Yeremia 17
1 “Wotsɔ ganuŋlɔnu kple nuŋlɔti si kpe xɔasi aɖe le nugbɔ na la ŋlɔ Yuda ƒe nu vɔ̃ ɖe woƒe dziwo ƒe nuŋlɔkpewo dzi, kple woƒe vɔsamlekpuiwo ƒe dzowo ŋuti.
“The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, With the point of a diamond, Engraved on the tablet of their heart, And on the horns of your altars,
2 Wo viwo gɔ̃ hã ɖo ŋku woƒe vɔsamlekpuiwo kple aƒeli siwo le wo ŋuti le ati damawo te kple togbɛ kɔkɔwo dzi la dzi.
As their sons remember their altars and their Asherim, By the green tree, by the high hills.
3 Matsɔ nye to si le anyigba dzi, miaƒe nu xɔasiwo kple miaƒe kesinɔnuwo katã ana woaha hekpe ɖe miaƒe nuxeƒewo ŋuti le nu vɔ̃ si miewɔ le miaƒe anyigba blibo la dzi la ta.
O My mountain in the field—your strength, All your treasures—I give for a prey, Your high places for sin in all your borders.
4 To miawo ŋutɔ ƒe vodada me la, miabu domenyinu siwo katã metsɔ na mi. Mana miazu kluviwo na miaƒe futɔwo le anyigba si mienya o la dzi elabena miede dzo nye dɔmedzoe me eya ta abi ɖe mia ŋuti ɖaa.”
And you have let go—even through yourself, Of your inheritance that I gave to you, And I have caused you to serve your enemies, In a land that you have not known, For you have kindled a fire in My anger, It burns for all time.”
5 Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: “Aɖi ame si tsɔ eƒe mɔkpɔkpɔ da ɖe amegbetɔ dzi, hetsɔ ŋutilã wɔ eƒe ŋusẽkpɔtsoƒee eye eƒe dzi te ɖa xaa tso Yehowa gbɔ la ŋuti kpekpekpe!
Thus said YHWH: “Cursed [is] the man who trusts in man, And has made flesh his arm, And whose heart turns from YHWH.
6 Anɔ abe gbe le dzogbenyigba dzi ene eye ne dzɔgbenyui va la, makpɔe o. Anɔ gbegbe ƒe kuɖiɖinyigbawo dzi kple dzeƒutagba afi si ame aɖeke menɔna o.”
And he has been as a naked thing in a desert, And does not see when good comes, And has inhabited parched places in a wilderness, A salt land, and not inhabited.
7 “Ke woayra ŋutsu si ɖoa dzi ɖe Yehowa ŋu eye wòtsɔa eƒe dzideƒo dea Yehowa me.
Blessed [is] the man who trusts in YHWH, And whose confidence has been YHWH.
8 Eya amea anɔ abe ati si wodo ɖe tɔ to, eye wòƒo ke ɖe tɔʋu la te ene. Ne ŋdɔ le ʋuʋum sesĩe hã la, mevɔ̃na o eye eƒe aŋgbawo hã daa ama ɣe sia ɣi. Eƒe dzi metsona le kuɖiɣi o eye wòtsea ku ɖaa.”
And has been as a tree planted by waters, And he sends forth his roots by a stream, And he does not see when heat comes, And his leaf has been green, And he is not sorrowful in a year of scarcity, Nor does he cease from making fruit.
9 Ame ƒe dzi nye nu si daa alakpa wu nuwo katã eye womate ŋu ayɔ dɔe o. Ame ka ate ŋu ase egɔme?
The heart [is] deceitful above all things, And it [is] incurable—who knows it?
10 “Nye Yehowae dzroa dziwo me, eye medoa susuwo kpɔ be maɖo eteƒe na ame sia ame ɖe eƒe zɔzɔme kple nu si eƒe nuwɔwɔwo dze na la nu.”
I, YHWH, search the heart, try the reins, Even to give to each according to his way, According to the fruit of his doings.
11 Abe ale si koklo ƒoa azi si menye etɔ o ene la, nenemae wòanɔ na ame si ƒo kesinɔnuwo nu ƒu to mɔ fitifitiwo dzi. Kesinɔnuawo avɔ le esi le eƒe agbe me, eye le nuwuwu la, aɖee afia be yenye bometsila.
A partridge hatching, and not bringing forth, [Is] one making wealth, and not by right, In the midst of his days he forsakes it, And in his latter end—he is a fool.”
12 Ŋutikɔkɔe ƒe fiazikpui si wodo ɖe dzi le gɔmedzedzea me ke lae nye teƒe si miaƒe kɔkɔeƒe la le.
A throne of glory on high from the beginning, The place of our sanctuary,
13 O Yehowa, Israel ƒe mɔkpɔkpɔ, ame siwo katã gbe wò la, ŋu akpe wo. Ame siwo trɔ le yowòme la, woaŋlɔ woƒe ŋkɔwo ɖe kewɔ me elabena wogbe nu le Yehowa, agbetsivudo la gbɔ.
The hope of Israel [is] YHWH, All forsaking You are ashamed. “And My apostates are written in the earth, For they have forsaken YHWH, A fountain of living waters.”
14 Yɔ dɔm, O Yehowa eye makpɔ dɔyɔyɔ. Ɖem ekema makpɔ ɖeɖe elabena wòe mekafuna.
Heal me, O YHWH, and I am healed, Save me, and I am saved, For You [are] my praise.
15 Wole biayem ɖaa be, “Afi ka Yehowa ƒe nya la le? Neva eme azɔ!”
Behold, they are saying to me: “Where [is] the word of YHWH? Pray, let it come.”
16 Nyemesi dzo be nyemaganye wò alẽkplɔla o; ènya be ŋkeke vɔ̃ la hã medzrom o. Nu siwo katã megblɔ kple nye nu la, le ƒeƒle le ŋkuwòme.
And I did not hurry from feeding after You, And I have not desired the desperate day, You have known the produce of my lips, It has been before Your face,
17 Mèganye ŋɔdzinu nam o elabena wòe nye nye sitsoƒe le gbegblẽ ƒe ŋkeke la dzi.
Do not be to me for a terror, You [are] my hope in a day of calamity.
18 Na ŋu nakpe yonyemetilawo, ke nye ya, ɖem tso ŋukpe me. Dzidzi neƒo wo, gake nye ya ŋɔ megadzim o. Na gbegblẽ ƒe ŋkeke la nava wo dzi eye nàgbã wo, agagbã wo ɖe edzi.
Let my pursuers be ashamed, And do not let me be ashamed—me! Let them be frightened, And do not let me be frightened—me! Bring in on them a day of calamity, And destroy them a second time [with] destruction.
19 Ale si Yehowa gblɔ nam lae nye esi: “Yi, nàtsi tsitre ɖe agbo si me dua me tɔwo kple Yuda fiawo tona dona, gagbɔna la nu. Nenema ke, nàtsi tsitre ɖe agbo bubu siwo woɖo ɖe Yerusalem dua ŋu la nu.
Thus said YHWH to me: “Go, and you have stood in the gate of the sons of the people, by which kings of Judah come in, and by which they go out, and in all gates of Jerusalem,
20 Gblɔ na wo be, ‘Mise Yehowa ƒe nya, O Yuda fiawo kple mi Yudatɔwo katã kple mi ame siwo katã le Yerusalem, ame siwo toa agbo siawo me.’
and you have said to them: Hear a word of YHWH, you kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all inhabitants of Jerusalem, who are coming in by these gates,”
21 Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: ‘Mikpɔ nyuie be miagatsɔ agba aɖeke le Dzudzɔgbe ŋkeke la dzi alo atsɔe ato Yerusalem ƒe agbowo mee o.
Thus said YHWH: “Take heed to yourselves, And you do not bear a burden on the day of rest, Nor have you brought [it] in by the gates of Jerusalem.
22 Migatsɔ agba aɖeke do goe tso miaƒe aƒewo me loo alo awɔ dɔ aɖeke le Dzudzɔgbe ŋkeke la dzi o, ke boŋ miwɔ Dzudzɔgbe ŋkeke la kɔkɔe abe ale si mede see na mia fofowo la ene.
Nor do you take out a burden from your houses on the day of rest, Indeed, you do not do any work, And you have sanctified the day of rest, As I have commanded your fathers.
23 Gake womeɖo to alo ƒu to anyi o. Wonye kɔlialiatɔwo eye womeɖo to alo bɔbɔ ɖe hehe te o.
And they have not listened nor inclined their ear, And they stiffen their neck not to hear, And not to receive instruction.
24 Ke Yehowa be ne miedze kɔ anyi heɖo tom, eye mietsɔ agba aɖeke to du sia ƒe agbowo me le Dzudzɔgbe dzi o, ke boŋ miewɔ Dzudzɔgbe ŋkeke la kɔkɔe, eye miewɔ dɔ aɖeke le edzi o la,
And it has been, if you certainly listen to Me,” A declaration of YHWH, “So as not to bring in a burden by the gates of this city on the day of rest, And to sanctify the day of rest, So as not to do any work in it—
25 ekema fia siwo anɔ David ƒe fiazikpui dzi la, ava to du sia ƒe agbowo me kple woƒe dumegãwo. Wo kple woƒe dumegãwo anɔ tasiaɖamwo me kple sɔwo dzi ava, Yudatɔwo kple ame siwo le Yerusalem la akplɔ wo ɖo eye du sia anye amenɔƒe tegbee.
Then kings and princes have entered by the gates of this city, Sitting on the throne of David, Riding in a chariot, and on horses, They, and their princes, the man of Judah, And inhabitants of Jerusalem, And this city has remained for all time.
26 Amewo ava tso Yuda duwo kple kɔƒe siwo ƒo xlã Yerusalem la me, woava tso Benyaminyigba dzi kple ɣetoɖoƒebaliwo me, tso keke togbɛnyigbawo dzi kple gbegbenutowo me. Woatsɔ numevɔsawo, akpedavɔsawo, nuɖuvɔsawo, atike ʋeʋĩwo kple kafukafuvɔsawo ava Yehowa ƒe aƒe mee.
And they have come in from cities of Judah, And from outskirts of Jerusalem, And from the land of Benjamin, And from the low country, And from the hill-country, And from the south, Bringing in burnt-offering, and sacrifice, And present, and frankincense, And bringing praise [to] the house of YHWH.
27 Gake ne miegbe toɖoɖom, miewɔ Dzudzɔgbe la kɔkɔe o, mietsɔ agba to Yerusalem ƒe agbowo me le Dzudzɔgbe ŋkeke la dzi la, ekema mado dzo matsimatsi ɖe Yerusalem ƒe agbowo nu eye wòafia eƒe mɔ sesẽwo.’”
And if you do not listen to Me to sanctify the day of rest, And so as not to bear a burden, And to come in at the gates of Jerusalem on the day of rest, Then I have kindled a fire in its gates, And it has consumed the high places of Jerusalem, And it is not quenched!”
