Jeremaya 16
1 Mgbe ahụ, okwu Onyenwe anyị ruru m ntị, sị,
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
2 “Ị gaghị alụtara onwe gị nwunye, ị gaghị amụtakwa ụmụ ndị ikom na ndị inyom nʼebe a.”
“You shall not take a wife, and there shall be no sons or daughters for you in this place.
3 Nʼihi na otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru banyere ụmụ ndị ikom niile na ụmụ ndị inyom niile a mụrụ nʼala a. Otu a ka ọ kwukwara banyere nne na nna ụmụntakịrị ndị a.
For thus says the Lord concerning the sons and daughters who are conceived in this place, and concerning their mothers who give birth to them, and concerning their fathers, from whose stock they have been born in this land:
4 “Ha ga-anwụ site nʼajọ ọrịa nke ga-egbu ha niile. O nweghị onye ga-eru ụjụ nʼihi ha, a gaghị elikwa ha. Kama ha ga-adị ka unyi e kposara nʼala. Mma agha na ụnwụ ga-ala ha nʼiyi, ozu ha ga-abụkwa ihe oriri nye ụmụ anụ ufe na ụmụ anụ ọhịa nke ụwa.”
They will die from grievous mortal illnesses. They will not be mourned, and they will not be buried. They will be like manure on the face of the earth. And they will be consumed by sword and by famine. And their dead bodies will be food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the land.”
5 Nʼihi na ihe ndị a ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru, “Abanyela nʼụlọ ọbụla a na-akwa ozu; abanyela maka iso ha ruo ụjụ, maọbụ maka igosi ha ebere, nʼihi na ewepụla m ngọzị m nʼịhụnanya m, na ọmịiko m site nʼebe ha nọ,” otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara.
For thus says the Lord: “You shall not enter the house of feasting, and you shall not go to mourn or to console them. For I have taken away from this people, says the Lord, my peace, my mercy, and my pity.
6 “Ma ndị ukwu na ndị nta nʼime ha ga-anwụ nʼala a. O nweghị onye ga-eli ha, maọbụ ruo ụjụ nʼihi ha. O nweghị onye ga-akpụcha isi ya, maọbụ gbuo onwe ya mma nʼihi ha.
Both the great and the small will die in this land. They will not be buried, and they will not be mourned. And no one will cut themselves or make themselves bald on their behalf.
7 O nweghị onye ga-eweta ihe oriri nye ndị zukọrọ maka ịkasị ndị na-eru ụjụ obi. Nri agaghị adị ọ bụladị nye ndị na-eru ụjụ, nʼihi ọnwụ nna ha maọbụ ọnwụ nne ha. Ọ dịkwaghị onye ga-enye ha ihe ọṅụṅụ nʼihi ịkasị ha obi.
And they will not break bread among themselves for the sake of him who mourns, so as to console him over the dead. And they will not give them a chalice to drink, so as to console them over their father and mother.
8 “Abanyekwala nʼụlọ ebe e nwere oriri soro ndị nọ nʼebe ahụ nọdụ ala iri ihe na ịṅụ ihe ọṅụṅụ
And so, you shall not enter the house of feasting, so as to sit with them, and to eat and drink.”
9 Nʼihi na otu a ka Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile, onye bụkwa Chineke Izrel kwuru, ‘Nʼihu gị, na nʼoge ndị a niile ị dị ndụ, ka m ga-eme ka ụzụ ọṅụ na obi ụtọ, na olu ndị ikom na nke ndị inyom na-alụ di na nwunye kwụsị.’
For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Behold, I will take away from this place, in your sight and in your days, the voice of gladness and the voice of rejoicing, the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride.
10 “Mgbe ị gwara ndị a ihe ndị a, ha ga-ajụ gị ajụjụ sị, ‘Gịnị mere Onyenwe anyị ji kpebie izitere anyị ụdị oke ịla nʼiyi dị otu a? Gịnị bụ ihe ọjọọ anyị mere? Gịnị bụ mmehie anyị mere megide Onyenwe anyị Chineke anyị?’
And when you announce all these words to this people, they will say to you: ‘Why would the Lord pronounce all this great evil against us? What is our iniquity and what is our sin that we have committed against the Lord our God?’
11 Mgbe ahụ, ị ga-asa ha sị ha, ‘Ihe ndị a na-adakwasị unu nʼihi na nna nna unu ha gbakụtara m azụ,’ otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara, ‘gbasoro, fee ma kpọọkwa isiala nye chi ndị ọzọ. Ha jụrụ iso m, jụkwa idebe ihe m nyere ha nʼiwu.
And you shall say to them: It is because your fathers abandoned me, says the Lord. And they went after strange gods, and they served them and adored them. And they abandoned me, and they did not keep my law.
12 Ma unu emesoola m mmeso ọjọọ karịa ụdị mmeso nna unu ha mesoro m. Lee ka unu niile nʼotu nʼotu si agbaso ụzọ isiike nke obi ọjọọ unu chepụtara, kama irubere m isi.
But you have acted even worse than your fathers. For behold, each one walks after the depravity of his own evil heart, so that he does not listen to me.
13 Ya mere, aga m esite nʼala a tufuo unu. Aga m atụbanye unu nʼala ahụ unu na nna unu ha na-amaghị. Ebe ahụ ka unu ga-anọkwa fee chi ndị ọzọ ehihie na abalị. Nʼihi na agaghị m emere unu amara.’
And so, I will cast you out of this land, into a land that you do not know, and that your fathers did not know. And in that place, you will serve, day and night, strange gods who will not give you rest.
14 “Otu ọ dị, ụbọchị ndị ahụ na-abịa,” ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara, “mgbe ndị mmadụ na-agaghị asịkwa ọzọ, ‘Dịka Onyenwe anyị na adị ndụ, bụ onye ahụ sitere nʼala Ijipt kpọpụta ụmụ Izrel.’
Therefore, behold, the days are approaching, says the Lord, when it will no longer be said, ‘As the Lord lives, who led the sons of Israel away from the land of Egypt,’
15 Ma a ga-asị, ‘Dịka Onyenwe anyị na-adị ndụ, bụ onye ahụ kpọpụtara Izrel site nʼala dị nʼugwu, na mba ahụ niile ọ chụsara ha.’ Nʼihi na aga m akpọlata ha nʼala ahụ m nyere nna nna ha.
but instead, ‘As the Lord lives, who led the sons of Israel away from the land of the north,’ and from all the lands to which I have cast them out. And I will lead them back into their own land, which I gave to their fathers.
16 “Ma ugbu a, aga m ezipu ọtụtụ ndị ọkụ azụ ka ha gaa jide ha.” Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri. “Mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, aga m ezipụkwa ọtụtụ ndị na-achụ nta, ndị ga-esite nʼelu ugwu ukwu niile na nʼelu ugwu nta niile, na nʼọnụ mgbawara dị na nkume niile, chụọ nta ha.
Behold, I will send many fishermen, says the Lord, and they will fish for them. And after this, I will send many hunters to them, and they will hunt for them on every mountain, and on every hilltop, and in the caverns of the rocks.
17 Ana m ahụzu ụzọ ha niile. O nweghị ihe zoro ezo nʼebe m nọ. Anya m na-ahụzukwa mmehie ha niile.
For my eyes are upon all their ways. They have not been hidden from my face, and their iniquity has not been concealed from my eyes.
18 Aga m akwụghachi ha okpukpu abụọ nʼihi ajọ omume ha, na mmehie ha, nʼihi na ha ejirila oyiyi ihe arụ a pịrị apị ha, nke na-enweghị ndụ nʼime ya, merụọ ala m. Ha emeekwala ka arụsị bụ ihe arụ jupụta nʼihe nketa m.”
But first, I will repay their double iniquities and their sins. For they have defiled my land with the dead bodies of their idols, and they have filled my inheritance with their abominations.”
19 Onyenwe anyị, ị bụ ike m na ebe m e wusiri ike, ebe mgbaba m nʼoge nsogbu. Mba niile nke ụwa ga-esite na nsọtụ ụwa niile bịakwute gị. Ha ga-abịakwute gị sị gị, “Nna anyị ha enweghị ihe ọbụla karịakwa chi ndị na-abụghị chi nʼezie. Ha bụkwa chi na-abaghị uru, nke na-adịghị ewetara ha ihe ọma ọbụla.”
“O Lord, my strength, and my health, and my refuge in the day of tribulation: the Gentiles will approach you from the ends of the earth, and they will say: ‘Truly, our fathers possessed a lie, an emptiness that has not benefited them.’
20 Mmadụ ọ pụrụ imere onwe ya chi? E, ma chi ndị ahụ abụghị chi.
How can man make gods for himself, though these are not gods?”
21 “Ya mere, aga m eme ka ha mata. Nʼoge a ka m ga-eme ka ha mata ike m, na ịdị ike m. Mgbe ahụ, ha ga-amata na aha m bụ Onyenwe anyị.
“Concerning this, behold: I will make it clear to them, in this turn. I will reveal to them my hand and my virtue. And they will know that the Lord is my name.”
