< Jeremiah 15 >

1 Then said the LORD to me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, [yet] my mind [could] not [be] towards this people: cast [them] out of my sight, and let them go forth.
Tete Yehowa gblɔ nam be, “Ne Mose kple Samuel tsi tsitre ɖe ŋkunye me gɔ̃ hã la, nye dzi matrɔ ɖe dukɔ sia ŋuti o. Eya ta, nya wo ɖa le ŋkunye me. Na woadzo!
2 And it shall come to pass, if they say to thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as [are] for death, to death; and such as [are] for the sword, to the sword; and such as [are] for the famine, to the famine; and such as [are] for the captivity, to the captivity.
Ke ne wobia wò be, ‘Afi ka miayi hã’ la, gblɔ na wo be, ‘Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: “‘Ame siwo woɖo ɖi na ku la, ayi ku me. Ame siwo woɖo ɖi na yi la, atsi yi nu. Ame siwo woɖo ɖi na dɔwuame la atsi dɔwuame ƒe asi me. Eye ame siwo woɖo ɖi na aboyomeyiyi la, ayi aboyome.’”
3 And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.
Yehowa be, “Maɖo nugblẽla ƒomevi ene ɖe wo: yi be wòawu ame, avu be wòahe wo adzoe, dziƒoxeviwo kple anyigbadzilã wɔadãwo be, woavuvu wo eye woatsrɔ̃ wo.
4 And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for [that] which he did in Jerusalem.
Mawɔ wo woanye ŋunyɔnu na anyigbadzifiaɖuƒewo le nu si Hezekia ƒe vi, Manase, Yuda fia wɔ le Yerusalem ta.
5 For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask concerning thy welfare?
Yehowa be, “O Yerusalem, ame kae akpɔ nublanui na wò? Ame kae afa na wò? Ame kae atɔ, abia wò agbe ta se?
6 Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting.
Ègbe nu le gbɔnye, ègale megbedede dzi eya ta malé wò, atsrɔ̃ wò. Nyemagate ŋu akpɔ nublanui na wò o.
7 And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave [them] of children, I will destroy my people, [since] they return not from their ways.
Magbɔ wò kple nugbɔnu le anyigba sia ƒe agbowo nu. Mana kunyawo nadzɔ ɖe wo dzi eye matsrɔ̃ dukɔ sia elabena wometrɔ le woƒe mɔwo dzi o.
8 Their widows are multiplied to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noon-day: I have caused [him] to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.
Mana woƒe ahosiwo nasɔ gbɔ wu ƒutake. Le ŋdɔkutsu dzeati makplɔ nugblẽla vɛ, wòava ƒo ɖe ɖekakpuiwo dadawo dzi. Mahe vevesese kple ŋɔdzi va wo dzi kpoyi!
9 She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath resigned her breath; her sun is gone down while [it was] yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD.
Nu ate vi adre dzila ŋu, eye wòaɖe asi le eƒe luʋɔ ŋu. Eƒe ɣe aɖo to le ŋdɔ. Woado vloe eye wòaɖu ŋukpe. Mana ame siwo susɔ la natsi yi nu le woƒe futɔwo ƒe ŋkume,” Yehowae gblɔe.
10 Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor have men lent to me on usury; [yet] every one of them doth curse me.
Danye, baba be nèdzim. Nye ame si anyigba blibo la le avu wɔm, le nya hem kplii! Nyemedo nugbana na ame aɖeke o, eye ame aɖeke hã medo nugbana nam o, gake ame sia ame le fi ƒom le deyem.
11 The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to treat thee [well] in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.
Yehowa be, “Vavã maɖe wò kokoko le susu nyui aɖe ta. Le nyateƒe me, mana wò ketɔwo naɖe kuku na wò le gbegblẽ kple xaxa ƒe ɣeyiɣiwo me.
12 Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?
“Ɖe ame ate ŋu aŋe gayibɔ alo akɔbli si tso anyiehea?
13 Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and [that] for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.
“Wò nu xɔasiwo kple wò kesinɔnuwo la, matsɔ wo ana abe nuhaha ene femaxee le wò nu vɔ̃ siwo nèwɔ le wò dukɔ me godoo la ta.
14 And I will make [thee] to pass with thy enemies into a land [which] thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in my anger, [which] shall burn upon you.
Mana nànye kluvi na wò futɔwo le anyigba si mènya o la dzi elabena nye dziku azu dzo abi ɖe ŋutiwò.”
15 O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and avenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy long-suffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke.
O Yehowa, èse egɔme eya ta ɖo ŋku dzinye eye nàkpɔ tanye. Bia hlɔ̃ yonyemetilawo; le wò dzigbɔgbɔ blewuu me la, mègakplɔm dzoe o. Bu ale si mexɔ vlododo le tawòe la ŋuti.
16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.
Esi wò nyawo va la, meɖu wo, wovivi nunye eye wonye nye dzi ƒe dzidzɔ, elabena wò ŋkɔ le ŋunye, O Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Mawu.
17 I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.
Nyemenɔ anyi ɖe aglotulawo ƒe hame kpɔ loo alo kpɔ dzidzɔ kpli wo kpɔ o. Nye ɖeka koe nɔ anyi elabena wò asi le dzinye eye nètsɔ dziku yɔ menye.
18 Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, [which] refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether to me as a liar, [and as] waters [that] fail?
Nu ka ta nye vevesese nu mele tsotsom o eye nye abiwo lolo ɖe edzi hezu abi makumakuwo? Ɖe nànɔ nam abe bleziblezita alo vudo si megale tsi dzim o la enea?
19 Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou shalt return, then will I bring thee again, [and] thou shalt stand before me: and if thou shalt separate the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return to thee; but return not thou to them.
Eya ta ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: “Ne mietrɔ dzi me la, magaɖo mi te be miasubɔm. Ne miagblɔ nya vavãwo, ke menye nya maɖinyawo o, magana mianye nye amewo. Na ame siawo natrɔ ɖe ŋuwò, ke wò màtrɔ ɖe wo ŋu o.
20 And I will make thee to this people a fortified brazen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I [am] with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD.
Mawɔ wò nànye gli na ame siawo eye nànye akɔbligli sesẽ na wo. Woawɔ avu kpli wò, gake womaɖu dziwò o, elabena meli kpli wò be maxɔ na wò.
21 And I will deliver thee from the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee from the hand of the terrible.
Maxɔ wò le ame vɔ̃ɖiwo ƒe asi me, eye maɖe wò le ŋutasẽlawo ƒe fego me.” Yehowae gblɔe.

< Jeremiah 15 >