Jeremaya 12
1 Onye ezi omume ka ị bụ mgbe niile, gị Onyenwe anyị, mgbe ọbụla m butere ikpe bịa nʼihu gị. Ma achọrọ m ịgwa gị okwu banyere ikpe ziri ezi gị: Gịnị mere ihe ji agara ndị ajọ omume nke ọma? Gịnị mere ndị na-aghọ aghụghọ ji ebi ndụ enweghị nsogbu ọbụla?
Righteous art thou, Jehovah, when I plead with thee; yet will I speak with thee of [thy] judgments. Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? [wherefore] are all they at ease that deal very treacherously?
2 Ị kụọla ha ka osisi, ha agbaala mgbọrọgwụ; ha na-etokwa na-amị mkpụrụ. Ị nọ nso mgbe niile nʼọnụ ha, ma ị nọ nʼebe dị anya nʼobi ha.
Thou hast planted them, they also have taken root: they advance, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, but far from their reins.
3 Ma gị onwe gị maara m Onyenwe anyị; ị na-ahụ m, na-anwapụtakwa echiche niile m na-eche banyere gị. Dọkpụrụ ha dịka atụrụ a ga-egbu egbu. Doo ha iche nye ụbọchị ahụ a ga-egbu ha.
But thou, Jehovah, knowest me; thou hast seen me, and proved my heart toward thee. Drag them out like sheep for the slaughter, and set them apart for the day of slaughter.
4 Ruo ole mgbe ka ala ga-eru ụjụ? Ruo ole mgbe ka ahịhịa dị nʼubi ga-anọgide na-akpọnwụ? Ụmụ anụmanụ na nnụnụ na-anwụchasị nʼihi na ndị bi nʼala ahụ bụ ndị na-emebi iwu. Ma ndị mmadụ ahụ na-ekwu sị, “Ọ gaghị ahụ ihe ga-adakwasị anyị.”
How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of all the fields wither? Because of the wickedness of them that dwell therein, the beasts and the birds perish; for they say, He will not see our end.
5 “Ọ bụrụ na ndị ji ụkwụ ha agba ọsọ emerie gị nʼọsọ nke gị na ha gbara, i si aṅaa chee na gị na ndị ji ịnyịnya agba ọsọ nwere ike ịgbakọta ọsọ ịsọ mpi? Ọ bụrụ na ị sọọ ngọngọ nʼala ebe udo dị, ị ga-esi aṅaa ghara ịsọ ngọngọ nʼọhịa dị nʼakụkụ osimiri Jọdan?
If thou hast run with footmen, and they have wearied thee, how wilt thou then contend with horses? And if in a land of peace thou thinkest thyself in security, how wilt thou then do in the swelling of the Jordan?
6 Lee, ọ bụladị ụmụnne gị, ndị ezinaụlọ nke aka gị, ararala gị nye. Lee, ha eweliela oke olu iti mkpu megide gị. Atụkwasịla ha obi, ọ bụladị mgbe ha na-ekwu okwu ọma banyere gị.
For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee, even they have cried aloud after thee. Believe them not, though they speak good [words] unto thee.
7 “Aga m agbakụta ụlọ m na ihe nketa m họpụtara nye onwe m azụ. Aga m ewere onye ahụ m hụrụ nʼanya nyefee ya nʼaka onye iro ya.
I have forsaken my house, I have cast off my heritage, I have given the beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.
8 Ihe nketa m aghọrọọla m, ihe dịka ọdụm nọ nʼọhịa, Ọ na-agbọ ụja megide m; ya mere, m ji kpọọ ya asị.
My heritage is become unto me as a lion in the forest; it hath raised its voice against me: therefore have I hated it.
9 Ọ bụ na ihe nketa m aghọbeghị nnụnụ ugo tụrụ agwa nye m nke ọtụtụ ugo gbara gburugburu na-emegide ya? Gaanụ, kpọkọta ụmụ anụ ọhịa niile, mee ka ha zukọọ bịa dọrie nri.
My heritage is unto me [as] a speckled bird of prey; the birds of prey round about are against her. Go, assemble all the beasts of the field, bring them to devour.
10 Ọtụtụ ndị ọzụzụ atụrụ ebibiela ubi vaịnị m. Ha azọtọọla ubi m nʼokpuru ụkwụ, ha emeela ka ubi m mara mma ghọọ ọzara tọgbọrọ nʼefu.
Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness:
11 Ha emeela ya ka ọ ghọọ ebe tọgbọrọ nʼefu; e, ọ ghọọla ebe kpọrọ nkụ nʼebe tọgbọrọ nʼefu nʼihu m. Ala ahụ niile ga-atọgbọrọkwa nʼefu, nʼihi na o nweghị onye ọbụla ihe banyere ya na-emetụ nʼobi.
they have made it a desolation; desolate, it mourneth unto me: the whole land is made desolate, for no man layeth it to heart.
12 Ndị mbibi ga-ejupụta nʼelu ebe niile dị elu nke ọzara, nʼihi na mma agha Onyenwe anyị ga-esite nʼotu nsọtụ ala ahụ ruo na nsọtụ nke ọzọ, ripịa ndị niile dị na ya. O nweghị onye ọbụla udo ga-adịrị nʼala ahụ.
Spoilers are come upon all heights in the wilderness; for the sword of Jehovah devoureth from one end of the land even to the [other] end of the land: no flesh hath peace.
13 Ha ga-agha mkpụrụ ọka wiiti, maọbụ ogwu ga-epuru ha. Ha ga-adọgbu onwe ha nʼọrụ ma ha agaghị enweta ihe ọbụla. Ya mere, ka ihe ihere unu ghọtara dịka ihe ubi dịrị unu, nʼihi na ahụhụ ndị a sitere nʼiwe dị ọkụ nke Onyenwe anyị.”
They have sown wheat, and they reap thorns; they have put themselves to pain, [and] do not profit. Be ye therefore ashamed of your revenues, because of the fierce anger of Jehovah.
14 Ihe ndị a ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru, “Ma banyere ndị agbataobi ọjọọ m ahụ niile, bụ ndị na-apụnara ndị m Izrel ihe nketa ahụ m nyere ha. Aga m esite nʼala ha hopu ha. Aga m esitekwa nʼetiti ha hopu ụlọ Juda.
Thus saith Jehovah against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit: Behold, I will pluck them up out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.
15 Ma mgbe m hopuchara ha, aga m emesịa meere ha ebere, meekwa ka onye ọbụla nʼime ha laghachikwa nʼobodo nke aka ya. Ha ga-enwetakwa ihe nketa ha niile.
And it shall come to pass, after I have plucked them up, I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them back, each one to his inheritance, and each one to his land.
16 Ọ bụrụkwa na ha amụta ụzọ niile nke ndị m nke ọma, na iji aha m ṅụọ iyi, na-asị, ‘Dịka Onyenwe anyị na-adị ndụ,’ dịka ha si kuziere ndị m iji aha Baal na-aṅụ iyi, aga m eme ka ha guzosie ike nʼetiti ndị m.
And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, [As] Jehovah liveth — even as they taught my people to swear by Baal — they shall be built up in the midst of my people.
17 Ma ọ bụrụ na mba ọbụla ajụ ige ntị, aga m ehopu ha kpamkpam, laa ha nʼiyi.” Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri.
And if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith Jehovah.
