Jeremiah 16
1 Bákan náà ni ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa tọ̀ mí wá wí pé:
Then again the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
2 “Ìwọ kò gbọdọ̀ ní ìyàwó, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ìwọ kò gbọdọ̀ ní ọmọkùnrin tàbí ọmọbìnrin níbí yìí.”
You are not to take a wife for yourself or have sons or daughters in this place.
3 Nítorí èyí ni ohun tí Olúwa wí nípa ọmọkùnrin tàbí ọmọbìnrin tí wọ́n bá bí nílẹ̀ yìí, àti ìyá tí ó bí wọn àti baba wọn.
For this is what the Lord has said about the sons and daughters who come to birth in this place, and about their mothers who have given them birth, and about their fathers who have given life to them in this land:
4 “Wọn yóò kú ikú ààrùn, wọn kò ní sin wọ́n tàbí ṣọ̀fọ̀ fún wọn. Wọn ó dàbí ìdọ̀tí lórí ilẹ̀; wọn ó ṣègbé pẹ̀lú idà àti ìyàn. Òkú wọn yóò sì di oúnjẹ fún ẹyẹ ojú ọ̀run àti ẹranko ilẹ̀.”
Death from evil diseases will overtake them; there will be no weeping for them and their bodies will not be put to rest; they will be like waste on the face of the earth: the sword and need of food will put an end to them; their dead bodies will be meat for the birds of heaven and for the beasts of the earth.
5 Nítorí báyìí ni Olúwa wí: “Má ṣe wọ ilé tí oúnjẹ ìsìnkú wà, má ṣe lọ síbẹ̀ láti káàánú tàbí ṣọ̀fọ̀, nítorí mo ti mú àlàáfíà, ìfẹ́ àti àánú mi kúrò lórí àwọn ènìyàn wọ̀nyí,” ni Olúwa wí.
For this is what the Lord has said: Do not go into the house of sorrow, do not go to make weeping or songs of grief for them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, says the Lord, even mercy and pity.
6 “Àti ẹni ńlá àti kékeré ni yóò ṣègbé ní ilẹ̀ yìí, wọn kò ní sin wọ́n tàbí ṣọ̀fọ̀ wọn, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kò sí ẹni tí yóò fá irun orí wọn nítorí wọn.
Death will overtake great as well as small in the land: their bodies will not be put in a resting-place, and no one will be weeping for them or wounding themselves or cutting off their hair for them:
7 Kò sí ẹni tí yóò fi oúnjẹ tu àwọn tí í ṣọ̀fọ̀ nínú, kódà kì í ṣe fún baba tàbí fún ìyá, kì yóò sí ẹni tí yóò fi ohun mímu tù wọ́n nínú.
No one will make a feast for them in sorrow, to give them comfort for the dead, or put to their lips the cup of comfort on account of their father or their mother.
8 “Ìwọ kò gbọdọ̀ lọ sí ilé tí àjọyọ̀ wà, má ṣe jókòó jẹun tàbí mu ohun mímu.
And you are not to go into the house of feasting, or be seated with them to take food or drink.
9 Báyìí ni Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun, Ọlọ́run àwọn ọmọ Israẹli wí, Ní ojú yín ní ọjọ́ yín ni òpin yóò dé bá ìró ayọ̀ àti ìdùnnú, àti sí ohùn ìyàwó àti ọkọ ìyàwó ní ibí yìí.
For the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, See, before your eyes and in your days I will put an end in this place to the laughing voices and the voice of joy; to the voice of the newly-married man and the voice of the bride.
10 “Nígbà tí o bá sọ nǹkan wọ̀nyí fún àwọn ènìyàn yìí, tí wọ́n bá sì bi ọ́ wí pé, ‘Èéṣe tí Olúwa ṣe mú búburú yìí bá wa? Kí ni àṣìṣe tí àwa ṣe? Kín ni ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ tí àwa ṣẹ̀ sí Olúwa Ọlọ́run wa?’
And it will be, that when you say all these words to the people, then they will say to you, Why has the Lord done all this evil against us? what is our wrongdoing and what is our sin which we have done against the Lord our God?
11 Nígbà náà ni ìwọ yóò sọ fún wọn wí pé, ‘Nítorí tí àwọn baba yín ti kọ̀ mí sílẹ̀,’ ni Olúwa wí, ‘tí wọ́n sì tẹ̀lé àwọn òrìṣà mìíràn tí wọ́n ń bọ, tí wọ́n ń sìn, wọ́n kọ̀ mí sílẹ̀ wọn kò sì tẹ̀lé òfin mi mọ́.
Then you will say to them, Because your fathers have given me up, says the Lord, and have gone after other gods and become their servants and their worshippers, and have given me up and have not kept my law;
12 Ṣùgbọ́n ẹ̀yin ti ṣe búburú ju ti àwọn baba yín lọ. Wò ó bí gbogbo yín ṣe ń rìn, olúkúlùkù yín nínú agídí ọkàn búburú rẹ̀, dípò kí ẹ fi gbọ́ tèmi.
And you have done worse evil than your fathers; for see, every one of you is guided by the pride of his evil heart, so as not to give ear to me:
13 Èmi yóò gbé yin kúrò ní ilẹ̀ yìí lọ sí ilẹ̀ tí baba yín tàbí ẹ̀yin kò mọ̀ rí, níbẹ̀ ni ẹ̀yin yóò ti máa sìn ọlọ́run kéékèèké ní ọ̀sán àti òru nítorí èmi kì yóò fi ojúrere wò yín.’
For this reason I will send you away out of this land into a land which is strange to you, to you and to your fathers; there you will be the servants of other gods day and night, and you will have no mercy from me.
14 “Nítorí náà, ọjọ́ náà ń bọ̀ wá,” ni Olúwa wí, “tí àwọn ènìyàn kò ní sọ pé, ‘Dájúdájú Olúwa wà láààyè Olúwa ń bẹ, Ẹni tí ó mú Israẹli jáde kúrò ní Ejibiti.’
For this cause, see, the days are coming, says the Lord, when it will no longer be said, By the living Lord, who took the children of Israel up out of the land of Egypt.
15 Ṣùgbọ́n wọn yóò sọ wí pé, ‘Bí Olúwa ṣe wà nítòótọ́ tí ó mú àwọn ọmọ Israẹli jáde kúrò ní ilẹ̀ àríwá àti ní gbogbo orílẹ̀-èdè tí ó ti lé wọn.’ Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni èmi yóò dá wọn padà sí ilẹ̀ tí mo fún àwọn baba ńlá wọn.
But, By the living Lord, who took the children of Israel up out of the land of the north, and from all the countries where he had sent them: and I will take them back again to their land which I gave to their fathers.
16 “Ṣùgbọ́n báyìí, Èmi yóò ránṣẹ́ sí àwọn apẹja púpọ̀,” ni Olúwa wí. “Wọn ó sì dẹ wọ́n lẹ́yìn èyí yìí èmi yóò ránṣẹ́ sí àwọn ọdẹ púpọ̀, wọn yóò dẹ wọ́n lórí gbogbo òkè ńlá àti òkè gíga, àti ní gbogbo pálapàla àpáta.
See, I will send for great numbers of fishermen, says the Lord, and they will take them like fish in a net; and after that, I will send for numbers of bowmen, and they will go after them, driving them from every mountain and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.
17 Ojú mi wà ní gbogbo ọ̀nà wọn, wọn kò pamọ́ fún mi bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wọn kò fi ara sin lójú mi.
For my eyes are on all their ways: there is no cover for them from my face, and their evil-doing is not kept secret from my eyes.
18 Èmi yóò san ẹ̀san ìwà búburú àti ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wọn fún wọn ní ìlọ́po méjì, nítorí wọ́n ti ba ilẹ̀ mi jẹ́ pẹ̀lú àwọn ère wọn aláìlẹ́mìí, wọ́n sì fi òkú àti ohun ẹ̀gbin àti ìríra wọn kún ilẹ̀ ìní mi.”
And I will give them the reward of their evil-doing and their sin twice over; because they have made my land unclean, and have made my heritage full of the bodies of their unholy and disgusting things.
19 Olúwa, alágbára àti okun mi, ẹni ààbò mi ní ọjọ́ ìpọ́njú, àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè yóò wá láti òpin ayé wí pé, “Àwọn baba ńlá wa kò ní ohun kan bí kò ṣe ẹ̀gbin òrìṣà, ìríra tí kò dára fún wọn nínú rẹ̀.
O Lord, my strength and my strong tower, my safe place in the day of trouble, the nations will come to you from the ends of the earth, and say, The heritage of our fathers is nothing but deceit, even false things in which there is no profit.
20 Ṣé àwọn ènìyàn lè dá Ọlọ́run fún ara wọn bí? Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni, ṣùgbọ́n àwọn wọ̀nyí kì í ṣe Ọlọ́run.”
Will a man make for himself gods which are no gods?
21 “Nítorí náà, Èmi yóò kọ́ wọn ní àkókò yìí, Èmi yóò kọ́ wọn pẹ̀lú agbára àti títóbi mi. Nígbà náà ni wọn ó mọ pé orúkọ mi ní Olúwa.
For this reason, truly, I will make them see, this once I will give them knowledge of my hand and my power; and they will be certain that my name is the Lord.
