< Yeremia 46 >
1 Esia nye Yehowa ƒe nya si va na Nyagblɔɖila Yeremia tso dukɔwo ŋuti.
Which it came [the] word of Yahweh to Jeremiah the prophet on the nations.
2 Tso Egipte ŋu: Esia nye gbedeasi na Egipte fia Farao Neko ƒe aʋakɔwo, ame siwo dzi Babilonia fia Nebukadnezar ɖu le Frat tɔsisi la nu le Karkemis le Yuda fia, Yehoyakim, Yosia ƒe vi ƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe ƒe enelia me:
Of Egypt on [the] army of Pharaoh Necho [the] king of Egypt which it was at [the] river of Euphrates at Carchemish which he struck down Nebuchadnezzar [the] king of Babylon in [the] year fourth of Jehoiakim [the] son of Josiah [the] king of Judah.
3 “Midzra miaƒe akpoxɔnu gãtɔwo kple suetɔwo ɖo eye miado ayi ɖe aʋa!
Set in order shield and body shield and draw near for battle.
4 Mitsi sɔwo ɖe tasiaɖamwo ŋu eye miade sɔwo dzi! Miɖɔ gakukuwo, mido mia tɔ ɖe mia nɔƒewo! Minyre miaƒe akplɔwo eye miado miaƒe gawuwo!
Harness the horses and mount the warhorses and take your stand with helmets polish the spears put on the armor.
5 Nu ka kpɔm mele? Dzidzi ƒo wo, wogbugbɔ ɖe megbe, woɖu woƒe kalẽtɔwo dzi. Wosi kple du kple du megbemakpɔmakpɔtɔe eye ŋɔdzi ƒo xlã wo godoo.” Yehowae gblɔe.
Why? have I seen they [will be] terrified [they will be] turned back backwards and warriors their they will be crushed and flight they will flee and not they will turn back terror [will be] from round about [the] utterance of Yahweh.
6 “Afɔ ɖeablɛtɔ mate ŋu asi alo ŋusẽtɔ naɖe eɖokui o. Le anyiehe, le Frat tɔsisi la to, afi mae wokli nu hedze anyi ɖo.
May not he flee the swift [one] and may not he escape the warrior north-ward on [the] side of [the] river of Euphrates they will stumble and they will fall.
7 “Ame kae nye esi gbɔna le eɖokui kɔm ɖe dzi abe Nil kple tɔsisi siwo me tsi le sisim sesĩe ene?
Who? [is] this [who] like the River he rises like rivers they surge waters his.
8 Egipte le kɔkɔm ɖe dzi abe Nil kple tɔsisi siwo me tsi le sisim kplakplakpla ene, egblɔ be, ‘Maɖo axɔ ɖe anyigba blibo la dzi; matsrɔ̃ amewo kple woƒe duwo.’
Egypt like the River it rises and like rivers they surge waters and it has said I will rise I will cover [the] earth I will destroy a city and [the] inhabitants in it.
9 O, sɔwo, milũ ɖe wo dzi! O, tasiaɖamkulawo, miku wo kple ŋkubiã! O, kalẽtɔwo, mizɔ yi ŋgɔ tẽe, eye mi Kus kple Put ŋutsu siwo tsɔa akpoxɔnuwo kple Lidia ŋutsu siwo daa aŋutrɔ nyuie!
Go up O horses and drive madly O chariotry so they may go forth the warriors Cush and Put [who] wield a shield and Ludites [who] wield [those who] bend a bow.
10 Gake gbe ma gbe nye Aƒetɔ Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la tɔ, hlɔ̃biaŋkeke wòanye, ne wòabia hlɔ̃ eƒe futɔwo. Yi aɖu nu va se ɖe esime wòaɖi ƒo eye ano ʋu va se ɖe esi me wòaɖi kɔ elabena Aƒetɔ Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la, asa vɔ le anyiehenyigba dzi, le Frat tɔsisi la to.
And the day that [belongs] to [the] Lord Yahweh of hosts a day of vengeance to avenge himself from opponents his and it will devour [the] sword and it will be satisfied and it will take its fill from blood their for a sacrifice of [the] Lord Yahweh of hosts [will be] in [the] land of [the] north to [the] river of Euphrates.
11 “O, ɖetugbi dzadzɛ, Egipte vinyɔnu, yi ɖe Gilead nàƒle dɔyɔmi. Dzodzroe nèli kɔ atikewo gleglegle, elabena màhaya akpɔ o.
Go up Gilead and acquire balm O virgin of [the] daughter of Egypt for vanity (you have multiplied *Q(K)*) remedies [is] healing there not for you.
12 Dukɔwo ase wò ŋukpeŋkɔ eye wò ɣlidodo axɔ anyigba la dzi. Kalẽtɔ akli nɔvia kalẽtɔ eye wo kple eve la siaa woadze anyi.”
They will hear nations shame your and outcry your it will be full the earth for warrior over warrior they will stumble together they will fall both of them.
13 Esia nye Yehowa ƒe nya si wòtsɔ na Nyagblɔɖila Yeremia tso ale si Babilonia fia Nebukadnezar ava dze Egipte dzi la ŋuti.
The word which he spoke Yahweh to Jeremiah the prophet of [the] coming of Nebuchadnezzar [the] king of Babylon to strike [the] land of Egypt.
14 “Miɖe gbeƒã le Egipte, mido kpoe le Migdol eye mido kpoe le Memfis kple Tapanhes hã. ‘Mitso miadzra ɖo, ne mianɔ mia nɔƒewo elabena yi wu ame siwo ƒo xlã mi godoo.’
Declare in Egypt and make a proclamation in Migdol and make a proclamation in Memphis and in Tahpanhes say take your stand and prepare yourself for it will devour [the] sword around you.
15 Nu ka ŋuti woana wò kalẽtɔwo naɖo baba ɖe anyigba? Womate ŋu anɔ te o, elabena Yehowa atutu wo aƒu anyi.
Why? will he be prostrated mighty [ones] your not he will stand for Yahweh he will push him.
16 Woakli nu enuenu eye woadze anyi ɖe wo nɔewo dzi. Woagblɔ be, ‘Mitso, mina míatrɔ ayi míaƒe amewo gbɔ, le mía denyigba dzi eye míasi le ameteɖeanyila ƒe yi nu.’
He will multiply [one who] stumbles also he will fall each to neighbor his and they said arise! - so let us return to people our and to [the] land of kindred our because of [the] sword of the oppressor.
17 Afi ma woado ɣli le be, ‘Egipte fia Farao nye ɣli ƒuƒlu dola; eƒe mɔnukpɔkpɔ to eta va yi.’”
People will call out there Pharaoh [the] king of Egypt [is] a noise he has let pass by the appointed time.
18 Ale fia si ŋkɔe nye Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la, gblɔe nye esi: “Meta nye agbe be ame aɖe ava abe Tabɔr le towo dome kple Karmel le atsiaƒu to ene.
[by] [the] life Of me [the] utterance of the king [is] Yahweh of hosts name his that like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel at the sea he will come.
19 Miƒo ƒu miaƒe nuwo na aboyomeyiyi, mi ame siwo le Egipte, elabena Memfis azu aƒedo eye woagbãe gudugudu be ame manɔ eme o.
Baggage of exile make for yourself O inhabitant[s] [the] daughter of Egypt for Memphis a waste it will become and it will be made desolate from not inhabitant.
20 “Egipte le abe nyinɔ sue dzeani ene gake togbato tso anyiehe gbɔna ɖe edzi dze ge.
[is] a heifer Beautifully beautiful Egypt a gadfly from [the] north [is] about to come [is] about to come.
21 Asrafo siwo wotsɔ aʋae la le abe nyivi damiwo ene. Woawo hã atrɔ megbe asi adzo, womate ŋu anɔ te o, elabena woƒe gbegblẽ gbɔna eye woƒe tohegbe va ɖo.
Also hired soldiers its in midst its [are] like calves of [the] stall for also they they will turn they will flee together not they will stand their ground for [the] day of disaster their it will come on them [the] time of punishment their.
22 Ne futɔwo ƒe aʋakɔ ho gbɔna la, Egipte axlɔ̃ abe da si le sisim ene, woatso ɖe eŋu kple fia abe ŋutsu siwo lãa ati ene.
Sound its [is] like snake [which] it goes for with an army they will come and with axes they will come to it like cutters of wood.
23 Togbɔ be eƒe avewo do ale gbegbe hã la, woalã wo akɔ ɖi. Ameawo sɔ gbɔ wu ʋetsuviwo eye womate ŋu axlẽ wo o. Yehowae gblɔe.
They will cut down forest its [the] utterance of Yahweh that not it will be searched for they will be many more than locust[s] and not [belonged] to them number.
24 Woado ŋukpe Egipte vinyɔnu eye woatsɔe ade asi na ame siwo le anyiehe.”
It will be put to shame [the] daughter of Egypt it will be given in [the] hand of [the] people of [the] north.
25 Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ, Israel ƒe Mawu la be, “Mahe gbegblẽ va Tebestɔwo ƒe mawu Amon, Farao, Egipte, eƒe fiawo kple eƒe mawuwo kple ame siwo katã ziɔ ɖe Farao ŋuti la dzi.
He says Yahweh of hosts [the] God of Israel here I [am] about to visit [judgment] to Amon from Thebes and on Pharaoh and on Egypt and on gods its and on kings its and on Pharaoh and on the [ones who] trust in him.
26 Makplɔ wo ade asi na Babilonia fia Nebukadnezar kple eŋutime siwo le woƒe agbe yome tim. Gake emegbe la, amewo aganɔ Egiptenyigba dzi abe tsã ƒe ɣeyiɣiwo me ene.” Yehowae gblɔe.
And I will give them in [the] hand of [those who] seek life their and in [the] hand of Nebuchadnezzar [the] king of Babylon and in [the] hand of servants his and after thus it will settle like days of antiquity [the] utterance of Yahweh.
27 “O Yakob, nye dɔla, mègavɔ̃ o; O Israel, wò mo megatsi dãa o. Maɖe wò godoo tso didiƒenyigba aɖe dzi kple wò dzidzimeviwo tso anyigba si dzi woɖe aboyo wo ɖo ɖo la. Yakob aganɔ anyi le ŋutifafa kple dedinɔnɔ me eye ame aɖeke mado ŋɔdzi nɛ o.
And you may not you fear O servant my Jacob and may not you be dismayed O Israel for here I [am] about to save you from a distant [land] and offspring your from [the] land of captivity their and he will return Jacob and he will be undisturbed and he will be at ease and there not [will be one who] terrifies.
28 Mègavɔ̃ o, O nye dɔla Yakob, elabena meli kpli wò. Togbɔ be metsrɔ̃ dukɔ siwo katã me mekaka mi ɖo ɖo keŋkeŋ hã la, nyematsrɔ̃ wò ya keŋkeŋkeŋ o. Mahe to na wò gake ɖe dzɔdzɔenyenye dzi; Ɖekoe nyemana nàyi tomahemahee kura o.”
You may not you fear O servant my Jacob [the] utterance of Yahweh that [am] with you I that I will make complete destruction on all the nations - where I have driven away you there towards and you not I will make complete destruction and I will discipline you to justice and certainly not I will leave unpunished you.