Jeremiah 2
1 Ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa sì tọ̀ mí wá wí pé:
And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
2 “Lọ kí o sì kéde sí etí Jerusalẹmu pé: “Báyìí ni Olúwa wí, “‘Èmi rántí ìṣeun ìgbà èwe rẹ, ìfẹ́ ìgbéyàwó rẹ àti nígbà tí ìwọ tẹ̀lé mi nínú ijù, nínú ìyàngbẹ ilẹ̀.
Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, I remember for thee the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals; how thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
3 Israẹli jẹ́ mímọ́ sí Olúwa, àkọ́kọ́ èso ìkórè rẹ̀, gbogbo ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó jẹ run ni a ó dá lẹ́bi, ibi yóò sì wá sí orí wọn,’” bẹ́ẹ̀ ni Olúwa wí.
Israel [was] holiness unto Jehovah, the first-fruits of his increase: all that devour him shall be held guilty; evil shall come upon them, saith Jehovah.
4 Gbọ́ ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa, ẹ̀yin ìdílé Jakọbu àti gbogbo ẹ̀yin ará ilé Israẹli.
Hear ye the word of Jehovah, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:
5 Báyìí ni Olúwa wí: “Irú àìṣedéédéé wo ni baba yín rí lọ́wọ́ mi, tí wọ́n fi jìnnà sí mi? Wọ́n tẹ̀lé àwọn òrìṣà asán, àwọn fúnra wọn sì di asán.
Thus saith Jehovah, What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
6 Wọn kò béèrè, ‘Níbo ni Olúwa wà, tí ó mú wa jáde láti ilẹ̀ Ejibiti wá, tí ó mú wa la aginjù já, tí ó mú wa la àárín pẹ̀tẹ́lẹ̀ àti ihò, ìyàngbẹ ilẹ̀ àti òkùnkùn biribiri, ilẹ̀ ibi tí ẹnikẹ́ni kò là kọjá, tí ẹnikẹ́ni kò sì tẹ̀dó sí?’
Neither said they, Where is Jehovah that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that none passed through, and where no man dwelt?
7 Èmi mú yín wá sí ilẹ̀ ọlọ́ràá láti máa jẹ èso ibẹ̀ àti ọrọ̀ rẹ̀, ṣùgbọ́n ẹ̀yin wọ inú rẹ̀, ẹ sì bà á jẹ́, ẹ sì sọ ogún mi di ohun ìríra.
And I brought you into a plentiful land, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.
8 Àwọn àlùfáà kò béèrè wí pé, ‘Níbo ni Olúwa wà?’ Àwọn tí ń ṣiṣẹ́ pẹ̀lú òfin kò si mọ̀ mí, àwọn olùṣọ́ sì ṣẹ̀ sí mi. Àwọn wòlíì sì ń sọtẹ́lẹ̀ nípa òrìṣà Baali, wọ́n sì ń tẹ̀lé àwọn òrìṣà asán.
The priests said not, Where is Jehovah? and they that handle the law knew me not: the rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
9 “Nítorí náà, mo fi ẹ̀sùn kàn yín lẹ́ẹ̀kan sí i,” ni Olúwa wí. “Èmi ó sì fi ẹ̀sùn kan àwọn ọmọ ọwọ́ rẹ.
Wherefore I will yet contend with you, saith Jehovah, and with your children’s children will I contend.
10 Rékọjá lọ sí erékùṣù àwọn ara Kittimu, kí ẹ sì wò ó, ránṣẹ́ lọ sí ìlú Kedari, kí ẹ sì kíyèsi gidigidi; kí ẹ wò bí irú nǹkan báyìí bá ń bẹ níbẹ̀?
For pass over to the isles of Kittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently; and see if there hath been such a thing.
11 Orílẹ̀-èdè kan ha á pa ọlọ́run rẹ̀ dà? (Síbẹ̀, wọ́n kì í ṣe iṣẹ́ ọlọ́run.) Ṣùgbọ́n àwọn ènìyàn mi ti pààrọ̀ Ọlọ́run ògo wọn fún àwọn ère tí kò níyì.
Hath a nation changed [its] gods, which yet are no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
12 Àwọn ènìyàn mi ti dẹ́ṣẹ̀ méjì kí ẹ sì wárìrì pẹ̀lú ìbẹ̀rù ńlá,” ni Olúwa wí.
Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith Jehovah.
13 “Àwọn ènìyàn mi ti dẹ́ṣẹ̀ méjì, wọ́n ti kọ̀ mí sílẹ̀, Èmi orísun omi ìyè, wọ́n sì ti ṣe àmù, àmù fífọ́ tí kò lè gba omi dúró.
For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
14 Israẹli ha á jẹ́ ọmọ ọ̀dọ̀ ẹrú nípa ìbí? Kí ló ha a dé tí ó fi di ìkógun?
Is Israel a servant? is he a home-born [slave]? why is he become a prey?
15 Àwọn kìnnìún ké ramúramù; wọ́n sì ń bú mọ́ wọn. Wọ́n ti fi ilẹ̀ rẹ̀ ṣòfò; ìlú rẹ̀ ti di jíjóná, ó sì ti di ìkọ̀sílẹ̀.
The young lions have roared upon him, and yelled; and they have made his land waste: his cities are burned up, without inhabitant.
16 Bákan náà, àwọn ọkùnrin Memfisi àti Tafanesi wọ́n ti fa adé orí rẹ yọ.
The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of thy head.
17 Ẹ̀yin kò ha a ti fa èyí sórí ara yín nípa kíkọ Olúwa Ọlọ́run sílẹ̀ nígbà tí ó tọ́ ọ lójú ọ̀nà?
Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, when he led thee by the way?
18 Kí ló dé tí o ṣe wá lọ Ejibiti láti lọ mu omi ní Ṣihori? Kí ló dé tí o sì fi lọ sí Asiria láti lọ mú omi ni odò Eufurate náà?
And now what hast thou to do in the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? or what hast thou to do in the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?
19 Iṣẹ́ búburú yín yóò fìyà jẹ yín ìpadàsẹ́yìn rẹ yóò sì bá ọ wí mọ̀ kí o sì rí i wí pé ibi àti ohun búburú yóò sì jẹ́ tìrẹ nígbà tí o ti kọ Olúwa Ọlọ́run sílẹ̀, ẹ kò sì ní ìbẹ̀rù fún mi,” ni Olúwa, Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun wí.
Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and a bitter, that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
20 “Nígbà àtijọ́, o ti fọ́ àjàgà rẹ sọnù, ìwọ sì já ìdè rẹ; ìwọ wí pé, ‘Èmi kì yóò sìn ọ́!’ Lóòtítọ́, lórí gbogbo òkè gíga ni àti lábẹ́ igi tí ó tànkálẹ̀ ni ìwọ dùbúlẹ̀ sí gẹ́gẹ́ bí panṣágà.
For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bonds; and thou saidst, I will not serve; for upon every high hill and under every green tree thou didst bow thyself, playing the harlot.
21 Èmi ti gbìn ọ́ gẹ́gẹ́ bí àjàrà ọ̀tọ̀, gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìṣúra ọlọ́lá. Báwo wá ni ìwọ ṣe yípadà sí mi di àjàrà búburú àti aláìmọ́?
Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine unto me?
22 Bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé o wẹ ara rẹ pẹ̀lú sódà tí o sì lo ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ọṣẹ síbẹ̀síbẹ̀ èérí ni ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ rẹ níwájú,” ni Olúwa Olódùmarè wí.
For though thou wash thee with lye, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord Jehovah.
23 “Báwo ni ìwọ ṣe wí pé, ‘Èmi kò ṣe aláìmọ́, Èmi kò sá à tẹ̀lé àwọn Baali’? Wo bí o ṣe hùwà ní àfonífojì; wo ohun tí o ṣe. Ìwọ jẹ́ abo ìbákasẹ tí ń sá síyìn-ín sọ́hùn-ún.
How canst thou say, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: [thou art] a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
24 Kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́ igbó tí ń gbé aginjù tí ń fa ẹ̀fúùfù ìfẹ́ sí i mu rẹ, ta ni ó le è mú dúró ní àkókò rẹ̀? Kí gbogbo àwọn akọ ẹran tí o wá a kiri kì ó má ṣe dá ara wọn lágara, nítorí wọn yóò rí ní àkókò oṣù rẹ̀.
a wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind in her desire; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.
25 Dá ẹsẹ̀ dúró láìwọ bàtà, àti ọ̀fun rẹ nínú òǹgbẹ. Ṣùgbọ́n ìwọ wí pé, ‘Asán ni! Èmi fẹ́ràn àwọn ọlọ́run àjèjì, àwọn ni èmi yóò tọ̀ lẹ́yìn.’
Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst. But thou saidst, It is in vain; no, for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.
26 “Gẹ́gẹ́ bí a ṣe ń dójútì olè nígbà tí a bá mú u, bẹ́ẹ̀ náà ni ojú yóò ti ilé Israẹli— àwọn ọba àti àwọn ìjòyè wọn, àwọn àlùfáà àti wòlíì wọn pẹ̀lú.
As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets;
27 Wọ́n sọ fún igi pé, ‘Ìwọ ni baba mi,’ àti sí òkúta wí pé, ‘Ìwọ ni ó bí mi,’ wọ́n ti kọ ẹ̀yìn wọn sí mi, wọn kò kọ ojú sí mi síbẹ̀ nígbà tí wọ́n bá wà nínú ìṣòro, wọn yóò wí pé, ‘Wá kí o sì gbà wá!’
who say to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face; but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.
28 Níbo wá ni àwọn ọlọ́run tí ẹ ṣe fúnra yín ha a wà? Jẹ́ kí wọ́n wá kí wọ́n sì gbà yín nígbà tí ẹ bá wà nínú ìṣòro! Nítorí pé ẹ̀yin ní àwọn ọlọ́run púpọ̀, gẹ́gẹ́ bí ẹ ti ṣe ni àwọn ìlú, ìwọ Juda.
But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.
29 “Kí ló dé tí o ṣe wá ń fi ẹ̀sùn kàn mí? Gbogbo yín ni ó ti ṣọ̀tẹ̀ sí mi,” ni Olúwa wí.
Wherefore will ye contend with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith Jehovah.
30 “Nínú asán mo fìyà jẹ àwọn ènìyàn yín, wọn kò sì gba ìbáwí. Idà yín ti pa àwọn wòlíì yín run, gẹ́gẹ́ bí kìnnìún tí ń bú ramúramù.
In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
31 “Ẹ̀yin ìran yìí, ẹ kíyèsi ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa: “Mo ha ti di aginjù sí Israẹli tàbí mo jẹ ilẹ̀ olókùnkùn biribiri? Èéṣe tí àwọn ènìyàn mi ṣe wí pé, ‘A ní àǹfààní láti máa rìn kiri; àwa kì yóò tọ̀ ọ́ wá mọ́?’
O generation, see ye the word of Jehovah. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? or a land of thick darkness? wherefore say my people, We are broken loose; we will come no more unto thee?
32 Wúńdíá ha le gbàgbé ohun ọ̀ṣọ́ rẹ̀, tàbí ìyàwó ohun ọ̀ṣọ́ ìgbéyàwó rẹ̀? Síbẹ̀, àwọn ènìyàn mi ti gbàgbé mi ní ọjọ́ àìníye.
Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
33 Ìwọ ti jẹ́ ọlọ́gbọ́n tó nípa ọ̀rọ̀ ìfẹ́! Àwọn obìnrin búburú yóò kẹ́kọ̀ọ́ nípa ọ̀nà rẹ.
How trimmest thou thy way to seek love! therefore even the wicked women hast thou taught thy ways.
34 Lórí aṣọ rẹ ni wọ́n bá ẹ̀jẹ̀ àwọn tálákà aláìṣẹ̀, bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé ìwọ kò ká wọn mọ́ níbi tí wọ́n ti ń rùn wọlé. Síbẹ̀ nínú gbogbo èyí
Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor: thou didst not find them breaking in; but it is because of all these things.
35 ìwọ sọ wí pé, ‘Èmi jẹ́ aláìṣẹ̀; kò sì bínú sí mi.’ Èmi yóò mú ìdájọ́ mi wá sórí rẹ nítorí pé ìwọ wí pé, ‘Èmi kò dẹ́ṣẹ̀.’
Yet thou saidst, I am innocent; surely his anger is turned away from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
36 Èéṣe tí ìwọ fi ń lọ káàkiri láti yí ọ̀nà rẹ padà? Ejibiti yóò dójútì ọ́ gẹ́gẹ́ bí i ti Asiria.
Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou shalt be ashamed of Egypt also, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.
37 Ìwọ yóò sì fi ibẹ̀ sílẹ̀ pẹ̀lú kíkáwọ́ rẹ lé orí rẹ, nítorí pé Olúwa ti kọ̀ àwọn tí ìwọ gbẹ́kẹ̀lé sílẹ̀, kì yóò sí ìrànlọ́wọ́ kankan fún ọ láti ọ̀dọ̀ wọn.
From thence also shalt thou go forth, with thy hands upon thy head: for Jehovah hath rejected those in whom thou trustest, and thou shalt not prosper with them.
