Jeremaya 17
1 “E ji mkpisi igwe gbunye mmehie Juda, jikwa ọnụ nkume siri ike a pịrị ọnụ ya apị, depụta nʼelu mbadamba nkume, bụ obi ha, nakwa nʼelu mpi niile nke ebe ịchụ aja ha.
[Yahweh said, “It is as though a list of] the sins [committed by the people of] Judah is engraved with an iron chisel, or engraved using the fine point of a very hard stone, on the altars [where they worship idols]. And [it is as though] this list is engraved on their inner beings!
2 Ọ bụladị ụmụ ha na-echeta ebe ịchụ aja ha, na ogidi a manyere nʼala nʼihi arụsị Ashera, nke dị nʼebe ọtụtụ osisi ndụ na-etokọ ọnụ, ma nʼelu ugwu nta niile.
[Even] their children are happy to go to the altars [to worship their gods], and to the poles [that represent the goddess] Asherah [at which their parents worshiped], shrines that are underneath all the big trees and on [all] the high hills.
3 Ugwu m, nke dị nʼala ahụ, na ihe niile ha nwere, na akụnụba ha ka m ga-eweta nye ndị ga-adọta ha nʼagha. Aga m enyekwa ha ihe niile ahụ dị nʼelu ugwu, nʼihi mmehie gị, nke jupụtara nʼala gị niile.
So, I will allow your enemies to capture [Zion], your holy hill, and all your wealth and your (treasures/valuable things), and [even] the shrines on all those hills, because of the sins that you people have committed throughout your land.
4 Ihe nketa ahụ m nyere gị ga-efunarị gị, nʼihi ihe i ji aka gị wetara onwe gị. Aga m emekwa ka ị bụrụ ohu ndị iro gị nʼala nke ị na-amaghị, nʼihi na ị kpasuola iwe m, ọ ga-adịgidekwa ruo mgbe niile ebighị ebi.”
The [wonderful] land that I gave to you will no longer belong to you. I will tell your enemies to take you to a land that you do not know about, and you will become their slaves. [I will do that] because I am extremely angry [with you]; my being angry is [like] a fire that will burn forever.”
5 Ihe ndị a ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru, “Onye a bụrụ ọnụ ka mmadụ ahụ bụ nke na-atụkwasị mmadụ ibe ya obi, onye olileanya ya dị nʼinyeaka ga-esi nʼaka mmadụ rute ya aka, onye wezugara obi ya site nʼebe Onyenwe anyị nọ.
This is [also] what Yahweh says: “[I] will curse/condemn those who trust in human beings [to help them], those who rely on their own strength and turn away from me.
6 Onye ahụ ga-adị ka osisi na-eto nʼala tọgbọrọ nʼefu. Ọ gaghị ahụkwa mgbe ọ dịmma na-abịara ya. Ọ ga-ebi nʼebe niile kpọrọ nkụ nke ọzara, nʼala nnu nnu, ebe ndị mmadụ na-ebighị.
They are like [dry] bushes in the desert, they are people who will not experience any good things. Those people will live in the barren desert in a salty area, where nothing grows.
7 “Ma ngọzị na-adịrị onye ahụ na-atụkwasị Onyenwe anyị obi ya. Onye ịnya isi ya bụ nʼime Onyenwe anyị.
But I am pleased with those who trust in [me], Yahweh, and who confidently expect [me to take care of them].
8 Onye dị otu a ga-adị ka osisi a kụrụ nʼakụkụ iyi, nke mgbọrọgwụ ya na-awasa banye nʼiyi ahụ. Ụjọ adịghị atụ ya nʼoge okpomọkụ, akwụkwọ ndụ na-adịgidekwa nʼelu ya. Ọ dịghị echegbu onwe ya nʼafọ ụnwụ dị. Ọ dịkwaghị mgbe ọ na-akwụsị ịmị mkpụrụ.”
Those people are like [SIM] fruit trees that have been planted along a riverbank, trees that have roots that go down into the [wet ground beside] the water. They are trees whose leaves remain green when it becomes hot, trees that continue to bear fruit when there are many months in which there is no rain.
9 Obi mmadụ dị aghụghọ karịa ihe niile, o nwekwaghị ngwọta. Onye pụrụ ịghọta ya?
Human minds are extremely corrupt/deceitful, and you cannot change that. It is also completely impossible [RHQ] for anyone to understand that.
10 “Mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị na-enyocha obi, na-anwụpụta ihe dị nʼime mmụọ, nʼihi ịkwụ mmadụ ụgwọ dịka ọrụ ya si dị, na dịka ihe ruuru ya si dị nʼihi ọrụ ya.”
But I, Yahweh, search what is in everyone’s inner being, and I examine what they are thinking. I will give all people rewards, what they deserve for what they have done.”
11 Dịka ọkwa si ekpokọba akwa ọ na-eyighị, otu a ka ndị na-akpakọba akụ nʼụzọ na-ezighị ezi dị. Nʼetiti ụbọchị ndụ ha, akụ ndị a ga-efunarị ha. Nʼikpeazụ ha ga-aghọ ndị nzuzu.
[I, Jeremiah, agree, because I know that] people who become rich by doing things that are unjust are like birds that hatch eggs that they (did not lay/stole from another nest). So, when those people have lived only half of the years [that they expect to live], their wealth will disappear. Then [other people will realize that] those rich people have been foolish.
12 Ocheeze dị ebube, nke e mere ka ọ dị elu site na mmalite, ka ebe nsọ anyị bụ.
Yahweh, your temple is [like] a glorious throne that is still on a high hill.
13 Onyenwe anyị, olileanya Izrel ka ị bụ. A ga-emekwa ka ihere mee ndị na-agbakụta gị azụ. A ga-edekwa aha ndị ahụ niile si nʼebe ị nọ wezuga onwe ha nʼala, nʼihi na ha ewezugala onwe ha site nʼebe Onyenwe anyị, isi iyi nke mmiri na-enye ndụ, nọ.
You are the one whom [we] Israeli people confidently expect [to bless us], and all those who turn away from you will be disgraced. Their names will be written [only] in the dust, [and will soon disappear], because they have abandoned you, [who are like] [MET] a fountain where people obtain fresh water.
14 Onyenwe anyị, ọ bụrụ na i mee ka ahụ sie m ike aga m adị ndụ. Ọ bụrụ na ị zọpụta m aga m abụ onye azọpụtara, nʼihi na ọ bu naanị gị ka m na-eto.
Yahweh, [please] heal me, because [if you heal me], I will truly be healed. [If you] rescue me, I will truly be safe, because you are the [only] one whom I praise.
15 Ha nọ na-ajụ m ọnụ, na-asị m, “Olee ebe okwu Onyenwe anyị dị? Ya mezuonụ ugbu a!”
People often ridicule me and say, “You tell us messages that you say came from Yahweh, but (why have the things that you predicted not happened?/those predictions have not come true!)” [RHQ]
16 Ma esitebeghị m na ị bụ onye ọzụzụ atụrụ gị wezuga onwe m. Ị maara na ọ bụghị ọchịchọ obi m ịhụ ụbọchị ahụ na-eweta ịda mba. Ị maara ụdị okwu niile na-esite nʼọnụ m na-apụ.
Yahweh, you [appointed me to take care of your people like] a shepherd [takes care of his sheep] [MET]; I have not abandoned that work, and you know that I have not [previously] wanted this time of disaster [to come to people who ridicule me]. And you know everything that I have said [MTY] [to your people].
17 A ghọrọla m ihe na-eyi egwu, nʼihi na ị bụ ebe mgbaba m nʼụbọchị mbibi.
Do not cause me to be terrified! When disasters come/occur, you are the one to whom I will go to be safe.
18 Mee ka ihere mee ndị na-akpagbu m. Ekwekwala ka ihere mee m. Mee ka ha tụọ ụjọ, ma chebe m site nʼihe egwu. Mee ka ụbọchị mbibi bịakwasị ha, werekwa okpukpu ihe mbibi abụọ tipịa ha.
[So now], cause those who (persecute me/cause me to suffer) to be ashamed and dismayed, but do not [do things to me that will] cause me to be ashamed and dismayed. Cause them to be terrified! Do to them many things that will completely destroy them!
19 Ihe a ka Onyenwe anyị gwara m, “Gaa, guzo nʼọnụ ụzọ ama obodo, ebe ndị eze Juda na-esi apụ, ma na-abatakwa. Guzokwa nʼọnụ ụzọ ama ndị ọzọ niile dị na Jerusalem.
This is what Yahweh said to me: “Go to the city gates in Jerusalem. [First] go to the gate where the kings of Judah go in and out of the city, and [then] go to each of the [other] gates.
20 Gwa ha sị, ‘Nụrụnụ okwu Onyenwe anyị, unu ndị eze Juda na ndị Juda niile, na ndị niile bi na Jerusalem, ndị na-esi nʼọnụ ụzọ a apụ, na-abatakwa.’
Say to the people [at each gate], ‘You kings of Judah and everyone [else] who is living in Jerusalem and all [you other people of] Judah who enter these gates, listen to this message from Yahweh!
21 Ihe ndị a ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru, ‘Lezienụ onwe unu anya ịhụ na unu ebughị ibu ọbụla nʼụbọchị izuike; lezienụ onwe unu anya ịhụ na unu esiteghị nʼọnụ ụzọ ama Jerusalem bufee ya.
He says, “Listen to this warning carefully! [Stop doing work] on (Sabbath/our rest) days! Stop carrying loads through these gates [on those days]!
22 Unu esitela nʼụlọ unu buputa ihe ọbụla, unu arụkwala ọrụ ọbụla nʼụbọchị izuike. Doonụ ụbọchị izuike nsọ dịka m nyere nna unu ha nʼiwu.
Do not carry loads out of your houses or do any [other] work on Sabbath days! Instead, cause Sabbath days to be (holy/set apart for me). I commanded your ancestors to do that,
23 Ma ha egeghị ntị, maọbụ kpọọ ya mkpa ha. Ha bụ ndị ntị ike, ndị na-adịghị aṅa ntị nʼịdọ aka na ntị, maọbụ nabata ya.
but they did not listen to me or obey me. When I did things to correct them, they stubbornly [IDM] refused to pay attention to what I said or to accept it.
24 Ma otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri, ọ bụrụ na unu ga-elezi anya rubere m isi, hapụ isi nʼọnụ ụzọ ama obodo a bufee maọbụ bubata ibu nʼụbọchị izuike, kama debe ụbọchị izuike nsọ, site na-arụghị ọrụ ọbụla nʼime ya,
But I say that if you obey me, and if you do not carry loads through these gates [on Sabbath days] or do any other work on Sabbath days, and if you dedicate the Sabbath days to me,
25 mgbe ahụ, ndị eze ndị ga-anọkwasị nʼocheeze Devid ga-edu ndị na-ejere ya ozi na-agafe na-abatakwa site nʼọnụ ụzọ ama a. Ha na ndị na-ejere ha ozi ga-anọkwasị nʼịnyịnya ha, na nʼụgbọ agha ha, mgbe ha sị nʼọnụ ụzọ ama a na-abata, ma na-apụ. Ndị Juda, na ndị bi na Jerusalem ga-esokwa ha nʼazụ. Aga m emekwa ka ndị mmadụ biri nʼobodo a ruo mgbe ebighị ebi.
kings of Judah [MTY] and [their] officials will [continue to] go in and out of these gates. There will [always] be someone who is a descendant of [MTY] [King] David ruling [here] [MTY] in Jerusalem. Kings and their officials will go in and out of these gates, riding in chariots and on horses, and there will be people living in this city forever.
26 Ndị mmadụ ga-esite nʼobodo niile nke Juda, na nʼobodo nta gbara Jerusalem gburugburu; ha ga-esitekwa nʼala ndị Benjamin, na nʼala ndagwurugwu nke ugwu ndị ahụ dị nʼọdịda anyanwụ, sitekwa nʼala Negev, na-ewebata onyinye aja nsure ọkụ, na aja dị iche iche, na onyinye ọka, na onyinye ihe nsure ọkụ na-esi isi ụtọ, na onyinye ekele, nʼime ụlọ Onyenwe anyị.
And people will come [to Jerusalem] bringing offerings to be completely burned [on the altar] and [other] offerings. They will bring to the temple grain offerings and incense and offerings to thank [me]. People will bring those offerings from the towns in Judah and the villages near Jerusalem and from the land [where the tribe] of Benjamin [lives] and from the western foothills and from the desert in the south.
27 Ma ọ bụrụ na unu enupu isi jụ idebe ụbọchị izuike nsọ, ọ bụrụ na unu anọgide na-ebubata ihe site nʼọnụ ụzọ ama Jerusalem nʼụbọchị izuike, aga m amụnye ọnụ ụzọ ama niile dị na Jerusalem ọkụ, nke a na-apụghị imenyụ emenyụ. Ọ ga-erepịakwa ebe niile e wusiri ike na Jerusalem.’”
But if you do not pay attention to what I say, and if you refuse to dedicate the Sabbath days to me, and if you [continue to] carry loads through these gates into the city on Sabbath days, I will burn these gates completely. The fire will spread to the palaces, and no one will be able to put out that fire.”’”
