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.
Put yourselves under covert, ye children of Benjamin, away from the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the horn in Tekoa, and set up a signal on Beth-cherem; 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 come unto her; they pitch their tents against her round about; they feed bare every one what is nigh at hand.
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 the LORD of hosts said: hew ye down her trees, and cast up a mound against Jerusalem; this is the city to be punished; everywhere there is 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 cistern welleth with her waters, so she welleth with her wickedness; violence and spoil 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 corrected, O Jerusalem, lest My soul be alienated from thee, lest I make thee desolate, 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 the LORD of hosts: They shall thoroughly glean as a vine the remnant of Israel; turn again thy hand as a grape-gatherer upon the shoots.
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 give warning, that they may hear? Behold, their ear is dull, and they cannot attend; behold, the word of the LORD 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 fury of the LORD, I am weary with holding in: pour it out upon the babes 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 the LORD.
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 greedy for gain; 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 lightly, 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.
They shall be put to shame because they have committed abomination; yea, they are not at all ashamed, neither know they how to blush; therefore they shall fall among them that fall, at the time that I punish them they shall stumble, saith the LORD.
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 the LORD: 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: 'Attend to the sound of the horn', but they said: 'We will not attend.'
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 against 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 attended unto My words, and as for My teaching, 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 is to Me the frankincense that cometh 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 the LORD: Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall stumble against them, the neighbour and his friend, and they 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 the LORD: Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be roused 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 compassion; their voice is like the roaring sea, and they ride upon horses; set in array, as a man for war, 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 fame thereof, our hands wax feeble, anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, 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 there is the sword of the enemy, and terror 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 spoiler 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 tower 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 doth the founder refine, for the wicked are not separated.
30 A pè wọ́n ní fàdákà tí a kọ̀sílẹ̀, nítorí Olúwa ti kọ̀ wọ́n sílẹ̀.”
Refuse silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.
