Jeremaya 7
1 Ndị a bụ okwu nke sị nʼebe Onyenwe anyị nọ bịakwute Jeremaya.
The word that came to Jeremias from the Lord, saying:
2 “Guzo nʼọnụ ụzọ ama nke ụlọ Onyenwe anyị kwusaa ozi a nʼebe ahụ, “‘Nụrụnụ okwu Onyenwe anyị, unu ndị Juda niile, ndị na-esi nʼọnụ ụzọ a niile na-abata ife Onyenwe anyị ofufe.
Stand in the gate of the house of the Lord, and proclaim there this word, and say: Hear ye the word of the Lord, all ye men of Juda, that enter in at these gates, to adore the Lord.
3 Ihe ndị a bụ ihe Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile, bụ Chineke Izrel na-ekwu. Mezienụ ụzọ unu na omume unu niile, m ga-ekwe ka unu biri nʼebe a.
Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Make your ways and your doings good: and I will dwell with you in this place.
4 Unu atụkwasịla uche unu nʼokwu aghụghọ niile a na-agwa unu na-asị, “Nke a bụ ụlọnsọ ukwu Onyenwe anyị, ụlọnsọ ukwu Onyenwe anyị, ụlọnsọ ukwu Onyenwe anyị!”
Trust not in lying words, saying: The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, it is the temple of the Lord.
5 Ọ bụrụ na unu emee ka ụzọ unu na omume unu guzozie, ọ bụrụ na unu emesoo ibe unu mmeso nʼụzọ ikpe ziri ezi,
For if you will order well your ways, and your doings: if you will execute judgement between a man and his neighbor,
6 ọ bụrụ na unu ahapụ imegbu ndị ọbịa, na ndị na-enweghị nna, maọbụ nwanyị di ya nwụrụ; ọ bụrụ na unu ajụ iwufu ọbara onye aka ya dị ọcha nʼebe a, ọ bụrụkwa na unu ajụ ịgbaso chi ndị ọzọ nke na-ewetara unu nsogbu,
If you opress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, and walk not after strange gods to your own hurt,
7 mgbe ahụ, aga m ekwere ka unu biri nʼebe a, nʼala a m nyere nna nna unu ha, ruo mgbe ebighị ebi.
I will dwell with you in this place: in the land, which I gave to your fathers from the beginning and for evermore.
8 Ma lee, ihe unu na-eme ugbu a bụ ịtụkwasị uche unu nʼokwu aghụghọ nke na-enweghị isi.
Behold you put your trust in lying words, which shall not profit you:
9 “‘Unu ga-aga nʼihu na-ezu ohi, na-egbu mmadụ ibe unu, na-akwa iko, ma na-eji chi ndị ọzọ na-aṅụ iyi? Unu ga-anọgide na-achụ aja ihe nsure ọkụ na-esi isi ụtọ nye Baal, ma na-agbaso chi ndị ọzọ unu na-amaghị?
To steal, to murder, to commit adultery, to swear falsely, to offer to Baalim, and to go after strange gods, which you know not.
10 Unu ga-emecha bịa guzo nʼihu m nʼụlọnsọ a, nke a kpọkwasịrị aha m, na-asị, “Anyị nọ na nchekwa,” ọ bụ ịnọ na nchekwa maka ime ihe arụ niile ndị a?
And you have come, and stood before me in this house, in which my name is called upon, and have said: We are delivered, because we have done all these abominations.
11 Ọ pụtara na ụlọ a, nke a kpọkwasịrị aha m aghọọla ogige nye ndị ohi? Ma anọkwa m ya na-ele unu anya, ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara.
Is this house then, in which my name hath been called upon, in your eyes become a den of robbers? I, I am he: I have seen it, saith the Lord.
12 “‘Otu ọ dị, biko, Jeruonụ ebe ahụ dị na Shaịlo, ebe ahụ m buru ụzọ mee ka ọ bụrụ ebe a kpọkwasịrị aha m, ka unu chọpụta ihe m mere ya nʼihi ajọ omume ndị m, ụmụ Izrel.
Go ye to my place in Silo, where my name dwelt from the beginning: and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel:
13 Mgbe unu nọ na-eme ihe ndị a niile, ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara, agwara m unu okwu mgbe mgbe, ma unu jụrụ ige ntị. Akpọrọ m unu oku, ma unu jụrụ ịza.
And now, because you have done all these works, saith the Lord: and I have spoken to you rising up early, and speaking, and you have not heard: and I have called you, and you have not answered:
14 Nʼihi ya, ihe ahụ m mere na Shaịlo ka m ga-emekwa ọzọ megide ụlọ ahụ a kpọkwasịrị aha m. E, aga m eme ya megide ụlọnsọ ukwu ahụ unu na-atụkwasị obi unu nʼime ya, ụlọnsọ ukwu ahụ m nyere unu na nna nna unu ha.
I will do to this house, in which my name is called upon, and in which you trust, and to the places which I have given you and your fathers, as I did to Silo.
15 A ga-esite nʼihu m wezuga unu, tufuo unu, dịka m wezugara ma tufukwaa ụmụnna unu, bụ ndị Ifrem.’
And I will cast you away from before my face, as I have cast away all your brethren, the whole seed of Ephraim.
16 “Ya mere, unu ekperela m ekpere nʼihi ndị a; unu atụfula oge unu ịrịọ m arịrịọ nʼihi ha. Agaghị m ege ntị nʼekpere na arịrịọ unu.
Therefore, do not thou pray for this people, nor take to thee praise and supplication for them: and do not withstand me: for I will not hear thee.
17 Ọ bụ na unu adịghị ahụ ihe na-eme nʼobodo niile nke Juda, na ihe ha na-eme nʼokporoụzọ niile nke Jerusalem?
Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem?
18 Ụmụ na-achịkọta nkụ nke nna ha ji emenye ọkụ, ebe nne ha na-eghe achịcha ha na-eche nʼihu Eze nwanyị mbara Eluigwe. Ha na-awụpụrụ chi ndị ọzọ mmanya nʼihi ịkpasu m iwe.
The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire and the women knead the dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to offer libations to strange gods, and to provoke me to anger.
19 Ọ bụ m ka ha na-akpasu iwe? Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara. Ọ bụghị onwe ha ka ha na-emesi ike, ka ihe ihere mee ha?
Do they provoke me to anger, saith the Lord? Is it not themselves, to the confusion of their contenance?
20 “‘Ya mere, otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị sịrị: Iwe m na ọnụma m ka a ga-awụkwasị nʼebe a, nʼelu ndị mmadụ, na anụmanụ, na osisi dị nʼọhịa, na mkpụrụ nke ala ubi. Ọ ga-ere ọkụ ma agaghị emenyụ ya.
Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold my wrath and my indignation was enkindled against this place, upon men and upon beasts, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruits of the land, and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.
21 “‘Ihe ndị a ka Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile, bụ Chineke Izrel kwuru, Gaanụ nʼihu, tụkwasịnụ aja nsure ọkụ unu nʼelu aja unu ndị ọzọ niile. Riekwanụ anụ ndị a nʼonwe unu.
Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices, and eat ye the flesh.
22 Nʼihi na mgbe m si nʼala Ijipt kpọpụta nna nna unu ha, gwa ha okwu, e nyeghị ha naanị iwu maọbụ gwa ha okwu banyere ịchụ aja nsure ọkụ na aja ndị ọzọ.
For I spoke not to your fathers, and I commanded them not, in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning the matter of burnt offerings and sacrifices.
23 Ma iwu m nyere ha bụ nke a, ruberenụ m isi, aga m abụ Chineke unu, unu ga-abụkwa ndị nke m. Bienụ ndụ nʼiwu niile m nyere unu, ka ihe gaara unu nke ọma.
But this thing I commanded them, saying: Hearken to my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people: and walk ye in all the way that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you.
24 Ma ha jụrụ ige ntị, jụkwa ilezi anya ime ihe ndị ahụ m nyere nʼiwu. Kama ha gbasoro ọchịchọ ọjọọ nke obi rụrụ arụ ha. Kama ịga nʼihu, ha daghachiri azụ.
But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear: but walked in their own will, and in the perversity of their wicked heart: and went backward and not forward,
25 Site na mgbe nna nna unu ha hapụrụ ala Ijipt, esepụbeghị m aka izitere unu ndị amụma bụ ndị ohu m.
From the day that their fathers came out of the land of Egypt, even to this day. And I have sent to you all my servants the prophets from day to day, rising up early and sending.
26 Ma ha jụrụ ige ntị, jụkwa ilezi anya ime ihe m nyere nʼiwu. Ha bụ ndị ntị ike, ndị nọgidere na-eme ihe ọjọọ karịrị nke nna nna ha mere.’
And they have not hearkened to me: nor inclined their ear: but have hardened their neck, and have done worse than their fathers.
27 “Mgbe ị gwara ha ihe ndị a niile, ha agaghị ege ntị. Ọ bụrụkwa na ị kpọọ ha oku ha agaghị aza.
And thou shalt speak to them all these words, but they will not hearken to thee: and thou shalt call them, but they will not answer thee.
28 Ya mere, ihe ndị a ka ị ga-agwa ha, ‘Nke a bụ mba na-enwebeghị oge ha ji rubere Onyenwe anyị Chineke ha isi. O nwebekwaghị oge ọbụla ha ji nabata ịdọ aka na ntị ya. Eziokwu ọbụla adịghịkwa; okwu ọnụ ha bụ naanị ụgha ụgha.
And thou shalt say to them: This is a nation which hath not hearkened to the voice of the Lord their God, nor received instruction: Faith is lost, and is carried away out of their mouth.
29 “‘Kpụchaanụ agịrị isi unu, tufuo ya, nọọnụ nʼebe dị elu nke tọgbọrọ nʼefu bulie abụ akwa, nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị esitela nʼoke ọnụma ya jụ ọgbọ a. Ọ gbakụtala ha azụ bụ ọgbọ nke a iwe ya na-adakwasị.
Cut off thy hair, and cast it away: and take up a lamentation on high: for the Lord hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath,
30 “‘Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara sị, ndị Juda emeela ihe ọjọọ dị iche iche nʼihu m. Ha akpụọla arụsị rụrụ arụ nke ha tinyere nʼime ụlọnsọ ukwu ahụ a kpọkwasịrị aha m. Ha emerụọla ya.
Because the children of Juda have done evil in my eyes, saith the Lord. They have set their abominations in the house in which my name is called upon, to pollute it;
31 Ha ewuolara onwe ha ebe ịchụ aja dị elu na Tofet, nke dị na Ndagwurugwu nke Ben Hinom. Ebe ahụ ka ha na-anọ na-esure ụmụ ha ndị ikom na ndị inyom ọkụ. Ihe dị otu a abụkwaghị ụdị ihe m nyere ha nʼiwu ka ha mee. O nwekwaghị oge ihe dị otu a batara m nʼobi.
And they have built the high places of Topeth, which is in the valley of the son of Ennom, to burn their sons, and their daughters in the fire: which I commanded not, nor thought on in my heart.
32 Ya mere, kpacharanụ anya, nʼihi na otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri, ụbọchị ndị ahụ na-abịa, mgbe ndị mmadụ na-agaghị akpọkwa ebe ahụ Tofet maọbụ Ndagwurugwu nke Ben Hinom. Kama ha ga-akpọ ya ndagwurugwu ogbugbu mmadụ, nʼihi na ha ga-eli ọtụtụ ndị ha na Tofet ruo mgbe ha na-agaghị ahụkwa ebe ha ga-eli ndị fọdụrụ.
Therefore behold the days shall come, saith the Lord, and it shall no more be called Topeth, nor the valley of the son of Ennom: but the valley of slaughter, and they shall bury in Topeth, because there is no place.
33 Mgbe ahụ, ozu ndị mmadụ ndị a ga-aghọrọ ụmụ anụ ufe na anụ ọhịa ihe oriri. O nwekwaghị onye ga-anọ menye ha egwu chụpụ ha.
And the carcasses of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the air, and for the beasts of the earth, and there shall be non to drive them away.
34 Mgbe ahụ, aga m eme ka ụzụ ọṅụ na obi ụtọ, na olu ndị ikom na ndị inyom na-alụ di na nwunye nʼobodo niile nke Juda, na nʼokporoụzọ Jerusalem kwụsị. Ala ahụ ga-aghọkwa ebe tọgbọrọ nʼefu.
And I will cause to cease out of the cities of Juda, and out of the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.
