Jeremiah 14
1 Èyí ni ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa sí Jeremiah nípa ti àjàkálẹ̀-ààrùn:
The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the words of the drought.
2 “Juda káàánú, àwọn ìlú rẹ̀ kérora wọ́n pohùnréré ẹkún fún ilẹ̀ wọn, igbe wọn sì gòkè lọ láti Jerusalẹmu.
“Judea has mourned. And its gates have fallen and become hard to discern on the ground. And the outcry of Jerusalem has ascended.
3 Àwọn ọlọ́lá ènìyàn rán àwọn ìránṣẹ́ wọn lọ bu omi, wọ́n lọ sí ìdí àmù ṣùgbọ́n wọn kò rí omi. Wọ́n padà pẹ̀lú ìkòkò òfìfo; ìrẹ̀wẹ̀sì àti àìnírètí bá wọn, wọ́n sì bo orí wọn.
The greater ones have sent their lesser ones to the water. They went to draw water; they did not find water; they carried their vessels back empty. They were confounded and afflicted, and so they covered their heads.
4 Ilẹ̀ náà sán nítorí pé kò sí òjò ní ilẹ̀ náà; ìrètí àwọn àgbẹ̀ di òfo, wọ́n sì bo orí wọn.
Because of the devastation of the earth, because rain did not fall upon the earth, the farmers were confounded; they covered their heads.
5 Kódà, abo àgbọ̀nrín tí ó wà lórí pápá fi ọmọ rẹ̀ tí ó ṣẹ̀ṣẹ̀ bí sílẹ̀, torí pé kò sí koríko.
For even the doe has given birth in the field, and then left it behind. For there was no grass.
6 Àwọn kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́ igbó dúró lórí òkè òfìfo wọ́n sì ń mí ẹ̀fúùfù bí ìkookò ojú wọn kò ríran nítorí pé kò sí koríko jíjẹ.”
And the wild donkeys stood upon the rocks; like dragons, they drew in the wind, but their eyes failed. For there was no grass.”
7 Bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wa jẹ́rìí lòdì sí wa, wá nǹkan kan ṣe sí i Olúwa, nítorí orúkọ rẹ. Nítorí ìpadàsẹ́yìn wa ti pọ̀jù, a ti ṣẹ̀ sí ọ.
“O Lord, if our iniquities have responded against us, let it be for the sake of your name. For our rebellions are many; we have sinned against you.
8 Ìrètí Israẹli; ìgbàlà rẹ lásìkò ìpọ́njú, èéṣe tí ìwọ dàbí àlejò ní ilẹ̀ náà bí arìnrìn-àjò tí ó dúró fún bí òru ọjọ́ kan péré?
O Hope of Israel, its Savior in time of tribulation, why would you be like a sojourner in the land, and like a traveler turning aside for lodging?
9 Èéṣe tí ìwọ dàbí ẹni tí a dààmú, bí jagunjagun tí kò le ran ni lọ́wọ́? Ìwọ wà láàrín wa, Olúwa, orúkọ rẹ ni a sì ń pè mọ́ wa; má ṣe fi wá sílẹ̀.
Why would you be like a wandering man, like a strong man who is unable to save? But you, O Lord, are with us, and your name is invoked over us, so do not abandon us!”
10 Báyìí ni Olúwa sọ nípa àwọn ènìyàn wọ̀nyí: “Wọ́n fẹ́ràn láti máa rìn kiri; wọn kò kó ọkàn wọn ní ìjánu. Nítorí náà Olúwa kò gbà wọ́n; yóò wá rántí ìwà búburú wọn báyìí, yóò sì fi ìyà ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wọn jẹ wọ́n.”
Thus says the Lord to this people, who have loved to move their feet, and who have not rested, but who have not pleased the Lord: “Now he will remember their iniquities, and now he will visit against their sins.”
11 Nígbà náà ni Olúwa sọ fún mi pé, “Má ṣe gbàdúrà fún àlàáfíà àwọn ènìyàn wọ̀nyí.
And the Lord said to me: “Do not choose to pray for this people for good.
12 Bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé wọ́n gbààwẹ̀, èmi kò ní tẹ́tí sí igbe wọn. Bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé wọ́n rú ẹbọ sísun àti ẹbọ ìyẹ̀fun, èmi ò nígbà wọ́n. Dípò bẹ́ẹ̀, èmi ó fi idà, ìyàn àti àjàkálẹ̀-ààrùn pa wọ́n run.”
When they will fast, I will not heed their petitions. And if they offer holocausts and victims, I will not accept them. For I will consume them by the sword, and by famine, and by pestilence.”
13 Ṣùgbọ́n mo sọ pé, “Háà! Olúwa Olódùmarè. Àwọn wòlíì ń sọ fún wọn pé, ‘Ẹ kò ni rí idà tàbí ìyàn. Dájúdájú èmi ó fún yín ní àlàáfíà tí yóò tọ́jọ́ níbí yìí?’”
And I said: “Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God! The prophets are saying to them: ‘You will not see the sword, and there will be no famine among you. Instead, he will give you true peace in this place.’”
14 Nígbà náà Olúwa sọ fún mi pé, “Àwọn wòlíì ń sọ àsọtẹ́lẹ̀ èké ní orúkọ mi. Èmi kò rán wọn, tàbí yàn wọ́n tàbí bá wọn sọ̀rọ̀. Ìran èké ni wọ́n ń rí sí i yín. Àsọtẹ́lẹ̀ èké ni wọ́n ń sọ fún un yín nípa ìran ìrírí, àfọ̀ṣẹ, ìbọ̀rìṣà àti ìtànjẹ ọkàn wọn.
And the Lord said to me: “The prophets prophesy falsely in my name. I did not send them, and I did not instruct them, and I have not spoken to them. They prophesy to you a lying vision, and a divination, and a fraud, and a seduction from their own heart.
15 Nítorí náà, èyí ni Olúwa sọ nípa àwọn wòlíì tí wọ́n ń sọ àsọtẹ́lẹ̀ lórúkọ mi. Èmi kò rán wọn, síbẹ̀ wọ́n sì ń sọ pé, ‘Idà kan tàbí ìyàn, kì yóò dé ilẹ̀ yìí.’ Àwọn wòlíì kan náà yóò parẹ́ nípa idà àti ìyàn.
For this reason, thus says the Lord about the prophets who prophesy in my name, whom I have not sent, who say: ‘Sword and famine will not be in this land.’ By sword and famine those prophets will be consumed.
16 Bẹ́ẹ̀ sì ni àwọn ènìyàn tí wọ́n ń sọ àsọtẹ́lẹ̀ fún ni a ó lé sí òpópónà Jerusalẹmu torí idà àti ìyàn. Wọn kò ní i rí ẹni tí yóò sìn wọ́n tàbí ìyàwó wọn, àwọn ọmọkùnrin àti ọmọbìnrin wọn. Èmi yóò mú ìdààmú tí ó yẹ bá ọmọkùnrin àti ọmọbìnrin wọn.
And the people, to whom they prophesy, will be cast into the streets of Jerusalem, due to famine and the sword, and there will be no one who may bury them, they and their wives, their sons and daughters, and I will pour out their own evil upon them.
17 “Kí ìwọ kí ó sì sọ ọ̀rọ̀ yìí fún wọn pé: “‘Jẹ́ kí ojú mi kí ó sun omijé ní ọ̀sán àti ní òru láìdá; nítorí tí a ti ṣá wúńdíá, ọmọ ènìyàn mi ní ọgbẹ́ ńlá pẹ̀lú lílù bolẹ̀.
And you shall speak this word to them: Let my eyes shed tears throughout the night and day, and let them not cease. For the virgin daughter of my people has been crushed by a great affliction, by a very grievous wound.”
18 Bí mo bá lọ sí orílẹ̀-èdè náà, Èmi yóò rí àwọn tí wọ́n fi idà pa. Bí mo bá lọ sí ìlú ńlá, èmi rí àwọn tí ìyàn ti sọ di aláàrùn. Wòlíì àti Àlùfáà ti lọ sí ilẹ̀ tí wọn kò mọ̀.’”
“If I go out into the fields: behold, those slain by the sword. And if I enter into the city: behold, those weakened by famine. Likewise, the prophet, too, and the priest, have gone into a land that they did not know.
19 Ṣé o ti kọ Juda sílẹ̀ pátápátá ni? Ṣé o ti ṣá Sioni tì? Èéṣe tí o fi pọ́n wa lójú tí a kò fi le wò wá sàn? A ń retí àlàáfíà ṣùgbọ́n ohun rere kan kò tí ì wá, ní àsìkò ìwòsàn ìpayà là ń rí.
Could you have utterly cast out Judah? Or has your soul abhorred Zion? Then why have you struck us, so much so that there is no health for us? We have waited for peace, but there is nothing good, and for the time of healing, and behold, trouble.
20 Olúwa, a jẹ́wọ́ ìwà ibi wa àti àìṣedéédéé àwọn baba wa; lóòótọ́ ni a ti ṣẹ̀ sí ọ.
O Lord, we acknowledge our impieties, the iniquities of our fathers, that we have sinned against you.
21 Nítorí orúkọ rẹ má ṣe kórìíra wa; má ṣe sọ ìtẹ́ ògo rẹ di àìlọ́wọ̀. Rántí májẹ̀mú tí o bá wa dá kí o má ṣe dà á.
For the sake of your name, do not give us over into disgrace. And do not dishonor in us the throne of your glory. Remember, do not make void, your covenant with us.
22 Ǹjẹ́ èyíkéyìí àwọn òrìṣà yẹ̀yẹ́ tí àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè le ṣe kí òjò rọ̀? Ǹjẹ́ àwọsánmọ̀ fúnra rẹ̀ rọ òjò bí? Rárá, ìwọ ni, Olúwa Ọlọ́run wa. Torí náà, ìrètí wa wà lọ́dọ̀ rẹ, nítorí pé ìwọ lo ń ṣe gbogbo nǹkan wọ̀nyí.
Could any of the graven images of the Gentiles send rain? Or are the heavens able to give showers? Have we not hoped in you, the Lord our God? For you have made all these things.”
