Yeremia 9
1 Oo, ɖe nye ta anye tsidzɔƒe eye nye ŋkuwo anye aɖatsivudo la, mafa avi zã kple keli na nye dukɔ ƒe ame siwo wowu.
If only my head could produce water, and my eyes be a fountain of tears! For I wish to weep day and night for those among the daughter of my people who have been killed.
2 Oo, ɖe dzeƒe le asinye le gbegbe na mɔzɔlawo, anye ne magblẽ nye dukɔ ɖi adzo le wo gbɔ, elabena wo katã wonye ahasiwɔlawo, ameha siwo nye nu tovo wɔlawo sɔŋ.
If only someone would give me a place for travelers in the wilderness to stay, where I could go to abandon my people. If only I could leave them, since all of them are adulterers, a band of traitors!
3 Yehowa be, “Wovua woƒe aɖewo abe dati ene ne woada alakpaŋutrɔ. Menye nyateƒee wotsɔ le dzi ɖum le anyigba la dzi o. Wotsoa nu vɔ̃ ɖeka gbɔ yia bubu gbɔ eye womenyam o.
Yahweh declares, “They tread on their bows of lies with their tongues, but it is not because of any faithfulness of theirs that they grow strong on the earth. They go from one wicked act to another. They do not know me.”
4 Kpɔ nyuie le xɔlɔ̃wòwo ŋu. Megaka ɖe nɔviwò ŋutsuwo dzi o, elabena nɔvi ɖe sia ɖe nye ameblela eye xɔlɔ̃ ɖe sia ɖe nye ameŋugblẽla.
Each of you, be on guard against your neighbor and do not trust in any brother. For every brother is certainly a deceiver, and every neighbor walks in slander.
5 Xɔlɔ̃ blea xɔlɔ̃ eye ame aɖeke metoa nyateƒe o. Wofia aʋatsokaka woƒe aɖewo eye woɖea fu na wo ɖokuiwo vevie kple nu vɔ̃ wɔwɔ.
Each man mocks his neighbor and does not speak the truth. Their tongues teach deceitful things. They are exhausted from committing iniquity.
6 Amebeble le gã dom ɖe edzi. Le woƒe amebeble ta la, wogbe sidzedzem.” Yehowae gblɔe.
Your dwelling is in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to acknowledge me—this is Yahweh's declaration.”
7 Eya ta ale Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la gblɔe nye esi: “Kpɔ ɖa malolõ wo ado wo akpɔ, elabena nu bubu ka mawɔ le nye dukɔ ƒe nu vɔ̃ ta?
Yahweh of hosts says this, “See, I am about to refine them and test them, for what else can I do, because of what my people have done?
8 Woƒe aɖe le abe aŋutrɔ si nu aɖi vɔ̃ɖi le la ene, elabena woƒoa nu bebletɔe, ame sia ame tsɔa eƒe nu ƒoa nu na ehavi bubutɔe, gake le eƒe dzi me la, etre mɔ ɖi nɛ.
Their tongues are sharpened arrows; they speak unfaithful things. With their mouths they proclaim peace with their neighbors, but with their hearts they lie in wait for them.
9 Yehowa be, ‘Ɖe mele be mahe to na wo le esia ta oa? Ɖe mele be mabia hlɔ̃ dukɔ sia tɔgbi oa?’
Should I not punish them because of these things—this is Yahweh's declaration— and should I not avenge myself on a nation that is like this?
10 “Mafa avi ado ɣli na towo, eye madzi konyifaha ɖe gbegbelãnyiƒewo ŋu. Elabena wozu gbegbe, ame aɖeke mato afi ma ayi o eye womagase nyiwo ƒe xɔxlɔ̃ le afi ma o, dziƒoxewo gɔ̃ hã si dzo eye gbemelãwo hã si.
I will sing a song of mourning and wailing for the mountains, and a funeral song will be sung for the meadows. For they are burned so no one can pass through them. They will not hear the sound of any cattle. The birds of the skies and the animals have all fled away.
11 “Mawɔ Yerusalem wòazu glikpo gbagbã si woli kɔe kple nɔƒe na amegaxiwo, eye mawɔ Yuda duwo woazu aƒedo ale be ame aɖeke manɔ wo me o.”
So I will turn Jerusalem into piles of ruins, a hideout for jackals. I will make Judah's cities ruined places without inhabitants.”
12 Ame kae nye nunyala si ase nu sia gɔme? Ame kae Yehowa fia nu eye wòate ŋu aɖe eme? Nu ka ta anyigba gblẽ eye wowɔe wòle abe gbegbe si ame aɖeke mate ŋu ato ayi o la ene?
What man is wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of Yahweh spoken, and he will declare it? Why has the land perished and been destroyed like the wilderness that no one can pass through?
13 Yehowa be, “Elabena wogblẽ nye se si metsɔ ɖo woƒe ŋkume la ɖi. Womeɖo tom alo wɔ nye se dzi o.
Yahweh says, “It is because they have abandoned my law that I set before them, because they do not listen to my voice or walk by it.
14 Ke boŋ wodze woƒe dzi dzeaglãwo yome hekplɔ Baalwo ɖo abe ale si wo fofowo fia woe ene.”
It is because they have walked by their stubborn hearts and have followed the Baals as their fathers taught them to do.
15 Eya ta ale Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la, Israel ƒe Mawu la gblɔe nye esi: “Kpɔ ɖa, mana dukɔ sia naɖu nu veve, eye woano aɖitsi.
Therefore Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, says this, 'See, I am about to make this people eat wormwood and drink poisonous water.
16 Makaka wo ɖe dukɔwo dome, dukɔ siwo woawo ŋutɔ alo wo fofowo menya o eye mati wo yome kple yi va se ɖe esime metsrɔ̃ wo keŋkeŋ.”
Then I will scatter them among the nations that they have not known, neither they nor their ancestors. I will send out a sword after them until I have completely destroyed them.'”
17 Ale Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la gblɔe nye esi: “Mibu eŋuti azɔ! Miyɔ nyɔnu avihadzilawo vɛ. Miyɔ esiwo tea ŋu dzinɛ nyuie.
Yahweh of hosts says this, “Think about this: Summon funeral singers; let them come. Send out for women skilled at lamenting; let them come.
18 Mina woava kaba ne woadzi aviha na mí va se ɖe esime aɖatsi nalolõ ɖe ŋku dzi na mí, eye aɖatsi nado bababa tso míaƒe ŋku me.
Let them hurry and sing a mournful song over us, so our eyes may run with tears and our eyelids flow with water.
19 Wose aviɣli le Zion. ‘Aleke wohetsrɔ̃ mí ale! Aleke míaƒe ŋukpe lolo ale! Ele be míadzo le míaƒe anyigba dzi, elabena míaƒe aƒewo zu aƒedo!’”
For the sound of wailing is heard in Zion, 'How we are devastated. We are greatly ashamed, for we have abandoned the land since they tore down our houses.'
20 Azɔ la, Oo nyɔnuwo, mise Yehowa ƒe nya, mike miaƒe towo ɖe eƒe numenyawo ŋuti. Mifia mia vinyɔnuwo ale si woado ɣlii. Mifia konyifaha mia nɔewo
So you women, hear Yahweh's word; pay attention to the messages that come from his mouth. Then teach your daughters a mourning song, and each neighbor woman a funeral song.
21 Ku to míaƒe fesrewo nu ge ɖe mía dzi. Ege ɖe míaƒe mɔ sesẽwo me. Ekplɔ ɖeviwo dzoe le mɔtatawo dzi eye wòɖe ɖekakpuiwo ɖa le dua ƒe ablɔ me.
For death has come through our windows; it goes into our palaces. It destroys children from outside, and young men in the city squares.
22 Gblɔ be, “Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: “‘Amegbetɔwo ƒe ŋutilã kukuwo akaka abe gbeɖuɖɔ wolɔ kɔ ɖe agble dzi ene. Woanɔ abe nukue nuŋela ŋe ƒo ɖi, eye ame aɖeke meli afɔ wo o ene.’”
Declare this, 'This is Yahweh's declaration—the corpses of men will fall like dung in the fields, and like grain stalks after the reapers, and there will be no one to gather them.'”
23 Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: “Nunyala megatsɔ eƒe nunya ƒo adegbee alo ŋusẽtɔ natsɔ eƒe ŋusẽ aƒo adegbee alo kesinɔtɔ natsɔ eƒe kesinɔnuwo aƒo adegbee o,
Yahweh says this, “Do not let the wise man take pride in his wisdom, or the warrior in his might. Do not let the wealthy man take pride in his riches.
24 ke boŋ ame si aƒo adegbe la, neƒo adegbe tso nu sia ŋu be, yenyam hese gɔnyeme nyuie be nyee nye Yehowa, ame si nye dɔmenyotɔ, ʋɔnu dzɔdzɔe drɔ̃la kple dzɔdzɔetɔ le anyigba dzi eye esiawo mee medzɔa dzi le,” Yehowae gblɔe.
For if a man takes pride in anything, let it be in this, that he has insight and knows me. For I am Yahweh, who acts with covenant loyalty, justice and righteousness on earth. For it is in these that I take pleasure —this is Yahweh's declaration.”
25 Yehowa be, “Ŋkekewo li gbɔna, esi mahe to na ame siwo tso aʋa le ŋutilã me ko.
“See, days are coming—this is Yahweh's declaration—when I will punish all the circumcised who are such only in their body.
26 Woawoe nye Egipte, Yuda, Edom, Amon, Moab kple ame siwo katã le dzogbenyigba siwo le didiƒe la dzi, elabena le nyateƒe me la, dukɔ siawo katã metso aʋa o. Israel ƒe aƒe blibo la gɔ̃ hã metso aʋa le dzi me o.”
I will punish Egypt and Judah, Edom, the people of Ammon, Moab, and all the people who cut the hair on their heads very short. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel has an uncircumcised heart.”
