Yeremia 22
1 Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye si, “Yi ɖe Yuda fia ƒe sãme eye nàgblɔ gbedeasi sia nɛ,
Thus saith the LORD; Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word,
2 ‘O Yuda fia, wò ame si nɔ David ƒe fiazikpui dzi, wò dumegãwo kple wò ame siwo toa agbo siawo me yina, mise Yehowa ƒe nya.
And say, Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter by these gates:
3 Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye si: Miwɔ nu dzɔdzɔe eye miwɔ nu si le eteƒe. Mixɔ ame si woda adzoe la le ŋutasẽla ƒe fego me. Migawɔ vɔ̃ alo ate amedzrowo, tsyɔ̃eviwo alo ahosiwo ɖe to o eye migakɔ ʋu maɖifɔ hã ɖi ɖe teƒe sia o;
Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver him that is laid waste out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
4 elabena ne mieɖɔ ŋu ɖo hewɔ ɖe sedede siawo dzi la, ekema fia siwo anɔ David ƒe fiazikpui dzi la, ato fiasã sia ƒe agbowo me, anɔ tasiaɖamwo me, anɔ sɔwo dzi eye woƒe dumegãwo kple dumetɔwo akplɔ wo ɖo.
For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people.
5 Ke ne mieɖo to sedede siawo o la, meta ɖokuinye be fiasã sia agbã, azu aƒedo.’” Yehowae gblɔe.
But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.
6 Elabena ale Yehowa gblɔ le Yuda fia ƒe fiasã la ŋue nye esi: “Togbɔ be èle nam abe Gilead kple Lebanon towo ƒe tame ene hã la, mawɔ wò le nyateƒe me nàzu abe gbegbe kple du siwo zu aƒedo ene.
For thus saith the LORD to the king’s house of Judah; Thou art Gilead to me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited.
7 Maɖo nugblẽlawo ɖe ŋuwò, ɖe sia ɖe alé lãnu ɖe asi eye woalã wò sedati vavãwo atsɔ aƒu gbe ɖe dzo me.
And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.
8 “Dukɔ geɖe me tɔwo ava to du sia ŋu ayi eye woabia wo nɔewo be, ‘Nu ka ta Yehowa wɔ nu sia tɔgbi ɖe du xɔŋkɔ sia ŋuti ɖo?’
And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Why hath the LORD done thus to this great city?
9 Ŋuɖoɖoa anye be, ‘Elabena wogblẽ Yehowa, woƒe Mawu la ƒe nubabla ɖi hesubɔ mawu bubuwo eye wode ta agu na wo.’”
Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.
10 Mègafa avi na fia si ku la alo nàfa eƒe ku o, ke boŋ fa avi vevie na ame si woɖe aboyoe elabena magatrɔ agbɔ alo akpɔ eƒe denyigba akpɔ o.
Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep bitterly for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.
11 Ale Yehowa gblɔ le Salum, Yosia ƒe vi, ame si ɖu fia le Yuda ɖe fofoa yome, gake dzo le teƒe sia ŋutie nye esi: “Magatrɔ agbɔ gbeɖe o.
For thus saith the LORD concerning Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, who went forth from this place; He shall not return there any more:
12 Aku ɖe afi si woɖe aboyoe ɖo eye magakpɔ anyigba sia akpɔ o.”
But he shall die in the place where they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more.
13 “Baba na ame si tu eƒe fiasã to mɔ madzɔmadzɔ dzi eye eƒe sã to amebaba me, ame si zia eƒe dukɔmetɔwo dzi be woawɔ dɔ nɛ yakatsyɔ eye wògbea fexexe na wo.
Woe to him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour’s service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;
14 Ame si gblɔ be, ‘Matu fiasã gã aɖe na ɖokuinye eye dziƒoxɔwo me akeke nyuie.’ Ale wòɖe fesre gãwo ɖe eŋuti eye wòtsɔ sedaʋuƒowo fa ɖe xɔawo me, hetsɔ aŋɔ dzĩ si nɛ.
That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is panelled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
15 “Ɖe sedati gbogbo siwo le asiwò la wɔ wò nèzu fia? Ɖe nuɖuɖu kple nunono menɔ fofowò si oa? Fofowò wɔ nu si dze eye wòle eteƒe eya ta nu sia nu dze edzi nɛ nyuie.
Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him?
16 Eʋli ame dahewo kple hiãtɔwo ta eya ta nu sia nu dze edzi nɛ ɖo. Ɖe menye esiae nye sidzedzem oa?” Yehowae gblɔe.
He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.
17 “Ke wò ŋku kple dzi ku ɖe viɖe ƒoɖi, ʋu maɖifɔ kɔkɔ ɖi, ameteteɖeto kple amebaba ko ŋuti.”
But thy eyes and thy heart are only for thy covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
18 Eya ta ale Yehowa gblɔ le Yosia ƒe vi, Yehoyakim, Yuda fia ŋutie nye esi: “Womafa nɛ agblɔ be, ‘Ao, nɔvinye ŋutsu! Ao, nɔvinye nyɔnu!’ o. Eye womafa nɛ be, ‘Ao, nye aƒetɔ! Ao, eƒe atsyɔ̃!’ o.
Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!
19 Woaɖii abe ale si woɖia tedzi kuku ene elabena woahee lelele le anyigba, atsɔ aƒu gbe ɖe Yerusalem ƒe agbowo godo.”
He shall be buried with the burial of a donkey, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
20 “Yi ɖe Lebanon, nàfa avi sesĩe ne woase wò gbe le Basan ke, nɔ Abarim nàfa avi kple ɣli elabena wotsrɔ̃ wò lɔlɔ̃tɔwo katã.
Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the passes: for all thy lovers are destroyed.
21 Megblɔe na wò kɔtɛe esi nèsusu be yele dedinɔnɔ me, gake ègblɔ be, ‘Nyemaɖo to wò o!’ Aleae nye wò nɔnɔme tso wò ɖekakpuime ke; ègbe, mèɖo tom kpɔ o.
I spoke to thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou didst obey not my voice.
22 Yaƒoƒo akplɔ wò alẽkplɔlawo katã adzoe, eye woaɖe aboyo wò lɔlɔ̃tɔwo katã. Ekema ŋu akpe wò eye woado vlo wò le wò vɔ̃ɖivɔ̃ɖi gbogboawo ta.
The wind shall eat up all thy shepherds, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.
23 Mi, ame siwo tso aƒe ɖe Lebanon, heɖe dzi ɖi bɔkɔɔ le sedatixɔwo me, aleke miahaɖe hũu, ne vevesese va mia dzi! Miase veve abe nyɔnu si le ku lém la ene!”
O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!
24 Yehowa be, “Meta nye agbe be, nenye wò, Yuda fia Yehoyatsin, Yehoyakim ƒe vie nye ŋkɔsigɛ le asibidɛ ɖusimetɔ ŋuti nam gɔ̃ hã la, maɖe wò aƒu gbe godoo.
As I live, saith the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee from there;
25 Makplɔ wò ade asi na ame siwo le wò agbe yome tim, Nebukadnezar, Babilonia fia kple Babiloniatɔ siwo nèle vɔvɔ̃m na.
And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand of them whose face thou fearest, even into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.
26 Matsɔ wò kple dawò si dzi wò la aƒu gbe ɖe dukɔ bubu me, afi si womedzi mia dometɔ aɖeke ɖo o; afi ma mi ame evea miaku ɖo.
And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bore thee, into another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die.
27 Miagatrɔ agbɔ ava anyigba si miedi vevie la dzi kpɔ o.”
But to the land where they desire to return, there shall they not return.
28 Ɖe ŋutsu sia Yehoyatsin zu ze gbagbã ɖigbɔ̃ si dim ame aɖeke mele oa? Nu ka ta woatsɔ eya kple viawo aƒu gbe ɖe anyigba si womenya o la dzi?
Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel in which is no pleasure? why are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?
29 O anyigba, anyigba, anyigba, se Yehowa ƒe nya!
O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.
30 Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: “Miŋlɔ nu tso ŋutsu sia ŋu abe ame si si vi mele o la ene, ame si nu madze edzi na le eƒe agbe me o; elabena eƒe dzidzimevi aɖeke makpɔ dzidzedze o, eye wo dometɔ aɖeke hã manɔ anyi ɖe David ƒe fiazikpui dzi alo agaɖu fia akpɔ le Yuda o.”
Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.
