Irmiya 44
1 Wannan maganata zo wa Irmiya game da dukan Yahudawa masu zama a Masar ta Ƙasa, a Migdol, Tafanes da Memfis, da kuma a Masar ta Bisa.
[This is] the message that Yahweh gave me concerning the Jews who were living in [northern] Egypt—in Migdol, Tahpenes, and Memphis [cities], and in the Pathros [region in southern Egypt]:
2 “Ga abin da Ubangiji Maɗaukaki, Allah na Isra’ila yana cewa kun ga masifa mai girmar da na kawo a kan Urushalima da kuma a kan dukan garuruwan Yahuda. A yau sun zama hamada da kuma kango
“This is what [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [you] Israelis [say you belong to], say: ‘You saw the disaster that I caused [the people in] Jerusalem and the other towns in Judah to experience. Those towns are now ruined and deserted.
3 saboda muguntar da suka aikata. Sun tsokane ni na yi fushi ta wurin ƙone turare da kuma ta wurin bauta wa waɗansu allolin da su ko ku ko kakanninku ba su taɓa sani ba.
[That happened] because I was extremely angry with them on account of their being very wicked. They burned incense to other gods and worshiped them. They were gods that you [previously] did not know about, and your ancestors also [did not know about them].
4 Sau da sau na aiki bayina annabawa, waɗanda suka ce, ‘Kada ku yi wannan abin ƙyama da na ƙi!’
Many times I sent my prophets who served me, to say to them, “Do not do those abominable things that I hate!”
5 Amma ba su saurara ko su kasa kunne ba; ba su juye daga muguntarsu ko su daina ƙone turare wa waɗansu alloli ba.
But my people would not pay any attention [DOU] [to what I said to them]. They would not turn away from their wicked behavior, or stop burning incense to [worship/honor] other gods.
6 Saboda haka, fushina mai ƙuna ya fāɗo a kan garuruwan Yahuda da kuma titunan Urushalima na kuma mai da su kufai da suke a yau.
So I poured out my anger [MTY] on them. I punished people on the streets of Jerusalem and on the [other] towns in Judah. It caused those towns to be ruined and deserted, and they are still like that.’
7 “To, ga abin da Ubangiji Allah Maɗaukaki, Allah na Isra’ila, yana cewa don me kuka kawo irin masifa mai girma haka a kanku ta wurin warewa daga Yahuda maza da mata, yara da jarirai, kun kuma bar kanku babu raguwa?
So now [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [you] Israelis [say you belong to], ask you: ‘Why are you causing yourselves to experience these disasters? [Do you not realize that because of what you are doing], soon there will be no more men or women or children or infants left among you [who have come here to Egypt] from Judah?
8 Me ya sa kuka tsokane ni in yi fushi saboda abin da hannuwanku suka yi, kuna ƙone turare wa waɗansu alloli a Masar, inda kuka zo don ku zauna? Za ku hallakar da kanku ku kuma mai da kanku abin la’ana da abin zargi da abin ba’a a cikin dukan al’umman duniya.
Why are you [RHQ] provoking me and causing me to be very angry by burning incense to the idols that you have made here in Egypt? [If you continue doing this, ] you will destroy yourselves, and you will cause yourselves to be people whom all the nations on the earth will curse and despise.
9 Kun manta mugayen ayyukan kakanninku, da na sarakuna da sarauniyoyin Yahuda da mugayen ayyukanku, da na matanku a cikin Yahuda da kan titunan Urushalima?
Have you forgotten [how I punished] your ancestors for the wicked things that they did, and [how I punished] the kings and queens of Judah for what they did, and you and your wives for the sins that you committed in the streets of Jerusalem and [the other towns] in Judah?
10 Har yă zuwa yau ba su ƙasƙantar da kansu ko su nuna bangirma, ko su kiyaye dokata da ƙa’idodin da na sa a gabanku da kakanninku ba.
Up until this day you have not humbled yourselves or revered me. You have not obeyed the laws and decrees [DOU] that I gave to you and your ancestors.’
11 “Saboda haka ga abin da Ubangiji Maɗaukaki, Allah na Isra’ila, yana cewa na ƙudura in aukar muku da masifa in kuma hallaka dukan Yahuda.
Therefore, this is what [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [you] Israelis [say you belong to], say: ‘I am determined to cause all of you to experience disasters and to get rid of every one of you.
12 Zan ɗauke raguwar Yahuda waɗanda suka ƙudurta su je Masar su zauna a can. Duk za su hallaka a Masar; za su mutu ta wurin takobi ko su mutu da yunwa. Daga ƙarami zuwa babba, za su mutu ta wurin takobi ko yunwa. Za su zama abin zarge da abin tsoro, abin la’ana da abin ba’a.
[You] people from Judah who have survived were determined to come and live here in Egypt. So I will get rid of all of you here in Egypt. Every one of you will die, including those who are important and those who are not important. [Some of] you will be killed by [your enemies’] swords, [some will die] from famines. You will become [people whom others] curse, be horrified about, and make fun of.
13 Zan hukunta waɗanda suke zama a Masar da takobi, yunwa da annoba, yadda na hukunta Urushalima.
I will punish you here in Egypt like I punished [others in] Jerusalem, [some of whom were killed] by [their enemies’] swords and [some of whom] died from famines or diseases.
14 Babu wani daga raguwar Yahuda wanda ya tafi Masar da zai kuɓuta ko ya tsira har ya komo zuwa ƙasar Yahuda, wadda za su yi marmari su komo su zauna; babu wani da zai komo sai dai’yan gudun hijira.”
You people who did not die in Judah fled here to Egypt, hoping that [some day] you would return to Judah. But very few [HYP] of you will survive and escape. You are longing/wanting to remain alive and return to Judah, but only a very few of you will escape and be able to do that.’”
15 Sai dukan mazan da suka san cewa matansu suna ƙone turare wa waɗansu alloli, tare da dukan matan da suke a nan babban taro, da kuma dukan mutanen da suke zama a Masar ta Ƙasa da ta Bisa, suka ce wa Irmiya,
Then a large group of the people who had started to live in northern Egypt and southern Egypt, including all the men who knew that their wives had been burning incense to other gods, and all the women who were standing there, said this to me:
16 “Ba za mu saurari saƙon da ka yi mana magana a sunan Ubangiji ba!
“You are saying that [MTY] Yahweh gave messages to you, but we will not pay any attention to your messages!
17 Lalle za mu aikata duk abin da muka ce za mu yi. Za mu ƙone turare ga Sarauniyar Sama za mu kuma miƙa hadayun sha gare ta kamar dai yadda mu da kakanninmu, sarakunanmu da fadawanmu muka yi a garuruwan Yahuda da kuma kan titunan Urushalima. A lokacin muna da abinci a yalwace muna kuma da arziki ba mu kuma da wata damuwa.
We will certainly do everything that we said that we would do. We will burn incense to [worship our goddess Astarte, ] the Queen of Heaven, and we will pour out offerings [of wine] to her, just like we and our ancestors and our kings and [their] officials have [always] done in the streets of Jerusalem and in the [other] towns in Judah. At that time, we had plenty of food, and we were prosperous and we did not have any troubles.
18 Amma tun da muka daina ƙone turare ga Sarauniyar Sama da kuma miƙa mata hadayun sha, muka rasa kome muna ta mutuwa ta wurin takobi da yunwa.”
But ever since we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and giving her offerings [of wine], we have had many troubles, and [some of our people] have been killed by [our enemies’] swords and [some have died] from hunger.”
19 Matan suka ƙara da cewa, “Sa’ad da muka ƙone turare ga Sarauniyar Sama muka kuma miƙa mata hadayun sha, mazanmu ba su san muna yin waina kamar siffarta muna kuma miƙa mata hadayun sha ba?”
And [the women said], “[Furthermore], we burned incense and poured out [wine] offerings to the Queen of Heaven, and we also made small cakes that resembled her idol, to offer to her. But our husbands certainly knew about [and approved of] [RHQ] what we were doing!”
20 Sai Irmiya ya ce wa dukan mutanen, maza da mata, waɗanda suke ba shi amsa,
Then I said to all the men and women who had answered me,
21 “Ubangiji bai tuna ya kuma yi tunani game da turaren da aka ƙone a garuruwan Yahuda da kan titunan Urushalima wanda ku da kakanninku, sarakunanku da fadawanku da mutanen ƙasar ba ne?
“Do not think [RHQ] that Yahweh did not know that you and your ancestors and your kings and their officials and all the other people in Judah were burning incense to [worship/honor] idols in the streets of Jerusalem and in the [other] towns in Judah!
22 Sa’ad da Ubangiji bai iya jurewa da mugayen ayyukanku da kuma abubuwa banƙyama da kuka aikata ba, sai ƙasarku ta zama abin la’ana da kufai babu mazauna yadda yake a yau.
It was because Yahweh could no longer endure/tolerate your wicked actions and the detestable things that you were doing that he caused your land to be [a place whose name people say when they] curse someone, a land that is ruined and which has no one living in it. And your land is still like that.
23 Domin kun ƙone turare kuka kuma yi wa Ubangiji zunubi ba ku kuma yi masa biyayya ko ku kiyaye dokarsa ko ƙa’idodinsa ko farillansa ba, wannan masifa ta aukar muku, yadda yanzu kuka gani.”
It is because you burned incense to [worship/honor] idols and committed [other] sins against Yahweh that you experienced [all] those disasters. It is because you have not obeyed him or his laws and decrees and commandments.”
24 Sai Irmiya ya ce wa dukan mutane, har da mata, “Ku saurari maganar Ubangiji, dukanku mutanen Yahuda a Masar.
[Then] I said to all of them, including the women, “All you [people of] Judah who are [here] in Egypt, listen to this message from Yahweh.
25 Ga abin da Ubangiji Maɗaukaki, Allah na Isra’ila, yana cewa ku da matanku kun nuna ta wurin ayyukanku abin da kuka yi alkawari sa’ad da kuka ce, ‘Lalle za mu yi abin da muka yi alkawari na ƙone turare da kuma miƙa hadayun sha ga Sarauniyar Sama.’ “To, sai ku ci gaba, ku aikata abin da kuka yi alkawari! Ku cika alkawarinku!
This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [we] Israelis [worship], says [to you Israeli men]: ‘You and your wives have said that you would continue to do what you promised, to burn incense and pour out wine to the [goddess whom you call] the Queen of Heaven. [And you have proved by your actions that you intend to continue to do that]. So go ahead and continue doing what you have promised to do [for her].’
26 Amma ku ji maganar Ubangiji, dukan Yahudawan da suke zama a Masar, ‘Na rantse da sunana,’ in ji Ubangiji, ‘cewa babu wani daga Yahuda wanda yake zama a ko’ina a Masar zai ƙara kira bisa sunana ko ya rantse ya ce, “Muddin Ubangiji Mai Iko Duka yana raye.”
But now, all you people from Judah who are [now] living [here] in Egypt, listen to this message from Yahweh. He says, ‘I have solemnly declared, using my great name, that [soon] none of [you] people from Judah who are here in Egypt will ever again use my name. [There will be none of you who, when you solemnly promise to do something, ] will ever again say, “[I will do it as surely] as Yahweh lives.”
27 Gama ina lura da su don lahani, ba alheri ba; mutanen Yahuda da suke a Masar za su hallaka ta wurin takobi da yunwa sai dukansu sun hallaka.
Because I will be watching over you, not to cause good things to happen to you but to cause things to happen that will harm you. [Almost] everyone [HYP] from Judah who is [now here] in Egypt will experience being [killed by their enemies’] swords, or dying from famine.
28 Waɗanda suka kuɓuta wa takobi suka komo zuwa ƙasar Yahuda daga Masar za su zama kima kawai. Sa’an nan dukan raguwar Yahuda waɗanda suka zo don su yi zama a Masar za su san maganar wane ne za tă tabbata, tawa ko tasu.
[Only a very] few [of you] will not die, and will return to Judah. [When that happens], all those who came to Egypt will find out whose words (were true/were fulfilled), theirs or mine.’
29 “‘Wannan zai zama alama a gare ku cewa zan hukunta ku a wannan wuri,’ in ji Ubangiji, ‘saboda ku san cewa barazanata ta lahani a kanku tabbatacce za tă cika.’
And Yahweh [also] says, ‘I will do something that will prove to you that everything that I have said will happen, and that I will punish you [here] in this place.
30 Ga abin da Ubangiji yana cewa, ‘Zan bayar da Fir’auna Hofra sarkin Masar ga abokan gābansa waɗanda suke neman ransa, kamar yadda na ba da Zedekiya sarkin Yahuda ga Nebukadnezzar sarkin Babilon, abokin gāban da ya nemi ransa.’”
I will cause Hophra, the king of Egypt, to be captured by his enemies who want to kill him, just like I caused King Zedekiah of Judah to be captured by [the soldiers of] King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.’” [And that is what happened several years later].
