Jeremiah 17
1 The sin of Juda is written with a pen of iron, with the point of a diamond, it is graven upon the table of their heart, upon the horns of their altars.
“Wotsɔ ganuŋlɔnu kple nuŋlɔti si kpe xɔasi aɖe le nugbɔ na la ŋlɔ Yuda ƒe nu vɔ̃ ɖe woƒe dziwo ƒe nuŋlɔkpewo dzi, kple woƒe vɔsamlekpuiwo ƒe dzowo ŋuti.
2 When their children shall remember their altars, and their groves, and their green trees upon high mountains,
Wo viwo gɔ̃ hã ɖo ŋku woƒe vɔsamlekpuiwo kple aƒeli siwo le wo ŋuti le ati damawo te kple togbɛ kɔkɔwo dzi la dzi.
3 Sacrificing in the field: I will give thy strength, and all thy treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin in all thy borders.
Matsɔ nye to si le anyigba dzi, miaƒe nu xɔasiwo kple miaƒe kesinɔnuwo katã ana woaha hekpe ɖe miaƒe nuxeƒewo ŋuti le nu vɔ̃ si miewɔ le miaƒe anyigba blibo la dzi la ta.
4 And thou shalt be left stripped of thy inheritance, which I gave thee: and I will make thee serve thy enemies in a land which thou knowest not: because thou hast kindled a fire in my wrath, it shall burn for ever.
To miawo ŋutɔ ƒe vodada me la, miabu domenyinu siwo katã metsɔ na mi. Mana miazu kluviwo na miaƒe futɔwo le anyigba si mienya o la dzi elabena miede dzo nye dɔmedzoe me eya ta abi ɖe mia ŋuti ɖaa.”
5 Thus saith the Lord: Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.
Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: “Aɖi ame si tsɔ eƒe mɔkpɔkpɔ da ɖe amegbetɔ dzi, hetsɔ ŋutilã wɔ eƒe ŋusẽkpɔtsoƒee eye eƒe dzi te ɖa xaa tso Yehowa gbɔ la ŋuti kpekpekpe!
6 For he shall be like tamaric in the desert, and he shall not see when good shall come: but he shall dwell in dryness in the desert in a salt land, and not inhabited.
Anɔ abe gbe le dzogbenyigba dzi ene eye ne dzɔgbenyui va la, makpɔe o. Anɔ gbegbe ƒe kuɖiɖinyigbawo dzi kple dzeƒutagba afi si ame aɖeke menɔna o.”
7 Blessed be the man that trusteth in the Lord, and the Lord shall be his confidence.
“Ke woayra ŋutsu si ɖoa dzi ɖe Yehowa ŋu eye wòtsɔa eƒe dzideƒo dea Yehowa me.
8 And he shall be as a tree that is planted by the waters, that spreadeth out its roots towards moisture: and it shall not fear when the heat cometh. And the leaf thereof shall be green, and in the time of drought it shall not be solicitous, neither shall it cease at any time to bring forth fruit.
Eya amea anɔ abe ati si wodo ɖe tɔ to, eye wòƒo ke ɖe tɔʋu la te ene. Ne ŋdɔ le ʋuʋum sesĩe hã la, mevɔ̃na o eye eƒe aŋgbawo hã daa ama ɣe sia ɣi. Eƒe dzi metsona le kuɖiɣi o eye wòtsea ku ɖaa.”
9 The heart is perverse above all things, and unsearchable, who can know it?
Ame ƒe dzi nye nu si daa alakpa wu nuwo katã eye womate ŋu ayɔ dɔe o. Ame ka ate ŋu ase egɔme?
10 I am the Lord who search the heart and prove the reins: who give to every one according to his way, and according to the fruit of his devices.
“Nye Yehowae dzroa dziwo me, eye medoa susuwo kpɔ be maɖo eteƒe na ame sia ame ɖe eƒe zɔzɔme kple nu si eƒe nuwɔwɔwo dze na la nu.”
11 As the partridge hath hatched eggs which she did not lay: so is he that hath gathered riches, and not by right: in the midst of his days he shall leave them, and in his latter end he shall be a fool.
Abe ale si koklo ƒoa azi si menye etɔ o ene la, nenemae wòanɔ na ame si ƒo kesinɔnuwo nu ƒu to mɔ fitifitiwo dzi. Kesinɔnuawo avɔ le esi le eƒe agbe me, eye le nuwuwu la, aɖee afia be yenye bometsila.
12 A high and glorious throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctification:
Ŋutikɔkɔe ƒe fiazikpui si wodo ɖe dzi le gɔmedzedzea me ke lae nye teƒe si miaƒe kɔkɔeƒe la le.
13 O Lord the hope of Israel: all that forsake thee shall be confounded: they that depart from thee, shall be written in the earth: because they have forsaken the Lord, the vein of living waters.
O Yehowa, Israel ƒe mɔkpɔkpɔ, ame siwo katã gbe wò la, ŋu akpe wo. Ame siwo trɔ le yowòme la, woaŋlɔ woƒe ŋkɔwo ɖe kewɔ me elabena wogbe nu le Yehowa, agbetsivudo la gbɔ.
14 Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed: save me, and I shall be saved, for thou art my praise.
Yɔ dɔm, O Yehowa eye makpɔ dɔyɔyɔ. Ɖem ekema makpɔ ɖeɖe elabena wòe mekafuna.
15 Behold they say to me: Where is the word of the Lord? let it come.
Wole biayem ɖaa be, “Afi ka Yehowa ƒe nya la le? Neva eme azɔ!”
16 And I am not troubled, following thee for my pastor, and I have not desired the day of man, thou knowest. That which went out of my lips, hath been right in thy sight.
Nyemesi dzo be nyemaganye wò alẽkplɔla o; ènya be ŋkeke vɔ̃ la hã medzrom o. Nu siwo katã megblɔ kple nye nu la, le ƒeƒle le ŋkuwòme.
17 Be not thou a terror unto me, thou art my hope in the day of affliction.
Mèganye ŋɔdzinu nam o elabena wòe nye nye sitsoƒe le gbegblẽ ƒe ŋkeke la dzi.
18 Let them be confounded that persecute me, and let not me be confounded: let them be afraid, and let not me be afraid: bring upon them the day of affliction, and with a double destruction, destroy them.
Na ŋu nakpe yonyemetilawo, ke nye ya, ɖem tso ŋukpe me. Dzidzi neƒo wo, gake nye ya ŋɔ megadzim o. Na gbegblẽ ƒe ŋkeke la nava wo dzi eye nàgbã wo, agagbã wo ɖe edzi.
19 Thus saith the Lord to me: Go, and stand in the gate of the children of the people, by which the kings of Juda come in, and go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem:
Ale si Yehowa gblɔ nam lae nye esi: “Yi, nàtsi tsitre ɖe agbo si me dua me tɔwo kple Yuda fiawo tona dona, gagbɔna la nu. Nenema ke, nàtsi tsitre ɖe agbo bubu siwo woɖo ɖe Yerusalem dua ŋu la nu.
20 And thou shalt say to them: Hear the word of the Lord, ye kings of Juda, and all Juda, and all the inhabitant of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates.
Gblɔ na wo be, ‘Mise Yehowa ƒe nya, O Yuda fiawo kple mi Yudatɔwo katã kple mi ame siwo katã le Yerusalem, ame siwo toa agbo siawo me.’
21 Thus saith the Lord: Take heed to your souls and carry no burdens on the Sabbath day: and bring them not in by the gates of Jerusalem.
Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: ‘Mikpɔ nyuie be miagatsɔ agba aɖeke le Dzudzɔgbe ŋkeke la dzi alo atsɔe ato Yerusalem ƒe agbowo mee o.
22 And do not bring burdens out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work: sanctify the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.
Migatsɔ agba aɖeke do goe tso miaƒe aƒewo me loo alo awɔ dɔ aɖeke le Dzudzɔgbe ŋkeke la dzi o, ke boŋ miwɔ Dzudzɔgbe ŋkeke la kɔkɔe abe ale si mede see na mia fofowo la ene.
23 But they did not hear, nor incline their ear: but hardened their neck, that they might not hear me, and might not receive instruction.
Gake womeɖo to alo ƒu to anyi o. Wonye kɔlialiatɔwo eye womeɖo to alo bɔbɔ ɖe hehe te o.
24 And it shall come to pass: if you will hearken to me, saith the Lord, to bring in no burdens by the gates of this city on the sabbath day: and if you will sanctify the sabbath day, to do no work therein:
Ke Yehowa be ne miedze kɔ anyi heɖo tom, eye mietsɔ agba aɖeke to du sia ƒe agbowo me le Dzudzɔgbe dzi o, ke boŋ miewɔ Dzudzɔgbe ŋkeke la kɔkɔe, eye miewɔ dɔ aɖeke le edzi o la,
25 Then shall there enter in by the gates of this city kings and princes, sitting upon the throne of David, and riding in chariots and on horses, they and their princes, the men of Juda, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and this city shall be inhabited forever.
ekema fia siwo anɔ David ƒe fiazikpui dzi la, ava to du sia ƒe agbowo me kple woƒe dumegãwo. Wo kple woƒe dumegãwo anɔ tasiaɖamwo me kple sɔwo dzi ava, Yudatɔwo kple ame siwo le Yerusalem la akplɔ wo ɖo eye du sia anye amenɔƒe tegbee.
26 And they shall come from the cities of Juda, and from the places round about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plains, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing holocausts, and victims, and sacrifices, and frankincense, and they shall bring in an offering into the house of the Lord.
Amewo ava tso Yuda duwo kple kɔƒe siwo ƒo xlã Yerusalem la me, woava tso Benyaminyigba dzi kple ɣetoɖoƒebaliwo me, tso keke togbɛnyigbawo dzi kple gbegbenutowo me. Woatsɔ numevɔsawo, akpedavɔsawo, nuɖuvɔsawo, atike ʋeʋĩwo kple kafukafuvɔsawo ava Yehowa ƒe aƒe mee.
27 But if you will not hearken to me, to sanctify the sabbath day, and not to carry burdens, and not to bring them in by the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day: I will kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the houses of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.
Gake ne miegbe toɖoɖom, miewɔ Dzudzɔgbe la kɔkɔe o, mietsɔ agba to Yerusalem ƒe agbowo me le Dzudzɔgbe ŋkeke la dzi la, ekema mado dzo matsimatsi ɖe Yerusalem ƒe agbowo nu eye wòafia eƒe mɔ sesẽwo.’”
