< Jeremiah 32 >
1 The word that has been to Jeremiah from YHWH in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah—it [is] the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar—
Esia nye Yehowa ƒe nya si va na Yeremia le Yuda fia Zedekia ƒe ƒe ewolia me eye wòganye Nebukadnezar ƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe ƒe wuienyilia me.
2 And then the forces of the king of Babylon are laying siege against Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet has been shut up in the court of the prison that [is] in the house of the king of Judah,
Babilonia fia ƒe aʋakɔwo ɖe to ɖe Yerusalem eye wolé Nyagblɔɖila Yeremia de gae ɖe xɔxɔnu si dzɔlawo nɔna le Yuda fia ƒe fiasã me.
3 where Zedekiah king of Judah has shut him up, saying, “Why are you prophesying, saying, Thus said YHWH: Behold, I am giving this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he has captured it;
Azɔ Yuda fia Zedekia de gae ɖe afi ma hegblɔ nɛ be, “Nu ka ta nèle nya gblɔm ɖi alea ɖo? Egblɔ be, ‘Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: Matsɔ du sia ade asi na Babilonia fia, eye wòaxɔe.
4 and Zedekiah king of Judah does not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but is certainly given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and his mouth has spoken with his mouth, and his eyes see his eyes,
Yuda fia Zedekia mado le Babiloniatɔwo ƒe asi me o, ke boŋ woalée ade asi na Babilonia fia, aƒo nu kplii ŋkume kple ŋkume, eye wòakpɔe kple eya ŋutɔ ƒe ŋkuwo.
5 and he leads Zedekiah [to] Babylon, and there he is until My inspecting him—a declaration of YHWH—because you fight with the Chaldeans, you do not prosper.”
Akplɔ Zedekia ayi ɖe Babilonia, afi si wòanɔ va se ɖe esime matu nu kplii Yehowae gblɔe. Ne èwɔ aʋa kple Babiloniatɔwo la, màɖu wo dzi o.’”
6 And Jeremiah says, “A word of YHWH has been to me, saying,
Yeremia ɖo eŋu be, “Yehowa ƒe nya va gblɔe nam be,
7 Behold, Hanameel son of Shallum, your uncle, is coming to you, saying, Buy my field that [is] in Anathoth for yourself, for the right of redemption [is] yours to buy.”
‘Tɔwòɖia, Salum, ƒe vi Hanamel ava gbɔwò agblɔ na wò be, “Ƒle nye agble si le Anatɔt elabena, abe ƒonyemetɔ kpamkpam ene la, enye wò gome kple dɔdeasi be nàƒlee?”’
8 And Hanameel, my uncle’s son, comes to me, according to the word of YHWH, to the court of the prison, and says to me, “Please buy my field that [is] in Anathoth, that [is] in the land of Benjamin, for the right of possession [is] yours, and redemption yours—buy [it] for yourself.” And I know that it [is] the word of YHWH,
“Tete abe ale si Yehowa gblɔe ene la, tɔnyeɖia ƒe vi, Hanamel va gbɔnye le dzɔlawo ƒe xɔxɔnu, eye wògblɔ nam be, ‘Ƒle nye agble si le Anatɔt le Benyaminyigba dzi. Esi wònye wò domenyinu wònye be nàxɔe eye wòanye tɔwò ta la, ƒlee na ɖokuiwò.’ “Menyae be esia nye gbe tso Yehowa gbɔ,
9 and I buy the field that [is] in Anathoth from Hanameel, my uncle’s son, and I weigh the money to him—seventeen shekels of silver.
eya ta meƒle agble si le Anatɔt la le tɔnyeɖia ƒe vi, Hanamel si heda klosaloga gram alafa eve tsɔ nɛ.
10 And I write in a scroll, and seal, and cause witnesses to testify, and weigh the silver in balances;
Mede asi anyigbaƒlegblalẽ la te hetre enu, hena ɖasefowo hã de asi ete eye meda klosaloga la le nudanu me.
11 and I take the purchase scroll, the sealed one, according to law and custom, and the open one;
Mexɔ anyigbaƒlegbalẽ la, esi nu wotre, eye ɖoɖo si dzi woƒle agblea ɖo la le eme, hekpe ɖe esi nu wometre o la ŋuti.
12 and I give the purchase scroll to Baruch son of Neriah, son of Maaseiah, before the eyes of Hanameel, my uncle’s son, and before the eyes of the witnesses, those writing in the purchase scroll, before the eyes of all the Jews who are sitting in the court of the prison.
Metsɔ anyigbaƒlegbalẽ la na Baruk, Neria ƒe vi, Mahseya ƒe vi, le tɔnyeɖia ƒe vi, Hanamel kple ɖasefo siwo de asi agbalẽ la te kple Yudatɔ siwo katã nɔ anyi ɖe dzɔlawo ƒe xɔxɔnu la ŋkume.
13 And I charge Baruch before their eyes, saying,
“Le woƒe ŋkume mede se siawo na Baruk.
14 “Thus said YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel: Take these scrolls, this purchase scroll, both the sealed one and the open one, and you have put them in an earthen vessel, that they may remain many days.
‘Ale Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la, Israel ƒe Mawu la gblɔe nye esi: Tsɔ agbalẽ siawo, anyigbaƒlegbalẽ si nu wotre kple esi le ʋuʋu la siaa de ze me ne woanɔ anyi eteƒe nadidi.
15 For thus said YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel: Houses and fields and vineyards are bought in this land again.”
Elabena ale Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ, Israel ƒe Mawu la gblɔe nye esi: “Woagaƒle aƒewo, agbledenyigbawo kple waingblewo le anyigba sia dzi.”’
16 And I pray to YHWH after my giving the purchase scroll to Baruch son of Neriah, saying,
“Esi metsɔ anyigbaƒlegbalẽ la na Neria ƒe vi, Baruk vɔ la, medo gbe ɖa na Yehowa gblɔ be:
17 “Aah! Lord YHWH, behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power, and by Your outstretched arm; there is nothing too wonderful for You:
“O, Aƒetɔ Yehowa, wòe tsɔ wò ŋusẽ triakɔ kple wò abɔ si le dzi la wɔ dziƒo kple anyigbae. Naneke mesesẽ na wò akpa o.
18 doing kindness to thousands, and repaying iniquity of fathers into the bosom of their sons after them; God, the great, the mighty, YHWH of Hosts [is] His Name;
Elɔ̃a ame akpe nanewo gake ètsɔa fofowo ƒe nu vɔ̃wo ƒe tohehe ɖoa akɔ na vi siwo wodzi. O Mawu gã kple ŋusẽtɔ, ame si ŋkɔe nye Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ,
19 great in counsel, and mighty in act, in that Your eyes are open on all the ways of the sons of Adam, to give to each according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings;
wò ɖoɖowo lolo eye wò nuwɔwɔwo tri akɔ. Wò ŋkuwo le te ɖe amegbetɔwo ƒe mɔwo ŋu eye nèwɔa nu sia nu si ame sia ame dze na la nɛ ɖe eƒe agbenɔnɔ kple eƒe nuwɔnawo nu.
20 in that you have done signs and wonders in the land of Egypt to this day, and in Israel, and among men, and You make for Yourself a name as [at] this day.
Èwɔ dzesi gãwo kple nukunu triakɔwo le Egiptenyigba dzi eye nègale wo wɔwɔ dzi va se ɖe egbe sia, le Israel kple amegbetɔwo katã dome eye nèxɔ ŋkɔ gã na ɖokuiwò esi nye tɔwò va se ɖe fifia.
21 And You bring forth Your people Israel from the land of Egypt, with signs and with wonders, and by a strong hand, and by an outstretched arm, and by great fear,
Èkplɔ wò dukɔ, Israel, do goe le Egipte kple dzesiwo, nukunuwo, alɔ sesẽ kple abɔ si le dzi kple ŋɔdzi gã.
22 and you give to them this land that you swore to their fathers to give to them, a land flowing with milk and honey,
Ètsɔ anyigba sia, si nèka atam be yeatsɔ ana wo fofowo la na wo, anyigba si dzi notsi kple anyitsi bɔ ɖo fũu.
23 and they come in, and possess it, and they have not listened to Your voice, and have not walked in Your law, all that which You laid a charge on them to do they have not done, and You proclaim all this calamity [to] them.
Woge ɖe anyigba la dzi hexɔe gake womeɖo to wò alo wɔ wò seawo dzi o. Womewɔ nu siwo ƒe se nède na wo be woawɔ la o, eya tae nèhe gbegblẽ sia katã va wo dzii ɖo.
24 Behold, the [siege] mounds have come to the city to capture it, and the city has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it, because of the sword, and the famine, and the pestilence; and that which You have spoken has come to pass, and behold, You are seeing.
“Kpɔ ale si woƒu kpo ɖe dua ŋutii be woaxɔe ɖa. Le yi, dɔwuame kple dɔvɔ̃ ta la, woatsɔ du la ade asi na Babiloniatɔ siwo ɖe to ɖee. Nu si nègblɔ la va eme abe ale si nèle ekpɔmii fifia ene.
25 Yet You have said to me, O Lord YHWH, Buy the field for yourself with money, and cause witnesses to testify—and the city has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans!”
Togbɔ be woatsɔ du la ade asi na Babiloniatɔwo hã la, O, wò Aƒetɔ Yehowa, ègblɔ nam be, ‘Tsɔ klosaloga nàƒle agbledenyigbae eye nàna ɖasefowo nakpɔ eƒleƒe.’”
26 And the word of YHWH is to Jeremiah, saying,
Tete Yehowa ƒe nya va na Yeremia be,
27 “Behold, I [am] YHWH, God of all flesh: is anything too wonderful for Me?”
“Nyee nye Yehowa, amegbetɔwo katã ƒe Mawu. Ɖe nane sesẽ nam akpa?
28 Therefore, thus said YHWH: “Behold, I am giving this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he has captured it.
Eya ta ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: Matsɔ du sia ade asi na Babiloniatɔwo kple Babilonia fia, Nebukadnezar, be woaxɔe.
29 And the Chaldeans who are fighting against this city have come in, and they have set this city on fire, and have burned it—and the houses on whose roofs they made incense to Ba‘al, and poured out drink-offerings to other gods, so as to provoke Me to anger.
Babiloniatɔ siwo ɖe to ɖe du sia la age ɖe eme atɔ dzoe. Woana wòabi azu afi, hekpe ɖe aƒe siwo tame wodoa dzudzɔ ʋeʋĩ na Baal le eye woƒoa aha ɖi na mawu tutɔwo le, ne woatsɔ ado dziku nam la ŋuti.
30 For the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah have been doing only evil in My eyes from their youth; for the sons of Israel are surely provoking Me with the work of their hands,” a declaration of YHWH.
“Tso Israelviwo kple Yudatɔwo ƒe ɖekakpuime ke la, womewɔ naneke wu nu vɔ̃ɖi le ŋkunye me o. Le nyateƒe me la, Israelviwo mewɔ naneke wu be woado dziku nam kple nu si woƒe asi wɔ la, o.” Yehowae gblɔe.
31 “For this city has been a cause of My anger and a cause of My fury, even from the day that they built it, and to this day—to turn it aside from before My face,
Tso gbe si gbe ke wotso du sia va se ɖe fifia la, du sia do dziku kple dɔmedzoe nam ale gbegbe be ele nam be maɖee ɖa le nye ŋkuta.
32 because of all the evil of the sons of Israel, and of the sons of Judah that they have done, so as to provoke Me—they, their kings, their heads, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Israelviwo kple Yudatɔwo tsɔ woƒe nu vɔ̃ɖi siwo katã wowɔ la do dziku nam, woawo ŋutɔwo ƒe fiawo, woƒe dumegãwo, woƒe nunɔlawo, woƒe nyagblɔɖilawo, Yuda ŋutsuwo kple Yerusalemtɔwo siaa.
33 And they turn the neck to Me, and not the face, and teaching them, rising early and teaching, and they are not listening to accept instruction.
Wotrɔ woƒe ʋu me dem, menye woƒe ŋkume o. Togbɔ be mefia nu wo atraɖii hã la, womeɖo to alo trɔ ɖe amehehe ŋuti o.
34 And they set their abominations in the house over which My Name is called, so as to defile it.
Wotsɔ woƒe legba nyɔŋuawo ɖo aƒe si ŋuti woyɔ nye ŋkɔ ɖo la me eye wodo gui.
35 And they build the high places of Ba‘al that [are] in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through to Molech, which I did not command them, nor did it come up on My heart to do this abomination, so as to cause Judah to sin.
Wotu nuxeƒewo na Baal le Ben Hinom ƒe Balime, ne woatsɔ wo viŋutsuviwo kple wo vinyɔnuviwo asa vɔe na Molek, evɔ nyemeɖo nu sia na wo gbeɖegbeɖe alo wòayi nye ta me va ge, be woawɔ ŋunyɔnu sia eye woakplɔ Yuda ade nu vɔ̃ me o.
36 And now, therefore, thus said YHWH, God of Israel, concerning this city, of which you are saying, It has been given into the hand of the king of Babylon by sword, and by famine, and by pestilence:
Miele gbɔgblɔm le du sia ŋuti be, “To yi, dɔwuame kple dɔvɔ̃ me, woatsɔ du la ade asi na Babilonia fia,” gake ale Yehowa, Israel ƒe Mawu la gblɔe nye esi:
37 Behold, I am gathering them out of all the lands to where I have driven them in My anger, and in My fury, and in great wrath, and I have brought them back to this place, and have caused them to dwell confidently;
“Le nyateƒe me la, maƒo wo nu ƒu tso anyigba siwo katã dzi menya wo ɖo ɖo le nye dziku kple dɔmedzoe helĩhelĩ la me. Matrɔ wo agbɔe va teƒe sia eye mana woanɔ anyi le dedinɔnɔ me.
38 and they have been to Me for a people, and I am to them for God;
Woanye nye dukɔ eye nye hã manye woƒe Mawu.
39 and I have given to them one heart and one way, to fear Me all the days, for the good of them and their sons after them:
Mana dzi ɖeka wo eye woƒe afɔɖeɖewo hã anɔ ɖeka ale be woavɔ̃m ɣe sia ɣi hena woawo ŋutɔwo kple wo vi siwo ava xɔ ɖe wo teƒe la ƒe nyui.
40 and I have made a perpetual covenant for them, in that I do not turn back from after them for My doing them good, and I put My fear in their heart, so as not to turn aside from me;
Mabla nu mavɔ kpli wo, nyemadzudzɔ nyuiwɔwɔ na wo o eye made dzi ƒo na wo be woavɔ̃m, ale be womagatrɔ le yonyeme akpɔ o.
41 and I have rejoiced over them to do them good, and have planted them in this land in truth, with all my heart, and with all My soul.”
Matsɔ dzidzɔ awɔ nyui na wo eye matsɔ nye dzi blibo kple luʋɔ blibo ali ke wo kple kakaɖedzi ɖe anyigba sia dzi.
42 For thus said YHWH: “As I brought to this people all this great calamity, so I am bringing on them all the good that I am speaking concerning them;
“Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: Abe ale si mehe dzɔgbevɔ̃e gã sia va ame siawo dzii ene la, nenema kee matsɔ dzidzedzekpɔkpɔ si ŋugbe medo na wo la hã ana wo.
43 and the field has been bought in this land of which you are saying, It [is] a desolation, without man and beast, it has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
Ava eme be, woagaƒle agblewo le anyigba si ŋuti miegblɔ le be, ‘Ezu gbegbe si menyo na naneke o, eye amegbetɔ alo gbemelãwo gɔ̃ hã megale edzi o, elabena wotsɔe de asi na Babiloniatɔwo’ la dzi.
44 They buy fields with money, so as to write in a scroll, and to seal, and to cause witnesses to testify, in the land of Benjamin, and in outskirts of Jerusalem, and in cities of Judah, and in cities of the hill-country, and in cities of the low country, and in cities of the south, for I return their captivity,” a declaration of YHWH.
Woatsɔ klosaloga aƒle agblewo eye woawɔ agbalẽ ɖe wo dzi, ade asi ete kple ɖasefowo, eye woatre wo nu le Benyaminyigba dzi, kɔƒe siwo ƒo xlã Yerusalem, le Yuda duwo kple togbɛduwo me, le ɣetoɖoƒe ƒe togbɛmɔwo to kple gbegbenutowo me, elabena matrɔ woƒe nunyoname vɛ na wo.” Yehowae gblɔe.