Jeremiah 6
1 “Ẹ̀yin ènìyàn Benjamini, sá sí ibi ààbò! Ẹ sá kúrò ní Jerusalẹmu. Ẹ fọn fèrè ní Tekoa! Kí ẹ gbé àmì sókè lórí Beti-Hakeremu! Nítorí àjálù farahàn láti àríwá, àní ìparun tí ó lágbára.
Flee for safety, ye children of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise up a signal on Beth-haccherem; for evil looketh forth from the north, and a great destruction.
2 Èmi yóò pa ọmọbìnrin Sioni run, tí ó jẹ́ arẹwà àti ẹlẹgẹ́.
The comely and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, will I cut off.
3 Olùṣọ́-àgùntàn pẹ̀lú agbo wọn yóò gbóguntì wọ́n. Wọn yóò pa àgọ́ yí wọn ká, olúkúlùkù yóò máa jẹ ní ilé rẹ̀.”
Shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place.
4 “Ẹ ya ará yín sí mímọ́ láti bá a jagun! Dìde, kí a kọlù ú ní ìgbà ọ̀sán! Ṣùgbọ́n ó ṣe, nítorí ọjọ́ lọ tán, ọjọ́ alẹ́ náà sì gùn sí i.
Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day declineth, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.
5 Nítorí náà, ẹ dìde, ẹ jẹ́ kí a kọlù ú ní àṣálẹ́ kí a sì ba odi alágbára rẹ̀ jẹ́.”
Arise, and let us go up by night, and let us destroy her palaces.
6 Èyí ni ohun tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run Àwọn ọmọ-ogun wí: “Ẹ ké àwọn igi náà lulẹ̀ kí ẹ sì mọ odi ààbò yí Jerusalẹmu ká. Èyí ni ìlú títóbi tí a ó bẹ̀wò, nítorí pé ó kún fún ìninilára.
For thus hath Jehovah of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast up a mound against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.
7 Gẹ́gẹ́ bí kànga ṣe ń da omi inú rẹ̀ sílẹ̀, náà ni ó ń tú ìwà búburú rẹ̀ jáde. Ìwà ipá àti ìparun ń tún pariwo nínú rẹ̀; nígbà gbogbo ni àìsàn àti ọgbẹ́ rẹ̀ ń wà níwájú mi.
As a well casteth forth its waters, so she casteth forth her wickedness: violence and destruction is heard in her; before me continually is sickness and wounds.
8 Ìwọ Jerusalẹmu, gba ìkìlọ̀, kí Èmi kí ó má ba à lọ kúrò ní ọ̀dọ̀ rẹ, kí n sì sọ ilẹ̀ rẹ di ahoro, tí kò ní ní olùgbé.”
Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from thee; lest I make thee a desolation, a land not inhabited.
9 Èyí ni ohun tí Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun wí: “Jẹ́ kí wọn pèsè ìyókù Israẹli ní tónítóní bí àjàrà; na ọwọ́ rẹ sí àwọn ẹ̀ka nì lẹ́ẹ̀kan sí i gẹ́gẹ́ bí ẹnìkan ti í kó èso àjàrà jọ.”
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, They shall thoroughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn again thy hand as a grape-gatherer into the baskets.
10 Ta ni ẹni tí mo lè bá sọ̀rọ̀ àti tí mo lè fún ní ìmọ̀ràn? Ta ni yóò tẹ́tí sílẹ̀ sí mi? Etí wọn ti di, nítorí náà wọn kò lè gbọ́. Ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa, jẹ́ ohun búburú sí wọn, wọn kò sì ní inú dídùn nínú rẹ̀.
To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of Jehovah is become unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
11 Èmi kún fún ìbínú Olúwa, èmi kò sì le è pa á mọ́ra. “Tú u sí orí àwọn ọmọ ńigboro, àti sórí àwọn ọmọkùnrin tí wọn kó ra wọn jọ pọ̀, àti ọkọ àti aya ni a ò mú sínú rẹ̀, àti àwọn arúgbó tí ó ní ọjọ́ kíkún lórí.
Therefore I am full of the wrath of Jehovah; I am weary with holding in: pour it out upon the children in the street, and upon the assembly of young men together; for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.
12 Ilé wọn o sì di ti ẹlòmíràn, oko wọn àti àwọn aya wọn, nígbà tí èmi bá na ọwọ́ mi sí àwọn olùgbé ilẹ̀ náà,” ni Olúwa wí.
And their houses shall be turned unto others, their fields and their wives together; for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith Jehovah.
13 “Láti orí ẹni tí ó kéré sí orí ẹni tí ó tóbi ju, gbogbo wọn ni ó sì ní ojúkòkòrò fún èrè, àwọn wòlíì àti àlùfáà lápapọ̀ sì kún fún ẹ̀tàn.
For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
14 Wọ́n sì ń wo ọgbẹ́ àwọn ènìyàn mi bí ẹni pé kò tó nǹkan. Wọ́n ń wí pé, ‘Àlàáfíà, Àlàáfíà,’ nígbà tí kò sì sí àlàáfíà.
They have healed also the hurt of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
15 Ojú ha a tì wọ́n nítorí ìwà ìríra wọn bí? Rárá, wọn kò ní ìtìjú mọ́, wọn kò tilẹ̀ ní oorun ìtìjú. Nítorí náà, wọn ó ṣubú láàrín àwọn tó ṣubú, a ó sì ké wọn lulẹ̀ nígbà tí mo bá bẹ̀ wọ́n wò,” ni Olúwa wí.
Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall; at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith Jehovah.
16 Èyí ni ohun tí Olúwa wí: “Ẹ dúró sí ìkóríta, kí ẹ sì wò, ẹ béèrè fún ọ̀nà àtijọ́, ẹ béèrè ọ̀nà dáradára nì, kí ẹ rìn nínú rẹ, ẹ̀yin yóò sì rí ìsinmi fún ọkàn yín. Ṣùgbọ́n ẹ̀yin wí pé, ‘Àwa kì yóò rìn nínú rẹ̀.’
Thus saith Jehovah, Stand ye in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way; and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls: but they said, We will not walk [therein].
17 Èmi yan olùṣọ́ fún un yín, mo sì wí pé: ‘Tẹ́tí sí dídún fèrè náà,’ ẹ̀yìn wí pé, ‘Àwa kì yóò tẹ́tí sílẹ̀.’
And I set watchmen over you, [saying], Hearken to the sound of the trumpet; but they said, We will not hearken.
18 Nítorí náà, gbọ́ ẹ̀yin orílẹ̀-èdè; kíyèsi, kí ẹ sì jẹ́ ẹlẹ́rìí, ohun tí yóò ṣẹlẹ̀ sí wọn.
Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.
19 Gbọ́, ìwọ ayé! Mò ń mú ìparun bọ̀ sórí àwọn ènìyàn wọ̀nyí, èso ìrò inú wọn, nítorí wọn kò fi etí sí ọ̀rọ̀ mi, wọ́n sì ti kọ òfin mi sílẹ̀.
Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words; and as for my law, they have rejected it.
20 Èrè wo ni ó wà fún mi nínú tùràrí láti Ṣeba wá, tàbí èso dáradára láti ilẹ̀ jíjìn réré? Ẹbọ sísun yín kò ṣe ìtẹ́wọ́gbà, ọrẹ yín kò sì wù mí.”
To what purpose cometh there to me frankincense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt-offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices pleasing unto me.
21 Nítorí náà, èyí ni ohun tí Olúwa wí: “Èmi yóò gbé ohun ìdènà síwájú àwọn ènìyàn wọ̀nyí. Àwọn baba àti ọmọ yóò jùmọ̀ ṣubú lù wọ́n, àwọn aládùúgbò àti ọ̀rẹ́ yóò ṣègbé.”
Therefore thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will lay stumbling-blocks before this people; and the fathers and the sons together shall stumble against them; the neighbor and his friend shall perish.
22 Báyìí ni Olúwa wí: “Wò ó, àwọn ọmọ-ogun ń bọ̀ wá láti ilẹ̀ àríwá, a ó sì gbé orílẹ̀-èdè ńlá dìde láti òpin ayé wá.
Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, a people cometh from the north country; and a great nation shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
23 Wọ́n sì dìmọ́ra pẹ̀lú ọrun àti ọ̀kọ̀, wọ́n jẹ́ ẹni ibi, wọn kò sì ní àánú. Wọ́n ń hó bí omi Òkun, bí wọ́n ti ṣe ń gun àwọn ẹṣin wọn lọ; wọ́n sì wá bí ọkùnrin tí yóò jà ọ́ lógun, ìwọ ọmọbìnrin Sioni.”
They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea, and they ride upon horses, every one set in array, as a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Zion.
24 Àwa ti gbọ́ ìròyìn nípa wọn, ọwọ́ wa sì di rírọ, ìrora sì mú wa bí obìnrin tí ń rọbí.
We have heard the report thereof; our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, [and] pangs as of a woman in travail.
25 Má ṣe jáde lọ sí orí pápá tàbí kí o máa rìn ní àwọn ojú ọ̀nà, nítorí ọ̀tá náà ní idà, ìpayà sì wà níbi gbogbo.
Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy, [and] terror, are on every side.
26 Ẹ̀yin ènìyàn mi, ẹ gbé aṣọ ọ̀fọ̀ wọ̀, kí ẹ sì sùn nínú eérú, ẹ ṣọ̀fọ̀ pẹ̀lú ìpohùnréré ẹkún gẹ́gẹ́ bí i lórí ọmọkùnrin yín kan ṣoṣo nítorí pé lójijì ni àwọn apanirun yóò kọlù wá.
O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; for the destroyer shall suddenly come upon us.
27 “Èmi ti fi ẹ́ ṣe ẹni tí yóò máa yọ́ irú àwọn ènìyàn mi gẹ́gẹ́ bi irin tútù, kí wọn kí ó lè ṣe àkíyèsí, kí ó sì dán ọ̀nà wọn wò.
I have made thee a trier [and] a fortress among my people; that thou mayest know and try their way.
28 Ọlọ́tẹ̀ tí ọkàn rẹ̀ le ní gbogbo wọn. Wọ́n ń lọ káàkiri láti sọ̀rọ̀-òdì. Wọ́n jẹ́ idẹ àti irin, wọ́n sì kún fún ìwà ìbàjẹ́.
They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly.
29 Ewìrì a fẹ́ná kíkankíkan, kí ó lè yọ́ òjé, ẹni tí ń yọ́ ọ ń yọ́ ọ lásán; a kò si ya ènìyàn búburú kúrò.
The bellows blow fiercely; the lead is consumed of the fire: in vain do they go on refining; for the wicked are not plucked away.
30 A pè wọ́n ní fàdákà tí a kọ̀sílẹ̀, nítorí Olúwa ti kọ̀ wọ́n sílẹ̀.”
Refuse silver shall men call them, because Jehovah hath rejected them.
