Jeremaya 1
1 Ndị a bụ okwu Jeremaya nwa Hilkaya, bụ otu onye nʼime ndị nchụaja, nọ nʼAnatot nke dị nʼala Benjamin.
The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:
2 Onye okwu nke Onyenwe anyị bịakwutere nʼafọ nke iri na atọ nʼoge ọchịchị Amọn, eze Juda bụ nwa Josaya.
To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
3 Ozi ndị ọzọ rukwara ya ntị nʼoge Jehoiakim nwa Josaya, bụ eze Juda, ruokwa nʼọnwa nke ise nʼafọ nke iri na otu nke Zedekaya nwa Josaya, bụ eze Juda kwụsịrị, mgbe a dọkpụụrụ ndị Jerusalem nʼagha buru ha ka ha gaa biri na mba ọzọ.
It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, to the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, to the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
4 Okwu Onyenwe anyị bịakwutere m, na-asị,
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
5 “Amaara m gị tupu a tụrụ ime gị, tupu a mụọ gị, edoro m gị nsọ, ahọpụtakwara m gị dịka onye amụma nye mba niile.”
Before I formed you in the belly I knew you; and before you came forth out of the womb I sanctified you, and I ordained you a prophet to the nations.
6 Asịrị m, “Ewoo, Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị. Lee, amaghị m ekwu okwu. Abụ m naanị nwantakịrị.”
Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
7 Ma Onyenwe anyị sịrị m, “Asịkwala ‘Abụ m naanị nwantakịrị,’ nʼihi na ị ga-agakwuru onye ọbụla m zigara gị, ị ga-ekwukwa ihe niile m nyere gị nʼiwu.
But the LORD said to me, Say not, I am a child: for you shall go to all that I shall send you, and whatever I command you you shall speak.
8 Atụkwala egwu nʼihi ha, nʼihi na mụ onwe nọnyere gị ịnapụta gị,” ọ bụ ihe Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara.
Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with you to deliver you, says the LORD.
9 Mgbe ahụ, Onyenwe anyị setịpụrụ aka ya metụ m nʼọnụ, sị m, “Lee, ewerela m okwu m tinye gị nʼọnụ.
Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said to me, Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.
10 Lee, taa, ana m eme gị onye nlekọta mba dị iche iche na alaeze niile, ihopu na ikwada, ịla nʼiyi na ịtịkpọkwa ha, i wulite ma kụọkwa.”
See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
11 Mgbe ahụ, okwu nke Onyenwe anyị bịakwutere m, na-asị, “Jeremaya, gịnị ka ị na-ahụ?” Azara m sị, “Ana m ahụ otu alaka osisi alụmọnd.”
Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Jeremiah, what see you? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.
12 Mgbe ahụ, Onyenwe anyị sịrị m, “Ị hụrụ nke ọma, nʼihi na m na-eche okwu ọnụ ịhụ m na m mezuru ha.”
Then said the LORD to me, You have well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.
13 Okwu Onyenwe anyị bịakwutere m nke ugboro abụọ na-asị, “Gịnị ka ị na-ahụ?” A sịrị m, “Ana m ahụ ite mmiri ọkụ, nke na-agbọ agbọ, nke e mere ka o hulata chee ọnụ ya na ndịda.”
And the word of the LORD came to me the second time, saying, What see you? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is toward the north.
14 Onyenwe anyị sịrị m, “Ihe egwu ga-esite nʼugwu bịakwasị ndị niile bi nʼala a.
Then the LORD said to me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth on all the inhabitants of the land.
15 Ma ugbu a, ana m akpọku ndị niile bi nʼalaeze dị nʼugwu,” otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri ya. “Ndị eze ha ga-abịa doo ocheeze ha nʼọnụ ụzọ ama e si abata Jerusalem, imegide ogologo mgbidi nke obodo ahụ gburugburu, na imegidekwa obodo niile nke Juda.
For, see, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, says the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.
16 Aga m ekwupụta ikpe niile m megide ha, nʼihi ajọ omume ha niile nʼịgbakụta m azụ, na isure ihe nsure ọkụ na-esi isi ụtọ nye chi ndị ọzọ, nakwa ịkpọ isiala nye ihe ndị ahụ niile ha ji aka ha kpụọ.
And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.
17 “Bilie ọtọ, jikere onwe gị, ka ị pụọ gaa gwa ha ihe ọbụla m nyere gị nʼiwu. Atụkwala ụjọ ha, ma ọ bụghị ya, aga m emenye gị egwu nʼihu ha.
You therefore gird up your loins, and arise, and speak to them all that I command you: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound you before them.
18 Nʼihi na lee, site taa gaa nʼihu emeela m gị ka ị dịrị ka obodo e wusiri ike. Ị dịkwa ka mgbidi e ji igwe kpụọ, na dịka ibo e ji ọla dị arọ kpụọ, iguzogide ala ahụ niile. Iguzogide ndị eze Juda niile, ndịisi ala Juda niile, na ndị nchụaja niile, na ndị mmadụ ọzọ.
For, behold, I have made you this day a defended city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.
19 Ha ga-agbalị ka ha megide gị, ma ha agaghị emeri gị. Nʼihi na mụ onwe m nọnyeere gị, aga m anapụtakwa gị.” Otu ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri ya.
And they shall fight against you; but they shall not prevail against you; for I am with you, says the LORD, to deliver you.
