Jeremaya 7
1 Ndị a bụ okwu nke sị nʼebe Onyenwe anyị nọ bịakwute Jeremaya.
The word that came to Jeremiah 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 LORD'S house, and proclaim there this word, and say: Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship 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: Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell 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 ye not in lying words, saying: 'The temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, are these.'
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,
Nay, but if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbour;
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 ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt;
7 mgbe ahụ, aga m ekwere ka unu biri nʼebe a, nʼala a m nyere nna nna unu ha, ruo mgbe ebighị ebi.
then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.
8 Ma lee, ihe unu na-eme ugbu a bụ ịtụkwasị uche unu nʼokwu aghụghọ nke na-enweghị isi.
Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
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?
Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and offer unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye have not known,
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 come and stand before Me in this house, whereupon My name is called, and say: 'We are delivered', that ye may do 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, whereupon My name is called, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I, even 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.
For go ye now unto My place which was in Shiloh, where I caused My name to dwell at the first, 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 ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, and I spoke unto you, speaking betimes and often, but ye heard not, and I called you, but ye answered not;
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.
therefore will I do unto the house, whereupon My name is called, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.
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 out of My sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even 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 pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to 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 Judah 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 pour out drink-offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke Me.
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? saith the LORD; do they not provoke themselves, to the confusion of their own faces?
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, Mine anger and My fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit 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 unto your sacrifices, and eat ye 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 unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt-offerings or 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 unto My voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be My people; and walk ye in all the way that I command 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 counsels, even in the stubbornness of their evil 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.
even since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day; and though I have sent unto you all My servants the prophets, sending them daily betimes and often,
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.’
yet they hearkened not unto Me, nor inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff; they did 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 all these words unto them, but they will not hearken to thee; thou shalt also call unto 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.
Therefore thou shalt say unto them: This is the nation that hath not hearkened to the voice of the LORD their God, nor received correction; faithfulness is perished, and is cut off from 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 the high hills; 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.
For the children of Judah have done that which is evil in My sight, saith the LORD; they have set their detestable things in the house whereon My name is called, to defile 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 Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded not, neither came it into My mind.
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 come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be called Topheth, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter; for they shall bury in Topheth, for lack of room.
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 food for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall frighten 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.
Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride; for the land shall be desolate.
