Jeremaya 6
1 “Gbalaganụ unu ụmụ Benjamin! Sitenụ na Jerusalem gbapụ! Gbuonụ opi ike na Tekoa! Bulienụ ihe ngosi elu na Bet-Hakerem! Nʼihi na lee, ihe ọjọọ si nʼakụkụ ugwu na-abịa, e, mbibi dị ukwuu na-abịa.
O you children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the middle of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem: for evil appears out of the north, and great destruction.
2 Aga m ebibi ada Zayọn, onye mara ezi mma, na onye dịkwa pekepeke.
I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.
3 Ndị na-azụ atụrụ ga-eduru igwe atụrụ bịa megide ya. Ha ga-ama ụlọ ikwu ha gburugburu ya. Onye ọbụla nʼime ha ga-elekọtazi akụkụ ala nke o ketara anya nke ọma.
The shepherds with their flocks shall come to her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place.
4 “Jikerenụ ibu agha megide ya! Bilienụ, ka anyị buso ha agha nʼehihie. Ma lee, anyanwụ ebidola ịda, onyinyo anyasị na-esetipụkwa onwe ya.
Prepare you war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe to us! for the day goes away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.
5 Ya mere, bilienụ ka anyị buso ha agha, ọ bụladị nʼabalị! Ka anyị bibie ebe ha niile e wusiri ike!”
Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.
6 Ihe ndị a bụ ihe Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile, kwuru, “Gbutusienụ osisi niile, wuonụ nkwasa ọgụ gburugburu Jerusalem. A ghaghị ịta obodo a ahụhụ, nʼihi na mmegbu jupụtara nʼime ya.
For thus has the LORD of hosts said, Hew you down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the middle of her.
7 Dịka mmiri si esite nʼolulu mmiri na-asọpụta otu a ka ajọ omume na-esite nʼime ya na-asọpụta. Ihe ike na mbibi ka a na-anụ nʼime ya; ọrịa ya niile na ọnya ya niile ka a na-eche nʼihu m oge niile.
As a fountain casts out her waters, so she casts out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds.
8 Nabata ịdọ aka na ntị m, gị Jerusalem, ka m ghara ịgbakụta gị azụ, mee ka ala gị tọgbọrọ nʼefu, ka mmadụ ọbụla hapụkwa inwe ike ibi nʼime ya.”
Be you instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from you; lest I make you desolate, a land not inhabited.
9 Nke a bụ ihe Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile kwuru, “Ka ha tụtụkọtasịa ndị niile fọdụrụ nʼala Izrel nke ọma, dịka e si atụtụkọta mkpụrụ niile dị nʼosisi vaịnị; werenụ aka chọgharịa nʼalaka niile, dịka onye ọghọ mkpụrụ vaịnị si eme.”
Thus says the LORD of hosts, They shall thoroughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back your hand as a grape gatherer into the baskets.
10 Ma onye kwanụ ka m nwere ike ịgwa okwu ma dọọ aka na ntị? Onye ga-ege ntị ịnụrụ ihe m na-ekwu? Ntị ha emechiela ruo na ha enweghị ike ịnụ ihe ọbụla. Okwu Onyenwe anyị aghọọla ihe ha na-achọghị ịnụ ọzọ; nke na-adịghị ewetara ha obi ụtọ.
To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot listen: behold, the word of the LORD is to them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
11 Ma ọnụma Onyenwe anyị juru m obi, apụghị m ịnagide ya nʼime m. “Wụkwasị ya nʼahụ ụmụntakịrị ndị nọ nʼokporoụzọ; wụkwasịkwa ya ụmụ okorobịa ebe ha zukọrọ. Ọ bụladị di na nwunye ga-anụrụ ụfụ ọnụma ahụ, ndị agadi na ndị ahụ merela nnọọ ezigbo agadi.
Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out on the children abroad, and on the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.
12 A ga-ewere ụlọ ha nyefee nʼaka ndị ọzọ. A ga-ewerekwa ala ubi ha na ndị nwunye ha nye ndị ọzọ, mgbe m setịpụrụ aka m megide ndị ahụ bi nʼala ahụ.” Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri.
And their houses shall be turned to others, with their fields and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand on the inhabitants of the land, says the LORD.
13 “Nʼihi na site nʼonye ukwu ruo nʼonye dịkarịsịrị nta, ọ bụ naanị akpịrị uru na-ezighị ezi ka e ji mara ha. Ọ bụladị ndị amụma na ndị nchụaja na-etinyekwa aka nʼọrụ aghụghọ.
For from the least of them even to the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even to the priest every one deals falsely.
14 Ha na-ekechi ọnya ndị m, dịka a ga-asị na ọ dịghị ihe ọ bụ. Ha na-asị, ‘Udo dị, udo dị,’ mgbe udo na-adịghị.
They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
15 O nwere ụzọ omume ha ndị a rụrụ arụ si eme ha ihere? Mba! Ihere adịghị eme ha ma ọlị. Nʼezie, ha amakwaghị ihe a na-akpọ inwe ihere! Nʼihi ya, ha ga-ada nʼetiti ndị dara ada. Ha ga-asọ ngọngọ mgbe m tara ha ahụhụ.” Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru.
Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? no, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, says the LORD.
16 Ihe ndị a kwa bụ ihe Onyenwe anyị kwuru, “Guzonụ nʼebe niile ụzọ gbara abụọ. Lee anya. Jụọnụ ajụjụ banyere okporoụzọ ochie ahụ. Jụpụtanụ ebe ụzọ ọma ahụ dị, jeenụ ije nʼime ya. Unu gbaso ya, unu ga-achọtara mkpụrụobi unu ebe izuike. Ma gịnị ka unu kwuru? Unu sịrị. ‘Anyị agaghị agbaso ụzọ ọma ahụ.’
Thus says the LORD, Stand you in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and you shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
17 Ahọpụtara m ndị nche doo ha ichebe unu. Agwakwara m unu okwu sị, ‘Ṅaanụ ntị nʼụda opi ike ha.’ Ma unu kwuru sị, ‘Anyị agaghị ege ntị!’
Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Listen to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not listen.
18 Ya mere, nụrụnụ, unu mba niile; lezienụ anya, unu ndị akaebe niile, ka unu hụrụ ihe na-aga ịbịakwasị ha.
Therefore hear, you nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.
19 Nụrụ, gị ụwa, lee, ana m aga iwetara ndị a ịla nʼiyi, nke bụ mkpụrụ atụmatụ ọjọọ ha niile, nʼihi na ha jụrụ ige ntị nʼokwu m. Ha jụkwara ịnabatara onwe ha iwu m.
Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil on this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not listened to my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.
20 Gịnị ka m ji ihe nsure ọkụ na-esi isi ụtọ nke unu si nʼobodo Sheba bubata, eme? Gịnị ka m ji ụda kalamus ọma unu si mba dị anya bubata eme? Ajụla m ịnabata aja nsure ọkụ unu niile. Aja niile unu na-achụ adịghị atọ m ụtọ.”
To what purpose comes there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet to me.
21 Ya mere, ihe ndị a bụ ihe Onyenwe anyị kwuru, “Aga m etinye ihe ịsọ ngọngọ nʼụzọ ndị a si agafe. Nna na nwa ya ga-asọ ngọngọ nʼelu ya; otu a kwa, ndị agbataobi na enyi ha ga-ala nʼiyi.”
Therefore thus says the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumbling blocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall on them; the neighbor and his friend shall perish.
22 Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru, “Lee, ndị agha si nʼala dị nʼebe ugwu na-abịa; mba dị ukwuu ka a na-akpọlitekwa site na nsọtụ niile nke ụwa.
Thus says the LORD, Behold, a people comes from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth.
23 Ha ji ụta na ùbe, ha bụ ndị afọ tara mmiri, ndị na-adịghị eme 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 Zayọn.”
They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roars like the sea; and they ride on horses, set in array as men for war against you, O daughter of Zion.
24 Anyị anụla akụkọ banyere ude ha, ike agwụla aka anyị abụọ kpamkpam. Oke ihe mgbu na-ejide anyị dị ka nke nwanyị ime na-eme.
We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish has taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
25 Ka onye ọbụla gharakwa ịga nʼubi, maọbụ ijegharị nʼokporoụzọ, nʼihi na ndị iro ji mma agha na-agagharị, egwu dịkwa nʼebe niile.
Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.
26 Unu ndị m, yikwasịnụ onwe unu uwe mkpe. Tụrụọnụ onwe unu na ntụ, ruonụ uju, ma kwaanụ akwa, dịka nwanyị na-eru ụjụ nʼihi ọnwụ otu nwa nwoke ọ mụtara. Nʼihi na onye mbibi ahụ ga-abịakwasị anyị na mberede.
O daughter of my people, gird you with sackcloth, and wallow yourself in ashes: make you mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come on us.
27 “Emeela m gị ka ị bụrụ onye na-anwapụta ọla, ma ọla ahụ bụkwa ndị m. Achọrọ m ka i nyochaa ma nwapụtakwa ụzọ ha niile.
I have set you for a tower and a fortress among my people, that you may know and try their way.
28 Ha bụ ndị nnupu isi, ndị nwere obi nʼazụ, ndị na-ejegharị na-ekwutọ ibe ha. Ha bụ bronz na igwe; ọ bụkwa ndụ rụrụ arụ ka ha na-ebi.
They are all grievous rebels, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.
29 Ngwa ọrụ ọkpụ uzu na-afụnwu ọkụ ike ike, ime ka ọkụ rechapụ akụkụ igwe ahụ na-enweghị isi, ma nnụcha ahụ na-aga nʼihu abaghị uru, nʼihi na anụchapụghị ndị ajọ omume.
The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melts in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
30 Ọlaọcha a jụrụ ajụ ka akpọrọ ha, nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị ajụla ha.”
Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD has rejected them.
