Jeremaya 16
1 Mgbe ahụ, okwu Onyenwe anyị ruru m ntị, sị,
Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
2 “Ị gaghị alụtara onwe gị nwunye, ị gaghị amụtakwa ụmụ ndị ikom na ndị inyom nʼebe a.”
“Do not take a wife for yourself, and do not have sons or daughters for yourself 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 Yahweh says this to the sons and daughters who are born in this place, to the mothers who bear them, and to the fathers who caused them to be 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 diseased deaths. They will not be mourned or buried. They will be like dung on the ground. For they will come to an end by sword and famine, and their corpses will be food for the birds of the skies and the beasts of the earth.'
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 the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 'Do not enter a house where there is mourning. Do not go to mourn or to show sympathy for them, for I have taken away my peace from this people—this is Yahweh's declaration—and my steadfast love and mercy.
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 no one will mourn for them or cut themselves or shave their heads for them.
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.
No one must share any food in mourning to comfort them because of the deaths, and none must give a comforting cup to his father or his mother in order to comfort them.
8 “Abanyekwala nʼụlọ ebe e nwere oriri soro ndị nọ nʼebe ahụ nọdụ ala iri ihe na ịṅụ ihe ọṅụṅụ
You must not go to a banquet house to sit with them in order to eat or 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 Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, says this, 'See, before your eyes, in your days and in this place, I am about to put an end to the sound of joy and the sound of gladness, the sound of the groom and the sound 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?’
Then it will happen that you will report all these words to this people, and they will say to you, 'Why has Yahweh decreed all this great disaster against us? What is our iniquity and sin that we sinned against Yahweh 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.
So say to them, 'Because your ancestors abandoned me—this is Yahweh's declaration—and they went after other gods and worshiped and bowed down to them. They abandoned me and have not kept 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 yourselves have brought about more wickedness than your ancestors, for see, each person is walking by the stubbornness of his wicked heart; there is no one who listens 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.’
So I will throw you from this land to a land that you have not known, neither you nor your ancestors, and you will worship other gods there by day and night, for I will not give any favor to you.'
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 coming—this is Yahweh's declaration—when it will no longer be said, 'As Yahweh lives, the one who brought up the people of Israel 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, 'As Yahweh lives, the one who brought up the people of Israel from the land of the north and from the lands where he had scattered them.' For I will bring them back to the land that I gave to their ancestors.
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 for many fishermen—this is Yahweh's declaration—so they will fish the people out. After this I will send for many hunters so they will hunt for them among all the mountains and hills, and in rock crevices.
17 Ana m ahụzu ụzọ ha niile. O nweghị ihe zoro ezo nʼebe m nọ. Anya m na-ahụzukwa mmehie ha niile.
For my eye is on all their ways; they cannot be hidden from before me. Their iniquity cannot be concealed from before 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.”
I will first pay back double for their iniquity and sin for their polluting of my land with their disgusting idol figures, and for their filling my inheritance with their disgusting idols.”
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.”
Yahweh, you are my stronghold and my refuge, my place of safety in the day of distress. The nations will go to you from the ends of the earth and say, “Surely our ancestors inherited deceit. They are empty; there is no profit in them.
20 Mmadụ ọ pụrụ imere onwe ya chi? E, ma chi ndị ahụ abụghị chi.
Do people make gods for themselves? But they 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.
Therefore see! I will cause them to know in this time, I will cause them to know my hand and my power, so they will know that Yahweh is my name.
