Yeremia 22
1 Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye si, “Yi ɖe Yuda fia ƒe sãme eye nàgblɔ gbedeasi sia nɛ,
Thus said Jehovah, 'Go down [to] the house of the king of Judah, and thou hast spoken there this word, and hast said,
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.
Hear a word of Jehovah, O king of Judah, who art sitting on the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people, who are coming in at 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 said Jehovah: Do ye judgment and righteousness, And deliver the plundered from the hand of the oppressor, And sojourner, orphan, and widow, ye do not oppress nor wrong, And innocent blood ye do not shed 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 certainly do this thing, Then come in by the gates of this house Have kings sitting for David on his throne, Riding on chariot, 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.
And if ye do not hear these words, By myself I have sworn — an affirmation of Jehovah, That this house is for 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 said Jehovah, Concerning the house of the king of Judah: Gilead [art] thou to Me — head of Lebanon, If not — I make thee a wilderness, Cities 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 have separated for thee destroyers, Each with his weapons, And they have cut down the choice of thy cedars, And have cast them on 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 have passed by this city, And they have said, each to his neighbour, For what hath Jehovah 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.’”
And they have said, 'Because that they have forsaken The covenant of Jehovah their God, And bow themselves to other gods, and serve 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.
Ye do not weep for the dead, nor bemoan for him, Weep ye sore for the traveller, For he doth not return again, Nor hath he seen the land of his birth.
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 said Jehovah concerning Shallum son of Josiah king of Judah, who is reigning instead of Josiah his father, who hath gone forth from this place: He doth not turn back hither again;
12 Aku ɖe afi si woɖe aboyoe ɖo eye magakpɔ anyigba sia akpɔ o.”
For in the place whither they have removed him he dieth, And this land he doth not see again.
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 who is building his house by unrighteousness, And his upper chambers by injustice, On his neighbour he layeth service for nought, And his wage he doth not give to him.
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.
Who is saying, 'I build for myself a large house, And airy upper chambers,' And he hath cut out for himself its windows, Ceiled 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.
Dost thou reign, because thou art fretting thyself in cedar? Thy father — did he not eat and drink? Yea, he did judgment and righteousness, Then [it is] 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 decided the cause of the poor and needy, Then [it is] well — is it not to know Me? An affirmation of Jehovah.
17 “Ke wò ŋku kple dzi ku ɖe viɖe ƒoɖi, ʋu maɖifɔ kɔkɔ ɖi, ameteteɖeto kple amebaba ko ŋuti.”
But thine eyes and thy heart are not, Except on thy dishonest gain, And on shedding of innocent blood, And on oppression, and on doing of violence.
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 said Jehovah concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: They do not lament for him, Ah, my brother, and Ah, sister, They do not lament for him, Ah, lord, and Ah, his honour.
19 Woaɖii abe ale si woɖia tedzi kuku ene elabena woahee lelele le anyigba, atsɔ aƒu gbe ɖe Yerusalem ƒe agbowo godo.”
The burial of an ass — he is buried, Dragged and cast out thence to 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 in Bashan give forth thy voice, And cry from Abarim, For destroyed have been all loving thee.
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 have spoken unto thee in thine ease, Thou hast said, 'I do not hearken,' This [is] thy way from thy youth, For thou hast not hearkened to 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.
All thy friends consume doth wind, And thy lovers into captivity do go, Surely then thou art ashamed, And hast blushed 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 dweller in Lebanon, making a nest among cedars, How gracious hast thou been when pangs come to thee, Pain — as of a travailing woman.
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.
I live — an affirmation of Jehovah, Though Coniah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah Were a seal on My right hand, Surely thence I draw thee away,
25 Makplɔ wò ade asi na ame siwo le wò agbe yome tim, Nebukadnezar, Babilonia fia kple Babiloniatɔ siwo nèle vɔvɔ̃m na.
And I have given thee into the hand of those seeking thy life, And into hands of which thou art afraid, Into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar 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 have cast thee, And thy mother who bore thee, unto another country, Where ye were not born, and there do ye die.
27 Miagatrɔ agbɔ ava anyigba si miedi vevie la dzi kpɔ o.”
And to the land whither they are lifting up their soul to return, Thither they do 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?
A grief — a despised broken thing — is this man Coniah? A vessel in which there is no pleasure? Wherefore have they been cast up and down, He and his seed, Yea, they were cast on to a land that they knew not?
29 O anyigba, anyigba, anyigba, se Yehowa ƒe nya!
Earth, earth, earth, hear a word of Jehovah,
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 said Jehovah: Write ye this man childless, A man — he doth not prosper in his days, For none of his seed doth prosper, Sitting on the throne of David, And ruling again in Judah!
