Jeremiah 18
1 The word that came unto Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying:
Nke a bụ okwu nke sị nʼebe Onyenwe anyị nọ bịakwute Jeremaya.
2 Arise and go down to the house of the potter, —and, there, will I cause thee to hear my words.
“Bilie, jee nʼụlọ ọkpụ ite, ebe ahụ ka m ga-anọ zie gị ozi.”
3 So I went down, to the house of the potter, —and there he was! making a piece of work on the wheels,
Ya mere, ebiliri m jee nʼụlọ ọkpụ ite, bịakwute ya mgbe ọ nọ na-arụ ọrụ na nkume ịkpụ ihe.
4 Then was marred, the vessel that he was making, while yet it was clay in the hand of the potter, —so he turned and made of it another vessel, as seemed right in the eyes of the potter to make it.
Ma ite ahụ ọ chọrọ ịkpụ apụtaghị dịka ọkpụ ite si chọọ ya, nʼihi ya, ọ kpụkọtara ụrọ ahụ ọzọ, malitekwa ịkpụgharị ya.
5 Then came the word of Yahweh unto me, saying:
Mgbe ahụ okwu Onyenwe anyị ruru m ntị,
6 Like this potter, can I not deal with you O house of Israel? Demandeth Yahweh: Lo! as clay in the hand of the potter, So, are, ye, in my hand O house of Israel.
Ọ sịrị, “Ọ bụ na m apụghị ime unu dịka ọkpụ ite a mere, unu ụmụ Izrel?” Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri, “Dịka ụrọ si dị nʼaka ọkpụ ite ahụ, otu a ka unu onwe unu si dịrị nʼaka m, gị Izrel.
7 The moment I speak, concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom, —to pull up and to break down, and to destroy;
Mgbe ọbụla m kpọsara na a ga-akwada maọbụ bibie, maọbụ si nʼọnọdụ ya hopu mba maọbụ alaeze ọbụla,
8 and that nation return from its wickedness against whom I have spoken, then will I repent concerning the calamity which I had devised to bring upon it.
ọ bụrụ na mba ahụ m dọrọ aka na ntị esite na mmehie ha chegharịa, a gaghị ebibi ya dịka m si zube.
9 And, the moment I speak, concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom, —to build and to plant;
Ọzọ, ọ bụrụ na m akpọsaa na a ga-ewuli mba ọbụla maọbụ alaeze ọbụla elu, kụọkwa ya,
10 and it commit wickedness in mine eyes, in not hearkening unto my voice, then will I repent concerning the good wherewith I had said I would do it good.
ọ bụrụ na o mee ihe jọrọ njọ nʼanya m, jụ irubere m isi, agaghị m emere ya ihe ọma ahụ m zubere imere ya.
11 Now, therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the men of Judah and concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem saying, Thus, saith Yahweh, —Lo! I am fashioning against you calamity, and devising against you, a device, —Return I pray you every man from his wicked way, And amend your ways and your doings.
“Ugbu a, gwa ndị Juda na ndị ahụ bi na Jerusalem, sị, ‘Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị sịrị: Lee, ana m akwado mbibi nke ga-abịakwasị unu; ana m echekwa echiche ọjọọ megide unu. Ya mere, ka onye ọbụla nʼime unu site nʼụzọ ọjọọ ya chegharịa, ya meekwa ka ụzọ ya na omume ya zie ezi.’
12 And, since they will say, Hopeless! For after our own devices, will we walk, And, every one, the stubbornness of his own wicked heart, will we do!
Ma ha ga-aza sị, ‘O nweghị isi! Anyị ga-anọgide na-eme ihe ọbụla anyị chepụtara nʼechiche anyị, na-emekwa atụmatụ isiike nke obi ọjọọ anyị tụpụtara.’”
13 Therefore, Thus saith Yahweh, Ask I pray you among the nations, —Who hath heard such things as these? A very horrible thing, hath, the virgin, Israel done!
Nʼihi ya ka Onyenwe anyị ji kwuo sị, “Jụtanụ ajụjụ nʼetiti mba niile, onye nụrụla ihe dị otu a? Ndị m, Izrel, bụ nwaagbọghọ na-amaghị nwoke emeela ihe jọgburu onwe ya.
14 Shall the snow of Lebanon, fail from the rock of the field? Or shall waters from afar, deep, overflowing, be dried up?
O nweela mgbe mmiri oyi m mere ka ọ kpụkọtaa kọrọ nʼelu ugwu Lebanọn? O nweela mgbe mmiri ya jụrụ oyi, nke si nʼebe dị anya na-asọdata ji akwụsị ịsọ asọ?
15 Yet my people have forgotten me, Unto vanity, have they been burning incense; And it hath caused them to stumble In their ways The roads of age-past times, To walk in by-paths—A way not cast up.
Ma ndị m echezọọla m. Ha na-achụ aja nsure ọkụ na-esi isi ụtọ nye arụsị na-enweghị isi, bụ arụsị ndị ahụ mere ka ha sọọ ngọngọ nʼụzọ ha niile. Ha sụrụ ngọngọ hapụ ịgbasokwa ụzọ ọma ahụ dị site na mgbe ochie. Kama ha na-eje ije nʼụzọ ọhịa, nke na-enweghị ụkpụrụ, nke a na-ewuzighị ewuzi.
16 To make their land a desolation The hissings of age-abiding times, —Every one that passeth by her, shall be astonished and wag his head.
Ala ha ga-atọgbọrọ nʼefu. Ọ ga-aghọ ihe iju anya ruo ebighị ebi. Ndị si nʼakụkụ ya na-agafe ga-efufe isi ha, nʼihi na ihe ha ga-ahụ ga-eju ha anya.
17 Like an east wind, will I scatter them before the enemy, —The back and not the face, will I let them see in the day of their distress.
Aga m achụsa ha nʼihu ndị iro ha dịka ifufe na-efe site nʼọwụwa anyanwụ. Aga m agbakụta ha azụ. Ha agaghị ahụkwa ihu m anya nʼụbọchị ahụ mbibi ga-abịakwasị ha.”
18 Then said they, —Come ye and let us devise against Jeremiah devices, For the law shall not perish from the priest, Nor, counsel, from the wise, Nor, the word from the prophet: Come and let as smite him with the tongue, And let us not give ear to any of his words!
Ha sịrị, “Bịanụ ka anyị gbaa izu megide Jeremaya, nʼihi na izi iwu agaghị esite nʼebe ndị nchụaja nọ kwụsị, maọbụ ndụmọdụ nʼebe ndị maara ihe, ma ọ bụkwanụ okwu site nʼebe ndị amụma nọ. Ya mere, bịanụ ka anyị were ire anyị buso ya agha, gharakwa ịṅa ntị nʼokwu ọbụla nke ọ na-ekwu.”
19 Give thou ear O Yahweh unto me, —And hearken unto the voice of mine accusers.
Gee m ntị, Onyenwe anyị. Nụrụ ihe ndị na-ebo m ebubo na-ekwu megide m.
20 Shall, evil, be recompensed for good? For they have digged a pit for my life, —Remember how I stood before thee To speak in their behalf what was good! To turn back thine indignation from them.
O kwesiri iji ajọ omume kwụghachi ihe ọma? Ma lee na ha egwuolara m olulu. Chetakwa na m guzooro nʼihu gị ma rịọ gị arịrịọ nʼihi ha. Arịrịọ m bụ ka ị hapụ iweso ha oke iwe.
21 Therefore, give thou up their sons to the famine And deliver them into the hands of the sword, And let their, wives, become, childless and widows, And let, their men, be slain by death, Their young men be smitten by the sword in battle.
Ya mere, were ụmụ ha nyefee nʼaka ụnwụ. Werekwa ha onwe ha nyefee nʼaka mma agha. Mee ka ndị nwunye ha ghọọ ndị gba aka ụmụ na di. Meekwa ka e gbuo ndị ikom ha, ka mma agha gbukwaa ụmụ okorobịa nʼọgbọ agha.
22 Let there be heard a cry out of their houses, When thou shalt bring in upon them a troop, suddenly, —Because they digged a pit to capture me, And snares, did they hide for my feet.
Mee ka e site nʼụlọ ha nụ mkpu akwa, mgbe i mere ka ndị iro ha buso ha agha na mberede. Nʼihi na ha egwuola olulu ijide m, ha esiekwarala m ọnya nzuzo ijide m nʼụkwụ.
23 But, thou, O Yahweh, knowest all their counsels against me to put me to death, Put thou no propitiatory-covering over their iniquity, And their sin from before thee, do not thou blot out, —But let them be overthrown before thee, In the time of thine anger, deal thou effectively with them.
Ma gị onwe gị, Onyenwe anyị, maara nzube ọjọọ ha niile igbu m. Agbagharala ha ajọ omume ha; maọbụ hichapụ mmehie ha site nʼihu gị. Mee ka ụkwụ ha gbuchapụ ka ha daa nʼihu gị; mesie ha ike mgbe ị na-ewe iwe.
