Yeremia 10
1 Mise nya si gblɔm Yehowa le na mi, O Israel ƒe aƒe
Hear ye the word which the Lord hath spoken concerning you, O house of Israel.
2 Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: “Migasrɔ̃ dukɔwo ƒe mɔwo o. Togbɔ be ŋɔdzi léa dukɔwo le dzesi siwo dona ɖe dziŋgɔli ŋuti hã la, womegado ŋɔdzi na miawo ya o.
Thus saith the Lord: Learn not according to the ways of the Gentiles: and be not afraid of the signs of heaven, which the heathens fear:
3 Dukɔ siawo ƒe kɔnyinyiwo nye yaka. Wotsoa ati le ave me eye atikpala tsɔa hɛ kpanɛ kple aɖaŋu.
For the laws of the people are vain: for the works of the hand of the workman hath cut a tree out of the forest with an axe.
4 Wotsɔa klosalo kple sika fana ɖe eŋuti.
He hath decked it with silver and gold: he hath put it together with nails and hammers, that it may not fall asunder.
5 Wotsɔa gatagbadzɛ klãnɛ ɖe enɔƒe be magamu o. Woƒe aklamakpakpɛ siwo mate ŋu aƒo nu o la le abe xevi nyanu le adzamatregble me ene. Ele be woakɔ wo, elabena womate ŋu azɔ azɔli o. Migavɔ̃ na wo o; womate ŋu awɔ vɔ̃ aɖeke mi alo awɔ nyui aɖeke na mi o.”
They are framed after the likeness of a palm tree, and shall not speak: they must be carried to be removed, because they cannot go. Therefore, fear them not, for they can neither do evil nor good.
6 O Yehowa, ame aɖeke mele abe wò ene o; èlolo eye wò ŋkɔ nye ŋusẽ triakɔ.
There is none like to thee, O Lord: thou art great and great is thy name in might.
7 Ame kae li si agbe wò bubu, O dukɔwo ƒe Fia? Elabena esiae nye tɔwò gome. Nunyala siwo le dukɔwo kple fiaɖuƒewo me la ƒe ɖeke mele abe wò ene o.
Who shall fear thee, O king of nations? for thine is the glory: among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms there is none like unto thee.
8 Wo katã wonye susumanɔsitɔwo kple numanyalawo. Aklamakpakpɛ si mele ɖeke me o lae nye woƒe nufiala.
They shall all proved together to be senseless and foolish: the doctrine of their vanity is wood.
9 Wotsɔa klosalo si woƒo gbabɛ la tsoa Tarsis eye wotsɔa sika tsoa Ufaz. Wotsɔa awu blɔtɔ kple dzĩtɔ dona na nu si atikpala kple sikanutula wɔ, nu siwo nye aɖaŋudɔwɔlawo ƒe asinudɔwɔwɔwo.
Silver spread into plates is brought from Tharsis, and gold from Ophaz: the work of the artificer, and of the hand of the coppersmith: violet and purple is their clothing: all these things are the work of artificers.
10 Ke Yehowa koe nye nyateƒe ƒe Mawu, eyae nye Mawu gbagbe kple Fia mavɔ. Ne ebi dzi la, anyigba ʋuʋuna eye dukɔwo mate ŋu anɔ te ɖe eƒe dɔmedzoe helĩhelĩ la nu o.
But the Lord is the true God: he is the living God, and the everlasting king, at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his threatening.
11 “Gblɔ nya sia na wo, ‘mawu siawo, esiwo mewɔ dziƒo kple anyigba o la atsrɔ̃ le anyigba dzi kple dziƒoa te.’”
Thus then shall you say to them: The gods that have not made heaven and earth, let them perish from the earth, and from among those places that are under heaven.
12 Ke Mawue wɔ anyigba kple eƒe ŋusẽ; eyae na anyigba dzɔ to eƒe nunya me, eye wòtsɔ eƒe nugɔmesese keke dziƒowo mee.
He that maketh the earth by his power, that prepareth the world by his wisdom, and stretcheth out the heavens by his knowledge.
13 Ne eɖe gbe la, tsi siwo le dziƒowo tea gbe eye wònana lilikpowo hona tso anyigba ƒe mlɔenu ke. Eɖoa dzikedzo kple tsidzadza ɖa eye wòɖea yaƒoƒo doa goe tso eƒe nudzraɖoƒewo.
At his voice he giveth a multitude of waters in the heaven, and lifteth up the clouds from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings for rain, and bringeth for the wind out of his treasures.
14 Amegbetɔwo katã nye movitɔwo eye nunya mele tagbɔ na wo o. Sikanutula ɖe sia ɖe ƒe legbawo akpe ŋu nɛ. Eƒe legbawo nye beble elabena agbe mele wo me o.
Every man is become a fool for knowledge every artist is confounded in his graven idol: for what he hath cast is false, and there is no spirit in them.
15 Nu maɖinuwo kple alɔmeɖenuwo wonye, ne woƒe ʋɔnudrɔ̃gbe ɖo la, woatsrɔ̃.
They are vain things and a ridiculous work: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
16 Ke ame si nye Yakob ƒe gome la, mele abe esiawo ene o, elabena eyae nye nu sia nu wɔla kple Israel ƒe ƒome si nye eƒe domenyinu la hã. Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔe nye eŋkɔ.
The portion of Jacob is not like these: for it is he who formed all things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the Lord of hosts is his name.
17 Miƒo miaƒe nunɔamesiwo nu ƒu ne miadzo le anyigba la dzi, mi ame siwo aʋa xa aƒe na.
Gather up thy shame out of the land, thou that dwellest in a siege.
18 Elabena ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: “Le ɣeyiɣi sia me la, matsɔ ame siwo le anyigba sia dzi la aƒu gbe. Mana xaxa nava wo dzi ale be woate ŋu alé wo.”
For thus saith the Lord: Behold I will cast away far off the inhabitants of the land at this time: and I will afflict them, so that they may be found.
19 Baba nam le abi si mexɔ la ta. Nye abi la nye abi makumaku! Gake megblɔ na ɖokuinye be, “Esia nye nye dɔléle eya ta ele nam be manɔ te ɖe enu.”
Woe is me for my destruction, my wound is very grievous. But I said: Truly this is my own evil, and I will bear it.
20 Wogbã nye agbadɔ eye wolã eƒe kawo. Vinye ŋutsuwo dzo eye womegali o. Ame aɖeke mesusɔ si atu nye agbadɔ nam alo akpe ɖe ŋunye awɔ gbɔɖemeƒe nam o.
My tabernacle is laid waste, all my cords are broken: my children are gone out from me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.
21 Alẽkplɔlawo nye movitɔwo eye womebiaa Yehowa ta sena o, eya ta nu medzea edzi na wo o. Ale woƒe alẽhawo hã kaka.
Because the pastors have done foolishly, and have not sought the Lord: therefore have they not understood, and all their flock is scattered.
22 Ƒu to anyi, ɣli aɖe ɖi, ƒu to anyi, egbɔna, hoowɔwɔ gã aɖe tso anyiehenyigba dzi gbɔna! Awɔ Yuda duwo woazu aƒedo kple nɔƒe na amegaxiwo.
Behold the sound of a noise cometh, a great commotion out of the land of the north: to make the cities of Juda a desert, and a dwelling for dragons.
23 O Yehowa, menya be amegbetɔ ƒe agbe menye eya ŋutɔ tɔ o eye menye amegbetɔ ƒe dɔ wònye be wòalé eƒe mɔ atsɔ o.
I know, O Lord, that the way of a man is not his: neither is it in a man to walk, and to direct his steps.
24 Yehowa, ɖɔm ɖo, gake kple afiatsotso nyui, menye le wò dziku me o. Ne menye nenema o la, àwɔm mazu nu maɖinu.
Correct me, O Lord, but yet with judgement: and not in fury, lest thou bring me to nothing.
25 Trɔ wò dɔmedzoe helĩhelĩ la kɔ ɖe dukɔ siwo menya wò o kple ame siwo meyɔa wò ŋkɔ o la dzi. Elabena wovuvu Yakob, wovuvui keŋkeŋ, eye wogblẽ eƒe nɔƒe.
Pour out thy indignation upon the nations that have not known thee, and upon the provinces that have not called upon thy name: because they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have destroyed his glory.
