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?
Thou indeed, O Lord, art just, if I plead with thee, but yet I will speak what is just to thee: Why doth the way of the wicked prosper: why is it well with all them that transgress, and do wickedly?
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, and they have taken root: they prosper and bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and 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.
And thou, O Lord, hast known me, thou hast seen me, and proved my heart with thee: gather them together as sheep for a sacrifice, and prepare them 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 herb of every field wither for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? The beasts and the birds are consumed: because they have said: He shall not see our last 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 wearied with running with footmen, how canst thou contend with horses? and if thou hast been secure in a land of peace, what wilt thou 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 fought against thee, and have cried after thee with full voice: believe them not when they speak good things to 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 left my inheritance: I have given my dear soul into the land 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 inheritance is become to me as a lion in the wood: is hath cried out 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.
Is my inheritance to me as a speckled bird? Is it as a bird died throughout? come ye, assemble yourselves, all the beasts of the earth, make haste 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 pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot: they have changed my delightful portion into 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 laid it waste, and it hath mourned for me. With desolation is all the land made desolate; because there is none that considereth in the 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.
The spoilers are come upon all the ways of the wilderness, for the sword of the Lord shall devour from one end of the land to the other end thereof: there is no peace for all flesh.
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 reaped thorns: they have received an inheritance, and it shall not profit them: you shall be ashamed of your fruits, because of the fierce wrath of the Lord.
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 the Lord against all my wicked neighbors, that touch the inheritance that I have shared out to my people Israel: Behold I will pluck them out of their land, and I will pluck the house of Juda out of the midst of 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 when I shall have plucked them out, I will return, and have mercy on them: and I will bring them back, every man to his inheritance, and every man 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 be taught, and will learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name: The Lord liveth, as they have taught my people to swear by baal: that 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.
But if they will not hear, I will utterly pluck out and destroy that nation, saith the Lord.
