Jeremaya 21
1 Ndị a bụ okwu Onyenwe anyị, nke ruru Jeremaya ntị mgbe eze Zedekaya zigara Pashua nwa Malkija, na onye nchụaja bụ Zefanaya nwa Maaseia,
The word which came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashur, the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah, the son of Maaseiah, the priest, saying:
2 sị, “Jụtara anyị ase site nʼaka Onyenwe anyị, nʼihi na Nebukadneza eze Babilọn na-ebuso anyị agha. Eleghị anya Onyenwe anyị ga-emere anyị ihe ịtụnanya dịka oge gara aga, nke ga-eme ka o si nʼebe anyị nọ wezuga onwe ya.”
Inquire, I pray thee, of Jehovah for us; for Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, maketh war against us; whether Jehovah will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us.
3 Ma Jeremaya zara sị ha, “Gwanụ Zedekaya sị ya,
And Jeremiah said to them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah:
4 ‘Ihe ndị a ka Onyenwe anyị, Chineke Izrel kwuru: Lee ejikerela m ugbu a ichigharị ihe agha niile dị unu nʼaka, nke unu ji na-ebuso eze Babilọn na ndị Kaldịa gbara obodo unu gburugburu agha, e, ejikerela m ichigharị ha megide unu. Aga m akpọbata ha nʼime obodo a.
Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war which are in your hands, with which ye fight against the king of Babylon and the Chaldaeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them in the midst of this city.
5 Mụ onwe m ga-eji aka e setịpụrụ nke ọma, na aka dị ike, nke iwe na ọnụma dị ukwuu, buo agha megide unu.
And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand, and with a strong arm, with anger and fury and great wrath.
6 Aga m etida ndị niile bi nʼobodo a, ma mmadụ ma anụ ọhịa. Ha ga-anwụkwa site nʼoke ihe otiti, nke m ga-eme ka ọ bịakwasị ha.
And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast; by a great pestilence shall they die.
7 Mgbe nke a mesịrị, Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara, aga m ewere Zedekaya eze Juda, na ndịisi ọchịchị ya, na ndị niile bi nʼobodo a, ndị mma agha na ụnwụ na ihe otiti ndị a na-egbughị, nyefee ha nʼaka Nebukadneza eze Babilọn, na nʼaka ndị iro ha, ndị na-achọsi ndụ ha ike. Ọ ga-eji mma agha gbuo ha. Ọ gaghị emere ha ebere, ọ gaghị egosikwa ha ọmịiko.’
And after this, saith Jehovah, I will deliver Zedekiah, the king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and those in the city who shall be left alive by the pestilence, the sword, and the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life; and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword. He shall not spare them, nor have pity, nor show mercy.
8 “Tinyere nke a, gwanụ ndị mmadụ niile, ‘na ihe ndị a ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru: Lee, ana m eche nʼihu unu ụzọ abụọ, ụzọ na-eduba na ndụ, na ụzọ na-eduba nʼọnwụ.
And to this people thou shalt say, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.
9 Onye ọbụla nʼime unu nọgidere nʼobodo a ka mma agha, maọbụ ụnwụ, maọbụ ihe otiti ga-egbu. Ma onye ọbụla nʼime unu pụkwuru ndị Kaldịa gbara obodo unu gburugburu, were onwe ya nyefee ha nʼaka, ga-adị ndụ; ọ ga-echebekwa ndụ ya.
He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by famine, and by pestilence; but he that goeth out and surrendereth himself to the Chaldaeans that besiege you, he shall live, and bear away his life as a prey.
10 Ekpebiela m imesi obodo a ike; o nweghị ihe ọma ọbụla ga-esi nʼaka m rute ha, otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri. A ga-enyefe obodo a nʼaka eze Babilọn, onye ga-eji ọkụ laa ya nʼiyi.’
For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith Jehovah. It shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
11 “Karịchasịa, gwa ndị ezinaụlọ eze Juda sị, ‘Nụrụnụ okwu Onyenwe anyị.
And to the house of the king of Judah: Hear ye the word of Jehovah,
12 Unu ụlọ Devid, otu a ka Onyenwe anyị sịrị, “‘Kpeenụ ikpe ziri ezi kwa ụtụtụ niile; napụtanụ ndị a na-emegbu emegbu site nʼaka ndị na-emegbu ha. Napụtakwanụ ndị a na-apụnara ihe ha nwere site nʼaka ndị na-apụnara ha ihe ndị a. Ọ bụrụ na unu emeghị otu a, iwe m ga-abịakwasị unu, dịka ọkụ nʼihi ajọ omume unu, ọ dịkwaghị onye pụrụ ime ka ọ kwụsị.
O house of David! Thus saith Jehovah: Administer justice in season, and deliver him that is spoiled from the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings!
13 Edoola m onwe m megide gị, Jerusalem, gị onye bi nʼebe dị elu karịa ndagwurugwu a, onye bi nʼebe dị elu nke dị larịị, Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri. Gị onye na-asị “Onye pụrụ ibuso anyị agha? Onye kwa pụrụ ịbata nʼebe anyị e wusiri ike?”
Behold, I am against thee, thou inhabitant of the valley, the rock of the plain, who sayest, “Who shall come down against us? Or who shall enter our habitations?”
14 Aga m enye gị ahụhụ nke ruuru gị nʼihi ajọ omume gị, otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri. Aga m amụnye ọkụ nʼoke ọhịa gị niile, nke ga-erechapụ ihe niile dị gị gburugburu.’”
But I will punish you with the fruit of your doings. I will kindle a fire in her forest, which shall consume all around her.
