< Jeremiah 19 >

1 Thus said Jehovah, 'Go, and thou hast got a potter's earthen vessel, and of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests,
Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: “Yi ɖaƒle ze le zemela si; kplɔ dumegã kple nunɔla tsitsi aɖewo ɖe asi,
2 and thou hast gone forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, that [is] at the opening of the gate of the pottery, and hast proclaimed there the words that I speak unto thee,
ne miayi ɖe Ben Hinom ƒe Balime si te ɖe agbo si woyɔna be Zemegbo la ŋu. Le afi ma la, ɖe gbeƒã nya siwo magblɔ na wò.
3 and hast said, Hear a word of Jehovah, ye kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem, Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: 'Lo, I am bringing in evil on this place, at which the ears of every one who is hearing it do tingle,
Gblɔ be, ‘Mise Yehowa ƒe nya. O mi Yuda fiawo kple Yerusalem nɔlawo, ale Aƒetɔ Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ, Israel ƒe Mawu la gblɔe nye esi: Miɖo to afii! Mele gbegblẽ he ge ava teƒe sia eye ame sia ame si ase nya sia la ƒe towo me aɖi yeeŋ.
4 because that they have forsaken Me, and make known this place, and make perfume in it to other gods, that they knew not, they and their fathers, and the kings of Judah, and they have filled this place [with] innocent blood,
Elabena wogblẽm ɖi hetsɔ teƒe sia wɔ dzromawuwo ƒe nɔƒee. Wodo dzudzɔ ʋeʋĩ na mawu siwo woawo ŋutɔ, wo fofowo alo Yuda fiawo gɔ̃ hã menya o. Ale teƒe sia yɔ fũu kple ʋu maɖifɔwo.
5 and have built the high places of Baal to burn their sons with fire, burnt-offerings to Baal, that I commanded not, nor spake of, nor did it come up on My heart.
Wotu nuxeƒewo na Baal be woatɔ dzo woƒe ŋutsuviwo le afi ma abe vɔsa na Baal ene, nu si nyemeɖo na wo alo gblɔ na wo kaka wòayi nye ta me va ge o.
6 'Therefore, lo, days are coming — an affirmation of Jehovah — and this place is not called any more, Tophet, and Valley of the son of Hinnom, but, Valley of slaughter.
Eya ta Yehowa be mikpɔ nyuie elabena ŋkekewo li gbɔna, esi amewo magayɔ teƒe sia be Tofet alo Ben Hinom ƒe Balime o, ke boŋ woayɔe be Kubalime.
7 And I have made void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place, and have caused them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those seeking their life, and I have given their carcase for food to the fowl of the heavens, and to the beast of the earth,
“‘Magblẽ Yuda kple Yerusalem ƒe ɖoɖowo me le teƒe sia. Mana woadze anyi le woƒe futɔwo ŋgɔ, ahatsi woƒe yi nu. Ɛ̃, woatsi ame siwo le woƒe agbe yome tim la ƒe asi me, eye matsɔ woƒe ŋutilã kukuawo awɔ nuɖuɖu na dziƒoxeviwo kple lã wɔadãwo.
8 and I have made this city for a desolation, and for a hissing, every passer by it is astonished, and doth hiss for all its plagues.
Magbã du sia gudugudu eye mana wòazu alɔmeɖenu. Ame siwo katã ato afi ma ayi la ƒe mo awɔ yaa eye woaɖu fewu le eŋu le ale si wogbãe la ta.
9 And I have caused them to eat the flesh of their sons, and the flesh of their daughters, and each the flesh of his friend they do eat, in the siege and in the straitness with which straiten them do their enemies, and those seeking their life.
Mana woalé wo viŋutsuwo kple wo vinyɔnuwo aɖa aɖu. Woalé wo nɔewo aɖu le xaxa gã si ava wo dzi ne woƒe futɔ siwo le woƒe agbe yome tim la ɖe to ɖe wo?’
10 'And thou hast broken the bottle before the eyes of the men who are going with thee,
“Emegbe, gbã ze la le ame siwo nèkplɔ ɖe asi la ŋkume,
11 and hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Thus do I break this people and this city, as one breaketh the potter's vessel, that is not able to be repaired again, and in Tophet they bury — without place to bury;
eye nàgblɔ na wo be, ‘Ale Aƒetɔ Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: Magbã dukɔ sia kple du sia gudugudu abe ale si zemela ƒe ze sia gbãe eye womagate ŋu atree o la ene. Woaɖi woƒe ame kukuwo ɖe Tofet va se ɖe esime teƒe maganɔ anyi o.
12 so I do to this place — an affirmation of Jehovah — and to its inhabitants, so as to make this city as Tophet;
Yehowa be, aleae mawɔ teƒe sia kple emenɔlawo katãe. Mawɔ du sia abe Tofet ene.
13 and the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, have been — as the place of Tophet — defiled, even all the houses on whose roofs they have made perfume to all the host of the heavens, so as to pour out oblations to other gods.'
Aƒe siwo le Yerusalem kple Yuda fiawo ƒe aƒewo la, woagblẽ kɔ ɖo na wo abe Tofet ƒe nɔƒe ene ɖe aƒe siwo katã ƒe tame wodo dzudzɔ ʋeʋĩ le na dziƒoŋunuwo le eye woƒo aha ɖi na mawu bubuwo la ta.’”
14 And Jeremiah cometh in from Tophet, whither Jehovah had sent him to prophesy, and he standeth in the court of the house of Jehovah, and he saith unto all the people:
Tete Yeremia trɔ tso Tofet, afi si Yehowa dɔe ɖo be wòagblɔ nya ɖi heva tsi tsitre ɖe Yehowa ƒe aƒe la ƒe xɔxɔnu eye wògblɔ na ameha la bena,
15 'Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am bringing in unto this city, and on all its cities, all the evil that I have spoken against it, for they have hardened their neck — not to hear My words!'
“Ale Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ kple Israel ƒe Mawu la gblɔe nye esi: ‘Kpɔ ɖa, mahe gbegblẽ siwo megblɔ ɖi ɖe du sia kple du bubu siwo ƒo xlãe ŋuti la ava wo dzi elabena wonye kɔlialiatɔwo eye wogbe be yewomaɖo to nye nyawo o.’”

< Jeremiah 19 >