Jeremiah 2
1 And the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying;
Okwu nke Onyenwe anyị bịakwutere m na-asị,
2 Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem saying—Thus saith Yahweh, I remember in thy behalf, the lovingkindness of thy youthful days, The love of thy bridal estate, —Thy coming out after me, Through the desert, Through a land, not sown:
“Gaa, kwupụta na ntị Jerusalem, “Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru, “‘Echetara m ịnụ ọkụ nʼobi nke okorobịa gị nʼoge gara aga ime ihe ga-atọ m ụtọ, ịhụnanya gị dịka onye a lụrụ ọhụrụ, echetakwara m otu unu si soro m nʼime ọzara, ga nʼala tọgbọrọ nʼefu nke a na-akụghị mkpụrụ.
3 Holiness, was Israel unto Yahweh, The first-fruit of his increase, —All that devoured it, were held guilty, Calamity used to come upon them, —Declareth Yahweh.
Izrel bụ ihe dị nsọ nye Onyenwe anyị, mkpụrụ mbụ nke owuwe ihe ubi ya. Ndị niile ripịara ya ka a gụrụ dị ka ndị ikpe mara. Ihe ọjọọ dakwasịkwara ha.’” Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara.
4 Hear ye the word of Yahweh O house of Jacob, And all the families of the house of Israel.
Nụrụ okwu nke Onyenwe anyị unu ụlọ Jekọb, na unu ndị bụ agbụrụ niile sitere nʼIzrel.
5 Thus, saith Yahweh, —What did your fathers find in me by way of perversity, that they removed far from me, —and went after vanity, and became vain?
Ihe a ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru, “Gịnị bụ ihe ọjọọ nna unu ha chọpụtara nʼime m, mere ha ji si nʼebe m nọ kpafuo, nọrọ m ebe dị anya? Nke mere na ha ghọrọ ndị nzuzu site nʼịgbaso arụsị?
6 Neither said they, Where is Yahweh, Who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, —Who led us Through the desert, Through a land of wastes and clefts, Through a land of parched places and of death-shade, Through a land, Along which no man had passed, And in which no son of earth dwelt?
Ha ajụghị ‘Olee ebe Onyenwe anyị ahụ nọ, bụ onye sitere nʼala Ijipt kpọpụta anyị, duuru anyị gafee ọzara tọgbọrọ nʼefu, nʼala ọzara na ala olulu jupụtara, ala nke akpịrị ịkpọ nkụ na nke oke ọchịchịrị, ala ebe ọ dịghị onye na-esi na ya agafee na nke mmadụ na-ebighị na ya?’
7 Then brought I you into a country of garden land, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof, —and yet when ye entered, then defiled ye my land, and mine inheritance, ye made an abomination
Ọ bụ m kpọbatara unu nʼala na-amị ọtụtụ mkpụrụ, ka unu rie ihe dị ukwuu na ihe dị mma si nʼime ya. Ma unu bara merụọ ala m unu mere ihe nketa m ka ọ ghọọ ihe arụ.
8 The priests, said not Where is Yahweh? And, they who handled the law, did not acknowledge me, And the shepherds transgressed against me, —And the prophets, prophesied by Baal, And so after things that could not profit, did they walk.
Ndị nchụaja ajụghị sị, ‘Olee ebe Onyenwe anyị nọ?’ Ndị ikpe ha amaghị m, ndị na-achị ha mehiere megide m, ndị amụma ha bụkwa aha Baal ka ha ji ebu amụma, ha gbasooro ihe na-enweghị isi.
9 Therefore yet further will I plead with you Declareth Yahweh, Yea with your children’s children, will I plead.
“Nʼihi ya, aga m ebulite ebubo megide unu,” Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri ya. “M ga-ebulikwa ebubo megide ụmụ ụmụ unu.
10 For—pass through the coastlands of the West and see, And unto Kedar, send ye and consider diligently, —And see—whether there hath been the like of this!
Gafee nʼọnụ mmiri Saiprọs lee anya, zie ozi gaa Keda ma leruo anya nke ọma, ma ị ga-ahụ ihe ọbụla yiri nke a.
11 Hath a nation, changed gods, although they were No-gods? Yet my people have changed my glory for that which could not profit!
O nwerela mba gbanwere chi ndị ha na-efe? (Ọ bụ ezie na ha abụghị chi.) Ma ndị m ewerela arụsị na-enweghị isi gbanwere ebube ha.
12 Be amazed, O ye heavens, at this, —And shudder, be dried up utterly, Urgeth Yahweh.
Ka ibubo nwụọ gị, gị eluigwe nʼihi nke a, maa jijiji, tụọkwa oke ụjọ.” Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara.
13 For two wicked things, have my people committed, —Me, have they forsaken a fountain of living water, To hew out for themselves cisterns broken cisterns, that cannot hold water.
“Nʼihi na ndị m emeela ihe ọjọọ abụọ. Ha agbakụtala m azụ, bụ Isi iyi mmiri ndụ, gwuoro onwe ha ebe ichebe mmiri nke tipuru etipu na-enweghị ike ịnagide mmiri ọbụla.
14 Was Israel a servant? Born in the house, was he? Wherefore hath he become a prey?
Izrel ọ bụ ohu, ka ọ bụ ohu a mụrụ nʼụlọ? Gịnị mere o ji ghọọ ihe nlụta nʼagha?
15 Against him, have been roaring wild lions, They have uttered their voice, —and have made his land a desolation, His cities, have been burned, so as to have no inhabitant.
Ọdụm agbọọla ụja, ha ebigbọọla meekwa ka ọ nụ olu ha. Ha ebibiela obodo ya laa ya nʼiyi, suo ya ọkụ, nke mere na o nweghị onye bi na ha.
16 Even the sons of Noph and Tahpanhes have been crushing the crown of the head.
Ọzọkwa, ndị ikom Memfis na Tapanhis a kupuola gị isi.
17 Is not this what thou wast certain to do for thyself, —in that thou didst forsake Yahweh thy God, when he was leading thee by the way?
Ọ bụghị unu onwe unu wetaara onwe unu ihe ọjọọ dị otu a site na ịhapụ Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke unu, mgbe ọ na-edu unu na-aga nʼụzọ?
18 Now, therefore what hast thou to do with the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of Shihor? Or what hast thou to do with the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River ["Euphrates"]?
Ugbu a, gịnị bụ uru unu nwetara site nʼịga Ijipt sitekwa nʼịṅụ mmiri nke osimiri Naịl? Gịnị bụ uru unu nwetara site nʼịga Asịrịa, sitekwa nʼịṅụ mmiri si na Yufretis?
19 Let thy wickedness correct thee And thine apostasies, rebuke thee, Know therefore and see That it is a wicked thing and a bitter, that thou shouldest have forsaken Yahweh thy God, And that the dread of me should not have pertained to thee, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh of hosts.
Ọ bụ ajọ omume unu ga-ewetara unu ahụhụ; ahụhụ soo ndaghachi azụ unu bụ ihe ga-adọ unu aka na ntị. Tulee ma matanụ nʼonwe unu otu o si bụrụ ihe ọjọọ na ihe ilu nye unu bụ inupu isi na ịgbakụta Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke unu azụ na-enweghị egwu ọbụla nʼime unu banyere m,” nke a bụ ihe Chineke, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile, kwupụtara.
20 For, in age-past time, I brake thy yoke, I tare off thy fetters, And thou saidst, I will not transgress, —Nevertheless, on every high hill, and under every green tree, wast thou lying down as an unchaste woman.
“Nʼoge gara aga, unu gbajiri yoku unu dọkapụ agbụ jikọtara mụ na unu, unu sịrị, ‘Agaghị m ejere gị ozi.’ Nʼezie, ọ bụ nʼelu ugwu ọbụla nakwa nʼokpuru osisi na-agbasa agbasa, ka ị na-edina dịka onye akwụna.
21 Yet, I, planted thee a precious vine, a wholly true seed, —How then didst thou change thyself towards me, into the degenerate plantings of the alien vine?
Ma mụ onwe m kụrụ gị dịka osisi vaịnị kachasị mma nke mkpụrụ ya dị ndụ dịkwa mma. Olee otu i siri tụgharịa megide m, ghọọ ihe rụrụ arụ, osisi vaịnị ọhịa?
22 For though thou wash thee with nitre, And take thee much soap, Yet is thine iniquity inscribed before me Declareth My Lord Yahweh.
Nʼagbanyeghị na iji ncha sachaa onwe gị, maọbụ jirikwa ọtụtụ ntụ ncha, ntụpọ nke mmehie gị ka dị nʼihu m,” Otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara.
23 How canst thou say, I have not defiled myself, After the Baalim, have I not gone? See thy way, in the valley, Own what thou hast done, —A nimble young she-camel, crossing her own ways;
“Ị ga-esi aṅaa na-asị, ‘A bụghị m onye e merụrụ emerụ; o nwebeghị oge ọbụla m ji gbaso Baal?’ Leruo ụzọ gị anya na ndagwurugwu, tulee ihe ndị i mere. Ị bụ nne ịnyịnya ibu dị nkọ, na-agbagharị ebe a nʼebe nke ọzọ.
24 A wild ass, taught of the desert, In the desire of her soul, she snuffeth the wind, In her occasion, who can turn her back? None who seek her, will weary themselves, In her month, they shall find her!
Nne ịnyịnya ibu ọhịa nke mara ụzọ ya nke ọma nʼọzara, na-esi imi ma ọ ga-esichapụta oke ịnyịnya ibu, onye pụrụ igbochi ya nʼoge mmekọ ya na oke ịnyịnya zuru? Oke ịnyịnya ọbụla chọọrọ ya agaghị atụfu oge nʼịchụgharị ya, nʼihi nʼoge ha chọrọ mmekọ, ha ga-achọta ya.
25 Withhold thy foot from being unshod, And thy throat from thirst! But thou saidst Hopeless! No! for I love foreigners and after them, will I go.
Agbala ọsọ ruo mgbe ị ga-agbara ụkwụ efu, mgbe akpịrị ga-akpọ gị nku. Ma ị na-asị, ‘O nweghị uru ọ bara. Nʼihi na ahụrụ m chi ndị mba ọzọ nʼanya, aghaghị m ịgbaso ha.’
26 As the shame of a thief when he is found, So, hath been put to shame, the house of Israel, —They, their kings their princes, and their priests and their prophets:
“Dịka a na-eme onye ohi ihe ihere mgbe e jidere ya, otu a ka a ga-eme ụlọ Izrel ihere, ha onwe ha, ma ndị eze ha, ma ndịisi ha, ndị nchụaja ha na ndị amụma ha.
27 Saying, to a tree, My father, art thou! And to a stone, Thou, didst give us birth, For they have turned unto me the back and not the face, —But in the time of their calamity, they will say, Arise, and save us!
Ha na-asị osisi, ‘Nna m ka ị bụ,’ na-asịkwa nkume, ‘Ọ bụ gị mụrụ m.’ Ha agbakụtala m azụ, jụ iche m ihu. Ma mgbe ọbụla nsogbu bịakwasịrị ha, ha na-asị, ‘Bịa, zọpụta anyị.’
28 Where then are thy gods which thou hast made for thyself? Let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy calamity, —For according to the number of thy cities, have become thy gods O Judah.
Olee ebe chi ndị ahụ i meere nye onwe gị nọ? Ka ha bịa, ma ọ bụrụ na ha nwere ike ịzọpụta gị, mgbe nsogbu bịakwasịrị unu. Nʼihi na gị, bụ Juda, nwere ọtụtụ chi dịka i si nwee ọtụtụ obodo.
29 Wherefore, should ye plead against me, All of you, have transgressed against me Declareth Yahweh.
“Gịnị mere unu ji ekwu okwu ebubo megide m? Unu niile enupula isi megide m,” ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara.
30 In vain, have I smitten your children, Correction, have they not accepted, —Your sword hath devoured your prophets, as a lion that destroyeth.
“Nʼefu ka m tiri ụmụ unu ihe; ma nke a emeghị ka ha nabata ịdọ aka na ntị. Dịka ọdụm na-adọgbu anụ, mma agha unu eripịala ndị amụma unu.
31 O generation see, ye, the word of Yahweh, A desert, became I unto Israel? Or a land of thick darkness? Wherefore, have my people said, We have roved about, We will not come in any more unto thee?
“Unu ndị ọgbọ a, tuleenụ okwu nke Onyenwe anyị: “O nweela mgbe m bụ ọzara nye ndị Izrel ma ọ bụkwanụ ala gbara oke ọchịchịrị? Gịnị mekwaranụ ndị m ji na-asị, ‘Anyị enwerela onwe anyị ịwagharị, anyị agaghị abịakwutekwa gị ọzọ’?
32 Can, a virgin, forget, her ornaments, —A bride, her girdle? Yet, my people, have forgotten me, days without number.
Nwaagbọghọ ọ na-echefu ọla ịchọ mma ya, nwanyị a na-alụ ọhụrụ ọ na-echefu ngwa ịchọ mma ya? Ma nʼime ọtụtụ ụbọchị nke a na-apụghị ịgụta ọnụ, ndị m echefuola m.
33 How thou dost make winsome thy way, to seek love! Therefore, even unto wicked women, hast thou taught thy ways.
Lee ka unu si bụrụ ndị ọka nʼịgbaso ịhụnanya. Ọ bụladị ụmụ nwanyị dị njọ karịsịa nwere ike ịmụta ihe site nʼụzọ unu.
34 Even in thy skirts, is there found, The blood of the lives of the helpless innocents, —Not in the act of breaking in, didst thou find them, yet [the blood is] on all these.
Nʼuwe unu ka achọtara ọbara ndị ogbenye na-enweghị ihe ọjọọ ha mere, nʼagbanyeghị na unu ejideghị ha ka ha nʼagbaka ụzọ. Ma unu gara nʼihu
35 Although thou saidst, Because I am innocent, surely hath his anger turned back from me, —Behold me! entering into judgment with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned!
na-asịkwa, ‘Emeghị m ihe ọjọọ, ọ dịghị eweso m iwe.’ Ma aga m ekpe unu ikpe, nʼihi na unu na-asị, ‘Emeghị m mmehie.’
36 How vigorously, thou goest about changing thy way! Even of Egypt, shalt thou be ashamed, just as thou wast ashamed of Assyria:
Gịnị mere unu ji na-akpagharị na-agbanwe ụzọ unu ọtụtụ mgbe? Ijipt ga-etinye unu nʼọnọdụ ihere dịka ndị Asịrịa mere unu.
37 Even from this one, shalt thou go forth, with thy hands upon thy head, —For Yahweh hath rejected those in whom thou confidest, and thou shalt not prosper with them.
Unu ga-ebu aka unu nʼisi mgbe unu si ebe ahụ na-apụ, nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị ajụla ndị ahụ unu tụkwasịrị obi. Ha agaghị enyere unu aka.
