Yeremia 12
1 Oo, Yehowa, ne metsɔ nya ɖe ŋutiwò la, wò nya dzɔna ɣe sia ɣi. Gake mahe nya kpli wò tso wò ʋɔnudɔdrɔ̃ ŋuti. Nu ka ta ame vɔ̃ɖiwo ƒe mɔ dzea edzi na wo ɖo? Nu ka ta dzimaxɔsetɔwo nɔa agbe le dziɖeɖi me?
[are] righteous You O Yahweh if I bring a case to you nevertheless judgments I will speak with you why? [the] way of wicked [people] does it prosper are they at ease? all [those who] act treacherously of treachery.
2 Èdo wo, woto ke eye wotsi hetse ku. Wò ŋkɔ le nu na wo gake woƒe dziwo le adzɔge tso gbɔwò.
You have planted them also they have taken root they walk also they have produced fruit [are] near you in mouth their and distant from kidneys their.
3 Oo, Yehowa, ke wò la ènyam, èkpɔm eye nèdo nye susuwo kpɔ tso ŋutiwò. Eya ta he wo abe alẽwo ene nàkplɔ yi wuwuƒee! Ɖe wo ɖe aga hena wuwuŋkeke la!
And you O Yahweh you know me you see me and you test heart my with you drag away them like sheep to slaughter and set apart them to a day of slaughter.
4 Va se ɖe ɣe ka ɣie ku naɖi le anyigba dzi eye gbewo naƒu ase ɖo? Esi edzinɔlawo nye ame vɔ̃ɖiwo ta la, xewo kple lãwo siaa tsrɔ̃. Gawu la, amewo le gbɔgblɔm be, “Makpɔ nu si dzɔ ɖe mía dzi o.”
Until when? will it dry up the land and [the] vegetation of every field will it be dried up from [the] evil of [those who] dwell in it it has dwindled away animals and bird[s] for people have said not he will see end our.
5 “Ne èke duɖime kple amegbetɔwo kple afɔ eye nu te ŋuwò la, aleke nàte ŋu ake duɖime kple sɔwo? Ne èle nu klim le anyigba si dzi kɔ nyuie dzi la, aleke nàhawɔ le Yɔdan ƒe avekawo me?
If with foot soldiers - you have run and they have made weary you and how? will you compete with the horses and in a land of safety you [are] falling to [the] ground and how? will you do in [the] thicket of the Jordan.
6 Nɔviwò kple wò ŋutɔ wò ƒometɔwo gɔ̃ hã de wò asi eye wodo ɣli sesĩe ɖe tawò. Togbɔ be woƒo nu nyuie le ŋutiwò hã la, mègaɖo dzi ɖe wo ŋu o.
For also brothers your and [the] house of father your also they they have dealt treacherously with you also they they have called out after you full may not you trust in them for they speak to you good things.
7 “Magbe nu le nye aƒe gbɔ eye magble nye domenyinu ɖi. Matsɔ ame si melɔ̃ la ade asi na eƒe futɔwo.
I have forsaken house my I have abandoned inheritance my I have given [the] beloved one of self my in [the] hand enemies her.
8 Nye domenyinu va le nam abe dzata si le ave me ene. Ele gbe tem ɖe ŋutinye, eya ta melé fui ɖo.
It has become to me inheritance my like a lion in the forest it has given on me with voice its there-fore I hate it.
9 Ɖe nye domenyinu mezu xeƒonu ŋɔŋɔe si xeƒonu bubuwo ƒo xlãe eye wodze edzi oa? Yi nàƒo lã wɔadãwo katã nu ƒu vɛ ne woava vuvu nu.
¿ A bird of prey speckled [is] inheritance my to me that [are] bird[s] of prey? all around on it go gather every animal of the field bring [them] for food.
10 Alẽkplɔla geɖewo agblẽ nye waingble eye woanye avuzi le nye agble dzi. Wole nye agble veviwo wɔ ge woazu gbegbe ɖeɖe sɔŋ.
Shepherds many they have ruined vineyard my they have trodden down portion my they have made [the] portion of desire my into a wilderness of desolation.
11 Wole ewɔ ge wòazu gbegbe kple kuɖiɖinyigba si manyo na naneke le ŋkunye me o. Anyigba la katã azu aƒedo elabena ame aɖeke manɔ anyi si atsɔ ɖe le eme o.
He has made it into a desolation it is in mourning on me desolate it has been made desolate all the land for there not [is] anyone [who] puts [it] on heart.
12 Nugblẽlawo ava ƒo ɖe to ƒuƒluwo dzi le gbedzi elabena Yehowa ƒe yi agblẽ nu tso anyigba ƒe go sia dzi ayi ekemɛ dzi eye ame aɖeke mato le eme o.
Over all [the] bare heights in the wilderness they have come destroyers for a sword of Yahweh [is] devouring from an end of [the] land and to [the] end of the land not peace [belongs] to any flesh.
13 Woaƒã ƒo gake woaxa ŋu, woaku kutri gake womakpɔ naneke tso eme o. Eya ta, nuku siwo miexa la nakpe ŋu na mi le Yehowa ƒe dziku helĩhelĩ la ta.”
People have sown wheat and thorns they have reaped they have wearied themselves not they have profited and be ashamed from produce your from [the] burning of [the] anger of Yahweh.
14 Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye si, “Ke hena nye aƒelika vɔ̃ɖi siwo xɔ domenyinu si metsɔ na nye dukɔ Israel sesẽtɔe la, maho wo le woƒe anyigbawo dzi eye maho Yuda ƒe aƒe la le wo dome.
Thus - he says Yahweh on all neighbors my evil who touch the inheritance which I gave as an inheritance people my Israel here I [am] about to pluck up them from on land their and [the] house of Judah I will pluck up from among them.
15 Ne meho wo vɔ la, magakpɔ nublanui na wo, eye makplɔ wo dometɔ ɖe sia ɖe va eƒe domenyinu gbɔ kple eya ŋutɔ ƒe anyigba dzi.
And it will be after have plucked up I them I will return and I will have compassion on them and I will bring back them everyone to own inheritance his and everyone to own land his.
16 Ne wosrɔ̃ nye dukɔ ƒe mɔwo nyuie abe ale si woawo hã fia nye dukɔe be woayɔ Baal ata nui, eye wota nye ŋkɔ hegblɔ be, ‘Zi ale si Yehowa le agbe’ ene la, ekema maɖo wo te le nye dukɔ la dome.
And it will be certainly [if] they will learn [the] ways of people my to swear by name my [by] [the] life of Yahweh just as they taught people my to swear by Baal and they will be built in among people my.
17 Ke ne dukɔ aɖe meɖo to o la, mahoe keŋkeŋ, eye matsrɔ̃e gbidii.” Yehowae gblɔe.
And if not they will listen and I will pluck up the nation that plucking up and destroying [the] utterance of Yahweh.
