Yeremia 21
1 Gbedeasi sia va na Yeremia tso Yehowa gbɔ esi Fia Zedekia dɔ Pasur, Malkiya ƒe vi kple nunɔla Zefania, Maaseya ƒe vi ɖe egbɔ. Wogblɔ na Yeremia be,
The word that has been to Jeremiah from YHWH, in King Zedekiah’s sending to him Pashhur son of Malchiah and Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest, saying,
2 “Bia gbe Yehowa na mí elabena Babilonia fia, Nebukadnezar ho aʋa ɖe mía ŋu. Ɖewohĩ Yehowa awɔ nukunu na mí abe ale si wòwɔe le blemaɣeyiɣiwo me ene, ale be wòatrɔ adzo le mía gbɔ.”
“Please inquire of YHWH for us, for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has fought against us; perhaps YHWH deals with us according to all His wonders, and causes him to go up from off us.”
3 Tete Yeremia ɖo eŋu na wo be, “Migblɔ na Zedekia be,
And Jeremiah says to them, “Thus you say to Zedekiah,
4 ‘Ale Yehowa, Israel ƒe Mawu la gblɔe nye esi: Kpɔ ɖa, matrɔ aʋawɔnu siwo le asiwò la ɖe ŋutiwò, aʋawɔnu siwo nètsɔ le aʋa wɔm kple Babilonia fia kple Babiloniatɔ siwo ɖe to ɖe dua le aʋa wɔm kpli wò. Makplɔ wo aƒo ƒu ɖe du sia titina.
Thus said YHWH, God of Israel: Behold, I am turning around the weapons of battle That [are] in your hand, With which you fight the king of Babylon, And the Chaldeans, who are laying siege against you, At the outside of the wall, And I have gathered them into the midst of this city,
5 Nye ŋutɔ matsɔ alɔ si le dzi kple alɔ sesẽ awɔ aʋa kpli mi le dziku, dɔmedzoe kple vevesese helĩhelĩ me.
And I have fought against you, With an outstretched hand, and with a strong arm, And in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath,
6 Maƒo du sia me nɔlawo aƒu anyi, amegbetɔwo kple lãwo siaa eye dɔvɔ̃ awu wo.
And I have struck the inhabitants of this city, Both man and beast, They die by a great pestilence.
7 Yehowa be le esia megbe la, matsɔ Yuda fia Zedekia, eƒe dumegãwo kple du sia me nɔla siwo dɔvɔ̃, yi kple dɔwuame mewu o la ade asi na Nebukadnezar, Babilonia fia kple woƒe ketɔ siwo le woƒe agbe yome tim. Awu wo kple yi, mave wo nu, akpɔ nublanui na wo loo alo anyo dɔ me na wo o.’
And after this,” A declaration of YHWH, “I give Zedekiah king of Judah, And his servants, and the people, And those left in this city, From the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, Into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, And into the hand of their enemies, And into the hand of those seeking their life, And he has struck them by the mouth of the sword, He has no pity on them, Nor does he spare, nor does he have mercy.”
8 “Gawu la, gblɔ na dukɔ la be, ‘Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: Kpɔ ɖa, metsɔ agbemɔ kple kumɔ le mia ŋkume ɖom.
“And you say to this people, Thus said YHWH: Behold, I am setting before you the way of life, And the way of death!
9 Ame si atsi du sia me la, yi, dɔwuame alo dɔvɔ̃ awui, ke ame si tsɔ eɖokui na Babiloniatɔ siwo ɖe to ɖe dua la maku o, ke boŋ aɖe eƒe agbe.
Whoever is abiding in this city—dies, By sword, and by famine, and by pestilence, And whoever is going forth, And has fallen to the Chaldeans, Who are laying siege against you—lives, And his life has been for a spoil to him.
10 Meɖo vɔ̃ ɖe du sia ŋuti kplikpaa, ke menye nyui o. Woatsɔe ade asi na Babilonia fia, eye wòagbãe, atɔ dzoe.’ Yehowae gblɔe.
For I have set My face against this city for calamity, And not for good,” A declaration of YHWH. “It is given into the hand of the king of Babylon, And he has burned it with fire.
11 “Gawu la, gblɔ na Yuda ƒe fiaƒemetɔwo be, ‘Mise Yehowa ƒe nya:
And as for the house of the king of Judah,” Hear a word of YHWH;
12 O David ƒe aƒe, ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: “‘Midrɔ̃ ʋɔnu dzɔdzɔe, ŋdi sia ŋdi, mixɔ na ame si woda adzoe la le ŋutasẽla si, ne menye nenema o la, nye dziku agbã go, abi abe dzo ene, eye ame aɖeke mate ŋu atsii o, ɖe nu vɔ̃ɖi si miewɔ la ta.
O house of David, thus said YHWH: “Decide judgment in the morning, And deliver the plundered from the hand of the oppressor, Lest My fury go forth as fire, And has burned, and none is quenching, Because of the evil of your doings.
13 Metso ɖe ŋutiwò, Yerusalem, wò si le bali sia ƒe dzigbe le agakpeto tame, mi ame siwo gblɔ be, “Ame ka ate ŋu anɔ te ɖe mía nu? Ame ka ate ŋu age ɖe míaƒe bebeƒe la me?” Yehowae gblɔe.
Behold, I [am] against you,” A declaration of YHWH, “O inhabitant of the valley, rock of the plain, Who are saying, Who comes down against us? And who comes into our habitations?
14 Yehowa be, “Mahe to na mi le miaƒe nu tovowo wɔwɔ ta, maɖe dzo ade miaƒe avewo me, eye wòafia nu sia nu si ƒo xlã mi.”’” Yehowae gblɔe.
And I have laid a charge against you, According to the fruit of your doings,” A declaration of YHWH, “And I have kindled a fire in its forest, And it has consumed all its outskirts!”
