Jeremiah 12
1 Certainly, O Lord, you are just. But if I may contend with you, while still speaking what is just to you: Why does the way of the impious prosper? Why is it well with all those who transgress and act unfairly?
Olúwa, olódodo ni ọ́ nígbàkígbà, nígbà tí mo mú ẹjọ́ kan tọ̀ ọ́ wá. Síbẹ̀ èmi yóò bá ọ sọ̀rọ̀ nípa òdodo rẹ. Èéṣe tí ọ̀nà àwọn ènìyàn búburú fi ń ṣe déédé? Èéṣe tí gbogbo àwọn aláìṣòdodo sì ń gbé ní ìrọ̀rùn?
2 You planted them, and they took root. They are prospering and bearing fruit. You are near to their mouths, but far from their hearts.
Ó ti gbìn wọ́n, wọ́n sì ti fi egbò múlẹ̀, wọ́n dàgbà wọ́n sì so èso. Gbogbo ìgbà ni ó wà ní ètè wọn, o jìnnà sí ọkàn wọn.
3 And you, O Lord, have known me well. You have seen me, and you have tested my heart with you. Gather them together like a flock for the sacrifice and sanctify them for the day of slaughter.
Síbẹ̀ o mọ̀ mí ní Olúwa, o ti rí mi o sì ti dán èrò mi nípa rẹ wò. Wọ, wọ́n lọ bí àgùntàn tí a fẹ́ pa. Yà wọ́n sọ́tọ̀ fún ọjọ́ pípa.
4 How long shall the earth mourn? And how long shall the plants of every field whither because of the wickedness of the inhabitants within them? It has consumed the wild animals and the birds. For they said: “He will not see our very end.”
Yóò ti pẹ́ tó tí ọ̀gbẹlẹ̀ yóò fi wà, tí gbogbo ewéko igbó sì ń rọ? Nítorí àwọn ènìyàn búburú ni ó ń gbé ibẹ̀. Àwọn ẹranko àti àwọn ẹyẹ ti ṣègbé, pẹ̀lúpẹ̀lú àwọn ènìyàn ń sọ pé, “Kò lè rí ohun tó ṣẹlẹ̀ sí wa.”
5 “If you have struggled to run on foot, how will you be able to compete with horses? And if you have been secure in a land of peace, what will you do about the arrogance of the Jordan?
Bí ìwọ bá ń bá ẹlẹ́ṣẹ̀ sáré, tí àárẹ̀ sì mú ọ, báwo ni ìwọ yóò ṣe bá ẹṣin díje? Bí ìwọ bá kọsẹ̀ ní ilẹ̀ àlàáfíà, bí ìwọ bá ní ìgbẹ́kẹ̀lé, kí ni ìwọ ó ṣe nínú ẹkùn odò Jordani?
6 For even your brothers, and the house of your father, even these have fought against you. And they have cried out after you with loud voice: ‘You should not believe them, when they speak good things to you.’”
Àwọn arákùnrin rẹ àti àwọn ìdílé ti dà ọ́, kódà wọ́n ti kẹ̀yìn sí ọ, wọ́n ti hó lé ọ lórí. Má ṣe gbà wọ́n gbọ́ bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé wọ́n ń sọ̀rọ̀ rẹ dáradára.
7 “I have abandoned my house. I have disowned my inheritance. I have given my beloved soul into the hand of its enemies.
Èmi yóò kọ ilé mi sílẹ̀, èmi yóò fi ìní mi sílẹ̀. Èmi yóò fi ẹni tí mo fẹ́ lé àwọn ọ̀tá rẹ̀ lọ́wọ́.
8 My inheritance has become for me like a lion in the forest. It has uttered a voice against me, therefore, I have hated it.
Ogún mi ti rí sí mi bí i kìnnìún nínú igbó. Ó ń bú ramúramù mọ́ mi; nítorí náà mo kórìíra rẹ̀.
9 Is my inheritance to me like a discolored bird? Is it like a bird that has entirely changed color? Approach and assemble, all beasts of the earth! Hurry, so that you may devour!
Ogún mi kò ha ti rí sí mi bí ẹyẹ kannakánná tí àwọn ẹlẹgbẹ́ rẹ̀ dòyì ka, tí wọ́n sì kọjú ìjà sí i? Ẹ lọ, kí ẹ sì kó gbogbo ẹranko igbó jọ, ẹ mú wọn wá jẹ.
10 Many pastors have demolished my vineyard. They have trampled my portion. They have made my desirable portion into a desert of solitude.
Ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ olùṣọ́-àgùntàn ni yóò sì ba ọgbà àjàrà mi jẹ́, tí wọn yóò sì tẹ oko mi mọ́lẹ̀; wọ́n ó sọ oko dídára mi di ibi tí a ń da ìdọ̀tí sí.
11 They have squandered it, and it has grieved concerning me. The entire earth has become utterly desolate, because there is no one who understands with the heart.”
A ó sọ ọ́ di aṣálẹ̀ ilẹ̀ tí kò wúlò níwájú mi, gbogbo ilẹ̀ ni yóò di ahoro nítorí kò sí ẹnìkankan tí yóò náání.
12 The devastators have arrived, over all the ways of the wilderness. For the sword of the Lord will devour, from one end of the earth even to its furthest limits. There is no peace for all that is flesh.
Gbogbo ibi gíga tí ó wà nínú aṣálẹ̀ ni àwọn apanirun ti gorí, nítorí idà Olúwa yóò pa láti ìkangun kìn-ín-ní dé ìkangun èkejì ilẹ̀ náà; kò sí àlàáfíà fún gbogbo alààyè.
13 They sowed wheat, but they reaped thorns. They received an inheritance, but it will not benefit them. You will be confounded by your own fruits, because of the wrath of the fury of the Lord.
Àlìkámà ni wọn yóò gbìn, ṣùgbọ́n ẹ̀gún ni wọn yóò ká, wọn yóò fi ara wọn ṣe wàhálà, ṣùgbọ́n òfo ni èrè wọn. Kí ojú kí ó tì yín nítorí èrè yín, nítorí ìbínú gbígbóná Olúwa.
14 Thus says the Lord against all my wicked neighbors, who touch the inheritance that I have distributed to my people Israel: “Behold, I will root them out of their own land, and I will root the house of Judah out of their midst.
Èyí ni ohun tí Olúwa wí: “Ní ti gbogbo àwọn aládùúgbò mi búburú tí wọ́n gbẹ́sẹ̀ lé ogún tí mo fún àwọn ènìyàn Israẹli mi, Èmi yóò fà wọ́n tu kúrò lórí ilẹ̀ wọn, èmi yóò fa ìdílé Juda tu kúrò ní àárín wọn.
15 And when I have rooted them out, I will turn back and take pity on them. And I will lead them back, one man to his inheritance, and another man to his land.
Ṣùgbọ́n tí mo bá fà wọ́n tu tán, Èmi yóò padà yọ́nú sí wọn. Èmi yóò sì padà fún oníkálùkù ní ogún ìní rẹ̀ pẹ̀lú ilẹ̀ ìní oníkálùkù.
16 And this shall be: if they are taught and they learn the ways of my people, so that they swear by my name, ‘As the Lord lives,’ just as they had taught my people to swear by Baal, then they will be built up in the midst of my people.
Bí wọ́n bá sì kọ ìwà àwọn ènìyàn mi, tí wọ́n sì fi orúkọ mi búra wí pé, ‘Níwọ̀n bí Olúwa ń bẹ láààyè,’ gẹ́gẹ́ bí wọ́n ti kọ́ àwọn ènìyàn mi láti fi Baali búra, nígbà náà ni a ó gbé wọn ró láàrín àwọn ènìyàn mi.
17 But if they will not listen, I will uproot that nation unto utter destruction and perdition, says the Lord.”
Ṣùgbọ́n bí orílẹ̀-èdè kan kò bá gbọ́, Èmi yóò fà á tu pátápátá, èmi yóò sì pa wọ́n run,” ni Olúwa wí.
