Yeremia 15
1 Tete Yehowa gblɔ nam be, “Ne Mose kple Samuel tsi tsitre ɖe ŋkunye me gɔ̃ hã la, nye dzi matrɔ ɖe dukɔ sia ŋuti o. Eya ta, nya wo ɖa le ŋkunye me. Na woadzo!
Then YHWH said to me, "Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind would not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.
2 Ke ne wobia wò be, ‘Afi ka miayi hã’ la, gblɔ na wo be, ‘Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: “‘Ame siwo woɖo ɖi na ku la, ayi ku me. Ame siwo woɖo ɖi na yi la, atsi yi nu. Ame siwo woɖo ɖi na dɔwuame la atsi dɔwuame ƒe asi me. Eye ame siwo woɖo ɖi na aboyomeyiyi la, ayi aboyome.’”
It shall happen, when they tell you, 'Where shall we go forth?' Then you shall tell them, 'Thus says YHWH: "Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for captivity, to captivity.
3 Yehowa be, “Maɖo nugblẽla ƒomevi ene ɖe wo: yi be wòawu ame, avu be wòahe wo adzoe, dziƒoxeviwo kple anyigbadzilã wɔadãwo be, woavuvu wo eye woatsrɔ̃ wo.
I will appoint over them four kinds, says YHWH: the sword to kill, and the dogs to tear, and the birds of the sky, and the animals of the earth, to devour and to destroy.
4 Mawɔ wo woanye ŋunyɔnu na anyigbadzifiaɖuƒewo le nu si Hezekia ƒe vi, Manase, Yuda fia wɔ le Yerusalem ta.
I will cause them to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.
5 Yehowa be, “O Yerusalem, ame kae akpɔ nublanui na wò? Ame kae afa na wò? Ame kae atɔ, abia wò agbe ta se?
For who will have pity on you, Jerusalem? Or who will bemoan you? Or who will turn aside to ask of your welfare?
6 Ègbe nu le gbɔnye, ègale megbedede dzi eya ta malé wò, atsrɔ̃ wò. Nyemagate ŋu akpɔ nublanui na wò o.
'You have rejected me,' says YHWH, 'you have gone backward:' therefore have I stretched out my hand against you, and destroyed you; I am weary with repenting.
7 Magbɔ wò kple nugbɔnu le anyigba sia ƒe agbowo nu. Mana kunyawo nadzɔ ɖe wo dzi eye matsrɔ̃ dukɔ sia elabena wometrɔ le woƒe mɔwo dzi o.
I have winnowed them with a fan in the gates of the land; I have bereaved them of children, I have destroyed my people; they did not return from their ways.
8 Mana woƒe ahosiwo nasɔ gbɔ wu ƒutake. Le ŋdɔkutsu dzeati makplɔ nugblẽla vɛ, wòava ƒo ɖe ɖekakpuiwo dadawo dzi. Mahe vevesese kple ŋɔdzi va wo dzi kpoyi!
Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas; I have brought on them against the mother of the young men a destroyer at noonday; I have made anguish and terror to fall on them suddenly.
9 Nu ate vi adre dzila ŋu, eye wòaɖe asi le eƒe luʋɔ ŋu. Eƒe ɣe aɖo to le ŋdɔ. Woado vloe eye wòaɖu ŋukpe. Mana ame siwo susɔ la natsi yi nu le woƒe futɔwo ƒe ŋkume,” Yehowae gblɔe.
She who has borne seven languishes; she has given up the spirit; her sun is gone down while it was yet day; she has been disappointed and confounded: and their residue will I deliver to the sword before their enemies," says YHWH.
10 Danye, baba be nèdzim. Nye ame si anyigba blibo la le avu wɔm, le nya hem kplii! Nyemedo nugbana na ame aɖeke o, eye ame aɖeke hã medo nugbana nam o, gake ame sia ame le fi ƒom le deyem.
"Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth. I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; yet everyone of them curses me."
11 Yehowa be, “Vavã maɖe wò kokoko le susu nyui aɖe ta. Le nyateƒe me, mana wò ketɔwo naɖe kuku na wò le gbegblẽ kple xaxa ƒe ɣeyiɣiwo me.
YHWH said, "Most certainly I will strengthen you for good; most certainly I will cause the enemy to make petition to you in the time of evil and in the time of distress.
12 “Ɖe ame ate ŋu aŋe gayibɔ alo akɔbli si tso anyiehea?
Can one break iron, even iron from the north, and bronze?
13 “Wò nu xɔasiwo kple wò kesinɔnuwo la, matsɔ wo ana abe nuhaha ene femaxee le wò nu vɔ̃ siwo nèwɔ le wò dukɔ me godoo la ta.
Your substance and your treasures will I give for a spoil without price, and that for all your sins, even in all your borders.
14 Mana nànye kluvi na wò futɔwo le anyigba si mènya o la dzi elabena nye dziku azu dzo abi ɖe ŋutiwò.”
I will make you serve your enemies in a land which you do not know; for a fire is kindled in my anger, which shall burn on you."
15 O Yehowa, èse egɔme eya ta ɖo ŋku dzinye eye nàkpɔ tanye. Bia hlɔ̃ yonyemetilawo; le wò dzigbɔgbɔ blewuu me la, mègakplɔm dzoe o. Bu ale si mexɔ vlododo le tawòe la ŋuti.
"YHWH, you know; remember me, and visit me, and avenge me of my persecutors; do not take me away in your longsuffering: know that for your sake I have suffered reproach.
16 Esi wò nyawo va la, meɖu wo, wovivi nunye eye wonye nye dzi ƒe dzidzɔ, elabena wò ŋkɔ le ŋunye, O Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Mawu.
Your words were found, and I ate them; and your words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by your name, YHWH, the God of hosts.
17 Nyemenɔ anyi ɖe aglotulawo ƒe hame kpɔ loo alo kpɔ dzidzɔ kpli wo kpɔ o. Nye ɖeka koe nɔ anyi elabena wò asi le dzinye eye nètsɔ dziku yɔ menye.
I did not sit in the assembly of those who make merry, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of your hand; for you have filled me with indignation.
18 Nu ka ta nye vevesese nu mele tsotsom o eye nye abiwo lolo ɖe edzi hezu abi makumakuwo? Ɖe nànɔ nam abe bleziblezita alo vudo si megale tsi dzim o la enea?
Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuses to be healed? Will you indeed be to me as a deceitful brook, as waters that fail?"
19 Eya ta ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: “Ne mietrɔ dzi me la, magaɖo mi te be miasubɔm. Ne miagblɔ nya vavãwo, ke menye nya maɖinyawo o, magana mianye nye amewo. Na ame siawo natrɔ ɖe ŋuwò, ke wò màtrɔ ɖe wo ŋu o.
Therefore thus says YHWH, "If you return, then will I bring you again, that you may stand before me; and if you take forth the precious from the vile, you shall be as my mouth: they shall return to you, but you shall not return to them.
20 Mawɔ wò nànye gli na ame siawo eye nànye akɔbligli sesẽ na wo. Woawɔ avu kpli wò, gake womaɖu dziwò o, elabena meli kpli wò be maxɔ na wò.
I will make you to this people a fortified bronze wall; and they shall fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you; for I am with you to save you and to deliver you," says YHWH.
21 Maxɔ wò le ame vɔ̃ɖiwo ƒe asi me, eye maɖe wò le ŋutasẽlawo ƒe fego me.” Yehowae gblɔe.
"I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem you out of the hand of the terrible."
