, “‘Èmi rántí ìṣeun ìgbà èwe rẹ, ìfẹ́ ìgbéyàwó rẹ àti nígbà tí ìwọ tẹ̀lé mi nínú ijù, nínú ìyàngbẹ ilẹ̀.
3 Israel was holy to the LORD, the firstfruits of His harvest. All who devoured her found themselves guilty; disaster came upon them,’” declares the LORD.
Israẹli jẹ́ mímọ́ sí Olúwa, àkọ́kọ́ èso ìkórè rẹ̀, gbogbo ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó jẹ run ni a ó dá lẹ́bi, ibi yóò sì wá sí orí wọn,’” bẹ́ẹ̀ ni Olúwa wí.
4 Hear the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all you families of the house of Israel.
Gbọ́ ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa, ẹ̀yin ìdílé Jakọbu àti gbogbo ẹ̀yin ará ilé Israẹli.
5 This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me, and followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves?
Báyìí ni Olúwa wí: “Irú àìṣedéédéé wo ni baba yín rí lọ́wọ́ mi, tí wọ́n fi jìnnà sí mi? Wọ́n tẹ̀lé àwọn òrìṣà asán, àwọn fúnra wọn sì di asán.
6 They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and pits, a land of drought and darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?’
Wọn kò béèrè, ‘Níbo ni Olúwa wà, tí ó mú wa jáde láti ilẹ̀ Ejibiti wá, tí ó mú wa la aginjù já, tí ó mú wa la àárín pẹ̀tẹ́lẹ̀ àti ihò, ìyàngbẹ ilẹ̀ àti òkùnkùn biribiri, ilẹ̀ ibi tí ẹnikẹ́ni kò là kọjá, tí ẹnikẹ́ni kò sì tẹ̀dó sí?’
7 I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and bounty, but you came and defiled My land, and made My inheritance detestable.
Èmi mú yín wá sí ilẹ̀ ọlọ́ràá láti máa jẹ èso ibẹ̀ àti ọrọ̀ rẹ̀, ṣùgbọ́n ẹ̀yin wọ inú rẹ̀, ẹ sì bà á jẹ́, ẹ sì sọ ogún mi di ohun ìríra.
8 The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD?’ The experts in the law no longer knew Me, and the leaders rebelled against Me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and followed useless idols.
Àwọn àlùfáà kò béèrè wí pé, ‘Níbo ni Olúwa wà?’ Àwọn tí ń ṣiṣẹ́ pẹ̀lú òfin kò si mọ̀ mí, àwọn olùṣọ́ sì ṣẹ̀ sí mi. Àwọn wòlíì sì ń sọtẹ́lẹ̀ nípa òrìṣà Baali, wọ́n sì ń tẹ̀lé àwọn òrìṣà asán.
9 Therefore, I will contend with you again, declares the LORD, and I will bring a case against your children’s children.
“Nítorí náà, mo fi ẹ̀sùn kàn yín lẹ́ẹ̀kan sí i,” ni Olúwa wí. “Èmi ó sì fi ẹ̀sùn kan àwọn ọmọ ọwọ́ rẹ.
10 Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus and take a look; send to Kedar and consider carefully; see if there has ever been anything like this:
Rékọjá lọ sí erékùṣù àwọn ara Kittimu, kí ẹ sì wò ó, ránṣẹ́ lọ sí ìlú Kedari, kí ẹ sì kíyèsi gidigidi; kí ẹ wò bí irú nǹkan báyìí bá ń bẹ níbẹ̀?
11 Has a nation ever changed its gods, though they are no gods at all? Yet My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.
Orílẹ̀-èdè kan ha á pa ọlọ́run rẹ̀ dà? (Síbẹ̀, wọ́n kì í ṣe iṣẹ́ ọlọ́run.) Ṣùgbọ́n àwọn ènìyàn mi ti pààrọ̀ Ọlọ́run ògo wọn fún àwọn ère tí kò níyì.
12 Be stunned by this, O heavens; be shocked and utterly appalled,”
Àwọn ènìyàn mi ti dẹ́ṣẹ̀ méjì kí ẹ sì wárìrì pẹ̀lú ìbẹ̀rù ńlá,” ni Olúwa wí.
13 “For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns— broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
“Àwọn ènìyàn mi ti dẹ́ṣẹ̀ méjì, wọ́n ti kọ̀ mí sílẹ̀, Èmi orísun omi ìyè, wọ́n sì ti ṣe àmù, àmù fífọ́ tí kò lè gba omi dúró.
14 Is Israel a slave? Was he born into slavery? Why then has he become prey?
Israẹli ha á jẹ́ ọmọ ọ̀dọ̀ ẹrú nípa ìbí? Kí ló ha a dé tí ó fi di ìkógun?
15 The young lions have roared at him; they have growled with a loud voice. They have laid waste his land; his cities lie in ruins, without inhabitant.
Àwọn kìnnìún ké ramúramù; wọ́n sì ń bú mọ́ wọn. Wọ́n ti fi ilẹ̀ rẹ̀ ṣòfò; ìlú rẹ̀ ti di jíjóná, ó sì ti di ìkọ̀sílẹ̀.
16 The men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have shaved the crown of your head.
Bákan náà, àwọn ọkùnrin Memfisi àti Tafanesi wọ́n ti fa adé orí rẹ yọ.
17 Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?
Ẹ̀yin kò ha a ti fa èyí sórí ara yín nípa kíkọ Olúwa Ọlọ́run sílẹ̀ nígbà tí ó tọ́ ọ lójú ọ̀nà?
18 Now what will you gain on your way to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile? What will you gain on your way to Assyria to drink the waters of the Euphrates?
Kí ló dé tí o ṣe wá lọ Ejibiti láti lọ mu omi ní Ṣihori? Kí ló dé tí o sì fi lọ sí Asiria láti lọ mú omi ni odò Eufurate náà?
19 Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,”
Iṣẹ́ búburú yín yóò fìyà jẹ yín ìpadàsẹ́yìn rẹ yóò sì bá ọ wí mọ̀ kí o sì rí i wí pé ibi àti ohun búburú yóò sì jẹ́ tìrẹ nígbà tí o ti kọ Olúwa Ọlọ́run sílẹ̀, ẹ kò sì ní ìbẹ̀rù fún mi,” ni Olúwa, Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun wí.
20 “For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.
“Nígbà àtijọ́, o ti fọ́ àjàgà rẹ sọnù, ìwọ sì já ìdè rẹ; ìwọ wí pé, ‘Èmi kì yóò sìn ọ́!’ Lóòtítọ́, lórí gbogbo òkè gíga ni àti lábẹ́ igi tí ó tànkálẹ̀ ni ìwọ dùbúlẹ̀ sí gẹ́gẹ́ bí panṣágà.
21 I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild vine?
Èmi ti gbìn ọ́ gẹ́gẹ́ bí àjàrà ọ̀tọ̀, gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìṣúra ọlọ́lá. Báwo wá ni ìwọ ṣe yípadà sí mi di àjàrà búburú àti aláìmọ́?
22 Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,”
Bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé o wẹ ara rẹ pẹ̀lú sódà tí o sì lo ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ọṣẹ síbẹ̀síbẹ̀ èérí ni ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ rẹ níwájú,” ni Olúwa Olódùmarè wí.
23 “How can you say, ‘I am not defiled; I have not run after the Baals’? Look at your behavior in the valley; acknowledge what you have done. You are a swift young she-camel galloping here and there,
“Báwo ni ìwọ ṣe wí pé, ‘Èmi kò ṣe aláìmọ́, Èmi kò sá à tẹ̀lé àwọn Baali’? Wo bí o ṣe hùwà ní àfonífojì; wo ohun tí o ṣe. Ìwọ jẹ́ abo ìbákasẹ tí ń sá síyìn-ín sọ́hùn-ún.
24 a wild donkey at home in the wilderness, sniffing the wind in the heat of her desire. Who can restrain her passion? All who seek her need not weary themselves; in mating season they will find her.
Kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́ igbó tí ń gbé aginjù tí ń fa ẹ̀fúùfù ìfẹ́ sí i mu rẹ, ta ni ó le è mú dúró ní àkókò rẹ̀? Kí gbogbo àwọn akọ ẹran tí o wá a kiri kì ó má ṣe dá ara wọn lágara, nítorí wọn yóò rí ní àkókò oṣù rẹ̀.
25 You should have kept your feet from going bare and your throat from being thirsty. But you said, ‘It is hopeless! For I love foreign gods, and I must go after them.’
Dá ẹsẹ̀ dúró láìwọ bàtà, àti ọ̀fun rẹ nínú òǹgbẹ. Ṣùgbọ́n ìwọ wí pé, ‘Asán ni! Èmi fẹ́ràn àwọn ọlọ́run àjèjì, àwọn ni èmi yóò tọ̀ lẹ́yìn.’
26 As the thief is ashamed when he is caught, so the house of Israel is disgraced. They, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets
“Gẹ́gẹ́ bí a ṣe ń dójútì olè nígbà tí a bá mú u, bẹ́ẹ̀ náà ni ojú yóò ti ilé Israẹli— àwọn ọba àti àwọn ìjòyè wọn, àwọn àlùfáà àti wòlíì wọn pẹ̀lú.
27 say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ For they have turned their backs to Me and not their faces, yet in the time of trouble they beg, ‘Rise up and save us!’
Wọ́n sọ fún igi pé, ‘Ìwọ ni baba mi,’ àti sí òkúta wí pé, ‘Ìwọ ni ó bí mi,’ wọ́n ti kọ ẹ̀yìn wọn sí mi, wọn kò kọ ojú sí mi síbẹ̀ nígbà tí wọ́n bá wà nínú ìṣòro, wọn yóò wí pé, ‘Wá kí o sì gbà wá!’
28 But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up in your time of trouble and save you if they can; for your gods are as numerous as your cities, O Judah.
Níbo wá ni àwọn ọlọ́run tí ẹ ṣe fúnra yín ha a wà? Jẹ́ kí wọ́n wá kí wọ́n sì gbà yín nígbà tí ẹ bá wà nínú ìṣòro! Nítorí pé ẹ̀yin ní àwọn ọlọ́run púpọ̀, gẹ́gẹ́ bí ẹ ti ṣe ni àwọn ìlú, ìwọ Juda.
29 Why do you bring a case against Me? You have all rebelled against Me,”
“Kí ló dé tí o ṣe wá ń fi ẹ̀sùn kàn mí? Gbogbo yín ni ó ti ṣọ̀tẹ̀ sí mi,” ni Olúwa wí.
30 “I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”
“Nínú asán mo fìyà jẹ àwọn ènìyàn yín, wọn kò sì gba ìbáwí. Idà yín ti pa àwọn wòlíì yín run, gẹ́gẹ́ bí kìnnìún tí ń bú ramúramù.
31 You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam; we will come to You no more’?
“Ẹ̀yin ìran yìí, ẹ kíyèsi ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa: “Mo ha ti di aginjù sí Israẹli tàbí mo jẹ ilẹ̀ olókùnkùn biribiri? Èéṣe tí àwọn ènìyàn mi ṣe wí pé, ‘A ní àǹfààní láti máa rìn kiri; àwa kì yóò tọ̀ ọ́ wá mọ́?’
32 Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.
Wúńdíá ha le gbàgbé ohun ọ̀ṣọ́ rẹ̀, tàbí ìyàwó ohun ọ̀ṣọ́ ìgbéyàwó rẹ̀? Síbẹ̀, àwọn ènìyàn mi ti gbàgbé mi ní ọjọ́ àìníye.
33 How skillfully you pursue love! Even the most immoral of women could learn from your ways.
Ìwọ ti jẹ́ ọlọ́gbọ́n tó nípa ọ̀rọ̀ ìfẹ́! Àwọn obìnrin búburú yóò kẹ́kọ̀ọ́ nípa ọ̀nà rẹ.
34 Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor, though you did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these things
Lórí aṣọ rẹ ni wọ́n bá ẹ̀jẹ̀ àwọn tálákà aláìṣẹ̀, bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé ìwọ kò ká wọn mọ́ níbi tí wọ́n ti ń rùn wọlé. Síbẹ̀ nínú gbogbo èyí
35 you say, ‘I am innocent. Surely His anger will turn from me.’ Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’
ìwọ sọ wí pé, ‘Èmi jẹ́ aláìṣẹ̀; kò sì bínú sí mi.’ Èmi yóò mú ìdájọ́ mi wá sórí rẹ nítorí pé ìwọ wí pé, ‘Èmi kò dẹ́ṣẹ̀.’
36 How unstable you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria.
Èéṣe tí ìwọ fi ń lọ káàkiri láti yí ọ̀nà rẹ padà? Ejibiti yóò dójútì ọ́ gẹ́gẹ́ bí i ti Asiria.
37 Moreover, you will leave that place with your hands on your head, for the LORD has rejected those you trust; you will not prosper by their help.”
Ìwọ yóò sì fi ibẹ̀ sílẹ̀ pẹ̀lú kíkáwọ́ rẹ lé orí rẹ, nítorí pé Olúwa ti kọ̀ àwọn tí ìwọ gbẹ́kẹ̀lé sílẹ̀, kì yóò sí ìrànlọ́wọ́ kankan fún ọ láti ọ̀dọ̀ wọn.
