Jeremiah 48
1 Nípa Moabu. Báyìí ni Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun, Ọlọ́run Israẹli wí: “Ègbé ni fún Nebo nítorí a ó parun. A dójútì Kiriataimu, a sì mú un, ojú yóò ti alágbára, a ó sì fọ́nká.
This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says about Moab: Disaster is coming to the town of Nebo, because it will be destroyed. The town of Kiriathaim will be captured and humiliated; the fortress will be torn down and its people shamed.
2 Moabu kò ní ní ìyìn mọ́, ní Heṣboni ni wọn ó pète ìparun rẹ̀, ‘Wá, kí a pa orílẹ̀-èdè náà run.’ Àti ẹ̀yin òmùgọ̀ ọkùnrin pàápàá ni a ó pa lẹ́nu mọ́, a ó fi idà lé e yín.
No one praises Moab anymore. People in Heshbon are plotting, “We will destroy Moab as a nation. People of the town of Madmen, we will silence you too—you will be attacked by swords and chased down.”
3 Gbọ́ igbe ní Horonaimu, igbe ìrora àti ìparun ńlá.
Listen to the cries from Horonaim: “Violence and terrible destruction!”
4 Moabu yóò di wíwó palẹ̀; àwọn ọmọdé rẹ̀ yóò kígbe síta.
Moab will be smashed. Hear the little ones crying for help.
5 Wọ́n gòkè lọ sí Luhiti, wọ́n ń sọkún kíkorò bí wọ́n ti ń lọ; ní ojú ọ̀nà sí Horonaimu igbe ìrora ìparun ni à ń gbọ́ lọ.
People weep as they go up to Luhith; and as they come down to Horonaim their sad cries at the destruction echo around.
6 Sá! Àsálà fún ẹ̀mí yín; kí ẹ sì dàbí aláìní ní aginjù.
Run away! Save yourselves! Be like a scrawny tamarisk tree in the desert!
7 Níwọ́n ìgbà tí o gbẹ́kẹ̀lé agbára àti ọrọ̀ rẹ, a ó kó ìwọ náà ní ìgbèkùn, Kemoṣi náà yóò lọ sí ilẹ̀ ìgbèkùn pẹ̀lú àlùfáà àti àwọn aláṣẹ rẹ̀.
It's because you put your confidence in what you do and what you own that you too will be captured. Your god Chemosh will be taken into exile along with his priests and leaders.
8 Gbogbo ìlú rẹ ni apanirun yóò dojúkọ, ìlú kan kò sì ní le là. Àfonífojì yóò di ahoro àti ilẹ̀ títẹ́ ni a ó run, nítorí tí Olúwa ti sọ̀rọ̀.
The invaders will attack every town; not a single one will escape destruction. The valley will be ruined, and the plain will be destroyed, for the Lord has spoken.
9 Fi iyọ̀ sí Moabu, nítorí yóò ṣègbé, àwọn ìlú rẹ yóò sì di ahoro láìsí ẹni tí yóò gbé inú rẹ̀.
Put up gravestones in Moab, because the country will become a wasteland. Its towns will be turned into ruins where no one lives.
10 “Ìfibú ni fún ẹni tí ó fi ìmẹ́lẹ́ ṣe iṣẹ́ Olúwa, ìfibú ni fún ẹni tí ó pa idà mọ́ fún ìtàjẹ̀ sílẹ̀.
A curse on those who don't do the Lord's work properly. A curse on those who don't use their swords to kill.
11 “Moabu ti wà ní ìsinmi láti ìgbà èwe rẹ̀ wá bí i ọtí wáìnì lórí gẹ̀dẹ̀gẹ́dẹ̀ rẹ̀, tí a kò dà láti ìgò kan sí èkejì kò tí ì lọ sí ilẹ̀ ìgbèkùn rí. Ó dùn lẹ́nu bí ó ti yẹ, òórùn rẹ̀ kò yí padà.
The people of Moab have been living comfortably since the country was founded. They're like wine that hasn't been disturbed, not poured from one container to another. So the taste and fragrance remains the same. They haven't experienced exile.
12 Ṣùgbọ́n ọjọ́ ń bọ̀,” ni Olúwa wí, “nígbà tí n ó rán àwọn tí ó n da ọtí láti inú àwọn ìgò tí wọ́n ó sì dà á síta; wọn ó sọ àwọn ìgò rẹ̀ di òfo, wọn ó sì fọ́ àwọn ife rẹ̀.
But watch out, the time is coming, declares the Lord, when I will send them “winemakers” who will pour them out like wine. They will empty out the Moabites, and smash them like jars.
13 Nígbà náà Moabu yóò sì tú u nítorí Kemoṣi, bí ojú ti í ti ilé Israẹli nígbà tí ó gbẹ́kẹ̀lé Beteli.
Then the Moabites will feel let down by Chemosh, just as the people of Israel felt let down when they trusted in the golden calf idol at Bethel.
14 “Báwo ni o ṣe lè sọ pé, ‘Ajagun ni wá, alágbára ní ogun jíjà’?
How on earth can you Moabites say, “We're heroes, strong men ready to fight in battle”?
15 A ó pa Moabu run, a ó sì gba àwọn ìlú rẹ̀; a ó sì dúńbú àwọn arẹwà ọkùnrin rẹ̀,” ni ọba wí, ẹni tí orúkọ rẹ̀ ń jẹ́ Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun.
Moab is going to be destroyed and its towns conquered. Its finest young men will be killed, declares the King, whose name is the Lord Almighty.
16 “Ìṣubú Moabu súnmọ́; ìpọ́njú yóò dé kánkán.
Moab's doom is about to happen; destruction is rushing down on them.
17 Ẹ dárò fún, gbogbo ẹ̀yin tí ó yí i ká gbogbo ẹ̀yin tí ẹ mọ bí ó ti ní òkìkí tó. Ẹ sọ pé, ‘Báwo ni ọ̀pá agbára rẹ títóbi tí ó sì lógo ṣe fọ́!’
Mourn for them, all you surrounding nations, everyone who knows them! Let others know how the great scepter has been smashed, the rod that once proudly ruled!
18 “Sọ̀kalẹ̀ níbi ògo rẹ, kí o sì jókòó ní ilẹ̀ gbígbẹ, ẹ̀yin olùgbé ọmọbìnrin Diboni, nítorí tí ẹni tí ó pa Moabu run yóò dojúkọ ọ́ yóò sì pa àwọn ìlú olódi rẹ run.
Come down from your glory and sit on the dusty ground, you who live in Dibon, for Moab's destroyer will come and attack you, destroying your fortresses.
19 Dúró lẹ́bàá ọ̀nà kí o sì wòran, ìwọ tí ń gbé ní Aroeri. Bí ọkùnrin tí ó sálọ àti obìnrin tí ó ń sá àsálà ‘Kí ni ohun tí ó ṣẹlẹ̀?’
Stand at the roadside and watch, you who live in Aroer. Ask the men and women who are running away to escape, “What's happened?”
20 Ojú ti Moabu nítorí tí a wó o lulẹ̀. Ẹ hu, kí ẹ sì kígbe! Ẹ kéde rẹ̀ ní Arnoni pé, a pa Moabu run.
Moab has been humiliated because it has been defeated. Weep and wail! Shout out beside the River Arnon that Moab has been destroyed!
21 Ìdájọ́ ti dé sí àwọn òkè pẹrẹsẹ, sórí Holoni, Jahisa àti Mefaati,
Punishment has arrived on the towns of the high plain—on Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath,
22 sórí Diboni, Nebo àti Beti-Diblataimu,
on Dibon, Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim,
23 sórí Kiriataimu, Beti-Gamu àti Beti-Meoni,
on Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, and Beth-meon,
24 sórí Kerioti àti Bosra, sórí gbogbo ìlú Moabu, nítòsí àti ní ọ̀nà jíjìn.
on Kerioth, Bozrah, and on all the towns of Moab, whether far away or nearby.
25 A gé ìwo Moabu kúrò, apá rẹ̀ dá,” ni Olúwa wí.
Moab's strength is gone; their power has been broken, declares the Lord.
26 “Ẹ jẹ́ kí a mú u mutí nítorí ó kó ìdọ̀tí bá Olúwa, jẹ́ kí Moabu lúwẹ̀ẹ́ nínú èébì rẹ̀, kí ó di ẹni ẹ̀gàn.
Make the people of Moab drunk, because they defied the Lord. Then they will roll around in their own vomit, as people laugh at them.
27 Ǹjẹ́ Israẹli kò di ẹni ẹ̀gàn rẹ? Ǹjẹ́ a kó o pẹ̀lú àwọn olè tó bẹ́ẹ̀ tí o ń gbọn orí rẹ̀ pẹ̀lú yẹ̀yẹ́ nígbàkígbà bí a bá sọ̀rọ̀ nípa rẹ̀?
Didn't you Moabites used to ridicule the Israelites? But they weren't ever found to be thieves, were they? Yet whenever you talk about them, you shake your heads in contempt.
28 Kúrò ní àwọn ìlú rẹ, kí o sì máa gbé láàrín àwọn òkúta, ẹ̀yin tí ó ti ń gbé inú ìlú Moabu. Ẹ dàbí i àdàbà tí ó kọ́ ìtẹ́ rẹ̀ sí ẹnu ihò.
You people living in Moab, run from your towns, go and live among the rocks. Be like a dove nesting on the cliffs at the entrance to a ravine.
29 “A ti gbọ́ nípa ìgbéraga Moabu: àti ìwà mo gbọ́n tan rẹ̀ àti ìgbéraga ọkàn rẹ̀.
We know all about how pompous Moabites are, how extremely proud and conceited they are, arrogantly thinking so highly of themselves.
30 Mo mọ àfojúdi rẹ̀, ṣùgbọ́n òfo ni,” ni Olúwa wí, “ìfọ́nnu rẹ̀ kò lè ṣe nǹkan kan.
I'm well aware of how disrespectful they are, declares the Lord, but it doesn't matter. They make empty boasts, and what they do is just as empty.
31 Nítorí náà, mo pohùnréré ẹkún lórí Moabu fún àwọn ará Moabu ni mo kígbe lóhùn rara, mo kẹ́dùn fún àwọn ọkùnrin Kiri-Hareseti.
So I will weep for Moab; I will cry out for all the Moabites; I will mourn for the people of Kir-heres.
32 Mo sọkún fún ọ bí Jaseri ṣe sọkún ìwọ àjàrà Sibma. Ẹ̀ka rẹ tẹ̀ títí dé Òkun, wọn dé Òkun Jaseri. Ajẹnirun ti kọlu èso rẹ, ìkórè èso àjàrà rẹ.
will weep for you, people of the town of Sibmah with its vineyards, more than I weep for the town of Jazer. Your vines have spread to the sea, and all the way to Jazer. But the destroyer has stolen your harvest of summer fruit and grapes.
33 Ayọ̀ àti ìdùnnú ti kúrò nínú ọgbà àjàrà àti oko Moabu. Mo dá ọwọ́ ṣíṣàn ọtí wáìnì dúró lọ́dọ̀ olùfúntí; kò sí ẹni tí ó ń tẹ̀ wọ́n pẹ̀lú igbe ayọ̀. Bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé igbe wà, wọn kì í ṣe igbe ti ayọ̀.
There's no more celebration and happiness in Moab's orchards and fields. I have stopped the grape juice flowing from the winepresses. No one shouts for joy as they tread out the grapes. No, their shouts now are not because of joy!
34 “Ohùn igbe wọn gòkè láti Heṣboni dé Eleale àti Jahasi, láti Soari títí dé Horonaimu àti Eglati-Ṣeliṣi, nítorí àwọn omi Nimrimu pẹ̀lú yóò gbẹ.
Cries for help reach from Heshbon to Elealeh and all the way to Jahaz. They're shouting out from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah, for even the water in the Nimrim Brook has dried up.
35 Ní ti Moabu ni èmi yóò ti fi òpin sí ẹni tí ó rú ẹbọ ní ibí gíga àti ẹni tí ń sun tùràrí fún òrìṣà rẹ̀,” ni Olúwa wí.
I'm going to finish off those in Moab who sacrifice on the pagan high places and burn incense to their gods, declares the Lord.
36 “Nítorí náà ọkàn mi ró fún Moabu bí fèrè, ọkàn mi ró bí fèrè fún àwọn ọkùnrin Kiri-Hareseti. Nítorí ìṣúra tí ó kójọ ṣègbé.
So I mourn inside like a flute playing a sad song for Moab; like a flute playing a funeral tune for the people of Kir-heres, because they've lost everything of value that they worked for.
37 Gbogbo orí ni yóò pá, gbogbo irùngbọ̀n ni a ó gé kúrò, gbogbo ọwọ́ ni a sá lọ́gbẹ́, àti aṣọ ọ̀fọ̀ ní gbogbo ẹ̀gbẹ́.
As signs of their mourning, every head is shaved, every beard is trimmed, every hand has a gash, and every waist is wearing sackcloth.
38 Ẹkún ńlá ní yóò wà lórí gbogbo òrùlé Moabu, àti ní ìta rẹ̀, nítorí èmi ti fọ́ Moabu bí a ti ń fọ́ ohun èlò tí kò wu ni,” ni Olúwa wí.
Everyone is mourning on all the flat roofs and streets of Moab, because I have smashed the country like a jar nobody wants, declares the Lord.
39 “Èéṣe tí ẹ fi fọ́ túútúú, tí ẹ sì fi ń pohùnréré ẹkún! Báwo ni Moabu ṣe yí ẹ̀yìn padà ní ìtìjú! Moabu ti di ẹni ìtìjú àti ẹ̀gàn àti ìdààmú sí gbogbo àwọn tí ó yìí ká.”
Moab is completely shattered! Listen to them cry! See how the Moabites turn away in shame! All the surrounding nations are horrified at what's happened to the country, and ridicule its people.
40 Báyìí ni Olúwa wí: “Wò ó ẹyẹ idì náà ń fò bọ̀ nílẹ̀ ó sì na ìyẹ́ rẹ̀ lórí Moabu.
This is what the Lord says: Watch as an enemy like an eagle swoops down, spreading its wings as it attacks Moab.
41 Kerioti ni a ó kó lẹ́rú àti ilé agbára ni ó gbà. Ní ọjọ́ náà ọkàn àwọn akọni Moabu yóò dàbí ọkàn obìnrin tí ó ń rọbí.
Kirioth has been conquered, and the fortresses captured. At that time Moab's warriors will be as scared as a woman in labor.
42 A ó pa Moabu run gẹ́gẹ́ bí orílẹ̀-èdè nítorí pé ó gbéraga sí Olúwa.
Moab will cease to exist as a nation because they defied the Lord.
43 Ẹ̀rù àti ọ̀fìn àti okùn dídè ń dúró dè yín, ẹ̀yin ènìyàn Moabu,” ní Olúwa wí.
You people living in Moab, what's waiting for you are terror, traps, and snares, declares the Lord.
44 “Ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá sá fún ẹ̀rù yóò ṣubú sínú ọ̀fìn ẹnikẹ́ni tí o bá jáde síta nínú ọ̀fìn ní à ó mú nínú okùn dídè nítorí tí èmi yóò mú wá sórí Moabu àní ọdún ìjìyà rẹ,” ní Olúwa wí.
You will run away in terror and fall into a trap, and when you climb out of the trap, you'll be caught in a snare. I will do this to the Moabites at the time when they're punished, declares the Lord.
45 “Ní abẹ́ òjìji Heṣboni àwọn tí ó sá dúró láìní agbára, nítorí iná ti jáde wá láti Heṣboni, àti ọwọ́ iná láti àárín Sihoni, yóò sì jó iwájú orí Moabu run, àti agbárí àwọn ọmọ aláriwo.
Those who run away will be left defenseless in Heshbon where they went for protection, because fire blazes out from Heshbon, a fire from where Sihon once reigned. It burns up the whole country of Moab and its defiant people.
46 Ègbé ní fún ọ Moabu! Àwọn ènìyàn orílẹ̀-èdè Kemoṣi ṣègbé a kó àwọn ọmọkùnrin rẹ lọ sí ilẹ̀ àjèjì àti àwọn ọmọbìnrin rẹ lọ sí ìgbèkùn.
What a disaster has come to you Moabites! The people of Chemosh have been wiped out. Your sons and daughters have been taken prisoner and have gone into exile.
47 “Síbẹ̀, èmi yóò dá ìkólọ Moabu padà ní ọjọ́ ìkẹyìn,” ni Olúwa wí. Eléyìí ní ìdájọ́ ìkẹyìn lórí Moabu.
But even so, later on, I will bring the people of Moab back from exile, declares the Lord. This is the end of the description of the judgment on Moab.
