Jeremiah 23
1 “Woe to shepherds destroying, And scattering the flock of My pasture,” A declaration of YHWH.
Yehowa be, “Baba na alẽkplɔla siwo le alẽ siwo le nye lãnyiƒe la vuvum hele wo kakam!”
2 Therefore, thus said YHWH, God of Israel, Against the shepherds who feed My people: “You have scattered My flock, and drive them away, And have not inspected them, Behold, I am charging on you the evil of your doings,” A declaration of YHWH.
Eya ta ale Yehowa, Israel ƒe Mawu la gblɔ na alẽkplɔla siwo le nye dukɔ la kplɔm lae nye esi: “Esi mielé be na nye alẽhawo o, ke boŋ miekaka wo eye mienya wo de gbe ta la, mahe to na mi ɖe nu vɔ̃ɖi si miewɔ la ta.” Yehowae gblɔe.
3 “And I gather the remnant of My flock Out of all the lands to where I drove them, And have brought them back to their fold, And they have been fruitful, and multiplied.
“Nye ŋutɔ maƒo nye alẽ mamlɛawo nu ƒu tso anyigba siwo katã dzi menya wo ɖo ɖo la dzi, eye makplɔ wo va wo nyiƒe, afi si woadzi ɖe edzi fũu le.
4 And I have raised shepherds for them, And they have fed them, And they no longer fear, nor are frightened, Nor are they lacking,” A declaration of YHWH.
Matsɔ alẽkplɔla siwo akpɔ wo dzi nyuie la aɖo wo nu, ale womagavɔ̃ alo dzidzi naƒo wo alo wo dometɔ aɖeke nabu o.” Yehowae gblɔe.
5 “Behold, days are coming,” A declaration of YHWH, “And I have raised a righteous shoot to David, And a king has reigned and acted wisely, And done judgment and righteousness in the earth.
Yehowa be, “Ŋkekewo li gbɔna esime mana atilɔ dzɔdzɔe, aɖe nadze atso David ƒe ƒome me, anye fia si aɖu fia le nunya me eye wòawɔ nu si le eteƒe kple nu si le dzɔdzɔe le anyigba dzi.
6 Judah is saved in His days, and Israel dwells confidently, And this [is] His Name that YHWH proclaims Him: Our Righteousness.
Le eƒe ŋkekewo me la, woaɖe Yuda eye Israel anɔ anyi le dedinɔnɔ me. Esiae nye ŋkɔ si woayɔ nɛ: Yehowa, Míaƒe Dzɔdzɔenyenye.
7 Therefore, behold, days are coming,” A declaration of YHWH, “And they no longer say, YHWH lives who brought up The sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt,
“Yehowa be eya ta ŋkekewo li gbɔna esi amewo magagblɔ be, ‘Meta Yehowa, ame si kplɔ Israelviwo do goe le Egipte la ƒe agbe’ o.
8 But—YHWH lives, who brought up, And who brought in, the seed of the house of Israel, From the land of the north, And from all the lands to where I drove them, And they have dwelt on their own ground!”
Ke boŋ woagblɔ be, ‘Meta Yehowa, ame si kplɔ Israel ƒe dzidzimeviwo do go tso anyiehenyigba dzi kple dukɔ siwo katã me woɖe aboyo wo ɖo ɖo la ƒe agbe.’ Ekema woanɔ woawo ŋutɔ ƒe anyigba dzi.”
9 In reference to the prophets: My heart has been broken in my midst, All my bones have fluttered, I have been as a man—a drunkard, And as a man—wine has passed over him, Because of YHWH, and of His holy words.
Nya siwo ku ɖe nyagblɔɖilawo ŋu: nye dzi gbã le menye eye nye lãme katã le ƒoƒom. Ɖeko mele abe ŋutsu si mu aha alo abe ŋutsu si wain wu ko na la ene, le Yehowa kple eƒe nya kɔkɔewo ta.
10 For the land has been full of adulterers, For the land has mourned because of these, The pleasant places of the wilderness have dried up, And their course is evil, and their might—not right.
Anyigba la dzi yɔ fũu kple ahasiwɔlawo eye le fiƒode la ta la, anyigba la ƒu kplakplakpla ale be lãnyiƒe siwo katã le gbegbe la hã yrɔ; elabena Nyagblɔɖilawo ƒe mɔ to vovo eye wowɔa woƒe ŋusẽ ŋu dɔ to mɔ madzɔmadzɔwo dzi.
11 “For both prophet and priest have been profane, Indeed, I found their wickedness in My house,” A declaration of YHWH.
“Nyagblɔɖilawo kple Nunɔlawo siaa nye Mawumavɔ̃lawo eye le nye gbedoxɔ me gɔ̃ hã la, mekpɔ woƒe vɔ̃ɖivɔ̃ɖi.” Yehowae gblɔe.
12 “Therefore their way is as slippery places to them, They are driven into thick darkness, And they have fallen in it, For I bring in calamity against them, The year of their inspection,” A declaration of YHWH.
“Eya ta woƒe mɔ dzi aɖiɖi dribadriba, woatsɔ wo aƒu gbe ɖe blukɔ me eye woadze anyi ɖe afi ma. Mahe gbegblẽ ava wo dzi le ƒe si me mahe to na wo.” Yehowae gblɔe.
13 “And I have seen folly in prophets of Samaria, They have prophesied by Ba‘al, And cause My people—Israel—to err.
“Mekpɔ bometsinu sia le nyagblɔɖila siwo le Samaria la dome. Wogblɔ nya ɖi le Baal ƒe ŋkɔ me eye wokplɔ nye dukɔ Israel trae.
14 And I have seen a horrible thing in prophets of Jerusalem, Committing adultery, and walking falsely, Indeed, they strengthened the hands of evildoers, So that they have not turned back, Each from his wickedness, All of them have been as Sodom to me, And its inhabitants as Gomorrah.”
Ke mekpɔ ŋunyɔnu sia hã le nyagblɔɖila siwo le Yerusalem la dome. Wole ahasi wɔm eye wole alakpa hã dam. Wodoa ŋusẽ nu baɖa wɔlawo be ne ame aɖeke nagaɖe asi le eƒe nu vɔ̃ɖi wɔwɔ ŋu o. Wo katã le nam abe Sodom ene. Yerusalem nɔlawo le abe Gomoratɔwo ene.”
15 Therefore, thus said YHWH of Hosts, concerning the prophets: “Behold, I am causing them to eat wormwood, And have caused them to drink water of gall, For from prophets of Jerusalem Profanity has gone forth to all the land.”
Eya ta ale Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la gblɔ ɖe nyagblɔɖilawo ŋutie nye esi: “Kpɔ ɖa, mana nuɖuɖu veve wo eye makpe tsi si me wode aɖii la na wo elabena Yerusalem ƒe nyagblɔɖilawo gbɔe wòtso be, mawumavɔmavɔ̃ kaka ɖe anyigba blibo la dzi.”
16 Thus said YHWH of Hosts: “You do not listen to the words Of the prophets who are prophesying to you, They are making you vain things, They speak a vision of their own heart, Not from the mouth of YHWH.
Ale Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la gblɔe nye esi: “Migaɖo to nyagblɔɖi siwo gblɔm Nyagblɔɖilawo le na mi la o. Mia flum wole kple mɔkpɔkpɔ ƒuƒlu. Wogblɔa nya si woawo ŋutɔ susu la be ŋutegae yewokpɔ, ke menye nya si do tso Yehowa ƒe nu me o.
17 Diligently saying to those despising, The word of YHWH: Peace is for you, And [to] everyone walking in the stubbornness of his heart, they have said: Evil does not come to you.”
Wogblɔna na ame siwo doa vlom ɖaa la be, ‘Yehowa be: miakpɔ ŋutifafa’, eye wogblɔna na ame siwo zɔna ɖe woƒe dzi vɔ̃ɖiwo ƒe ɖoɖo nu la be, ‘Dzɔgbevɔ̃e aɖeke mava mia dzi o.’
18 For who has stood in the counsel of YHWH, And sees and hears His word? Who has regarded My word, and listens?
Ke wo dometɔ kae nɔ Yehowa ƒe aɖaŋu me be wòakpɔ nu alo ase eƒe nya? Ame kae ɖo to hese eƒe nya?
19 Behold, a whirlwind of YHWH—Fury has gone out, even a piercing whirlwind, It stays on the head of the wicked.
Kpɔ ɖa, Yehowa ƒe ahom atu sesĩe le eƒe dziku helĩhelĩ me, eye yali atso abla ɖe ta na ame vɔ̃ɖiwo kɔtɔɔ.
20 The anger of YHWH does not turn back Until His doing, and until His establishing, The thoughts of His heart, In the latter end of the days You attend to it with understanding.
Yehowa ƒe dziku magbugbɔ o va se ɖe esime wòwɔ nu si wòɖo ɖe eƒe dzi me de goe. Le ŋkeke siwo gbɔna me la, miase nu siawo gɔme keŋkeŋ.
21 “I have not sent the prophets, and they have run, I have not spoken to them, and they have prophesied.
Nyemedɔ nyagblɔɖila siawo o, gake wole du dzi kple woawo ŋutɔwo ƒe gbedeasi. Nyemeƒo nu kpli wo o, evɔ wogblɔ nya ɖi.
22 But if they stood in My counsel, Then they cause My people to hear My words, And they turn them back from their evil way, And from the evil of their doings.
Ke ne ɖe wonɔ nye aɖaŋudede me la, anye ne wogblɔ nye nyawo na nye dukɔ eye woatrɔ le woƒe mɔ vɔ̃wo dzi kple woƒe nuwɔwɔ vɔ̃ɖiwo me.”
23 [Am] I a God near,” A declaration of YHWH, “And not a God far off?
Yehowa be, “Kpuiƒe ƒe Mawu ko menyea, eye nyemenye Mawu si le adzɔge oa?
24 Is anyone hidden in secret places, And I do not see him?” A declaration of YHWH, “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” A declaration of YHWH.
Ɖe ame aɖe abe ɖe bebeƒe aɖe be nyemate ŋu akpɔe oa?” Yehowae gblɔe. “Ɖe nyemeyɔ dziƒo kple anyigba taŋtaŋ oa?” Yehowae gblɔe.
25 “I have heard that which the prophets said, Who prophesy falsehood in My Name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.
“Mese nu si gblɔm nyagblɔɖilawo le, ame siwo gblɔ aʋatsonyagblɔɖi le nye ŋkɔ me. Wogblɔ be, ‘Meku drɔ̃e aɖe! Meku drɔ̃e aɖe.’
26 Until when is it in the heart of the prophets? The prophets of falsehood, Indeed, prophets of the deceit of their heart,
Ɣe ka ɣie nu sia ayi edzi le aʋatsonyagbɔɖila siawo ƒe dzi me ase ɖo, ame siwo gblɔ beblenya siwo woƒe susuwo gblɔ na wo?
27 Who are devising to cause My people To forget My Name by their dreams, That they each recount to his neighbor, As their fathers forgot My Name for Ba‘al.
Wobu xaa be drɔ̃e siwo wolĩna na wo nɔewo la awɔe be nye amewo aŋlɔ nye ŋkɔ be abe ale si wo fofowo ŋlɔ nye ŋkɔ be, to Baal subɔsubɔ me ene.”
28 The prophet with whom [is] a dream, Let him recount the dream, And he with whom [is] My word, Let him truly speak My word. What does the straw [have to do] with the grain?” A declaration of YHWH.
Yehowa be, “Nyagblɔɖila si ku drɔ̃e la, nelĩ drɔ̃e la faa, gake ame si si nye nya le la, neɖe gbeƒãe anukwaretɔe. Elabena kadodo kae le bli kple atsa dome?” Yehowae gblɔe.
29 “Is it not thus? My word [is] as fire,” A declaration of YHWH. “And as a hammer—it breaks a rock in pieces.
“Ɖe nye nya mele abe dzo ene kple zu si gbãa kpe sesẽ gudugudu la ene oa?” Yehowae gblɔ.
30 Therefore, behold, I [am] against the prophets,” A declaration of YHWH, “Each stealing My words from his neighbor.
Eya ta ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: “Matso ɖe nyagblɔɖila siwo fia nya siwo wosusu be etso gbɔnye la le wo nɔewo gbɔ la ŋuti.”
31 Behold, I [am] against the prophets,” A declaration of YHWH, “Who are making their tongue smooth, And they affirm—an affirmation.
Yehowa be, “Kpɔ ɖa, matso ɖe nyagblɔɖila siwo kpa nya kple woƒe aɖewo, evɔ wohegblɔna be, ‘Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi’ la ŋuti.
32 Behold, I [am] against the prophets of false dreams,” A declaration of YHWH, “And they recount them, and cause My people to err, By their falsehoods, and by their instability, And I have not sent them, Nor have I commanded them, And they are not profitable to this people at all,” A declaration of YHWH.
Kpɔ ɖa,” ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: “Matso ɖe ame siwo tsɔ alakpadrɔ̃ewo gblɔa nya ɖi la ŋuti. Wogblɔnɛ na dukɔa, eye wokplɔa nye amewo tranae to woƒe alakpa vivivo la me, evɔ nyemedɔ wo alo de dɔ asi na wo o. Womenye viɖe aɖeke na nye dukɔ o,” Yehowae gblɔe.
33 “And when this people, or the prophet, Or a priest, asks you, saying, What [is] the burden of YHWH? Then you have said to them: You [are] the burden, and I have left you,” A declaration of YHWH.
“Ne ame siawo, alo nyagblɔɖila alo nunɔla bia wò be, ‘Nu kae nye Yehowa ƒe gbe hã la,’ ɖo eŋu na wo be, ‘Nu ka ƒe gbe? Magbe nu le mia gbɔ’ Yehowae gblɔe.
34 “And the prophet, and the priest, and the people, That says, The burden of YHWH, I have seen after that man, and after his house.
Ke ne nyagblɔɖila alo nunɔla alo ame aɖe ko agblɔ be, ‘Esiae nye Yehowa ƒe gbe’ la, mahe to na ame la kple eƒe aƒekɔ katã.
35 Thus you each say to his neighbor, And each to his brother: What has YHWH answered? And what has YHWH spoken?
Esiae nye nu si mia dometɔ ɖe sia ɖe nɔ gbɔgblɔm na ehavi alo eƒe ƒometɔ: ‘Aleke Yehowa ɖo eŋutie?’ Alo ‘Nya ka Yehowa gblɔ?’
36 And you do not mention the burden of YHWH anymore, For the burden to each is His word, And you have overturned the words of the living God, YHWH of Hosts, our God.
Ke migakɔ nu le ‘Yehowa ƒe nya’ dzi azɔ o, elabena ame sia ame ŋutɔ ƒe nya zu eƒe nyagblɔɖi, ale mietrɔ gbo Mawu gbagbe, Yehowa ƒe Aƒetɔ la, miaƒe Mawu la ƒe nyawo.
37 Thus you say to the prophet, What has YHWH answered you? And what has YHWH spoken?
Esia nye nya si mienɔ gbɔgblɔm ɖaa na nyagblɔɖila, ‘Aleke Yehowa ɖo eŋutie?’ Alo ‘Nya kae Yehowa gblɔ?’
38 And if you say, The burden of YHWH, Therefore, thus said YHWH: Because of your saying this word, The burden of YHWH, And I send to you, saying, You do not say, The burden of YHWH.
Togbɔ be miegblɔ be, ‘Esiae nye Yehowa ƒe nya, ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi’ hã la, miegagblɔna be, ‘Esiae nye Yehowa ƒe nya,’ evɔ megblɔe na mi, miganɔ gbɔgblɔm be, ‘Esiae nye Yehowa ƒe nya’ o.
39 Therefore, behold, I have utterly taken you away, And I have sent you out, And the city that I gave to you, And to your fathers, from before My face,
Eya ta kpɔ ɖa, maŋlɔ mi be le nyateƒe me, eye matsɔ mi aƒu gbe le nye ŋkume akpe ɖe du si metsɔ na mi kple mia fofowo la ŋuti.
40 And I have put continuous reproach on you, And continuous shame that is not forgotten!”
Mahe ŋukpe mavɔ kple vlododo mavɔ si womaŋlɔ be akpɔ o la va mia dzi.”
