Jeremiah 22
1 This is what the Lord has said: Go down to the house of the king of Judah and there give him this word,
Ihe ndị a ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru, “Jee nʼụlọeze Juda nọdụ nʼebe ahụ kwusaa ozi ndị a.
2 And say, Give ear to the word of the Lord, O king of Judah, seated on the seat of David, you and your servants and your people who come in by these doors.
‘Nụrụ okwu Onyenwe anyị, nye gị, gị eze Juda, gị onye na-anọkwasị nʼocheeze Devid. Nụrụ ya, gị na ndịisi ọchịchị gị, na unu ndị niile na-esite nʼọnụ ụzọ ama ndị a na-apụ na-abatakwa.
3 This is what the Lord has said: Do what is right, judging uprightly, and make free from the hands of the cruel one him whose goods have been violently taken away: do no wrong and be not violent to the man from a strange country and the child without a father and the widow, and let not those who have done no wrong be put to death in this place.
Ihe ndị a ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru, Meenụ ihe dị mma na ihe ziri ezi. Napụtanụ onye eji aka ike napụ ihe o nwere site nʼaka onye ahụ na-emegbu ya. Unu emejọkwala onye ọbịa, maọbụ mee ya ihe ike. Unu emekwala ndị na-enweghị nna, maọbụ ndị inyom di ha nwụrụ ihe ọjọọ. Unu awụsịkwala ọbara ndị aka ha dị ọcha nʼebe a.
4 For if you truly do this, then there will come in through the doors of this house kings seated on the seat of David, going in carriages and on horseback, he and his servants and his people
Nʼihi na ọ bụrụ na unu elezie anya mee iwu ndị a niile, mgbe ahụ, ndị eze na-anọkwasị nʼelu ocheeze Devid ga-anọgide na-esite nʼọnụ ụzọ ama ndị a na-apụta, na-abata nʼelu ụgbọ agha ha, ma nʼelu ịnyịnya ha, ha na ndịisi ọchịchị ha, na ndị ha na-achị.
5 But if you do not give ear to these words, I give you my oath by myself, says the Lord, that this house will become a waste.
Ma ọ bụrụ na unu ajụ irube isi nye iwu ndị a, otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri, eji m onwe m na-aṅụ iyi na ụlọeze a ga-aghọ mkpọmkpọ ebe.’”
6 For this is what the Lord has said about the family of the king of Judah: You are Gilead to me, and the top of Lebanon: but, truly, I will make you waste, with towns unpeopled.
Nʼihi na ihe ndị a ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru banyere ụlọeze Juda, “Ọ bụ ezie na ịdị dịka Gilead nye m, dịka elu ugwu ukwu Lebanọn, aghaghị m ime gị ka ị dịrị ka ebe ikpofu ahịhịa, dịka obodo ndị mmadụ na-ebighị nʼime ya.
7 And I will make ready those who will send destruction on you, everyone armed for war: by them your best cedar-trees will be cut down and put in the fire.
Aga m ezite ndị mbibi ndị ga-abịa megide gị. Onye ọbụla nʼime ha ga-eji ngwa agha ya. Ha ga-egbutusịkwa osisi sida ọma gị niile, tụnye ha niile nʼime ọkụ.
8 And nations from all sides will go past this town, and every man will say to his neighbour, Why has the Lord done such things to this great town?
“Ọtụtụ ndị si mba ọzọ bịa ga-agafe obodo a. Ha ga-ajụrịta ibe ha ajụjụ sị, ‘Gịnị mere Onyenwe anyị ji mee obodo ukwuu a ihe ọjọọ dị otu a?’
9 And they will say, Because they gave up the agreement of the Lord their God, and became worshippers and servants of other gods.
Ọsịsa ha ga-enweta ga-abụ, ‘Ọ bụ nʼihi na ha gbakụtara ọgbụgba ndụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke ha azụ, malite ịkpọ isiala na ife chi ndị ọzọ.’”
10 Let there be no weeping for the dead, and make no songs of grief for him: but make bitter weeping for him who has gone away, for he will never come back or see again the country of his birth.
Unu akwala akwa nʼihi eze ahụ nwụrụ anwụ, maọbụ ruo ụjụ nʼihi na ọ gaghị abụkwa eze unu, kama kwaanụ akwa nʼihi onye ahụ a dọtara nʼagha buru gaa mba ọzọ. Nʼihi na ọ gaghị alọghachi ọzọ; ọ gaghị ahụkwa ala ebe a mụrụ ya anya ọzọ.
11 For this is what the Lord has said about Shallum, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who became king in place of Josiah his father, who went out from this place: He will never come back there again:
Nʼihi na ihe ndị a ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru banyere Shalum nwa Josaya, onye nọchiri anya nna ya dịka eze Juda, bụ onye ahụ e si nʼebe a buru gaa mba ọzọ, “Ọ gaghị alọtakwa ọzọ.
12 But death will come to him in the place where they have taken him away prisoner, and he will never see this land again.
Ebe ahụ e buuru ya gaa ka ọ ga-anọ nwụọ. Ọ gaghị ahụkwa ala nke aka ya anya ọzọ.”
13 A curse is on him who is building his house by wrongdoing, and his rooms by doing what is not right; who makes use of his neighbour without payment, and gives him nothing for his work;
“Ahụhụ na-adịrị onye ahụ na-ewu ụlọeze ya site nʼụzọ ajọ omume, nke jikwa ikpe na-ezighị ezi na-ewu ime ụlọ elu ya niile, onye ahụ nke na-eme ndị mmadụ rụọ ọrụ nʼefu, nke na-adịghị akwụ ha ụgwọ ọbụla nʼihi ọrụ ha.
14 Who says, I will make a wide house for myself, and rooms of great size, and has windows cut out, and has it roofed with cedar and painted with bright red.
Onye na-asị, ‘Aga m ewuru onwe m ụlọeze buru ibu, nke ọnụụlọ dị nʼụlọ elu ya sara ezi mbara.’ Ya mere, ọ tinyere oghereikuku sara mbara nʼụlọ ahụ, jirikwa osisi sida machie elu ya, werekwa penti na-acha uhie uhie chọọ ya mma.
15 Are you to be a king because you make more use of cedar than your father? did not your father take food and drink and do right, judging in righteousness, and then it was well for him?
“Ị ga-abụ eze nʼihi na i nwere ọtụtụ osisi sida karịa ndị ọzọ? Nna gị o nweghị ihe oriri na ihe ọṅụṅụ? O mere ihe dị mma na ihe ziri ezi nʼihi ya ihe niile gaara ya nke ọma.
16 He was judge in the cause of the poor and those in need; then it was well. Was not this to have knowledge of me? says the Lord.
O kwuchitere ọnụ ndị ogbenye na ndị nọ na mkpa, nke a mere na ihe niile gara nke ọma. Ọ bụghị nke a bụ ihe ọ pụtara bụ ịmara m? Ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara
17 But your eyes and your heart are fixed only on profit for yourself, on causing the death of him who has done no wrong, and on violent and cruel acts.
Ma anya unu na obi unu adịghị nʼihe ọzọ ma ọ bụghị naanị nʼuru nʼezighị ezi nʼiwufu ọbara ndị aka ha dị ọcha, na imegbu ndị mmadụ, na iji aka ike pụnara ha ihe ha nwere.”
18 So this is what the Lord has said about Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah: They will make no weeping for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they will make no weeping for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!
Ya mere, ihe ndị a ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru banyere Jehoiakim nwa Josaya eze Juda: “Ha agaghị eruru ya uju sị, ‘Ewoo nwanne m nwoke! Ewoo nwanne m nwanyị!’ Ha agaghị eruru ya uju sị, ‘Ewoo nna anyị ukwu! Ewoo ịma mma ya!’
19 They will do to him what they do to the dead body of an ass; his body will be pulled out and placed on the earth outside the doors of Jerusalem.
A ga-eli ya dịka e si eli ịnyịnya ibu. A ga-adọkpụrụ ozu ya nʼala tufuo ya nʼazụ ọnụ ụzọ ama Jerusalem.”
20 Go up to Lebanon and give a cry; let your voice be loud in Bashan, crying out from Abarim; for all your lovers have come to destruction
“Gbagoruo na Lebanọn tie mkpu akwa, meenụ ka a nụ olu unu na Bashan, sitekwanụ na Abarim tie mkpu akwa nʼihi na e gweriela ndị niile unu na ha dị na mma.
21 My word came to you in the time of your well-being; but you said, I will not give ear. This has been your way from your earliest years, you did not give attention to my voice.
Adọrọ m gị aka na ntị nʼoge ahụ ị nọ na-eche na i guzo chịm, ma ị jụrụ ige ntị. Nke a bụkwa omume gị site na mgbe ị bụ nwantakịrị. Ị jụkwara irubere m isi.
22 All the keepers of your sheep will be food for the wind, and your lovers will be taken away prisoners: truly, then you will be shamed and unhonoured because of all your evil-doing.
Oke ifufe ga-ebufu ndị ọzụzụ atụrụ gị niile, a ga-emekwa ka ndị gị na ha dị na mma gaa biri na mba ọzọ. Mgbe ahụ, ihere ga-eme gị, ị ga-aghọkwa onye e wedara nʼala nʼihi ajọ omume gị niile.
23 O you who are living in Lebanon, making your living-place in the cedars, how greatly to be pitied will you be when pains come on you, as on a woman in childbirth!
Gị onye na-ebi na Lebanọn, onye ebe obibi ya dị nʼụlọ e ji osisi sida wuo, lee ka i si na-asụ ude mgbe ihe mgbu bịakwasịrị gị, ihe mgbu yiri nke nwanyị ime na-eme.
24 By my life, says the Lord, even if Coniah, the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, was the ring on my right hand, even from there I would have you pulled off;
“Ma dịka m na-adị ndụ,” otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri ya, “a sịkwarị na gị, bụ Jehoiakin, nwa Jehoiakim eze Juda, bụ mgbaaka akara m gbanyere na mkpịsịaka dị nʼaka nri m, aga m agbapụkwa gị,
25 And I will give you into the hands of those desiring your death, and into the hands of those whom you are fearing, even into the hands of Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, and into the hands of the Chaldaeans.
were gị nyefee nʼaka ndị ahụ na-achọsi ndụ gị ike, bụ ndị ahụ ị na-atụ ụjọ ha. Aga m enyefe gị nʼaka Nebukadneza eze Babilọn na ndị Kaldịa.
26 I will send you out, and your mother who gave you birth, into another country not the land of your birth; and there death will come to you.
Aga m atụfu gị na nne mụrụ gị, tụga unu na mba ọzọ dị iche site nʼobodo a nọ mụọ unu. Ebe ahụ ka unu ga-anọ nwụọ.
27 But to the land on which their soul's desire is fixed, they will never come back.
Unu agaghị alọghachikwa nʼala ahụ na-agụ unu agụụ ịlọghachi nʼime ya.”
28 Is this man Coniah a broken vessel of no value? is he a vessel in which there is no pleasure? why are they violently sent out, he and his seed, into a land which is strange to them?
Nwoke a bụ Jehoiakin, ọ bụ ite tiwara etiwa, nke e lelịrị elelị, ihe onye ọbụla na-achọghị? Nʼihi gịnị ka a ga-eji tufuo ya na ụmụ ya, tụga ha na mba ha na-amaghị?
29 O earth, earth, earth, give ear to the word of the Lord!
Ala, ala, ala, nụrụ okwu Onyenwe anyị.
30 The Lord has said, Let this man be recorded as having no children, a man who will not do well in all his life: for no man of his seed will do well, seated on the seat of the kingdom of David and ruling again in Judah.
Ihe ndị a ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru: “Detuo ya nʼakwụkwọ na nwoke a bụ onye gba aka nwa, nwoke nke ihe na-agaghị agara nke ọma nʼoge ndụ ya niile, nʼihi na o nweghị onye nʼime ụmụ ọ mụrụ nke ihe ga-agara nke ọma, o nwekwaghị onye nʼime ha ga-anọkwasị nʼocheeze Devid, maọbụ chịakwa ọzọ na Juda.”
