Jeremiah 9
1 Háà! Orí ìbá jẹ́ orísun omi kí ojú mi sì jẹ́ orísun omijé! Èmi yóò sì sọkún tọ̀sán tòru nítorí ìparun àwọn ènìyàn mi.
Oh that one would make my head water, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughters of my people!
2 Háà, èmi ìbá ní ni aginjù ilé àgbàwọ̀ fún àwọn arìnrìn-àjò, kí n ba à lè fi àwọn ènìyàn mi sílẹ̀ kí n sì lọ kúrò lọ́dọ̀ wọn: nítorí gbogbo wọn jẹ́ panṣágà àjọ aláìṣòótọ́ ènìyàn.
Oh that one would place me in the wilderness in a lodging-place of wayfaring men. that I might leave my people, and go from them! for all of them are adulterers, a band of traitors.
3 Wọ́n ti pèsè ahọ́n wọn sílẹ̀ bí ọfà láti fi pa irọ́; kì í ṣe nípa òtítọ́ ni wọ́n fi borí ní ilẹ̀ náà. Wọ́n ń lọ láti inú ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ kan sí òmíràn; wọn kò sì náání mi, ní Olúwa wí.
And they bend their tongues, their bow of falsehood, and not for the truth are they valiant in the land; for from evil to evil do they proceed, and me they know not, saith the Lord.
4 “Ṣọ́ra fún àwọn ọ̀rẹ́ rẹ; má ṣe gbẹ́kẹ̀lé àwọn arákùnrin rẹ. Nítorí pé oníkálùkù arákùnrin jẹ́ atannijẹ, oníkálùkù ọ̀rẹ́ sì jẹ́ abanijẹ́.
Take ye heed every one of his neighbor, and on any brother place ye no reliance; for every brother will surely supplant, and every neighbor will go about as a talebearer.
5 Ọ̀rẹ́ ń dalẹ̀ ọ̀rẹ́. Kò sì ṣí ẹni tó sọ òtítọ́, wọ́n ti kọ́ ahọ́n wọn láti máa purọ́. Wọ́n sọ ara wọn di onírẹ̀wẹ̀sì pẹ̀lú ẹ̀ṣẹ̀
And they will deceive every one his neighbor, and the truth will they not speak: they have taught their tongue to speak falsehood, they weary themselves to commit iniquity.
6 Ó ń gbé ní àárín ẹ̀tàn; wọ́n kọ̀ láti mọ̀ mí nínú ẹ̀tàn wọn,” ni Olúwa wí.
Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit: through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the Lord.
7 Nítorí náà, èyí ni ohun tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run Àwọn ọmọ-ogun wí: “Wò ó, èmi dán wọn wo; nítorí pé kí ni èmi tún le è ṣe? Nítorí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ àwọn ènìyàn mi?
Therefore thus hath said the Lord of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and probe them; for how [else] shall I do because of the daughter of my people?
8 Ahọ́n wọn dàbí ọfà olóró; ó ń sọ ẹ̀tàn. Oníkálùkù sì ń fi ẹnu rẹ̀ sọ̀rọ̀ àlàáfíà sí aládùúgbò rẹ̀, ní inú ọkàn rẹ̀, ó dẹ tàkúté sílẹ̀.
A murderous arrow is their tongue; [every one] speaketh deceit: with his mouth speaketh he peaceably to his neighbor, but in his heart he layeth wait for him.
9 Èmi kì yóò ha fi ìyà jẹ wọ́n nítorí èyí?” ni Olúwa wí. “Èmi kì yóò ha gbẹ̀san ara mi lórí irú orílẹ̀-èdè yìí bí?”
Shall I not for these things inflict punishment on them? saith the Lord: or shall not on a nation such as this my soul be avenged?
10 Èmi yóò sì sọkún, pohùnréré ẹkún fún àwọn òkè àti ẹkún ìrora lórí pápá oko aginjù wọ̀n-ọn-nì. Nítorí wọ́n di ahoro, wọn kò sì kọjá ní ibẹ̀. A kò sì gbọ́ igbe ẹran ọ̀sìn. Àwọn ẹyẹ ojú ọ̀run sì ti sálọ, bẹ́ẹ̀ náà ni àwọn ẹranko sì ti lọ.
For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation; because they are burnt up, so that no man can pass through them; and they hear not the voice of the cattle: both the fowls of the heavens and the beasts are fled; they are gone away.
11 “Èmi yóò sì sọ Jerusalẹmu di òkìtì àlàpà àti ihò àwọn ìkookò. Èmi ó sì sọ ìlú Juda di ahoro tí ẹnikẹ́ni kò sì ní le è gbé.”
And I will change Jerusalem into heaps of ruins, a dwelling for monsters: and the cities of Judah will I make desolate, without an inhabitant.
12 Ta ni ẹni náà tí ó ní ọgbọ́n láti mòye nǹkan wọ̀nyí? Ta ni Olúwa ti sọ èyí fún, tí ó sì lè ṣàlàyé rẹ̀? Èéṣe tí ilẹ̀ náà fi ṣègbé bí aginjù, tí ẹnìkankan kò sì le là á kọjá?
Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the Lord hath spoken, that he may declare it: for what is the land destroyed, burnt up like the wilderness, without one that passeth through?
13 Olúwa sì wí pé, nítorí pé wọ́n ti kọ òfin mi sílẹ̀, èyí tí mo gbé kalẹ̀ níwájú wọn, wọn ṣe àìgbọ́ràn sí wọn, wọn kò sì rìn nínú òfin mi.
And the Lord said, Because they forsook my law which I had set before them, and hearkened not to my voice, and walked not therein;
14 Dípò èyí, wọ́n ti tẹ̀lé agídí ọkàn wọn, wọ́n ti tẹ̀lé Baali gẹ́gẹ́ bí àwọn baba wọn ṣe kọ́ wọn.
But have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Be'alim, which their fathers had taught them.
15 Nítorí náà, èyí ni ohun tí Olúwa àwọn ọmọ-ogun, Ọlọ́run Israẹli wí, “Wò ó, Èmi yóò mú kí àwọn ènìyàn wọ̀nyí jẹ oúnjẹ kíkorò àti láti mu omi májèlé.
Therefore thus hath said the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will feed them—this people, with wormwood, and give them poison-water to drink.
16 Èmi yóò sì tú wọn ká láàrín àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè, nínú èyí tí àwọn tàbí àwọn baba wọn kò mọ̀. Èmi yóò sì lépa wọn pẹ̀lú idà títí èmi yóò fi pa wọ́n run.”
And I will scatter them among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send out after them the sword, till I have consumed them.
17 Èyí sì ni ohun tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run àwọn ọmọ-ogun wí: “Sá à wò ó nísinsin yìí! Ké sí obìnrin ti ń ṣọ̀fọ̀ nì kí ó wá; sì ránṣẹ́ pe àwọn tí ó mòye nínú wọn.
Thus hath said the Lord of hosts, Consider it well, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the women skilled in lament, that they may come;
18 Jẹ́ kí wọn wá kíákíá, kí wọn wá pohùnréré ẹkún lé wa lórí títí ojú wa yóò fi sàn fún omijé tí omi yóò sì máa sàn àwọn ìpéǹpéjú wa.
And let them make haste, and take up for us a lamentation, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids drop down water.
19 A gbọ́ igbe ìpohùnréré ẹkún ní Sioni: ‘Àwa ti ṣègbé tó! A gbọdọ̀ fi ilẹ̀ wa sílẹ̀, nítorí pé àwọn ilé wa ti parun.’”
For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we wasted! we are greatly ashamed; because we have forsaken the land, because they have cast down our dwellings.
20 Nísinsin yìí, ẹ̀yin obìnrin ẹ gbọ́ ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa; ṣí etí yín sí ọ̀rọ̀ ẹnu rẹ. Kọ́ àwọn ọmọbìnrin yín ní ìpohùnréré ẹkún, kí ẹ sì kọ́ ara yín ní arò.
For hear, O ye women, the word of the Lord, and let your ear perceive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbor lamentation.
21 Ikú ti gba ojú fèrèsé wa wọlé ó sì ti wọ odi alágbára wa ó ti ké àwọn ọmọ kúrò ní àdúgbò àti àwọn ọ̀dọ́mọkùnrin kúrò ní gbọ̀ngàn ìta gbangba.
For death is come up through our windows, is entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from the street, the young men from the open places.
22 Sọ pé, “Èyí ni ohun tí Olúwa wí: “‘Òkú àwọn ènìyàn yóò ṣubú bí ààtàn ní oko gbangba àti bí ìbùkúnwọ́ lẹ́yìn olùkórè láìsí ẹnìkankan láti kó wọn jọ.’”
Speak, Thus saith the Lord, Yea, the carcasses of men shall lie as dung upon the open field, and as the sheaves [left] after the harvestman, with none to gather them.
23 Èyí ni ohun tí Olúwa wí: “Má ṣe jẹ́ kí ọlọ́gbọ́n yangàn nítorí agbára ọgbọ́n rẹ̀, tàbí alágbára nítorí agbára rẹ̀, tàbí ọlọ́rọ̀ nítorí ọrọ̀ rẹ̀.
Thus hath said the Lord, Let not the wise glorify himself in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glorify himself in his might, let not the rich glorify himself in his riches;
24 Ẹ jẹ́ kí ẹni tí ń ṣògo nípa èyí nì wí pé: òun ní òye, òun sì mọ̀ mí wí pé, Èmi ni Olúwa tí ń ṣe òtítọ́, ìdájọ́ àti òdodo ní ayé, nínú èyí ni mo ní inú dídùn sí,” Olúwa wí.
But let him that glorifieth himself glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord who exercise kindness, justice, and righteousness, on the earth; for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.
25 “Ọjọ́ ń bọ̀,” ni Olúwa wí, “tí Èmi yóò fi ìyà jẹ gbogbo àwọn tí a kọ ilà fún nínú ara nìkan.
Behold, days are coming, saith the Lord, that I will send punishment on all the circumcised who are [yet] uncircumcised;
26 Ejibiti, Juda, Edomu, Ammoni, Moabu àti gbogbo àwọn tí ń gbé ní ọ̀nà jíjìn réré ní aginjù. Nítorí pé gbogbo àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè wọ̀nyí jẹ́ aláìkọlà gbogbo àwọn ará ilé Israẹli sì jẹ́ aláìkọlà ọkàn.”
On Egypt, and on Judah, and on Edom, and on the children of 'Ammon, and on Moab, and all who have the locks of their hair cut off round that dwell in the wilderness; for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.
