Yeremia 5
1 “Mizɔ to Yerusalem ƒe kpɔdomewo, mitsa ŋku le teƒeteƒewo ne miabu eŋuti eye miatsa to eƒe ablɔwo dzi. Ne miate ŋu akpɔ ame ɖeka teti si awɔ nu anukwaretɔe eye wòati nyateƒe ko yome la, matsɔe ake du sia.
Go to and fro in streets of Jerusalem, And see, I pray you, and know, And seek in her broad places, if ye find a man, If there be one doing judgment, seeking stedfastness — Then am I propitious to her.
2 Togbɔ be wogblɔ be, ‘Meta Yehowa ƒe agbe’ hã la, wole nu tam alakpatɔe kokoko.”
And if they say, 'Jehovah liveth,' Surely to a falsehood they swear.
3 O Yehowa, ɖe wò ŋkuwo mele nyateƒe ŋu oa? ȃo wo gake womese veve o, ègbã wo nyanyanya gake womese veve o, ègbã wo nyanyanya gake wogbe ɖɔɖɔɖowɔwɔ. Wowɔ woƒe mo wòsẽ wu kpe eye wogbe dzimetɔtrɔ.
Jehovah, Thine eyes, are they not on stedfastness? Thou hast smitten them, and they have not grieved, Thou hast consumed them, They have refused to receive instruction, They made their faces harder than a rock, They have refused to turn back.
4 Mebui be, “Ame siawo la, ame dahewo ko wonye. Wonye movitɔwo hã elabena womenya Yehowa ƒe mɔ kple woƒe Mawu la ƒe didiwo o.
And I — I said, 'Surely these [are] poor, They have been foolish, For they have not known the way of Jehovah, The judgment of their God.
5 Eya ta mayi ɖe woƒe kplɔlawo gbɔ, aƒo nu na wo; woawo ya nya Yehowa ƒe mɔ kple woƒe Mawu la ƒe didiwo godoo.” Gake woawo hã tsɔ lɔlɔ̃nu ɖeka ŋe kɔkuti la ɖa eye wotu kɔsasawo.
I get me to the great, and I speak with them, For they have known the way of Jehovah, The judgment of their God.' Surely they together have broken the yoke, They have drawn away the bands.
6 Eya ta dzata ado tso ave me ava dze wo dzi, amegaxi ado tso gbegbe avuvu wo, eye lãkle ava de xa ɖe woƒe duwo ƒe gbɔto, be wòavuvu ame si ake atse ado go la ʋayaʋaya, elabena woƒe aglãdzedze lolo, eye woƒe megbededewo sɔ gbɔ.
Therefore smitten them hath a lion out of the forest, A wolf of the deserts doth spoil them, A leopard is watching over their cities, Every one who is going out of them is torn, For many have been their transgressions, Mighty have been their backslidings.
7 “Nu ka ta matsɔe ake mi ɖo? Mia viwo gbem, eye wota mawu siwo menye mawu o togbɔ be mekpɔ woƒe hiahiãwo katã gbɔ na wo hã la, wogayi ɖawɔ ahasi, eye woƒo ta kpli ɖe gboloxɔwo me.
For this I am not propitious to thee, Thy sons have forsaken Me, And are satisfied by that which is not god, I satisfy them, and they commit adultery, And at the house of a harlot They gather themselves together.
8 Woɖi ƒo nyuie abe sɔtsu siwo le asi yɔm la ene, ɖe sia ɖe le gbe tem ɖe ame bubu srɔ̃ ŋu.
Fed horses — they have been early risers, Each to the wife of his neighbour they neigh.
9 Ɖe mele be mahe to na wo ɖe esia ta oa? Ɖe nyemabia hlɔ̃ dukɔ sia tɔgbi oa?” Yehowae gblɔe.
For these do I not lay a charge? An affirmation of Jehovah, And on a nation such as this, Doth not My soul avenge itself?
10 “Mige ɖe eƒe waingblewo me eye mialã woƒe wainkawo. Ke migagblẽ wo gbidigbidi o. Milã alɔwo elabena dukɔ sia menye Yehowa tɔ o.
Go ye up on her walls, and destroy, And a completion make not, Turn aside her branches, for they [are] not Jehovah's,
11 Israel kple Yuda ƒe aƒewo meto nyateƒe nam kura o.” Yehowae gblɔe.
For dealt treacherously against Me have the house of Israel, And the house of Judah, an affirmation of Jehovah.
12 Woda alakpa tso Yehowa ŋu hegblɔ bena, “Mawɔ naneke o! Vɔ̃ aɖeke mawɔ mí o eye míakpɔ dɔwuame alo yi ƒe ŋkume gbeɖe o.
They have lied against Jehovah, And they say, '[It is] not He, Nor come in against us doth evil, Yea, sword and famine we do not see.
13 Nyagblɔɖilawo la, ya ko wonye eye nya la mele wo me o, eya ta, na woawɔ nu si wogblɔ la na wo.”
And the prophets become wind, And the word is not in them,' — thus it is done by them.
14 Eya ta ale Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Mawu la gblɔe nye esi: “Esi dukɔ la gblɔ nya siawo ta la, mawɔ nye nya la wòazu dzo bibi anɔ wò nu me eye dukɔ la anye nake si wòabi.”
Therefore, thus said Jehovah, God of Hosts, Because of your speaking this word, Lo, I am making My words in thy mouth become fire, And this people wood, and it hath devoured them.
15 Yehowa be, “O Israel ƒe aƒe, mele dukɔ aɖe kplɔ ge atso didiƒe ava ƒo ɖe dziwò, blemadukɔ si li tegbee, dukɔ si ƒe gbegbɔgblɔ mènya o, eye mèse egɔme hã o.
Lo, I am bringing against you a nation from afar, O house of Israel, an affirmation of Jehovah, A nation — strong it [is], a nation — from of old it [is], A nation — thou knowest not its tongue, Nor understandest what it speaketh.
16 Woƒe daku le abe yɔdo si le nuvo la ene. Wo katã wonye aʋawɔla kalẽtɔwo.
Its quiver [is] as an open sepulchre, All of them — mighty ones.
17 Woava ɖu wò agblemenukuwo kple wò nuɖuɖu, woaɖu viwò ŋutsuwo kple viwò nyɔnuwo. Woaɖu wò alẽhawo kple nyihawo, eye woaɖu wò waintsetsewo kple gbotiwo. Woatsɔ yi agblẽ wò du sesẽ siwo ŋu nèle ŋu ɖom ɖo.”
And it hath consumed thy harvest and thy bread, They consume thy sons, and thy daughters, It consumeth thy flock, and thy herd, It consumeth thy vine, and thy fig-tree, It maketh poor thy fenced cities, In which thou art trusting — by the sword.
18 Yehowa be, “Ke le ɣe ma ɣi hã la, nyematsrɔ̃ mi gbidigbidi o.
And even in those days, an affirmation of Jehovah, I do not make you a completion.
19 Ale be ne amewo bia be, ‘Nu ka ta Yehowa, míaƒe Mawu la wɔ esiawo ɖe mía ŋu hã?’ la, miagblɔ na wo be, ‘Esi miegbem hesubɔ dutamawuwo le wò ŋutɔ wò anyigba dzi ta la, azɔ la mianye kluviwo na dutatɔwo le anyigba si menye mia tɔ o la dzi.’
And it hath come to pass, when ye say, 'For what hath Jehovah our God done to us all these?' That thou hast said unto them, 'As ye have forsaken Me, And serve the gods of a foreigner in your land, So do ye serve strangers in a land not yours.
20 “Ɖe gbeƒã nya sia na Yakob ƒe aƒe la eye nàdo kpo le Yuda.
Declare ye this in the house of Jacob, And sound ye it in Judah, saying,
21 ‘Mise nya sia, mi bometsilawo kple susumanɔsitɔwo, ame siwo ŋku li na, gake womekpɔa nu o, ame siwo to li na, gake womesea nu o.’
Hear ye, I pray you, this, O people, foolish and without heart, Eyes they have, and they see not, Ears they have, and they hear not.
22 Yehowa be, ‘Ɖe mele be miavɔ̃m oa? Mewɔ ke be wòado liƒo na atsiaƒu, wòanye dɛ mavɔ si nu mate ŋu atso o. Ƒutsotsoewo aŋe aƒo ɖe eŋu gake womate ŋui o. Woadze agbo gake womate ŋui o. Woadze agbo gake womate ŋu agbɔ liƒoa ŋu o.
Me do ye not fear, an affirmation of Jehovah? From My presence are ye not pained? Who hath made sand the border of the sea, A limit age-during, and it passeth not over it, They shake themselves, and they are not able, Yea, sounded have its billows, and they pass not over.
23 Ke dukɔ sia la, dzi sesẽ, dzeaglãe li na wo. Wodze ɖe aga, eye wotra mɔ.’
And this people hath an apostate and rebellious heart, They have turned aside, and they go on.
24 Womegblɔna na wo nɔewo be, ‘Mina míavɔ̃ Yehowa, míaƒe Mawu la, ame si naa adametsi kple kelemetsi dzana na mí le edzaɣi eye wòkana ɖe nuŋeɣi ƒe kɔsiɖawo dzi na mí’ la o.
And they have not said in their heart, 'Let us fear, we pray you, Jehovah our God, who is giving rain, The sprinkling and the gathered, in its season, The appointed weeks of harvest He keepeth for us.'
25 Miaƒe nu tovowo wɔwɔe xe mɔ na nu siawo katã, eye miaƒe nu vɔ̃wo te nu nyuiwo mi.
Your iniquities have turned these away, And your sins have kept the good from you.
26 “Ame vɔ̃ɖiwo le nye dukɔ me, ame siwo de xa abe ale si ŋutsu siwo trea mɔ na xeviwo wɔnɛ ene eye wole abe ŋutsu siwo trea mɔ na amewo ene.
For the wicked have been found among My people. It looketh about the covering of snares, They have set up a trap — men they capture.
27 Abe ale si xeviwo yɔa xadzanu fũu ene la, nenema woƒe aƒewo yɔ taŋ kple beble. Ale wova zu kesinɔtɔwo kple ŋusẽtɔwo,
As a cage full of fowls, So their houses are full of deceit, Therefore they have been great, and are rich.
28 eye woda ami hezrɔ̃ lãlãlã. Seɖoƒe meli na woƒe nu tovowo wɔwɔ o, womexɔa nya ɖe tsyɔ̃eviwo nu be woaɖu dzi o, eye womeʋlia ame dahewo ƒe ablɔɖevinyenye ta o.”
They have been fat, they have shone, Yea, they have overpassed the acts of the evil, Judgment they have not judged, The judgment of the fatherless — and they prosper, And the judgment of the needy they have not judged.
29 Yehowa be, “Ɖe nyemahe to na wo le esia ta oa? Ɖe nyemabia hlɔ̃ dukɔ sia tɔgbi oa?
For these do not I inspect, an affirmation of Jehovah, On a nation such as this, Doth not My soul avenge itself?
30 “Ŋɔdzinu kple dzigbãnu aɖe dzɔ le anyigba dzi.
An astonishing and horrible thing hath been in the land.
31 Nyagblɔɖilawo gblɔ aʋatsonyawo ɖi. Nunɔlawo le nuwo wɔm le woawo ŋutɔ ƒe ŋusẽ me eye wòdze nye dukɔ ŋu alea. Ke nu ka nàwɔ le nuwuwu?”
The prophets have prophesied falsely, And the priests bear rule by their means, And My people have loved [it] so, And what do they at its latter end?
