< Jeremiah 22 >

1 Thus said the Lord, Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word;
Báyìí ni Olúwa wí, “Sọ̀kalẹ̀ lọ sí ààfin ọba Juda, kí o sì sọ ọ̀rọ̀ yìí níbẹ̀:
2 And thou shalt say, Hear the word of the Lord, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates:
‘Gbọ́ ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa ìwọ ọba Juda, tí ó jókòó ní ìtẹ́ Dafidi, ìwọ, àwọn ènìyàn rẹ àti àwọn ìránṣẹ́ rẹ, tí ó wọlé láti ẹnu ibodè wọ̀nyí.
3 Thus hath said the Lord, Execute ye justice and righteousness, and deliver him that is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor; and the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow shall ye not oppress, and do them no violence, and shed no innocent blood in this place.
Báyìí ni Olúwa wí: Ṣé ohun tí ó jẹ́ òtítọ́ tí ó sì yẹ, kí o sì gba ẹni tí a fi ẹ̀tọ́ rẹ̀ dù ú kúrò lọ́wọ́ aninilára. Kí ó má ṣe fi agbára àti ìkà lé àlejò, aláìní baba, tàbí opó, ìwọ kò sì gbọdọ̀ ta ẹ̀jẹ̀ aláìṣẹ̀ sílẹ̀ níbí yìí.
4 For if ye indeed will do this thing, then shall enter in through the gates of this house kings sitting after David upon his throne, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people.
Nítorí bí ẹ̀yin bá tẹ̀lé àṣẹ wọ̀nyí, nígbà náà ni àwọn ọba tí ó jókòó lórí ìtẹ́ Dafidi yóò gba inú ààfin láti ẹnu-ọ̀nà, wọn yóò gun kẹ̀kẹ́ àti ẹṣin, àwọn àti ìránṣẹ́ wọn àti àwọn ènìyàn wọn.
5 But if ye will not hear these words, then do I swear by myself, saith the Lord, that this house shall become a ruin.
Ṣùgbọ́n bí ẹ̀yin kò bá tẹ̀lé àṣẹ wọ̀nyí, mo búra fúnra mi pé ààfin yìí yóò di ìparun ni Olúwa wí.’”
6 For thus hath said the Lord concerning the house of the king of Judah, A Gil'ad [though] thou art unto me, a summit of the Lebanon: yet I will surely change thee into a wilderness, cities which are not inhabited.
Nítorí báyìí ni Olúwa wí, nípa ààfin ọba Juda, “Bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ wí pé ìwọ dàbí Gileadi sí mi, gẹ́gẹ́ bí góńgó òkè Lebanoni, dájúdájú Èmi yóò sọ ọ́ di aṣálẹ̀, àní gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìlú tí a kò gbé inú wọn.
7 And I will make ready against thee destroyers, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down the choice of thy cedars, and cast them into the fire.
Èmi ó ya àwọn apanirun sọ́tọ̀ fún ọ, olúkúlùkù ọkùnrin pẹ̀lú ohun ìjà rẹ̀, wọn yóò sì gé àṣàyàn igi kedari rẹ lulẹ̀, wọn ó sì kó wọn jù sínú iná.
8 And [when] many nations [then] pass by this city, they will say every man to his neighbor, Wherefore hath the Lord done the like unto this great city?
“Àwọn ènìyàn láti ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ orílẹ̀-èdè yóò rékọjá lẹ́bàá ìlú yìí wọn yóò sì máa bi ara wọn léèrè pé, ‘Èéṣe tí Olúwa ṣe irú èyí sí ìlú ńlá yìí?’
9 Then shall they say, Because they had forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God, and bowed down unto other gods, and served them.
Ìdáhùn wọn yóò sì jẹ́: ‘Nítorí tí wọ́n ti kọ májẹ̀mú Olúwa Ọlọ́run wọn sílẹ̀, wọn ti ń fi orí balẹ̀ fún ọlọ́run mìíràn, wọ́n sì sìn wọ́n.’”
10 Weep not for the dead, and do not bemoan him: weep sorely for him that goeth away; for he shall never return any more, and see the land of his birth.
Nítorí náà má ṣe sọkún nítorí ọba tí ó ti kú tàbí ṣọ̀fọ̀ fún àdánù rẹ̀, ṣùgbọ́n ẹ sọkún kíkorò fún ẹni tí a lé kúrò nílùú nítorí kì yóò padà wá mọ́ tàbí fi ojú rí ilẹ̀ tí a ti bí i.
11 For thus hath said the Lord respecting Shallum the son of Josiah the king of Judah, who reigneth in the place of Josiah his father, who is gone forth out of this place, He shall never return thither any more;
Nítorí báyìí ni Olúwa wí, nípa Ṣallumu ọmọ Josiah ọba Juda tí ó jẹ ọba lẹ́yìn baba rẹ̀, ṣùgbọ́n tí ó jáde kúrò níhìn-ín: “Òun kì yóò padà wá mọ́.
12 But in the place whither they have led him into exile, there shall he die; but this land shall he not see any more.
Yóò kú ni ibi tí a mú u ní ìgbèkùn lọ, kì yóò sì rí ilẹ̀ yìí mọ́.”
13 Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice; that maketh his neighbor work without wages, and giveth him not the reward for his labor;
“Ègbé ni fún ẹni tí a kọ́ ààfin rẹ̀ lọ́nà àìṣòdodo, àti àwọn yàrá òkè rẹ̀ lọ́nà àìtọ́ tí ó mú kí àwọn ará ìlú rẹ ṣiṣẹ́ lásán láìsan owó iṣẹ́ wọn fún wọn.
14 That saith, I will build me a roomy house, and ample chambers, and cutteth himself out windows, and ceileth it with cedar, and painteth it with colors.
Ó wí pé, ‘Èmi ó kọ́ ààfin ńlá fún ara mi àwọn yàrá òkè tí ó fẹ̀, ojú fèrèsé rẹ̀ yóò tóbi.’ A ó sì fi igi kedari bò ó, a ó fi ohun aláwọ̀ pupa ṣe é ní ọ̀ṣọ́.
15 Shalt thou reign, because thou strivest to excel with cedar buildings? behold, thy father ate and drank, but he executed justice and righteousness: then was it well with him!
“Ìwọ ó ha jẹ ọba kí ìwọ kí ó lè ní ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ igi kedari? Baba rẹ kò ha ní ohun jíjẹ àti mímu? Ó ṣe ohun tí ó tọ́ àti òdodo, nítorí náà ó dára fún un.
16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then was it well: is not this the proper knowledge of me? saith the Lord.
Ó gbèjà òtòṣì àti aláìní, ohun gbogbo sì dára fún un. Bí a ti mọ̀ mí kọ́ ni èyí?” ni Olúwa wí.
17 But thy eyes and thy heart are directed on nothing but upon thy own gain, and upon innocent blood to shed it, and upon oppression, and upon extortion, to practise them.
“Ṣùgbọ́n ojú rẹ àti ọkàn rẹ wà lára èrè àìṣòótọ́ láti ta ẹ̀jẹ̀ aláìṣẹ̀ sílẹ̀ ìnilára àti ìlọ́nilọ́wọ́gbà.”
18 Therefore thus hath said the Lord concerning Jehoyakim the son of Josiah the king of Judah, They shall not lament for him, with, “Woe, my brother!” and, “Woe, sister!” they shall not lament for him, with “Woe, lord!” and, “Woe, to his glory!”
Nítorí náà báyìí ni Olúwa wí, nípa Jehoiakimu ọmọ Josiah ọba Juda: “Wọn kì yóò ṣọ̀fọ̀ fún un: wí pé, ‘Ó ṣe, arákùnrin mi! Ó ṣe, arábìnrin mi!’ Wọn kì yóò ṣọ̀fọ̀ fún un: wí pé, ‘Ó ṣe, olúwa tàbí ó ṣe ọlọ́lá!’
19 With the burial of an ass shall he be buried, dragged about and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
A ó sin òkú rẹ̀ bí i kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́ tí a wọ́ sọnù láti ẹnu ibodè Jerusalẹmu.”
20 Ascend the Lebanon, and cry aloud; and let thy voice resound in Bashan; and cry aloud from 'Aharim; for crushed are all thy lovers.
“Gòkè lọ sí Lebanoni, kígbe síta, kí a sì gbọ́ ohùn rẹ ní Baṣani, kí o kígbe sókè láti Abarimu, nítorí a ti ṣẹ́ gbogbo olùfẹ́ rẹ túútúú.
21 I spoke unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy very youth, that thou didst not hearken to my voice.
Èmi ti kìlọ̀ fún ọ nígbà tí o rò pé kò séwu, ṣùgbọ́n o sọ pé, ‘Èmi kì yóò fetísílẹ̀!’ Èyí ni iṣẹ́ rẹ láti ìgbà èwe rẹ, ìwọ kò fìgbà kan gba ohùn mi gbọ́.
22 The wind shall scatter abroad all thy shepherds, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded because of all thy wickedness.
Ẹ̀fúùfù yóò lé gbogbo àwọn olùṣọ́-àgùntàn rẹ̀ lọ, gbogbo àwọn olùfẹ́ rẹ yóò lọ sí ìgbèkùn, nígbà náà ni a ó kẹ́gàn rẹ, ojú yóò tì ọ́ nítorí gbogbo ìwà búburú rẹ.
23 O inhabitress of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how full of grace wilt thou be! when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!
Ìwọ tí ń gbé ‘Lebanoni,’ tí ó tẹ́ ìtẹ́ sí orí igi kedari, ìwọ yóò ti kérora pẹ́ tó, nígbà tí ìrora bá dé bá ọ, ìrora bí i ti obìnrin tí ń rọbí!
24 As I live, saith the Lord, though Conyahu the son of Jehoyakim the king of Judah were a signet upon my right hand, yet for a surety would I thence pluck thee;
“Dájúdájú bí èmi ti wà láààyè,” ni Olúwa wí, “Bí Koniah ọmọ Jehoiakimu ọba Juda tilẹ̀ jẹ́ òrùka èdìdì lọ́wọ́ ọ̀tún mi, síbẹ̀ èmi ó fà ọ́ tu kúrò níbẹ̀.
25 And I will give thee into the hand of those that seek thy life, and into the hand of those of whom thou art afraid, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.
Èmi ó sì fà ọ́ lé ọwọ́ àwọn tí ó ń wá ẹ̀mí rẹ, àwọn tí ìwọ bẹ̀rù, àní lé ọwọ́ Nebukadnessari, ọba Babeli àti ọwọ́ àwọn ará Babeli.
26 And I will hurl thee out, and thy mother that hath born thee, into another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die.
Èmi ó fi ìwọ àti ìyá tí ó bí ọ sọ̀kò sí ilẹ̀ mìíràn, níbi tí a kò bí ẹnikẹ́ni nínú yín sí. Níbẹ̀ ni ẹ̀yin méjèèjì yóò kú sí.
27 But to the land whitherward they direct their soul to return, thither shall they not return.
Ẹ̀yin kì yóò padà sí ilẹ̀ tí ẹ̀yin fẹ́ mọ́ láéláé.”
28 Is this man Conyahu a despised broken image? or a vessel without value? wherefore are they hurled out, he and his seed, and are cast forth into a land which they know not?
Ǹjẹ́ Jehoiakini ẹni ẹ̀gàn yàtọ̀ sí ìkòkò òfìfo, ohun èlò tí ẹnìkan kò fẹ́? Èéṣe tí a fi òun àti àwọn ọmọ rẹ̀ sókè sí ilẹ̀ tí wọn kò mọ̀.
29 O land, land, land! hear the word of the Lord.
Ìwọ ilẹ̀, ilẹ̀, ilẹ̀, gbọ́ ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa!
30 Thus hath said the Lord, Write ye down this man as childless, as a man that shall not prosper in his days; for no man of his seed shall succeed to sit upon the throne of David, and to rule any more in Judah.
Báyìí ni Olúwa wí: “Kọ àkọsílẹ̀ ọkùnrin yìí sínú ìwé gẹ́gẹ́ bí aláìlọ́mọ, ẹni tí kì yóò ṣe rere ní ọjọ́ ayé rẹ̀; nítorí ọ̀kan nínú irú-ọmọ rẹ̀ kì yóò ṣe rere, èyíkéyìí wọn kì yóò jókòó lórí ìtẹ́ Dafidi tàbí jẹ ọba ní Juda mọ́.”

< Jeremiah 22 >