Yeremia 32
1 Esia nye Yehowa ƒe nya si va na Yeremia le Yuda fia Zedekia ƒe ƒe ewolia me eye wòganye Nebukadnezar ƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe ƒe wuienyilia me.
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.
2 Babilonia fia ƒe aʋakɔwo ɖe to ɖe Yerusalem eye wolé Nyagblɔɖila Yeremia de gae ɖe xɔxɔnu si dzɔlawo nɔna le Yuda fia ƒe fiasã me.
At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was imprisoned in the courtyard of the guard, which was in the palace of the king of Judah.
3 Azɔ Yuda fia Zedekia de gae ɖe afi ma hegblɔ nɛ be, “Nu ka ta nèle nya gblɔm ɖi alea ɖo? Egblɔ be, ‘Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: Matsɔ du sia ade asi na Babilonia fia, eye wòaxɔe.
For Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him, saying: “Why are you prophesying like this? You claim that the LORD says, ‘Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.
4 Yuda fia Zedekia mado le Babiloniatɔwo ƒe asi me o, ke boŋ woalée ade asi na Babilonia fia, aƒo nu kplii ŋkume kple ŋkume, eye wòakpɔe kple eya ŋutɔ ƒe ŋkuwo.
Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape from the hands of the Chaldeans, but he will surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and will speak with him face to face and see him eye to eye.
5 Akplɔ Zedekia ayi ɖe Babilonia, afi si wòanɔ va se ɖe esime matu nu kplii Yehowae gblɔe. Ne èwɔ aʋa kple Babiloniatɔwo la, màɖu wo dzi o.’”
He will take Zedekiah to Babylon, where he will stay until I attend to him, declares the LORD. If you fight against the Chaldeans, you will not succeed.’”
6 Yeremia ɖo eŋu be, “Yehowa ƒe nya va gblɔe nam be,
Jeremiah replied, “The word of the LORD came to me, saying:
7 ‘Tɔwòɖia, Salum, ƒe vi Hanamel ava gbɔwò agblɔ na wò be, “Ƒle nye agble si le Anatɔt elabena, abe ƒonyemetɔ kpamkpam ene la, enye wò gome kple dɔdeasi be nàƒlee?”’
Behold! Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum, is coming to you to say, ‘Buy for yourself my field in Anathoth, for you have the right of redemption to buy it.’
8 “Tete abe ale si Yehowa gblɔe ene la, tɔnyeɖia ƒe vi, Hanamel va gbɔnye le dzɔlawo ƒe xɔxɔnu, eye wògblɔ nam be, ‘Ƒle nye agble si le Anatɔt le Benyaminyigba dzi. Esi wònye wò domenyinu wònye be nàxɔe eye wòanye tɔwò ta la, ƒlee na ɖokuiwò.’ “Menyae be esia nye gbe tso Yehowa gbɔ,
Then, as the LORD had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and urged me, ‘Please buy my field in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for you own the right of inheritance and redemption. Buy it for yourself.’” Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.
9 eya ta meƒle agble si le Anatɔt la le tɔnyeɖia ƒe vi, Hanamel si heda klosaloga gram alafa eve tsɔ nɛ.
So I bought the field in Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel, and I weighed out seventeen shekels of silver.
10 Mede asi anyigbaƒlegblalẽ la te hetre enu, hena ɖasefowo hã de asi ete eye meda klosaloga la le nudanu me.
I signed and sealed the deed, called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales.
11 Mexɔ anyigbaƒlegbalẽ la, esi nu wotre, eye ɖoɖo si dzi woƒle agblea ɖo la le eme, hekpe ɖe esi nu wometre o la ŋuti.
Then I took the deed of purchase—the sealed copy with its terms and conditions, as well as the open copy—
12 Metsɔ anyigbaƒlegbalẽ la na Baruk, Neria ƒe vi, Mahseya ƒe vi, le tɔnyeɖia ƒe vi, Hanamel kple ɖasefo siwo de asi agbalẽ la te kple Yudatɔ siwo katã nɔ anyi ɖe dzɔlawo ƒe xɔxɔnu la ŋkume.
and I gave this deed to Baruch son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the sight of my cousin Hanamel and the witnesses who were signing the purchase agreement and all the Jews sitting in the courtyard of the guard.
13 “Le woƒe ŋkume mede se siawo na Baruk.
In their sight I instructed Baruch,
14 ‘Ale Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la, Israel ƒe Mawu la gblɔe nye esi: Tsɔ agbalẽ siawo, anyigbaƒlegbalẽ si nu wotre kple esi le ʋuʋu la siaa de ze me ne woanɔ anyi eteƒe nadidi.
“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Take these deeds—both the sealed copy and the open copy of the deed of purchase—and put them in a clay jar to preserve them for a long time.
15 Elabena ale Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ, Israel ƒe Mawu la gblɔe nye esi: “Woagaƒle aƒewo, agbledenyigbawo kple waingblewo le anyigba sia dzi.”’
For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Houses, fields, and vineyards will again be bought in this land.”
16 “Esi metsɔ anyigbaƒlegbalẽ la na Neria ƒe vi, Baruk vɔ la, medo gbe ɖa na Yehowa gblɔ be:
After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD:
17 “O, Aƒetɔ Yehowa, wòe tsɔ wò ŋusẽ triakɔ kple wò abɔ si le dzi la wɔ dziƒo kple anyigbae. Naneke mesesẽ na wò akpa o.
“Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You!
18 Elɔ̃a ame akpe nanewo gake ètsɔa fofowo ƒe nu vɔ̃wo ƒe tohehe ɖoa akɔ na vi siwo wodzi. O Mawu gã kple ŋusẽtɔ, ame si ŋkɔe nye Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ,
You show loving devotion to thousands but lay the iniquity of the fathers into the laps of their children after them, O great and mighty God whose name is the LORD of Hosts,
19 wò ɖoɖowo lolo eye wò nuwɔwɔwo tri akɔ. Wò ŋkuwo le te ɖe amegbetɔwo ƒe mɔwo ŋu eye nèwɔa nu sia nu si ame sia ame dze na la nɛ ɖe eƒe agbenɔnɔ kple eƒe nuwɔnawo nu.
the One great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are on all the ways of the sons of men, to reward each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.
20 Èwɔ dzesi gãwo kple nukunu triakɔwo le Egiptenyigba dzi eye nègale wo wɔwɔ dzi va se ɖe egbe sia, le Israel kple amegbetɔwo katã dome eye nèxɔ ŋkɔ gã na ɖokuiwò esi nye tɔwò va se ɖe fifia.
You performed signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, and You do so to this very day, both in Israel and among all mankind. And You have made a name for Yourself, as is the case to this day.
21 Èkplɔ wò dukɔ, Israel, do goe le Egipte kple dzesiwo, nukunuwo, alɔ sesẽ kple abɔ si le dzi kple ŋɔdzi gã.
You brought Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror.
22 Ètsɔ anyigba sia, si nèka atam be yeatsɔ ana wo fofowo la na wo, anyigba si dzi notsi kple anyitsi bɔ ɖo fũu.
You gave them this land that You had sworn to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.
23 Woge ɖe anyigba la dzi hexɔe gake womeɖo to wò alo wɔ wò seawo dzi o. Womewɔ nu siwo ƒe se nède na wo be woawɔ la o, eya tae nèhe gbegblẽ sia katã va wo dzii ɖo.
They came in and possessed it, but they did not obey Your voice or walk in Your law. They failed to perform all that You commanded them to do, and so You have brought upon them all this disaster.
24 “Kpɔ ale si woƒu kpo ɖe dua ŋutii be woaxɔe ɖa. Le yi, dɔwuame kple dɔvɔ̃ ta la, woatsɔ du la ade asi na Babiloniatɔ siwo ɖe to ɖee. Nu si nègblɔ la va eme abe ale si nèle ekpɔmii fifia ene.
See how the siege ramps are mounted against the city to capture it. And by sword and famine and plague, the city has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What You have spoken has happened, as You now see!
25 Togbɔ be woatsɔ du la ade asi na Babiloniatɔwo hã la, O, wò Aƒetɔ Yehowa, ègblɔ nam be, ‘Tsɔ klosaloga nàƒle agbledenyigbae eye nàna ɖasefowo nakpɔ eƒleƒe.’”
Yet You, O Lord GOD, have said to me, ‘Buy for yourself the field with silver and call in witnesses, even though the city has been delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans!’”
26 Tete Yehowa ƒe nya va na Yeremia be,
Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:
27 “Nyee nye Yehowa, amegbetɔwo katã ƒe Mawu. Ɖe nane sesẽ nam akpa?
“Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is anything too difficult for Me?
28 Eya ta ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: Matsɔ du sia ade asi na Babiloniatɔwo kple Babilonia fia, Nebukadnezar, be woaxɔe.
Therefore this is what the LORD says: Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hands of the Chaldeans and of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will capture it.
29 Babiloniatɔ siwo ɖe to ɖe du sia la age ɖe eme atɔ dzoe. Woana wòabi azu afi, hekpe ɖe aƒe siwo tame wodoa dzudzɔ ʋeʋĩ na Baal le eye woƒoa aha ɖi na mawu tutɔwo le, ne woatsɔ ado dziku nam la ŋuti.
And the Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will come in, set it on fire, and burn it, along with the houses of those who provoked Me to anger by burning incense to Baal on their rooftops and by pouring out drink offerings to other gods.
30 “Tso Israelviwo kple Yudatɔwo ƒe ɖekakpuime ke la, womewɔ naneke wu nu vɔ̃ɖi le ŋkunye me o. Le nyateƒe me la, Israelviwo mewɔ naneke wu be woado dziku nam kple nu si woƒe asi wɔ la, o.” Yehowae gblɔe.
For the children of Israel and of Judah have done nothing but evil in My sight from their youth; indeed, they have done nothing but provoke Me to anger by the work of their hands, declares the LORD.
31 Tso gbe si gbe ke wotso du sia va se ɖe fifia la, du sia do dziku kple dɔmedzoe nam ale gbegbe be ele nam be maɖee ɖa le nye ŋkuta.
For this city has aroused My wrath and fury from the day it was built until now. Therefore I will remove it from My presence
32 Israelviwo kple Yudatɔwo tsɔ woƒe nu vɔ̃ɖi siwo katã wowɔ la do dziku nam, woawo ŋutɔwo ƒe fiawo, woƒe dumegãwo, woƒe nunɔlawo, woƒe nyagblɔɖilawo, Yuda ŋutsuwo kple Yerusalemtɔwo siaa.
because of all the evil the children of Israel and of Judah have done to provoke Me to anger—they, their kings, their officials, their priests and prophets, the men of Judah, and the residents of Jerusalem.
33 Wotrɔ woƒe ʋu me dem, menye woƒe ŋkume o. Togbɔ be mefia nu wo atraɖii hã la, womeɖo to alo trɔ ɖe amehehe ŋuti o.
They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Though I taught them again and again, they would not listen or respond to discipline.
34 Wotsɔ woƒe legba nyɔŋuawo ɖo aƒe si ŋuti woyɔ nye ŋkɔ ɖo la me eye wodo gui.
They have placed their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.
35 Wotu nuxeƒewo na Baal le Ben Hinom ƒe Balime, ne woatsɔ wo viŋutsuviwo kple wo vinyɔnuviwo asa vɔe na Molek, evɔ nyemeɖo nu sia na wo gbeɖegbeɖe alo wòayi nye ta me va ge, be woawɔ ŋunyɔnu sia eye woakplɔ Yuda ade nu vɔ̃ me o.
They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered My mind, that they should commit such an abomination and cause Judah to sin.
36 Miele gbɔgblɔm le du sia ŋuti be, “To yi, dɔwuame kple dɔvɔ̃ me, woatsɔ du la ade asi na Babilonia fia,” gake ale Yehowa, Israel ƒe Mawu la gblɔe nye esi:
Now therefore, about this city of which you say, ‘It will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by sword and famine and plague,’ this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says:
37 “Le nyateƒe me la, maƒo wo nu ƒu tso anyigba siwo katã dzi menya wo ɖo ɖo le nye dziku kple dɔmedzoe helĩhelĩ la me. Matrɔ wo agbɔe va teƒe sia eye mana woanɔ anyi le dedinɔnɔ me.
I will surely gather My people from all the lands to which I have banished them in My furious anger and great wrath, and I will return them to this place and make them dwell in safety.
38 Woanye nye dukɔ eye nye hã manye woƒe Mawu.
They will be My people, and I will be their God.
39 Mana dzi ɖeka wo eye woƒe afɔɖeɖewo hã anɔ ɖeka ale be woavɔ̃m ɣe sia ɣi hena woawo ŋutɔwo kple wo vi siwo ava xɔ ɖe wo teƒe la ƒe nyui.
I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them.
40 Mabla nu mavɔ kpli wo, nyemadzudzɔ nyuiwɔwɔ na wo o eye made dzi ƒo na wo be woavɔ̃m, ale be womagatrɔ le yonyeme akpɔ o.
I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away from Me.
41 Matsɔ dzidzɔ awɔ nyui na wo eye matsɔ nye dzi blibo kple luʋɔ blibo ali ke wo kple kakaɖedzi ɖe anyigba sia dzi.
Yes, I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul.
42 “Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: Abe ale si mehe dzɔgbevɔ̃e gã sia va ame siawo dzii ene la, nenema kee matsɔ dzidzedzekpɔkpɔ si ŋugbe medo na wo la hã ana wo.
For this is what the LORD says: Just as I have brought all this great disaster on this people, so I will bring on them all the good I have promised them.
43 Ava eme be, woagaƒle agblewo le anyigba si ŋuti miegblɔ le be, ‘Ezu gbegbe si menyo na naneke o, eye amegbetɔ alo gbemelãwo gɔ̃ hã megale edzi o, elabena wotsɔe de asi na Babiloniatɔwo’ la dzi.
And fields will be bought in this land about which you are saying, ‘It is a desolation, without man or beast; it has been delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans.’
44 Woatsɔ klosaloga aƒle agblewo eye woawɔ agbalẽ ɖe wo dzi, ade asi ete kple ɖasefowo, eye woatre wo nu le Benyaminyigba dzi, kɔƒe siwo ƒo xlã Yerusalem, le Yuda duwo kple togbɛduwo me, le ɣetoɖoƒe ƒe togbɛmɔwo to kple gbegbenutowo me, elabena matrɔ woƒe nunyoname vɛ na wo.” Yehowae gblɔe.
Fields will be purchased with silver, and deeds will be signed, sealed, and witnessed in the land of Benjamin, in the areas surrounding Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah—the cities of the hill country, the foothills, and the Negev—because I will restore them from captivity, declares the LORD.”
