Jeremiah 50
1 The word that the LORD spoke against Babylon [and] against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet.
Esia nye nya si Yehowa gblɔ to Nyagblɔɖila Yeremia dzi ku ɖe Babilonia kple Babiloniatɔwo ƒe anyigba ŋuti:
2 Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, [and] conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.
“Miɖe gbeƒãe eye mido kpoe le dukɔwo dome, mikɔ aflaga dzi, ne miado bobloe; migagbe nya la katã gbɔgblɔ o, ke boŋ migblɔ be, ‘Woaxɔ Babilonia, ŋukpe alé Bel eye ŋɔdzi alé Marduk vevie. Woado ŋukpe eƒe legbawo eye ŋɔdzi alé eƒe aklamakpakpɛwo.’
3 For out of the north there cometh a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell in it, they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast.
Dukɔ si tso anyiehe la ava dze edzi eye wòagblẽ eƒe anyigba keŋkeŋ. Ame aɖeke manɔ edzi o, amewo kple lãwo siaa asi adzo.”
4 In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping; they shall go, and seek the LORD their God.
Yehowa be, “Le ŋkeke mawo me, le ɣe ma ɣi me la, Israelviwo kple Yudatɔwo siaa awɔ ɖeka ava Yehowa, woƒe Mawu la gbɔ kple avi.
5 They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces towards it, [saying], Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant [that] shall not be forgotten.
Woabia Zion ƒe mɔ ta ase eye woatrɔ woƒe mo ɖo ɖe egbɔ. Woava eye woabla nubabla mavɔ kple Yehowa, nubabla si womaŋlɔ be akpɔ o.
6 My people have been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away [on] the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their resting-place.
“Nye dukɔ le abe alẽ tatrawo ene, woƒe kplɔlawoe kplɔ wo trae eye wona wole tsatsam le towo dzi. Wole tsaglãla tsam le towo kple togbɛwo dzi eye woŋlɔ woawo ŋutɔ ƒe nɔƒe be.
7 All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.
Ame sia ame si ke ɖe wo ŋu la vuvua wo; woƒe futɔwo gblɔ be, ‘Míedze agɔ o, elabena wowɔ nu vɔ̃ ɖe Yehowa, woƒe lãnyiƒe vavã, kple Yehowa wo fofowo ƒe mɔkpɔkpɔ ŋuti?’
8 Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth from the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he-goats before the flocks.
“Misi do go le Babilonia, midzo le Babiloniatɔwo ƒe anyigba dzi eye minɔ abe agbowo le alẽhawo ŋgɔ ene,
9 For lo, I will raise and cause to come against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows [shall be] as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain.
elabena made adã ta me na dukɔ siwo le anyiehenyigba dzi ɖe Babilonia ŋu eye woawɔ ɖeka aho ɖe eŋu. Woava aƒu asaɖa anyi ɖe eŋu eye woava lée tso anyiehe gome. Woƒe aŋutrɔwo magbɔ ƒuƒlu o, elabena woanɔ abe ame siwo bi ɖe aʋawɔwɔ me la tɔwo ene.
10 And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the LORD.
Ale Babilonia azu nuhaha eye ame siwo hae la akpɔ afunyinuwo fũu.” Yehowae gblɔe.
11 Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of my heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls;
“Esi mi ame siwo nye avuzi le nye domenyinu dzi, kpɔ dzidzɔ, hetso aseye eye esi mieti kpo abe nyinɔvi si le bli nyɔm ene, hexlɔ̃ abe sɔtsuwo ene ta la,
12 Your mother shall be greatly confounded; she that bore you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations [shall be] a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
Ŋukpe gã aɖe ava mia dada dzi eye ame si dzi mi, woado vloe. Anye suetɔ le dukɔwo dome, azu gbegbe, kuɖiɖinyigba kple dzogbe.
13 Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.
Le Yehowa ƒe dziku helĩhelĩ ta la, ame maganɔ eme o, ke boŋ azu aƒedo. Ame sia ame si to Babilonia ŋu yi la ƒe nu aku eye woaɖu fewu le woƒe abixɔxɔwo katã ta.
14 Put yourselves in array against Babylon on every side: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD.
“Mi ame siwo daa aŋutrɔ, midze aʋa ɖe Babilonia ŋu. Mida aŋutrɔe! Midae, ɖeke megasusɔ o, elabena ewɔ nu vɔ̃ ɖe Yehowa ŋu.
15 Shout against her on every side; she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it [is] the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do to her.
Miɖe to ɖee miado ɣli ɖe eta! Ena ta, eƒe gbetakpɔxɔwo mu dze anyi eye wogbã eƒe gliwo ƒu anyi. Esi wònye Yehowa ƒe hlɔ̃biabiae ta la, mibia hlɔ̃e; miwɔe nɛ abe ale si wòwɔe na ame bubuwo ene.
16 Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.
Mitsrɔ̃ nukuƒãla kple nuŋela kple eƒe nuŋehɛ siaa le Babilonia le nuŋeɣi. Le nugblẽla ƒe yi ta la, ame sia ame netrɔ yi eya ŋutɔ ƒe amewo gbɔ, eye ame sia ame nesi yi eya ŋutɔ ƒe anyigba dzi.
17 Israel [is] a scattered sheep; the lions have driven [him] away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.
“Israel nye alẽha si dzatawo ɖe ɖe nu, eye wokaka gbẽe. Ame gbãtɔ si vuvui lae nye Asiria fia ame mamlɛtɔ si gbã eƒe ƒuwo lae nye Babilonia fia Nebukadnezar.”
18 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.
Eya ta ale Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ, Israel ƒe Mawu la gblɔe nye esi: “Mahe to na Babilonia fia kple eƒe anyigba abe ale si mehe to na Asiria ene.
19 And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and Gilead.
Ke matrɔ Israel agbɔe va eya ŋutɔ ƒe gbe dama dzi, aɖu gbe le Karmel kple Basan eye akpɔ ƒoɖiɖi le Efraim kple Gilead togbɛwo dzi.”
20 In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and [there shall] be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.
Yehowa be, “Le ŋkeke mawo me, le ɣe ma ɣi me, woatsa, adi Israel ƒe agɔdzedze gake womakpɔ ɖeke o eye woadi Yuda ƒe nu vɔ̃wo gake womakpɔ ɖeke o, elabena matsɔe ake ame susɔe siwo megblẽ ɖi.”
21 Go up against the land of Merathaim, [even] against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.
Yehowa be, “Wɔ avu kple Merataim kple ame siwo le Pekod. Ti wo yome, wu wo eye nàtsrɔ̃ wo keŋkeŋ. Wɔ nu siwo katã ƒe se mede na wò.
22 A sound of battle [is] in the land, and of great destruction.
Aʋaɣli le anyigba dzi, eye gbegblẽ gã si le edzi yim la ƒe hoowɔwɔ le ɖiɖim.
23 How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
Aleke woŋe, eye wohekaka anyigba blibo la ƒe zu ale! Aleke Babilonia zu gbegbe le dukɔwo dome ale!
24 I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD.
O Babilonia, metre mɔ na wò eye mɔ ɖe wò hafi nèva nya gɔ̃ hã. Woke ɖe ŋuwò eye wolé wò elabena ètsi tsitre ɖe Yehowa ŋu.
25 The LORD hath opened his armory, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this [is] the work of the Lord GOD of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.
Yehowa ʋu eƒe aʋawɔnuwo ƒe ʋɔ eye wòɖe eƒe dɔmedzoe helĩhelĩ ƒe aʋawɔnu do goe, elabena dɔ le Aƒetɔ Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la, ŋu wòawɔ le Babiloniatɔwo ƒe anyigba dzi.
26 Come against her from the utmost border, open her store-houses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left.
Mitso adzɔge miava ƒo ɖe edzi. Migbã eƒe nuɖuɖudzraɖoƒewo, milɔe ƒo ƒu abe ale si wolia kɔ agblemenukuwo ene. Mitsrɔ̃e keŋkeŋ eye migasusɔ ame ɖeka hɔ̃ɔ hã ɖi o.
27 Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe to them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
Miwu eƒe nyitsu viwo katã; mikplɔ wo yi lãwuƒee! Baba na wo! Elabena woƒe ŋkeke la ɖo, ɣeyiɣi la de na wo be woaxɔ tohehe.
28 The voice of them that flee and escape from the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple.
Miɖo to miase Babilonia ƒe aʋaléleawo kple aʋasilawo ƒe nya si gblɔm wole le Zion tso ale si Yehowa, míaƒe Mawu la bia hlɔ̃ woe, ebia hlɔ̃ na eƒe gbedoxɔ.
29 Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, encamp against it on every side; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do to her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel.
“Miyɔ aŋutrɔdalawo vɛ, ne woaɖe to ɖe Babilonia, ame siwo katã hea da me la neva. Miva ɖe to ɖee godoo va kpe, migana ame aɖeke nasi o. Mixe nu siwo katã wòwɔ la ƒe fe nɛ, miwɔe nɛ abe ale si eya hã wɔe na ame bubuwo ene. Elabena edze aglã ɖe Yehowa, Israel ƒe Kɔkɔetɔ la ŋu.
30 Therefore her young men shall fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD.
Eya ta eƒe ɖekakpuiwo aku akaka ɖe mɔtatawo dzi eye ɖoɖoe azi le eƒe asrafowo nu gbe ma gbe.” Yehowae gblɔe.
31 Behold, I [am] against thee, [O thou] most proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the time [that] I will visit thee.
Aƒetɔ Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ lae gblɔ be, “Kpɔ ɖa, metso ɖe ŋutiwò, O dadala, elabena wò ŋkeke la va ɖo, wò toheɣi ɖo.
32 And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all around him.
Dadala la akli nu adze anyi eye ame aɖeke mafɔe ɖe tsitrenu o. Matɔ dzo eƒe duwo eye dzo la afia ame siwo katã ƒo xlãe la hã.”
33 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah [were] oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go.
Ale Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la, gblɔe nye esi: “Wote Israelviwo kple Yudatɔwo siaa ɖe anyi. Ame siwo katã ɖe aboyo wo la lé wo goŋgoŋ, eye wogbe asiɖeɖe le wo ŋu.
34 Their Redeemer [is] strong; the LORD of hosts [is] his name: he will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
Evɔ la, woƒe Xɔnametɔ nye ŋusẽtɔ hafi, Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔe nye eŋkɔ. Aʋli wo ta vevie, ale be wòana gbɔdzɔe woƒe anyigba, gake ana ame siwo katã le Babilonia la natsi dzimaɖi.”
35 A sword [is] upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise [men].
Yehowa be, “Yi le Babiloniatɔwo yome! Etso ɖe ame siwo le Babilonia, woƒe dumegãwo kple woƒe nunyalawo ŋuti!
36 A sword [is] upon the liars; and they shall be sottish: a sword [is] upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.
Yi atso ɖe eƒe aʋatsonyagblɔɖilawo ŋu eye woazu bometsilawo. Yi ati woƒe kalẽtɔwo yome eye ŋɔdzi alé wo!
37 A sword [is] upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that [are] in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword [is] upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed.
Yi atso ɖe eƒe sɔwo, tasiaɖamwo kple amedzro siwo katã wotsɔ aʋae la ŋuti eye woanɔ abe nyɔnuwo ene! Yi atso ɖe eƒe kesinɔnuwo ŋu eye woaha wo!
38 A drouth [is] upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it [is] the land of graven images, and they are mad upon [their] idols.
Kuɖiɖi neto eƒe tɔsisiwo me, ne woamie ƒiaƒiaƒia, elabena enye anyigba si yɔ fũu kple legbawo, legba siwo adze aɖaʋa le ŋɔdzi ta.”
39 Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the isles, shall dwell [there], and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.
Yehowa be, “Ava eme be lã wɔadãwo kple amegaxiwo anɔ afi ma, eye golowo hã atso aƒe ɖe afi ma. Maganye amenɔƒe alo amewo magatso aƒe ɖi akpɔ o, tso dzidzime yi dzidzime.
40 As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring [cities], saith the LORD; [so] shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.
Anɔ ko abe ale si metsrɔ̃ Sodom kple Gomora kple du siwo ƒo xlã wo lae ene, ale be ame aɖeke magatso aƒe ɖi o eye ame aɖeke manɔ afi ma hã o.”
41 Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the borders of the earth.
“Kpɔ ɖa! Aʋakɔ aɖe ho tso anyiehe gbɔna, wode adã ta me na dukɔ gã aɖe kple fia gbogbo aɖewo tso anyigba ƒe mlɔenuwo ke gbɔna.
42 They shall hold the bow and the lance: they [are] cruel, and will not show mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, [every one] put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.
Wogbɔna kple aŋutrɔ kple akplɔ. Woƒe ta me sẽ, eye womekpɔa nublanui o. Esi wole woƒe sɔwo dzi gbɔna la, woƒe hoowɔwɔ le abe atsiaƒue dze agbo ene. Wobla akpa abe ame siwo dze aʋa ɖi ene be woava akpe aʋa kpli wò, Oo, Babilonia vinyɔnu.
43 The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands became feeble: anguish took hold of him, [and] pangs as of a woman in travail.
Babilonia fia se nya tso wo ŋu xoxo eye eƒe lãme fa. Vɔvɔ̃ ɖoe eye wòse veve abe nyɔnu si le ku lém la ene.
44 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan to the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who [is] a chosen [man], [that] I may appoint over her? for who [is] like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who [is] that shepherd that will stand before me?
Abe dzata si do go tso Yɔdan ƒe ave dodo me, hege ɖe gbe dama nyui dzi ene la, nenema maɖe Babilonia ɖe nu tso eƒe anyigba dzi zi ɖeka kpoyi! Ame kae nye ame tiatia si madɔ wòawɔ esia? Ame kae le abe nye ene eye ame kae ate ŋu anɔ te ɖe nunye? Alẽkplɔla ka ate ŋu atsi tsitre ɖe ŋunye?”
45 Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make [their] habitation desolate with them.
Eya ta se nu si Yehowa ɖo ɖe Babilonia ŋu kple nu si ƒe susu wòwɔ ɖi ɖe Babiloniatɔwo ƒe anyigba ŋu: Woakplɔ lãha ƒe suetɔwo adzoe, agblẽ woƒe gbeɖuƒe keŋkeŋkeŋ le woƒe nuwɔwɔwo ta.
46 At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.
Babilonia xɔxɔ ƒe ɣli ana anyigba naʋuʋu, eye eƒe aviɣli aɖi le dukɔwo dome.
