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 my head were waters, and my eyes a spring of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter 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 I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them. For they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men."
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.
"They bend their tongue as a bow. Falsehood and not truth has grown strong in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me," says Jehovah.
4 “Ṣọ́ra fún àwọn ọ̀rẹ́ rẹ; má ṣe gbẹ́kẹ̀lé àwọn arákùnrin rẹ. Nítorí pé oníkálùkù arákùnrin jẹ́ atannijẹ, oníkálùkù ọ̀rẹ́ sì jẹ́ abanijẹ́.
"Everyone be on guard against his neighbor, and do not trust any brother; for every brother is a deceiver, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.
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
Everyone deceives his neighbor, and does not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak lies; they do evil, they do not cease so as to return.
6 Ó ń gbé ní àárín ẹ̀tàn; wọ́n kọ̀ láti mọ̀ mí nínú ẹ̀tàn wọn,” ni Olúwa wí.
Oppression upon oppression, and deceit upon deceit. They refuse to know me," says Jehovah.
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 says Jehovah of hosts, "Look, I will melt them, and try them; for how should I deal with the wickedness 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.
Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lies in 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 visit them for these things?" says Jehovah; "shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?"
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 I will take up weeping and wailing, and for the pastures of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are laid waste so that no one passes through; nor can men hear the voice of the cattle. Both the birds of the sky and the animals have fled, they are gone."
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.”
"I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling place of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without 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? Who is he to whom the mouth of Jehovah has spoken, that he may declare it? Why is the land perished and burned up like a wilderness, so that none passes 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.
Jehovah says, "Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked in it,
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 Baals, which their fathers 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 says Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, 'Look, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall 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.”
I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them, until 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 says Jehovah of hosts, "Consider, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the skillful women, 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 a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
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 ruined. We are greatly confounded, 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.
"Yet hear the word of Jehovah, you women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth; and teach your daughters wailing, and everyone 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 has come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from outside, and the young men from the streets.'
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 says Jehovah, "The dead bodies of men shall fall as dung on the open field, and as the handful after the harvester; and none shall 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 says Jehovah, "Do not let the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, do not let the rich man glory 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 who boasts boast in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am Jehovah who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight," says Jehovah.
25 “Ọjọ́ ń bọ̀,” ni Olúwa wí, “tí Èmi yóò fi ìyà jẹ gbogbo àwọn tí a kọ ilà fún nínú ara nìkan.
"Look, the days come," says Jehovah, "that I will punish all those who are circumcised in uncircumcision:
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.”
Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the people of Ammon, and Moab, and all that have the corners of their hair cut off, who dwell in the wilderness; for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart."
