Jeremiah 24
1 The Lord gave me a vision, and I saw two baskets full of figs put in front of the Temple of the Lord, after Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, had taken prisoner Jeconiah, the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the chiefs of Judah, and the expert workmen and metal-workers from Jerusalem, and had taken them to Babylon.
Emesịa, Onyenwe anyị gosiri m nkata fiig abụọ, nke a dọbara nʼihu ụlọnsọ Onyenwe anyị. Nʼoge a, Nebukadneza eze Babilọn esitelarị na Jerusalem dọkpụrụ Jehoiakin nwa Jehoiakim, eze Juda, na ndịisi Juda, na ndị ọka, na ndị ụzụ, mee ka ha gaa biri na Babilọn, nke dị na mba ọzọ.
2 One basket had very good figs, like the figs which first come to growth: and the other basket had very bad figs, so bad that they were of no use for food.
Otu nkata nwere mkpụrụ fiig mara mma, dịka ndị ahụ na-ebu ụzọ acha, nkata nke ọzọ nwere mkpụrụ fiig nke jọrọ njọ, ha jọrọ njọ na mmadụ enweghị ike ịracha ha.
3 Then the Lord said to me, What do you see, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs are very good, and the bad very bad, and of no use for food, they are so bad.
Mgbe ahụ, Onyenwe anyị jụrụ m ajụjụ sị m, “Jeremaya, gịnị ka ị hụrụ?” Azara m sị ya, “Ahụrụ m mkpụrụ fiig. Ụfọdụ dị nnọọ ezi mma, ma ndị ọzọ jọrọ njọ. Ha adịghịkwa mma nracha.”
4 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Mgbe ahụ, okwu Onyenwe anyị ruru m ntị, sị,
5 This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said: Like these good figs, so in my eyes will be the prisoners of Judah, whom I have sent from this place into the land of the Chaldaeans for their good.
“Ihe ndị a ka Onyenwe anyị, bụ Chineke Izrel kwuru: Ndị ahụ m mere ka e si na Juda dọta nʼagha, ndị e buuru gaa nʼala Kaldịa dị m dịka mkpụrụ osisi fiig ndị a mara mma.
6 For I will keep my eyes on them for good, and I will take them back again to this land, building them up and not pulling them down, planting them and not uprooting them.
Anya m ga-adịkwasị ha nʼahụ ịhụ na ihe gaara ha nke ọma. Aga m akpọghachitekwa ha nʼala a. Aga m ewulikwa ha elu ghara ikwada ha; Aga m akụ ha dịka osisi ghara ihopu ha.
7 And I will give them a heart to have knowledge of me, that I am the Lord: and they will be my people, and I will be their God: for they will come back to me with all their heart.
Aga m enye ha ụdị obi ha ga-eji mata m, na m bụ Onyenwe anyị. Ha ga-abụ ndị m, mụ onwe m ga-abụkwa Chineke ha. Nʼihi na obi ha niile ka ha ga-eji lọghachikwute m.
8 And like the bad figs which are so bad that they are of no use for food, so I will give up Zedekiah, king of Judah, and his chiefs and the rest of Jerusalem who are still in this land, and those who are in the land of Egypt:
“‘Ma dịka fiig ọjọọ ndị a, bụ ndị dị njọ nke ukwuu na-enweghị ike iri ha eri,’ Onyenwe anyị sịrị, ‘otu a ka m gaa emeso Zedekaya, eze Juda, na ndịisi ọchịchị ya, na ndị ahụ niile fọdụrụ ndụ na Jerusalem, ma ha bi nʼime ya, maọbụ biri nʼIjipt.
9 I will give them up to be a cause of fear and of trouble among all the kingdoms of the earth; to be a name of shame and common talk and a cutting word and a curse in all the places wherever I will send them wandering.
Aga m eme ka ha ghọọrọ alaeze niile nke ụwa ihe ịsọ oyi, na ihe na-eweta obi ọjọọ. Ha ga-aghọ ihe ịta ụta, na ihe e ji akọ akụkọ, na ihe nkọcha na ihe ịbụ ọnụ nʼebe ọbụla m mere ka ha gaa biri.
10 And I will send the sword, and need of food, and disease, among them till they are all cut off from the land which I gave to them and to their fathers.
Aga m ezigakwa mma agha na ụnwụ na ọrịa na-efe efe nʼetiti ha, tutu ruo mgbe e mere ka ha gwụsịa nʼelu ala ahụ nke m nyere ha, nyekwa ndị bụ nna nna ha.’”
