Jeremiah 9
1 Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a spring of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people.
Ọ gaara adị m mma ma a sị na isi m bụ isi iyi, ebe mmiri si asọpụta; ọ gaara adị m mma ma a sịkwa na anya mmiri akwa jupụtara m nʼanya. Agaara m akwagide akwa ehihie na abalị nʼihi ndị m niile e gburu egbu.
2 Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them. For they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men."
Ọ gaara adị m mma ma a sị na m nwere ụlọ ndị ije e wuru nʼime ọzara. Ka m nwee ike hapụ ndị m site nʼebe ha nọ pụọ. Nʼihi na ha niile bụ ndị na-akwa iko, igwe ndị na-ekwesighị ntụkwasị obi.
3 "They bend their tongue as a bow. Falsehood and not truth has grown strong in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me," says Jehovah.
“Ha na-ekwe ire ha dịka ụta, ịgbapụ okwu ụgha dịka àkụ; Ọ bụghị site nʼeziokwu ka ihe ji agara ha nke ọma nʼala ahụ. Ha na-esite nʼotu mmehie gaa nʼọzọ; ọ dịkwaghị mgbe ha ji mara m,” otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara.
4 "Everyone be on guard against his neighbor, and do not trust any brother; for every brother is a deceiver, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.
“Lezie anya, gbaara enyi gị ọsọ. Atụkwasịkwala nwanne gị obi. Nʼihi na nwanne ọbụla na-aghọ aghụghọ. Ndị enyi niile bụkwa ndị nkwutọ.
5 Everyone deceives his neighbor, and does not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak lies; they do evil, they do not cease so as to return.
Enyi na-aghọgbu enyi ya, ọ dịkwaghị onye na-agwa ibe ya eziokwu. Ha azụọla ire ha ikwu naanị okwu ụgha; ha emeekwala ka ike gwụ anụ ahụ ha ime mmehie.
6 Oppression upon oppression, and deceit upon deceit. They refuse to know me," says Jehovah.
I bi nʼetiti aghụghọ. Ha jụkwara ịmara m nʼime aghụghọ ha.” Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara.
7 Therefore thus says Jehovah of hosts, "Look, I will melt them, and try them; for how should I deal with the wickedness of the daughter of my people?
Ya mere, ihe ndị a ka Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile kwuru, “Lee, aga m anụcha ha, nwaa ha ọnwụnwa. Gịnị ọzọ ka m kwesiri ime nʼihi mmehie ndị m?
8 Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lies in wait for him.
Ire ha na-egbu dịka àkụ. Ọ bụ naanị okwu aghụghọ si na ya apụta. Ha ji ọnụ ha na-agwarịta ibe ha okwu udo, ma nʼime obi ha, ha na-esirịtara onwe ha ọnya igbudu.”
9 Shall I not visit them for these things?" says Jehovah; "shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?"
Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara sị, “M ga-aghara ịta ha ahụhụ nʼihi ihe ndị a niile? M ga-ahapụ ịbọrọ onwe m ọbọ megide mba dị otu a?”
10 "For the mountains I will take up weeping and wailing, and for the pastures of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are laid waste so that no one passes through; nor can men hear the voice of the cattle. Both the birds of the sky and the animals have fled, they are gone."
Aga m anọ nʼelu ugwu ukwu kwa akwa. Nʼebe ahụ ka m ga-anọ kwaa ụwa m nʼihi ebe ịta nri nke anụmanụ ndị ahụ dị nʼọzara. Ha tọgbọrọ nʼefu. Ọ dịghị onye na-ejegharị nʼime ya. A naghị anụkwa olu anụ ụlọ nʼebe ahụ. Ụmụ nnụnụ efefusịala. Otu a kwa, ụmụ anụmanụ alaala.
11 "I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling place of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant."
“Aga m eme ka Jerusalem ghọọ ebe a na-awụfu unyi. Ọ ga-aghọ ebe nkịta ọhịa na-awagharị na-achọ nri. Aga m ekposa obodo niile nke Juda. Ọ dịkwaghị onye ga-ebi na ya.”
12 "Who is the wise man, that may understand this? Who is he to whom the mouth of Jehovah has spoken, that he may declare it? Why is the land perished and burned up like a wilderness, so that none passes through?"
Olee onye ahụ maara ihe, nke nwere ike ịghọta ihe ndị a niile? Onye ka Onyenwe anyị ziri ihe ndị a, nke ga-akọwa ya? Gịnị mere e ji bibie ala a, kposaa ya, mee ka ọ tọgbọrọ nʼefu dịka ọzara mmadụ na-enweghị ike ịgafe?
13 Jehovah says, "Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked in it,
Onyenwe anyị kwuru sị, “Ọ bụ nʼihi na ha agbakụtala iwu ahụ m nyere ha idebe azụ. Ha jụrụ irubere m isi, jụkwa ịgbaso iwu m.
14 but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baals, which their fathers taught them;
Kama, ha na-agbaso isiike nke obi ha, ha gbasoro chi Baal dịka nna nna ha si kuziere ha.”
15 therefore thus says Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, 'Look, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
Nʼihi ya, nke a bụ ihe Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile, Chineke nke Izrel kwuru, “Lee, aga m eme ka ndị a rie nri na-akụ ilu. Ha ga-aṅụkwa mmiri e tinyere nsi.
16 I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them.'"
Aga m ekposa ha na mba niile nke ụwa. Ha ga-ebi na mba nke ha na nna ha na-amaghị. Aga m eji mma agha chụọ ha ọsọ tutu ruo mgbe m bibiri ha niile.”
17 Thus says Jehovah of hosts, "Consider, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the skillful women, that they may come:"
Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile kwuru, “Tụgharịanụ uche unu ugbu a. Kpọọnụ ụmụ nwanyị ndị ọrụ ha bụ ịbụ abụ akwa. E, zienụ ozi ka ndị ọkachamara nʼetiti ha bịa.
18 "and let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
Ha bịa ngwangwa kwaa akwa nʼihi anyị, tutu anya mmiri akwa ejupụta ha nʼanya, tutu anya mmiri akwa esite anyị nʼanya na-asọda ruo na ntị anyị.
19 For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, 'How are we ruined. We are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because they have cast down our dwellings.'"
Olu ụzụ ịkwa akwa ka a nụrụ site na Zayọn ‘Lee ka anyị si laa nʼiyi! Lee ka ihe ihere anyị si dị ukwuu! Nʼihi na anyị hapụrụ ala anyị, nʼihi na ha etikpọsịala ebe obibi anyị niile.’”
20 "Yet hear the word of Jehovah, you women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth; and teach your daughters wailing, and everyone her neighbor lamentation.
Ugbu a, nụrụnụ okwu Onyenwe anyị, unu ụmụ nwanyị, megheenụ ntị unu nụrụ okwu si ya nʼọnụ. Kuzierenụ ụmụ unu ndị inyom otu e si eti mkpu akwa, kuziekwaranụ ibe unu abụ akwa.
21 'For death has come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from outside, and the young men from the streets.'
Nʼihi na ọnwụ abatala nʼetiti anyị, o si na oghereikuku niile nke ụlọ anyị bata nʼebe niile e wusiri ike nke ala anyị. O gbuola ụmụntakịrị ndị na-ejegharị nʼokporoụzọ, gbukwaa ụmụ okorobịa ndị na-anọ nʼama.
22 Speak, 'Thus says Jehovah, "The dead bodies of men shall fall as dung on the open field, and as the handful after the harvester; and none shall gather them."'"
Gwa ha, sị, “Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri, “‘Ozu ndị nwụrụ anwụ ga-atọgbọrọ dịka unyi e kpofuru nʼọhịa, dịka ukwu ọka nke e gbuturu nʼazụ onye na-aghọ mkpụrụ ubi, nke ọ dịghị onye ga-achịkọta ha.’”
23 Thus says Jehovah, "Do not let the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, do not let the rich man glory in his riches;
Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru, “Ka onye maara ihe hapụ ịnya isi nʼihi amamihe ya, ka onye dị ike ghara ịnya isi nʼihi ịdị ike ya, ka ọgaranya hapụkwa ịnya isi nʼihi ịba ụba nke akụ ya,
24 but let him who boasts boast in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am Jehovah who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight," says Jehovah.
kama, onye ọbụla na-anya isi, ya nyaa isi nʼihi nke a: na o nwere uche ịghọta na mụ onwe m bụ, Onyenwe anyị nke na-eme obi ebere, na-ekpe ikpe ziri ezi na ezi omume nʼụwa. Nʼihi nʼihe ndị a ka m na-enwe obi ụtọ,” ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri.
25 "Look, the days come," says Jehovah, "that I will punish all those who are circumcised in uncircumcision:
“Lee, ụbọchị ahụ na-abịa,” ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara, “mgbe m ga-ata ndị ahụ niile nke e biri ugwu naanị nʼanụ ahụ ha ahụhụ.
26 Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the people of Ammon, and Moab, and all that have the corners of their hair cut off, who dwell in the wilderness; for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart."
Ya bụ ndị Ijipt, Juda, Edọm, Amọn, na Moab, na ndị ahụ niile bi nʼọzara nʼebe dị anya. Nʼihi na, nʼezie, mba ndị a niile bụ ndị a na-ebighị ugwu. Ọ bụladị ụlọ Izrel niile bụ ndị a na-ebighị ugwu nʼime obi ha.”
