Jeremiah 9
1 I wish that my head was [like] [MET] a spring of water, and that my eyes were [like] a fountain of tears. Then I would cry night and day for all of my people who have been killed [by our enemies].
Ọ gaara adị m mma ma a sị na isi m bụ isi iyi, ebe mmiri si asọpụta; ọ gaara adị m mma ma a sịkwa na anya mmiri akwa jupụtara m nʼanya. Agaara m akwagide akwa ehihie na abalị nʼihi ndị m niile e gburu egbu.
2 I wish that I could leave my people and forget them, and go and live in a shack/shelter in the desert, because they have not remained faithful [MET] [to Yahweh]; they are a mob of people who deceive others.
Ọ gaara adị m mma ma a sị na m nwere ụlọ ndị ije e wuru nʼime ọzara. Ka m nwee ike hapụ ndị m site nʼebe ha nọ pụọ. Nʼihi na ha niile bụ ndị na-akwa iko, igwe ndị na-ekwesighị ntụkwasị obi.
3 [Yahweh replied to me], “They use their tongues [to tell] [MET] lies like people shoot [arrows] with bows. It is because they tell lies that they have become more powerful in this land, and they do not know me.
“Ha na-ekwe ire ha dịka ụta, ịgbapụ okwu ụgha dịka àkụ; Ọ bụghị site nʼeziokwu ka ihe ji agara ha nke ọma nʼala ahụ. Ha na-esite nʼotu mmehie gaa nʼọzọ; ọ dịkwaghị mgbe ha ji mara m,” otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara.
4 Do not trust your neighbors and [even] your brothers! They all are as deceitful [as Jacob was]. They slander [each other] and tell lies [about each other].
“Lezie anya, gbaara enyi gị ọsọ. Atụkwasịkwala nwanne gị obi. Nʼihi na nwanne ọbụla na-aghọ aghụghọ. Ndị enyi niile bụkwa ndị nkwutọ.
5 They deceive their friends and never tell the truth. They lie continually and, because of that, they have become skilled liars; they do one oppressive thing after another, and are unable to stop doing it.
Enyi na-aghọgbu enyi ya, ọ dịkwaghị onye na-agwa ibe ya eziokwu. Ha azụọla ire ha ikwu naanị okwu ụgha; ha emeekwala ka ike gwụ anụ ahụ ha ime mmehie.
6 They habitually lie and deceive [each other], and no one will admit/say that I am God.
I bi nʼetiti aghụghọ. Ha jụkwara ịmara m nʼime aghụghọ ha.” Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara.
7 Therefore [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, say this: Listen carefully to what I say: I will [cause my people to experience great afflictions, ] [like a metalworker puts metal in a hot fire] [MET] to completely burn out the impure bits. Because of all [the evil things] that my people have done, there is absolutely nothing else [RHQ] that I can do.
Ya mere, ihe ndị a ka Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile kwuru, “Lee, aga m anụcha ha, nwaa ha ọnwụnwa. Gịnị ọzọ ka m kwesiri ime nʼihi mmehie ndị m?
8 What they say [MTY] [injures people like] [MET] poisoned arrows do. They say to their neighbors, ‘I hope things will go well for you,’ while they are planning to kill them.
Ire ha na-egbu dịka àkụ. Ọ bụ naanị okwu aghụghọ si na ya apụta. Ha ji ọnụ ha na-agwarịta ibe ha okwu udo, ma nʼime obi ha, ha na-esirịtara onwe ha ọnya igbudu.”
9 Should I not punish them for doing that [RHQ]? Yes, I should certainly (get revenge on/give what they deserve to) [the people of] a nation that does things like that!”
Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara sị, “M ga-aghara ịta ha ahụhụ nʼihi ihe ndị a niile? M ga-ahapụ ịbọrọ onwe m ọbọ megide mba dị otu a?”
10 So, I will weep and wail for [the people who live in] the mountains and in the (pastures/places where the livestock eat the grass), because those areas will be desolate, and no one will live there. There will be no cattle there to call to each other, and all the birds and wild animals will have fled [to other places].
Aga m anọ nʼelu ugwu ukwu kwa akwa. Nʼebe ahụ ka m ga-anọ kwaa ụwa m nʼihi ebe ịta nri nke anụmanụ ndị ahụ dị nʼọzara. Ha tọgbọrọ nʼefu. Ọ dịghị onye na-ejegharị nʼime ya. A naghị anụkwa olu anụ ụlọ nʼebe ahụ. Ụmụ nnụnụ efefusịala. Otu a kwa, ụmụ anụmanụ alaala.
11 [Yahweh also says], “I will cause Jerusalem to become a heap of ruins, and [only] jackals/wolves will live there. I will destroy the towns of Judah, with the result that they will be completely deserted; no one will live there.”
“Aga m eme ka Jerusalem ghọọ ebe a na-awụfu unyi. Ọ ga-aghọ ebe nkịta ọhịa na-awagharị na-achọ nri. Aga m ekposa obodo niile nke Juda. Ọ dịkwaghị onye ga-ebi na ya.”
12 [I said], “Only people who are very wise [RHQ] can understand these things. Only those who have been taught by Yahweh can [RHQ] explain these things to others. The wise people are [RHQ] the only ones who can explain why the land will be completely ruined with the result that everyone [RHQ] will be afraid to travel through it.”
Olee onye ahụ maara ihe, nke nwere ike ịghọta ihe ndị a niile? Onye ka Onyenwe anyị ziri ihe ndị a, nke ga-akọwa ya? Gịnị mere e ji bibie ala a, kposaa ya, mee ka ọ tọgbọrọ nʼefu dịka ọzara mmadụ na-enweghị ike ịgafe?
13 Yahweh replied, “[These things will happen] because my people have rejected my laws which I gave to them; they have not obeyed me or my instructions.
Onyenwe anyị kwuru sị, “Ọ bụ nʼihi na ha agbakụtala iwu ahụ m nyere ha idebe azụ. Ha jụrụ irubere m isi, jụkwa ịgbaso iwu m.
14 Instead, they have stubbornly done the things that they wanted to do. They have worshiped the idols that represent the god Baal, which is what their ancestors did.
Kama, ha na-agbaso isiike nke obi ha, ha gbasoro chi Baal dịka nna nna ha si kuziere ha.”
15 So now listen to what [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, the God of the Israelis, say: [What I will do will be like] [MET] giving these people bitter things to eat and poison to drink:
Nʼihi ya, nke a bụ ihe Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile, Chineke nke Izrel kwuru, “Lee, aga m eme ka ndị a rie nri na-akụ ilu. Ha ga-aṅụkwa mmiri e tinyere nsi.
16 I will scatter them to many nations which neither they nor their ancestors have known [anything about]; I will [enable their enemies to] strike them with swords until I have destroyed them.”
Aga m ekposa ha na mba niile nke ụwa. Ha ga-ebi na mba nke ha na nna ha na-amaghị. Aga m eji mma agha chụọ ha ọsọ tutu ruo mgbe m bibiri ha niile.”
17 This is also what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “Think [about what is happening], [then] summon those women who mourn [when someone has died].
Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile kwuru, “Tụgharịanụ uche unu ugbu a. Kpọọnụ ụmụ nwanyị ndị ọrụ ha bụ ịbụ abụ akwa. E, zienụ ozi ka ndị ọkachamara nʼetiti ha bịa.
18 Tell them to come quickly and start to wail, with the result that tears will stream down from your(pl) eyes.
Ha bịa ngwangwa kwaa akwa nʼihi anyị, tutu anya mmiri akwa ejupụta ha nʼanya, tutu anya mmiri akwa esite anyị nʼanya na-asọda ruo na ntị anyị.
19 Listen to [the people of] Jerusalem crying/lamenting, saying, ‘We have been ruined/destroyed! We have experienced a terrible disaster! Now we are very ashamed, because our houses have been destroyed [by our enemies], and we [are being forced to] leave our land.’”
Olu ụzụ ịkwa akwa ka a nụrụ site na Zayọn ‘Lee ka anyị si laa nʼiyi! Lee ka ihe ihere anyị si dị ukwuu! Nʼihi na anyị hapụrụ ala anyị, nʼihi na ha etikpọsịala ebe obibi anyị niile.’”
20 You women, listen to what Yahweh says [MTY]. Pay attention to his words [DOU]. Teach your daughters to wail. Teach each other how to sing funeral songs,
Ugbu a, nụrụnụ okwu Onyenwe anyị, unu ụmụ nwanyị, megheenụ ntị unu nụrụ okwu si ya nʼọnụ. Kuzierenụ ụmụ unu ndị inyom otu e si eti mkpu akwa, kuziekwaranụ ibe unu abụ akwa.
21 because people will be dying [PRS] in your houses and in palaces. There will be no more children playing in the streets, there will be no more young men [gathering] in the city squares/marketplaces.
Nʼihi na ọnwụ abatala nʼetiti anyị, o si na oghereikuku niile nke ụlọ anyị bata nʼebe niile e wusiri ike nke ala anyị. O gbuola ụmụntakịrị ndị na-ejegharị nʼokporoụzọ, gbukwaa ụmụ okorobịa ndị na-anọ nʼama.
22 There will be corpses scattered across the fields like dung; their dead bodies will lie there like [SIM] grain that has been cut by reapers/farmers, and there will be no one [still alive] to bury them.
Gwa ha, sị, “Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri, “‘Ozu ndị nwụrụ anwụ ga-atọgbọrọ dịka unyi e kpofuru nʼọhịa, dịka ukwu ọka nke e gbuturu nʼazụ onye na-aghọ mkpụrụ ubi, nke ọ dịghị onye ga-achịkọta ha.’”
23 Yahweh says this: “Wise men should not boast about their being wise, strong men should not boast about their being strong; and rich people should not boast about their being rich.
Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru, “Ka onye maara ihe hapụ ịnya isi nʼihi amamihe ya, ka onye dị ike ghara ịnya isi nʼihi ịdị ike ya, ka ọgaranya hapụkwa ịnya isi nʼihi ịba ụba nke akụ ya,
24 Instead, those who want to boast should boast about their knowing me and about understanding that I am Yahweh, that I am kind and just and righteous, that I faithfully love [people], and that I am delighted with [people who act] that way.
kama, onye ọbụla na-anya isi, ya nyaa isi nʼihi nke a: na o nwere uche ịghọta na mụ onwe m bụ, Onyenwe anyị nke na-eme obi ebere, na-ekpe ikpe ziri ezi na ezi omume nʼụwa. Nʼihi nʼihe ndị a ka m na-enwe obi ụtọ,” ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri.
25 There will be a time when I will punish all those people of Egypt and of the Moab people-group and of the Edom [people-group] and of the Ammon [people-group], all those people who live close to desert areas (OR, who cut their hair short [to please their gods]) far from Judah, all those people who have [changed their bodies by] circumcising them [MET] but who have not [changed] their inner beings. I will punish the people of Judah also, because they have not changed their inner beings, [either].”
“Lee, ụbọchị ahụ na-abịa,” ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara, “mgbe m ga-ata ndị ahụ niile nke e biri ugwu naanị nʼanụ ahụ ha ahụhụ.
Ya bụ ndị Ijipt, Juda, Edọm, Amọn, na Moab, na ndị ahụ niile bi nʼọzara nʼebe dị anya. Nʼihi na, nʼezie, mba ndị a niile bụ ndị a na-ebighị ugwu. Ọ bụladị ụlọ Izrel niile bụ ndị a na-ebighị ugwu nʼime obi ha.”
