Jeremiah 31
1 At that time, saith the Lord, I will be the God of all the families of and they shall be my people.
Yehowa be, “Le ɣe ma ɣi la, manye Israel ƒe ƒomeawo katã ƒe Mawu, eye woanye nye dukɔ.”
2 Thus saith the Lord: The people were left and escaped from the sword, found grace in the desert: Israel shall to his rest.
Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: “Ame siwo metsi yi nu o la akpɔ amenuveve le gbedadaƒo, mava ana dzudzɔ Israel.”
3 The Lord hath appeared from afar to me. Yea I have loved thee with everlasting love, therefore have I drawn thee, taking pity on thee.
Yehowa ɖe eɖokui fia mi tsã hegblɔ be, “Melɔ̃ wò kple lɔlɔ̃ mavɔ, metsɔ amenuveve he wò ɖe ɖokuinye ŋuti.
4 And I will build thee again, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy timbrels, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.
O, ɖetugbi dzadzɛ, Israel, magaɖo wò te eye nànɔ te. Agatsɔ wò axatsɛwo ayi ɖe ɣeɖuƒe kple ame siwo le dzidzɔ kpɔm.
5 Thou shalt yet plant vineyards in the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and they shall not gather the vintage before the time.
Miagado waintiwo ɖe Samaria ƒe togbɛwo dzi abe tsã ene; agbledelawo ade waingble, eye woaɖu eƒe kutsetse.
6 For there shall be a day, in which the watchmen on mount Ephraim, shall cry: Arise, and let us go up to Sion to the Lord our God.
Ŋkeke li gbɔna, esi gbetakpɔlawo ado ɣli tso Efraim togbɛwo dzi be, ‘Miva ne miayi Zion, ɖe Yehowa miaƒe Mawu la gbɔ.’”
7 For thus saith the Lord: Rejoice ye in the joy of Jacob, and neigh before the head of the Gentiles: shout ye, and sing, and say: Save, O Lord, thy people, the remnant of Israel.
Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: “Midzi ha kple dzidzɔ na Yakob, mido ɣli ɖe dukɔwo ƒe gbãtɔ la ŋu. Miɖe gbeƒã, midzi kafukafuha, ne miagblɔ be, ‘O Yehowa, ɖe wò amewo, ɖe ame siwo susɔ ɖe Israel.’
8 Behold I will bring them from the north country, and will gather them from the ends of the earth: and among them shall be the blind, and the lame, the woman with child, and she that is bringing forth, together, a great company of them returning hither.
Kpɔ ɖa, makplɔ wo tso anyiehenyigba dzi vɛ eye maƒo wo nu ƒu tso anyigba ƒe mlɔenuwo ke, ŋkuagbãtɔwo, bunɔwo, funɔwo kple kulélawo anɔ wo dome; ameha gã aɖe ŋutɔe atrɔ agbɔ.
9 They shall come with weeping: and I will bring them back in mercy: and I will bring them through the torrents of waters in a right way, and they shall not stumble in it: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
Woatrɔ gbɔ kple avifafa eye woanɔ gbe dom ɖa ne mekplɔ wo gbɔnae. Makplɔ wo ato mɔ zɔzrɔ̃e si dzi womakli nu le o, ato tɔʋuwo to elabena nyee nye Israel fofo eye Efraim nye viŋutsu ŋgɔgbea nam.
10 Hear the word of the Lord, O ye nations, and declare it in the islands that are afar off, and say: He that scattered Israel will gather him: and he will keep him as the shepherd doth his flock.
“O mi dukɔwo, mise Yehowa ƒe nya, miɖe gbeƒãe le ƒutadu didiwo me. Ame si kaka Israel gbẽe la, agaƒo wo nu ƒu eye wòakpɔ eƒe alẽha dzi abe alẽkplɔla ene!
11 For the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and delivered him out of the hand of one that was mightier than he.
Elabena Yehowa axɔ Yakob aƒle, eye wòaɖe wo tso ame si sẽ wu wo la ƒe asi me.
12 And they shall come, and shall give praise in mount Sion: and they shall flow together to the good things of the Lord, for the corn, and wine, and oil, and the increase of cattle and herds, and their soul shall be as a watered garden, and they shall be hungry no more.
Woava ado dzidzɔɣli le Zion ƒe togbɛwo dzi. Woatso aseye ɖe Yehowa ƒe nu gbogbo siwo nye, bli, aha yeye, ami, alẽvi kple nyiviwo ŋuti. Woawo anɔ abe amabɔ si wode tsii nyuie la ene eye womagaxa nu azɔ o.
13 Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, the young men and old men together: and I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them joyful after their sorrow.
Emegbe la, ɖetugbiwo, ɖekakpuiwo kple ame tsitsiwo siaa aɖu ɣe akpɔ dzidzɔ. Matrɔ woƒe konyifafa wòazu dzidzɔkpɔkpɔ eye mana akɔfafa kple dzidzɔkpɔkpɔ wo ɖe nuxaxa teƒe.
14 And I will fill the soul of the priests with fatness: and my people shall be filled with my good things, saith the Lord.
Matsɔ nu nyui geɖe aɖi ƒo na nunɔlawo eye maɖi ƒo na nye dukɔ hã kple nye nu nyui geɖe.” Yehowae gblɔe.
15 Thus saith the Lord: A voice was heard on high of lamentation, of mourning, and weeping, of Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted for them, because they are not.
Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: “Wose konyifagbe kple avifafa vevie le Rama, Rahel le avi fam ɖe viawo ta eye wògbe be womegafa akɔ na ye o, elabena viawo megali o.”
16 Thus saith the Lord: Let thy voice cease from weeping, and thy eyes from tears: for there is a reward for thy work, saith the Lord: and they shall return out of the land of the enemy.
Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: “Ɖo asi wò gbe dzi be magafa avi o, kple wò ŋkuwo dzi be womagafa aɖatsi o, elabena fetu li na dɔ si nèwɔ, woatrɔ agbɔ tso futɔwo ƒe anyigba dzi.” Yehowae gblɔe.
17 And here is hope for thy last end, saith the Lord: and the children shall return to their own borders.
Yehowa be, “Eya ta mɔkpɔkpɔ li na wò etsɔ si gbɔna. Viwòwo atrɔ ayi ɖe woawo ŋutɔ ƒe anyigba dzi.” Yehowae gblɔe.
18 Hearing I heard Ephraim when he went into captivity: thou hast chastised me, and I was instructed, as a young bullock unaccustomed to the yoke. Convert me, and I shall be converted, for thou art the Lord my God.
“Vavãe, mese Efraim wòle nu xam xoxoxo be: ‘Èhe to nam abe nyivi si dze aglã la ene eye mexɔ tohehe la. Gaɖom te eye matrɔ agbɔ elabena wòe nye Yehowa nye Mawu.
19 For after thou didst convert me, I did penance: and after thou didst shew unto me, I struck my thigh: I am confounded and ashamed, because I have borne the reproach of my youth.
Esi metra mɔ la, evem, metrɔ dzi me eye esi medze si ɖokuinye la, meƒo akɔta. Azɔ la ŋu kpem eye nye mo tsi dãa elabena nye ɖekakpuimeŋukpe gale ŋunye!’
20 Surely Ephraim is an honourable son to me, surely he is a tender child: for since I spoke of him, I will still remember him. Therefore are my bowels troubled for him: pitying I will pity him, saith the Lord.
Ɖe Efraim menye vinye lɔlɔ̃, vi si ŋu mekpɔa ŋudzedze le oa? Togbɔ be meƒoa nu le eŋu zi geɖe hã la, nye ŋkuwo gale eŋuti ko. Eya ta nye dzi le eyome ɖaa eye mekpɔa nublanui nɛ ŋutɔ,” Yehowae gblɔe.
21 Set thee up a watchtower, make to thee bitterness: direct thy heart into the right way, wherein thou hast walked: return, O virgin of Israel, return to these thy cities.
“Mitu dzesidetiwo kple mɔfiatiwo ɖe mɔto. Wò ŋku nenɔ mɔ gã la ŋu, mɔ si dzi nèto to eŋu. O, ɖetugbi dzadzɛ, Israel, trɔ gbɔ, trɔ gbɔ va wò duwo me.
22 How long wilt thou be dissolute in deliciousness, O wandering daughter? for the Lord hath created a new thing upon the earth: A WOMAN SHALL COMPASS A MAN.
O, va se ɖe ɣe ka ɣie nàtsa tsaglãla, wò vinyɔnu mawɔnuteƒe? Yehowa le nu yeye wɔ ge le anyigba dzi, nyɔnu aʋli ŋutsu ta.”
23 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: As yet shall they say this word in the land of Juda, and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring back their captivity: The Lord bless thee, the beauty of justice, the holy mountain.
Ale Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ, Israel ƒe Mawu la gblɔe nye esi: “Ne mekplɔ wo tso aboyome gbɔe la, ame siwo le Yudanyigba dzi kple eƒe duwo me la agawɔ nya siawo ŋu dɔ be, ‘Yehowa ayra wò, O, dzɔdzɔenyenye ƒe nɔƒe, O, to kɔkɔe.’
24 And Juda and all his cities shall dwell therein together: the husbandmen and they that drive the flocks.
Amewo anɔ anyi ɖekae le Yuda kple eƒe duwo me, agbledelawo kple lãnyilawo siaa.
25 For I have inebriated the weary soul: and I have filled every hungry soul.
Mana ame siwo gbɔdzɔ la nagbɔ ɖe me eye ame siwo nu ti kɔ na la naɖi ƒo.”
26 Upon this I was as it were awaked out of a sleep, and I saw, and my sleep was sweet to me.
Kasia menyɔ tso alɔ̃ me eye metsa ŋku godoo. Alɔ̃ si medɔ la vivi nam ŋutɔ.
27 Behold the days come, saith the Lord: and I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Juda with the seed of men, and with the seed of beasts.
Yehowa be, “Ŋkekewo li gbɔna esi maƒã amegbetɔwo kple lãwo ƒe nuku ɖe Israel kple Yuda ƒe aƒewo me.
28 And as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to throw down, and to scatter, and destroy, and afflict: so will I watch over them, to build up, and to plant them, saith the Lord.
Abe ale si nye ŋku le wo ŋu be maho wo, malã wo, maxlã wo ɖi, matsrɔ̃ wo eye mahe dzɔgbevɔ̃e va wo dzii ene la, nenema kee manɔ te ɖe wo ŋu be woatu xɔ eye woaƒã nu” Yehowae gblɔe.
29 In those days they shall say no more: The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the teeth of the children are set on edge.
“Le ŋkeke mawo me la, amewo magagblɔ be, ‘Fofowo ɖu waintsetse gbogbo eye aɖu le viwo nyɔm’ o.
30 But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that shall eat the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.
Ke boŋ ame sia ame aku ɖe eya ŋutɔ ƒe nu vɔ̃ ta eye ame si ɖu waintsetse gbogbo la, eyae aɖu anyɔ.”
31 Behold the days shall come, saith the Lord, and I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Juda:
Yehowa be, “Ɣeyiɣi li gbɔna esi mabla nu yeye kple Israel ƒe aƒe kple Yuda ƒe aƒe.
32 Not according to the covenant which I made with their fathers, in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt: the covenant which they made void, and I had dominion over them, saith the Lord.
Manɔ abe nu si mebla kple wo fofowo ene esi melé woƒe alɔnu be makplɔ wo do goe le Egipte la ene o. Elabena wotu nye nubabla la togbɔ be menye srɔ̃ŋutsu na wo hã,” Yehowae gblɔe.
33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, after those days, saith the Lord: I will give my law in their bowels, and I will write it in their heart: and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
“Esiae nye nubabla kple Israel ƒe aƒe la le ɣeyiɣi ma megbe,” Yehowae gblɔe. “Matsɔ nye se ade woƒe susuwo me eye maŋlɔe ɖe woƒe dzi ŋuti. Manye woƒe Mawu, eye woanye nye dukɔ.
34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying: Know the Lord: for all shall know me from the least of them even to the greatest, saith the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
Ame aɖeke magafia nu ehavi alo nɔvia agblɔ be, ‘Dze si Yehowa’ o, elabena wo katã woadze sim tso ɖeviwo dzi va se ɖe tsitsiawo dzi,” Yehowae gblɔe. “Elabena matsɔ woƒe vodadawo ake wo eye nyemagaɖo ŋku woƒe nu vɔ̃wo dzi o.” Yehowae gblɔe.
35 Thus saith the Lord, who giveth the sun for the light of the day, the order of the moon and of the stars, for the light of the night: who stirreth up the sea, and the waves thereof roar, the Lord of hosts is his name.
Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi, ame si ɖoe na ɣe be wòaklẽ le ŋkeke me, ame si ɖe gbe na ɣleti kple ɣletiviwo be woaklẽ le zã me, ame si blu atsiaƒu be eƒe tsotsoewo nadze agbo, Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔe nye eŋkɔ.
36 If these ordinances shall fail before me, saith the Lord: then also the seed of Israel shall fail, so as not to be a nation before me for ever.
Yehowa be, “Ne ɖoɖo siawo bu le ŋkunye me la, eya ko hafi Israel ƒe dzidzimeviwo maganye dukɔ le gbɔnye o.”
37 Thus saith the Lord: If the heavens above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I also will cast away all the seed of Israel, for all that they have done, saith the Lord.
Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: “Ne woate ŋu adzidze dziƒo eye woate ŋu adzro anyigba ƒe agunu me akpɔ la, eya ko hafi mate ŋu agbe nu le Israel ƒe dzidzimeviwo katã gbɔ le nu siwo katã wowɔ la ta.” Yehowae gblɔe.
38 Behold the days come, saith the Lord, that the city shall be built to the Lord from the tower of Hanameel even to the gate of the corner.
Yehowa be, “Ŋkekewo li gbɔna esi woagbugbɔ du sia atso nam, tso Hananel ƒe Gbetakpɔxɔ gbɔ va se ɖe Dzogoedzigbo la nu.
39 And the measuring line shall go out farther in his sight upon the hill Gareb: and it shall compass Goatha,
Woada nudzidzeka tẽe tso afi ma ayi Gareb togbɛ la gbɔ eye woatso eme ado ɖe Goa.
40 And the whole valley of dead bodies and of ashes, and all the country of death, even to the torrent Cedron, and the corner of the horse gate towards the east, the Holy of the Lord: it shall not be plucked up, and it shall not be destroyed any more for ever.
Balime afi si wotsɔ ŋutilã kukuwo kple woƒe afiwo ƒu gbe ɖo la katã kple agbleliƒowo me va ke ɖe keke Kidron Balime, le ɣedzeƒe lɔƒo, va se ɖe keke Sɔgbo la ƒe dzogoe dzi, ke anye teƒe kɔkɔe na Yehowa. Womagagbã du sia alo agblẽe akpɔ gbeɖe o.”
