Yeremia 25
1 Le Yosia ƒe vi, Yehoyakim, Yuda fia ƒe ƒe enelia me si nye Babilonia fia Nebukadnezar ƒe ƒe gbãtɔ me la, Yehowa ƒe nya va na Yeremia ku ɖe Yuda dukɔ la ŋu.
The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah (the same was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon),
2 Eya ta nyagblɔɖila Yeremia, gblɔ na Yudatɔwo katã kple ame siwo nɔ Yerusalem la be:
which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying:
3 Ƒe blaeve-vɔ-etɔ̃ sɔŋ nye esi mele nu ƒom na mi. Tso keke Amon ƒe vi Yosia, Yuda fia ƒe ƒe wuietɔ̃lia me va se ɖe fifia, Yehowa ƒe nya va nam, eye megblɔe na mi enuenu, gake mieɖo to o.
From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even unto this day, these three and twenty years, the word of Jehovah hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising up early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.
4 Togbɔ be Yehowa dɔ eƒe dɔla nyagblɔɖilawo ɖo ɖe mi zi geɖe hã la, mieɖo to alo mietsɔ ɖeke le eme na wo o.
And Jehovah hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, (but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear),
5 Wogblɔ be, “Mitrɔ azɔ, mia dometɔ ɖe sia ɖe, tso miaƒe mɔ vɔ̃wo dzi kple miaƒe nu tovowo wɔwɔ me, be miate ŋu anɔ anyigba si Yehowa tsɔ na mi la dzi, miawo ŋutɔ kple mia fofowo, tso mavɔ me yi mavɔ me.
saying, Return ye now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that Jehovah hath given unto you and to your fathers, from of old and even for evermore;
6 Migadze mawu tutɔwo yome, ahayi wo subɔ ge o. Migade ta agu na wo o, migado dziku nam kple nu siwo miaƒe asiwo wɔ la o. Ekema nyemawɔ nuvevi mi o.”
and go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the work of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.
7 Yehowa be, “Gake mieɖo tom o eye mietsɔ nu siwo miawo ŋutɔ ƒe asiwo wɔ la do dziku nam eye miehe vɔ̃ va mia ɖokuiwo dzii.”
Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith Jehovah; that ye may provoke me to anger with the work of your hands to your own hurt.
8 Eya ta ale Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la gblɔe nye esi: “Esi mieɖo to nye nyawo o ta la,
Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Because ye have not heard my words,
9 mayɔ anyiehemetɔwo katã, kple nye dɔla Nebukadnezar, Babilonia fia aƒo ƒu, woatso ɖe anyigba sia, edzinɔlawo kple dukɔ siwo katã ƒo xlãe la ŋuti. Matsrɔ̃ wo gbidigbidi, awɔ wo woanye ŋɔdzinu kple fewuɖunu, eye woazu aƒedo tegbetegbe.
behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith Jehovah, and [I will send] unto Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about; and I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.
10 Mana dzidzɔ kple aseyetsotso nu natso eye womagase ŋugbetɔ kple ŋugbetɔsrɔ̃ ƒe gbe alo te ƒe gbe alo woakpɔ akaɖi wòaganɔ keklẽm o.
Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.
11 Anyigba sia katã azu aƒedo kple gbegbe eye dukɔ sia asubɔ Babilonia fia ƒe blaadre sɔŋ” Yehowae gblɔe.
And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
12 Yehowa be, “Ke ne ƒe blaadre la de la, mahe to na Babilonia fia kple eƒe dukɔ, Babiloniatɔwo ɖe woƒe agɔdzedze ta eye mawɔ woƒe anyigba wòazu gbegbe tegbetegbe.
And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith Jehovah, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans; and I will make it desolate for ever.
13 Mana nu siwo katã megblɔ ɖi ɖe anyigba ma ŋuti, nu siwo katã woŋlɔ ɖe agbalẽ sia me kple esiwo Yeremia gblɔ ɖi ɖe dukɔwo ŋuti la nava wo dzi.
And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations.
14 Woawo ŋutɔ la, dukɔ geɖewo kple fia xɔŋkɔwo awɔ wo kluviwoe. Maɖo eteƒe na wo ɖe woƒe nuwɔnawo nu kple nu siwo woƒe asiwo wɔ la ta.”
For many nations and great kings shall make bondmen of them, even of them; and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their hands.
15 Ale Yehowa, Israel ƒe Mawu la gblɔ nam nye esi: “Xɔ kplu si nye dɔmedzoewain yɔ la le asinye eye nàkpee na dukɔ siwo katã gbɔ madɔ wò ɖo la.
For thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, unto me: Take this cup of the wine of wrath at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.
16 Ne wonoe la, woazɔ sɔgɔsɔgɔ, eye woƒe tagbɔ atɔtɔ, le yi si maɖo ɖe wo dome la ta.”
And they shall drink, and reel to and fro, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.
17 Ale mexɔ kplu la le Yehowa si eye mena dukɔ siwo katã gbɔ wòdɔm ɖo la noe.
Then took I the cup at Jehovah’s hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom Jehovah had sent me:
18 Ame siwo noe la woe nye Yerusalem nɔlawo, Yuda ƒe duwo, woƒe fiawo kple woƒe dumegãwo, be woagblẽ wo dome eye woazu ŋɔdzinu, fewuɖunu kple fiƒodenu abe ale si wole egbea ene.
[to wit], Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse, as it is this day;
19 Bubuwoe nye Egipte fia, Farao, eŋutinɔlawo, eƒe dumegãwo kple eƒe dukɔmetɔwo,
Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people;
20 hekpe ɖe amedzro siwo katã le afi ma la ŋuti, Uz fiawo katã, Filistitɔwo ƒe fiawo katã esiwo tso Askelon, Gaza, Ekron, kpe ɖe ame siwo wogblẽ ɖe Asdod ŋu.
and all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Gaza, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;
21 Edom, Moab kple Amon;
Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon;
22 kpe ɖe Tiro kple Sidon fiawo katã ŋu, fia siwo tso ƒuta kple ƒugodo;
and all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the isle which is beyond the sea;
23 Dedan Tema, Buz kpe ɖe didiƒetɔwo ŋu;
Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that have the corners [of their hair] cut off;
24 Arabia fiawo katã kpe ɖe amedzrowo ƒe fia siwo le gbegbe la ŋu.
and all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the wilderness;
25 Fia siwo katã le Zimri, Elam kple Media.
and all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes;
26 Anyiehemefiawo katã, esiwo tso kpuiƒe kple didiƒe siaa. Wo katã noe ɖe wo nɔewo yome, ale fiaɖuƒe siwo katã le anyigba dzi la noe. Ne wo katã noe vɔ la, ekema Sesak fia hã anoe.
and all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another; and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.
27 “Ekema gblɔ na wo be, ‘Ale Yehowa Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la, Israel ƒe Mawu la gblɔe nye esi: “Mino aha ne miamu, ne miaɖe xe eye miamu adze anyi be miagafɔ gbeɖe o, le yi si maɖo ɖe mia dome la ta.”’
And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Drink ye, and be drunken, and spew, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.
28 Ke ne wogbe be yewomaxɔ kplu la le asiwò ano o la, nàgblɔ na wo be, ‘Ale Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la, gblɔe nye esi: “Ele na mi be mianoe!”
And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thy hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Ye shall surely drink.
29 Kpɔ ɖa, miedze egɔme le gbegblẽ hem va du si ŋu woyɔ nye ŋkɔ ɖo la dzi eye wò ya nèsusu be magbe tohehe na yea? Nyemagbe tohehe na wò o, elabena medɔ yi ɖe anyigbadzitɔwo katã ŋu, Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ lae gblɔe.’
For, lo, I begin to work evil at the city which is called by my name; and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished; for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith Jehovah of hosts.
30 “Azɔ gblɔ nya siawo katã ɖi ɖe wo ŋu, nàgblɔ na wo be, “Yehowa aɖe gbe tso dziƒo eye aɖe gbe tso eƒe nɔƒe kɔkɔe la. Ate gbe sesĩe ɖe eƒe anyigba ŋuti. Ado ɣli abe ame siwo le waintsetse fiam la ene eye ado ɣli ɖe anyigbadzinɔlawo katã ŋuti.
Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, Jehovah will roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he will mightily roar against his fold; he will give a shout, as they that tread [the grapes], against all the inhabitants of the earth.
31 Hoowɔwɔ la aɖi le anyigba ƒe mlɔenuwo ke, elabena Yehowa atsɔ nya ɖe dukɔwo ŋu, ahe ʋɔnudɔdrɔ̃ va amewo katã dzi eye wòatsɔ ame vɔ̃ɖiwo ade asi na yi.” Yehowae gblɔe.
A noise shall come even to the end of the earth; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the nations; he will enter into judgment with all flesh: as for the wicked, he will give them to the sword, saith Jehovah.
32 Ale Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la gblɔe nye esi: “Kpɔ ɖa, gbegblẽ le kakam tso dukɔ me yi dukɔ me. Ahom sesẽ aɖe ho tso anyigba ƒe mlɔenuwo ke.”
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great tempest shall be raised up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
33 Le ɣe ma ɣi la, ame siwo Yehowa wu la akaka ɖe afi sia afi, tso anyigba ƒe go sia dzi yi go kemɛ dzi. Womafa na wo alo aƒo wo ƒu alo aɖi wo o, ke boŋ woanɔ abe gbeɖuɖɔ ene anɔ anyigba.
And the slain of Jehovah shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the face of the ground.
34 Mi alẽkplɔlawo, mifa avi, mido ɣli, mimli le ke me, mi alẽha ƒe kplɔlawo. Elabena miaƒe ɣeyiɣi de, be woawu mi, miadze anyi agbã gudugudu abe tɔmedeze ene.
Wail, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow [in ashes], ye principal of the flock; for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are fully come, and ye shall fall like a goodly vessel.
35 Alẽkplɔlawo makpɔ teƒe aɖeke asi yi o, eye alẽhawo ƒe kplɔlawo manya afi si woabe ɖo o.
And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.
36 Se alẽkplɔlawo ƒe aviɣli ɖa; ɖo to kplɔlawo ƒe ɣlidodo, elabena Yehowa le woƒe lãnyiƒe la tsrɔ̃m.
A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and the wailing of the principal of the flock! for Jehovah layeth waste their pasture.
37 Gbe dama nyuiwo azu kuɖiɖinyigba le Yehowa ƒe dziku dziŋɔ la ta.
And the peaceable folds are brought to silence because of the fierce anger of Jehovah.
38 Agblẽ eƒe ave ɖi abe dzata ene, eye woƒe anyigba azu gbegbe le ameteɖetola ƒe yi kple Yehowa ƒe dziku helĩhelĩ la ta.
He hath left his covert, as the lion; for their land is become an astonishment because of the fierceness of the oppressing [sword], and because of his fierce anger.
