Jeremiah 2
1 Ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa sì tọ̀ mí wá wí pé:
And he said, Thus saith the Lord,
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.
I remember the kindness of thy youth, and the love of thine espousals,
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.
in following the Holy One of Israel, saith the Lord, Israel was the holy [people] to the Lord, [and] the first-fruits of his increase: all that devoured him shall offend; evils shall come upon them, saith the Lord.
4 Gbọ́ ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa, ẹ̀yin ìdílé Jakọbu àti gbogbo ẹ̀yin ará ilé Israẹli.
Hear the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and every family 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 the Lord, What trespass have your fathers found in me, that they have revolted far from me, and gone after vanities, and 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?’
And they said not, Where is the Lord, who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who guided us in the wilderness, in an untried and trackless land, in a land which no man at all went through, and no man dwelt there?
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 to Carmel, that ye should eat the fruits thereof, and the good thereof; and ye went in, and defiled my land, and made mine 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 the Lord? and they that held by the law knew me not: the shepherds also sinned against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and went after that which profited not.
9 “Nítorí náà, mo fi ẹ̀sùn kàn yín lẹ́ẹ̀kan sí i,” ni Olúwa wí. “Èmi ó sì fi ẹ̀sùn kan àwọn ọmọ ọwọ́ rẹ.
Therefore I will yet plead with you, and will plead with your children's children.
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 go to the isles of the Chettians, and se; and send to Kedar, and observe accurately, and see if such things have been done;
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.
if the nations will change their gods, though they are not gods: but my people have changed their glory, [for that] from which they shall not be profited.
12 Àwọn ènìyàn mi ti dẹ́ṣẹ̀ méjì kí ẹ sì wárìrì pẹ̀lú ìbẹ̀rù ńlá,” ni Olúwa wí.
The heaven is amazed at this, and is very exceedingly horror-struck, saith the Lord.
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 has committed two [faults], and evil ones: they have forsaken me, the fountain of water of life, and hewn out for themselves broken cisterns, which will not be able to hold 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, or a home-born slave? why has he become a spoil?
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 lions roared upon him, and uttered their voice, which have made his land a wilderness: and his cities are broken down, that they should not be inhabited.
16 Bákan náà, àwọn ọkùnrin Memfisi àti Tafanesi wọ́n ti fa adé orí rẹ yọ.
Also the children of Memphis and Taphnas have known thee, and mocked thee.
17 Ẹ̀yin kò ha a ti fa èyí sórí ara yín nípa kíkọ Olúwa Ọlọ́run sílẹ̀ nígbà tí ó tọ́ ọ lójú ọ̀nà?
Has not thy forsaking me brought these things upon thee? saith the Lord thy God.
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 with the way of Egypt, to drink the water of Geon? and what hast thou to do with the way of the Assyrians, to drink the water of rivers?
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 apostasy shall correct thee, and thy wickedness shall reprove thee: know then, and see, that thy forsaking me [has been] bitter to thee, saith the Lord thy God; and I have taken no pleasure in thee, saith the Lord thy God.
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 thou hast broken thy yoke, and plucked asunder thy bands; and thou has said, I will not serve thee, but will go upon every high hill, and under every shady tree, there will I indulge in my fornication.
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 planted thee a fruitful vine, entirely of the right sort: how art thou a strange vine turned to bitterness!
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.
Though thou shouldest wash thyself with nitre, and multiply to thyself soap, [still] thou art stained by thine iniquities before me, saith the Lord.
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 wilt thou say, I am not polluted, and have not gone after Baal? behold thy ways in the burial-ground, and know what thou hast done: her voice has howled in the evening:
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.
she has extended her ways over the waters of the desert; she was hurried along by the lusts of her soul; she is given up [to them], who will turn her back? none that seek her shall be weary; at [the time of] her humiliation 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.’
Withdraw thy foot from a rough way, and thy throat from thirst: but she said I will strengthen myself: for she loved strangers, and went after them.
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 is the shame of a thief when he is caught, so shall the children of Israel be ashamed; they, and their kings, and 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!’
They said to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou has begotten me: and they have turned [their] backs to me, and not their faces: yet in the time of their afflictions 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.
And where are thy gods, which thou madest for thyself? will they arise and save in the time of thine affliction? for according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Juda; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem they sacrificed to Baal.
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 do ye speak unto me? ye all have been ungodly, and ye all have transgressed against me, saith the Lord.
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; ye have not received correction: a sword has devoured your prophets as a destroying lion; yet ye feared not.
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?’
Hear ye the word of the Lord: thus saith the Lord, Have I been a wilderness or a dry land to Israel? wherefore has my people said, We will not be ruled over, and will not come to thee any more?
32 Wúńdíá ha le gbàgbé ohun ọ̀ṣọ́ rẹ̀, tàbí ìyàwó ohun ọ̀ṣọ́ ìgbéyàwó rẹ̀? Síbẹ̀, àwọn ènìyàn mi ti gbàgbé mi ní ọjọ́ àìníye.
Will a bride forget her ornaments, or a virgin her girdle? but my people has forgotten me days without number.
33 Ìwọ ti jẹ́ ọlọ́gbọ́n tó nípa ọ̀rọ̀ ìfẹ́! Àwọn obìnrin búburú yóò kẹ́kọ̀ọ́ nípa ọ̀nà rẹ.
What fair device wilt thou yet employ in thy ways, so as to seek love? [it shall] not [be] so; moreover thou has done wickedly in corrupting 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
and in thine hands has been found the blood of innocent souls; I have not found them in holes, but on every oak.
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: only let his wrath be turned away from me. Behold, I [will] plead with thee, whereas 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.
For thou has been so exceedingly contemptuous as to repeat thy ways; but thou shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assur.
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.
For thou shalt go forth thence also with thine hands upon thine head; for the Lord has rejected thine hope, and thou shalt not prosper in it.
