Yeremia 6
1 “Misi yi sitsoƒe, mi Benyaminviwo! Misi tso Yerusalem! Miku kpẽ le Tekoa! Mitu aflaga ɖe Bet Hakerem! Elabena gbegblẽ kple tsɔtsrɔ̃ dziŋɔ aɖe zɔ tso anyiehe gbɔna.
“Strengthen yourselves, sons of Benjamin, From the midst of Jerusalem, And blow a horn in Tekoa, And lift up a flame over Beth-Haccerem, For evil has been seen from the north, And great destruction.
2 Magblẽ Zion vinyɔnu si dze tugbe nyuie hele wusewuse la dome.
I have cut off the lovely and delicate one, The daughter of Zion.
3 Alẽkplɔlawo kple woƒe alẽhawo atso ɖe eŋuti, woava tu woƒe agbadɔwo aƒo xlãe, ɖe sia ɖe axɔ teƒe si wòanyi eƒe lãhawo le.”
Shepherds and their droves come to her, They have struck tents by her all around, They have each fed [in] his own station.”
4 “Midzra ɖo, miawɔ aʋa kplii! Mitso, mina míadze aʋa le ŋdɔ me, gake ao, ŋkeke le bubum eye ɣetrɔ ƒe vɔvɔli le ɖiɖim ɖe edzi.
“Sanctify the battle against her, Rise, and we go up at noon. Woe to us, for the day has turned, For the shades of evening are stretched out,
5 Eya ta mitso ne míadze aʋa le zã me ne miagbã eƒe mɔ sesẽwo!”
Rise, and we go up by night, And we destroy her palaces.”
6 Ale Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la gblɔe nye esi: “Milã atiawo, eye miaƒu kpo ɖe Yerusalem ŋu. Ele be woahe to na du sia elabena eyɔ fũu kple ŋutasesẽ.
For thus said YHWH of Hosts: “Cut down her wood, And pour out a mound against Jerusalem, She [is] the city to be inspected, She [is] full of oppression in her midst.
7 Abe ale si vudo dzia tsii ene la, nenema eƒe vɔ̃ɖivɔ̃ɖi le dzidzimii. Nu vlo wɔwɔ kple ŋutasesẽ bɔ ɖe eme. Eƒe dɔléle kple abiwo le nye ŋkume ɖaa.
As the digging of a well, is [for] its waters, So she has dug [for] her wickedness, Violence and spoil is heard in her, Sickness and striking [are] continually before My face.
8 Oo, Yerusalem, se nyagbename, ne menye nenema o la, matrɔ adzo le gbɔwò, eye mawɔ wò anyigba wòazu gbegbe, ale be ame aɖeke mate ŋu anɔ edzi o.”
Be instructed, O Jerusalem, Lest My soul be alienated from you, Lest I make you a desolation, A land [that is] not inhabited.”
9 Ale Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la, gblɔe nye si, “Mina ne woaxa Israel ƒe ame susɔeawo abe ale si woxaa waintsetse le kawo ŋu ƒiaƒiaƒiae ene. Gatsɔ wò asiwo lili kawo ŋu abe ame si le wain gbem la ene.”
Thus said YHWH of Hosts: “They surely glean, as a vine, the remnant of Israel, Put your hand back, as a gatherer to the baskets.”
10 Ame ka maƒo nu na, eye mana nuxɔxlɔ̃e? Ame ka aɖo tom? Woƒe towo xe, eya ta womate ŋu ase nu o. Yehowa ƒe nya vea dɔ me na wo eye womedinɛ be yewoase o.
To whom do I speak, and testify, and they hear? Behold, their ear [is] uncircumcised, And they are not able to attend. Behold, a word of YHWH has been to them for a reproach, They do not delight in it.
11 Ke Yehowa ƒe dɔmedzoe helĩhelĩ la yɔm fũu eye nyemate ŋu atu nu ɖe enu o. “Trɔe kɔ ɖe ɖevi siwo le mɔtata dzi kple ɖekakpui siwo ƒo ta kpli la dzi, akɔ ɖe srɔ̃ŋutsu kple srɔ̃nyɔnu siaa dzi. Nenema kee wòanɔ na ametsitsi siwo do dɔgɔ̃e le ƒe geɖe xɔxɔ ta.
And I have been filled with the fury of YHWH (I have been weary of containing), “To pour [it] on the suckling in the street, And on the assembly of youths together, For even husband with wife are captured, [The] elderly with one full of days,
12 Woatsɔ woƒe aƒewo ana ame bubuwo hekpe ɖe woƒe agblewo kple wo srɔ̃nyɔnuwo ŋu, ne medo nye asi ɖa ɖe ame siwo le anyigba dzi la ŋuti.” Yehowae gblɔe.
And their houses have been turned to others, Fields and wives together, For I stretch out My hand against the inhabitants of the land,” A declaration of YHWH.
13 “Elabena wo katã wonye ŋuklẽlawo ɖe viɖe ŋuti, tso ɖeviwo dzi va se ɖe tsitsiawo dzi, nyagblɔɖilawo kple nunɔlawo siaa nye alakpatɔwo.
“For from their least to their greatest, Everyone is gaining dishonest gain, And from prophet even to priest, Everyone is dealing falsely,
14 Wobla abi na nye dukɔ abe ɖe menye abi gã aɖeke wònye o ene. Wole gbɔgblɔm be, ‘Ŋutifafa, ŋutifafa.’ Evɔ la, ŋutifafa aɖeke meli hafi o.
And they heal the breach of the daughter of My people slightly, Saying, Peace, peace! And there is no peace.
15 Ɖe woƒe ŋunyɔnu siwo wɔm wole la, le ŋu kpem na woa? Ao, ŋukpe ɖeka pɛ hã mele mo na wo o, eye womenya ale si woƒe mo natsi dãae gɔ̃ hã o. Eya ta woatsi aʋatsilawo dome. Ne mele to hem na wo la, woaƒo wo aƒu anyi.” Yehowae gblɔe.
They were ashamed when they did abomination! Indeed, they are not at all ashamed, Indeed, they have not known blushing, Therefore they fall among those falling, In the time I have inspected them, They stumble,” said YHWH.
16 Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: “Mitsi tsitre ɖe mɔdogoeƒewo ne miaɖo ŋku anyi akpɔ nu. Mibia blemamɔwo ta se, mibia afi si mɔ nyuitɔ le ne miazɔ edzi, eye miaƒe luʋɔwo akpɔ gbɔɖeme. Gake miegblɔ be, ‘Miazɔ le edzi o.’
Thus said YHWH: “Stand by the ways and see, and ask for paths of old, Where [is] this—the good way? And go in it, And find rest for yourselves. And they say, We do not go.
17 Meɖo gbetakpɔlawo na mi hegblɔ na mi be, ‘Miɖo to kpẽ la ƒe ɖiɖi!’ Gake miegblɔ be, ‘Míaɖo to o.’
And I have raised up watchmen for you, Attend to the voice of the horn. And they say, We do not attend.
18 Eya ta miesee o. Oo, mi dukɔwo, Oo ɖasefowo, milé ŋku ɖe nu si ava dzɔ ɖe wo dzi la ŋu.
Therefore hear, O nations, and know, O congregation, That which [is] on them.
19 Oo, anyigba, see. Mele gbegblẽ he ge va dukɔ sia dzi, esia nye woƒe tameɖoɖowo ƒe metsonu, elabena womeɖo to nye nyawo o, eye wogbe nye se dzi wɔwɔ.
Hear, O earth, behold, I am bringing evil on this people, The fruit of their plans, For they gave no attention to My words, And My law—they kick against it.
20 Nu ka dzudzɔʋeʋĩdonu si tso Seba nye nam alo gbeʋeʋĩ si tso didiƒenyigba dzi la awɔ nam? Miaƒe numevɔsawo medze ŋunye o eye miaƒe akpedavɔsawo medo dzidzɔ nam o.”
Why [is] this to Me? Frankincense comes from Sheba, And the sweet cane from a far-off land, Your burnt-offerings [are] not for acceptance, And your sacrifices have not been sweet to Me.”
21 Eya ta ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: “Kpɔ ɖa, matsɔ nukikliwo ada ɖe dukɔ sia ŋgɔ. Fofowo kple viŋutsuwo siaa akli wo adze anyi eye aƒelikawo kple xɔlɔ̃wo hã atsrɔ̃.”
Therefore, thus said YHWH: “Behold, I give stumbling blocks to this people, And fathers and sons have stumbled against them together, The neighbor and his friend perish.”
22 Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye si, “Kpɔ ɖa asrafoha gã aɖe tso anyiehenyigba dzi gbɔna. Wonye dukɔ xɔŋkɔ aɖe tso anyigba ƒe mlɔenuwo ke.
Thus said YHWH: “Behold, a people has come from a north country, And a great nation is stirred up from the sides of the earth.
23 Wogbɔna kple aŋutrɔ kple akplɔ. Woƒe ta me sẽ, eye womekpɔa nublanui o. Esi wole woƒe sɔwo dzi gbɔna la, woƒe hoowɔwɔ le abe atsiaƒue dze agbo ene. Wobla akpa abe ame siwo dze aʋa ɖi ene be woava akpe aʋa kpli wò, Oo, Zion vinyɔnu.
They take hold of bow and javelin, It [is] fierce, and they have no mercy, Their voice sounds as a sea, And they ride on horses, Set in array as a man of war, Against you, O daughter of Zion.”
24 “Míese nutsotso geɖe tso wo ŋu eya ta míaƒe alɔwo ku ɖe mia ŋu. Ŋɔdzi lé mí eye míese veve abe nyɔnu si le ku lém la ene.
We have heard its sound, our hands have been feeble, Distress has seized us, pain as of a travailing woman.
25 Migado yi ɖe agble alo azɔ le mɔtatawo dzi o, elabena yi le futɔ la si eye ŋɔdzi ƒo xlã mi kpe ɖo.
Do not go forth to the field, And do not walk in the way, For the enemy has a sword, Fear [is] all around.
26 Oo, nye dukɔ, mita akpanya, miamli le dzofi me. Fa konyi vevie kple ɣli abe ame si viŋutsu ɖeka hɔ̃ɔ ku na la ene, elabena nugblẽla la ava ƒo ɖe mía dzi zi ɖeka kpoyi!
O daughter of my people, Gird on sackcloth, And roll yourself in ashes, Make mourning [as for] an only one, A most bitter lamentation, For the spoiler suddenly comes against us.
27 “Metsɔ wò ɖo galolõlae eye nye dukɔe nye ga si lolõ ge woala, be nànya, eye nàdo woƒe mɔwo kpɔ.
“I have given you a watchtower, A fortress among My people, And you know, and have tried their way.
28 Wo katã nye aglãdzela vɔ̃ɖivɔ̃ɖiwo. Wole tsatsam be woagblẽ ame ŋu. Wole abe akɔbli kple gayibɔ ene. Ame dovowoe wo katã wonye.
All of them are turned aside by apostates, Walking slanderously—bronze and iron, All of them are corrupters.
29 Wole ʋu yɔm kple ŋusẽ be woafia nu manyomanyo la le gadzẽ la me, gake wowɔe ʋuu do kpoe. Elabena womayɔ ʋu ɖe ame vɔ̃ɖi te wòatrɔ o.
The bellows have been burned, The lead has been consumed by fire, A refiner has refined in vain, And the wicked have not been drawn away.
30 Woyɔa wo be klosalo si wogbe, elabena Yehowa gbe nu le wo gbɔ.”
They have called them rejected silver, For YHWH has kicked against them!”
