Jeremiah 27
1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying:
Le Yuda fia Zedekia, Yosia ƒe vi ƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe gɔmedzedzea me la, Yehowa ƒe nya sia va na Yeremia be:
2 'Thus saith the LORD to me: Make thee bands and bars, and put them upon thy neck;
Ale Yehowa gblɔ nam nye esi: “Gbi ka, nàtsɔ ati sesẽ eve awɔ kɔkuti eye nàtsɔ kɔkuti la ku wò kɔ.
3 and send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the children of Ammon, and to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers that come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah;
Ekema nàɖo du ɖe Edom, Moab, Amon, Tiro kple Sidon fiawo to woƒe ame dɔdɔ siwo va Yuda fia, Zedekia, gbɔ le Yerusalem la dzi.
4 and give them a charge unto their masters, saying: Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Thus shall ye say unto your masters:
Ɖo gbedeasi ɖe woƒe amegãwo, eye nàgblɔ be, ‘Ale Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ, Israel ƒe Mawu la gblɔe nye esi: “Migblɔ na miaƒe amegãwo be,
5 I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the face of the earth, by My great power and by My outstretched arm; and I give it unto whom it seemeth right unto Me.
Nye ŋusẽ triakɔ kple nye abɔ si le dzi lae metsɔ wɔ anyigba, edzinɔlawo kple lã vovovo siwo le edzi eye metsɔnɛ naa ame sia ame si melɔ̃.
6 And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant; and the beasts of the field also have I given him to serve him.
Azɔ la, matsɔ miaƒe dukɔwo katã ade asi na nye dɔla, Babilonia fia, Nebukadnezar. Mawɔe be lã wɔadãwo gɔ̃ hã anɔ eƒe kpɔkplɔ te.
7 And all the nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the time of his own land come; and then many nations and great kings shall make him their bondman.
Dukɔwo katã asubɔe, asubɔ via kple eƒe tɔgbuiyɔvi gɔ̃ hã va se ɖe esime eƒe anyigba ƒe ɣeyiɣi nade. Ekema dukɔ geɖewo kple fia xɔŋkɔwo aɖu edzi.
8 And it shall come to pass, that the nation and the kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I visit, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.
“‘“Ke ne dukɔ alo fiaɖuƒe aɖe gbe be yemasubɔ Babilonia fia Nebukadnezar, alo abɔbɔ ɖe eƒe kɔkuti te o la, mahe to na dukɔ ma kple yi, dɔwuame kple dɔvɔ̃ va se ɖe esime matsrɔ̃e kple Nebukadnezar ƒe asi.”’ Yehowae gblɔe.
9 But as for you, hearken ye not to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreams, nor to your soothsayers, nor to your sorcerers, that speak unto you, saying: Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon;
Eya ta migaɖo to miaƒe nyagblɔɖilawo, bokɔnɔwo, drɔ̃egɔmeɖelawo, ŋɔliyɔlawo kple nukala siwo gblɔna na mi be, ‘Migasubɔ Babilonia fia o’ la o.
10 for they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out and ye should perish.
Wogblɔa aʋatsonyagblɔɖiwo na mi, siwo ana be woaɖe mi ɖa le miaƒe anyigbawo dzi aɖo ɖe didiƒewo. Manya mi eye miatsrɔ̃.
11 But the nation that shall bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, that nation will I let remain in their own land, saith the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.'
Gake ne dukɔ aɖe bɔbɔ ɖe Babilonia fia ƒe kɔkuti te hesubɔe la, mana be dukɔ ma nanɔ eya ŋutɔ ƒe anyigba dzi eye wòanɔ edzi. Yehowae gblɔe.”
12 And I spoke to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying: 'Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.
Metsɔ gbedeasi sia ke na Yuda fia Zedekia. Megblɔ nɛ be, “Tsɔ wò kɔ de Babilonia fia, Nebukadnezar, ƒe kɔkuti te; subɔ eya kple eƒe dukɔmetɔwo eye nànɔ agbe.
13 Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken concerning the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?
Nu ka ŋuti wò kple wò amewo miaku ɖe yi, dɔwuame kple dɔvɔ̃ si ƒe ŋugbe Yehowa do na dukɔ si masubɔ Babilonia fia o la ƒe asi me?
14 And hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying: Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon, for they prophesy a lie unto you.
Mègaɖo to nyagblɔɖilawo ƒe nya si gblɔm wole na wò be, ‘Mígasubɔ Babilonia fia o’ la o; elabena aʋatsonyawo gblɔm wole na wò.
15 For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, and they prophesy falsely in My name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.'
Yehowa be, ‘Nyemedɔ wo o. Aʋatsonya gblɔm wole ɖi le nye ŋkɔ me. Eya ta manya wò ɖa le teƒe sia eye wò kple Nyagblɔɖila siwo gblɔ nya ɖi na wò la siaa miatsrɔ̃.’”
16 Also I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying: 'Thus saith the LORD: Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying: Behold, the vessels of the LORD'S house shall now shortly be brought back from Babylon; for they prophesy a lie unto you.
Tete megblɔ na nunɔlawo kple ame siawo katã be, “Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: Migaɖo to nyagblɔɖila siwo gblɔna na mi be, ‘Esusɔ vie woatrɔ nu siwo wolɔ le Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ me yi Babilonia la gbɔe’ o. Aʋatsonya gblɔm wole ɖi na mi.
17 Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live; wherefore should this city become desolate?
Migaɖo to wo o. Misubɔ Babilonia fia, ekema mianɔ agbe. Nu ka ŋuti du sia azu aƒedo?
18 But if they be prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with them, let them now make intercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.
Nenye nyagblɔɖilawoe wonye vavã eye Yehowa ƒe nya le wo me la, ekema woneɖe kuku na Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la, be nu siwo susɔ ɖe Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ me kple Yuda fia ƒe aƒe me le Yerusalem la, womagalɔ wo ayi Babilonia o.
19 For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this city,
Elabena, ale Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la gblɔ tso sɔtiawo, akɔblizɔ kple nu siwo dzi woda wo ɖo kple nu bubu siwo susɔ ɖe du sia me la ŋuti.
20 which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;
Nu siwo Babilonia fia, Nebukadnezar metsɔ dzoe o esi wòva lé Yuda fia Yehoyatsin, Yehoyakim ƒe vi, yi ɖe aboyome le Babilonia kpe ɖe Yuda kple Yerusalem ƒe ame ŋkutawo ŋuti.
21 yea, thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that remain in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem:
Ɛ̃, ale Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la, Israel ƒe Mawu la gblɔ tso nu siwo susɔ ɖe Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ kple Yuda fia ƒe fiasã me le Yerusalem la ŋutie nye esi:
22 They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be, until the day that I remember them, saith the LORD, and bring them up, and restore them to this place.'
‘Woalɔ wo ayi ɖe Babilonia, afi ma woanɔ va se ɖe gbe si gbe mava alɔ wo ekema matrɔ wo agbɔe va teƒe sia.’” Yehowae gblɔe.
