Jeremiah 16
1 And the word of Yahweh came unto me saying:
Bákan náà ni ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa tọ̀ mí wá wí pé:
2 Thou shall not take to thee a wife, —Neither shalt thou have sons or daughters, in this place.
“Ìwọ kò gbọdọ̀ ní ìyàwó, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ìwọ kò gbọdọ̀ ní ọmọkùnrin tàbí ọmọbìnrin níbí yìí.”
3 For, Thus, saith Yahweh, Concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are being born in this place, —and concerning their mothers who do bear them, and concerning their fathers who do beget them, in this land,
Nítorí èyí ni ohun tí Olúwa wí nípa ọmọkùnrin tàbí ọmọbìnrin tí wọ́n bá bí nílẹ̀ yìí, àti ìyá tí ó bí wọn àti baba wọn.
4 Of deaths from diseases, shall they die, They shall not be lamented, Neither shall they be buried, As heaps of dung on the face of the ground, shall they serve, —Yea by sword and by famine, shall they be consumed, And, their dead bodies shall become, food—To the bird of the heavens, and To the beast of the earth.
“Wọn yóò kú ikú ààrùn, wọn kò ní sin wọ́n tàbí ṣọ̀fọ̀ fún wọn. Wọn ó dàbí ìdọ̀tí lórí ilẹ̀; wọn ó ṣègbé pẹ̀lú idà àti ìyàn. Òkú wọn yóò sì di oúnjẹ fún ẹyẹ ojú ọ̀run àti ẹranko ilẹ̀.”
5 For, Thus, saith Yahweh—Do not thou enter into the house of crying, Neither do thou go to lament, nor do thou bemoan for them, —For I have withdrawn my blessing from this people, Declareth Yahweh, Both lovingkindness and compassion.
Nítorí báyìí ni Olúwa wí: “Má ṣe wọ ilé tí oúnjẹ ìsìnkú wà, má ṣe lọ síbẹ̀ láti káàánú tàbí ṣọ̀fọ̀, nítorí mo ti mú àlàáfíà, ìfẹ́ àti àánú mi kúrò lórí àwọn ènìyàn wọ̀nyí,” ni Olúwa wí.
6 So shall great and small die in this land, They shall not be buried, —Neither shall men lament for them Nor cut themselves, Nor make themselves bald for them;
“Àti ẹni ńlá àti kékeré ni yóò ṣègbé ní ilẹ̀ yìí, wọn kò ní sin wọ́n tàbí ṣọ̀fọ̀ wọn, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kò sí ẹni tí yóò fá irun orí wọn nítorí wọn.
7 Neither shall they break bread to them in mourning To console one over his dead, —Nor cause them to drink the cup of consolation, Over one’s father Or over one’s mother;
Kò sí ẹni tí yóò fi oúnjẹ tu àwọn tí í ṣọ̀fọ̀ nínú, kódà kì í ṣe fún baba tàbí fún ìyá, kì yóò sí ẹni tí yóò fi ohun mímu tù wọ́n nínú.
8 And the house of banqueting, shall thou not enter To sit with them, To eat and to drink.
“Ìwọ kò gbọdọ̀ lọ sí ilé tí àjọyọ̀ wà, má ṣe jókòó jẹun tàbí mu ohun mímu.
9 For, Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, Behold me! causing to cease out of this place, Before your eyes, And in your days, The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, The voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride,
Báyìí ni Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun, Ọlọ́run àwọn ọmọ Israẹli wí, Ní ojú yín ní ọjọ́ yín ni òpin yóò dé bá ìró ayọ̀ àti ìdùnnú, àti sí ohùn ìyàwó àti ọkọ ìyàwó ní ibí yìí.
10 And it shall be when thou shalt declare to this people, all these words, —and they shall say unto thee—For what reason, hath Yahweh pronounced against us all this great calamity? Or what is our iniquity, or what our sin, which we have sinned against Yahweh our God?
“Nígbà tí o bá sọ nǹkan wọ̀nyí fún àwọn ènìyàn yìí, tí wọ́n bá sì bi ọ́ wí pé, ‘Èéṣe tí Olúwa ṣe mú búburú yìí bá wa? Kí ni àṣìṣe tí àwa ṣe? Kín ni ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ tí àwa ṣẹ̀ sí Olúwa Ọlọ́run wa?’
11 Then shalt thou say unto them, —For that your fathers forsook, me, Declareth Yahweh, And walked after other gods, and served them, and bowed down to them, —Whereas me, they forsook And my law, kept they not;
Nígbà náà ni ìwọ yóò sọ fún wọn wí pé, ‘Nítorí tí àwọn baba yín ti kọ̀ mí sílẹ̀,’ ni Olúwa wí, ‘tí wọ́n sì tẹ̀lé àwọn òrìṣà mìíràn tí wọ́n ń bọ, tí wọ́n ń sìn, wọ́n kọ̀ mí sílẹ̀ wọn kò sì tẹ̀lé òfin mi mọ́.
12 And, ye, have done more wickedly than your fathers, —for look at you! walking every man after the stubbornness of his wicked heart, so as not to hearken unto me,
Ṣùgbọ́n ẹ̀yin ti ṣe búburú ju ti àwọn baba yín lọ. Wò ó bí gbogbo yín ṣe ń rìn, olúkúlùkù yín nínú agídí ọkàn búburú rẹ̀, dípò kí ẹ fi gbọ́ tèmi.
13 Therefore will I hurl you forth, from off this land, unto a land which ye have not known, ye, nor your fathers, —and ye can serve there other gods day and night, in that I will grant you no favour.
Èmi yóò gbé yin kúrò ní ilẹ̀ yìí lọ sí ilẹ̀ tí baba yín tàbí ẹ̀yin kò mọ̀ rí, níbẹ̀ ni ẹ̀yin yóò ti máa sìn ọlọ́run kéékèèké ní ọ̀sán àti òru nítorí èmi kì yóò fi ojúrere wò yín.’
14 Therefore lo! days are coming, Declareth Yahweh, When it shall be said no more By the life of Yahweh, who brought up the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt; but—
“Nítorí náà, ọjọ́ náà ń bọ̀ wá,” ni Olúwa wí, “tí àwọn ènìyàn kò ní sọ pé, ‘Dájúdájú Olúwa wà láààyè Olúwa ń bẹ, Ẹni tí ó mú Israẹli jáde kúrò ní Ejibiti.’
15 By the life of Yahweh, who hath brought up the sons of Israel out of the land of the North, and out of all the lands whither he had driven them, —So will I bring them back upon their own soil, which I gave to their fathers.
Ṣùgbọ́n wọn yóò sọ wí pé, ‘Bí Olúwa ṣe wà nítòótọ́ tí ó mú àwọn ọmọ Israẹli jáde kúrò ní ilẹ̀ àríwá àti ní gbogbo orílẹ̀-èdè tí ó ti lé wọn.’ Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni èmi yóò dá wọn padà sí ilẹ̀ tí mo fún àwọn baba ńlá wọn.
16 Behold me! sending for many fishers Declareth Yahweh, And they shall catch them, —and thereafter will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from off every mountain and from off every hill, and out of the clefts of the crags.
“Ṣùgbọ́n báyìí, Èmi yóò ránṣẹ́ sí àwọn apẹja púpọ̀,” ni Olúwa wí. “Wọn ó sì dẹ wọ́n lẹ́yìn èyí yìí èmi yóò ránṣẹ́ sí àwọn ọdẹ púpọ̀, wọn yóò dẹ wọ́n lórí gbogbo òkè ńlá àti òkè gíga, àti ní gbogbo pálapàla àpáta.
17 For mine own eyes are upon all their ways, they have not been hid from my face—neither hath their iniquity been concealed from being straight before mine eyes.
Ojú mi wà ní gbogbo ọ̀nà wọn, wọn kò pamọ́ fún mi bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wọn kò fi ara sin lójú mi.
18 Thus will I recompense, first, twofold, their iniquity and their sin, because of their profaning my land, —with the carcase of their disgusting and detestable things, have they filled mine inheritance.
Èmi yóò san ẹ̀san ìwà búburú àti ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wọn fún wọn ní ìlọ́po méjì, nítorí wọ́n ti ba ilẹ̀ mi jẹ́ pẹ̀lú àwọn ère wọn aláìlẹ́mìí, wọ́n sì fi òkú àti ohun ẹ̀gbin àti ìríra wọn kún ilẹ̀ ìní mi.”
19 O Yahweh, my strength, and my refuge, and my place to fly to, in the day of distress, —Unto thee, shall nations come in, out of the ends of the earth, that they may say—Surely! Falsehood, did our fathers inherit, Vanity, among whom is none that can profit:
Olúwa, alágbára àti okun mi, ẹni ààbò mi ní ọjọ́ ìpọ́njú, àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè yóò wá láti òpin ayé wí pé, “Àwọn baba ńlá wa kò ní ohun kan bí kò ṣe ẹ̀gbin òrìṣà, ìríra tí kò dára fún wọn nínú rẹ̀.
20 Shall a son of earth, make for himself gods, Seeing that, they, are no-gods?
Ṣé àwọn ènìyàn lè dá Ọlọ́run fún ara wọn bí? Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni, ṣùgbọ́n àwọn wọ̀nyí kì í ṣe Ọlọ́run.”
21 Therefore behold me! causing them to know, by this stroke, I will cause them to know my hand and my might, —That they may know that my name, is Yahweh!
“Nítorí náà, Èmi yóò kọ́ wọn ní àkókò yìí, Èmi yóò kọ́ wọn pẹ̀lú agbára àti títóbi mi. Nígbà náà ni wọn ó mọ pé orúkọ mi ní Olúwa.
