Jeremaya 9
1 Ọ gaara adị m mma ma a sị na isi m bụ isi iyi, ebe mmiri si asọpụta; ọ gaara adị m mma ma a sịkwa na anya mmiri akwa jupụtara m nʼanya. Agaara m akwagide akwa ehihie na abalị nʼihi ndị m niile e gburu egbu.
How I wish my head was a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! Then I would weep day and night over all my people who have been killed.
2 Ọ gaara adị m mma ma a sị na m nwere ụlọ ndị ije e wuru nʼime ọzara. Ka m nwee ike hapụ ndị m site nʼebe ha nọ pụọ. Nʼihi na ha niile bụ ndị na-akwa iko, igwe ndị na-ekwesighị ntụkwasị obi.
I wish I had a temporary shelter in the desert—I would give up on my people and leave them, because they're all adulterers, a bunch of traitors!
3 “Ha na-ekwe ire ha dịka ụta, ịgbapụ okwu ụgha dịka àkụ; Ọ bụghị site nʼeziokwu ka ihe ji agara ha nke ọma nʼala ahụ. Ha na-esite nʼotu mmehie gaa nʼọzọ; ọ dịkwaghị mgbe ha ji mara m,” otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara.
Their words are like arrows shot from a bow. Lies win out over the truth throughout the country. They go from one evil thing to the next, forgetting all about me, declares the Lord.
4 “Lezie anya, gbaara enyi gị ọsọ. Atụkwasịkwala nwanne gị obi. Nʼihi na nwanne ọbụla na-aghọ aghụghọ. Ndị enyi niile bụkwa ndị nkwutọ.
Everyone, watch out for your friends! Don't even trust your brother! Every brother is deceitful, and every friend slanders other people.
5 Enyi na-aghọgbu enyi ya, ọ dịkwaghị onye na-agwa ibe ya eziokwu. Ha azụọla ire ha ikwu naanị okwu ụgha; ha emeekwala ka ike gwụ anụ ahụ ha ime mmehie.
Everyone betrays their friends; no one tells the truth. They've made themselves into expert liars; they tire themselves out doing wrong.
6 I bi nʼetiti aghụghọ. Ha jụkwara ịmara m nʼime aghụghọ ha.” Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara.
Everyone exploits each other, and in all their lies they don't want to know me, declares the Lord.
7 Ya mere, ihe ndị a ka Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile kwuru, “Lee, aga m anụcha ha, nwaa ha ọnwụnwa. Gịnị ọzọ ka m kwesiri ime nʼihi mmehie ndị m?
So this is what the Lord Almighty says: Look, I'm going to test them and purify them like metal in a furnace. What else can I do because of what my people have done?
8 Ire ha na-egbu dịka àkụ. Ọ bụ naanị okwu aghụghọ si na ya apụta. Ha ji ọnụ ha na-agwarịta ibe ha okwu udo, ma nʼime obi ha, ha na-esirịtara onwe ha ọnya igbudu.”
Their words are arrows that kill; they always tell lies. They're nice to their friends on the outside while plotting against them inside.
9 Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara sị, “M ga-aghara ịta ha ahụhụ nʼihi ihe ndị a niile? M ga-ahapụ ịbọrọ onwe m ọbọ megide mba dị otu a?”
Shouldn't I punish them for all this? declares the Lord. Shouldn't I retaliate for what this nation has done?
10 Aga m anọ nʼelu ugwu ukwu kwa akwa. Nʼebe ahụ ka m ga-anọ kwaa ụwa m nʼihi ebe ịta nri nke anụmanụ ndị ahụ dị nʼọzara. Ha tọgbọrọ nʼefu. Ọ dịghị onye na-ejegharị nʼime ya. A naghị anụkwa olu anụ ụlọ nʼebe ahụ. Ụmụ nnụnụ efefusịala. Otu a kwa, ụmụ anụmanụ alaala.
I will weep and wail for the mountains, I will sing a funeral song over the pastures in the countryside, because they have been so badly burned that no one can pass through, and there are no cattle to make any noise. The birds have flown and the wild animals have run away.
11 “Aga m eme ka Jerusalem ghọọ ebe a na-awụfu unyi. Ọ ga-aghọ ebe nkịta ọhịa na-awagharị na-achọ nri. Aga m ekposa obodo niile nke Juda. Ọ dịkwaghị onye ga-ebi na ya.”
I'm going to make Jerusalem into a heap of rubble, a place where jackals live. I will destroy the towns of Judah, leaving them empty.
12 Olee onye ahụ maara ihe, nke nwere ike ịghọta ihe ndị a niile? Onye ka Onyenwe anyị ziri ihe ndị a, nke ga-akọwa ya? Gịnị mere e ji bibie ala a, kposaa ya, mee ka ọ tọgbọrọ nʼefu dịka ọzara mmadụ na-enweghị ike ịgafe?
Who is wise enough to understand this? Has the Lord told anyone so they can explain what's happened? Why has the land been destroyed and burned so it's like a desert, so no one can pass through it?
13 Onyenwe anyị kwuru sị, “Ọ bụ nʼihi na ha agbakụtala iwu ahụ m nyere ha idebe azụ. Ha jụrụ irubere m isi, jụkwa ịgbaso iwu m.
The Lord replied, It's because they have given up keeping my laws that I placed before them. They haven't followed them; they haven't done what I told them.
14 Kama, ha na-agbaso isiike nke obi ha, ha gbasoro chi Baal dịka nna nna ha si kuziere ha.”
On the contrary, they have followed their own stubborn way of thinking, and went to worship the Baals, just as their forefathers taught them.
15 Nʼihi ya, nke a bụ ihe Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile, Chineke nke Izrel kwuru, “Lee, aga m eme ka ndị a rie nri na-akụ ilu. Ha ga-aṅụkwa mmiri e tinyere nsi.
So this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Watch out! I will give these people wormwood to eat and poisoned water to drink.
16 Aga m ekposa ha na mba niile nke ụwa. Ha ga-ebi na mba nke ha na nna ha na-amaghị. Aga m eji mma agha chụọ ha ọsọ tutu ruo mgbe m bibiri ha niile.”
I'm about to scatter them among nations unfamiliar to them and their forefathers, and I will send enemies with swords to chase after them until I have wiped them out.
17 Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile kwuru, “Tụgharịanụ uche unu ugbu a. Kpọọnụ ụmụ nwanyị ndị ọrụ ha bụ ịbụ abụ akwa. E, zienụ ozi ka ndị ọkachamara nʼetiti ha bịa.
This is what the Lord Almighty says: Be aware of what's happening! Call for the professional women mourners, ask for the best of them.
18 Ha bịa ngwangwa kwaa akwa nʼihi anyị, tutu anya mmiri akwa ejupụta ha nʼanya, tutu anya mmiri akwa esite anyị nʼanya na-asọda ruo na ntị anyị.
Have them come as quickly as possible, and sing a funeral song about us, so we can cry our eyes out, so our tears will flow like streams.
19 Olu ụzụ ịkwa akwa ka a nụrụ site na Zayọn ‘Lee ka anyị si laa nʼiyi! Lee ka ihe ihere anyị si dị ukwuu! Nʼihi na anyị hapụrụ ala anyị, nʼihi na ha etikpọsịala ebe obibi anyị niile.’”
The sound of weeping comes from Zion, “We're completely devastated! We're totally ashamed, because we've had to abandon our country, because our houses have been demolished.”
20 Ugbu a, nụrụnụ okwu Onyenwe anyị, unu ụmụ nwanyị, megheenụ ntị unu nụrụ okwu si ya nʼọnụ. Kuzierenụ ụmụ unu ndị inyom otu e si eti mkpu akwa, kuziekwaranụ ibe unu abụ akwa.
Women, listen to the Lord's message, hear what he has to say. Teach your daughters to mourn and sing songs of sadness.
21 Nʼihi na ọnwụ abatala nʼetiti anyị, o si na oghereikuku niile nke ụlọ anyị bata nʼebe niile e wusiri ike nke ala anyị. O gbuola ụmụntakịrị ndị na-ejegharị nʼokporoụzọ, gbukwaa ụmụ okorobịa ndị na-anọ nʼama.
Death has slipped in through our windows; it has come into our fortresses. It has killed the children playing in the streets and the young people gathering in the town squares.
22 Gwa ha, sị, “Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri, “‘Ozu ndị nwụrụ anwụ ga-atọgbọrọ dịka unyi e kpofuru nʼọhịa, dịka ukwu ọka nke e gbuturu nʼazụ onye na-aghọ mkpụrụ ubi, nke ọ dịghị onye ga-achịkọta ha.’”
Tell everyone this is what the Lord says: Dead bodies will be left where they fall like manure in the fields, lying there like stalks of freshly-cut grain behind the reaper, with no one to collect them.
23 Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru, “Ka onye maara ihe hapụ ịnya isi nʼihi amamihe ya, ka onye dị ike ghara ịnya isi nʼihi ịdị ike ya, ka ọgaranya hapụkwa ịnya isi nʼihi ịba ụba nke akụ ya,
This is what the Lord says: The wise shouldn't boast about their wisdom. The strong shouldn't boast about their strength. The rich shouldn't boast about their riches.
24 kama, onye ọbụla na-anya isi, ya nyaa isi nʼihi nke a: na o nwere uche ịghọta na mụ onwe m bụ, Onyenwe anyị nke na-eme obi ebere, na-ekpe ikpe ziri ezi na ezi omume nʼụwa. Nʼihi nʼihe ndị a ka m na-enwe obi ụtọ,” ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri.
Anyone who wants to boast should boast that they really know and understand me, recognizing that I am the Lord who acts with trustworthy love, who shows fairness, and who does what is right everywhere on earth, because these mean the most to me, declares the Lord.
25 “Lee, ụbọchị ahụ na-abịa,” ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara, “mgbe m ga-ata ndị ahụ niile nke e biri ugwu naanị nʼanụ ahụ ha ahụhụ.
Watch out, for the time is coming, declares the Lord, when I will punish all who are only physically circumcised.
26 Ya bụ ndị Ijipt, Juda, Edọm, Amọn, na Moab, na ndị ahụ niile bi nʼọzara nʼebe dị anya. Nʼihi na, nʼezie, mba ndị a niile bụ ndị a na-ebighị ugwu. Ọ bụladị ụlọ Izrel niile bụ ndị a na-ebighị ugwu nʼime obi ha.”
Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all the desert people who trim their hair on the sides of their heads—all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the Israelites are spiritually uncircumcised.
