< Jeremiah 15 >

1 And the Lord said to me: If Moses and Samuel shall stand before me, my soul is not towards this people: cast them out from my sight, and let them go forth.
Mgbe ahụ Onyenwe anyị gwara m okwu sị m, “Ọ bụrụ na Mosis na Samuel apụta bịa guzo nʼihu m, ụdịdị obi m agaghị agbanwe nʼebe ndị a nọ. Chụpụ ha nʼihu m. Mee ka ha si nʼebe a pụọ.
2 And if they shall say unto thee: Whither shall we go forth? thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord: Such as are for death, to death: and such as are to the sword, to the sword: and such as are for famine, to famine: and such as are to captivity, to captivity.
Ọ bụrụ na ha ajụọ gị si, ‘Ebee ka anyị ga-aga?’ Gwa ha na ihe ndị a ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru, “‘Ndị e debere nʼihi ọnwụ ga-anwụ, ndị e debere nʼihi mma agha ka mma agha ga-egbu; ndị e debere nʼihi ụnwụ ka ụnwụ ga-egbu, otu a kwa, ndị e debere nʼihi ịdọta nʼagha, ka a ga-adọta nʼagha buru ha gaa mba ọzọ.’
3 And I will visit them with four kinds, saith the Lord: The sword to kill, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the air, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.
“Aga m ezite ụdị mbibi anọ megide ha: mma agha nke ga-egbu ha, nkịta ga-adọkpụrụ ozu ha pụọ, ụmụ anụ ufe na ụmụ anụ ọhịa dị iche iche ga-eripịa ha, ma bibiekwa ha.” Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri.
4 And I will give them up to the rage of all the kingdoms of the earth: because of Manasses the son of Ezechias the king of Juda, for all that he did in Jerusalem.
Aga m eme ka ha ghọọ ihe a na-asọ oyi nʼalaeze niile nke ụwa, nʼihi ihe Manase nwa eze Hezekaya nke Juda mere na Jerusalem.
5 For who shall have pity on thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go to pray for thy peace?
“Onye ga-enwe ebere nʼahụ gị, gị Jerusalem? Onye ga-eru ụjụ nʼihi ihe ga-adakwasị gị? Onye ga-apụta guzo ịjụ ajụjụ banyere otu ihe si agara gị?
6 Thou hast forsaken me, saith the Lord, thou art gone backward: and I will stretch out my hand against thee, and I will destroy thee: I am weary of entreating thee.
Gị onwe gị ajụla m,” ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara. “Ị nọgidela na-adaghachi azụ. Ya mere, aga m ebikwasị gị aka, bibie gị. Ike m ji akwụsị gị ka ị ghara ịdaghachi azụ agwụla m.
7 And I will scatter them with a fan in the gates of the land: I have killed and destroyed my people, and yet they are not returned form their ways.
Aga m eji ihe e ji afụcha ọka fụchaa ha nʼọnụ ụzọ ama nke ala ahụ. Aga m eme ka mbibi bịakwasị ndị m, nke ga-eme ka ha gbara aka ụmụ, nʼihi na ha esitebeghị nʼụzọ ọjọọ ha chigharịa.
8 Their widows are multiplied unto me above the sand of the sea: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young man a spoiler at noonday: I have cast a terror on a sudden upon the cities.
Aga m eme ka ọnụọgụgụ ụmụ nwanyị di ha nwụrụ baa ụba. Ha ga-ehi nne karịa aja dị nʼọnụ oke osimiri. Nʼetiti ehihie ka m ga-eme ka onye mbibi bịakwasị ndị bụ nne ụmụ okorobịa ha; na mberede ka m ga-eme ka nhụju anya na ihe oke egwu bịakwasị ha.
9 She that hath borne seven is become weak, her soul hath fainted away: her sun is gone down, while it was yet day: she is confounded, and ashamed: and the residue of them I will give up to the sword in the sight of their enemies, saith the Lord.
Nwanyị mụrụ ụmụ asaa ga-ada mba, kubie ume. Ọ ga-anwụ mgbe oge ya na-erubeghị, ihere ga-eme ya; ọ ga-abụkwa onye e wedara nʼala. Ma ndị fọdụrụ ndụ ka m ga-eme ka ha nwụọ site na mma agha ndị iro ha.” Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri.
10 Woe is me, my mother: why hast thou borne me a man of strife, a man of contention to all the earth? I have not lent on usury, neither hath any man lent to me on usury: yet all curse me.
Ahụhụ dịịrị m, nne m, na ị mụrụ m, onye ya na ndị niile bi nʼala a na-alụ ọgụ, ma na-ese okwu. O nwebeghị onye m binyere ego, ọ dịkwaghị onye binyere m ego, ma mmadụ niile na-akọcha m.
11 The Lord saith to me: Assuredly it shall be well with thy remnant, assuredly I shall help thee in the time of affliction, and in the time of tribulation against the enemy.
Onyenwe anyị kwuru sị, “Nʼezie, aga m anapụta gị nʼihi ezi ihe, aga m eme ka onye iro gị rịọ gị arịrịọ nʼoge ihe ọjọọ na nʼoge mkpagbu.
12 Shall iron be allied with the iron from the north, and the brass?
“Mmadụ o nwere ike ịgbaji igwe, ya bụ igwe e si nʼakụkụ ugwu bubata, maọbụ bronz?
13 Thy riches and thy treasures I will give unto spoil for nothing, because of all thy sins, even in all thy borders.
“Aga m ewere ihe niile i nwere, ya na akụnụba gị, nye ya onye ga-akwata ha nʼagha. Ọ gaghị akwụ gị ihe ọbụla. Nʼihi na mmehie gị niile ejupụtala nʼala a niile.
14 And I will bring thy enemies out of a land, which thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in my rage, it shall burn upon you.
Aga m ewere gị nye ka ị bụrụ ohu ndị iro gị. Ị ga-ebi nʼala ị na-amaghị. Nʼihi na a ga-esite nʼiwe m mụnye ọkụ nke ga-eregbu gị.”
15 O Lord, thou knowest, remember me, and visit me, and defend me from them that persecute me, do not defend me in thy patience: know that for thy sake I have sufferred reproach.
Ị maara O Onyenwe anyị, ya mere cheta m, lekọtaakwa m. Bọọrọ m ọbọ megide ndị na-akpagbu m. Ewezugala m, biko, nʼihi na ị bụ onye ogologo ntachiobi. Lee ka m si na-anata nkọcha nʼihi na m na-asọpụrụ gị.
16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them, and thy word was to me a joy and gladness of my heart: for thy name is called upon me, O Lord God of hosts.
Mgbe m chọpụtara okwu gị, eweere m ya rie dịka nri. Ha tọrọ obi m ụtọ, bụrụkwa ihe na-enye m ọṅụ, nʼihi na-akpọkwasịrị m aha gị, Onyenwe anyị Chineke Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile.
17 I sat not in the assembly of jesters, nor did I make a boast of the presence of thy hand: I sat alone, because thou hast filled me with threats.
O nwebeghị oge mụ na ndị na-achị ọchị nke ukwuu ji nọkọọ. Esokwaghị m ha ṅụrịkọọ ọṅụ. A nọdụụrụ m onwe m nʼihi na aka gị dịkwasịrị m. I mekwara ka iwe jupụta m nʼobi nʼihi ajọ omume ha.
18 Why is my sorrow become perpetual, and my wound desperate so as to refuse to be healed? it is become to me as the falsehood of deceitful waters that cannot be trusted.
Gịnị mere ihe mgbu m adịghị akwụsị akwụsị? Gịnị mekwara ọnya m ji dị njọ na-apụghị ịgwọta ya? Ị dịrị m dịka mmiri iyi na-arafu mmadụ, dịka isi iyi nke na-ekwesighị ntụkwasị obi.
19 Therefore thus saith the Lord: If thou wilt be converted, I will convert thee, and thou shalt stand before my face; and if thou wilt separate the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: they shall be turned to thee, and thou shalt not be turned to them.
Ya mere, ihe ndị a ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru, “Ọ bụrụ na i chegharịa, aga m etinyeghachi gị nʼọnọdụ gị, ime ka i guzokwa nʼihu m. Ọ bụrụ na okwu si gị nʼọnụ abụrụ okwu kwesiri ntụkwasị obi, okwu na-abụghị okwu nzuzu ị ga-abụ onye na-ekwuchitere m ọnụ m. Ndị a ga-alaghachikwute gị ma i gaghị alaghachikwuru ha.
20 And I will make thee to this people as a strong wall of brass: and they shall fight against thee, and shall not prevail: for I am with thee to save thee, and to deliver thee, saith the Lord.
Aga m eme ka ị dịrị ka mgbidi nʼebe ha nọ. Ị ga-abụ mgbidi e wusiri ike, nke e ji bronz wuo. Ha ga-ebuso gị agha, ma ha agaghị emeri gị nʼihi na m nọnyeere gị ịnapụta gị, nakwa ịzọpụta gị,” Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri.
21 And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the mighty.
“Aga m anapụta gị site nʼaka ndị ọjọọ. Gbapụtakwa gị site nʼaka ndị na-enweghị obi ebere.”

< Jeremiah 15 >