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].
Háà! Orí ìbá jẹ́ orísun omi kí ojú mi sì jẹ́ orísun omijé! Èmi yóò sì sọkún tọ̀sán tòru nítorí ìparun àwọn ènìyàn mi.
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.
Háà, èmi ìbá ní ni aginjù ilé àgbàwọ̀ fún àwọn arìnrìn-àjò, kí n ba à lè fi àwọn ènìyàn mi sílẹ̀ kí n sì lọ kúrò lọ́dọ̀ wọn: nítorí gbogbo wọn jẹ́ panṣágà àjọ aláìṣòótọ́ ènìyàn.
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.
Wọ́n ti pèsè ahọ́n wọn sílẹ̀ bí ọfà láti fi pa irọ́; kì í ṣe nípa òtítọ́ ni wọ́n fi borí ní ilẹ̀ náà. Wọ́n ń lọ láti inú ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ kan sí òmíràn; wọn kò sì náání mi, ní Olúwa wí.
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].
“Ṣọ́ra fún àwọn ọ̀rẹ́ rẹ; má ṣe gbẹ́kẹ̀lé àwọn arákùnrin rẹ. Nítorí pé oníkálùkù arákùnrin jẹ́ atannijẹ, oníkálùkù ọ̀rẹ́ sì jẹ́ abanijẹ́.
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.
Ọ̀rẹ́ ń dalẹ̀ ọ̀rẹ́. Kò sì ṣí ẹni tó sọ òtítọ́, wọ́n ti kọ́ ahọ́n wọn láti máa purọ́. Wọ́n sọ ara wọn di onírẹ̀wẹ̀sì pẹ̀lú ẹ̀ṣẹ̀
6 They habitually lie and deceive [each other], and no one will admit/say that I am God.
Ó ń gbé ní àárín ẹ̀tàn; wọ́n kọ̀ láti mọ̀ mí nínú ẹ̀tàn wọn,” ni Olúwa wí.
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.
Nítorí náà, èyí ni ohun tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run Àwọn ọmọ-ogun wí: “Wò ó, èmi dán wọn wo; nítorí pé kí ni èmi tún le è ṣe? Nítorí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ àwọn ènìyàn mi?
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.
Ahọ́n wọn dàbí ọfà olóró; ó ń sọ ẹ̀tàn. Oníkálùkù sì ń fi ẹnu rẹ̀ sọ̀rọ̀ àlàáfíà sí aládùúgbò rẹ̀, ní inú ọkàn rẹ̀, ó dẹ tàkúté sílẹ̀.
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!”
Èmi kì yóò ha fi ìyà jẹ wọ́n nítorí èyí?” ni Olúwa wí. “Èmi kì yóò ha gbẹ̀san ara mi lórí irú orílẹ̀-èdè yìí bí?”
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].
Èmi yóò sì sọkún, pohùnréré ẹkún fún àwọn òkè àti ẹkún ìrora lórí pápá oko aginjù wọ̀n-ọn-nì. Nítorí wọ́n di ahoro, wọn kò sì kọjá ní ibẹ̀. A kò sì gbọ́ igbe ẹran ọ̀sìn. Àwọn ẹyẹ ojú ọ̀run sì ti sálọ, bẹ́ẹ̀ náà ni àwọn ẹranko sì ti lọ.
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.”
“Èmi yóò sì sọ Jerusalẹmu di òkìtì àlàpà àti ihò àwọn ìkookò. Èmi ó sì sọ ìlú Juda di ahoro tí ẹnikẹ́ni kò sì ní le è gbé.”
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.”
Ta ni ẹni náà tí ó ní ọgbọ́n láti mòye nǹkan wọ̀nyí? Ta ni Olúwa ti sọ èyí fún, tí ó sì lè ṣàlàyé rẹ̀? Èéṣe tí ilẹ̀ náà fi ṣègbé bí aginjù, tí ẹnìkankan kò sì le là á kọjá?
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.
Olúwa sì wí pé, nítorí pé wọ́n ti kọ òfin mi sílẹ̀, èyí tí mo gbé kalẹ̀ níwájú wọn, wọn ṣe àìgbọ́ràn sí wọn, wọn kò sì rìn nínú òfin mi.
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.
Dípò èyí, wọ́n ti tẹ̀lé agídí ọkàn wọn, wọ́n ti tẹ̀lé Baali gẹ́gẹ́ bí àwọn baba wọn ṣe kọ́ wọn.
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:
Nítorí náà, èyí ni ohun tí Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun, Ọlọ́run Israẹli wí, “Wò ó, Èmi yóò mú kí àwọn ènìyàn wọ̀nyí jẹ oúnjẹ kíkorò àti láti mu omi májèlé.
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.”
Èmi yóò sì tú wọn ká láàrín àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè, nínú èyí tí àwọn tàbí àwọn baba wọn kò mọ̀. Èmi yóò sì lépa wọn pẹ̀lú idà títí èmi yóò fi pa wọ́n run.”
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].
Èyí sì ni ohun tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run àwọn ọmọ-ogun wí: “Sá à wò ó nísinsin yìí! Ké sí obìnrin ti ń ṣọ̀fọ̀ nì kí ó wá; sì ránṣẹ́ pe àwọn tí ó mòye nínú wọn.
18 Tell them to come quickly and start to wail, with the result that tears will stream down from your(pl) eyes.
Jẹ́ kí wọn wá kíákíá, kí wọn wá pohùnréré ẹkún lé wa lórí títí ojú wa yóò fi sàn fún omijé tí omi yóò sì máa sàn àwọn ìpéǹpéjú wa.
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.’”
A gbọ́ igbe ìpohùnréré ẹkún ní Sioni: ‘Àwa ti ṣègbé tó! A gbọdọ̀ fi ilẹ̀ wa sílẹ̀, nítorí pé àwọn ilé wa ti parun.’”
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,
Nísinsin yìí, ẹ̀yin obìnrin ẹ gbọ́ ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa; ṣí etí yín sí ọ̀rọ̀ ẹnu rẹ. Kọ́ àwọn ọmọbìnrin yín ní ìpohùnréré ẹkún, kí ẹ sì kọ́ ara yín ní arò.
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.
Ikú ti gba ojú fèrèsé wa wọlé ó sì ti wọ odi alágbára wa ó ti ké àwọn ọmọ kúrò ní àdúgbò àti àwọn ọ̀dọ́mọkùnrin kúrò ní gbọ̀ngàn ìta gbangba.
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.
Sọ pé, “Èyí ni ohun tí Olúwa wí: “‘Òkú àwọn ènìyàn yóò ṣubú bí ààtàn ní oko gbangba àti bí ìbùkúnwọ́ lẹ́yìn olùkórè láìsí ẹnìkankan láti kó wọn jọ.’”
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.
Èyí ni ohun tí Olúwa wí: “Má ṣe jẹ́ kí ọlọ́gbọ́n yangàn nítorí agbára ọgbọ́n rẹ̀, tàbí alágbára nítorí agbára rẹ̀, tàbí ọlọ́rọ̀ nítorí ọrọ̀ rẹ̀.
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.
Ẹ jẹ́ kí ẹni tí ń ṣògo nípa èyí nì wí pé: òun ní òye, òun sì mọ̀ mí wí pé, Èmi ni Olúwa tí ń ṣe òtítọ́, ìdájọ́ àti òdodo ní ayé, nínú èyí ni mo ní inú dídùn sí,” Olúwa wí.
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].”
“Ọjọ́ ń bọ̀,” ni Olúwa wí, “tí Èmi yóò fi ìyà jẹ gbogbo àwọn tí a kọ ilà fún nínú ara nìkan.
Ejibiti, Juda, Edomu, Ammoni, Moabu àti gbogbo àwọn tí ń gbé ní ọ̀nà jíjìn réré ní aginjù. Nítorí pé gbogbo àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè wọ̀nyí jẹ́ aláìkọlà gbogbo àwọn ará ilé Israẹli sì jẹ́ aláìkọlà ọkàn.”
