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 the LORD said to me, “Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind would not turn towards this people. Cast them out of my sight, and let them go out!
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 will happen when they ask you, ‘Where shall we go out?’ then you shall tell them, ‘The LORD says: “Such as are for death, to death; such as are for the sword, to the sword; 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 the LORD: “the sword to kill, the dogs to tear, 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 amongst 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? Who will mourn you? Who will come 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 the LORD. “You have gone backward. Therefore I have stretched out my hand against you and destroyed you. I am weary of showing compassion.
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 didn’t 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 more than the sand of the seas. I have brought on them against the mother of the young men a destroyer at noonday. I have caused anguish and terrors to fall on her 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 has gone down while it was yet day. She has been disappointed and confounded. I will deliver their residue to the sword before their enemies,” says the LORD.
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 every one 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.
The LORD said, “Most certainly I will strengthen you for good. Most certainly I will cause the enemy to make supplication to you in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.
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.
I will give your substance and your treasures for a plunder 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 them to pass with your enemies into a land which you don’t know; for a fire is kindled in my anger, which will 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.
LORD, you know. Remember me, visit me, and avenge me of my persecutors. You are patient, so don’t take me away. 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. Your words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart, for I am called by your name, LORD, God of Armies.
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 didn’t sit in the assembly of those who make merry and rejoice. 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, like 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 the LORD says, “If you return, then I will bring you again, that you may stand before me; and if you take out the precious from the vile, you will be as my mouth. They will return to you, but you will 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. They will fight against you, but they will not prevail against you; for I am with you to save you and to deliver you,” says the LORD.
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.”
