Jeremaya 44
1 Ndị a bụ okwu ruru Jeremaya ntị banyere ndị Juu ahụ niile bi nʼala Ijipt, bụ ndị bi na Migdol, na nʼime Tapanhis, na nʼime Memfis, na nʼime Patros,
The word that came to Jeremias, concerning all the Jews that dwelt in the land of Egypt, dwelling in Magdal, and in Taphnis, and in Memphis, and in the land of Phatures, saying:
2 “Ihe ndị a ka Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile, bụ Chineke Izrel kwuru, Unu ji anya unu hụ ihe ọjọọ ahụ niile m mere ka ha bịakwasị Jerusalem, na obodo niile nke Juda. Lee, obodo ndị ahụ aghọọla mkpọmkpọ ebe taa, o nwekwaghị onye bi nʼime ha.
Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: You have seen all this evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Juda: and behold they are desolate this day, and there is not an inhabitant in them:
3 Ihe ndị a bịakwasịrị ha nʼihi ihe ọjọọ ha mere. Ha kpasuru m iwe site nʼịchụ aja ihe nsure ọkụ na-esi isi ụtọ, na site nʼife chi ndị ọzọ, ndị ha onwe ha maọbụ nna nna ha na-amaghị.
Because of the wickedness which they have committed, to provoke me to wrath, and to go and offer sacrifice, and worship other gods, which neither they, nor you, nor your fathers knew.
4 Site nʼoge ruo nʼoge, mgbe mgbe, eziteere m ha ndị ohu m, bụ ndị amụma, ndị gwara ha okwu sị ha, ‘Unu emela ihe arụ dị otu a nke m kpọrọ asị!’
And I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising early, and sending, and saying: Do not commit this abominable thing, which I hate.
5 Ma ha egeghị ntị, ha atọkwaghị ntị ha nʼala. Ha esiteghị nʼihe ọjọọ ha na-eme chegharịa, maọbụ kwụsị ịchụ aja ihe nsure ọkụ na-esi isi ụtọ nye chi ndị ọzọ.
But they heard not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their evil ways, and not to sacrifice to strange gods.
6 Nʼihi ya, awụkwasịrị m ha ọnụma m na iwe m, nke rere dịka ọkụ megide obodo niile nke Juda, na okporoụzọ nke Jerusalem. Ya mere, ha ghọrọ mkpọmkpọ ebe na ebe tọgbọrọ nʼefu taa.
Wherefore my indignation and my fury was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem: and they are turned to desolation and waste, as at this day.
7 “Ma ugbu a, ihe ndị a ka Onyenwe anyị Chineke Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile, bụ Chineke Izrel kwuru, Nʼihi gịnị ka unu ji chọọ iji aka unu wetara onwe unu ihe ọjọọ ndị a? Lee ka unu si duru ndị ikom na ndị inyom niile, na ụmụntakịrị niile, na ụmụ a mụrụ ọhụrụ niile na-agbala nʼala Ijipt, si otu a mee ka, ọ bụladị, otu mkpụrụ mmadụ hapụ ịfọdụkwa nʼala Juda.
And now thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Why do you commit this great evil against your own souls, that there should die of you man and woman, child and suckling out of the midst of Juda, and no remnant should be left you:
8 Gịnị mere unu na-eji ọrụ aka unu na-akpasu m iwe, na-esurere chi ndị ọzọ ihe nsure ọkụ na-esi isi ụtọ nʼala Ijipt, ebe unu bịara ibi? Unu onwe unu ga-ala onwe unu nʼiyi, mekwaa onwe unu ihe ịbụ ọnụ nakwa ihe nkọcha nʼetiti mba niile dị nʼụwa.
In that you provoke me to wrath with the works of your hands, by sacrificing to other gods in the land of Egypt, into which you are come to dwell there: and that you should perish, and be a curse, and a reproach to all the nations of the earth?
9 Unu echefuola ihe ọjọọ nna unu ha mere na ihe ọjọọ niile ndị eze Juda na ndị eze nwanyị Juda mere na ihe ọjọọ niile nke unu onwe unu na ndị nwunye unu mekwara nʼala Juda, na nʼokporoụzọ Jerusalem?
Have you forgotten the evils of your fathers, and the evils of the kings of Juda, and the evils of their wives, and your evils, and the evils of your wives, that they have done in the land of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem?
10 Ruo ụbọchị taa, o nwebeghị onye ọbụla nʼime ha wedarala onwe ya ala, maọbụ tụọ egwu m; ha adịghị ejegharị nʼiwu m, maọbụ jidesie ụkpụrụ ndị ahụ niile m debere nʼihu ha na nʼihu nna nna ha aka ike, ịgbaso ya.
They are not cleansed even to this day: neither have they feared, nor walked in the law of the Lord, nor in my commandments, which I set before you and your fathers.
11 “Nʼihi ihe ndị a niile, otu a ka Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile, bụ Chineke Izrel kwuru: Ekpebiela m ime ka ihe ọjọọ bịakwasị unu; ekpebiela m ibibi Juda.
Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Behold I will set my face upon you for evil: and I will destroy all Juda.
12 Aga m eme ka ndị ahụ niile fọdụrụ nʼala Juda, bụ ndị ahụ kpebiri nʼobi ha ịga biri nʼala Ijipt ghara ịdịkwa. A ga-ala ha nʼiyi nʼala Ijipt; ha ga-ada site na mma agha, maọbụ site nʼụnwụ. Ndị niile dịkarịsịrị ukwuu nʼetiti ha na ndị niile dịkarịsịrị nta ga-anwụ. Ha ga-aghọkwa ihe ịbụ ọnụ na ihe iju anya, ihe ọmụma ikpe na ihe nkọcha.
And I will take the remnant of Juda that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt, and to dwell there: and they shall be all consumed in the land of Egypt: they shall fall by the sword, and by the famine: and they shall be consumed from the least even to the greatest, by the sword, and by the famine shall they die: and they shall be for an execration, and for a wonder, and for a curse, and for a reproach.
13 Dịka m si taa Jerusalem ahụhụ, otu a ka m ga-esi jiri mma agha, na ụnwụ, na ọrịa na-efe efe, taa ndị ahụ bi nʼIjipt ahụhụ.
And I will visit them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have visited Jerusalem by the sword, and by famine, and by pestilence.
14 O nweghị onye ọbụla nʼime ndị Juda ahụ fọdụrụ, ndị gara biri nʼIjipt nke ga-agbanarị ọnwụ. Ọ bụ ezie na ọ na-agụsị ha agụụ ike ịlọghachi nʼala Juda, ma o nweghị onye ọbụla nʼime ha ga-alọghachi, karịakwa mmadụ ole na ole ndị ga-agbapụ agbapụ.”
And there shall be none that shall escape, and remain of the remnant of the Jews that are gone to sojourn in the land of Egypt: and that shall return into the land of Juda, to which they have a desire to return to dwell there: there shall none return but they that shall flee.
15 Ndị nọ nʼebe ahụ mgbe ahụ Jeremaya kwuru okwu ndị a bụ ndị ikom ahụ niile maara na ndị nwunye ha na-achụ aja ihe nsure ọkụ na-esi isi ụtọ nye chi ndị ọzọ, na ndị niile bi nʼIjipt nʼakụkụ Patros. Ndị a zara Jeremaya sị ya,
Then all the men that knew that their wives sacrificed to other gods: and all the women of whom there stood by a great multitude, and all the people of them that dwelt in the land of Egypt in Phatures, answered Jeremias, saying:
16 “Anyị agaghị anabata okwu ahụ i si nʼaha Onyenwe anyị gwa anyị
As for the word which thou hast spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken to thee:
17 Nʼihi na anyị aghaghị ime ihe ndị ahụ anyị kpebiri ime. Anyị ga-achụrụ Eze nwanyị mbara Eluigwe aja ihe nsure ọkụ na-esi isi ụtọ. Anyị ga-awụsakwara ya aja ihe ọṅụṅụ dịka anyị na nna anyị ha, ndị eze anyị na ndịisi ọchịchị anyị mere nʼobodo Juda niile na nʼokporoụzọ Jerusalem. Nʼoge ahụ, anyị na-eriju afọ, ihe na-agakwara anyị nke ọma, o nweghị ihe ọjọọ bịakwasịrị anyị.
But we will certainly do every word that shall proceed out of our own mouth, to sacrifice to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to her, as we and our fathers have done, our kings, and our princes in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem: and we were filled with bread, and it was well with us, and we saw no evil.
18 Ma site nʼoge anyị kwụsịrị ịchụrụ Eze nwanyị mbara Eluigwe aja, ihe nsure ọkụ na-esi isi ụtọ na ịwụsara ya aja ihe ọṅụṅụ, ihe niile akọla anyị, ọ bụkwa site na mma agha na oke ụnwụ ka anyị na-ala nʼiyi.”
But since we left off to offer sacrifice to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword, and by famine.
19 Ndị inyom ahụ niile kwukwara sị, “Mgbe ahụ anyị na-eji ihe nsure ọkụ na-esi isi ụtọ na-achụrụ Eze nwanyị mbara Eluigwe aja na mgbe ahụ anyị na-awụsakwara ya aja ihe ọṅụṅụ, ọ bụ na ndị di na-alụ anyị amaghị na anyị na-eme achịcha nʼoyiyi ya, na-awụsakwara ya aja ihe ọṅụṅụ?”
And if we offer sacrifice to the queen of heaven, and pour out drink offerings to her: did we make cakes to worship her, to pour out drink offerings to her, without our husbands?
20 Mgbe ahụ, Jeremaya gwara mmadụ ahụ niile okwu, ma ndị ikom ma ndị inyom ahụ niile zara ya okwu sị ha,
And Jeremias spoke to all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people which had given him that answer, saying:
21 “Onyenwe anyị chetara ihe nsure ọkụ na-esi isi ụtọ niile unu na nna unu ha, na ndị eze unu, na ndịisi ọchịchị unu, na ndị Izrel niile ji chụọ aja nʼobodo Juda niile na nʼokporoụzọ Jerusalem niile.
Was it not the sacrifice that you offered in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem, you and Sour fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the people of the land, which the Lord hath remembered, and hath it not entered into his heart?
22 Nʼihi ya, mgbe Onyenwe anyị na-enweghịkwa ike ịnagide ihe ọjọọ niile ndị a unu mere, na ihe arụ niile unu mere, o mere ka ala unu ghọọ mkpọmkpọ ebe, na ihe iju anya, na ihe nkọcha, nke mmadụ na-ebighị nʼime ya, dịka ọ dị taa.
So that the Lord could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which you have committed: therefore your land is become a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day.
23 Nʼihi na unu surere ihe nsure ọkụ na-esi isi ụtọ na nʼihi na unu mehiere megide Onyenwe anyị, ghara irubere ya isi, maọbụ ịgbaso iwu ya, maọbụ idebe ụkpụrụ ya, maọbụ imezu ihe niile ọ sịrị ka unu mee, nʼihi ya ka ihe ọjọọ ndị a ji dakwasị unu dịka unu na-ahụ ugbu a.”
Because you have sacrificed to idols, and have sinned against the Lord: and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord, and have not walked in his law, and in his commandments, and in his testimonies: therefore are these evils come upon you, as at this day.
24 Mgbe ahụ, Jeremaya gwara ndị inyom ahụ, na ndị Izrel niile okwu sị ha, “Nụrụnụ okwu Onyenwe anyị unu ndị Juda niile nọ nʼIjipt.
And Jeremias said to all the people, and to all the women: Hear ye the word of the Lord, all Juda, you that dwell in the land of Egypt:
25 Ihe ndị a ka Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile, bụ Chineke Izrel kwuru, Unu na ndị nwunye unu esitela nʼomume unu gosi na unu na-emezu ihe ndị ahụ unu ji ọnụ kwuo sị, ‘Anyị aghaghị imezu nkwa niile anyị kwere banyere ịchụ aja ihe nsure ọkụ na-esi isi ụtọ na nke ihe ọṅụṅụ nye Eze nwanyị mbara Eluigwe.’ “Gaanụ nʼihu mezuo nkwa unu kwere! Mezuokwanụ iyi unu ṅụrụ.
Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel, saying: You and your wives have spoken with your mouth, and fulfilled with your hands, saying: Let us perform our vows which we have made, to offer sacrifice to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to her: you have fulfilled your vows, and have performed them indeed.
26 Ma nụrụkwanụ okwu Onyenwe anyị, unu ndị Juu niile bi nʼIjipt, ‘Eji m aha m dị ukwuu na-aṅụ iyi,’ ka Onyenwe anyị na-ekwu, ‘na o nweghị onye Juda ọbụla bi nʼakụkụ ọbụla nke Ijipt, nke ga-akpọkukwa aha m ọzọ, maọbụ jiri ya ṅụọ iyi sị, “Dịka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị na-adị ndụ.”
Therefore hear ye the word of the Lord, all Juda, you that dwell in the land of Egypt: Behold I have sworn by my great name, saith the Lord: that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Juda, in the land of Egypt, saying: The Lord God liveth.
27 Nʼihi na anya m na-ele ha abụghị maka ime ha mma, kama ọ bụ maka ime ha ihe ọjọọ. Ndị Juu niile bi nʼIjipt ga-anwụ site na mma agha, maọbụ site nʼoke ụnwụ, tutu ruo mgbe e bibichara ha dum.
Behold I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Juda that are in the land of Egypt, shall be consumed, by the sword, and by famine, till there be an end of them.
28 Naanị mmadụ ole na ole ga-esi Ijipt gbalata Juda ịgbanarị mma agha. Mgbe ahụ ndị Juda niile fọdụrụ, bụ ndị bịara biri nʼIjipt, ga-amata onye okwu ya na-eguzosi ike, maọbụ nke m, maọbụ nke ha.
And a few men that shall flee from the sword, shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Juda: and all the remnant of Juda that are gone into the land of Egypt to dwell there, shall know whose word shall stand, mine, or theirs.
29 “‘Nke a ga-abụrụ unu ihe ama nke ga-egosi unu na m ga-ata unu ahụhụ nʼebe a,’ otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara. ‘Ka unu si otu a mara na mba m na-aba na m ga-emesi unu ike aghaghị iguzosi ike.’
And this shall be a sign to you, saith the Lord, that I will punish you in this place: that you may know that my words shall be accomplished indeed against you for evil.
30 Ihe a ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru, ‘Aga m arara Fero Hofra, eze Ijipt nyefee nʼaka ndị iro ya, bụ ndị na-achọ ndụ ya, dịka m si rara Zedekaya eze Juda, nyefee nʼaka Nebukadneza eze Babilọn, bụ onye iro ahụ chọrọ ndụ ya.’”
Thus saith the Lord: Behold I will deliver Pharao Ephree king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life: as I delivered Sedecias king of Juda into the hand of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon his enemy, and that sought his life.
