Jeremiah 9
1 Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
Ọ gaara adị m mma ma a sị na isi m bụ isi iyi, ebe mmiri si asọpụta; ọ gaara adị m mma ma a sịkwa na anya mmiri akwa jupụtara m nʼanya. Agaara m akwagide akwa ehihie na abalị nʼihi ndị m niile e gburu egbu.
2 Oh that I were in the wilderness, in a lodging-place of wayfaring men, that I might leave my people, and go from them! For they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
Ọ gaara adị m mma ma a sị na m nwere ụlọ ndị ije e wuru nʼime ọzara. Ka m nwee ike hapụ ndị m site nʼebe ha nọ pụọ. Nʼihi na ha niile bụ ndị na-akwa iko, igwe ndị na-ekwesighị ntụkwasị obi.
3 And they bend their tongue, their bow of falsehood; and they are grown mighty in the land, but not for truth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and Me they know not, saith the LORD.
“Ha na-ekwe ire ha dịka ụta, ịgbapụ okwu ụgha dịka àkụ; Ọ bụghị site nʼeziokwu ka ihe ji agara ha nke ọma nʼala ahụ. Ha na-esite nʼotu mmehie gaa nʼọzọ; ọ dịkwaghị mgbe ha ji mara m,” otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara.
4 Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother; for every brother acteth subtly, and every neighbour goeth about with slanders.
“Lezie anya, gbaara enyi gị ọsọ. Atụkwasịkwala nwanne gị obi. Nʼihi na nwanne ọbụla na-aghọ aghụghọ. Ndị enyi niile bụkwa ndị nkwutọ.
5 And they deceive every one his neighbour, and truth they speak not; they have taught their tongue to speak lies, they weary themselves to commit iniquity.
Enyi na-aghọgbu enyi ya, ọ dịkwaghị onye na-agwa ibe ya eziokwu. Ha azụọla ire ha ikwu naanị okwu ụgha; ha emeekwala ka ike gwụ anụ ahụ ha ime mmehie.
6 Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know Me, saith the LORD.
I bi nʼetiti aghụghọ. Ha jụkwara ịmara m nʼime aghụghọ ha.” Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara.
7 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts: Behold, I will smelt them, and try them; for how else should I do, because of the daughter of My people?
Ya mere, ihe ndị a ka Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile kwuru, “Lee, aga m anụcha ha, nwaa ha ọnwụnwa. Gịnị ọzọ ka m kwesiri ime nʼihi mmehie ndị m?
8 Their tongue is a sharpened arrow, it speaketh deceit; one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth wait for him.
Ire ha na-egbu dịka àkụ. Ọ bụ naanị okwu aghụghọ si na ya apụta. Ha ji ọnụ ha na-agwarịta ibe ha okwu udo, ma nʼime obi ha, ha na-esirịtara onwe ha ọnya igbudu.”
9 Shall I not punish them for these things? saith the LORD; Shall not My soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara sị, “M ga-aghara ịta ha ahụhụ nʼihi ihe ndị a niile? M ga-ahapụ ịbọrọ onwe m ọbọ megide mba dị otu a?”
10 For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the pastures of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none passeth through. And they hear not the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled, and gone.
Aga m anọ nʼelu ugwu ukwu kwa akwa. Nʼebe ahụ ka m ga-anọ kwaa ụwa m nʼihi ebe ịta nri nke anụmanụ ndị ahụ dị nʼọzara. Ha tọgbọrọ nʼefu. Ọ dịghị onye na-ejegharị nʼime ya. A naghị anụkwa olu anụ ụlọ nʼebe ahụ. Ụmụ nnụnụ efefusịala. Otu a kwa, ụmụ anụmanụ alaala.
11 And I will make Jerusalem heaps, a lair of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without an inhabitant.
“Aga m eme ka Jerusalem ghọọ ebe a na-awụfu unyi. Ọ ga-aghọ ebe nkịta ọhịa na-awagharị na-achọ nri. Aga m ekposa obodo niile nke Juda. Ọ dịkwaghị onye ga-ebi na ya.”
12 Who is the wise man, that he may understand this? And who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it? Wherefore is the land perished and laid waste like a wilderness, so that none passeth through?
Olee onye ahụ maara ihe, nke nwere ike ịghọta ihe ndị a niile? Onye ka Onyenwe anyị ziri ihe ndị a, nke ga-akọwa ya? Gịnị mere e ji bibie ala a, kposaa ya, mee ka ọ tọgbọrọ nʼefu dịka ọzara mmadụ na-enweghị ike ịgafe?
13 And the LORD saith: Because they have forsaken My law which I set before them, and have not hearkened to My voice, neither walked therein;
Onyenwe anyị kwuru sị, “Ọ bụ nʼihi na ha agbakụtala iwu ahụ m nyere ha idebe azụ. Ha jụrụ irubere m isi, jụkwa ịgbaso iwu m.
14 But have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baalim, which their fathers taught them.
Kama, ha na-agbaso isiike nke obi ha, ha gbasoro chi Baal dịka nna nna ha si kuziere ha.”
15 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
Nʼihi ya, nke a bụ ihe Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile, Chineke nke Izrel kwuru, “Lee, aga m eme ka ndị a rie nri na-akụ ilu. Ha ga-aṅụkwa mmiri e tinyere nsi.
16 I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them.
Aga m ekposa ha na mba niile nke ụwa. Ha ga-ebi na mba nke ha na nna ha na-amaghị. Aga m eji mma agha chụọ ha ọsọ tutu ruo mgbe m bibiri ha niile.”
17 Thus saith the LORD of hosts: Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the wise women, that they may come;
Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile kwuru, “Tụgharịanụ uche unu ugbu a. Kpọọnụ ụmụ nwanyị ndị ọrụ ha bụ ịbụ abụ akwa. E, zienụ ozi ka ndị ọkachamara nʼetiti ha bịa.
18 And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
Ha bịa ngwangwa kwaa akwa nʼihi anyị, tutu anya mmiri akwa ejupụta ha nʼanya, tutu anya mmiri akwa esite anyị nʼanya na-asọda ruo na ntị anyị.
19 For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion: 'How are we undone! We are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out.'
Olu ụzụ ịkwa akwa ka a nụrụ site na Zayọn ‘Lee ka anyị si laa nʼiyi! Lee ka ihe ihere anyị si dị ukwuu! Nʼihi na anyị hapụrụ ala anyị, nʼihi na ha etikpọsịala ebe obibi anyị niile.’”
20 Yea, hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of His mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation:
Ugbu a, nụrụnụ okwu Onyenwe anyị, unu ụmụ nwanyị, megheenụ ntị unu nụrụ okwu si ya nʼọnụ. Kuzierenụ ụmụ unu ndị inyom otu e si eti mkpu akwa, kuziekwaranụ ibe unu abụ akwa.
21 'For death is come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from the street, and the young men from the broad places. —
Nʼihi na ọnwụ abatala nʼetiti anyị, o si na oghereikuku niile nke ụlọ anyị bata nʼebe niile e wusiri ike nke ala anyị. O gbuola ụmụntakịrị ndị na-ejegharị nʼokporoụzọ, gbukwaa ụmụ okorobịa ndị na-anọ nʼama.
22 Speak: Thus saith the LORD — And the carcasses of men fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, which none gathereth.'
Gwa ha, sị, “Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri, “‘Ozu ndị nwụrụ anwụ ga-atọgbọrọ dịka unyi e kpofuru nʼọhịa, dịka ukwu ọka nke e gbuturu nʼazụ onye na-aghọ mkpụrụ ubi, nke ọ dịghị onye ga-achịkọta ha.’”
23 Thus saith the LORD: Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches;
Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru, “Ka onye maara ihe hapụ ịnya isi nʼihi amamihe ya, ka onye dị ike ghara ịnya isi nʼihi ịdị ike ya, ka ọgaranya hapụkwa ịnya isi nʼihi ịba ụba nke akụ ya,
24 But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth, and knoweth Me, that I am the LORD who exercise mercy, justice, and righteousness, in the earth; for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.
kama, onye ọbụla na-anya isi, ya nyaa isi nʼihi nke a: na o nwere uche ịghọta na mụ onwe m bụ, Onyenwe anyị nke na-eme obi ebere, na-ekpe ikpe ziri ezi na ezi omume nʼụwa. Nʼihi nʼihe ndị a ka m na-enwe obi ụtọ,” ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri.
25 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them that are circumcised in their uncircumcision:
“Lee, ụbọchị ahụ na-abịa,” ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara, “mgbe m ga-ata ndị ahụ niile nke e biri ugwu naanị nʼanụ ahụ ha ahụhụ.
26 Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that have the corners of their hair polled, that dwell in the wilderness; for all the nations are uncircumcised, but all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.
Ya bụ ndị Ijipt, Juda, Edọm, Amọn, na Moab, na ndị ahụ niile bi nʼọzara nʼebe dị anya. Nʼihi na, nʼezie, mba ndị a niile bụ ndị a na-ebighị ugwu. Ọ bụladị ụlọ Izrel niile bụ ndị a na-ebighị ugwu nʼime obi ha.”
