Jeremiah 6
1 O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Beth–haccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.
“Ẹ̀yin ènìyàn Benjamini, sá sí ibi ààbò! Ẹ sá kúrò ní Jerusalẹmu. Ẹ fọn fèrè ní Tekoa! Kí ẹ gbé àmì sókè lórí Beti-Hakeremu! Nítorí àjálù farahàn láti àríwá, àní ìparun tí ó lágbára.
2 I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.
Èmi yóò pa ọmọbìnrin Sioni run, tí ó jẹ́ arẹwà àti ẹlẹgẹ́.
3 The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place.
Olùṣọ́-àgùntàn pẹ̀lú agbo wọn yóò gbóguntì wọ́n. Wọn yóò pa àgọ́ yí wọn ká, olúkúlùkù yóò máa jẹ ní ilé rẹ̀.”
4 Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.
“Ẹ ya ará yín sí mímọ́ láti bá a jagun! Dìde, kí a kọlù ú ní ìgbà ọ̀sán! Ṣùgbọ́n ó ṣe, nítorí ọjọ́ lọ tán, ọjọ́ alẹ́ náà sì gùn sí i.
5 Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.
Nítorí náà, ẹ dìde, ẹ jẹ́ kí a kọlù ú ní àṣálẹ́ kí a sì ba odi alágbára rẹ̀ jẹ́.”
6 For thus hath Yhwh of Armies said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.
Èyí ni ohun tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run Àwọn ọmọ-ogun wí: “Ẹ ké àwọn igi náà lulẹ̀ kí ẹ sì mọ odi ààbò yí Jerusalẹmu ká. Èyí ni ìlú títóbi tí a ó bẹ̀wò, nítorí pé ó kún fún ìninilára.
7 As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds.
Gẹ́gẹ́ bí kànga ṣe ń da omi inú rẹ̀ sílẹ̀, náà ni ó ń tú ìwà búburú rẹ̀ jáde. Ìwà ipá àti ìparun ń tún pariwo nínú rẹ̀; nígbà gbogbo ni àìsàn àti ọgbẹ́ rẹ̀ ń wà níwájú mi.
8 Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.
Ìwọ Jerusalẹmu, gba ìkìlọ̀, kí Èmi kí ó má ba à lọ kúrò ní ọ̀dọ̀ rẹ, kí n sì sọ ilẹ̀ rẹ di ahoro, tí kò ní ní olùgbé.”
9 Thus saith Yhwh of Armies, They shall throughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as a grapegatherer into the baskets.
Èyí ni ohun tí Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun wí: “Jẹ́ kí wọn pèsè ìyókù Israẹli ní tónítóní bí àjàrà; na ọwọ́ rẹ sí àwọn ẹ̀ka nì lẹ́ẹ̀kan sí i gẹ́gẹ́ bí ẹnìkan ti í kó èso àjàrà jọ.”
10 To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of Yhwh is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
Ta ni ẹni tí mo lè bá sọ̀rọ̀ àti tí mo lè fún ní ìmọ̀ràn? Ta ni yóò tẹ́tí sílẹ̀ sí mi? Etí wọn ti di, nítorí náà wọn kò lè gbọ́. Ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa, jẹ́ ohun búburú sí wọn, wọn kò sì ní inú dídùn nínú rẹ̀.
11 Therefore I am full of the fury of Yhwh; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.
Èmi kún fún ìbínú Olúwa, èmi kò sì le è pa á mọ́ra. “Tú u sí orí àwọn ọmọ ńigboro, àti sórí àwọn ọmọkùnrin tí wọn kó ra wọn jọ pọ̀, àti ọkọ àti aya ni a ò mú sínú rẹ̀, àti àwọn arúgbó tí ó ní ọjọ́ kíkún lórí.
12 And their houses shall be turned unto others, with their fields and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith Yhwh.
Ilé wọn o sì di ti ẹlòmíràn, oko wọn àti àwọn aya wọn, nígbà tí èmi bá na ọwọ́ mi sí àwọn olùgbé ilẹ̀ náà,” ni Olúwa wí.
13 For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
“Láti orí ẹni tí ó kéré sí orí ẹni tí ó tóbi ju, gbogbo wọn ni ó sì ní ojúkòkòrò fún èrè, àwọn wòlíì àti àlùfáà lápapọ̀ sì kún fún ẹ̀tàn.
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
Wọ́n sì ń wo ọgbẹ́ àwọn ènìyàn mi bí ẹni pé kò tó nǹkan. Wọ́n ń wí pé, ‘Àlàáfíà, Àlàáfíà,’ nígbà tí kò sì sí àlàáfíà.
15 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith Yhwh.
Ojú ha a tì wọ́n nítorí ìwà ìríra wọn bí? Rárá, wọn kò ní ìtìjú mọ́, wọn kò tilẹ̀ ní oorun ìtìjú. Nítorí náà, wọn ó ṣubú láàrín àwọn tó ṣubú, a ó sì ké wọn lulẹ̀ nígbà tí mo bá bẹ̀ wọ́n wò,” ni Olúwa wí.
16 Thus saith Yhwh, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
Èyí ni ohun tí Olúwa wí: “Ẹ dúró sí ìkóríta, kí ẹ sì wò, ẹ béèrè fún ọ̀nà àtijọ́, ẹ béèrè ọ̀nà dáradára nì, kí ẹ rìn nínú rẹ, ẹ̀yin yóò sì rí ìsinmi fún ọkàn yín. Ṣùgbọ́n ẹ̀yin wí pé, ‘Àwa kì yóò rìn nínú rẹ̀.’
17 Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
Èmi yan olùṣọ́ fún un yín, mo sì wí pé: ‘Tẹ́tí sí dídún fèrè náà,’ ẹ̀yìn wí pé, ‘Àwa kì yóò tẹ́tí sílẹ̀.’
18 Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.
Nítorí náà, gbọ́ ẹ̀yin orílẹ̀-èdè; kíyèsi, kí ẹ sì jẹ́ ẹlẹ́rìí, ohun tí yóò ṣẹlẹ̀ sí wọn.
19 Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.
Gbọ́, ìwọ ayé! Mò ń mú ìparun bọ̀ sórí àwọn ènìyàn wọ̀nyí, èso ìrò inú wọn, nítorí wọn kò fi etí sí ọ̀rọ̀ mi, wọ́n sì ti kọ òfin mi sílẹ̀.
20 To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.
Èrè wo ni ó wà fún mi nínú tùràrí láti Ṣeba wá, tàbí èso dáradára láti ilẹ̀ jíjìn réré? Ẹbọ sísun yín kò ṣe ìtẹ́wọ́gbà, ọrẹ yín kò sì wù mí.”
21 Therefore thus saith Yhwh, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.
Nítorí náà, èyí ni ohun tí Olúwa wí: “Èmi yóò gbé ohun ìdènà síwájú àwọn ènìyàn wọ̀nyí. Àwọn baba àti ọmọ yóò jùmọ̀ ṣubú lù wọ́n, àwọn aládùúgbò àti ọ̀rẹ́ yóò ṣègbé.”
22 Thus saith Yhwh, Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth.
Báyìí ni Olúwa wí: “Wò ó, àwọn ọmọ-ogun ń bọ̀ wá láti ilẹ̀ àríwá, a ó sì gbé orílẹ̀-èdè ńlá dìde láti òpin ayé wá.
23 They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.
Wọ́n sì dìmọ́ra pẹ̀lú ọrun àti ọ̀kọ̀, wọ́n jẹ́ ẹni ibi, wọn kò sì ní àánú. Wọ́n ń hó bí omi Òkun, bí wọ́n ti ṣe ń gun àwọn ẹṣin wọn lọ; wọ́n sì wá bí ọkùnrin tí yóò jà ọ́ lógun, ìwọ ọmọbìnrin Sioni.”
24 We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
Àwa ti gbọ́ ìròyìn nípa wọn, ọwọ́ wa sì di rírọ, ìrora sì mú wa bí obìnrin tí ń rọbí.
25 Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.
Má ṣe jáde lọ sí orí pápá tàbí kí o máa rìn ní àwọn ojú ọ̀nà, nítorí ọ̀tá náà ní idà, ìpayà sì wà níbi gbogbo.
26 O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
Ẹ̀yin ènìyàn mi, ẹ gbé aṣọ ọ̀fọ̀ wọ̀, kí ẹ sì sùn nínú eérú, ẹ ṣọ̀fọ̀ pẹ̀lú ìpohùnréré ẹkún gẹ́gẹ́ bí i lórí ọmọkùnrin yín kan ṣoṣo nítorí pé lójijì ni àwọn apanirun yóò kọlù wá.
27 I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
“Èmi ti fi ẹ́ ṣe ẹni tí yóò máa yọ́ irú àwọn ènìyàn mi gẹ́gẹ́ bi irin tútù, kí wọn kí ó lè ṣe àkíyèsí, kí ó sì dán ọ̀nà wọn wò.
28 They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.
Ọlọ́tẹ̀ tí ọkàn rẹ̀ le ní gbogbo wọn. Wọ́n ń lọ káàkiri láti sọ̀rọ̀-òdì. Wọ́n jẹ́ idẹ àti irin, wọ́n sì kún fún ìwà ìbàjẹ́.
29 The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
Ewìrì a fẹ́ná kíkankíkan, kí ó lè yọ́ òjé, ẹni tí ń yọ́ ọ ń yọ́ ọ lásán; a kò si ya ènìyàn búburú kúrò.
30 Reprobate silver shall men call them, because Yhwh hath rejected them.
A pè wọ́n ní fàdákà tí a kọ̀sílẹ̀, nítorí Olúwa ti kọ̀ wọ́n sílẹ̀.”
