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 who 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 Jehovah 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,
Now the word of Jehovah 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. Before you came forth out of the womb, I sanctified you. I have appointed 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 I said, "Ah, Lord Jehovah. Look, I do not know how to 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 Jehovah said to me, "Do not say, 'I am a child;' for to whoever I shall send you, you shall go, and whatever I shall command you, you shall speak.
8 Atụkwala egwu nʼihi ha, nʼihi na mụ onwe nọnyere gị ịnapụta gị,” ọ bụ ihe Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara.
Do not be afraid because of them; for I am with you to deliver you," says Jehovah.
9 Mgbe ahụ, Onyenwe anyị setịpụrụ aka ya metụ m nʼọnụ, sị m, “Lee, ewerela m okwu m tinye gị nʼọnụ.
Then Jehovah put forth his hand, and touched my mouth; and Jehovah said to me, "Look, 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.”
Look, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy and to overthrow, 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 Jehovah came to me, saying, "Jeremiah, what do you see?" I said, "I see a branch 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 Jehovah said to me, "You have seen well; for I watch over 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.”
The word of Jehovah came to me the second time, saying, "What do you see?" I said, "I see a boiling caldron; and it is tipping away from the north."
14 Onyenwe anyị sịrị m, “Ihe egwu ga-esite nʼugwu bịakwasị ndị niile bi nʼala a.
Then Jehovah said to me, "Out of the north evil will break out 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, look, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north," says Jehovah; "and they shall come, and they shall each set his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all its walls all around, 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.
I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, in that they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, and worshiped 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 put your belt on your waist, arise, and speak to them all that I command you. Do not be dismayed at them, lest I dismay 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, look, I have made you this day a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and bronze walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, 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.
They will fight against you; but they will not prevail against you; for I am with you," says Jehovah, "to deliver you."
