Jeremaya 34
1 Mgbe Nebukadneza eze Babilọn na ndị agha ya niile, na mba niile dị nʼalaeze nke ọ na-achị na-ebuso Jerusalem na obodo niile gbara ya gburugburu agha, okwu Onyenwe anyị ruru Jeremaya ntị sị,
The word that came to Jeremias from the Lord, (when Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth, that were under the power of his hand, and all the people fought against Jerusalem and against all the cities thereof, ) saying:
2 “Ihe ndị a ka Onyenwe anyị, Chineke Izrel kwuru, Jekwuru Zedekaya bụ eze Juda, gwa ya sị, ‘Ihe ndị a ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru, ejikerela m ugbu a inyefe eze Babilọn obodo a nʼaka. Ọ ga-esurekwa ya ọkụ.
Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel: Go, and speak to Sedecias king of Juda, and say to him: Thus saith the Lord: Behold I will deliver this city into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
3 Ị gaghị agbanarị ya, nʼihi na ọ ga-ejide gị. A ga-arara gị nyefekwa ya nʼaka. Anya gị abụọ ka ị ga-eji hụ eze Babilọn. Gị na ya ga-ekwurịtakwa okwu. Ị ga-agakwa Babilọn.
And thou shalt not escape out of his hand: but thou shalt surely be taken, and thou shalt be delivered into his hand: and thy eyes shall see the eyes of the king of Babylon, and his mouth shall speak with thy mouth, and thou shalt go to Babylon.
4 “‘Ma nụrụkwa nkwa Onyenwe anyị na-ekwe gị, gị Zedekaya eze Juda. Ihe ndị a ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru banyere gị, Ị gaghị anwụ site na mma agha;
Yet hear the word of the Lord, O Sedecias king of Juda: Thus saith the Lord to thee: Thou shalt not die by the sword.
5 ị ga-anwụ nʼudo. Dịka ndị mmadụ si mụnye ọkụ kwaa ozu nna gị ha, bụ ndị buru gị ụzọ chịa ka eze, otu a ka ha ga-esi mụnye ọkụ kwaa gị. Ha ga-eti aka nʼobi kwa akwa sị, “Ewoo, onyenwe anyị!” Ọ bụ mụ onwe m na-ekwe nkwa a, otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri ya.’”
But thou shalt die in peace, and according to the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings that were before thee, so shall they burn thee: and they shall mourn for thee, saying: Alas, Lord: for I have spoken the word, saith the Lord.
6 Mgbe ahụ, Jeremaya onye amụma gara gwa Zedekaya eze Juda ihe ndị a niile na Jerusalem.
And Jeremias the prophet spoke all these words to Sedecias the king of Juda in Jerusalem.
7 Nʼoge a, ndị agha eze Babilọn na-ebuso Jerusalem agha. Ha na-ebusokwa obodo ndị ọzọ nke nọgidere na-ebuso ha agha, nke bụ obodo Lakish na Azeka. Obodo ndị a bụ naanị obodo fọdụrụ nʼala Juda nke ndị agha Babilọn na-emeribeghị.
And the army of the king of Babylon fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Juda that were left, against Lachis, and against Azecha: for these remained of the cities of Juda, fenced cities.
8 Okwu Onyenwe anyị ruru Jeremaya ntị mgbe Zedekaya bụ eze, na ndị Izrel niile gbachara ndụ na Jerusalem ịkpọsara ndị ohu niile nwere onwe ha.
The word that came to Jeremias from the Lord, after that king Sedecias had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem making a proclamation:
9 Onye ọbụla ga-ahapụ ohu ya bụ onye Hibru ka o nwere onwe ya, ma ohu ahụ ọ bụ nwoke maọbụ nwanyị. A gaghị agụkwa onye Juu ọbụla dịka ohu ọzọ.
That every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being a Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman, go free: and that they should not lord it over them, to wit, over the Jews their brethren.
10 Ya mere, ndịisi ọchịchị niile, na ndị niile bụ ndị kwekọrịtara gbaa ndụ a, na ha ga-ahapụ ohu ha ndị nwoke na ndị nwanyị ka ha nwere onwe ha. Ha mekwara dịka ha si kwuo.
And all the princes, and all the people who entered into the covenant, heard that every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant go free, and should no more have dominion over them: and they obeyed, and let them go free.
11 Ma mgbe oge nta gasịrị, ndị a niile gbanwere obi ha. Ha gara jide ohu ndị ahụ ha hapụrụ, mee ka ha ghọọkwa ndị ohu ha ọzọ.
But afterwards they turned: and brought back again their servants and their handmaids, whom they had let go free, and brought them into subjection as menservants and maidservants.
12 Mgbe ahụ, okwu Onyenwe anyị ruru Jeremaya ntị sị ya,
And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias from the Lord, saying:
13 “Ihe ndị a ka Onyenwe anyị, Chineke Izrel, kwuru, Mụ na nna nna unu ha gbara ndụ mgbe m si nʼala Ijipt, bụ ala ebe ha bụ ohu kpọpụta ha. Mgbe ahụ agwara m ha sị,
Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, saying:
14 ‘Nʼọgwụgwụ afọ asaa ọbụla, onye ọbụla nʼime unu aghaghị ịhapụ onye Hibru ibe unu resiri unu onwe ya dịka ohu, ka o nwerekwa onwe ya. Mgbe onye ahụ jeere unu ozi afọ isii, unu kwesiri ịhapụ ya ka o nwere onwe ya.’ Ma nna nna unu ha egeghị m ntị, ha etinyeghịkwa uche ha nʼiwu m nyere ha.
At the end of seven years, let ye go every man his brother being a Hebrew, who hath been sold to thee, so he shall serve thee six years: and thou shalt let him go free from thee: and your fathers did not hearken to me, nor did they incline their ear.
15 Na nwa oge nta gara aga unu chegharịrị mee ihe ziri ezi nʼanya m. Onye ọbụla nʼime unu kpọsara inwere onwe nye ndị unu. Unu gara nʼihu gbaa ndụ nʼihu m nʼime ụlọnsọ ahụ a kpọkwasịrị aha m.
And you turned today, and did that which was right in my eyes, in proclaiming liberty every one to his brother: and you made a covenant in my sight, in the house upon which my name is invocated.
16 Ma ugbu a, unu echigharịala, merụọ aha m; onye ọbụla nʼime unu akpọghachikwala nye onwe ya ndị ohu ndị ikom na ndị inyom ahụ unu hapụrụ ka ha nwere onwe ha, gaa dịka o si masị mkpụrụobi ha. Unu akwagidekwala ha ka ha bụrụkwa ndị ohu unu ọzọ.
And you are fallen back, and have defiled my name: and you have brought back again every man his manservant, and every man his maidservant, whom you had let go free, and set at liberty: and you have brought them into subjection to be your servants and handmaids.
17 “Nʼihi nke a, ihe ndị a ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru, Unu erubeghị isi nye m, unu ekwusaghị nwere onwe nye ndị unu. Ya mere, ugbu a mụ onwe m na-akpọsa ‘Inwere onwe’ nye unu, ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri, ‘inwere onwe’ nke ịda nʼihi mma agha, na ajọ ọrịa na-efe efe, na oke ụnwụ. Aga m emekwa unu ka unu ghọọ ihe ịsọ oyi nye alaeze niile nke ụwa.
Therefore thus saith the Lord: You have not hearkened to me, in proclaiming liberty every man to his brother and every man to his friend: behold I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the Lord, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine: and I will cause you to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth.
18 Ma ndị ikom ahụ niile merụrụ ọgbụgba ndụ m, ndị ahụ na-edebezughị ọgbụgba ndụ ha gbara nʼihu m, ka m ga-eme ka ha dịrị ka nwa ehi ọgbụgba ndụ ahụ ha kpọwara abụọ, nke ha si nʼetiti ọkara abụọ ya gafee, maka imesi ọgbụgba ndụ ha ike.
And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, and have not performed the words of the covenant which they agreed to in my presence, when they cut the calf in two and passed between the parts thereof:
19 Ndị ndu Juda na Jerusalem na ndị ozi eze na ndị nchụaja na ndị niile bi nʼala a ndị si nʼetiti ọkara nwa ehi ahụ gabiga
The princes of Juda, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land that passed between the parts of the calf:
20 ka m ga-enyefe nʼaka ndị iro ha ndị na-achọ iwepụ ndụ ha. Ozu ha ga-abụ ihe oriri nye anụ ufe nke eluigwe na anụ ọhịa nke ụwa.
And I will give them into the hands of their enemies, and into the hands of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat to the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the earth.
21 “Aga m enyefe Zedekaya eze Juda na ndịisi ọchịchị ya nʼaka ndị iro ha, ndị na-achọ ndụ ha. Aga m enyefe ha nʼaka ndị agha eze Babilọn, ndị siterela nʼibuso unu agha wezuga onwe ha.
And Sedecias the king of Juda, and his princes, I will give into the hands of their enemies, and into the hands of them that seek their lives, and into the hands of the armies of the king of Babylon, which are gone from you.
22 Aga m enye iwu, ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri, mee ka a kpọghachi ha azụ nʼobodo a. Ha ga-ebuso ya agha, merie ya, surekwaa ya ọkụ. Aga m emekwa ka obodo Juda niile tọgbọrọ nʼefu. Ọ dịkwaghị onye ga-ebi nʼime ya.”
Behold I will command, saith the Lord, and I will bring them again to this city, and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Juda a desolation, without an inhabitant.
