Jeremiah 51
1 This is what Yahweh says: “I will inspire/motivate [an army] to destroy Babylon [like a powerful] wind [MET], and [also] to destroy the people of Babylonia.
Ohùn ti Olúwa wí nìyìí: “Wò ó èmi yóò ru afẹ́fẹ́ apanirun sókè sí Babeli àti àwọn ènìyàn Lebikamai,
2 I will send a foreign army to come to get rid of Babylonia [like a strong wind] that blows away chaff. They will attack from every direction on that day of disaster.
Èmi yóò rán àwọn àjèjì ènìyàn sí Babeli láti fẹ́ ẹ, tí yóò sì sọ ilẹ̀ rẹ̀ di òfo; wọn yóò takò ó ní gbogbo ọ̀nà ní ọjọ́ ìparun rẹ̀.
3 [I will tell them, ] ‘Do not allow the archers [of Babylon] to [have time to] put on their armor or draw their bows. Do not spare the young men of Babylon. Completely destroy their army.’
Má ṣe jẹ́ kí tafàtafà yọ ọfà rẹ̀, jáde tàbí kí ó di ìhámọ́ra rẹ̀. Má ṣe dá àwọn ọ̀dọ́mọkùnrin sí; pátápátá ni kí o pa àwọn ọmọ-ogun rẹ̀.
4 Their soldiers will fall dead in Babylonia; [they will die after being] wounded in the streets.
Gbogbo wọn ni yóò ṣubú ní Babeli, tí wọn yóò sì fi ara pa yánnayànna ní òpópónà.
5 [I, ] the Commander of the armies of angels, the Israelis’ God, have not abandoned Israel and Judah. [Even though] their land was full of people who sinned against [me], the Holy God of Israel, I am still their God.
Nítorí pé Juda àti Israẹli ni Ọlọ́run wọn tí í ṣe Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun, kò gbàgbọ́ bí o tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé ilé wọn kún fún kìkì ẹ̀bi níwájú ẹni mímọ́ Israẹli.
6 [You people of Israel and Judah, ] flee from Babylon! Run away from there! Do not stay there and be killed when I punish [the people of Babylon]! It will be the time when I will get revenge; I will do to them what they deserve.
“Sá kúrò ní Babeli! Sá àsálà fún ẹ̀mí rẹ! Má ṣe ṣègbé torí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ rẹ. Àsìkò àti gbẹ̀san Olúwa ni èyí; yóò sán fún òun gẹ́gẹ́ bí ó ti tọ́.
7 Babylon has been [like] [MET] a gold cup in my hand, [a cup that is full of wine] that caused people all over the earth [who drank some of it to become] drunk. [It is as though] the [rulers of] the nations drank the wine from Babylon, and it caused them to become crazy.
Ife wúrà ni Babeli ní ọwọ́ Olúwa; ó sọ gbogbo ayé di ọ̀mùtí. Gbogbo orílẹ̀-èdè mu ọtí rẹ̀, wọ́n sì ti ya òmùgọ̀ kalẹ̀.
8 But suddenly Babylon will be conquered. [You foreigners who live in Babylon, ] weep for its people. Give them medicine for their wounds; perhaps they can be healed.”
Babeli yóò ṣubú lójijì, yóò sì fọ́. Ẹ hu fun un! Ẹ mú ìkunra fún ìrora rẹ, bóyá yóò le wo ọ́ sàn.
9 We [foreigners] would have [tried to] heal them, but [now] they cannot be healed. [So we will not try to help them; ] we will abandon them, and return to our own lands, because [it is as though] the punishment they are receiving is so great that it reaches up to the clouds in sky, [so great that no one can measure it].
“‘À bá ti wo Babeli sàn, ṣùgbọ́n kò lè sàn, ẹ jẹ́ kí a fi sílẹ̀, kí oníkálùkù lọ sí ilẹ̀ rẹ̀ torí ìdájọ́ rẹ̀ tó gòkè, ó ga àní títí dé òfúrufú.’
10 Yahweh has (vindicated us/shown that we were right); [so] let’s proclaim in Jerusalem everything that Yahweh our God has done [for us].
“‘Olúwa ti dá wa láre, wá jẹ́ kí a sọ ọ́ ní Sioni ohun tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run wa ti ṣe.’
11 [You enemy soldiers, ] sharpen your arrows! Lift up your shields, [because] Yahweh has incited your kings of Media [and Persia to march with their armies] to Babylon and to destroy it. That is how Yahweh will get revenge on [those foreigners who entered] his temple [in Jerusalem] and defiled it.
“Ṣe ọfà rẹ ní mímú, mú àpáta! Olúwa ti ru ọba Media sókè, nítorí pé ète rẹ̀ ni láti pa Babeli run. Olúwa yóò gbẹ̀san, àní ẹ̀san fún tẹmpili rẹ̀.
12 Lift up a battle flag close to the walls of Babylon! (Reinforce the/Appoint more) guards, and tell the watchmen to stand [in their positions]! Prepare an ambush, because Yahweh is about to accomplish all that he has planned to do to the people of Babylon.
Gbé àsíá sókè sí odi Babeli! Ẹ ṣe àwọn ọmọ-ogun gírí, ẹ pín àwọn olùṣọ́ káàkiri, ẹ ṣètò àwọn tí yóò sá pamọ́ Olúwa! Yóò gbé ète rẹ̀ jáde, òfin rẹ̀ sí àwọn ará Babeli.
13 Babylon is [a city] near the great [Euphrates] River, a city in which there are many rich people, but it is time for Babylon to be finished; the time [for the city] to exist is ended.
Ìwọ tí o gbé lẹ́bàá odò púpọ̀, tí o sì ni ọ̀rọ̀ púpọ̀; ìgbẹ̀yìn rẹ ti dé, àní àsìkò láti ké ọ kúrò!
14 The Commander of the armies of angels has solemnly promised, using his own name, “Your cities will be filled with your enemies; I will cause them to be like [SIM] a swarm of locusts; and they will shout triumphantly [when they conquer your city].”
Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun ti búra fún ara rẹ̀, Èmi yóò fún ọ ní ènìyàn gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọ̀pọ̀ eṣú, wọn yóò yọ ayọ̀, ìṣẹ́gun lórí rẹ.
15 Yahweh created the earth by his power; he established it by his wisdom, and he stretched out the sky by his understanding.
“Ó dá ilẹ̀ nípa agbára rẹ̀, o dá ilẹ̀ ayé pẹ̀lú ọgbọ́n rẹ̀, o sì tẹ́ ọ̀run pẹ̀lú ìmọ̀ rẹ̀.
16 When he speaks loudly, there is thunder in the sky; he causes clouds to form in every part of the earth. He sends lightning with the rain and releases the winds from his storehouses.
Nígbà tí ará omi ọ̀run hó ó mú kí òfúrufú ru sókè láti ìpẹ̀kun ayé. Ó rán mọ̀nàmọ́ná pẹ̀lú òjò, ó sì mú afẹ́fẹ́ jáde láti ilé ìṣúra rẹ̀.
17 People are senseless, and they know very little [HYP]; those who make idols are [always] disappointed, because their idols [do nothing for them]. The images/statues that they make are not real [gods]; they are lifeless.
“Olúkúlùkù ènìyàn ni kò lọ́pọlọ tí kò sì ní ìmọ̀, olúkúlùkù alágbẹ̀dẹ ni a kó ìtìjú bá nípa òrìṣà rẹ̀. Àwọn ère rẹ jẹ́ ẹ̀tàn; wọn kò ní èémí nínú.
18 Idols are worthless; they deserve to be ridiculed; there will be a time when they will [all] be destroyed.
Asán ni wọ́n, àti iṣẹ́ ìsìnà, nígbà ìbẹ̀wò wọn, wọn ó ṣègbé.
19 But the God whom [we] Israelis [worship] is not like those [idols]; he is the one who created everything [that exists]; [we], the people of Israel, belong to him; his name is ‘the Commander of the armies of angels’.
Ẹni tí ó jẹ́ ìpín Jakọbu kó rí bí ìwọ̀nyí; nítorí òun ni ó dá ohun gbogbo, àti gbogbo àwọn ẹ̀yà ajogún, Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun ni orúkọ rẹ̀.
20 Yahweh says [about the army of Babylonia] (OR, [about a nation that will attack Babylonia)], “You have been [like] [MET] my battle-axe and war-club; with your [power] I have shattered nations and destroyed [many] kingdoms.
“Ìwọ ni kùmọ̀ ogun ohun èlò ogun mi, ohun èlò ìjà mi, pẹ̀lú rẹ èmi ó fọ́ orílẹ̀-èdè túútúú, èmi ó bà àwọn ilé ọba jẹ́.
21 With your [power] I have shattered armies [of other nations]: I destroyed [their] horses and their riders, [their] chariots and [their] chariot-drivers.
Pẹ̀lú rẹ, èmi ó pa ẹṣin àti ẹni tí ó gùn ún pẹ̀lú rẹ̀; èmi ó ba kẹ̀kẹ́ ogun jẹ́ pẹ̀lú èmi ó pa awakọ̀,
22 With your [power] I shattered men and women, old people and children, young men and young women.
pẹ̀lú rẹ, mo pa ọkùnrin àti obìnrin, pẹ̀lú rẹ, mo pa àgbàlagbà àti ọmọdé, pẹ̀lú rẹ, mo pa ọ̀dọ́mọkùnrin àti ọ̀dọ́mọbìnrin.
23 With your [power] I shattered shepherds and their flocks [of sheep], farmers and their oxen, governors and [their] officials.”
Èmi yóò sì fi ọ́ fọ́ olùṣọ́-àgùntàn, àti agbo àgùntàn rẹ̀ túútúú, èmi yóò sì fi ọ́ fọ́ àgbẹ̀ àti àjàgà màlúù túútúú, èmi yóò sì fi ọ́ fọ́ baálẹ̀ àti àwọn ìjòyè rẹ̀ túútúú.
24 But, Yahweh [also] says, “[Soon] I will repay/punish [you] people in Babylon and in the rest of Babylonia for all the evil things that you have done in Jerusalem.
“Ní ojú rẹ, èmi yóò san án fún Babeli àti gbogbo àwọn olùgbé inú rẹ̀ fún gbogbo ibi tí wọ́n ti ṣe ní Sioni,” ni Olúwa wí.
25 [Babylonia is] [APO] like [MET] a great mountain [from which bandits descend] to (plunder/steal things from) people all over the earth. But I, Yahweh, am the enemy of you [people of Babylonia]. I will raise my fist to strike you. I will knock you down from the cliffs and cause you to be [only] a huge pile of burned rubble.
“Mo lòdì sí ọ, ìwọ òkè apanirun ìwọ ti ba gbogbo ayé jẹ́,” ni Olúwa wí. “Èmi ó na ọwọ́ mi sí ọ, èmi yóò yí ọ kúrò lórí àpáta, Èmi yóò sọ ọ́ dàbí òkè tí a ti jó.
26 Your [city] will be abandoned forever; [even] the stones in your [city] will never [again] be used for buildings. [Your city will be completely destroyed].”
A kò ní mú òkúta kankan láti ọ̀dọ̀ rẹ̀ lò gẹ́gẹ́ bí igun ilé tàbí fún ìpínlẹ̀ nítorí pé ìwọ yóò di ahoro títí ayé,” ní Olúwa wí.
27 [Tell] the nations to lift up a battle flag! [Tell them to] shout the battle-cry! Gather all their armies to fight against Babylon! Prepare the nations to attack Babylon. Summon [the armies of] the kingdoms [north of Babylonia]—from Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a commander for them, and bring [a great number of] horses; [there must be a huge number of horses]; that [huge number] will resemble [SIM] a swarm of locusts.
“Gbé àsíá sókè ní ilẹ̀ náà! Fọn ìpè láàrín àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè! Sọ àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè di mímọ́ sórí rẹ̀, pe àwọn ìjọba yìí láti dojúkọ ọ́: Ararati, Minini àti Aṣkenasi. Yan olùdarí ogun láti kọlù ú, rán àwọn ẹṣin sí i bí ọ̀pọ̀ eṣú.
28 Prepare the [armies of other nations], armies that will be led by the kings of Media [and Persia], their governors and [their] officials.
Sọ àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè pẹ̀lú àwọn ọba Media di mímọ́ sórí rẹ̀, àwọn baálẹ̀ rẹ̀, àti gbogbo àwọn ìjòyè rẹ̀, àti gbogbo orílẹ̀-èdè tí wọ́n jẹ ọba lé lórí.
29 [When they attack Babylon, it will be as though] the earth will shake and writhe [in pain], because [those armies] will accomplish everything that Yahweh has planned to do to Babylon; they will destroy it completely, [with the result that] no one will live there [again].
Ilẹ̀ wárìrì síyìn-ín sọ́hùn-ún, nítorí pé ète Olúwa, sí Babeli dúró, láti ba ilẹ̀ Babeli jẹ́ lọ́nà tí ẹnikẹ́ni kò ní lè gbé inú rẹ̀ mọ́.
30 [When their enemies attack], the strongest warriors in Babylon will not fight. They will remain in their barracks, without any strength. They will be as timid/weak as [SIM] women. [The enemy soldiers] will burn the buildings in the city and pull down the bars [of the city gates].
Gbogbo àwọn jagunjagun Babeli tó dáwọ́ ìjà dúró sínú àgọ́ wọn. Agbára wọn ti tán, wọ́n ti dàbí obìnrin. Ibùgbé rẹ̀ ni a ti dáná sun, gbogbo irin ẹnu-ọ̀nà wọn ti di fífọ́.
31 Messengers will go quickly, one after another, to tell the king that his city has been captured.
Ìránṣẹ́ kan ń tẹ̀lé òmíràn láti sọ fún ọba Babeli pé gbogbo ìlú rẹ̀ ni a ti kó ní ìgbèkùn.
32 The places at which people can cross the river [to escape from the city] will be blocked. The dry reeds in the marshes/swamps will be set on fire, and the soldiers of Babylon will be terrified.
Odò tí ó sàn kọjá kò sàn mọ́ ilẹ̀ àbàtà gbiná, àwọn jagunjagun sì wárìrì.”
33 This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [we] Israelis [worship], says; “Babylon is like [SIM] wheat on the ground where it is about to be threshed by [animals] tramping on it. Very soon [their enemies] will trample on [the city of] Babylon [MET].”
Ohun tí Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun Ọlọ́run àwọn ọmọ Israẹli sọ nìyìí: “Ọmọbìnrin Babeli dàbí ìpakà àsìkò láti kórè rẹ̀ kò ní pẹ́ dé mọ́.”
34 [The army of] Nebuchadnezzar, the King of Babylon, has attacked and crushed us [Israeli people], and we have no strength [left]. [It is as though] they have swallowed us like a [great] monster that filled its belly with all our tasty parts, and then has spit out [what it did not like].
“Nebukadnessari ọba Babeli tó jẹ wá run, ó ti mú kí ìdààmú bá wa, ó ti sọ wá di àgbá òfìfo. Gẹ́gẹ́ bí ejò, ó ti gbé wa mì. Ó fi oúnjẹ àdídùn wa kún inú rẹ̀, lẹ́yìn náà ni ó pọ̀ wá jáde.
35 [So] the people of [PRS] Jerusalem say [to Yahweh], “Cause the people of Babylon to suffer like they caused us to suffer! Cause the people of Babylonia to be punished for killing [MTY] our people!”
Kí gbogbo ìparun tí ó ṣe sí ẹran-ara wa wà lórí Babeli,” èyí tí àwọn ibùgbé Sioni wí. “Kí ẹ̀jẹ̀ wa wà lórí gbogbo àwọn tí ń gbé Babeli,” ni Jerusalẹmu wí.
36 And this is what Yahweh replies to the people of Jerusalem: “I will [be like your lawyer to] defend you, and I will avenge you. I will dry up the river in Babylon and [all] the springs of water.
Nítorí náà, báyìí ni Olúwa wí: “Wò ó, èmi yóò tì ọ́ lẹ́yìn lórí ohun tí o fẹ́ ṣe. Èmi ó sì gbẹ̀san, èmi yóò mú kí omi Òkun rẹ̀ àti orísun omi rẹ̀ gbẹ.
37 Babylon will become a heap of ruins, a place where jackals/wolves live. It will become a place that people are horrified about and will ridicule; it will be a place where no one lives.
Babeli yóò parun pátápátá, yóò sì di ihò àwọn akátá, ohun ẹ̀rù àti àbùkù, ibi tí ènìyàn kò gbé.
38 The people of Babylon will [all] roar like young lions; they will growl like baby lions.
Àwọn ènìyàn inú rẹ̀ bú ramúramù bí ọmọ kìnnìún.
39 But while they are extremely hungry, I will prepare a [different kind of] feast for them. [It is as though] I will cause them to drink wine until they are very drunk, [with the result that] they will fall asleep. But they will never wake up from that sleep!
Ṣùgbọ́n nígbà tí ọkàn wọn bá ru sókè, èmi yóò ṣe àsè fún wọn, èmi yóò jẹ́ kí wọn mutí yó tí wọn yóò máa kọ fun ẹ̀rín, lẹ́yìn náà, wọn yóò sun oorun, wọn kì yóò jí,” ni Olúwa wí.
40 I will bring them down to a place where they will be slaughtered, like [SIM] [someone who takes] lambs or rams or goats [to where they will be slaughtered for sacrifices].
“Èmi yóò fà wọ́n lọ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọ̀dọ́-àgùntàn tí a fẹ́ pa, gẹ́gẹ́ bí àgbò àti ewúrẹ́.
41 People all over the earth [now] (honor/praise) Babylon; they say that it is a great city. But I will cause it to become a [place about which people of all] nations are horrified.
“Báwo ni Ṣeṣaki yóò ṣe dí mímú, ìfọ́nnu gbogbo àgbáyé. Irú ìpayà wo ni yóò bá Babeli láàrín àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè!
42 The [enemies of Babylon] will cover the city [like] huge waves of the sea [DOU].
Òkun yóò ru borí Babeli, gbogbo rírú rẹ̀ yóò borí Babeli.
43 The towns in Babylonia will become ruins, Babylonia will become a dry desert area. It will be a land in which no one lives and which no one walks through.
Àwọn ìlú rẹ̀ yóò di ahoro, ilẹ̀ tí ó gbẹ, ilẹ̀ tí ènìyàn kò gbé tí ènìyàn kò sì rin ìrìnàjò.
44 And I will punish Bel, [the god that the people] of Babylon [worship], and I will cause the people to give back what they have stolen [MET]. [People of other] nations will no longer come to [worship] Bel. And the walls of Babylon will collapse.”
Èmi yóò fi ìyà jẹ Beli ti Babeli àti pé èmi yóò jẹ́ kí ó pọ gbogbo àwọn ohun tí ó gbé mì. Àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè kì yóò jùmọ̀ sàn lọ pọ̀ sí ọ̀dọ̀ rẹ̀ mọ́. Ní òótọ́ odi Babeli yóò sì wó.
45 [Yahweh also says, ] “My people, come out of Babylon! Run away from there! Run, because [I], Yahweh, am extremely angry [MTY] [with the people of Babylon, and I will get rid of them]!
“Ẹ jáde kúrò nínú rẹ̀ ẹ̀yin ènìyàn mi! Sá àsálà fún ẹ̀mí rẹ! Sá fún ìbínú ńlá Olúwa.
46 Do not be discouraged/worried [IDM] or afraid when you hear reports [about what is happening in Babylon]. People will report rumors like that every year, rumors about violent things being done in the land, and rumors about leaders fighting against each other.
Má ṣe jẹ́ kí ọkàn rẹ dàrú tàbí kí o bẹ̀rù nígbà tí a bá gbọ́ àhesọ ọ̀rọ̀ ní ilẹ̀ wa; àhesọ ọ̀rọ̀ kan wá ní ọdún yìí, òmíràn ní ọdún mìíràn àhesọ ọ̀rọ̀ ni ti ìwà ipá ní ilẹ̀ náà àti tí aláṣẹ kan sí aláṣẹ kejì.
47 But it will soon be the time for me to get rid of the idols in Babylon. [People all over] the land will be ashamed [because of being defeated]; and the corpses of their [soldiers] will lie in the streets.
Nítorí ìgbà náà yóò wá dandan nígbà tí èmi yóò fi ìyà jẹ àwọn òrìṣà Babeli; gbogbo ilẹ̀ rẹ̀ ni a ó dójútì gbogbo àwọn tí a pa yóò sì ṣubú ní àárín rẹ̀.
48 Then all [the angels in] heaven and all the [people on] [PRS] the earth will rejoice, because from the north will come [armies] that will destroy Babylon.
Ọ̀run àti ayé àti gbogbo ohun tí ó wà nínú wọn, yóò sì kọrin lórí Babeli: nítorí àwọn afiniṣèjẹ yóò wá sórí rẹ̀ láti àríwá,” ni Olúwa wí.
49 Like [the soldiers of Babylon] killed the people of Israel and [also] killed others all over the world [HYP], [the people of] Babylon must also be killed.
“Babiloni gbọdọ̀ ṣubú nítorí ìtàjẹ̀ sílẹ̀ ni Israẹli, gẹ́gẹ́ bí àwọn ti a pa ní gbogbo ayé nítorí Babeli.
50 You [Israeli people] who have not been killed [MTY], get out of Babylon! Do not wait! [Even though you are in a land] far away [from Israel], think about Yahweh, and think about Jerusalem!”
Ẹ̀yin tí ó ti bọ́ lọ́wọ́ idà, ẹ lọ, ẹ má dúró. Ẹ rántí Olúwa ní òkèrè, ẹ sì jẹ́ kí Jerusalẹmu wá sí ọkàn yín.”
51 [The Israeli people say], “We are ashamed. We are completely disgraced [DOU], because foreigners have entered Yahweh’s temple [and (defiled it/caused it to become unfit for worship)].”
“Ojú tì wá, nítorí pé àwa ti gbọ́ ẹ̀gàn: ìtìjú ti bò wá lójú nítorí àwọn àjèjì wá sórí ohun mímọ́ ilé Olúwa.”
52 Yahweh replies, “[That is true], but there will soon be a time when I will destroy the idols in Babylon, and throughout Babylonia there will be wounded people who will groan.
“Nítorí náà, wò ó, ọjọ́ ń bọ̀,” ni Olúwa wí, “tí èmi yóò ṣe ìbẹ̀wò lórí àwọn ère fínfín rẹ̀, àti àwọn tí ó gbọgbẹ́ yóò sì máa kérora já gbogbo ilẹ̀ rẹ̀.
53 Even if [the walls around] Babylon could extend up to the sky, and if its walls/fortifications were extremely strong, I will send [armies] that will destroy the city. [That will surely happen because I, ] Yahweh, have said it.”
Bí Babeli tilẹ̀ gòkè lọ sí ọ̀run, bí ó sì ṣe ìlú olódi ní òkè agbára rẹ, síbẹ̀ àwọn afiniṣèjẹ yóò ti ọ̀dọ̀ mi tọ̀ ọ́ wá,” ní Olúwa wí.
54 Listen to [the people of] Babylon crying [for help]! And listen to the sounds of things being destroyed all over Babylonia!
“Ìró igbe láti Babeli, àti ìparun láti ilẹ̀ àwọn ará Kaldea!
55 Yahweh will be destroying Babylon. He will cause the loud noises in the city to cease.
Nítorí pé Olúwa ti ṣe Babeli ní ìjẹ, ó sì ti pa ohun ńlá run kúrò nínú rẹ̀; àwọn ọ̀tá wọn sì ń hó bi omi púpọ̀, a gbọ́ ariwo ohùn wọn.
56 Enemy troops will surge against the city like [SIM] a great wave. They will capture the city’s mighty soldiers and break their weapons. [That will happen] because Yahweh is a God who punishes [his enemies] justly; he will punish them as they deserve.
Nítorí pé afiniṣèjẹ dé sórí rẹ̀, àní sórí Babeli; a mú àwọn akọni rẹ̀, a ṣẹ́ gbogbo ọrun wọn: nítorí Ọlọ́run ẹ̀san ni Olúwa, yóò san án nítòótọ́.
57 The king, the Commander of the armies of angels says, “I will cause the city officials and wise men, the army captains and soldiers [in Babylon] to become drunk. They will fall asleep, but they will never wake up [again]!”
Èmi ó sì mú kí àwọn ìjòyè rẹ̀ yó bí ọ̀mùtí, àti àwọn ọlọ́gbọ́n rẹ̀ àti àwọn baálẹ̀ rẹ̀, àti àwọn akọni rẹ̀, wọn ó sì sun oorun láéláé, wọn kì ó sì jí mọ́,” ní ọba wí, ẹni tí orúkọ rẹ̀ ń jẹ́ Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun.
58 Yahweh also says, “The thick walls around Babylon will be flattened to the ground. The city gates will be burned. People [from other countries] will work hard [to save the city], but it will be (in vain/useless), because everything [that they have built] will be destroyed by fire.”
Báyìí ní Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun wí: “Odi Babeli gbígbòòrò ní a ó wó lulẹ̀ pátápátá, ẹnu-bodè gíga rẹ̀ ní a ó sì fi iná sun: tó bẹ́ẹ̀ tí àwọn ènìyàn ti ṣiṣẹ́ lásán, àti àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè ti ṣiṣẹ́ fún iná, tí àárẹ̀ sì mú wọn.”
59 Seraiah was the man who made arrangements for the King of Babylon [whenever he traveled]. He was the son of Neraiah and grandson of Mahseiah. When he was about to go to Babylon with King Zedekiah, after Zedekiah had been ruling Judah for almost four years, the prophet Jeremiah gave him a message.
Ọ̀rọ̀ tí Jeremiah wòlíì pàṣẹ fún Seraiah, ọmọ Neriah, ọmọ Maseiah, nígbà tí o ń lọ ni ti Sedekiah, ọba Juda, sí Babeli ní ọdún kẹrin ìjọba rẹ̀. Seraiah yìí sì ní ìjòyè ibùdó.
60 Jeremiah had written on a scroll a list of all the disasters that he had written about, disasters that would soon occur in Babylon.
Jeremiah sì kọ gbogbo ọ̀rọ̀ ibi tí yóò wá sórí Babeli sínú ìwé kan, àní gbogbo ọ̀rọ̀ wọ̀nyí tí a kọ sí Babeli.
61 He said to Seraiah, “When you arrive in Babylon, read [aloud] everything that I have written [on this scroll].
Jeremiah sì sọ fún Seraiah pé, “Nígbà tí ìwọ bá dé Babeli, kí ìwọ kí ó sì wò, kí ìwọ kí ó sì ka gbogbo ọ̀rọ̀ wọ̀nyí.
62 Then pray, ‘Yahweh, you said that you will thoroughly destroy Babylon, with the result that people and animals will no [longer] live there. You said that it will be desolate forever.’
Kí ìwọ kí ó sì wí pé, ‘Olúwa ìwọ ti sọ̀rọ̀ sí ibí yí, láti ké e kúrò, kí ẹnikẹ́ni má ṣe gbé inú rẹ̀, àti ènìyàn àti ẹran, nítorí pé yóò di ahoro láéláé.’
63 [Then], when you have finished reading [what I have written on] the scroll, tie it to a [heavy] stone and throw it into the Euphrates [River].
Yóò sì ṣe, nígbà tí ìwọ bá parí kíka ìwé yìí tán kí ìwọ kí ó di òkúta mọ́ ọn, kí ó sì sọ ọ́ sí àárín odò Eufurate.
64 Then say, ‘In the same way, Babylon [and its people] will disappear and never exist again, because of the disasters that Yahweh will cause to occur there’” That is the end of Jeremiah’s messages.
Kí ìwọ sì wí pé, ‘Báyìí ní Babeli yóò rì, kí yóò sì tún dìde kúrò nínú ibi tí èmi ó mú wá sórí rẹ̀: àárẹ̀ yóò sì mú wọn.’” Títí dé ìhín ni ọ̀rọ̀ Jeremiah.
