< Jeremiah 31 >

1 At the time that [the] utterance of Yahweh I will become God for all [the] clans of Israel and they they will become for me a people.
Yehowa be, “Le ɣe ma ɣi la, manye Israel ƒe ƒomeawo katã ƒe Mawu, eye woanye nye dukɔ.”
2 Thus he says Yahweh it found favor in the wilderness [the] people of [the] survivors of [the] sword I will go to give rest it Israel.
Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: “Ame siwo metsi yi nu o la akpɔ amenuveve le gbedadaƒo, mava ana dzudzɔ Israel.”
3 From a distance Yahweh he appeared to me and a love of perpetuity I have loved you there-fore I have prolonged to you covenant loyalty.
Yehowa ɖe eɖokui fia mi tsã hegblɔ be, “Melɔ̃ wò kple lɔlɔ̃ mavɔ, metsɔ amenuveve he wò ɖe ɖokuinye ŋuti.
4 Again I will build you and you will be rebuilt O virgin of Israel again you will ornament yourself tambourines your and you will go forth in [the] dancing of merry makers.
O, ɖetugbi dzadzɛ, Israel, magaɖo wò te eye nànɔ te. Agatsɔ wò axatsɛwo ayi ɖe ɣeɖuƒe kple ame siwo le dzidzɔ kpɔm.
5 Again you will plant vineyards on [the] hills of Samaria they will plant planters and they will put [them] to use.
Miagado waintiwo ɖe Samaria ƒe togbɛwo dzi abe tsã ene; agbledelawo ade waingble, eye woaɖu eƒe kutsetse.
6 For there [will be] a day [when] they will call out watchmen in [the] hill country of Ephraim arise so we may go up Zion to Yahweh God our.
Ŋkeke li gbɔna, esi gbetakpɔlawo ado ɣli tso Efraim togbɛwo dzi be, ‘Miva ne miayi Zion, ɖe Yehowa miaƒe Mawu la gbɔ.’”
7 For thus - he says Yahweh cry out of Jacob gladness and shout for joy on [the] chief of the nations make a proclamation praise and say save O Yahweh people your [the] remnant of Israel.
Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: “Midzi ha kple dzidzɔ na Yakob, mido ɣli ɖe dukɔwo ƒe gbãtɔ la ŋu. Miɖe gbeƒã, midzi kafukafuha, ne miagblɔ be, ‘O Yehowa, ɖe wò amewo, ɖe ame siwo susɔ ɖe Israel.’
8 Here I [am] about to bring them from a land of [the] north and I will gather them from [the] remotest parts of [the] earth [will be] among them [the] blind and [the] lame [the] pregnant and [one] giving birth alike a company great they will return hither.
Kpɔ ɖa, makplɔ wo tso anyiehenyigba dzi vɛ eye maƒo wo nu ƒu tso anyigba ƒe mlɔenuwo ke, ŋkuagbãtɔwo, bunɔwo, funɔwo kple kulélawo anɔ wo dome; ameha gã aɖe ŋutɔe atrɔ agbɔ.
9 With weeping they will come and with supplications I will bring them I will lead them to torrents of water on a path straight not they will stumble in it for I have become of Israel a father and Ephraim [is] firstborn my he.
Woatrɔ gbɔ kple avifafa eye woanɔ gbe dom ɖa ne mekplɔ wo gbɔnae. Makplɔ wo ato mɔ zɔzrɔ̃e si dzi womakli nu le o, ato tɔʋuwo to elabena nyee nye Israel fofo eye Efraim nye viŋutsu ŋgɔgbea nam.
10 Hear [the] word of Yahweh O nations and declare in the islands from a distance and say [the] [one who] scattered of Israel he will gather it and he will keep it like a shepherd flock his.
“O mi dukɔwo, mise Yehowa ƒe nya, miɖe gbeƒãe le ƒutadu didiwo me. Ame si kaka Israel gbẽe la, agaƒo wo nu ƒu eye wòakpɔ eƒe alẽha dzi abe alẽkplɔla ene!
11 For he has ransomed Yahweh Jacob and he has redeemed it from [the] hand of [one too] strong for it.
Elabena Yehowa axɔ Yakob aƒle, eye wòaɖe wo tso ame si sẽ wu wo la ƒe asi me.
12 And they will come and they will cry out for joy on [the] height of Zion and they will be radiant because of [the] good thing[s] of Yahweh on grain and on new wine and on fresh oil and on [the] young of [the] flock and herd and it will be life their like a garden watered and not they will repeat to languish again.
Woava ado dzidzɔɣli le Zion ƒe togbɛwo dzi. Woatso aseye ɖe Yehowa ƒe nu gbogbo siwo nye, bli, aha yeye, ami, alẽvi kple nyiviwo ŋuti. Woawo anɔ abe amabɔ si wode tsii nyuie la ene eye womagaxa nu azɔ o.
13 Then she will rejoice a virgin with dancing and young men and old [men] alike and I will turn mourning their into joy and I will comfort them and I will make glad them from sorrow their.
Emegbe la, ɖetugbiwo, ɖekakpuiwo kple ame tsitsiwo siaa aɖu ɣe akpɔ dzidzɔ. Matrɔ woƒe konyifafa wòazu dzidzɔkpɔkpɔ eye mana akɔfafa kple dzidzɔkpɔkpɔ wo ɖe nuxaxa teƒe.
14 And I will satisfy [the] appetite of the priests fatness and people my good thing[s] my they will be satisfied [the] utterance of Yahweh.
Matsɔ nu nyui geɖe aɖi ƒo na nunɔlawo eye maɖi ƒo na nye dukɔ hã kple nye nu nyui geɖe.” Yehowae gblɔe.
15 Thus - he says Yahweh a voice in Ramah [is] heard a mourning song weeping of bitterness Rachel [is] weeping on children her she has refused to be comforted on children her for there not [is] he.
Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: “Wose konyifagbe kple avifafa vevie le Rama, Rahel le avi fam ɖe viawo ta eye wògbe be womegafa akɔ na ye o, elabena viawo megali o.”
16 Thus - he says Yahweh restrain voice your from weeping and eyes your from tear[s] for there [will be] a reward for work your [the] utterance of Yahweh and they will return from [the] land of [the] enemy.
Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: “Ɖo asi wò gbe dzi be magafa avi o, kple wò ŋkuwo dzi be womagafa aɖatsi o, elabena fetu li na dɔ si nèwɔ, woatrɔ agbɔ tso futɔwo ƒe anyigba dzi.” Yehowae gblɔe.
17 And there [is] hope for future your [the] utterance of Yahweh and they will return children to own territory their.
Yehowa be, “Eya ta mɔkpɔkpɔ li na wò etsɔ si gbɔna. Viwòwo atrɔ ayi ɖe woawo ŋutɔ ƒe anyigba dzi.” Yehowae gblɔe.
18 Certainly I have heard Ephraim bemoaning itself you have disciplined me and I was disciplined like a calf [which] not it had been trained restore me so let me return for you [are] Yahweh God my.
“Vavãe, mese Efraim wòle nu xam xoxoxo be: ‘Èhe to nam abe nyivi si dze aglã la ene eye mexɔ tohehe la. Gaɖom te eye matrɔ agbɔ elabena wòe nye Yehowa nye Mawu.
19 For after turned away I I repented and after was instructed I I slapped on a thigh I was ashamed and also I was humiliated for I bore [the] reproach of youth my.
Esi metra mɔ la, evem, metrɔ dzi me eye esi medze si ɖokuinye la, meƒo akɔta. Azɔ la ŋu kpem eye nye mo tsi dãa elabena nye ɖekakpuimeŋukpe gale ŋunye!’
20 ¿ A son dear of me [is] Ephraim or? a child of delight for as often as speak I in him certainly I remember him still there-fore they are in a tumult inward parts my for him surely I will have compassion on him [the] utterance of Yahweh.
Ɖe Efraim menye vinye lɔlɔ̃, vi si ŋu mekpɔa ŋudzedze le oa? Togbɔ be meƒoa nu le eŋu zi geɖe hã la, nye ŋkuwo gale eŋuti ko. Eya ta nye dzi le eyome ɖaa eye mekpɔa nublanui nɛ ŋutɔ,” Yehowae gblɔe.
21 Set up for yourself signposts place for yourself guideposts set heart your to the highway [the] way ([which] you went *Q(K)*) return O virgin of Israel return to cities your these.
“Mitu dzesidetiwo kple mɔfiatiwo ɖe mɔto. Wò ŋku nenɔ mɔ gã la ŋu, mɔ si dzi nèto to eŋu. O, ɖetugbi dzadzɛ, Israel, trɔ gbɔ, trɔ gbɔ va wò duwo me.
22 Until when? will you vacillate! O daughter apostate for he has created Yahweh a new [thing] on the earth a female she will surround a man.
O, va se ɖe ɣe ka ɣie nàtsa tsaglãla, wò vinyɔnu mawɔnuteƒe? Yehowa le nu yeye wɔ ge le anyigba dzi, nyɔnu aʋli ŋutsu ta.”
23 Thus he says Yahweh of hosts [the] God of Israel again people will say the word this in [the] land of Judah and in cities its when turn back I captivity their may he bless you Yahweh O abode of righteousness O mountain of holiness.
Ale Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ, Israel ƒe Mawu la gblɔe nye esi: “Ne mekplɔ wo tso aboyome gbɔe la, ame siwo le Yudanyigba dzi kple eƒe duwo me la agawɔ nya siawo ŋu dɔ be, ‘Yehowa ayra wò, O, dzɔdzɔenyenye ƒe nɔƒe, O, to kɔkɔe.’
24 And they will dwell in it Judah and all cities its together farmers and they will journey with flock.
Amewo anɔ anyi ɖekae le Yuda kple eƒe duwo me, agbledelawo kple lãnyilawo siaa.
25 For I give water to [the] throat of [the] weary and every person [who] it has become faint I fill.
Mana ame siwo gbɔdzɔ la nagbɔ ɖe me eye ame siwo nu ti kɔ na la naɖi ƒo.”
26 On this I awoke and I looked and sleep my it was pleasing to me.
Kasia menyɔ tso alɔ̃ me eye metsa ŋku godoo. Alɔ̃ si medɔ la vivi nam ŋutɔ.
27 Here! days [are] coming [the] utterance of Yahweh and I will sow [the] house of Israel and [the] house of Judah [the] seed of humankind and [the] seed of animal[s].
Yehowa be, “Ŋkekewo li gbɔna esi maƒã amegbetɔwo kple lãwo ƒe nuku ɖe Israel kple Yuda ƒe aƒewo me.
28 And it will be just as I kept watch over them to pluck up and to pull down and to tear down and to destroy and to do harm so I will keep watch over them to build and to plant [the] utterance of Yahweh.
Abe ale si nye ŋku le wo ŋu be maho wo, malã wo, maxlã wo ɖi, matsrɔ̃ wo eye mahe dzɔgbevɔ̃e va wo dzii ene la, nenema kee manɔ te ɖe wo ŋu be woatu xɔ eye woaƒã nu” Yehowae gblɔe.
29 In the days those not people will say again fathers they have eaten sour grape[s] and [the] teeth of children they will be blunt.
“Le ŋkeke mawo me la, amewo magagblɔ be, ‘Fofowo ɖu waintsetse gbogbo eye aɖu le viwo nyɔm’ o.
30 That except everyone for own iniquity his he will die every person who eats the sour grape[s] they will be blunt teeth his.
Ke boŋ ame sia ame aku ɖe eya ŋutɔ ƒe nu vɔ̃ ta eye ame si ɖu waintsetse gbogbo la, eyae aɖu anyɔ.”
31 Here! days [are] coming [the] utterance of Yahweh and I will make with [the] house of Israel and with [the] house of Judah a covenant new.
Yehowa be, “Ɣeyiɣi li gbɔna esi mabla nu yeye kple Israel ƒe aƒe kple Yuda ƒe aƒe.
32 Not like the covenant which I made with ancestors their on [the] day took hold I on hand their to bring out them from [the] land of Egypt who they they broke covenant my and I I was a husband over them [the] utterance of Yahweh.
Manɔ abe nu si mebla kple wo fofowo ene esi melé woƒe alɔnu be makplɔ wo do goe le Egipte la ene o. Elabena wotu nye nubabla la togbɔ be menye srɔ̃ŋutsu na wo hã,” Yehowae gblɔe.
33 That this [is] the covenant which I will make with [the] house of Israel after the days those [the] utterance of Yahweh I will put law my in inner being their and on heart their I will write it and I will become for them God and they they will become for me a people.
“Esiae nye nubabla kple Israel ƒe aƒe la le ɣeyiɣi ma megbe,” Yehowae gblɔe. “Matsɔ nye se ade woƒe susuwo me eye maŋlɔe ɖe woƒe dzi ŋuti. Manye woƒe Mawu, eye woanye nye dukɔ.
34 And not they will teach again each neighbor his and each brother his saying know Yahweh for all of them they will know me from little their and unto great their [the] utterance of Yahweh that I will forgive iniquity their and sin their not I will remember again.
Ame aɖeke magafia nu ehavi alo nɔvia agblɔ be, ‘Dze si Yehowa’ o, elabena wo katã woadze sim tso ɖeviwo dzi va se ɖe tsitsiawo dzi,” Yehowae gblɔe. “Elabena matsɔ woƒe vodadawo ake wo eye nyemagaɖo ŋku woƒe nu vɔ̃wo dzi o.” Yehowae gblɔe.
35 Thus - he says Yahweh [who] gives [the] sun for light by day [the] fixed order of [the] moon and [the] stars for light night [who] stirs up the sea and they roared waves its [is] Yahweh of hosts name his.
Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi, ame si ɖoe na ɣe be wòaklẽ le ŋkeke me, ame si ɖe gbe na ɣleti kple ɣletiviwo be woaklẽ le zã me, ame si blu atsiaƒu be eƒe tsotsoewo nadze agbo, Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔe nye eŋkɔ.
36 If they will depart the fixed order these from to before me [the] utterance of Yahweh also [the] offspring of Israel they will cease from being a nation before me all the days.
Yehowa be, “Ne ɖoɖo siawo bu le ŋkunye me la, eya ko hafi Israel ƒe dzidzimeviwo maganye dukɔ le gbɔnye o.”
37 Thus - he says Yahweh if they will be measured [the] heavens from to above so they may be explored [the] foundations of [the] earth downwards also I I will reject all [the] offspring of Israel on all that they have done [the] utterance of Yahweh.
Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: “Ne woate ŋu adzidze dziƒo eye woate ŋu adzro anyigba ƒe agunu me akpɔ la, eya ko hafi mate ŋu agbe nu le Israel ƒe dzidzimeviwo katã gbɔ le nu siwo katã wowɔ la ta.” Yehowae gblɔe.
38 Here! (days [are] coming *Q(K)*) [the] utterance of Yahweh and it will be rebuilt the city for Yahweh from [the] tower of Hananel [the] gate of the corner.
Yehowa be, “Ŋkekewo li gbɔna esi woagbugbɔ du sia atso nam, tso Hananel ƒe Gbetakpɔxɔ gbɔ va se ɖe Dzogoedzigbo la nu.
39 And it will go out again ([the] line of *Q(K)*) measurement before itself to [the] hill of Gareb and it will turn Goah towards.
Woada nudzidzeka tẽe tso afi ma ayi Gareb togbɛ la gbɔ eye woatso eme ado ɖe Goa.
40 And all the valley of the corpses - and the fatty ash and all (the terraced fields *Q(K)*) to [the] wadi of Kidron to [the] corner of [the] gate of the horses east-ward [will be] holy to Yahweh not it will be plucked up and not it will be torn down again for ever.
Balime afi si wotsɔ ŋutilã kukuwo kple woƒe afiwo ƒu gbe ɖo la katã kple agbleliƒowo me va ke ɖe keke Kidron Balime, le ɣedzeƒe lɔƒo, va se ɖe keke Sɔgbo la ƒe dzogoe dzi, ke anye teƒe kɔkɔe na Yehowa. Womagagbã du sia alo agblẽe akpɔ gbeɖe o.”

< Jeremiah 31 >