Jeremaya 50
1 Okwu Onyenwe anyị nke ruru Jeremaya onye amụma ntị banyere Babilọn na banyere ala ndị Babilọn.
The word which Jehovah spake concerning Babylon, and concerning the land of the Chaldaeans, by Jeremiah the prophet.
2 “Kwusaa ya na mba niile, mee ka a nụrụ ya; bulie ọkọlọtọ mgbe a na-ekwusa ya. Kwupụta ihe niile, ezokwala ihe ọbụla, kama kwusaa ya sị, ‘A ga-adọta Babilọn nʼagha. Ihere ga-emesịa mee Bel; otu a kwa, egwu ga-ejupụta Maduk obi. A ga-eme ka ihere mee oyiyi ya niile a kpụrụ akpụ; oke egwu ga-ejidekwa arụsị ya niile.’
Tell ye among the nations, and proclaim, and lift up a standard! Proclaim ye; conceal it not; Say ye, “Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is in consternation, Her idols are confounded, Her images are in consternation.”
3 Otu mba, nke si nʼakụkụ ugwu, ga-ebuso ya agha, mee ala ya ka ọ tọgbọrọ nʼefu. Ọ dịkwaghị onye ga-ebi nʼime ya, nʼihi na mmadụ na anụmanụ ga-esi nʼime ya gbalaga.
For out of the North cometh up against her a nation Which shall make her land desolate, So that none shall dwell therein; Both man and beast are fled, They are gone.
4 “Nʼụbọchị ndị ahụ, ma na mgbe ahụ,” otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara, ndị Izrel na ndị Juda ga-ejikọta onwe ha nʼotu. Ha niile ga-eji anya mmiri pụọ ịchọ Onyenwe anyị Chineke ha.
In those days, and at that time, saith Jehovah, The children of Israel shall come, They and the children of Judah together; They shall go weeping on their way, And shall seek Jehovah their God.
5 Ha ga-ajụ ajụjụ, banyere ụzọ e si eje Zayọn. Mgbe ahụ, ha ga-eche ihu ha ijeru nʼebe ahụ. Ha niile ga-abịakwa were onwe ha nyefee nʼaka Onyenwe anyị, nʼime ọgbụgba ndụ ebighị ebi, nke a na-agaghị echefu echefu.
They shall ask the way to Zion, with their faces thitherward; They shall come, and shall join themselves to Jehovah In a perpetual covenant, that shall not be forgotten.
6 “Ndị m akpafuola dịka atụrụ furu efu. Ndị ọzụzụ atụrụ ha eduhiela ha, mee ka ha na-awagharị nʼugwu ukwu niile. Ha na-akpagharị nʼelu ugwu ukwu, ma nʼelu ugwu nta. Ha echefuokwala ebe izuike nke ha.
My people have been lost sheep; Their shepherds have caused them to go astray; They have caused them to wander upon the mountains; They have gone from mountain to hill, They have forgotten their fold.
7 Nʼihi ya, ndị niile chọtara ha na-eripịa ha. Ndị iro ha na-ekwukwa sị, ‘Ikpe amaghị anyị nʼihi na ha emehiela megide Onyenwe anyị, onye bụ ezi ebe ịta nri ha, na onye bụkwa olileanya nke nna nna ha.’
All that found them devoured them; For their adversaries said, “We shall not be held guilty,” Because they had sinned against Jehovah, The fold of safety, and the hope of their fathers, Jehovah.
8 “Sinụ na Babilọn gbalaga; sitekwanụ nʼala Babilọn pụọ, dịrịnụ ka mkpi na-edu igwe ewu na atụrụ.
Flee ye out of Babylon, And go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, And be ye like he-goats before the flock!
9 Nʼihi na aga m akpali ọtụtụ mba dị ike site nʼala dị nʼugwu, ndị ga-ejikọta onwe ha ibuso Babilọn agha. Ha ga-edo onwe ha nʼusoro imegide ya; ọ bụkwa nʼakụkụ ugwu ka ha ga-esi dọta ya nʼagha. Àkụ ha ga-agba ga-adị ka àkụ nke onye bụ dike nʼagha na onye ọka ịgba ụta na-agba. Ha agaghị agba aka lọta.
For, behold, I will raise up and bring against Babylon An assembly of great nations from the land of the North, And they shall set themselves in array against her, And then shall she be taken; Their arrows shall be as those of an expert warrior; None shall return in vain.
10 Nʼihi nke a, Babilọn ga-aghọ ihe nkwata nʼagha. Afọ ga-ejukwa ndị niile bụ ndị ga-akwata ya.” Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri.
And Chaldaea shall be a spoil; All that spoil her shall have their fill, saith Jehovah.
11 “Nʼihi na ị ṅụrịrị ọṅụ nwee obi ụtọ, gị onye bibiri ihe nketa m, ị wugharịrị dịka nwa ehi nke na-azọcha ọka, bee akwa dịka oke ịnyịnya.
Because ye rejoiced and exulted, O ye plunderers of my inheritance, Because ye wantoned like a thrashing heifer, And neighed like a stallion,
12 Ihere ga-eme nne unu, e, a ga-eme ka oke ihere mee nne mụrụ unu. Ọ ga-abụkwa mba dịkarịsịrị ala nʼetiti mba niile, bụrụkwa ọzara, ala kpọrọ nkụ na ala uzuzu.
Your mother is utterly confounded; She that bore you is put to shame. Behold, the end of the nations, A wilderness, a dry land, a desert!
13 Nʼihi iwe dị ukwuu nke Onyenwe anyị, ọ dịghị onye ga-ebikwa nʼala Babilọn ọzọ, nʼihi na a ga-ebibi ya kpamkpam. Ndị niile si nʼakụkụ ya na-agafe ka ọ ga-eju anya. Ha ga-akparị ya nʼihi ọnya niile dị ya nʼahụ.
Because of the wrath of Jehovah, she shall not be inhabited, She shall be wholly desolate; Every one that passeth by Babylon shall be amazed, And hiss on account of all her plagues.
14 “Doonụ onwe unu nʼusoro gburugburu obodo Babilọn, unu ndị niile na-agba ụta. Gbaanụ ya ụta. Unu echela banyere àkụ ole unu ga-agbapụ nʼihi na o mehiela megide Onyenwe anyị.
Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: All ye that bend the bow, shoot at her; Spare not the arrows! For she hath sinned against Jehovah.
15 Kpọọnụ mkpu agha megide ya, site nʼakụkụ niile! Ọ chiliela aka ya elu. Lee, ụlọ elu ya e wusiri ike adaala, a kwatuokwala mgbidi ya niile. Ebe ọ bụ na Onyenwe anyị na-abọrọ onwe ya ọbọ nʼahụ Babilọn, bọọnụ ya ọbọ. Meenụ ya dịka o si mee ndị ọzọ.
Raise the war-shout! She reacheth forth her hand; Her pillars are fallen; Her walls are thrown down; For it is the vengeance of Jehovah. Take ye vengeance upon her! As she hath done, do ye to her!
16 Site na Babilọn wezuga onye na-agha mkpụrụ na onye ji mma owuwe ihe ubi na-ewe ihe ubi. Ka onye ọbụla laghachikwuru ndị nke ya, ka onye ọbụla gbalaakwa nʼala nke aka ya, nʼihi mma agha nke onye na-emegbu emegbu.
Cut ye off the sower from Babylon, And him that handleth the sickle in harvest-time! Because of the overpowering sword They shall turn every one to his own people, And they shall flee every one to his own land.
17 “Izrel dị ka ewu na atụrụ a chụsasịrị achụsasị, nke ọdụm chụsasịrị. Onye bu ụzọ ripịa ya bụ eze Asịrịa. Onye ikpeazụ gwepịara ọkpụkpụ ya bụ Nebukadneza, eze Babilọn.”
Israel hath been like scattered sheep, Which the lions have driven away; First the king of Assyria devoured him, And last, this Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, hath broken his bones.
18 Nʼihi ya, ihe ndị a ka Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile, bụ Chineke Izrel kwuru, “Aga m ata eze Babilọn, na ndị ala ya ahụhụ, dịka m si taa eze Asịrịa ahụhụ.
Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, As I have punished the king of Assyria.
19 Ma aga m akpọghachitekwa Izrel nʼebe ịta nri nke ha. Ha ga-atakwa nri na Kamel na Bashan. Ọ bụkwa nʼugwu Ifrem na Gilead ka afọ ga-ejukwa ha.
And I will bring back Israel to his own pasture, And he shall feed upon Carmel and Bashan, And satiate himself upon mount Ephraim and Gilead.
20 Nʼụbọchị ndị ahụ, ma na mgbe ahụ,” otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri, “a ga-achọ ajọọ omume nke Izrel, ma ọ dịghị nke a ga-achọta. A ga-achọkwa mmehie niile nke Juda, ma o nweghị nke a ga-achọta, nʼihi na aga m agbaghara ndị ahụ m mere ka ha fọdụ mmehie ha.
In those days and at that time, saith Jehovah, The iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; And the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found; For I will pardon those whom I cause to be left.
21 “Busonụ ala Merataim agha, busokwanụ ndị bi na Pekod agha. Chụọ ha ọsọ, gbuchapụ ma bibiekwa ha niile kpamkpam.” Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri. “Mezuonụ ihe niile m nyere unu nʼiwu.
Against the land of Rebellion go ye up, And against the inhabitants of Vengeance! Lay waste and utterly destroy after them, saith Jehovah, And do all which I have commanded thee!
22 A na-anụ ụzụ agha nʼala ahụ, a na-anụ ụzụ oke mbibi.
The din of battle is in the land, And great destruction.
23 Lee ka e si gbajie, ma tipịa mkpirisi igwe ahụ na-esupịa ụwa niile. Lee ka Babilọn si tọgbọrọ nʼefu nʼetiti mba niile nke ụwa.
How is the battle-hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! How is Babylon become an astonishment to all the nations!
24 Esiiri m gị ọnya, gị Babilọn; ị makwara nʼọnya ahụ tupu ị mata na ọnya ahụ dị. A chọtala gị, jidekwa gị, nʼihi na i doola onwe gị ibuso Onyenwe anyị agha.
I have laid a snare for thee, And thou hast been caught, O Babylon, When thou wast not aware! Thou hast been found and taken, Because thou hast contended against Jehovah.
25 Onyenwe anyị emegheela ụlọakụ ngwa agha ya, site nʼime ya wepụta ngwa agha nke ọnụma ya. Nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị bụ Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile nwere ọrụ ọ ga-arụ nʼala Babilọn.
Jehovah hath opened his armory, And hath brought out the weapons of his indignation; For the Lord Jehovah of hosts performeth a work against the land of the Chaldaeans.
26 Sitenụ nʼebe dị anya bịa buso ya agha. Kụkapunụ ọba ya niile, tụkọtanụ ha ọnụ dịka akpa ọka dị ukwuu, nke atụkọtara nʼelu ibe ha. Bibienụ ya kpamkpam, ka ihe ọbụla ghakwara ịfọdụrụ ya.
Come against her from the utmost border! Open ye her barns, Cast her up into heaps, And destroy her utterly; Let nothing of her be left!
27 Gbuonụ ụmụ oke ehi ya niile, ka ha niile gaa nʼebe ụlọ igbu anụ Ahụhụ na-adịrị ha, nʼihi na ụbọchị ahụ a kara aka banyere ha abịala, bụ oge a ga-eji taa ha ahụhụ.
Slay all her bullocks, Let them go down to the slaughter! Woe unto them, For their day is come, The time of their punishment!
28 Geenụ ntị nʼihe ndị na-agbalaga na-ekwu, bụ ndị si na Babilọn na-agbapụ ọsọ. Ha na-ekwusa na Zayọn otu Onyenwe anyị Chineke anyị si bọọ ọbọ, otu o si abọ ọbọ nʼihi ụlọnsọ ukwu ya.
The voice of them that flee and escape is heard from the land of Babylon, To make known to Zion the vengeance of Jehovah, our God, The vengeance for his temple.
29 “Kpọkọtanụ ndị na-agba ụta maka imegide Babilọn, bụ ndị niile na-agba ụta. Maanụ ụlọ ikwu, gbaa ya gburugburu; unu ekwela ka onye ọbụla si nʼime ya gbapụ. Kwụghachi ya ụgwọ dịka ọrụ ya si dị, dịka ihe niile ahụ o mere si dị meenụ ya otu ahụ. Nʼihi na o buliela onwe ya elu megide Onyenwe anyị, bụ Onye nsọ nke Izrel.
Call together the archers against Babylon, All ye that bend the bow, encamp ye round about her; Let no one escape; Recompense her according to her work; According to all that she hath done, do ye to her! For she hath exalted herself against Jehovah, Against the Holy One of Israel.
30 Nʼihi ya, ụmụ okorobịa ya ga-ada nʼokporoụzọ ama niile. A ga-emekwa ka ndị agha ya niile dere duu nʼụbọchị ahụ.” Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri.
Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, And all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith Jehovah.
31 “Lee, edoola m onwe m imegide gị, gị onye nganga.” Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị, bụ Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile kwubiri ya. “Nʼihi na ụbọchị gị abịala, bụ oge ahụ a ga-ata gị ahụhụ.
Behold I am against thee, thou proud one, saith the Lord Jehovah of hosts; For thy day is come, The time of thy punishment.
32 Onye nganga ahụ ga-asọ ngọngọ daa, ma o nweghị onye ga-enyere ya aka ka o bilitekwa. Aga m esunye obodo ya niile ọkụ, nke ga-erechapụ ndị niile gbara ya gburugburu.”
And the proud one shall stumble and fall, And none shall raise him up; And I will kindle a fire in his cities, And it shall devour all round about him.
33 Ihe ndị a ka Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile kwuru: “A na-emegbu nnọọ ndị Izrel, nʼotu aka ahụkwa, ndị Juda. Ndị dọtara ha nʼagha jidesiri ha aka ike. Ha adịghị ahapụ ha ka ha laa.
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: The children of Israel and the children of Judah are oppressed together, And all that took them captives hold them fast; They refuse to let them go.
34 Ma Onye mgbapụta ha dị ike. Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile bụkwa aha ya. Ọ ga-eji ike ya niile kpepụta ọnụ ha, ime ka ala ha nweekwa izuike, ma meekwa ka ndị bi na Babilọn ghara inwe izuike.
But their redeemer is strong; Jehovah of hosts is his name. He will maintain their cause, So as to give rest to the land, And confusion to the inhabitants of Babylon.
35 “Mma agha ga-ebili megide ndị Babilọn niile,” otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara, “na ndị ahụ niile bi na Babilọn ma megidekwa ndịisi ọchịchị niile na ndị ahụ niile maara ihe.
The sword shall be upon the Chaldaeans, saith Jehovah, And upon the inhabitants of Babylon; And upon her princes, And upon her wise men;
36 Mma agha ga-ebili megide ndị amụma ụgha ha niile. Ha ga-aghọ ndị nzuzu. Mma agha ga-ebili megide ndị bụ dike nʼagha. Obi ha ga-ejupụtakwa nʼoke egwu.
The sword upon her lying prophets, and they shall be fools; The sword upon her heroes, and they shall be dismayed;
37 Mma agha ga-ebili megide ịnyịnya ha, na ụgbọ agha ha, na ndị mba ọzọ niile nọ nʼetiti ha. Ha ga-aghọkwa ndị inyom. Mma agha ga-ebilikwa megide akụ ha niile. A ga-alụta ha niile nʼagha.
The sword upon her horses, and upon her chariots, And against all the allied multitude that is within her, And they shall become women. The sword is upon their treasures, and they shall be plundered;
38 Okpomọkụ ga-abịakwasị mmiri ha niile mee ka ha taa. Nʼihi na ala ha bụ ala arụsị: arụsị ha niile ga-ayịkwa ara nʼihi oke egwu nke ga-abịakwasị ha.
A drought is upon her waters, and they shall be dried up; For it is a land of graven images, And they put a mad trust in idols.
39 “Nʼihi ya, ọ bụ ụmụ anụmanụ nke ọzara, na nkịta ọhịa ga-ebi nʼebe ahụ. Ikwighịkwighị ga-ebikwa nʼebe ahụ. Mmadụ ọbụla agaghị ebikwa nʼime ya ọzọ. O nweghị onye ga-ebikwa nʼime ya site nʼọgbọ ruo nʼọgbọ.
Therefore the wild beasts of the desert, with the jackals, shall dwell there, And therein shall the ostrich dwell. And it shall be no more inhabited forever, Neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.
40 Dịka m si kwatuo Sọdọm na Gọmọra, ya na obodo niile gbara ya gburugburu,” otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri ya. “Otu a kwa, ọ dịghị onye ọbụla ga-ebi nʼebe ahụ; nwa mmadụ ọbụla agakwaghị ebi nʼime ya.”
As it was when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and the neighboring cities, saith Jehovah, There shall not a man abide there, Nor any son of man dwell therein.
41 “Lee, ndị agha si nʼala dị nʼebe ugwu na-abịa; mba dị ukwuu na ọtụtụ ndị eze ka a na-akpọlitekwa site na nsọtụ niile nke ụwa.
Behold, a nation cometh from the North, And a great people and many kings shall rise up from the extremities of the earth.
42 Ha ji ọtụtụ ụta na ùbe; ha bụ ndị afọ tara mmiri, ndị na-enweghị obi ebere. Ha na-ebigbọ dịka mbigbọ nke osimiri, dịka ha na-anọkwasị nʼelu ịnyịnya ha. Ha na-abịa dịka ndị ikom e doro nʼusoro ibu agha, ibuso gị agha, Ada Babilọn.
They bear the bow and the javelin; They are cruel, and show no mercy; Their voice roareth like the sea, And they ride upon horses, arrayed like a warrior, Against thee, O daughter of Babylon!
43 Eze Babilọn nụrụ akụkọ banyere ude ha, akụkọ mere ka ike gwụrụ aka ya abụọ kpamkpam. Oke ihe mgbu ejidela ya, ihe mgbu dịka nke nwanyị ime na-eme.
The king of Babylon heareth the rumor concerning them, And his hands become feeble; Anguish taketh hold of him, Trembling, as of a woman in travail.
44 Lee, dịka mgbe ọdụm na-esi nʼoke ọhịa Jọdan na-arịgopụta nʼebe ịta nri nke ụmụ anụmanụ jupụtara nʼahịhịa ndụ, nʼotu ntabi anya ka m ga-esi nʼala ya chụpụ Babilọn. Ma onye bụ onye ahụ a họpụtara, onye m ga-enyefe ọrụ a nʼaka? Onye dịka m? Onye kwa pụrụ ịpụta tụọ m aka nʼihu? Onye bụkwa onye ọzụzụ atụrụ ahụ nke pụrụ ido onwe ya megide m?”
Behold, like a lion from the pride of Jordan, he cometh up against the habitation of the rock; Suddenly will I drive them from her; And him who is chosen by me will I appoint over her; For who is like me? And who will summon me to trial? And who is the shepherd that will stand up against me?
45 Nʼihi ya, nụrụ ihe Onyenwe anyị kwadobere megide Babilọn, nụrụkwa ihe o zubere megide ala ndị Babilọn. A ga-adọkpụrụ ndị dị nta nʼetiti igwe ewu na atụrụ ahụ. Ebe ịta nri ha ga-anọ nʼọnọdụ mgbagwoju anya nʼihi nke a.
Therefore hear ye the purpose of Jehovah, which he hath formed against Babylon, And the designs which he meditateth against the land of the Chaldaeans; Surely he [[the enemy]] shall drag them forth like feeble sheep, Surely he will come upon them, and make their pastures desolate.
46 Ụwa ga-ama jijiji mgbe ha nụrụ mkpọtụ ọdịda Babilọn, iti mkpu akwa ya ga-adakwa ụda nʼetiti mba niile dị iche iche.
At the noise of the taking of Babylon, the earth trembleth, And the cry is heard among the nations.
