Jeremaya 40
1 Mgbe oge nta gasịrị site nʼoge Nebuzaradan ọchịagha ndị nche nọ na Rema mere ka Jeremaya nwere onwe ya, okwu Onyenwe anyị ruru ya ntị. Nebuzaradan hụrụ Jeremaya mgbe e kekọtara ya na ndị e si na Jerusalem na Juda dọta nʼagha agbụ, bụ ndị ahụ a na-ebula Babilọn.
And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias the second time, when he was yet bound in the court of the prison, saying,
2 Mgbe ọchịagha ndị nche eze a hụrụ Jeremaya, ọ sịrị ya, “Ọ bụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị nyere iwu na ihe ọjọọ ndị a ga-abịakwasị ala a.
Thus says the Lord, who made the earth and formed it, to establish it; the Lord is his name;
3 Ugbu a kwa Onyenwe anyị emeela ka ihe o kwuru mezuo. O wetarala ala a mbibi ahụ. Ma ihe ndị a niile mezuru nʼihi na ndị gị mehiere megide Onyenwe anyị, jụ irubere ya isi.
Cry to me, and I will answer you, and I will declare to you great and mighty things, which you know not.
4 Ma taata, ana m eme ka i nwere onwe gị site nʼagbụ nke e kere gị na nkwoji aka. Ọ bụrụ na ị chọọ, soro m gaa Babilọn. Nʼebe ahụ, aga m elezi gị anya nke ọma. Ọ bụrụkwa na i kpebie na ị gaghị eso m gaa Babilọn, abịala. Ma, lee, ala a niile dị gị nʼihu. Jee ka i biri nʼakụkụ ya ọbụla dị gị mma; jegharịakwa nʼebe ọbụla ị chọrọ.”
For thus says the Lord concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the king of Juda, which have been pulled down for mounds and fortifications,
5 Ma tupu Jeremaya atụgharịa ịhapụ ya pụọ, Nebuzaradan gwakwara ya ọzọ sị, “Laghachikwuru Gedaliya nwa Ahikam, nwa Shefan, onye eze Babilọn họpụtara ka ọ na-elekọta obodo Juda niile. Gaa soro ya biri nʼetiti ndị gị, maọbụ i nwere ike gaa ebe ọbụla ọzọ dị gị mma.” Mgbe ahụ, ọchịagha ahụ nyere ya ihe oriri hiri nne. O nyekwara ya onyinye, hapụ ya ka ọ laa.
to fight against the Chaldeans, and to fill it with the corpses of men, whom I struck in mine anger and my wrath, and turned away my face from them, for all their wickedness:
6 Ya mere, Jeremaya jekwuuru Gedaliya nwa Ahikam na Mizpa, soro ya na ndị fọdụrụ nʼala ahụ biri.
Behold, I bring upon her healing and cure, and I will show [myself] to them, and will heal her, and make both peace and security.
7 Mgbe ndịisi agha ahụ niile na ndị ikom ha, bụ ndị gbalagara nʼọhịa, nụrụ na eze Babilọn emeela Gedaliya nwa Ahikam, onye na-achị ala ahụ, na onye nlekọta ndị ikom na ndị inyom, na ụmụntakịrị, bụ ndị ogbenye ọnụ ntụ, ndị a na-eburughị gaa Babilọn, ka ha gaa biri nʼala ọzọ,
And I will turn the captivity of Juda, and the captivity of Israel, and will build them, even as before.
8 ha bịakwutere Gedaliya na Mizpa. Ndị bịakwutere ya bụ ndị a; Ishmel nwa Netanaya, Johanan na Jonatan ụmụ Kariya, na Seraya nwa Tanhumet, na ụmụ Efai onye Netofa, na Jaazanaya nwa Maaka, na ndị ikom ha.
And I will cleanse them from all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned against me, and will not remember their sins, whereby they have sinned against me, and revolted from me.
9 Gedaliya nwa Ahikam, nwa Shefan, ṅụọrọ ha iyi, ṅụkwaara ndị ikom ha iyi, sị, “Unu atụla egwu ife ndị Babilọn: birinụ nʼala a, feekwa eze Babilọn, ihe ga-agara unu nke ọma.
And it shall be for joy and praise, and for glory to all the people of the earth, who shall hear all the good that I will do: and they shall fear and be provoked for all the good things and for all the peace which I will bring upon them.
10 Mụ onwe m ga-ebi na Mizpa ịnọchite anya unu nʼihu ndị Babilọn ga-abịakwute anyị, ma gaanụ chịkọtaa mkpụrụ vaịnị niile, na mkpụrụ niile e kwesiri ịghọkọta nʼoge okpomọkụ, na mmanụ niile. Chikọtanụ ha tinye ha nʼime ite ichebe nri unu. Birikwanụ nʼobodo ahụ niile unu nwetara.”
Thus says the Lord; There shall yet be heard in this place, of which you say, it is destitute of men and cattle, in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem, [the places] that have been made desolate for lack of men and cattle,
11 Mgbe ndị Juu niile nọ na Moab, na Amọn, na Edọm, na nʼobodo ndị ọzọ niile nụrụ na eze Babilọn hapụrụ ụfọdụ ka ha biri na Juda, na ọ họpụtara Gedaliya nwa Ahikam, nwa Shefan, mee ya onye na-achị ndị ahụ niile,
the voice of gladness, and the voice of joy, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of men saying, Give thanks to the Lord Almighty: for the Lord is good; for his mercy [endures] fore ever: and they shall bring gifts into the house of the Lord; for I will turn all the captivity of that land as before, said the Lord.
12 ha niile si nʼebe ahụ ha nọ lọghachikwa nʼala Juda. Ha lọkwutere Gedaliya na Mizpa, site na mba ndị ahụ niile a chụgara ha. Ha chịkọtakwara mmanya vaịnị, na mkpụrụ dị ukwuu, bụ mkpụrụ nke na-acha nʼoge okpomọkụ.
Thus says the Lord of hosts; There shall yet be in this place, that is desert for lack of man and beast, in all the cities thereof, resting-places for shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.
13 Johanan nwa Kariya, na ndịisi agha niile nọ nʼọhịa bịakwutere Gedaliya na Mizpa
In the cities of the hill country, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the [cities] round about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Juda, flocks shall yet pass under the hand of him that numbers [them], says the Lord.
14 sị ya, “Ọ bụ na i maghị na Baalis eze ndị Amọn ezitela Ishmel nwa Netanaya ka ọ bịa gbuo gị?” Ma Gedaliya nwa Ahikam ekwetaghị na ọ bụ eziokwu ka ha na-ekwu.
15 Mgbe ahụ, Johanan nwa Kariya pụrụ na nzuzo jekwuru Gedaliya na Mizpa sị ya, “Biko, kwere ka m gaa gbuo Ishmel nwa Netanaya. O nweghị onye ga-amata otu o si nwụọ. Nʼihi gịnị ka ọ ga-eji gbuo gị, ime ka ndị Juu niile na-alọghachikwute gị gbasasịakwa ọzọ, na imekwa ka ndị Juda fọdụrụ laa nʼiyi?”
16 Ma Gedaliya nwa Ahikam zara Johanan nwa Kariya sị ya, “Biko, emela ihe dị otu ahụ! Nʼihi na ihe ị na-ekwu banyere Ishmel abụghị eziokwu.”
