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 which came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews that dwelt in the land of Egypt, that dwelt at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the land of Pathros, 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 Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Ye have seen all the evil which I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein;
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 their wickedness, which they have committed, to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense and to serve strange gods, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers;
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 them, saying: O do not 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 hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense 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.
Therefore hath my fury been poured forth, and mine anger, and hath burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are become a desolation and a waste 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 Jehovah, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: Wherefore do ye commit this great evil against your own souls, that ye may cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, so as to leave yourselves no remnant?
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.
Why do ye provoke me to wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense to strange gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye are gone to dwell, so that ye may cut yourselves off, and that ye may be a curse and a reproach among 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 ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they have committed in the land of Judah, 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 have not been humbled even to this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, which I set before you, and before 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 Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I set my face against you for evil, even to cut off all Judah.
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 Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed; in the land of Egypt shall they fall; by the sword and by famine shall they be consumed, from the least to the greatest; by the sword and by famine shall they die; and they shall become an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and 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.
For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, 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 none shall escape or remain of the remnant of Judah which are gone into the land of Egypt, to sojourn there, and to return into the land of Judah, to which they have a desire to return, to dwell there; for none shall return but a few fugitives that escape.
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 who knew that their wives had burned incense to strange gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, and in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, 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 Jehovah, 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 whatever hath gone forth from our mouth, that will we do, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then we had plenty of bread, and were prosperous, and saw no calamity.
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 from the time we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings to her, we have been in want of 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 when we [[said the women]] burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink-offerings to her, did we without the knowledge of our men make cakes to worship her, and pour out drink-offerings to her?”
20 Mgbe ahụ, Jeremaya gwara mmadụ ahụ niile okwu, ma ndị ikom ma ndị inyom ahụ niile zara ya okwu sị ha,
Then spake Jeremiah to all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people who 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.
“The incense which ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye and your fathers, your kings and your princes, and the people of the land, did not Jehovah remember it, and came it not into his mind?
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.
And Jehovah could no longer bear the evil of your doings, and the abominations which ye committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant 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 ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against Jehovah, and have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his ordinances, therefore is this evil come upon you, 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 Jeremiah said to all the people and to all the women, Hear the word of Jehovah, all Judah, that are 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 Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Ye and your wives speak with your mouths, and fulfill with your hands; ye say, “We will keep our vows, which we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings to her”; ye will surely accomplish your vows; ye will surely perform your vows.
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 Jehovah, all ye of Judah, that dwell in the land of Egypt! Behold, I swear by my great name, saith Jehovah, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, “As the Lord Jehovah 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 Judah who are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by famine, until 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 they that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, few in number; and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words 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 Jehovah, that I will punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand 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 Jehovah: Behold, I will give Pharaoh Hophra, the king of Egypt, into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life, as I gave Zedekiah, the king of Judah, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, his enemy, that sought his life.”
