Jeremiah 18
1 Èyí ni ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa tí ó tọ Jeremiah wá wí pe:
The word that came from Jeremias to the Lord, saying:
2 “Sọ̀kalẹ̀ lọ sí ilé amọ̀kòkò, níbẹ̀ ni èmi yóò ti bá ọ sọ̀rọ̀.”
Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there thou shalt hear my words.
3 Nígbà náà ni mo lọ sí ilé amọ̀kòkò mo sì rí i tí ó ń ṣiṣẹ́ kan lórí kẹ̀kẹ́.
And I went down into the potter’s house, and behold he was doing a work on the wheel.
4 Ṣùgbọ́n ìkòkò tí ó ń mọ láti ara amọ̀ bàjẹ́ ní ọwọ́ rẹ̀, nítorí náà ni amọ̀kòkò fi ṣe ìkòkò mìíràn, ó mọ ọ́n bí èyí tí ó dára jù ní ojú rẹ̀.
And the vessel was broken which he was making with clay with his hands: and turning he made another vessel, as it seemed good in his eyes to make it.
5 Nígbà náà ni ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa tọ̀ mí wá pé:
Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
6 “Ẹyin ilé Israẹli, èmi kò ha lè ṣe fún un yín gẹ́gẹ́ bí amọ̀kòkò yìí ti ṣe?” ni Olúwa wí. “Gẹ́gẹ́ bí amọ̀ ní ọwọ́ amọ̀kòkò bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ẹ̀yin rí ní ọwọ́ mi, ẹ̀yin ilé Israẹli.
Cannot I do with you as this potter, saith the Lord? behold as clay is in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.
7 Bí ó bá jẹ́ ìgbà kan, tí èmi kéde kí orílẹ̀-èdè tàbí ìjọba kan di fífà tu láti dojúdé àti láti parun,
I will suddenly speak against a nation, and against a kingdom, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy it.
8 tí orílẹ̀-èdè ti mo kìlọ̀ fún bá yípadà kúrò nínú ìwà búburú wọn, nígbà náà ni Èmi yóò yí ọkàn mi padà nínú àjálù tí mo ti rò láti ṣe sí wọn.
If that nation against which I have spoken, shall repent of their evil, I also will repent of the evil that I have thought to do to them.
9 Ní ìgbà mìíràn tí èmi bá tún kéde láti tẹ̀dó tàbí gbin orílẹ̀-èdè kan tàbí ìjọba kan.
And I will suddenly speak of a nation and of a kingdom, to build up and plant it.
10 Bí ó bá sì ṣe búburú níwájú mi, tí kò sì gba ohùn mi gbọ́, nígbà náà ni èmi yóò yí ọkàn mi padà ní ti rere, èyí tí mo wí pé, èmi ó ṣe fún wọn.
If it shall do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice: I will repent of the good that I have spoken to do unto it.
11 “Ǹjẹ́ nísinsin yìí, sọ fún àwọn ènìyàn Juda àti àwọn olùgbé Jerusalẹmu wí pé, ‘Báyìí ní Olúwa wí: Wò ó! Èmi ń gbèrò ibi sí yin, èmi sì ń ṣe ìpinnu kan lórí yín. Nítorí náà ẹ yípadà kúrò lọ́nà búburú yín kí olúkúlùkù yín sì tún ọ̀nà àti ìṣe rẹ̀ ṣe.’
Now therefore tell the men of Juda, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying: Thus saith the Lord: Behold I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: let every man of you return from his evil way, and make ye your ways and your doings good.
12 Ṣùgbọ́n wọn yóò sọ wí pé, ‘Kò ṣe nǹkan kan, àwa yóò tẹ̀síwájú nínú èrò wa, ẹnìkọ̀ọ̀kan wa, yóò hùwà agídí ọkàn búburú rẹ̀.’”
And they said: We have no hopes: for we will go after our own thoughts, and we will do every one according to the perverseness of his evil heart.
13 Nítorí náà báyìí ni Olúwa wí: “Ẹ béèrè nínú orílẹ̀-èdè, ẹni tí ó bá ti gbọ́ irú nǹkan wọ̀nyí ri? Ohun tí ó burú gidi ni wúńdíá Israẹli ti ṣe.
Therefore thus saith the Lord: Ask among the nations: Who hath heard such horrible things, as the virgin of Israel hath done to excess?
14 Ǹjẹ́ omi ojo dídì Lebanoni yóò ha dá láti máa sàn láti ibi àpáta? Tàbí odò tí ó jìnnà, tí ó tútù, tí ó ń sàn, yóò ha gbẹ bí?
Shall now the snow of Libanus fail from the rock of the field? or can the cold waters that gush out and run down, be taken away?
15 Nítorí àwọn ènìyàn mi gbàgbé mi, wọ́n sun tùràrí fún òrìṣà asán, tí ó mú wọn kọsẹ̀ ní ọ̀nà wọn, àti ọ̀nà wọn àtijọ́. Wọ́n mú wọn rìn ní ọ̀nà àtijọ́, àti ní ojú ọ̀nà ti a kò ṣe.
Because my people have forgotten me, sacrificing in vain, and stumbling in their ways, in ancient paths, to walk by them in a way not trodden:
16 Ilẹ̀ wọn yóò wà lásán yóò sì di nǹkan ẹ̀gàn títí láé, gbogbo àwọn tí ó ń kọjá yóò bẹ̀rù, wọn yóò sì mi orí wọn.
That their land might be given up to desolation, and to a perpetual hissing: every one that shall pass by it, shall be astonished, and wag his head.
17 Gẹ́gẹ́ bí afẹ́fẹ́ láti ìlà-oòrùn, Èmi yóò tú wọn ká lójú àwọn ọ̀tá wọn. Èmi yóò sì kọ ẹ̀yìn sí wọn, n kì yóò kọjú sí wọn ní ọjọ́ àjálù wọn.”
As a burning will I scatter them before the enemy: I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their destruction.
18 Wọ́n sọ wí pé, “Wá, jẹ́ kí a lọ ṣọ̀tẹ̀ sí Jeremiah, nítorí òfin ìkọ́ni láti ẹnu àwọn àlùfáà kì yóò jásí asán, tàbí ìmọ̀ràn fún àwọn ọlọ́gbọ́n tàbí ọ̀rọ̀ láti ẹnu àwọn wòlíì. Nítorí náà wá, ẹ jẹ́ kí a kọlù ú pẹ̀lú ahọ́n wa, kí a má sì ṣe tẹ́tí sí ohunkóhun tí ó bá sọ.”
And they said: Come, and let us invent devices against Jeremias: for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet: come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us give no heed to all his words.
19 Dẹtí sí ọ̀rọ̀ mi Olúwa, gbọ́ ohun tí àwọn tí ó fi mí sùn ń sọ.
Give heed to me, O Lord, and hear the voice of my adversaries.
20 Ṣe kí a fi rere san búburú? Síbẹ̀ wọ́n ti gbẹ́ kòtò fún mi. Rántí pé mo dúró níwájú rẹ, mo sì sọ̀rọ̀ nítorí wọn, láti yí ìbínú rẹ kúrò lọ́dọ̀ wọn.
Shall evil be rendered for good, because they have digged a pit for my soul? Remember that I have stood in thy sight, so speak good for them, and turn away thy indignation from them.
21 Nítorí náà, jẹ́ kí ìyàn mú ọmọ wọn jọ̀wọ́ wọn fún ọwọ́ idà jẹ́ kí ìyàwó wọn kí ó di aláìlọ́mọ àti opó jẹ́ kí a pa àwọn ọkùnrin wọn kí a sì fi idà pa àwọn ọ̀dọ́mọkùnrin wọn lójú ogun.
Therefore deliver up their children to famine, and bring them into the hands of the sword: let their wives be bereaved of children and widows: and let their husbands be slain by death: let their young men be stabbed with the sword in battle.
22 Jẹ́ kí a gbọ́ ohùn ẹkún láti ilé wọn nígbà tí ó bá mu àwọn jagunjagun kọlù wọ́n lójijì nítorí wọ́n ti gbẹ́ kòtò láti mú mi. Wọ́n ti dẹ okùn fún ẹsẹ̀ mi.
Let a cry be heard out of their houses: for thou shalt bring the robber upon them suddenly: because they have digged a pit to take me, and have hid snares for my feet.
23 Ṣùgbọ́n ìwọ Olúwa mọ gbogbo ète wọn láti pa mí, má ṣe dárí ẹ̀bi wọn jì wọ́n bẹ́ẹ̀ ni má ṣe pa ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wọn rẹ́ kúrò lójú rẹ. Jẹ́ kí wọn kí ó ṣubú níwájú rẹ, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kí ìwọ kí ó sì ṣe sí wọn nígbà ìbínú rẹ.
But thou, O Lord, knowest all their counsel against me unto death: forgive not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from thy sight: let them be overthrown before thy eyes, in the time of thy wrath do thou destroy them.
