Jeremiah 23
1 “Woe to shepherds destroying, And scattering the flock of My pasture,” A declaration of YHWH.
“Ahụhụ dịrị ndị ọzụzụ atụrụ ahụ na-achụsasị, ma na-ebibi igwe atụrụ m ha kwesiri ilekọtazi anya.” Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara.
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.
Ya mere, ihe ndị a ka Onyenwe anyị, Chineke Izrel na-agwa ndị ọzụzụ atụrụ ahụ na-elekọta ndị m, “Ebe ọ bụ na unu akpasasịala igwe ewu na atụrụ m, chụsaa ha, kama ilekọtazi ha anya nke ọma, aga m ata unu ahụhụ nʼihi ihe ọjọọ ndị a unu mere.” Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri.
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.
“Mụ onwe m ga-eji aka m chịkọta ndị m fọdụrụ nʼigwe ewu na atụrụ m site na mba ahụ niile m chụgara ha, kpọghachikwa ha nʼebe ịta nri ha, ebe ha ga-anọ mụbaa, dị ukwuu nʼọnụọgụgụ.
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.
Aga m ahọpụtakwa ndị ọzụzụ atụrụ, ndị ga-elekọtazi ha anya. Egwu agaghị atụ ha, ọ dịkwaghị onye ga-emenye ha ụjọ. O nwekwaghị onye ga-akpafu akpafu nʼime ha.” Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri.
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.
“Ụbọchị ndị ahụ na-abịa,” ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara, “mgbe m ga-eme ka Ngalaba na-eme ezi omume bilie nʼezinaụlọ Devid. Ọ ga-abụ Eze ga-eji amamihe chịa ndị ya. Ọ ga-eme ezi ihe, kpeekwa ikpe ziri ezi nʼala ahụ.
6 Judah is saved in His days, and Israel dwells confidently, And this [is] His Name that YHWH proclaims Him: Our Righteousness.
Nʼụbọchị, ya ka a ga-azọpụta Juda, Izrel ga-ebikwa nʼudo. Nke a bụ aha a ga-akpọ ya: Onyenwe anyị Onye Nzọpụta, bụ Ezi omume Anyị.
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,
“Nʼihi nke a, ụbọchị ahụ na-abịa,” ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara, “mgbe ndị mmadụ na-agaghị asịkwa ọzọ, ‘Dịka Onyenwe anyị na-adị ndụ, bụ onye sitere nʼala Ijipt dupụta ndị Izrel,’
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!”
ma ha ga-asị, ‘Dịka Onyenwe anyị na-adị ndụ, bụ onye ahụ kpọlatara agbụrụ Izrel site nʼala dị nʼugwu, na mba dị iche iche ebe ọ chụgara ha.’ Mgbe ahụ, ha ga-ebi nʼala nke aka ha.”
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.
Ma banyere ndị amụma, obi m na-agbawa nʼime m, ọkpụkpụ m na-amakwa jijiji nʼihi ha. Adị m dịka nwoke mmanya na-egbu, dịka onye ṅụbigara mmanya oke, nʼihi ihe na-eche ha site nʼaka Onyenwe anyị, na site nʼokwu nsọ ya.
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.
Ndị jupụtara nʼala a bụ ndị na-akwa iko. Nʼihi ịbụ ọnụ ndị a niile ala a tọgbọrọ nʼefu, ahịhịa niile dị nʼọzara akpọnwụọla. Ndị amụma na-agbasokwa ihe ọjọọ. Ha na-egosikwa ike ha nʼụzọ na-ezighị ezi.
11 “For both prophet and priest have been profane, Indeed, I found their wickedness in My house,” A declaration of YHWH.
“Nʼihi na ndị amụma na ndị nchụaja aghọọla ndị na-amaghị Chineke. Ọ bụladị nʼime ụlọnsọ ukwu m ka m na-ahụ ajọ omume ha.” Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara.
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.
“Nʼihi ya, ụzọ ha na-agbaso ga-adị ka ebe na-amị amị; a ga-achụbanye ha nʼọchịchịrị ebe ahụ ka ha ga-anọkwa daa. Aga m eme ka ihe mbibi bịakwasị ha nʼafọ ahụ, a ga-ata ha ahụhụ.” Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri ya.
13 “And I have seen folly in prophets of Samaria, They have prophesied by Ba‘al, And cause My people—Israel—to err.
“Ahụrụ m ihe arụ nʼetiti ndị amụma Sameria: Ha buru amụma site nʼike chi Baal, si otu a duba ndị m, bụ Izrel na mmehie.
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.”
Ahụkwara m ihe jọgburu onwe ya nʼetiti ndị amụma nọ na Jerusalem. Ha na-ebi ndụ ịkwa iko, na ikwu okwu ụgha. Ha na-agba ndị ajọ omume ume, si otu a na-egbochi ha isi nʼihe ọjọọ ha tụgharịa. Ha niile dịka ndị Sọdọm nʼebe m nọ; ndị Jerusalem dịkwa ka ndị Gọmọra nʼihu m.”
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.”
Nʼihi nke a, ihe ndị a ka Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile kwuru banyere ndị amụma a, “Aga m eme ka ha rie nri na-akụ ilu, meekwa ka ha ṅụọ mmiri e tinyere nsi, nʼihi na mmụọ nke amaghị Chineke esitela nʼaka ndị amụma nọ na Jerusalem gbasaa ruo ndị niile bi nʼala ahụ.”
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.
Ihe ndị a ka Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile kwuru, “Unu aṅala ntị nʼihe ndị amụma ahụ na-eburu unu nʼamụma, nʼihi na olileanya ha na-ewetara unu abụghị ezi olileanya. Ọhụ ha na-agwa unu na ha hụrụ bụ ihe ha chepụtara nʼobi ha, o sighị nʼọnụ Onyenwe anyị rute ha
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.”
Ha na-anọgide na-agwa ndị ahụ na-elelị m anya na-asị ha, ‘Onyenwe anyị kwuru sị, unu ga-enwe udo.’ Ndị ahụ niile na-agbasokwa ụzọ isiike nke obi ha tụpụtara, ka ha na-agwakwa okwu sị, ‘O nweghị ihe ọjọọ ga-abịakwasị gị.’
18 For who has stood in the counsel of YHWH, And sees and hears His word? Who has regarded My word, and listens?
Ma olee onye ọ bụ nʼetiti ndị amụma a nke na-abịaru Onyenwe anyị nso, hụ ya anya maọbụ ịnụ ihe ọ na-ekwu? Onye kwa nʼetiti ha nwerela ike ṅaa ntị nụrụ okwu ya?
19 Behold, a whirlwind of YHWH—Fury has gone out, even a piercing whirlwind, It stays on the head of the wicked.
Lee, Onyenwe anyị na-ezite oke ifufe na-efesi ike, ọ bụ oke ifufe nke iwe ya, nke ga-abịa bufuo ndị ajọ omume a.
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.
Onyenwe anyị agaghị akwụsị iwe iwe ya tutu ruo mgbe o mezuru ihe niile dị ya nʼobi. Nʼụbọchị ndị ahụ na-abịa nʼihu, unu ga-aghọta ihe ndị a niile nke ọma.
21 “I have not sent the prophets, and they have run, I have not spoken to them, and they have prophesied.
Ọ bụghị m zitere ndị amụma a, ma ha na-ekwu na ọ bụ okwu si m nʼọnụ ka ha na-ekwu. O nwebeghị oge m ji gwa ha okwu, ma ha nọkwa na-ebu amụma.
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.
A sị na ha abịala nso guzo nʼebe ịgba izu nzuzo m, ha gaara ekwusara ndị m okwu m, nke gaara eme ka ha site nʼajọ omume ha tụgharịa, sitekwa nʼụzọ ọjọọ ha chigharịa.
23 [Am] I a God near,” A declaration of YHWH, “And not a God far off?
“Abụ m naanị Chineke na-anọ ha nso, ma adịghị m anọ nʼebe dị anya?” Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara.
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.
“O nwere onye pụrụ izo onwe ya nʼebe nzuzo nke m na-enweghị ike ịhụ anya?” Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara. “Ọ bụ na m anọghị nʼebe niile nʼeluigwe nakwa nʼụwa?” Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara.
25 “I have heard that which the prophets said, Who prophesy falsehood in My Name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.
“Anụla m ka ndị amụma a, bụ ndị na-ebu amụma ụgha nʼaha m na-ekwu na-asị, ‘Arọrọ m nrọ! Arọrọ m nrọ!’
26 Until when is it in the heart of the prophets? The prophets of falsehood, Indeed, prophets of the deceit of their heart,
Ruo ole mgbe ka ihe dị otu a ga-adịgide nʼobi ndị amụma ndị a, ndị na-ebu amụma aghụghọ dị ha nʼobi?
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.
Ha na-eche na nrọ ha na-akọrịtara ibe ha ga-eme ka ndị mmadụ chezọọ aha m, dịka ndị nna nna ha si chezọọ aha m site nʼịkpọ isiala nye Baal.
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.
Ka onye amụma ahụ rọrọ nrọ kọgharịa nro ọ rọrọ. Otu a kwa, ka onye ahụ okwu m dị nʼọnụ ya nọgidekwa na-ekwusa ya nʼeziokwu. Nʼihi na gịnị ka okporo ọka na mkpụrụ ọka nwekọrọ?” Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara.
29 “Is it not thus? My word [is] as fire,” A declaration of YHWH. “And as a hammer—it breaks a rock in pieces.
“Okwu m ọ dịghị ka ọkụ? Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara, Okwu m ọ dịkwaghị ka okporo igwe nke na-etiwasị nkume?”
30 Therefore, behold, I [am] against the prophets,” A declaration of YHWH, “Each stealing My words from his neighbor.
Nʼihi ya, Onyenwe anyị kwubiri sị, “Ana m edo onwe m megide ndị amụma na-esite nʼọnụ ibe ha na-ezute okwu ha na-ekwu, ma na-asị na ọ bụ nʼọnụ m ka ha si nata ya.
31 Behold, I [am] against the prophets,” A declaration of YHWH, “Who are making their tongue smooth, And they affirm—an affirmation.
E, otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri, Ana m edo onwe m megide ndị amụma ahụ ire ha na-ekwu ọtụtụ okwu, ndị ahụ na-asịkwa, ‘Ọ bụ ihe si nʼọnụ Onyenwe anyị pụta.’
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.
Nʼezie, ana m edo onwe m megide ndị ahụ niile na-ebu amụma nro ụgha.” Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara. “Ha ji okwu ụgha ha na-agwa ndị m okwu, na-eduhie ha, ma ọ bụghị m họpụtara ha. Ọ bụkwaghị m zitere ha. Okwu ha adịghịkwa abara ndị m uru ọbụla.” Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara.
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.
“Mgbe ndị a, maọbụ ndị amụma ha, maọbụ ndị nchụaja ha, jụrụ gị ajụjụ sị gị, ‘Gịnị bụ ozi i si nʼọnụ Onyenwe anyị nata?’ Ị ga-asa ha sị, ‘Ozi nke ole? Aga m agbakụta unu azụ, ya bụ ihe Onyenwe anyị kwubiri.’
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.
Ọ bụrụ na onye amụma maọbụ onye nchụaja maọbụ onye ọbụla ọzọ ekwuo sị, ‘Ihe dị otu a bụ ozi si nʼọnụ Onyenwe anyị,’ aga m ata onye ahụ kwuru okwu ahụ na ndị ezinaụlọ ya ahụhụ.
35 Thus you each say to his neighbor, And each to his brother: What has YHWH answered? And what has YHWH spoken?
Ihe ndị a bụ ihe unu na-agwarịta onwe unu nʼotu nʼotu. Ọ bụ ihe enyi na-agwa enyi ya, na ihe nwanna na-agwa nwanna Izrel ibe ya. Unu na-asị, ‘Gịnị bụ ọsịsa Onyenwe anyị nyere?’ maọbụ, ‘Gịnị bụ okwu e si nʼọnụ Onyenwe anyị nata?’
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.
Kwụsịnụ ịjụgharị ajụjụ banyere ihe Onyenwe anyị kwuru, nʼihi na okwu onye ọbụla nʼime unu kwuru na-aghọrọ onye ahụ ihe si nʼọnụ Onyenwe anyị pụta. Site nʼụzọ dị otu a unu na-agbanwe ma na-asụgharịkwa okwu Chineke dị ndụ isi, bụ okwu Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile, onye bụ Chineke anyị.
37 Thus you say to the prophet, What has YHWH answered you? And what has YHWH spoken?
Ihe ndị a niile bụ ihe unu na-ajụkarị onye amụma, ‘Gịnị bụ ọsịsa Onyenwe anyị nyere gị? Maọbụ, gịnị ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru?’
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.
Ọ bụ ezie na unu na-ekwu sị, ‘Ihe ndị a bụ ozi si nʼaka Onyenwe anyị,’ ma lee ihe Onyenwe anyị na-ekwu: Unu na-ekwu okwu ndị a, ‘Ihe a bụ ozi si nʼaka Onyenwe anyị,’ ọ bụladị mgbe m gwarala unu si unu asịkwala ‘Ihe ndị a bụ ozi nʼaka Onyenwe anyị.’
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,
Ya mere, mụ onwe m ga-echezo unu kpamkpam ma sitekwa nʼihu m chụpụ unu na obodo a nke m nyere unu na nna nna unu ha.
40 And I have put continuous reproach on you, And continuous shame that is not forgotten!”
Aga m eme ka ịta ụta ebighị ebi bịakwasị unu. Aga m etinyekwa unu nʼọnọdụ ihere nke ga-adịgide ruo ebighị ebi, e, ọnọdụ ihere nke a na-agaghị echefu echefu.”
