Yeremia 20
1 Esi nunɔla Pasur, Imer ƒe vi, Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ me ƒe dɔnunɔlagã la se Yeremia wònɔ nya siawo gblɔm ɖi la,
And when Pashhur son of Immer, the priest, who also was deputy-overseer in the house of Yahweh, heard that Jeremiah had prophesied these things,
2 ena woƒo Nyagblɔɖila Yeremia eye wodee kunyowu me, tsi ɖe Benyamingbo dzigbetɔ si le Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ nu la ŋu.
then Pashhur smote Jeremiah the prophet, —and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of Yahweh.
3 Esi ŋu ke eye Parsur ɖee le game la, Yeremia gblɔ nɛ be, “Yehowa ƒe ŋkɔ si wòtsɔ na wòe nye, ame si ŋɔdzi ƒo xlãe, ke menye Pasur o;
And it came to pass on the morrow, when Pashhur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks, —that Jeremiah said unto him—Not Pashhur, hath Yahweh called thy name, But Magor-missaviv["Terror-round-about"].
4 elabena ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: ‘Mawɔ wò nàzu ŋɔdzi na ɖokuiwò kple xɔ̃wòwo katã. Wò ŋutɔ wò ŋkuwo akpɔ ale si xɔ̃wòwo atsi woƒe futɔwo ƒe yi nue. Makplɔ Yuda katã ade asi na Babilonia fia, ame si aɖe aboyo wo ayi Babilonia alo awu wo kple yi.
For, Thus, saith Yahweh—Behold me! making thee a ["magor" i. e. a] terror to thyself and to all who love thee, and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, thine own eyes also, beholding, And all Judah, will I deliver into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will carry them captive to Babylon and smite them with the sword.
5 Matsɔ du sia ƒe kesinɔnuwo, adzɔnuwo, nu xɔasiwo kple Yuda fia ƒe kesinɔnuwo adzoe. Woatsɔ wo adzoe abe nuhaha ene ayi Babilonia kee.
And I will deliver up—All the wealth of this city, and All her labour, and All her precious things, —And all the treasures of the kings of Judah, will I deliver up into the hands of their enemies, and they will make of them a prey, and take them, and carry them into Babylon.
6 Ke wò Pasur kple ame siwo katã le wò aƒe me la, woakplɔ mi ayi aboyo me le Babilonia. Afi ma miaku ɖo eye afi ma woaɖi mi ɖo, wò kple xɔ̃wo siwo nègblɔ aʋatsonyagblɔɖiwo na.’”
And, thou, Pashhur and all who are dwelling in thy house, shall go into captivity, —Yea into Babylon, shalt thou enter And there, shalt thou die And there, shalt thou be buried Thou and all who love thee, to whom thou hast prophesied falsely.
7 O Yehowa, èblem eye mexɔ beblenya dzi se; èƒo nya ɖe nunye eye nèɖu dzinye. Ɣe sia ɣi wole alɔme ɖem le ŋunye eye ame sia ame le koyem.
Thou didst persuade me, O Yahweh and I was persuaded, Thou didst lay firm hold on me and didst prevail, —I am become a mockery, all the day, Every one, is laughing at me.
8 Ɣe sia ɣi ne mebe maƒo nu la, medoa ɣli heɖea gbeƒã ʋunyaʋunya kple tsɔtsrɔ̃, ale Yehowa ƒe nya hea dzu kple vlododo vɛ nam ɣe sia ɣi.
For, as often as I speak, I make outcry, Violence and wasting, I proclaim, —Yea the word of Yahweh hath become to me a reproach and derision all the day
9 Ke ne megblɔ be, “Nyemagayɔ eƒe ŋkɔ alo agaƒo nu le eƒe ŋkɔ me o” la, eƒe nya nɔna abe dzo ene le nye dzi me, eye abe dzo bibi nue wotu nu ɖo le nye ƒu tome ene. Etsɔtsɔ ti kɔ nam. Vavã nyemagate ŋui o.
Therefore I say—I will not mention him Neither will I speak any more in his name, But then it becometh in my heart as a fire that burneth, Shut up in my bones, —And I am weary of restraint and cannot refrain.
10 Mese ame geɖewo le dalĩ dom be, “Ŋɔdzi ƒo xlãe! Mitrɔ eta! Mina míadee asi!” Xɔ̃nyewo katã le klalo na nye anyidzedze le gbɔgblɔm be, “Ɖewohĩ woablee ekema míaɖu edzi eye míabia hlɔ̃e.”
Because I have heard the whispering of many—"A terror round about!" Tell ye [say they], that we may tell of him, All the men I am wont to salute do watch for my halting, —Peradventure he will be persuaded, and we shall prevail over him, and take our vengeance upon him.
11 Ke Yehowa li kplim abe aʋawɔla kalẽtɔ ene, eya ta yonyemetilawo akli nu eye womaɖu dzi o. Woƒe ɖoɖowo me agblẽ eye woaɖu ŋukpe vevie, bubu si woɖe le wo ŋu la, womaŋlɔe be akpɔ o.
But, Yahweh, is with me, as a mighty one striking terror, For this cause, shall my persecutors stumble and not prevail, —They have turned very pale, For they have not prospered, Confusion age-abiding, it shall not be forgotten!
12 O Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ, wò ame si doa ame dzɔdzɔewo kpɔ, eye nèdzroa woƒe dzi kple tamesusuwo me, na makpɔ ale si nàbia hlɔ̃ woe elabena wòe metsɔ nye nya de asi na.
But O Yahweh of hosts—Testing the righteous Beholding the affections and the heart, —Let me see thine avenging upon them, For unto thee, have I laid bare my cause.
13 Midzi ha na Yehowa! Mitsɔ kafukafu na Yehowa! Eɖe hiãtɔwo ƒe agbe tso ame vɔ̃ɖiwo ƒe asi me.
Sing ye to Yahweh! Praise ye Yahweh! For he hath delivered the soul of the needy, out of the hand of evildoers.
14 Aɖi gbe si gbe wodzim la ŋu kpekpekpe. Yayra meganɔ gbe si gbe danye dzim la dzi o!
Accursed, be the day on which I was born, —The day when my mother bare me, let it not be blessed!
15 Fiƒode nenɔ ame si tsɔ dzidzɔnya sia yi na fofonye be, “Wodzi viŋutsu na wò” la dzi!
Accursed, be the man who carried tidings to my father saying, There is born to thee a man-child!
16 Nenɔ na ŋutsu ma abe du siwo Yehowa gbã nublanuimakpɔmakpɔtɔe la ene. Nese aviɣli le ŋdi me kple aʋaɣli le ŋdɔ me,
Making him very glad: Yea let that man be—as the cities which Yahweh overthrew and repented not, —And let him hear An outcry in the morning, and A war-shout at broad noon!
17 elabena mewum ɖe vidzidɔ me be danye nanye yɔdo nam, eye eƒe vidzidɔ nalolo tegbee o.
Because I was not slain from the womb, —Nor did my mother become my grave, Nor was her womb great for ever!
18 Nu ka ta medo go le vidzidɔ me be makpɔ fukpekpe kple nuxaxa eye nye ŋkekewo nawu nu le ŋukpe me?
Wherefore was it—That from the womb, I came forth, to see labour and pain; and That in shame should my days be consumed!
