Jeremiah 5
1 “Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city.
“Jegharịa nʼokporoụzọ niile dị na Jerusalem, legharịa anya, ma mara, chọkwanụ gburugburu nʼama ya niile. Ma unu ọ ga-achọpụta otu onye, bụ onye na-eme ihe ziri ezi, na onye na-achọ eziokwu. M ga-agbagharakwa obodo a
2 Although they say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ they are swearing falsely.”
Ọ bụ ezie, na ha na-asị, ‘Dịka Onyenwe anyị na-adị ndụ,’ ma ha ka na-aṅụ iyi nʼokwu ụgha.”
3 O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.
Onyenwe anyị, anya gị abụọ ọ bụghị eziokwu ka ọ na-achọ? Ị tiela ha ihe, ma o metụghị ha nʼahụ. I gwepịara ha, ma ha ekweghị a nabata ịdọ aka na ntị. Ha emeela ka ihu ha sie ike karịa nkume, ha ajụla ịchịgharị.
4 Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.
Mgbe ahụ, a sịrị, “Ndị a bụ naanị ndị ogbenye na ndị na-enweghị uche, ha amaghị ihe ọbụla gbasara ụzọ Onyenwe anyị, na iwu nke Chineke ha.
5 I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.” But they too, with one accord, had broken the yoke and torn off the chains.
Aga m ejekwuru ndị ndu, gwa ha okwu sị, nʼezie ha maara ihe gbasara ụzọ Onyenwe anyị, marakwa iwu niile nke Chineke ha.” Ma ha onwe ha nʼotu obi agbajiela ịyagba ahụ, tijiekwa agbụ niile.
6 Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces. For their rebellious acts are many, and their unfaithful deeds are numerous.
Ya mere, aga m eme ka ọdụm si nʼoke ọhịa bịa lụso ha ọgụ; nkịta ọhịa bi nʼọzara ga-ebibi ha. Otu a kwa, agụ ga-abịa makpuru nso nso obodo ha ịdọkasị onye ọbụla si nʼime obodo ahụ na-apụta. Ihe ndị a ga-emezu nʼihi na nnupu isi ha adịla ukwuu, na nʼihi na ndaghachi azụ ha site na iso ụzọ m adịla ukwuu.
7 “Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery and assembled at the houses of prostitutes.
“Nʼihi gịnị ka m ga-eji gbaghara unu? Lee na ụmụ unu ahapụla m, na-agbaso, ma na-eji chi ndị na-abụghị chi na-aṅụ iyi. Ọ bụ m gbooro ha mkpa ha, ma ha nọgidere na-akwa iko. Ha jikwa ụlọ ndị akwụna mere ebe ha na-ezukọ.
8 They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after his neighbor’s wife.
Ha rijuru afọ, gbaa abụba dị ka oke ịnyịnya. Onye ọbụla nʼime ha kwa na-esigharị imi na-akpọku nwunye na-abụghị nke ya.
9 Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?
Ma Onyenwe anyị na-ajụ ajụjụ sị, m ga-ahapụ ịta ha ahụhụ nʼihi ihe ndị a niile? M ga-ahapụ ịbọtara mkpụrụobi m ọbọ megide mba dị otu a?”
10 Go up through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not finish them off. Strip off her branches, for they do not belong to the LORD.
“Baanụ nʼime ubi vaịnị ha a gbara ogige kposaa ihe dị nʼime ya, ma unu emebila ya kpamkpam. Gbajisienụ alaka ya nʼihi na o nweghị oge ndị a ji bụrụ ndị nke Onyenwe anyị.
11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have been utterly unfaithful to Me,”
Onyenwe anyị ekwuola ya sị, Lee, ụlọ Izrel na ụlọ Juda egosila na ha abụghị ndị e kwesiri ịtụkwasị obi.” Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara.
12 They have lied about the LORD and said: “He will not do anything; harm will not come to us; we will not see sword or famine.
Ha ekwuola okwu ụgha megide Onyenwe anyị. E, ha ekwuola sị, “O nweghị ihe Ọ ga-eme! Ihe ọjọọ ọbụla agaghị adakwasị anyị; mbibi nke ụnwụ na mma agha na-eweta agaghị erute anyị nso.
13 The prophets are but wind, for the word is not in them. So let their own predictions befall them.”
Ndị amụma ndị a niile dịka ikuku, nke okwu nwere isi na-adịghị nʼime ha. Ya mere, ka ihe ahụ niile ha buru nʼamụma bịakwasị ha.”
14 Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts says: “Because you have spoken this word, I will make My words a fire in your mouth and this people the wood it consumes.
Nʼihi ihe ndị a niile, ihe ndị a ka Onyenwe anyị Chineke Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile kwuru, “Nʼihi na okwu ndị a esitela nʼọnụ ndị a pụta, aga m eme ka okwu m, nke si gị nʼọnụ na-apụta, ghọọ ọkụ. Aga m emekwa ka ndị a ghọọ nkụ ọkụ ahụ ga-erepịa.
15 Behold, I am bringing a distant nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. “It is an established nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know and whose speech you do not understand.
Unu bụ ndị Izrel,” otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri, “Aga m eme ka otu mba si nʼebe dị anya bịa megide unu. Ọ bụ mba na-adị site na mgbe ochie, mba dị ike, nke unu na-adịghị anụ asụsụ ha, ndị unu na-adịghị aghọta okwu ha.
16 Their quivers are like open graves; they are all mighty men.
Akpa àkụ ha dịka ili ghere oghe; ha niile bụkwa ndị dike nʼagha.
17 They will devour your harvest and food; they will consume your sons and daughters; they will eat up your flocks and herds; they will feed on your vines and fig trees. With the sword they will destroy the fortified cities in which you trust.”
Ha ga-eripịa ihe niile unu wetara nʼubi, ya na nri niile unu nwere. Ha ga-ebibi ụmụ unu ndị nwoke na ndị nwanyị. Ha ga-ebibi igwe ewu na atụrụ unu, na igwe ehi unu. Ha ga-ebibikwa osisi vaịnị na osisi fiig unu. Ọ bụ mma agha ha ka ha ga-eji bibie obodo unu niile e wusiri ike, bụ obodo ndị ahụ niile unu na-atụkwasị uche.
18 “Yet even in those days,” declares the LORD, “I will not make a full end of you.
“Ma ọ bụladị na nʼụbọchị ndị ahụ,” otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara, “Agaghị m ebibicha unu kpamkpam.
19 And when the people ask, ‘For what offense has the LORD our God done all these things to us?’ You are to tell them, ‘Just as you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so will you serve foreigners in a land that is not your own.’”
Ọ ga-erukwa, mgbe ndị mmadụ ga-ajụ ajụjụ sị, ‘Gịnị mere Onyenwe anyị Chineke anyị ji mee anyị ihe dị otu a?’ Unu ga-agwa ha sị, ‘Dịka unu si gbakụta ya azụ malite ife chi ndị mba ọzọ nʼala nke aka unu, otu a ka unu ga-esi kpọọ isiala nye ndị mba ọzọ nʼala na-abụghị nke unu.’
20 Declare this in the house of Jacob and proclaim it in Judah:
“Kwupụta ihe a ka ụlọ Jekọb nụrụ ya, kwusaa ya na Juda.
21 “Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.
Nụrụnụ ihe ndị a, unu ndị nzuzu na ndị na-enweghị uche, unu ndị nwere anya nke na-adịghị ahụ ụzọ, na unu ndị nwere ntị nke na-adịghị anụ ihe.
22 Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.
Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara, na-ajụ sị, o kwesighị ka unu tụọ m egwu?” “O kwesighị ka unu maa jijiji nʼihu m? Emeela m ka uzuzu bụrụ oke osimiri nwere. Ọ bụkwa ụkpụrụ ebighị ebi nke ọ na-enweghị ike ịgafe. Ebili mmiri nwere ike magharịa, ma nke a apụghị ime ka osimiri si nʼọnọdụ ya wezuga onwe ya. Osimiri nwere ike bigbọọ, ma ọ pụghị ịgafe oke ahụ.
23 But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts. They have turned aside and gone away.
Ma ndị a nwere obi nke na-enupu isi, na obi nke na-adịghị ekwe ekwe. Ha atụgharịala wezuga onwe ha.
24 They have not said in their hearts, ‘Let us fear the LORD our God, who gives the rains, both autumn and spring, in season, who keeps for us the appointed weeks of harvest.’
Ha adịghị asị onwe ha, ‘Ka anyị tụọ egwu Onyenwe anyị Chineke anyị, onye na-enye anyị mmiri ozuzo nʼoge ya, ọ bụkwa ya na-eme ka anyị na-ewebata ihe ubi anyị nʼoge ya.’
25 Your iniquities have diverted these from you; your sins have deprived you of My bounty.
Ajọ omume unu emeela ka ihe ndị a hapụ irute unu aka. Mmehie unu anapụla unu ihe ọma gaara abụ nke unu.
26 For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.
“E nwere ndị ajọ mmadụ nʼetiti ndị m, ndị na-edo onwe ha dịka ndị mmadụ na-esiri nnụnụ ọnya, dịka ndị na-esi ọnya ka ha nwude mmadụ.
27 Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.
Dịka nkata a kpara nke nnụnụ jupụtara nʼime ya, ụlọ ndị dị otu a jupụtara nʼaghụghọ. Nʼihi nke a, ha ghọrọ ndị ọgaranya na ndị dị ike,
28 They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.
ha amaala abụba, anụ ahụ ha na-akwọkwa mụrụmụrụ. Ajọ ọrụ ha enweghị nsọtụ; ha adịghị achọkwa ikpe ziri ezi. Ha adịghị ekwuchite ọnụ onye na-enweghị nna; ha adịghị ekwuchitekwa ọnụ ndị ogbenye ime ka ha nweta ihe ruuru ha.
29 Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?
M ga-ahapụ ịta ha ahụhụ nʼihi ihe ndị a niile?” ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara, na-ajụ. “M ga-ahapụ ịbọrọ onwe m ọbọ megide mba dị otu a?
30 A horrible and shocking thing has happened in the land.
“Ihe ọjọọ nke jọbigara njọ oke emeela nʼala a.
31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?
Lee, ndị amụma na-ebu naanị amụma ụgha, ndị nchụaja na-achịkwa ndị m site nʼọchịchị nke nʼaka ike, ma lee, ndị m hụrụ ndụ dị otu a nʼanya. Gịnịkwa ka unu ga-eme nʼoge ikpeazụ.”
