< Jeremiah 23 >
1 “Woe to shepherds destroying, And scattering the flock of My pasture,” A declaration of YHWH.
“Ègbé ni fún àwọn olùṣọ́-àgùntàn tí ń tú agbo ẹran mi ká tí ó sì ń pa wọ́n run!” ni Olúwa wí.
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.
Nítorí náà, èyí ni ohun tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run Israẹli sọ ní ti àwọn olùṣọ́-àgùntàn tí ń darí àwọn ènìyàn mi: “Nítorí tí ẹ̀yin tú agbo ẹran mi ká, tí ẹ lé wọn dànù tí ẹ̀yin kò sì bẹ̀ wọ́n wò. Èmi yóò jẹ yín ní yà nítorí nǹkan búburú tí ẹ ti ṣe,” ni Olúwa wí.
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.
“Èmi Olúwa tìkára mi yóò kó ìyókù agbo ẹran mi jọ láti inú gbogbo orílẹ̀-èdè tí mo ti lé wọn, Èmi yóò mú wọn padà sínú pápá oko wọn, níbẹ̀ ni wọn ó ti bí sí i, tí wọn ó sì pọ̀ sí i.
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.
Èmi ó wá olùṣọ́-àgùntàn fún wọn, tí yóò darí wọn, wọn kì yóò bẹ̀rù tàbí dààmú, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ọ̀kan kì yóò sọnù,” ni Olúwa wí.
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.
“Ọjọ́ ń bọ̀,” ni Olúwa wí, “tí Èmi yóò gbé ẹ̀ka òdodo dìde fún Dafidi, ọba tí yóò lo ìjọba pẹ̀lú ọgbọ́n tí yóò sì ṣe òdodo àti ohun tí ó yẹ lórí ilẹ̀ náà.
6 Judah is saved in His days, and Israel dwells confidently, And this [is] His Name that YHWH proclaims Him: Our Righteousness.
Ní ọjọ́ rẹ̀ ni a ó gba Juda là, Israẹli yóò sì máa gbé ní aláìléwu. Èyí ni orúkọ tí a ó fi máa pè é: Olúwa Òdodo wa.
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,
Nítorí náà, ọjọ́ ń bọ̀,” ni Olúwa wí, “tí ènìyàn kì yóò tún wí pé, ‘Dájúdájú Olúwa wà láààyè tí ó mú àwọn ọmọ Israẹli jáde kúrò ní ilẹ̀ Ejibiti.’
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!”
Ṣùgbọ́n wọn yóò máa wí pé, ‘Dájúdájú Olúwa ń bẹ tí ó mú irú-ọmọ ilé Israẹli wá láti ilẹ̀ àríwá àti láti àwọn ilẹ̀ ibi tí mo tí lé wọn lọ,’ wọn ó sì gbé inú ilẹ̀ wọn.”
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.
Nípa ti àwọn wòlíì èké. Ọkàn mi ti bàjẹ́ nínú mi, gbogbo egungun mi ni ó wárìrì. Èmi dàbí ọ̀mùtí ènìyàn, bí ọkùnrin tí ọtí wáìnì ń pa; nítorí Olúwa àti àwọn ọ̀rọ̀ mímọ́ rẹ̀.
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.
Ilẹ̀ náà kún fún panṣágà ènìyàn; nítorí ègún, ilẹ̀ náà gbẹ, àwọn koríko orí aṣálẹ̀ ilẹ̀ náà rọ. Àwọn wòlíì tẹ̀lé ọ̀nà búburú, wọ́n sì ń lo agbára wọn lọ́nà àìtọ́.
11 “For both prophet and priest have been profane, Indeed, I found their wickedness in My house,” A declaration of YHWH.
“Wòlíì àti àlùfáà kò gbé ìgbé ayé ìwà-bí-Ọlọ́run; kódà nínú tẹmpili mi ni mo rí ìwà búburú wọn,” ni Olúwa wí.
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.
“Nítorí náà, ọ̀nà wọn yóò di yíyọ́, a ó lé wọn jáde sínú òkùnkùn; níbẹ̀ ni wọn yóò ṣubú. Èmi yóò mú ìdààmú wá sórí wọn, ní ọdún tí a jẹ wọ́n ní ìyà,” ni Olúwa wí.
13 “And I have seen folly in prophets of Samaria, They have prophesied by Ba‘al, And cause My people—Israel—to err.
“Láàrín àwọn wòlíì Samaria, Èmi rí ohun tí ń lé ni sá. Wọ́n sọ àsọtẹ́lẹ̀ lórúkọ Baali wọ́n sì mú Israẹli ènìyàn mi ṣìnà.
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.”
Àti láàrín àwọn wòlíì Jerusalẹmu, èmi ti rí ohun búburú. Wọ́n ṣe panṣágà, wọ́n sì ń ṣèké. Wọ́n fún àwọn olùṣe búburú ní agbára, tó bẹ́ẹ̀ tí kò sí ẹnìkan tí ó yípadà kúrò nínú ìwà búburú rẹ̀. Gbogbo wọn dàbí Sodomu níwájú mi, àti àwọn ènìyàn olùgbé rẹ̀ bí Gomorra.”
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.”
Nítorí náà, báyìí ni Olúwa Ọlọ́run Alágbára wí ní ti àwọn wòlíì: “Èmi yóò mú wọn jẹ oúnjẹ kíkorò, wọn yóò mu omi májèlé nítorí láti ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn wòlíì Jerusalẹmu ni àìwà-bí-Ọlọ́run ti tàn ká gbogbo ilẹ̀.”
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.
Èyí ni ohun tí Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun wí: “Ẹ má ṣe fi etí sí àsọtẹ́lẹ̀ tí àwọn wòlíì èké ń sọ fún un yín. Wọ́n ń kún inú ọkàn yín pẹ̀lú ìrètí asán. Wọ́n ń sọ ìran láti ọkàn ara wọn, kì í ṣe láti ẹnu Olúwa.
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.”
Wọ́n ń sọ fún àwọn tí ó ń gàn mí pé, ‘Olúwa ti wí pé, ẹ̀yin ó ní àlàáfíà.’ Wọ́n sì wí fún gbogbo àwọn tí ó rìn nípa agídí ọkàn rẹ̀ pé, ‘Kò sí ìpalára kan tí yóò ṣẹlẹ̀ sí yín.’
18 For who has stood in the counsel of YHWH, And sees and hears His word? Who has regarded My word, and listens?
Ṣùgbọ́n èwo nínú wọn ni ó dúró nínú ìgbìmọ̀ Olúwa láti rí i tàbí gbọ́ ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ̀? Ta ni ó gbọ́ tí ó sì fetí sí ọ̀rọ̀ náà?
19 Behold, a whirlwind of YHWH—Fury has gone out, even a piercing whirlwind, It stays on the head of the wicked.
Wò ó, afẹ́fẹ́ Olúwa yóò tú jáde pẹ̀lú ìbínú à fẹ́ yíká ìjì yóò fẹ́ sí orí àwọn olùṣe búburú.
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.
Ìbínú Olúwa kì yóò yẹ̀ títí tí yóò sì fi mú èrò rẹ̀ ṣẹ, ní àìpẹ́ ọjọ́, yóò yé e yín yékéyéké.
21 “I have not sent the prophets, and they have run, I have not spoken to them, and they have prophesied.
Èmi kò rán àwọn wòlíì wọ̀nyí síbẹ̀ wọ́n lọ pẹ̀lú ọ̀rọ̀ wọn. Èmi kò tilẹ̀ bá wọn sọ̀rọ̀, síbẹ̀ wọ́n sọ àsọtẹ́lẹ̀.
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.
Ṣùgbọ́n ì bà ṣe pé wọn dúró nínú ìgbìmọ̀ mi, wọn ìbá ti kéde ọ̀rọ̀ mi fún àwọn ènìyàn mi. Wọn ìbá ti wàásù ọ̀rọ̀ mi fun àwọn ènìyàn wọn ìbá ti yípadà kúrò nínú ọ̀nà àti ìṣe búburú wọn.
23 [Am] I a God near,” A declaration of YHWH, “And not a God far off?
“Ǹjẹ́ Ọlọ́run tòsí nìkan ni Èmi bí?” ni Olúwa wí, “kì í sì í ṣe Ọlọ́run ọ̀nà jíjìn.
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.
Ǹjẹ́ ẹnikẹ́ni lè sá pamọ́ sí ibi kọ́lọ́fín kan, kí èmi má ba a rí?” ni Olúwa wí. “Ǹjẹ́ èmi kò ha a kún ọ̀run àti ayé bí?” ni Olúwa wí.
25 “I have heard that which the prophets said, Who prophesy falsehood in My Name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.
“Mo ti gbọ́ gbogbo ohun tí àwọn wòlíì èké tí ń sọ àsọtẹ́lẹ̀ ní orúkọ mi ń sọ. Wọ́n sọ wí pé, ‘Mo lá àlá! Mo lá àlá!’
26 Until when is it in the heart of the prophets? The prophets of falsehood, Indeed, prophets of the deceit of their heart,
Títí di ìgbà wo ni èyí yóò fi máa tẹ̀síwájú ni ọkàn àwọn wòlíì èké wọ̀nyí tí wọ́n ń sọ àsọtẹ́lẹ̀ ìtànjẹ ọkàn wọn?
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.
Wọ́n rò wí pé àlá tí wọ́n ń sọ fún ara wọn yóò mú kí àwọn ènìyàn mi gbàgbé orúkọ mi, gẹ́gẹ́ bí àwọn baba wọn ṣe gbàgbé orúkọ mi nípa sí sin òrìṣà Baali.
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.
Jẹ́ kí wòlíì tí ó bá lá àlá sọ àlá rẹ̀, ṣùgbọ́n jẹ́ kí ẹni tí ó ní ọ̀rọ̀ mí sọ ọ́ ní òtítọ́. Kí ni koríko gbígbẹ ní í ṣe nínú ọkà?” ni Olúwa wí.
29 “Is it not thus? My word [is] as fire,” A declaration of YHWH. “And as a hammer—it breaks a rock in pieces.
“Ọ̀rọ̀ mi kò ha a dàbí iná?” ni Olúwa wí, “àti bí òòlù irin tí ń fọ́ àpáta túútúú?
30 Therefore, behold, I [am] against the prophets,” A declaration of YHWH, “Each stealing My words from his neighbor.
“Nítorí náà, èmi lòdì sí àwọn wòlíì ni,” Olúwa wí, “Tí ń jí ọ̀rọ̀ tí ó yẹ kí ó ti ọ̀dọ̀ mi wá lò lọ́dọ̀ ara wọn.
31 Behold, I [am] against the prophets,” A declaration of YHWH, “Who are making their tongue smooth, And they affirm—an affirmation.
Bẹ́ẹ̀,” ni Olúwa wí, “Èmi lòdì sí àwọn wòlíì tí wọ́n lo ahọ́n wọn káàkiri, síbẹ̀ tí wọ́n ń sọ wí pé, ‘Olúwa wí.’
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.
Nítòótọ́, mo lòdì sí àwọn tí ń sọ àsọtẹ́lẹ̀ nípa àlá èké,” ni Olúwa wí. “Wọ́n ń sọ bẹ́ẹ̀ ni wọ́n sì ń mú àwọn ènìyàn mi ṣìnà nípa onírúurú èké wọn, síbẹ̀ èmi kò rán wọn tàbí yàn wọ́n. Wọn kò sì ran àwọn ènìyàn wọ̀nyí lọ́wọ́ bí ó ti wù kí ó kéré mọ,” ni Olúwa wí.
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.
“Nígbà tí àwọn ènìyàn wọ̀nyí, tàbí wòlíì tàbí àlùfáà bá bi ọ́ léèrè wí pé, ‘Kí ni ọ̀rọ̀-ìjìnlẹ̀ Olúwa?’ Sọ fún wọn wí pé, ‘Ọ̀rọ̀-ìjìnlẹ̀ wo? Èmi yóò pa yín tì ni Olúwa wí.’
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.
Bí wòlíì tàbí àlùfáà tàbí ẹnikẹ́ni bá sì gbà wí pé, ‘Èyí ni ọ̀rọ̀-ìjìnlẹ̀ Olúwa.’ Èmi yóò fi ìyà jẹ ọkùnrin náà àti gbogbo agbo ilé rẹ̀.
35 Thus you each say to his neighbor, And each to his brother: What has YHWH answered? And what has YHWH spoken?
Èyí ni ohun tí ẹnìkọ̀ọ̀kan yín ń sọ fún ọ̀rẹ́ àti ará ilé rẹ̀: ‘Kí ni ìdáhùn Olúwa?’ Tàbí ‘Kí ni ohun tí Olúwa sọ?’
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.
Ṣùgbọ́n ẹ̀yin kò gbọdọ̀ dárúkọ ọ̀rọ̀ ‘ìjìnlẹ̀ Olúwa’ mọ́, nítorí pé ọ̀rọ̀ oníkálùkù ènìyàn di ọ̀rọ̀-ìjìnlẹ̀ rẹ̀. Nítorí náà, ẹ̀yin ń yí ọ̀rọ̀ Ọlọ́run alààyè, Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun, Ọlọ́run wa padà.
37 Thus you say to the prophet, What has YHWH answered you? And what has YHWH spoken?
Èyí ni ohun tí ẹ̀yin ń sọ fún wòlíì: ‘Kí ni ìdáhùn Olúwa sí ọ́?’ Tàbí ‘Kí ni ohun tí Olúwa bá ọ sọ?’
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.
Bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé ẹ̀yin ń sọ wí pé, ‘Èyí ni ọ̀rọ̀-ìjìnlẹ̀ Olúwa,’ èyí ni ohun tí Olúwa sọ, Ẹ̀yin ń lo ọ̀rọ̀ yìí, ‘Èyí ni ọ̀rọ̀-ìjìnlẹ̀ Olúwa,’ bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé mo sọ fún un yín láti má ṣe lò ó mọ́, ‘Èyí ni ọ̀rọ̀-ìjìnlẹ̀ Olúwa.’
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,
Nítorí náà, Èmi yóò gbàgbé yín, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni n ó lé e yín kúrò níwájú mi pẹ̀lú àwọn ìlú tí mo fi fún un yín àti àwọn baba yín.
40 And I have put continuous reproach on you, And continuous shame that is not forgotten!”
Èmi yóò sì mú ìtìjú ayérayé wá sí orí yín, ìtìjú tí kò ní ní ìgbàgbé.”