Jeremiah 5
1 Go to and fro in streets of Jerusalem, And see, I pray you, and know, And seek in her broad places, if ye find a man, If there be one doing judgment, seeking stedfastness — Then am I propitious to her.
“Lọ sókè àti sódò àwọn òpópó Jerusalẹmu, wò yíká, kí o sì mọ̀, kí o sì wá kiri. Bí o bá le è rí ẹnìkan, tí ó jẹ́ olóòtítọ́ àti olódodo, n ó dáríjì ìlú yìí.
2 And if they say, 'Jehovah liveth,' Surely to a falsehood they swear.
Bí wọ́n tilẹ̀ wí pé, ‘Bí Olúwa ti ń bẹ,’ síbẹ̀ wọ́n búra èké.”
3 Jehovah, Thine eyes, are they not on stedfastness? Thou hast smitten them, and they have not grieved, Thou hast consumed them, They have refused to receive instruction, They made their faces harder than a rock, They have refused to turn back.
Olúwa, ojú rẹ kò ha wà lára òtítọ́? Ìwọ lù wọ́n, kò dùn wọ́n; ìwọ bá wọn wí, wọ́n kọ̀ láti yípadà. Wọ́n mú ojú wọn le ju òkúta lọ, wọ́n sì kọ̀ láti yípadà.
4 And I — I said, 'Surely these [are] poor, They have been foolish, For they have not known the way of Jehovah, The judgment of their God.
Èmi sì rò pé, “Tálákà ni àwọn yìí; wọn jẹ́ aṣiwèrè, nítorí pé wọn kò mọ ọ̀nà Olúwa, àti ohun tí Ọlọ́run wọn ń fẹ́.
5 I get me to the great, and I speak with them, For they have known the way of Jehovah, The judgment of their God.' Surely they together have broken the yoke, They have drawn away the bands.
Nítorí náà, èmi yóò tọ àwọn adarí lọ, n ó sì bá wọn sọ̀rọ̀; ó dájú wí pé wọ́n mọ ọ̀nà Olúwa àti ohun tí Ọlọ́run wọn ń fẹ́.” Ṣùgbọ́n pẹ̀lú ìfìmọ̀ṣọ̀kan, wọ́n ti ba àjàgà jẹ́, wọ́n sì ti já ìdè.
6 Therefore smitten them hath a lion out of the forest, A wolf of the deserts doth spoil them, A leopard is watching over their cities, Every one who is going out of them is torn, For many have been their transgressions, Mighty have been their backslidings.
Nítorí náà, kìnnìún láti inú igbó yóò kọlù wọ́n, ìkookò aginjù yóò sì pa wọ́n run, ẹkùn yóò máa ṣe ibùba sí ẹ̀bá ìlú yín ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá jáde ni yóò fàya pẹ́rẹpẹ̀rẹ, nítorí àìgbọ́ràn yín pọ, ìpadàsẹ́yìn wọn sì pọ̀.
7 For this I am not propitious to thee, Thy sons have forsaken Me, And are satisfied by that which is not god, I satisfy them, and they commit adultery, And at the house of a harlot They gather themselves together.
“Kí ni ṣe tí èmi ó ṣe dáríjì ọ́? Àwọn ọmọ rẹ ti kọ̀ mí sílẹ̀ àti pé wọ́n ti fi ọlọ́run tí kì í ṣe Ọlọ́run búra. Mo pèsè fún gbogbo àìní wọn, síbẹ̀ wọ́n tún ń ṣe panṣágà wọ́n sì kórajọ sí ilé àwọn alágbèrè.
8 Fed horses — they have been early risers, Each to the wife of his neighbour they neigh.
Wọ́n jẹ́ akọ ẹṣin tí a bọ́ yó, tí ó lágbára, wọ́n sì ń sọkún sí aya arákùnrin wọn.
9 For these do I not lay a charge? An affirmation of Jehovah, And on a nation such as this, Doth not My soul avenge itself?
Èmi kì yóò ha ṣe ìbẹ̀wò nítorí nǹkan wọ̀nyí?” ni Olúwa wí. “Èmi kì yóò wá gba ẹ̀san fúnra mi lára irú orílẹ̀-èdè bí èyí bí?
10 Go ye up on her walls, and destroy, And a completion make not, Turn aside her branches, for they [are] not Jehovah's,
“Lọ sí ọgbà àjàrà rẹ̀, kí ẹ sì pa wọ́n run, ẹ má ṣe pa wọ́n run pátápátá. Ya ẹ̀ka rẹ̀ kúrò, nítorí àwọn ènìyàn wọ̀nyí kì í ṣe ti Olúwa.
11 For dealt treacherously against Me have the house of Israel, And the house of Judah, an affirmation of Jehovah.
Ilé Israẹli àti ilé Juda ti jẹ́ aláìṣòdodo sí mi,” ni Olúwa wí.
12 They have lied against Jehovah, And they say, '[It is] not He, Nor come in against us doth evil, Yea, sword and famine we do not see.
Wọ́n ti pa irọ́ mọ́ Olúwa; wọ́n wí pé, “Òun kì yóò ṣe ohun kan! Ibi kan kì yóò sì tọ̀ wá wá; àwa kì yóò sì rí idà tàbí ìyàn.
13 And the prophets become wind, And the word is not in them,' — thus it is done by them.
Àwọn wòlíì wá dàbí afẹ́fẹ́, ọ̀rọ̀ kò sí nínú wọn. Nítorí náà, jẹ́ kí ohun tí wọ́n bá sọ ṣẹlẹ̀ sí wọn.”
14 Therefore, thus said Jehovah, God of Hosts, Because of your speaking this word, Lo, I am making My words in thy mouth become fire, And this people wood, and it hath devoured them.
Nítorí náà, báyìí ni Olúwa Ọlọ́run Alágbára wí: “Nítorí tí àwọn ènìyàn ti sọ àwọn ọ̀rọ̀ wọ̀nyí; Èmi yóò sọ ọ̀rọ̀ mi lẹ́nu wọn di iná, àti àwọn ènìyàn wọ̀nyí di igi tí yóò jórun.
15 Lo, I am bringing against you a nation from afar, O house of Israel, an affirmation of Jehovah, A nation — strong it [is], a nation — from of old it [is], A nation — thou knowest not its tongue, Nor understandest what it speaketh.
Háà, ẹ̀yin ilé Israẹli,” ni Olúwa wí, “Èmi yóò mú kí orílẹ̀-èdè láti ọ̀nà jíjìn dìde sí i yín Orílẹ̀-èdè àtijọ́ àti alágbára nì àwọn ènìyàn tí ìwọ kò mọ èdè rẹ̀, tí ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ̀ kò sì yé ọ.
16 Its quiver [is] as an open sepulchre, All of them — mighty ones.
Apó-ọfà rẹ sì dàbí isà òkú tí a ṣí gbogbo wọn sì jẹ́ akọni ènìyàn.
17 And it hath consumed thy harvest and thy bread, They consume thy sons, and thy daughters, It consumeth thy flock, and thy herd, It consumeth thy vine, and thy fig-tree, It maketh poor thy fenced cities, In which thou art trusting — by the sword.
Wọn yóò jẹ ìkórè rẹ àti oúnjẹ rẹ, àwọn ọmọ rẹ ọkùnrin àti obìnrin, wọn yóò sì jẹ agbo àti ẹran rẹ, wọn yóò jẹ àjàrà àti igi ọ̀pọ̀tọ́ rẹ. Pẹ̀lú idà ni wọn ó run ìlú tí ìwọ gbẹ́kẹ̀lé.
18 And even in those days, an affirmation of Jehovah, I do not make you a completion.
“Ní ọjọ́ wọ̀n-ọn-nì,” ni Olúwa wí, “Èmi kì yóò pa yín run pátápátá.
19 And it hath come to pass, when ye say, 'For what hath Jehovah our God done to us all these?' That thou hast said unto them, 'As ye have forsaken Me, And serve the gods of a foreigner in your land, So do ye serve strangers in a land not yours.
Àti pé, nígbà tí àwọn ènìyàn bá sì béèrè wí pé, ‘Kí ni ìdí rẹ̀ tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run wa fi ṣe gbogbo èyí sí wa?’ Ìwọ yóò sì sọ fún wọn wí pé, ‘Ẹ̀yin ti kọ̀ mí sílẹ̀, ẹ sì ń sin ọlọ́run àjèjì ní ilẹ̀ yín. Nísinsin yìí, ẹ̀yin yóò máa sin àjèjì ní ilẹ̀ tí kì í ṣe tiyín.’
20 Declare ye this in the house of Jacob, And sound ye it in Judah, saying,
“Kéde èyí fún ilé Jakọbu, kí ẹ sì polongo rẹ̀ ní Juda.
21 Hear ye, I pray you, this, O people, foolish and without heart, Eyes they have, and they see not, Ears they have, and they hear not.
Gbọ́ èyí, ẹ̀yin aṣiwèrè àti aláìlọ́gbọ́n ènìyàn, tí ó lójú ti kò fi ríran tí ó létí ti kò fi gbọ́rọ̀.
22 Me do ye not fear, an affirmation of Jehovah? From My presence are ye not pained? Who hath made sand the border of the sea, A limit age-during, and it passeth not over it, They shake themselves, and they are not able, Yea, sounded have its billows, and they pass not over.
Kò ha yẹ kí ẹ bẹ̀rù mi?” ni Olúwa wí. “Kò ha yẹ kí ẹ̀yin ó wárìrì níwájú mi bí? Mo fi yanrìn pààlà òkun, èyí tí kò le è rékọjá rẹ̀ láéláé. Ìjì lè jà, kò le è borí rẹ̀; wọ́n le è bú, wọn kò le è rékọjá rẹ̀.
23 And this people hath an apostate and rebellious heart, They have turned aside, and they go on.
Ṣùgbọ́n, àwọn ènìyàn wọ̀nyí ní ọkàn líle àti ọkàn ọ̀tẹ̀, wọ́n ti yípadà, wọ́n sì ti lọ.
24 And they have not said in their heart, 'Let us fear, we pray you, Jehovah our God, who is giving rain, The sprinkling and the gathered, in its season, The appointed weeks of harvest He keepeth for us.'
Wọn kò sọ fún ara wọn pé, ‘Ẹ jẹ́ ká a bẹ̀rù Olúwa Ọlọ́run wa, ẹni tí ó fún wa ní òjò àkọ́rọ̀ àti àrọ̀kúrò òjò ní ìgbà rẹ̀, tí ó fi wá lọ́kàn balẹ̀ nípa ìkórè ọ̀sẹ̀ déédé.’
25 Your iniquities have turned these away, And your sins have kept the good from you.
Àìṣedéédéé yín mú gbogbo nǹkan wọ̀nyí kúrò, ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ yín sì mú kí a fi nǹkan rere dù yín.
26 For the wicked have been found among My people. It looketh about the covering of snares, They have set up a trap — men they capture.
“Láàrín ènìyàn mi ni ìkà ènìyàn wà tí ó wà ní ibùba bí ẹni tí ó ń dẹ ẹyẹ, àti bí àwọn tí ó ń dẹ pàkúté láti mú ènìyàn.
27 As a cage full of fowls, So their houses are full of deceit, Therefore they have been great, and are rich.
Bí àgò tí ó kún fún ẹyẹ, ilé wọn sì kún fún ẹ̀tàn; wọ́n ti di ọlọ́lá àti alágbára,
28 They have been fat, they have shone, Yea, they have overpassed the acts of the evil, Judgment they have not judged, The judgment of the fatherless — and they prosper, And the judgment of the needy they have not judged.
wọ́n sanra wọ́n sì ń dán. Ìwà búburú wọn kò sì lópin; wọn kò bẹ̀bẹ̀ fún ẹjọ́ àwọn aláìní baba láti borí rẹ̀. Wọn kò jà fún ẹ̀tọ́ àwọn tálákà.
29 For these do not I inspect, an affirmation of Jehovah, On a nation such as this, Doth not My soul avenge itself?
Èmi kì yóò ha fi ìyà jẹ wọ́n fún èyí bí?” ni Olúwa wí. “Èmi kì yóò wá gbẹ̀san ara mi lára orílẹ̀-èdè bí èyí bí?
30 An astonishing and horrible thing hath been in the land.
“Nǹkan ìbànújẹ́ àti ohun ìtara ti ṣẹlẹ̀ ní ilẹ̀ náà.
31 The prophets have prophesied falsely, And the priests bear rule by their means, And My people have loved [it] so, And what do they at its latter end?
Àwọn wòlíì ń sọ àsọtẹ́lẹ̀ èké, àwọn àlùfáà sì ń ṣe àkóso pẹ̀lú àṣẹ ara wọn, àwọn ènìyàn mi sì ní ìfẹ́ sí èyí, kí ni ẹ̀yin yóò ṣe ní òpin?
