Jeremaya 24

1 Emesịa, Onyenwe anyị gosiri m nkata fiig abụọ, nke a dọbara nʼihu ụlọnsọ Onyenwe anyị. Nʼoge a, Nebukadneza eze Babilọn esitelarị na Jerusalem dọkpụrụ Jehoiakin nwa Jehoiakim, eze Juda, na ndịisi Juda, na ndị ọka, na ndị ụzụ, mee ka ha gaa biri na Babilọn, nke dị na mba ọzọ.

The LORD showed me, and behold, two baskets of figs [were] set before the temple of the LORD, after Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.

2 Otu nkata nwere mkpụrụ fiig mara mma, dịka ndị ahụ na-ebu ụzọ acha, nkata nke ọzọ nwere mkpụrụ fiig nke jọrọ njọ, ha jọrọ njọ na mmadụ enweghị ike ịracha ha.

One basket [had] very good figs, [even] like the figs [that are] first ripe: and the other basket [had] very poor figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.

3 Mgbe ahụ, Onyenwe anyị jụrụ m ajụjụ sị m, “Jeremaya, gịnị ka ị hụrụ?” Azara m sị ya, “Ahụrụ m mkpụrụ fiig. Ụfọdụ dị nnọọ ezi mma, ma ndị ọzọ jọrọ njọ. Ha adịghịkwa mma nracha.”

Then said the LORD to me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? and I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the bad, very bad, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad.

4 Mgbe ahụ, okwu Onyenwe anyị ruru m ntị, sị,

Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

5 “Ihe ndị a ka Onyenwe anyị, bụ Chineke Izrel kwuru: Ndị ahụ m mere ka e si na Juda dọta nʼagha, ndị e buuru gaa nʼala Kaldịa dị m dịka mkpụrụ osisi fiig ndị a mara mma.

Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for [their] good.

6 Anya m ga-adịkwasị ha nʼahụ ịhụ na ihe gaara ha nke ọma. Aga m akpọghachitekwa ha nʼala a. Aga m ewulikwa ha elu ghara ikwada ha; Aga m akụ ha dịka osisi ghara ihopu ha.

For I will set my eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull [them] down; and I will plant them, and not pluck [them] up.

7 Aga m enye ha ụdị obi ha ga-eji mata m, na m bụ Onyenwe anyị. Ha ga-abụ ndị m, mụ onwe m ga-abụkwa Chineke ha. Nʼihi na obi ha niile ka ha ga-eji lọghachikwute m.

And I will give them a heart to know me, that I [am] the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return to me with their whole heart.

8 “‘Ma dịka fiig ọjọọ ndị a, bụ ndị dị njọ nke ukwuu na-enweghị ike iri ha eri,’ Onyenwe anyị sịrị, ‘otu a ka m gaa emeso Zedekaya, eze Juda, na ndịisi ọchịchị ya, na ndị ahụ niile fọdụrụ ndụ na Jerusalem, ma ha bi nʼime ya, maọbụ biri nʼIjipt.

And as the bad figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so bad; surely thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt:

9 Aga m eme ka ha ghọọrọ alaeze niile nke ụwa ihe ịsọ oyi, na ihe na-eweta obi ọjọọ. Ha ga-aghọ ihe ịta ụta, na ihe e ji akọ akụkọ, na ihe nkọcha na ihe ịbụ ọnụ nʼebe ọbụla m mere ka ha gaa biri.

And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for [their] hurt, [to be] a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.

10 Aga m ezigakwa mma agha na ụnwụ na ọrịa na-efe efe nʼetiti ha, tutu ruo mgbe e mere ka ha gwụsịa nʼelu ala ahụ nke m nyere ha, nyekwa ndị bụ nna nna ha.’”

And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they are consumed from off the land that I gave to them and to their fathers.