Jeremiah 1
1 Èyí ni ọ̀rọ̀ Jeremiah ọmọ Hilkiah ọ̀kan nínú àwọn àlùfáà ní Anatoti ní agbègbè ilẹ̀ Benjamini.
The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin.
2 Ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa sì tọ̀ ọ́ wá ní ọdún kẹtàlá ní àkókò ìjọba Josiah ọmọ Amoni ọba Juda,
Yahweh’s word came to him in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
3 àti títí dé àsìkò Jehoiakimu ọmọ Josiah ọba Juda, títí dé oṣù karùn-ún ọdún kọkànlá Sedekiah ọmọ Josiah ọba Juda, nígbà tí àwọn ará Jerusalẹmu lọ sí ìgbèkùn.
It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
4 Ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa sì tọ̀ mí wá, wí pé,
Now Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
5 “Kí ó tó di pé mo dá ọ láti inú ni mo ti mọ̀ ọ́n, kí ó sì tó di pé a bí ọ ni mo ti yà ọ́ sọ́tọ̀. Mo yàn ọ́ gẹ́gẹ́ bí wòlíì fún àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè.”
“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
6 Mo sọ pé, “Háà! Olúwa Olódùmarè, ọmọdé ni mí, èmi kò mọ bí a ṣe é sọ̀rọ̀.”
Then I said, “Ah, Lord Yahweh! Behold, I don’t know how to speak; for I am a child.”
7 Olúwa sọ fún mi pé, “Má ṣe sọ pé, ‘Ọmọdé lásán ni mí.’ O gbọdọ̀ ní láti lọ sí ọ̀dọ̀ gbogbo àwọn tí mo rán ọ sí, kí o sì sọ ohun tí mo pàṣẹ fún ọ.”
But Yahweh said to me, “Don’t say, ‘I am a child;’ for you must go to whomever I send you, and you must say whatever I command you.
8 Olúwa sì wí pé má ṣe bẹ̀rù wọn, nítorí tí èmi wà pẹ̀lú rẹ èmi ó sì gbà ọ́.
Don’t be afraid because of them, for I am with you to rescue you,” says Yahweh.
9 Olúwa sì na ọwọ́ rẹ̀, ó sì fi kàn mí lẹ́nu, ó sì wí fún mi pé nísinsin yìí, mo ti fi ọ̀rọ̀ mi sí inú ẹnu rẹ.
Then Yahweh stretched out his hand and touched my mouth. Then Yahweh said to me, “Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.
10 Wò ó, mo yàn ọ́ lórí àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè àti ìjọba gbogbo láti fàtu, láti wó lulẹ̀, láti bàjẹ́, láti jágbà, láti máa kọ́, àti láti máa gbìn.
Behold, I have today set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to uproot and to tear down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.”
11 Ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa sì tọ mí wá wí pé: “Kí ni o rí Jeremiah?” Mo sì dáhùn wí pé, “Mo rí ẹ̀ka igi almondi.”
Moreover Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” I said, “I see a branch of an almond tree.”
12 Olúwa sì wí fún mi pé, “Ó ti rí i bí ó ṣe yẹ, nítorí pé mo ti ń ṣọ láti rí i pé ọ̀rọ̀ mi wá sí ìmúṣẹ.”
Then Yahweh said to me, “You have seen well; for I watch over my word to perform it.”
13 Ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa sì tún tọ̀ mi wá ní ẹ̀ẹ̀kejì pé, “Kí ni o rí?” Mo sì dáhùn pé mo rí ìkòkò gbígbóná, tí ó ń ru láti apá àríwá.
Yahweh’s word came to me the second time, saying, “What do you see?” I said, “I see a boiling cauldron; and it is tipping away from the north.”
14 Olúwa sì wí fún mi pé, “Láti apá àríwá ni a ó ti mu ìdààmú wá sórí gbogbo àwọn tí ó ń gbé ní ilẹ̀ náà.
Then Yahweh said to me, “Out of the north, evil will break out on all the inhabitants of the land.
15 Mo sì ti ṣetán láti pe gbogbo àwọn ènìyàn orílẹ̀-èdè àríwá níjà,” ni Olúwa wí. “Àwọn ọba wọn yóò wá gbé ìtẹ́ wọn ró ní ojú ọ̀nà àbáwọlé Jerusalẹmu. Wọn ó sì dìde sí gbogbo àyíká wọn àti sí gbogbo àwọn ìlú Juda.
For behold, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north,” says Yahweh. “They will come, and they will each set his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all its walls all around, and against all the cities of Judah.
16 Èmi yóò sì kéde ìdájọ́ mi lórí àwọn ènìyàn mi nítorí ìwà búburú wọn nípa kíkọ̀ mí sílẹ̀, nípa rírúbọ sí ọlọ́run mìíràn àti sínsin àwọn ohun tí wọ́n fi ọwọ́ wọn ṣe.
I will utter my judgments against them concerning all their wickedness, in that they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, and worshiped the works of their own hands.
17 “Wà ní ìmúrasílẹ̀! Dìde dúró kí o sì sọ fún wọn ohunkóhun tí mo bá pàṣẹ fún wọn. Má ṣe jẹ́ kí wọ́n dẹ́rùbà ọ́, èmi yóò sì sọ ọ́ di ẹ̀rù níwájú wọn.
“You therefore put your belt on your waist, arise, and say to them all that I command you. Don’t be dismayed at them, lest I dismay you before them.
18 Ní òní èmi ti sọ ọ́ di ìlú alágbára, òpó irin àti odi idẹ sí àwọn ọba Juda, àwọn ìjòyè rẹ̀, sí àwọn àlùfáà àti àwọn ènìyàn ilẹ̀ náà.
For behold, I have made you today a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land.
19 Wọn yóò dojú ìjà kọ ọ́, wọn kì yóò borí rẹ, nítorí wí pé èmi wà pẹ̀lú rẹ, èmi yóò sì gbà ọ́,” ni Olúwa wí.
They will fight against you, but they will not prevail against you; for I am with you”, says Yahweh, “to rescue you.”
