Jeremiah 4
1 If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith Jehovah, return unto me; and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not be a wanderer;
“Tí ìwọ yóò bá yí padà, ìwọ Israẹli, padà tọ̀ mí wá,” ni Olúwa wí. “Tí ìwọ yóò bá sì mú ìríra rẹ kúrò níwájú mi, ìwọ kí ó sì rìn kiri.
2 — and thou shalt in truth, in justice, and in righteousness swear, [As] Jehovah liveth! and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
Tí ó bá jẹ́ lóòtítọ́ àti òdodo ni ìwọ búra. Nítòótọ́ bí Olúwa ti wà láààyè, nígbà náà ni orílẹ̀-èdè yóò di alábùkún fún nípasẹ̀ rẹ, àti nínú rẹ̀ ni wọn yóò ṣògo.”
3 For thus saith Jehovah to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: Break up for you a fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
Èyí ni ohun tí Olúwa wí fún àwọn ènìyàn Juda àti Jerusalẹmu: “Hú gbogbo ilẹ̀ tí ẹ kò lò rí, kí o má sì ṣe gbìn sáàrín ẹ̀gún.
4 Circumcise yourselves for Jehovah, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my fury come forth like fire and burn, and there be none to quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
Kọ ara rẹ ní ilà sí Olúwa, kọ ọkàn rẹ ní ilà, ẹ̀yin ènìyàn Juda àti gbogbo ènìyàn Jerusalẹmu, bí bẹ́ẹ̀ kọ́, ìbínú mi yóò ru jáde yóò sì jó bí iná, nítorí ibi tí o ti ṣe kì yóò sí ẹni tí yóò pa á.
5 Declare ye in Judah, and cause it to be heard in Jerusalem, and say, ...and blow the trumpet in the land, cry aloud and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fenced cities.
“Kéde ní Juda, kí o sì polongo ní Jerusalẹmu, kí o sì wí pé: ‘Fun fèrè káàkiri gbogbo ilẹ̀!’ Kí o sì kígbe: ‘Kó ara jọ pọ̀! Jẹ́ kí a sálọ sí ìlú olódi.’
6 Set up a banner toward Zion; take to flight, stay not! For I am bringing evil from the north, and a great destruction.
Fi àmì láti sálọ sí Sioni hàn, sálọ fún ààbò láìsí ìdádúró. Nítorí èmi ó mú àjálù láti àríwá wá, àní ìparun tí ó burú jọjọ.”
7 The lion is come up from his thicket, the destroyer of the nations is on his way; he is gone forth from his place, to make thy land desolate; thy cities shall be laid waste, without inhabitant.
Kìnnìún ti sá jáde láti inú ibùgbé rẹ̀, apanirun orílẹ̀-èdè sì ti jáde. Ó ti fi ààyè rẹ̀ sílẹ̀ láti ba ilẹ̀ rẹ̀ jẹ́. Ìlú rẹ yóò di ahoro láìsí olùgbé.
8 For this, gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl! for the fierce anger of Jehovah is not turned away from us.
Nítorí náà, gbé aṣọ ọ̀fọ̀ wọ̀ káàánú kí o sì pohùnréré ẹkún, nítorí ìbínú ńlá Olúwa kò tí ì kúrò lórí wa.
9 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall be amazed.
“Ní ọjọ́ náà,” ni Olúwa wí pé, “Àwọn ọba àti ìjòyè yóò pàdánù ẹ̀mí wọn, àwọn àlùfáà yóò wárìrì, àwọn wòlíì yóò sì fòyà.”
10 And I said, Alas, Lord Jehovah! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.
Nígbà náà ni mo sì wí pé, “Háà! Olúwa Olódùmarè, báwo ni ìwọ ti ṣe tan àwọn ènìyàn wọ̀nyí àti Jerusalẹmu jẹ nípa sísọ wí pé, ‘Ìwọ yóò wà ní àlàáfíà,’ nígbà tí o jẹ́ wí pé idà wà ní ọ̀fun wa.”
11 At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A hot wind [cometh] from the heights in the wilderness, on the way of the daughter of my people, not for fanning, nor for cleansing.
Nígbà náà ni a ó sọ fún Jerusalẹmu àti àwọn ènìyàn pé, “Ẹ̀fúùfù líle láti aṣálẹ̀ fẹ́ lu àwọn ènìyàn mi, kì í ṣe láti sọ di mímọ́.
12 A wind more vehement than that shall come from me: now will I also pronounce judgments against them.
Ẹ̀fúùfù líle tí ó wá láti ọ̀dọ̀ mi. Báyìí mo kéde ìdájọ́ mi lórí wọn.”
13 Behold, he cometh up as clouds, and his chariots are as a whirlwind; his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are destroyed.
Wò ó! O ń bọ̀ bí ìkùùkuu kẹ̀kẹ́ ogun rẹ̀ sì wá bí ìjì líle ẹṣin rẹ̀ sì yára ju idì lọ. Ègbé ni fún wa àwa parun.
14 Wash thy heart, Jerusalem, from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
Ìwọ Jerusalẹmu, mú búburú kúrò lọ́kàn rẹ kí o sì yè. Yóò ti pẹ́ tó tí ìwọ yóò mú èrò búburú wà ní ọkàn rẹ?
15 For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim.
Ohùn kan sì ń kéde ní Dani o ń kókìkí ìparun láti orí òkè Efraimu wá.
16 Inform the nations; behold, make Jerusalem to hear: Besiegers come from a far country, and raise their voice against the cities of Judah.
“Sọ èyí fún àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè, kéde rẹ̀ fún Jerusalẹmu pé: ‘Ọmọ-ogun ọ̀tá ń bọ̀ láti ilẹ̀ jíjìn wá wọ́n sì ń kígbe ogun láti dojúkọ ìlú Juda.
17 As keepers of a field are they against her round about; for she hath been rebellious against me, saith Jehovah.
Wọ́n yí i ká bí ìgbà tí àwọn ọkùnrin bá ń ṣọ́ pápá, nítorí pé ó ti dìtẹ̀ sí mi,’” ni Olúwa wí.
18 Thy way and thy doings have procured these [things] unto thee; this is thy wickedness, yea, it is bitter, yea, it reacheth unto thy heart.
“Ìwà rẹ àti ìṣe rẹ ló fa èyí bá ọ ìjìyà rẹ sì nìyìí. Báwo ló ti ṣe korò tó! Báwo ló ti ṣe gún ọkàn rẹ sí!”
19 My bowels! my bowels! I am in travail! [Oh, ] the walls of my heart! My heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace: for thou hearest, my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the clamour of war.
Háà! Ìrora mi, ìrora mi! Mo yí nínú ìrora. Háà, ìrora ọkàn mi! Ọkàn mi lù kìkì nínú mi, n kò le è dákẹ́. Nítorí mo ti gbọ́ ohùn ìpè, mo sì ti gbọ́ igbe ogun.
20 Destruction upon destruction is proclaimed; for the whole land is wasted: suddenly are my tents laid waste, my curtains, in a moment.
Ìparun ń gorí ìparun; gbogbo ilẹ̀ náà sì ṣubú sínú ìparun lọ́gán ni a wó àwọn àgọ́ mi, tí ó jẹ́ ohun ààbò mi níṣẹ́jú kan.
21 How long shall I see the standard, [and] hear the sound of the trumpet?
Yóò ti pẹ́ tó, tí èmi yóò rí ogun tí èmi yóò sì gbọ́ ìró fèrè?
22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have no intelligence; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
“Aṣiwèrè ni àwọn ènìyàn mi; wọn kò mọ̀ mí. Wọ́n jẹ́ aláìgbọ́n ọmọ; wọ́n sì jẹ́ aláìlóye. Wọ́n mọ ibi ni ṣíṣe; wọn kò mọ bí a ti í ṣe rere.”
23 I beheld the earth, and lo, it was waste and empty; and the heavens, and they had no light.
Mo bojú wo ayé, ó sì wà ní júujùu, ó sì ṣófo àti ní ọ̀run, ìmọ́lẹ̀ wọn kò sì ṣí.
24 I beheld the mountains, and lo, they trembled, and all the hills shook violently.
Mo wo àwọn òkè ńlá, wọ́n wárìrì; gbogbo òkè kéékèèké mì jẹ̀jẹ̀.
25 I beheld, and lo, man was not, and all the fowl of the heavens were fled.
Mo wò yíká n kò rí ẹnìkan; gbogbo ẹyẹ ojú ọ̀run ló ti fò lọ.
26 I beheld, and lo, the fruitful land was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down, before Jehovah, before his fierce anger.
Mo bojú wò, ilẹ̀ eléso, ó sì di aṣálẹ̀ gbogbo àwọn ìlú inú rẹ̀ sì ṣubú sínú ìparun níwájú Olúwa àti níwájú ríru ìbínú rẹ̀.
27 For thus saith Jehovah: The whole land shall be a desolation; but I will not make a full end.
Èyí ni ohun tí Olúwa wí: “Gbogbo ìlú náà yóò sì di ahoro, síbẹ̀ èmi kì yóò pa á run pátápátá.
28 For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back therefrom.
Nítorí náà, ayé yóò pohùnréré ẹkún àwọn ọ̀run lókè yóò ṣú òòkùn nítorí mo ti sọ, mo sì ti pète rẹ̀ mo ti pinnu, n kì yóò sì yí i padà.”
29 At the noise of the horsemen and bowmen, every city fleeth; they go into the thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city is forsaken and no man dwelleth therein.
Nípa ariwo àwọn ẹlẹ́ṣin àti àwọn tafàtafà gbogbo ìlú yóò sálọ. Ọ̀pọ̀ sálọ sínú igbó; ọ̀pọ̀ yóò sì gun orí àpáta lọ. Gbogbo ìlú náà sì di ahoro; kò sì ṣí ẹnìkan nínú rẹ̀.
30 — And thou, wasted one, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rendest thine eyes with paint, in vain dost thou make thyself fair: [thy] lovers despise thee, they seek thy life.
Kí ni ò ń ṣe, ìwọ tí o ti di ìjẹ tán? Ìwọ ìbá wọ ara rẹ ní aṣọ òdodo kí o sì fi wúrà ṣe ara rẹ lọ́ṣọ̀ọ́. Àwọn olólùfẹ́ rẹ kẹ́gàn rẹ; wọ́n sì ń lépa ẹ̀mí rẹ.
31 For I hear a voice, as of a woman in travail, anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion: she moaneth, she spreadeth forth her hands, [saying], Woe unto me! for my soul faileth because of murderers.
Mo gbọ́ ìró kan bí i igbe obìnrin tó ń rọbí, tí ó ń rọbí, ìrora bí i abiyamọ ọmọbìnrin Sioni tí ń pohùnréré ẹkún ara rẹ̀. Tí ó na ọwọ́ rẹ̀ tí ó sì wí pé, “Kíyèsi i mo gbé, nítorí a ti fi ẹ̀mí mi lé àwọn apani lọ́wọ́.”
