Jeremiah 12
1 Righteous art thou, Jehovah, when I plead with thee; yet will I speak with thee of [thy] judgments. Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? [wherefore] are all they at ease that deal very treacherously?
Oo, Yehowa, ne metsɔ nya ɖe ŋutiwò la, wò nya dzɔna ɣe sia ɣi. Gake mahe nya kpli wò tso wò ʋɔnudɔdrɔ̃ ŋuti. Nu ka ta ame vɔ̃ɖiwo ƒe mɔ dzea edzi na wo ɖo? Nu ka ta dzimaxɔsetɔwo nɔa agbe le dziɖeɖi me?
2 Thou hast planted them, they also have taken root: they advance, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, but far from their reins.
Èdo wo, woto ke eye wotsi hetse ku. Wò ŋkɔ le nu na wo gake woƒe dziwo le adzɔge tso gbɔwò.
3 But thou, Jehovah, knowest me; thou hast seen me, and proved my heart toward thee. Drag them out like sheep for the slaughter, and set them apart for the day of slaughter.
Oo, Yehowa, ke wò la ènyam, èkpɔm eye nèdo nye susuwo kpɔ tso ŋutiwò. Eya ta he wo abe alẽwo ene nàkplɔ yi wuwuƒee! Ɖe wo ɖe aga hena wuwuŋkeke la!
4 How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of all the fields wither? Because of the wickedness of them that dwell therein, the beasts and the birds perish; for they say, He will not see our end.
Va se ɖe ɣe ka ɣie ku naɖi le anyigba dzi eye gbewo naƒu ase ɖo? Esi edzinɔlawo nye ame vɔ̃ɖiwo ta la, xewo kple lãwo siaa tsrɔ̃. Gawu la, amewo le gbɔgblɔm be, “Makpɔ nu si dzɔ ɖe mía dzi o.”
5 If thou hast run with footmen, and they have wearied thee, how wilt thou then contend with horses? And if in a land of peace thou thinkest thyself in security, how wilt thou then do in the swelling of the Jordan?
“Ne èke duɖime kple amegbetɔwo kple afɔ eye nu te ŋuwò la, aleke nàte ŋu ake duɖime kple sɔwo? Ne èle nu klim le anyigba si dzi kɔ nyuie dzi la, aleke nàhawɔ le Yɔdan ƒe avekawo me?
6 For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee, even they have cried aloud after thee. Believe them not, though they speak good [words] unto thee.
Nɔviwò kple wò ŋutɔ wò ƒometɔwo gɔ̃ hã de wò asi eye wodo ɣli sesĩe ɖe tawò. Togbɔ be woƒo nu nyuie le ŋutiwò hã la, mègaɖo dzi ɖe wo ŋu o.
7 I have forsaken my house, I have cast off my heritage, I have given the beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.
“Magbe nu le nye aƒe gbɔ eye magble nye domenyinu ɖi. Matsɔ ame si melɔ̃ la ade asi na eƒe futɔwo.
8 My heritage is become unto me as a lion in the forest; it hath raised its voice against me: therefore have I hated it.
Nye domenyinu va le nam abe dzata si le ave me ene. Ele gbe tem ɖe ŋutinye, eya ta melé fui ɖo.
9 My heritage is unto me [as] a speckled bird of prey; the birds of prey round about are against her. Go, assemble all the beasts of the field, bring them to devour.
Ɖe nye domenyinu mezu xeƒonu ŋɔŋɔe si xeƒonu bubuwo ƒo xlãe eye wodze edzi oa? Yi nàƒo lã wɔadãwo katã nu ƒu vɛ ne woava vuvu nu.
10 Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness:
Alẽkplɔla geɖewo agblẽ nye waingble eye woanye avuzi le nye agble dzi. Wole nye agble veviwo wɔ ge woazu gbegbe ɖeɖe sɔŋ.
11 they have made it a desolation; desolate, it mourneth unto me: the whole land is made desolate, for no man layeth it to heart.
Wole ewɔ ge wòazu gbegbe kple kuɖiɖinyigba si manyo na naneke le ŋkunye me o. Anyigba la katã azu aƒedo elabena ame aɖeke manɔ anyi si atsɔ ɖe le eme o.
12 Spoilers are come upon all heights in the wilderness; for the sword of Jehovah devoureth from one end of the land even to the [other] end of the land: no flesh hath peace.
Nugblẽlawo ava ƒo ɖe to ƒuƒluwo dzi le gbedzi elabena Yehowa ƒe yi agblẽ nu tso anyigba ƒe go sia dzi ayi ekemɛ dzi eye ame aɖeke mato le eme o.
13 They have sown wheat, and they reap thorns; they have put themselves to pain, [and] do not profit. Be ye therefore ashamed of your revenues, because of the fierce anger of Jehovah.
Woaƒã ƒo gake woaxa ŋu, woaku kutri gake womakpɔ naneke tso eme o. Eya ta, nuku siwo miexa la nakpe ŋu na mi le Yehowa ƒe dziku helĩhelĩ la ta.”
14 Thus saith Jehovah against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit: Behold, I will pluck them up out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.
Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye si, “Ke hena nye aƒelika vɔ̃ɖi siwo xɔ domenyinu si metsɔ na nye dukɔ Israel sesẽtɔe la, maho wo le woƒe anyigbawo dzi eye maho Yuda ƒe aƒe la le wo dome.
15 And it shall come to pass, after I have plucked them up, I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them back, each one to his inheritance, and each one to his land.
Ne meho wo vɔ la, magakpɔ nublanui na wo, eye makplɔ wo dometɔ ɖe sia ɖe va eƒe domenyinu gbɔ kple eya ŋutɔ ƒe anyigba dzi.
16 And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, [As] Jehovah liveth — even as they taught my people to swear by Baal — they shall be built up in the midst of my people.
Ne wosrɔ̃ nye dukɔ ƒe mɔwo nyuie abe ale si woawo hã fia nye dukɔe be woayɔ Baal ata nui, eye wota nye ŋkɔ hegblɔ be, ‘Zi ale si Yehowa le agbe’ ene la, ekema maɖo wo te le nye dukɔ la dome.
17 And if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith Jehovah.
Ke ne dukɔ aɖe meɖo to o la, mahoe keŋkeŋ, eye matsrɔ̃e gbidii.” Yehowae gblɔe.
