Yeremia 48
1 Tso Moab ŋuti: Ale Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ, Israel ƒe Mawu la gblɔe nye esi: “Baba na Nebo elabena azu aƒedo. Woado ŋukpe Kiriataim eye woaxɔe; woagbã mɔ sesẽ la eye wòazu ŋukpe.
To Moab, Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, says this, “Woe to Nebo, for it has been devastated. Kiriathaim has been humiliated and captured. Her fortress has been disgraced and crushed.
2 Womagakafu Moab azɔ o, ŋutsu siwo le Hesbon la ɖo ta me vɔ̃ ɖe eŋu be, ‘Miva, mina míatsrɔ̃ dukɔ ma.’ O, Madmen, woatsrɔ̃ wò hã eye yi ati yowòme.
The honor of Moab is no more. Their enemies in Heshbon plotted disaster against her. They said, 'Come and let us destroy her as a nation. Madmen will also perish—a sword will go after you.'
3 Se ɣli si le ɖiɖim tso Horonaim ɖa, enye tsɔtsrɔ̃ gã kple gbegblẽ ƒe ɣli.
Listen! A sound of screaming is coming from Horonaim, where there is ruin and great destruction.
4 Woamu Moab aƒu anyi eye via suewo afa avi.
Moab has been destroyed. Her children have made their cries heard.
5 Wodze Luhit mɔ dzi le avi fam hehehe. Wose konyifaɣli le Horonaim mɔ dzi le gbegblẽ la ta.
They go up the hill of Luhith weeping, for on the way down to Horonaim, screams are heard because of the destruction.
6 Misi! Miɖe miaƒe agbe eye mianɔ abe gbe le gbegbe ene.
Flee! Save your lives and become like a juniper bush in the wilderness.
7 Esi nèɖo dzi ɖe wò dɔwɔwɔwo kple wò kesinɔnuwo ŋuti ta la, woaɖe aboyo wò hã eye woakplɔ Kemos ayi aboyo mee, kpe ɖe eƒe nunɔlawo kple dumegãwo ŋu.
For because of your trust in your practices and your wealth, you also will be captured. Then Chemosh will go away into captivity, together with his priests and leaders.
8 Nugblẽla ava du sia du me eye du aɖeke masi o. Woagblẽ balimewo eye woakaka towo elabena Yehowae gblɔe.
For the destroyer will come to every city; no city will escape. So the valley will perish and the plain will be devastated, as Yahweh has said.
9 Mide dze Moab elabena aƒaƒã eye eƒe duwo azu aƒedo, ame aɖeke maganɔ wo me o.
Give wings to Moab, for she must certainly fly away. Her cities will become a wasteland, where there is no one to live in them.
10 “Aɖi ame si le asi blem le Yehowa ƒe dɔ ŋu! Aɖi ame si he eƒe yi ɖe megbe be magakɔ ʋu ɖi o la ŋu!
May anyone who is lazy in doing Yahweh's work be cursed! May anyone who keeps his sword back from shedding blood be cursed!
11 “Moab li bɔkɔɔ tso eƒe ɖevime ke abe wain si ɖo ƒã ɖi kpoo eye wometrɔe tso go ɖeka me kɔ ɖe go bubu me o ene; esia nye be meyi aboyo me kpɔ o. Eya ta eƒe vivi gale eŋu eye eƒe ʋeʋẽ lĩlĩlĩ metrɔ o.
Moab has felt secure since he was young. He is like his wine that has never been poured from pot to pot. He has never gone into captivity. Therefore he tastes as good as ever; his flavor remains unchanged.
12 Yehowa be, ‘Gake ŋkekewo li gbɔna esi maɖo ŋutsu siwo trɔa nu le gowo me la ɖa eye woatrɔe aƒu gbe, woana eƒe gowo naɖi gbɔlo eye woagbã eƒe kpluwo.
So see, the days are coming—this is Yahweh's declaration—when I will send him those who will tip him over and pour out all his pots and shatter his jars.
13 Ekema Kemos akpe ŋu na Moab, abe ale si ŋu kpe Israel ƒe aƒe la esi wòtsɔ eƒe susu da ɖe Betel dzi ene.’
Then Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh just as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their object of trust.
14 “Aleke miate ŋu agblɔ be, ‘Míenye kalẽtɔwo, kple ŋutsu siwo bi ɖe aʋawɔwɔ me?’
How can you say, 'We are soldiers, powerful fighting men'?
15 Woagbã Moab kple eƒe duwo eye woakplɔ eƒe ɖekakpui vavãwo ayi ɖe amewuƒee.” Fia si ŋkɔe nye Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Mawu lae gblɔe.
Moab will be devastated and its cities attacked. For its finest young men have gone down to the place of slaughter. This is the king's declaration! Yahweh of hosts is his name.
16 “Moab ƒe anyidzedze tu aƒe, eƒe dzɔgbevɔ̃e ava kaba.
Moab's disaster is soon to happen; calamity is hurrying quickly.
17 Mi ame siwo katã ƒo xlãe, mifa nɛ eye ame siwo katã nya ale si wòxɔ ŋkɔe la negblɔ be, ‘Aleke fiatikplɔ sesẽ la kple atizɔti dzeani la ŋe ale!’
All you who are around Moab, wail; and all you who know its fame, shout this, 'Woe, the strong staff, the honored rod, has been broken.'
18 “Ɖi le wò ŋutikɔkɔe me eye nànɔ anyi ɖe anyigba si ƒu kplakplakpla la dzi, O mi ame siwo le Dibon vinyɔnu ƒe du me elabena ame si gbã Moab la aƒo ɖe dziwò eye wòagbã wò mɔ sesẽwo.
Come down from your honored place and sit on the dry ground, you daughter living in Dibon. For the one who will destroy Moab is attacking you, the one who will destroy your strongholds.
19 Mi ame siwo le Aroer, mitsi tsitre ɖe mɔto ne miakpɔ nu. Bia ŋutsu si le du dzi kple nyɔnu si le sisim la be, ‘Nya kae dzɔ?’
Stand on the road and watch, you people who live in Aroer. Ask the ones who are fleeing and escaping. Say, 'What has happened?'
20 Wodo ŋukpe Moab elabena wogbãe gudugudu. Do ɣli, nàfa avi sesĩe! Ɖe gbeƒãe le Arnon be wogbã Moab.
Moab has been shamed, for it has been shattered. Howl and lament; shout for help. Tell it to people by the Arnon River that Moab has been devastated.
21 Ʋɔnudɔdrɔ̃ va du siwo le to tame la dzi. Eva Holon, Yaza kple Mefaat dzi.
Now punishment has come to the hill country, to Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath,
22 Eva Dibon, Nebo kple Bet Diblataim dzi.
to Dibon, Nebo, and Beth Diblathaim,
23 Eva Kiriataim, Bet Gamul kple Bet Meon dzi,
to Kiriathaim, Beth Gamul, and Beth Meon,
24 Eva Keriyɔt, Bozra kple Moab duwo katã dzi, esiwo le kpuiƒe kple didiƒe siaa dzi.
To Kerioth and Bozrah, and to all the cities in the land of Moab— the farthest and the closest cities.
25 Wolã Moab ƒe dzo ɖa, woŋe eƒe abɔ.” Yehowae gblɔe.
The horn of Moab has been hacked off; its arm has been broken—this is Yahweh's declaration.
26 “Mina aha Moab wòano amu, aƒo dablibɛ le xe si wòɖe la me, eye wòazu alɔmeɖenu, elabena edo toku Yehowa ƒe gbe.
Make him drunk, because he acted proudly against Yahweh. Let Moab wallow in his vomit, and let him be an object of ridicule.
27 Ɖe menye Israel ye nye wò alɔmeɖenu oa? Ɖe wolée le fiafitɔwo dome kpɔ hafi ne èle nu ƒom tso eŋu la, nèʋuʋua ta fewuɖutɔea?
For did not Israel become an object for laughter to you? Was he found among thieves, so that you shook your head at him as often as you spoke about him?
28 Mi Moabtɔwo, misi le miaƒe duwo me, miayi aɖanɔ agakpewo tome. Minɔ abe akpakpa si wɔ atɔ ɖe agado nu ene.”
Abandon the cities and camp on the cliffs, inhabitants of Moab. Become like a dove that is nesting over the mouth of a hole in the rocks.
29 Yehowa be, “Míese Moab ƒe dada, ɖokuiŋudzedze, adegbeƒoƒo, ɖokuidzadzra kple amemabumabu kple eƒe dzi ƒe kɔkɔ ɖe dzi.
We have heard of Moab's pride—his arrogance, his haughtiness, his pride, his self-glory and the conceit in his heart.
30 Menya eƒe tonumasemase gake toflokoe, elabena eƒe dada vivivo mahe naneke vɛ nɛ o.
This is Yahweh's declaration—I myself know his defiant speech, which amounts to nothing, like his deeds.
31 Eya ta mado ɣli ɖe Moab ŋu eye mafa avi ɖe Moab blibo ŋu. Mefa na Kir Hareset ŋutsuwo.
So I will howl a lament for Moab, and I will shout in sorrow for all of Moab. I will lament for the people of Kir Hareseth.
32 O, mi Sibma wainkawo, mefa na mi abe ale si Yazer fa avi ene. Wò alɔwo keke yi ɖe atsiaƒu to ʋĩi eye wodidi ɖase keke Yazer ƒuta ke. Nugblẽla va ƒo ɖe wò atikutsetse ɖiɖiwo kple wò wainkpowo dzi.
I will weep for you more than I did for Jazer, vine of Sibmah! Your branches passed across the Salt Sea and reached as far as Jazer. The destroyers have attacked your summer fruit and your wine.
33 Dzidzɔ kple aseyetsotso nu tso le Moab ƒe agblewo me. Metsi wain nu le wainfiamɔwo me, ame aɖeke magafiae kple dzidzɔ o. Togbɔ be ɣli le ɖiɖim hã la, menye dzidzɔɣlie o.
So celebration and rejoicing have been taken away from the fruit trees and the land of Moab. I have put an end to the wine from their winepresses. They will not tread with joyful shouts. Any shouts will not be shouts of joy.
34 “Woƒe aviɣli ɖi tso Hesbon, yi Eleale kple Yahaz ke. Eɖi tso Zoar, eye wosee le Horonaim, Eglat Selisia gɔ̃ hã, elabena Nimrim tɔsisi me tsiwo ke hã mie.
From the shouts at Heshbon as far as Elealeh, their sound is heard at Jahaz, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath Shelishiyah, since even the waters of Nimrim have dried up.
35 Maɖo asi ame siwo sa vɔ le nuxeƒewo eye wodoa dzudzɔ ʋeʋĩ na woƒe mawuwo la dzi le Moab.” Yehowae gblɔe.
For I will put an end to anyone in Moab who makes sacrifices on the high places and burns incense to his gods—this is Yahweh's declaration.
36 Yehowa be, “Eya ta nye dzi le nu xam le Moab ŋu abe dzekuku ene, eye nye dzi xa nu abe kpẽ ene na Kir Hareset ŋutsuwo, elabena kesinɔnu siwo woli kɔe la dzo.
So my heart is lamenting for Moab like a flute. My heart is lamenting like flutes for the people of Kir Hareseth. The riches they gained are gone.
37 Wolũ ta ɖe sia ɖe eye woƒlɔ ge ɖe sia ɖe, wode abi asi ɖe sia ɖe ŋu eye akpanya le ali ɖe sia ɖe dzi.
For every head is bald and every beard shaved. Incisions are on every hand, and sackcloth is around their waists.
38 Le Moab ƒe xɔwo katã tame kple ablɔwo me la, naneke meli wu konyifafa o, elabena megbã Moab abe kplu si ame aɖeke mele didim o la ene.” Yehowae gblɔe.
There is mourning everywhere, on every flat roof of Moab and in Moab's plazas. For I have destroyed Moab like pots that no one wants—this is Yahweh's declaration.
39 “Wogbãe gudugudu loo! Wole ɣli dom ale gbegbe! Aleke Moab trɔ megbe kple ŋukpee nye esi! Moab zu alɔmeɖenu kple bibi na ame siwo katã ƒo xlãe.”
How it has been shattered! How they howl in their lamenting! Moab turns its back in shame! So Moab will become an object of derision and a terror to all those who are around him.”
40 Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: “Kpɔ ɖa, hɔ̃ aɖe dzo gbɔna, eɖo asagba, keke eƒe aʋalawo me ɖe Moab dzi.
For Yahweh says this, “See, the enemy will come flying like an eagle, spreading out his wings over Moab.
41 Woaxɔ Keriyɔt kple eƒe mɔ sesẽwo. Gbe ma gbe la, Moab ƒe Kalẽtɔwo ƒe dzi anɔ abe nyɔnu si le ku lém la tɔ ene.
Kerioth has been captured, and its strongholds have been seized. For in that day the hearts of Moab's soldiers will be like the hearts of women in birth labor.
42 Woatsrɔ̃ Moab, be maganye dukɔ azɔ o, elabena edo toku Yehowa ƒe gbe.
So Moab will be destroyed and be no longer a people, because he made himself to be great against Yahweh.
43 O, Moabtɔwo, ŋɔdzi, ʋe globo kple mɔka le mia lalam.” Yehowae gblɔe.
Terror and the pit, and a trap are coming on you, inhabitant of Moab—this is Yahweh's declaration.
44 “Ame si si le ŋɔdzi nu la age adze ʋe globo la me, mɔka aɖe ame si te ŋu do le ʋe globoa me, elabena mahe toheɣi va Moab dzi.” Yehowae gblɔe.
Anyone who flees because of terror will fall into the pit, and anyone who climbs out of the pit will be caught in the trap, for I will bring this on them in the year of my vengeance against them—this is Yahweh's declaration.
45 “Sitsoƒedilawo tɔ ɖe Hesbon ƒe vɔvɔli te xɔnamemanɔsitɔe, elabena dzo tso Hesbon eye dzo ƒe aɖe do tso Sixɔn titina, efia Moabtɔwo ƒe ŋgonu, dada ƒuƒlu dalawo ƒe tagowo.
The ones who flee will stand in the shadow of Heshbon without any strength, for fire will go out from Heshbon, flame from the middle of Sihon. It will devour the forehead of Moab and the top of the heads of the boastful people.
46 Baba na wò, O Moab! Wotsrɔ̃ Kemostɔwo, wokplɔ mia viŋutsuwo yi aboyo mee eye woɖe aboyo mia vinyɔnuwo.
Woe to you, Moab! Chemosh's people are destroyed, For your sons are taken as captives and your daughters into captivity.
47 “Ke hã la, magaɖo Moab ƒe nunyonamewo te le ŋkeke siwo ava la me.” Yehowae gblɔe. Moab ƒe ʋɔnudɔdrɔ̃ se ɖe afi sia.
But I will restore the fortunes of Moab in later days—this is Yahweh's declaration.” The judgment on Moab ends here.
