Yeremia 8
1 “Yehowa be, ‘Le ɣe ma ɣi la, Yuda fiawo kple woƒe dumegãwo ƒe ƒuwo, nunɔlawo kple nyagblɔɖilawo ƒe ƒuwo kple Yerusalem nɔlawo ƒe ƒuwo la, woaɖe wo le woƒe yɔdowo me.
“At that time,” says the LORD, “they will bring the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of his princes, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves.
2 Woasia wo, eye ɣe aɖu wo, ɣleti kple dziƒoŋunuwo aklẽ ɖe wo dzi, nu siwo wotsɔ lɔlɔ̃ na hesubɔ nu siwo yome wodze hebia nu le wo gbɔ eye wode ta agu na wo. Womafɔ wo alo aɖi wo o, ke boŋ woanɔ abe gbeɖuɖɔ ene anɔ anyigba.
They will spread them before the sun, the moon, and all the army of the sky, which they have loved, which they have served, after which they have walked, which they have sought, and which they have worshipped. They will not be gathered or be buried. They will be like dung on the surface of the earth.
3 Afi sia afi si manya wo aɖo ɖo la, dukɔ vɔ̃ɖi sia ƒe ame mamlɛawo adi ku wu agbe.’” Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ lae gblɔe.
Death will be chosen rather than life by all the residue that remain of this evil family, that remain in all the places where I have driven them,” says the LORD of Hosts.
4 Gblɔ na wo be, “Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: “‘Ne amewo dze anyi la, ɖe womegafɔna oa? Ne wotra mɔ la, ɖe womegatrɔna gbɔna oa?
“Moreover you shall tell them, ‘The LORD says: “‘Do men fall, and not rise up again? Does one turn away, and not return?
5 Ekema nu ka ta ame siawo trɔ dzo ɖo? Nu ka ta Yerusalem le megbe dem ɣe sia ɣi? Woku ɖe beble ŋuti eye wogbe be yewomatrɔ o.
Why then have the people of Jerusalem fallen back by a perpetual backsliding? They cling to deceit. They refuse to return.
6 Meɖo to nyuie, gake womele nu si le eteƒe la gblɔm o. Ame ɖeka pɛ hã meli si eƒe vɔ̃ɖivɔ̃ɖi venɛ, eye wògblɔna be, “Nu kae nye esi mehewɔ o?” Ame sia ame lé eƒe mɔ tsɔ abe sɔe lũ ɖe aʋa me ene.
I listened and heard, but they didn’t say what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, saying, “What have I done?” Everyone turns to his course, as a horse that rushes headlong in the battle.
7 Akpaviã le yame ke hã nya eƒe azãgbewo, akpakpa, sagbadre kple tsalĩ, nya ɣeyiɣi si wòle be woaʋu adzo. Gake nye dukɔ ya menya Yehowa ƒe ɖoɖowo o.
Yes, the stork in the sky knows her appointed times. The turtledove, the swallow, and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people don’t know the LORD’s law.
8 “‘Aleke wɔ miate ŋu agblɔ be, “Míenye nunyalawo, elabena Yehowa ƒe se la le mía si,” evɔ le nyateƒe me, agbalẽfialawo ƒe nuŋlɔti trɔe wòzu aʋatso’ o?
“‘How do you say, “We are wise, and the LORD’s law is with us”? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has made that a lie.
9 Ŋu akpe nunyalawo, woƒe mo atsi dãa, eye mɔ aɖe wo. Esi wogbe Yehowa ƒe nya la, nunya ka ƒomevie le wo si?
The wise men are disappointed. They are dismayed and trapped. Behold, they have rejected the LORD’s word. What kind of wisdom is in them?
10 Eya ta maxɔ wo srɔ̃wo atsɔ na ŋutsu bubuwo eye maxɔ woƒe agblewo atsɔ na amedzrowo. Tso ɖeviawo dzi va se ɖe tsitsiawo dzi, wo katã le ŋu biãm ɖe viɖe ŋu. Nyagblɔɖilawo kple Nunɔlawo siaa nye ameblelawo.
Therefore I will give their wives to others and their fields to those who will possess them. For everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness; from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.
11 Wobla abi na nye dukɔ abe ɖe menye abi gã aɖeke wònye o ene. Wole gbɔgblɔm be, ‘Ŋutifafa, ŋutifafa’, evɔ wòhenye ŋutifafa aɖeke meli o hafi.
They have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, “Peace, peace,” when there is no peace.
12 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.
Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed. They couldn’t blush. Therefore they will fall amongst those who fall. In the time of their visitation they will be cast down, says the LORD.
13 Yehowa be, “Maxɔ nuku siwo woxa la le wo si. Wainkawo agbe tsetse, gbo matse ɖe gbotiwo dzi o eye woƒe aŋgbawo ayrɔ. Nu si matsɔ na wo la woaxɔ wo le wo si.”
“‘I will utterly consume them, says the LORD. No grapes will be on the vine, no figs on the fig tree, and the leaf will fade. The things that I have given them will pass away from them.’”
14 “Nu ka ta mienɔ anyi ɖe afi sia ɖo? Miƒo ƒu! Mina míasi ayi ɖe du sesẽwo me ne míatsrɔ̃ ɖe afi ma! Elabena Yehowa, míaƒe Mawu la ɖoe ɖi be miatsrɔ̃ eye wotsɔ aɖitsi na mí be miano elabena míewɔ nu vɔ̃.
“Why do we sit still? Assemble yourselves! Let’s enter into the fortified cities, and let’s be silent there; for the LORD our God has put us to silence, and given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
15 Míekpɔ mɔ na ŋutifafa gake nu nyui aɖeke meva o. Míekpɔ mɔ na dɔyɔyɔ gake ŋɔdzi koe li.
We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and behold, dismay!
16 Wose futɔ la ƒe sɔwo ƒe afɔzi le keke Dan. Ne woƒe sɔwo xlɔ̃ ko la, anyigba katã nyea zi. Wova be woaʋuʋu anyigba kple nu siwo katã le edzi, du la kple emenɔlawo katã.”
The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan. The whole land trembles at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they have come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it, the city and those who dwell therein.”
17 “Kpɔ ɖa, madɔ da vɔ̃ɖiwo ɖe mia dome. Da siwo miate ŋu asa gbe ade o eye woaɖu mi.” Yehowae gblɔe.
“For, behold, I will send serpents, adders amongst you, which will not be charmed; and they will bite you,” says the LORD.
18 Oo, nye Akɔfala le xaxa me. Nu te nye dzi ŋu le menye.
Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! My heart is faint within me.
19 Ɖo to nye dukɔ ƒe avifafa tso anyigba didi aɖe dzi, “Ɖe Yehowa mele Zion oa? Ɖe Fia la megale afi ma oa?” “Nu ka ta wotsɔ woƒe aklamakpakpɛwo kple dutalegba maɖinuwo do dziku nam ɖo?”
Behold, the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land that is very far off: “Isn’t the LORD in Zion? Isn’t her King in her?” “Why have they provoked me to anger with their engraved images, and with foreign idols?”
20 “Nuŋeɣi va yi, eye dzomeŋɔli hã va yi, gake womeɖe mi o.”
“The harvest is past. The summer has ended, and we are not saved.”
21 Esi wogbã nye dukɔ ta la, nye hã megbã, mexa nu eye dzidzi ƒom.
For the hurt of the daughter of my people, I am hurt. I mourn. Dismay has taken hold of me.
22 Ɖe dɔyɔmi mele Gilead oa? Gbedala aɖeke mele afi ma oa? Ke nu ka ta nye dukɔ ƒe abi mele kukum o?
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then isn’t the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
