Jeremaya 22
1 Ihe ndị a ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru, “Jee nʼụlọeze Juda nọdụ nʼebe ahụ kwusaa ozi ndị a.
This is another message that Yahweh gave [to me]: “Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and say this to him:
2 ‘Nụrụ okwu Onyenwe anyị, nye gị, gị eze Juda, gị onye na-anọkwasị nʼocheeze Devid. Nụrụ ya, gị na ndịisi ọchịchị gị, na unu ndị niile na-esite nʼọnụ ụzọ ama ndị a na-apụ na-abatakwa.
‘You are the king of Judah. You are the ruler [MTY], like King David was. You and your officials and your people must listen
3 Ihe ndị a ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru, Meenụ ihe dị mma na ihe ziri ezi. Napụtanụ onye eji aka ike napụ ihe o nwere site nʼaka onye ahụ na-emegbu ya. Unu emejọkwala onye ọbịa, maọbụ mee ya ihe ike. Unu emekwala ndị na-enweghị nna, maọbụ ndị inyom di ha nwụrụ ihe ọjọọ. Unu awụsịkwala ọbara ndị aka ha dị ọcha nʼebe a.
to what Yahweh says: “Act fairly and justly. Do what is right. Help those who have been robbed. Rescue people from those who oppress them. Stop doing evil things. Do not mistreat those who have come here from other countries, and do not mistreat orphans and widows. Stop murdering here [in Jerusalem] [MTY] those who (are innocent/have not done things that are wrong).
4 Nʼihi na ọ bụrụ na unu elezie anya mee iwu ndị a niile, mgbe ahụ, ndị eze na-anọkwasị nʼelu ocheeze Devid ga-anọgide na-esite nʼọnụ ụzọ ama ndị a na-apụta, na-abata nʼelu ụgbọ agha ha, ma nʼelu ịnyịnya ha, ha na ndịisi ọchịchị ha, na ndị ha na-achị.
If you obey those commands carefully, there will [always] be some descendant of King David who will be ruling here [MTY] [in Jerusalem]. The king and his officials and other people will ride through the gates of the city in chariots and on horses.
5 Ma ọ bụrụ na unu ajụ irube isi nye iwu ndị a, otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri, eji m onwe m na-aṅụ iyi na ụlọeze a ga-aghọ mkpọmkpọ ebe.’”
But if you refuse to pay attention to those commands, I, Yahweh, solemnly declare, with myself [MTY] as a witness, that this palace will become a pile of rubble.”’”
6 Nʼihi na ihe ndị a ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru banyere ụlọeze Juda, “Ọ bụ ezie na ịdị dịka Gilead nye m, dịka elu ugwu ukwu Lebanọn, aghaghị m ime gị ka ị dịrị ka ebe ikpofu ahịhịa, dịka obodo ndị mmadụ na-ebighị nʼime ya.
And this is what Yahweh says about the king’s palace: “[I like] this palace, like I like the forests in the Gilead [region] and the mountains in Lebanon. But I will cause this palace to become a desert, a place that no one lives in.
7 Aga m ezite ndị mbibi ndị ga-abịa megide gị. Onye ọbụla nʼime ha ga-eji ngwa agha ya. Ha ga-egbutusịkwa osisi sida ọma gị niile, tụnye ha niile nʼime ọkụ.
I will summon enemy troops who will destroy this palace; each of their soldiers will use his own tools [to wreck the building]. They will cut into pieces the beautiful big cedar [beams] and throw them into a fire.”
8 “Ọtụtụ ndị si mba ọzọ bịa ga-agafe obodo a. Ha ga-ajụrịta ibe ha ajụjụ sị, ‘Gịnị mere Onyenwe anyị ji mee obodo ukwuu a ihe ọjọọ dị otu a?’
People from many nations will walk past [the ruins of] this city and say to each other, “Why did Yahweh destroy this city that was [very] great?”
9 Ọsịsa ha ga-enweta ga-abụ, ‘Ọ bụ nʼihi na ha gbakụtara ọgbụgba ndụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke ha azụ, malite ịkpọ isiala na ife chi ndị ọzọ.’”
And [other] people will reply, “[He did it] because his people stopped obeying the agreement that they had made with Yahweh their God. Instead, they worshiped [DOU] other gods.”
10 Unu akwala akwa nʼihi eze ahụ nwụrụ anwụ, maọbụ ruo ụjụ nʼihi na ọ gaghị abụkwa eze unu, kama kwaanụ akwa nʼihi onye ahụ a dọtara nʼagha buru gaa mba ọzọ. Nʼihi na ọ gaghị alọghachi ọzọ; ọ gaghị ahụkwa ala ebe a mụrụ ya anya ọzọ.
[Yahweh also says, ] “Do not mourn for King [Josiah]; do not cry because he has died. Instead, mourn for [King Jehoahaz, his son], [because] he will be captured and taken to another country, and he will never return to see his own country, [Judah], again.”
11 Nʼihi na ihe ndị a ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru banyere Shalum nwa Josaya, onye nọchiri anya nna ya dịka eze Juda, bụ onye ahụ e si nʼebe a buru gaa mba ọzọ, “Ọ gaghị alọtakwa ọzọ.
Jehoahaz became king after his father, King Josiah, [died], but Jehoahaz indeed was captured and taken [to Babylonia]. And this is what Yahweh says about him: “He also will never return [to Judah].
12 Ebe ahụ e buuru ya gaa ka ọ ga-anọ nwụọ. Ọ gaghị ahụkwa ala nke aka ya anya ọzọ.”
He will die in that far-away country and will never see his own country again.”
13 “Ahụhụ na-adịrị onye ahụ na-ewu ụlọeze ya site nʼụzọ ajọ omume, nke jikwa ikpe na-ezighị ezi na-ewu ime ụlọ elu ya niile, onye ahụ nke na-eme ndị mmadụ rụọ ọrụ nʼefu, nke na-adịghị akwụ ha ụgwọ ọbụla nʼihi ọrụ ha.
[And Yahweh said to me], “Terrible things will happen to [King Jehoahaz’s brother, King Jehoiakim]. He unjustly [forced men to] build his palace. The rooms on the upper level were built [by men who were forced] unjustly [to do that work]; he forced his neighbors to work for nothing; he did not pay them anything.
14 Onye na-asị, ‘Aga m ewuru onwe m ụlọeze buru ibu, nke ọnụụlọ dị nʼụlọ elu ya sara ezi mbara.’ Ya mere, ọ tinyere oghereikuku sara mbara nʼụlọ ahụ, jirikwa osisi sida machie elu ya, werekwa penti na-acha uhie uhie chọọ ya mma.
He said, ‘I will [force my workers to] build a huge beautiful palace with very large rooms and [many] windows. They will cover the walls with [fragrant] cedar panels/timber and paint them bright red.’”
15 “Ị ga-abụ eze nʼihi na i nwere ọtụtụ osisi sida karịa ndị ọzọ? Nna gị o nweghị ihe oriri na ihe ọṅụṅụ? O mere ihe dị mma na ihe ziri ezi nʼihi ya ihe niile gaara ya nke ọma.
But it is certainly not [RHQ] having a beautiful cedar palace that causes a king to be great! Jehoiakim’s father, Josiah, also had [RHQ] plenty of things to eat and drink. But Josiah always did things that are right and just, and that is why God blessed him.
16 O kwuchitere ọnụ ndị ogbenye na ndị nọ na mkpa, nke a mere na ihe niile gara nke ọma. Ọ bụghị nke a bụ ihe ọ pụtara bụ ịmara m? Ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara
Josiah acted justly/fairly and helped poor and needy people, so things went well for him. Yahweh says, “That is [RHQ] the way a person should behave who knows me.
17 Ma anya unu na obi unu adịghị nʼihe ọzọ ma ọ bụghị naanị nʼuru nʼezighị ezi nʼiwufu ọbara ndị aka ha dị ọcha, na imegbu ndị mmadụ, na iji aka ike pụnara ha ihe ha nwere.”
But [Jehoiakim], you [MTY] are greedy and desire only to obtain things by acting dishonestly. You murder [MTY] innocent people, you oppress poor people, and you treat people cruelly and violently.”
18 Ya mere, ihe ndị a ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru banyere Jehoiakim nwa Josaya eze Juda: “Ha agaghị eruru ya uju sị, ‘Ewoo nwanne m nwoke! Ewoo nwanne m nwanyị!’ Ha agaghị eruru ya uju sị, ‘Ewoo nna anyị ukwu! Ewoo ịma mma ya!’
Therefore, this is what Yahweh says about Jehoiakim, the son of King Josiah: “[When he dies], people will not mourn for him. They will not say to each other, ‘It is very sad; we are so sorry!’ The people whom he ruled will not mourn for him, saying, ‘We are sad that our king is dead; we are so sorry that the wonderful things [that happened while he was king are ended].’
19 A ga-eli ya dịka e si eli ịnyịnya ibu. A ga-adọkpụrụ ozu ya nʼala tufuo ya nʼazụ ọnụ ụzọ ama Jerusalem.”
[When he dies, people will do to] his corpse what they do to a dead donkey; his [corpse] will be dragged out of Jerusalem and dumped outside the gates!
20 “Gbagoruo na Lebanọn tie mkpu akwa, meenụ ka a nụ olu unu na Bashan, sitekwanụ na Abarim tie mkpu akwa nʼihi na e gweriela ndị niile unu na ha dị na mma.
[You people of Judah], go to [the mountains in] Lebanon and weep, shout in the [mountains of the] Bashan [region], cry out in [the mountains of] Moab, because all your friends [in those areas] have been destroyed.
21 Adọrọ m gị aka na ntị nʼoge ahụ ị nọ na-eche na i guzo chịm, ma ị jụrụ ige ntị. Nke a bụkwa omume gị site na mgbe ị bụ nwantakịrị. Ị jụkwara irubere m isi.
When you were prosperous, I warned you, but you replied, ‘We will not pay attention [to what you say].’ You have been acting like that since you were young; you have never obeyed me.
22 Oke ifufe ga-ebufu ndị ọzụzụ atụrụ gị niile, a ga-emekwa ka ndị gị na ha dị na mma gaa biri na mba ọzọ. Mgbe ahụ, ihere ga-eme gị, ị ga-aghọkwa onye e wedara nʼala nʼihi ajọ omume gị niile.
[So, now I will punish] all your leaders; [it will be as though] they have been blown away by the wind. They will be captured [by your enemies] and taken to another country. When that happens, you will [truly] be ashamed and disgraced because of all the wicked things [that you have done].
23 Gị onye na-ebi na Lebanọn, onye ebe obibi ya dị nʼụlọ e ji osisi sida wuo, lee ka i si na-asụ ude mgbe ihe mgbu bịakwasịrị gị, ihe mgbu yiri nke nwanyị ime na-eme.
[Now, your king] enjoys living in the cedar rooms in his palace, but [soon] he will be punished, and then he will groan like [SIM] a woman who is giving birth to a baby.”
24 “Ma dịka m na-adị ndụ,” otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri ya, “a sịkwarị na gị, bụ Jehoiakin, nwa Jehoiakim eze Juda, bụ mgbaaka akara m gbanyere na mkpịsịaka dị nʼaka nri m, aga m agbapụkwa gị,
Yahweh says this: “Jehoiachin, son of King Jehoiakim of Judah, as surely as I am alive, [I will punish you]. Even if you were the ring on my finger that shows that I am the king, I would pull you off.
25 were gị nyefee nʼaka ndị ahụ na-achọsi ndụ gị ike, bụ ndị ahụ ị na-atụ ụjọ ha. Aga m enyefe gị nʼaka Nebukadneza eze Babilọn na ndị Kaldịa.
You are afraid of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and his huge army, [because] they are wanting to kill you. I will enable them to capture you.
26 Aga m atụfu gị na nne mụrụ gị, tụga unu na mba ọzọ dị iche site nʼobodo a nọ mụọ unu. Ebe ahụ ka unu ga-anọ nwụọ.
I will expel you and your mother [from this land], and you will be taken to another country. Neither of you was born there, but you will both die there.
27 Unu agaghị alọghachikwa nʼala ahụ na-agụ unu agụụ ịlọghachi nʼime ya.”
You will never return to this land that you will very much desire to return to.”
28 Nwoke a bụ Jehoiakin, ọ bụ ite tiwara etiwa, nke e lelịrị elelị, ihe onye ọbụla na-achọghị? Nʼihi gịnị ka a ga-eji tufuo ya na ụmụ ya, tụga ha na mba ha na-amaghị?
[Someone said, ] “Jehoiachin will be [RHQ] like a broken pot that is despised and which no one wants. He and his children will be (exiled/forced to go) to a foreign land.
29 Ala, ala, ala, nụrụ okwu Onyenwe anyị.
[I want] the people in this land to listen carefully to this message from Yahweh.”
30 Ihe ndị a ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru: “Detuo ya nʼakwụkwọ na nwoke a bụ onye gba aka nwa, nwoke nke ihe na-agaghị agara nke ọma nʼoge ndụ ya niile, nʼihi na o nweghị onye nʼime ụmụ ọ mụrụ nke ihe ga-agara nke ọma, o nwekwaghị onye nʼime ha ga-anọkwasị nʼocheeze Devid, maọbụ chịakwa ọzọ na Juda.”
This is what Yahweh says: “[In the record about the kings of Judah, ] write down that [it will be as though] this man [Jehoiachin] had no children, and that he has not been successful during his life, because none of his children/descendants will [ever] become king to rule over [the people of] Judah.”
