Yeremia 51
1 Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: “Kpɔ ɖa, maʋã nugblẽla aɖe ƒe gbɔgbɔ ɖe Babilonia kple ame siwo le Leb Kamai ŋuti.
Thus hath said the Lord, Behold, I will awaken against Babylon, and against those that dwell in the midst of my opponents, a destroying wind;
2 Madɔ amedzrowo ɖo ɖe Babilonia be woagbɔe abe lu ene, eye woatsrɔ̃ eƒe anyigba. Woatsi tsitre ɖe eŋu le go sia go me le eƒe gbegblẽ ƒe ŋkeke la dzi.
And I will send out unto Babylon fanners, and they shall fan her, and shall empty out her land; for they shall be against her round about on the day of trouble.
3 Mègana woƒe aŋutrɔdala nagahe eƒe dati me alo atsɔ eƒe akpoxɔnu ado o. Mègakpɔ nublanui na eƒe ɖekakpuiwo o, ke boŋ tsrɔ̃ eƒe aʋakɔ la keŋkeŋkeŋ.
Let the archer come against any one that bendeth his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his armor: and spare ye not her young men: destroy ye utterly all her host.
4 Woadze anyi aku ɖe Babilonia eye woaxɔ abi vevie le eƒe ablɔwo dzi.
And the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are pierced through, in her streets.
5 Elabena Israel kple Yuda ƒe Mawu la Yehowa Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la, megbe wo o, togbɔ be woƒe anyigba la yɔ fũu kple nu vɔ̃ le Israel ƒe Kɔkɔetɔ la ƒe ŋkume hã.
For not widowed are Israel and Judah of their God, of the Lord of hosts; for the land of those was filled with guiltiness against the Holy One of Israel.
6 “Misi tso Babilonia! Si ne nàɖe wò agbe! Womegatsrɔ̃ wò le eƒe nu vɔ̃wo ta o. Ɣeyiɣi de na Yehowa ƒe hlɔ̃biabia, axe fe si dzee la nɛ.
Flee ye out of the midst of Babylon, and save ye every man his life: perish not for her iniquity; for this is a time of vengeance unto the Lord; a recompense is he paying out unto her.
7 Babilonia nye sikakplu le Yehowa ƒe asi me, eye wòna xexea me katã mu aha. Dukɔwo no eƒe wain, eya ta fifi laa la, wo katã wodze aɖaʋa.
A golden cup hath Babylon been in the hand of the Lord, that made drunken all the earth: of her wine have nations drunk; therefore are the nations rendered mad.
8 Babilonia adze anyi kpata, eye woagbã gudugudu. Fa avi sesĩe ɖe eta! Di dɔyɔmi na eƒe vevesese, ɖewohĩ akpɔ dɔyɔyɔ.
Suddenly is Babylon fallen and broken: wail ye for her; fetch balm for her wound, perhaps she may be healed.
9 “‘Anye ne míeyɔ dɔ Babilonia, gake womate ŋu ayɔ dɔe o; mina mía dometɔ ɖe sia ɖe nayi eƒe du me, agblẽe ɖi, elabena eƒe ʋɔnudɔdrɔ̃ ɖatɔ dziƒo, eye wòkɔ abe lilikpo ene.’
“We would have healed Babylon, but she was not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one unto his own country; for her punishment reacheth unto the heavens, and it is lifted up even to the skies.”
10 “‘Yehowa tso afia na mí, miva, míaɖe gbeƒã nu si Yehowa, míaƒe Mawu la wɔ le Zion.’
The Lord hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us relate in Zion the work of the Lord our God.
11 “Minyre aŋutrɔwo, mitsɔ akpoxɔnuwo! Yehowa de adã ta me na Media fiawo elabena eƒe taɖodzinue nye be wòatsrɔ̃ Babilonia. Yehowa abia hlɔ̃, abia hlɔ̃ na eƒe gbedoxɔ.
Make bright the arrows; fill the quivers: the Lord hath awakened the spirit of the kings of Media; for against Babylon is his intention, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance for his temple.
12 Mikɔ aflaga dzi ɖe Babilonia ƒe gliwo ŋu! Miyɔ dzɔla bubuwo vɛ va kpe esiwo li xoxo, miɖo gbetakpɔlawo wo nɔƒe, eye mina amewo nade xa ɖi na wo. Yehowa awɔ ɖe nu si wòɖo la dzi, awɔ nu siwo wògblɔ ɖi ɖe Babiloniatɔwo ŋuti la dzi.
Against the walls of Babylon lift up the standard, strengthen the watch, set up the watchmen, make ready the ambushes; for the Lord hath both intended and done what he had spoken against the inhabitants of Babylon.
13 Mi ame siwo le tɔsisi geɖewo to eye kesinɔnu geɖewo le mia si, miaƒe nuwuwu ɖo, ɣeyiɣi de be woatsrɔ̃ mi,
O thou that dwellest upon many waters, great in treasures, thy end is come, the full measure of thy selfish robbery.
14 Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la, ta eɖokui ƒe agbe be: Mana amewo nayɔ mewò fũu abe ʋetsuviwo ƒe ha wonye ene, eye woado dziɖuɖu ƒe ɣli ɖe tawò.
Sworn hath the Lord of hosts by himself, Surely I will fill thee with men, as with locusts: and they shall lift up the battle-cry against thee.
15 “Eƒe ŋusẽ wòtsɔ wɔ anyigbae; eyae na anyigba dzɔ to eƒe nunya me, eye wòtsɔ eƒe nugɔmesese keke dziƒowo mee.
He made the earth by his power, he established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding he stretched out the heavens.
16 Ne eɖe gbe la, tsi siwo le dziƒowo tea gbe eye wònana lilikpowo hona tso anyigba ƒe mlɔenu ke. Eɖoa dzikedzo kple tsidzadza ɖa eye wòɖea yaƒoƒo doa goe tso eƒe nudzraɖoƒewo.
At the sound when he giveth a multitude of waters in the heavens, and causeth clouds to ascend from the ends of the earth; when he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures:
17 “Amegbetɔwo katã nye movitɔwo eye nunya mele tagbɔ na wo o. Sikanutula ɖe sia ɖe ƒe legbawo akpe ŋu nɛ. Eƒe legbawo nye beble elabena agbe mele wo me o.
Then standeth every man as brutish without knowledge; ashamed is every goldsmith because of the graven image; for falsehood is his molten work, and there is no breath therein.
18 Nu maɖinuwo kple alɔmeɖenuwo wonye, ne woƒe ʋɔnudrɔ̃gbe ɖo la, woatsrɔ̃.
They are vanity, the work of deception: in the time of their punishment shall they vanish.
19 Ke ame si nye Yakob ƒe gome la mele abe esiawo ene o, elabena eyae nye nuwo katã wɔla eye eya kee wɔ dukɔ si nye eƒe domenyinu, Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔe nye eŋkɔ.
Not like these is the portion of Jacob; for He is the former of all things, and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: The Lord of hosts is his name.
20 “Aʋawɔkpo kple aʋawɔnu nènye nam, wòe metsɔ kaka dukɔwoe, wòe metsɔ tsrɔ̃ fiaɖuƒewoe.
Thou art a hammer unto me, weapons of war; and I strike down with thee nations, and I destroy with thee kingdoms;
21 Wòe metsɔ kaka sɔ kple sɔdolae, wòe metsɔ kaka tasiaɖam kple ekulae.
And I strike down with thee the horse and his rider; and I strike down with thee the chariot and its rider;
22 Wòe metsɔ kaka ŋutsu kple nyɔnue; wòe metsɔ kaka ame tsitsiwo kple sɔhɛwoe, wòe metsɔ kaka ɖekakpui kple ɖetugbie.
And I strike down with thee man and woman; and I strike down with thee the aged and the lad; and I strike down with thee the young man and the virgin:
23 Wòe metsɔ kaka alẽkplɔla kple alẽha lae, wòe metsɔ kaka agbledela kple eƒe nyiwoe eye wòe metsɔ kaka mɔmefiawo kple woƒe dɔdzikpɔlawoe.
And I strike down with thee the shepherd and his flock; and I strike down with thee the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and I strike down with thee governors and rulers.
24 “Le miaƒe ŋkume maxe fe na Babilonia kple Babilonianɔlawo katã, ɖe nu gbegblẽ siwo katã wova wɔ le Zion la ta.” Yehowae gblɔe.
But [now] will I repay unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion before your eyes, saith the Lord.
25 Yehowa be, “Metso ɖe ŋuwò, O, wò to nugblẽla, wò si gblẽ xexea me katã. Mado nye asi ɖe gbɔwò, atu asi wò nàmli age tso to dzi adze anyi eye mawɔ wò abe to si dzo bi la ene.
Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the Lord, which destroyest all the earth; and I will stretch out my hand over thee, and I will roll thee down from the rocks, and will render thee a burnt mountain.
26 Womagaɖe kpe aɖeke le mewò atsɔ wɔ dzogoedzikpe alo gɔmeɖokpee o elabena àzu gbegbe tegbee.” Yehowae gblɔe.
And they shall not take from thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but everlasting ruins shalt thou be, saith the Lord.
27 “Kɔ aflaga dzi le anyigba la dzi! Ku kpẽ la le dukɔwo dome! Dzra dukɔwo ɖo woakpe aʋa kplii. Yɔ fiaɖuƒe siawo woava sɔ ɖe eŋu, Ararat, Mini kple Askenaz. Ɖo aʋafia ɖe eŋu, eye nàdɔ sɔ siwo sɔ gbɔ abe ʋetsuviwo ene la ɖe eŋu.
Lift ye up a standard in the land, blow ye the cornet among the nations, make ready against her nations, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz; appoint against her a commander; cause the horses to come up like the hairy locusts.
28 Dzra dukɔwo ɖo ne woakpe aʋa kplii. Media fiawo, woƒe dziɖulawo, woƒe dɔnunɔlawo katã kple dukɔ siwo katã dzi ɖum wole la nakpe aʋa kplii.
Make ready against her the nations with the kings of Media, its governors, and all its rulers, and all the land of their dominion.
29 Anyigba ʋuʋu hedzo nyanyanya elabena Yehowa ƒe ɖoɖowo ɖe Babilonia ŋu le te be, wòado gbegbe Babilonianyigba ale be ame aɖeke maganɔ edzi akpɔ o.
And the earth quaketh and trembleth; for every one of the purposes of the Lord is fulfilled against Babylon, to change the land of Babylon into a desolate country without an inhabitant.
30 Babilonia ƒe kalẽtɔwo dzudzɔ aʋawɔwɔ eye wotsi woƒe mɔ sesẽwo me. Ŋusẽ vɔ le wo ŋu, eye wole ko abe nyɔnuwo ene. Wotɔ dzo eƒe nɔƒewo eye woŋe eƒe agbometiwo.
The mighty men of Babylon have ceased to fight, they sit still in [their] strongholds; their might is vanished; they are become as women: they have burnt her dwelling-places; her bars are broken.
31 Duƒula kplɔ duƒula ɖo eye dɔtsɔla kplɔ dɔtsɔla ɖo ne woaɖagblɔ na Babilonia fia be, woxɔ eƒe du la
One runner shall run to meet another runner, and one messenger to meet another messenger, to tell unto the king of Babylon that his city is captured at all ends,
32 kple tɔtsoƒewo hetɔ dzo simenyigba eye ŋɔdzi lé asrafoawo.”
And that the passages have been seized, and that they have burnt the reeds with fire, and that the men of war are affrighted.
33 Ale Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ, Israel ƒe Mawu la gblɔe nye esi: “Babilonia vinyɔnu le abe lugbɔƒe si le lalam la ene; eye esusɔ vie nuŋeɣi naɖo nɛ.”
For thus hath said the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, the daughter of Babylon is like a threshing-floor, at the time they thresh therein; but yet a little while more, when the time of harvest shall come for her.
34 “Babilonia fia, Nebukadnezar vuvu mí, de tɔtɔ mía dome eye wòwɔ mí míele abe tsizɔ ƒuƒluwo ene. Emi mí abe ʋɔ ene, eye wòtsɔ míaƒe nu viviwo ɖi ƒoe na eɖokui, emegbe etu mí ƒu gbe.
“Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon devoured me, he crushed me, he set me down as an empty vessel, he swallowed me up like a huge serpent, he filled his belly with my delicacies: he drove me out.
35 Ŋuta si Babilonia sẽ le míaƒe ŋutilãwo ŋuti la neva edzi. Zion nɔlawoe gblɔe.” “Míaƒe ʋu neva Babilonianɔlawo ƒe ta dzi.” Yerusalemtɔwoe gblɔe.
the violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon,” will the inhabitress of Zion say; and “My blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea,” will Jerusalem say.
36 Eya ta ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: “Kpɔ ɖa, maʋli tawò eye mabia hlɔ̃ na wò. Mana eƒe atsiaƒu namie ƒiaƒiaƒia eye eƒe vudowo me naƒu kplakplakpla.
Therefore thus hath said the Lord, Behold, I will contend in thy cause, and execute vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and cause her springs to fail.
37 Babilonia azu anyiglago, amegãxiwo nɔƒe eye wòazu ŋɔdzinu kple fewuɖunu, teƒe si ame maganɔ akpɔ o.
And Babylon shall become ruinous heaps, a dwelling-place for monsters, an astonishment, and a derision, without an inhabitant.
38 Eƒe amewo katã le gbe ɖem abe dzatawo ene eye wole gbe tem abe dzataviwo ene.
Together like lions shall they roar: they shall yell like the lions' whelps.
39 Ke ne dzo ɖo lãme na wo vɔ keŋ la, maɖo nuɖukplɔ̃ na wo, eye mana woamu aha, ale gbegbe be woado ɣli anɔ nu kom xaxaxa, emegbe woadɔ alɔ̃ tegbee, eye womanyɔ akpɔ o.” Yehowae gblɔe.
When they are heated will I prepare their drinking-feasts, and I will make them drunken, in order that they may be joyful, and [then] sleep a perpetual sleep, and not awake again, saith the Lord.
40 “Mana woakplɔ wo vɛ abe alẽviwo, agbowo kple gbɔ̃wo ene ayi wuwu ge.
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like wethers with he-goats.
41 “Aleke woahalé Sesak eye asi asu anyigba blibo la ƒe adegbeƒola dzi! Aleke Babilonia azu ŋɔdzinu le dukɔwo dome!
How is Sheshach captured! and how is conquered the praise of the whole earth! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
42 Atsiaƒu aɖɔ agbagba ɖe Babilonia dzi eƒe ƒutsotsoe dzeagbowo aŋe atsyɔ edzi.
The sea is come up over Babylon: with the multitude of its waves is she covered.
43 Eƒe duwo azu aƒedo, kuɖiɖinyigba, dzogbenyigba kple anyigba si dzi ame maganɔ alo mɔzɔla aɖe nato ayi o.
Her cities are become desolate places, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein not any man shall dwell, and through which no son of man shall pass along.
44 Mahe to na Bel le Babilonia eye mana wòaɖe nu si wòmi. Dukɔwo magaƒo zi ayi egbɔ o eye Babilonia ƒe gliwo amu adze anyi.
And I will inflict punishment on Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth what he hath swallowed up out of his mouth; and nations shall not assemble together like a stream unto him any more; yea, the wall of Babylon also is fallen.
45 “Nye amewo, mido le wo dome! Misi kple du ne miaɖe miaƒe agbe! Misi le Yehowa ƒe dziku helĩhelĩ la nu.
Go ye out of the midst of her, my people, and save ye every man his life from the fierceness of the anger of the Lord.
46 Ne nyawo le ɖiɖim le anyigba dzi, ƒe sia me miese be ale, eye ƒe kemɛ me wobe ale, ne miese ŋutasesẽ le anyigba dzi, eye dziɖula tso ɖe dziɖula ŋu la, dzi megaɖe le mia ƒo alo miavɔ̃ o.
And so that your heart may not faint, and ye fear at the report that is heard in the land: when the report cometh in one year, and after that in another year cometh another report, and when violence [be done] in the land, [by] ruler against ruler.
47 Elabena ɣeyiɣi li gbɔna, esi mahe to na Babilonia legbawo godoo eye ŋukpe alé eƒe anyigba blibo la ale be eƒe Ame tsiaʋawo akaka ɖe anyigba blibo la dzi.
Therefore, behold, days are coming, when I will inflict punishment on the graven images of Babylon, and her whole land shall be put to shame, and all her slain shall fail in the midst of her.
48 Ekema dziƒo kple emenuwo kple anyigba kple edzinuwo katã ado ɣli kple dzidzɔ ɖe Babilonia ŋu, elabena nugblẽlawo atso anyiehe ava ƒo ɖe edzi.” Yehowae gblɔe.
And then shall the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, sing because of Babylon; for from the north shall come unto her the destroyers, saith the Lord.
49 “Abe ale si Israel kple anyigba bubuwo dzi tɔwo tsi aʋae le Babilonia ta ene la, nenema wòle na eya hã be wòamu adze anyi.
Also Babylon is destined to fall, O ye slain ones of Israel, also at Babylon fall the slain of all the land.
50 Mi ame siwo si le yi nu, midzo, migatɔ ɖi o! Miɖo ŋku Yehowa dzi le didiƒenyigba dzi eye mibu Yerusalem ŋu.”
[But] ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember afar off the Lord, and let Jerusalem rise up in your heart.
51 “Wodo ŋukpe mí elabena wodzu mí eye ŋukpe tsyɔ míaƒe mowo, elabena amedzrowo ge ɖe Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ la ƒe teƒe kɔkɔewo.”
“We had been made ashamed, because we had heard reproach: confusion had covered our faces; because strangers were come into the sanctuaries of the Lord's house.”
52 Yehowa be, “Gake ŋkekewo li gbɔna esi mahe to na eƒe legbawo eye abixɔlawo anɔ ŋeŋem le eƒe anyigba blibo la dzi.
Therefore, behold, days are coming, saith the Lord, when I will inflict punishment on her graven images: and through all her land shall groan the deadly wounded.
53 Ne Babilonia kɔ yi ɖatɔ dziŋgɔli, eye wòglã eƒe mɔ kɔkɔwo gɔ̃ hã la, madɔ nugblẽlawo ɖe eŋu.” Yehowae gblɔe.
Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength; yet from me should destroyers come unto her, saith the Lord.
54 “Avi le ɖiɖim tso Babilonia, gbegblẽ ƒe ɣli gã aɖe le ɖiɖim tso Babiloniatɔwo ƒe anyigba dzi.
A sound of a painful cry cometh from Babylon, and of a great breach from the land of the Chaldeans;
55 Yehowa atsrɔ̃ Babilonia, eye wòatsi eƒe hoowɔwɔ nu. Abe ale si ƒutsotsoewo ɖea gbee ne ƒu dze agbo ene la, nenema futɔwo ƒe gbe aɖii ne wova ƒo ɖe edzi.
Because the Lord wasteth Babylon, and destroyeth out of her the loud noise; but their waves roar like great waters, the noise of their voice is sent forth;
56 Nugblẽla aɖe ava ƒo ɖe Babilonia dzi eye wòalé eƒe kalẽtɔwo, ahaŋe woƒe dawo elabena Mawu, nuteƒeɖolae nye Yehowa, aɖo eteƒe na wo wòade pɛpɛpɛ.
Because the destroyer is come over her, over Babylon, and her mighty men are caught, every one of their bows is broken; for the God of recompenses, the Lord, will surely requite.
57 Mana woƒe dɔnunɔlawo kple woƒe nunyalawo namu aha, nenema kee nye woƒe dziɖulawo, dudɔnunɔlawo kple kalẽtɔwo siaa; woadɔ alɔ̃ tegbee eye womaganyɔ gbeɖe o.” Fia si ŋkɔe nye Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ lae gblɔe.
And I will make drunken her princes, and her wise men, her governors, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not awake again, saith the King, The Lord of hosts is his name.
58 Ale Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la gblɔe nye esi: “Woagbã Babilonia ƒe glikpɔ sesẽ la gudugudu eye woatɔ dzo eƒe agbo kɔkɔ la, emenɔlawo ka hiã wo ɖokuiwo yakatsyɔ eye dukɔwo ƒe agbagbadzedze zu ami si kɔm wole ɖe dzoa me.”
Thus hath said the Lord of hosts, Every one of the broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly overthrown, and her high gates shall be burnt with fire; so that nations shall have labored in vain, and the people for the fire, and so shall they have wearied themselves.
59 Esia nye gbedeasi si Yeremia tsɔ na dɔnunɔlagã Seraya, Neria ƒe vi, Mahseya ƒe vi, esi wòyi ɖe Babilonia kple Yuda fia Zedekia, le eƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe ƒe enelia me.
The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Serayah the son of Neriyah, the son of Machseyah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah unto Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Serayah was chief chamberlain.
60 Yeremia ŋlɔ gbegblẽ siwo katã ava Babilonia dzi la ɖe lãgbalẽ dzi eye wonye nyaŋlɔɖiwo tso Babilonia ŋuti.
And Jeremiah wrote down all the evil that should come upon Babylon in one book, namely, all these words that are written concerning Babylon.
61 Egblɔ na Seraya be, “Kpɔ egbɔ be yexlẽ nya siawo kple ɣli ne mieva ɖo Babilonia.
And Jeremiah said to Serayah, As thou comest to Babylon, see to it, that thou read all these words;
62 Emegbe nàgblɔ be, ‘O Yehowa, ègblɔ be yele teƒe sia tsrɔ̃ ge ale gbegbe be amegbetɔwo alo lãwo manɔ anyi o; azu aƒedo tegbetegbee.’
And thou shalt say, O Lord, thou thyself hast spoken concerning this place, to cut it off, so that there shall not be in it an inhabitant, either man or beast; but that it shall become a desolate place for ever.
63 Ne èxlẽ lãgbalẽ sia me nyawo vɔ la, tsɔ kpe bla ɖe lãgbalẽ la ŋuti eye nàtsɔe aƒu gbe ɖe Frat tɔsisi la me.
And it shall be, when thou hast finished reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and throw it into the midst of the Euphrates;
64 Ekema nàgblɔ be, ‘Alea Babilonia adze toe eye magaho ɖe dzi akpɔ o, le gbegblẽ si mahe va edzii la ta. Eƒe amewo hã atsi aʋa.’” Yeremia ƒe nyawo wu nu ɖe afii.
And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise again from the evil that I will bring upon her: and her people shall be wearied. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
