Jeremiah 12
1 Yahweh, whenever I tell you that I am unhappy [about what is happening to me], you [always] act justly/fairly. So now allow me to ask about one more thing [that I do not understand]: Why are wicked people [often] very prosperous? Why do things go very well for dishonest/wicked people?
Onye ezi omume ka ị bụ mgbe niile, gị Onyenwe anyị, mgbe ọbụla m butere ikpe bịa nʼihu gị. Ma achọrọ m ịgwa gị okwu banyere ikpe ziri ezi gị: Gịnị mere ihe ji agara ndị ajọ omume nke ọma? Gịnị mere ndị na-aghọ aghụghọ ji ebi ndụ enweghị nsogbu ọbụla?
2 You allow them to prosper like [MET] trees that grow tall and bear [a lot of] fruit. They [always] say [MTY] good things about you, but their hearts are [really] far from you.
Ị kụọla ha ka osisi, ha agbaala mgbọrọgwụ; ha na-etokwa na-amị mkpụrụ. Ị nọ nso mgbe niile nʼọnụ ha, ma ị nọ nʼebe dị anya nʼobi ha.
3 But Yahweh, as for me, you know what is in my inner being. You see what I [do] and you are able to know what I am thinking. So drag away those [wicked] people, like [people drag away] sheep that they are going to butcher. Set them aside like sheep that are about to be slaughtered!
Ma gị onwe gị maara m Onyenwe anyị; ị na-ahụ m, na-anwapụtakwa echiche niile m na-eche banyere gị. Dọkpụrụ ha dịka atụrụ a ga-egbu egbu. Doo ha iche nye ụbọchị ahụ a ga-egbu ha.
4 This land is [RHQ] becoming very dry and even the grass is withering. The wild animals and the birds have [all] died because the people are [very] wicked. [All that has happened] because the people have said, “Yahweh does not know what we are doing (OR, what will happen to us)!”
Ruo ole mgbe ka ala ga-eru ụjụ? Ruo ole mgbe ka ahịhịa dị nʼubi ga-anọgide na-akpọnwụ? Ụmụ anụmanụ na nnụnụ na-anwụchasị nʼihi na ndị bi nʼala ahụ bụ ndị na-emebi iwu. Ma ndị mmadụ ahụ na-ekwu sị, “Ọ gaghị ahụ ihe ga-adakwasị anyị.”
5 [Then to show me that I needed to be prepared to endure even greater difficulties, Yahweh said to me], [“It is as though] you have become exhausted from racing against men; so how will you be able to race against horses? If you [stumble and] fall when you are running on open/bare/smooth ground, what will happen to you when you are running through the thornbushes near the Jordan [River]?
“Ọ bụrụ na ndị ji ụkwụ ha agba ọsọ emerie gị nʼọsọ nke gị na ha gbara, i si aṅaa chee na gị na ndị ji ịnyịnya agba ọsọ nwere ike ịgbakọta ọsọ ịsọ mpi? Ọ bụrụ na ị sọọ ngọngọ nʼala ebe udo dị, ị ga-esi aṅaa ghara ịsọ ngọngọ nʼọhịa dị nʼakụkụ osimiri Jọdan?
6 [Already] your brothers and [other members of] your own family oppose you. They (plot against/plan to do evil things to) you and they say bad things about you. So even if they say nice things about you, do not trust them!
Lee, ọ bụladị ụmụnne gị, ndị ezinaụlọ nke aka gị, ararala gị nye. Lee, ha eweliela oke olu iti mkpu megide gị. Atụkwasịla ha obi, ọ bụladị mgbe ha na-ekwu okwu ọma banyere gị.
7 I have abandoned my [Israeli] people, the people whom I chose to belong to me. I have allowed their enemies to conquer the Israeli people, whom I love.
“Aga m agbakụta ụlọ m na ihe nketa m họpụtara nye onwe m azụ. Aga m ewere onye ahụ m hụrụ nʼanya nyefee ya nʼaka onye iro ya.
8 My people have become to me like [SIM] a lion in the forest. [It is as though] they roar at me like a lion, so now I hate them.
Ihe nketa m aghọrọọla m, ihe dịka ọdụm nọ nʼọhịa, Ọ na-agbọ ụja megide m; ya mere, m ji kpọọ ya asị.
9 My chosen people have [RHQ] become like speckled hawks that are surrounded by vultures [waiting to eat their flesh after they are dead]. Tell all the wild animals to come and eat [the flesh of their corpses].
Ọ bụ na ihe nketa m aghọbeghị nnụnụ ugo tụrụ agwa nye m nke ọtụtụ ugo gbara gburugburu na-emegide ya? Gaanụ, kpọkọta ụmụ anụ ọhịa niile, mee ka ha zukọọ bịa dọrie nri.
10 Many rulers [from other countries have come with their armies and] devastated/destroyed my people [whom I care for like a farmer takes care of his] vineyard. They have caused my beautiful land to become a barren desert where no one lives.
Ọtụtụ ndị ọzụzụ atụrụ ebibiela ubi vaịnị m. Ha azọtọọla ubi m nʼokpuru ụkwụ, ha emeela ka ubi m mara mma ghọọ ọzara tọgbọrọ nʼefu.
11 They have caused it to become completely empty; [it is as though] I hear the land crying sadly/mournfully. The whole land is desolate, and no one (worries about/pays any attention to) it.
Ha emeela ya ka ọ ghọọ ebe tọgbọrọ nʼefu; e, ọ ghọọla ebe kpọrọ nkụ nʼebe tọgbọrọ nʼefu nʼihu m. Ala ahụ niile ga-atọgbọrọkwa nʼefu, nʼihi na o nweghị onye ọbụla ihe banyere ya na-emetụ nʼobi.
12 The soldiers [of our enemies] have marched across all the barren hilltops. But [I], Yahweh, am using those armies [MTY] to punish your land from one end to the other, and no one will escape.
Ndị mbibi ga-ejupụta nʼelu ebe niile dị elu nke ọzara, nʼihi na mma agha Onyenwe anyị ga-esite nʼotu nsọtụ ala ahụ ruo na nsọtụ nke ọzọ, ripịa ndị niile dị na ya. O nweghị onye ọbụla udo ga-adịrị nʼala ahụ.
13 [It is as though] my people planted wheat, but now they are harvesting thorns. They have become very tired [because of much hard work], but they have gained nothing [from all that work]. They will be very disappointed because their harvests [will be very small], [and that will happen] because [I], Yahweh, am extremely angry [with them].”
Ha ga-agha mkpụrụ ọka wiiti, maọbụ ogwu ga-epuru ha. Ha ga-adọgbu onwe ha nʼọrụ ma ha agaghị enweta ihe ọbụla. Ya mere, ka ihe ihere unu ghọtara dịka ihe ubi dịrị unu, nʼihi na ahụhụ ndị a sitere nʼiwe dị ọkụ nke Onyenwe anyị.”
14 This is [also] what Yahweh said to me: “[I will punish] the evil nearby nations that have been trying to take away the land that I gave to my Israeli people, and I will force them to leave their own land. But I will throw the people of Judah out of their land, also.
Ihe ndị a ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru, “Ma banyere ndị agbataobi ọjọọ m ahụ niile, bụ ndị na-apụnara ndị m Izrel ihe nketa ahụ m nyere ha. Aga m esite nʼala ha hopu ha. Aga m esitekwa nʼetiti ha hopu ụlọ Juda.
15 But later I will act mercifully toward those nations again, and I will bring them back to their own lands again. Each [clan] will come back to its own land.
Ma mgbe m hopuchara ha, aga m emesịa meere ha ebere, meekwa ka onye ọbụla nʼime ha laghachikwa nʼobodo nke aka ya. Ha ga-enwetakwa ihe nketa ha niile.
16 And if the people [of the other nations whose armies have invaded Israel] learn the [religious] customs of my people, and if they learn that I [am listening] when they solemnly promise that they will do something good, like they taught my people to believe that [their god] Baal [was listening] when they made solemn promises, I will cause them to become prosperous, and they also will be my people.
Ọ bụrụkwa na ha amụta ụzọ niile nke ndị m nke ọma, na iji aha m ṅụọ iyi, na-asị, ‘Dịka Onyenwe anyị na-adị ndụ,’ dịka ha si kuziere ndị m iji aha Baal na-aṅụ iyi, aga m eme ka ha guzosie ike nʼetiti ndị m.
17 But I will expel any nation whose people refuse to obey me, and I will destroy that nation and its people. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.”
Ma ọ bụrụ na mba ọbụla ajụ ige ntị, aga m ehopu ha kpamkpam, laa ha nʼiyi.” Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri.
