< Jeremiah 22 >

1 Báyìí ni Olúwa wí, “Sọ̀kalẹ̀ lọ sí ààfin ọba Juda, kí o sì sọ ọ̀rọ̀ yìí níbẹ̀:
Thus saith the Lord: Go down to the house of the king of Juda, and there thou shalt speak this word,
2 ‘Gbọ́ ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa ìwọ ọba Juda, tí ó jókòó ní ìtẹ́ Dafidi, ìwọ, àwọn ènìyàn rẹ àti àwọn ìránṣẹ́ rẹ, tí ó wọlé láti ẹnu ibodè wọ̀nyí.
And thou shalt say: Hear the word of the Lord, O king of Juda, that sittest upon the throne of David: thou and thy servants, and thy people, who enter in by these gates.
3 Báyìí ni Olúwa wí: Ṣé ohun tí ó jẹ́ òtítọ́ tí ó sì yẹ, kí o sì gba ẹni tí a fi ẹ̀tọ́ rẹ̀ dù ú kúrò lọ́wọ́ aninilára. Kí ó má ṣe fi agbára àti ìkà lé àlejò, aláìní baba, tàbí opó, ìwọ kò sì gbọdọ̀ ta ẹ̀jẹ̀ aláìṣẹ̀ sílẹ̀ níbí yìí.
Thus saith the Lord: Execute judgement and justice, and deliver him that is oppressed out of the hand of the oppressor: and afflict not the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, nor oppress them unjustly: and shed not innocent blood in this place.
4 Nítorí bí ẹ̀yin bá tẹ̀lé àṣẹ wọ̀nyí, nígbà náà ni àwọn ọba tí ó jókòó lórí ìtẹ́ Dafidi yóò gba inú ààfin láti ẹnu-ọ̀nà, wọn yóò gun kẹ̀kẹ́ àti ẹṣin, àwọn àti ìránṣẹ́ wọn àti àwọn ènìyàn wọn.
For if you will do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house, kings of the race of David sitting upon his throne, and riding in chariots and on horses, they and their servants, and their people.
5 Ṣùgbọ́n bí ẹ̀yin kò bá tẹ̀lé àṣẹ wọ̀nyí, mo búra fúnra mi pé ààfin yìí yóò di ìparun ni Olúwa wí.’”
But if you will not hearken to these words: I swear by myself, saith the Lord, that this house shall become a desolation.
6 Nítorí báyìí ni Olúwa wí, nípa ààfin ọba Juda, “Bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ wí pé ìwọ dàbí Gileadi sí mi, gẹ́gẹ́ bí góńgó òkè Lebanoni, dájúdájú Èmi yóò sọ ọ́ di aṣálẹ̀, àní gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìlú tí a kò gbé inú wọn.
For thus saith the Lord to the house of the king of Juda: Thou art to me Galaad the head of Libanus: yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, and cities not habitable.
7 Èmi ó ya àwọn apanirun sọ́tọ̀ fún ọ, olúkúlùkù ọkùnrin pẹ̀lú ohun ìjà rẹ̀, wọn yóò sì gé àṣàyàn igi kedari rẹ lulẹ̀, wọn ó sì kó wọn jù sínú iná.
And I will prepare against thee the destroyer and his weapons: and they shall cut down thy chosen cedars, and shall cast them headlong into the fire.
8 “Àwọn ènìyàn láti ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ orílẹ̀-èdè yóò rékọjá lẹ́bàá ìlú yìí wọn yóò sì máa bi ara wọn léèrè pé, ‘Èéṣe tí Olúwa ṣe irú èyí sí ìlú ńlá yìí?’
And many nations shall pass by this city: and they shall say every man to his neighbor: Why hath the Lord done so to this great city?
9 Ìdáhùn wọn yóò sì jẹ́: ‘Nítorí tí wọ́n ti kọ májẹ̀mú Olúwa Ọlọ́run wọn sílẹ̀, wọn ti ń fi orí balẹ̀ fún ọlọ́run mìíràn, wọ́n sì sìn wọ́n.’”
And they shall answer: Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God, and have adored strange gods, and served them.
10 Nítorí náà má ṣe sọkún nítorí ọba tí ó ti kú tàbí ṣọ̀fọ̀ fún àdánù rẹ̀, ṣùgbọ́n ẹ sọkún kíkorò fún ẹni tí a lé kúrò nílùú nítorí kì yóò padà wá mọ́ tàbí fi ojú rí ilẹ̀ tí a ti bí i.
Weep not for him that is dead, nor bemoan him with your tears: lament him that goeth away, for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.
11 Nítorí báyìí ni Olúwa wí, nípa Ṣallumu ọmọ Josiah ọba Juda tí ó jẹ ọba lẹ́yìn baba rẹ̀, ṣùgbọ́n tí ó jáde kúrò níhìn-ín: “Òun kì yóò padà wá mọ́.
For thus saith the Lord to Sellum the son of Josias the king of Juda, who reigned instead of his father, who went forth out of this place: He shall return hither no more:
12 Yóò kú ni ibi tí a mú u ní ìgbèkùn lọ, kì yóò sì rí ilẹ̀ yìí mọ́.”
But in the place, to which I have removed him, there shall he die, and he shall not see this land any more.
13 “Ègbé ni fún ẹni tí a kọ́ ààfin rẹ̀ lọ́nà àìṣòdodo, àti àwọn yàrá òkè rẹ̀ lọ́nà àìtọ́ tí ó mú kí àwọn ará ìlú rẹ ṣiṣẹ́ lásán láìsan owó iṣẹ́ wọn fún wọn.
Woe to him that buildeth up his house by injustice, and his chambers not in judgement: that will oppress his friend without cause, and will not pay him his wages.
14 Ó wí pé, ‘Èmi ó kọ́ ààfin ńlá fún ara mi àwọn yàrá òkè tí ó fẹ̀, ojú fèrèsé rẹ̀ yóò tóbi.’ A ó sì fi igi kedari bò ó, a ó fi ohun aláwọ̀ pupa ṣe é ní ọ̀ṣọ́.
Who saith: I will build me a wide house and large chambers: who openeth to himself windows, and maketh roofs of cedar, and painteth them with vermilion.
15 “Ìwọ ó ha jẹ ọba kí ìwọ kí ó lè ní ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ igi kedari? Baba rẹ kò ha ní ohun jíjẹ àti mímu? Ó ṣe ohun tí ó tọ́ àti òdodo, nítorí náà ó dára fún un.
Shalt thou reign, because thou comparest thyself to the cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and it was then well with him?
16 Ó gbèjà òtòṣì àti aláìní, ohun gbogbo sì dára fún un. Bí a ti mọ̀ mí kọ́ ni èyí?” ni Olúwa wí.
He judged the cause of the poor and needy for his own good: was it not therefore because he knew me, saith the Lord?
17 “Ṣùgbọ́n ojú rẹ àti ọkàn rẹ wà lára èrè àìṣòótọ́ láti ta ẹ̀jẹ̀ aláìṣẹ̀ sílẹ̀ ìnilára àti ìlọ́nilọ́wọ́gbà.”
But thy eyes and thy heart are set upon covetousness, and upon shedding innocent blood, and upon oppression, and running after evil works.
18 Nítorí náà báyìí ni Olúwa wí, nípa Jehoiakimu ọmọ Josiah ọba Juda: “Wọn kì yóò ṣọ̀fọ̀ fún un: wí pé, ‘Ó ṣe, arákùnrin mi! Ó ṣe, arábìnrin mi!’ Wọn kì yóò ṣọ̀fọ̀ fún un: wí pé, ‘Ó ṣe, olúwa tàbí ó ṣe ọlọ́lá!’
Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning Joakim the son of Josias king of Juda: They shall not mourn for him, Alas, my brother, and Alas, sister: they shall not lament for him, Alas, my Lord, or, Alas, the noble one.
19 A ó sin òkú rẹ̀ bí i kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́ tí a wọ́ sọnù láti ẹnu ibodè Jerusalẹmu.”
He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, rotten and cast forth without the gates of Jerusalem.
20 “Gòkè lọ sí Lebanoni, kígbe síta, kí a sì gbọ́ ohùn rẹ ní Baṣani, kí o kígbe sókè láti Abarimu, nítorí a ti ṣẹ́ gbogbo olùfẹ́ rẹ túútúú.
Go up to Libanus, and cry: and lift up thy voice in Basan, and cry to them that pass by, for all thy lovers are destroyed.
21 Èmi ti kìlọ̀ fún ọ nígbà tí o rò pé kò séwu, ṣùgbọ́n o sọ pé, ‘Èmi kì yóò fetísílẹ̀!’ Èyí ni iṣẹ́ rẹ láti ìgbà èwe rẹ, ìwọ kò fìgbà kan gba ohùn mi gbọ́.
I spoke to thee in thy properity: and thou saidst: I will not hear: this hath been thy way from thy youth, because thou hast not heard my voice.
22 Ẹ̀fúùfù yóò lé gbogbo àwọn olùṣọ́-àgùntàn rẹ̀ lọ, gbogbo àwọn olùfẹ́ rẹ yóò lọ sí ìgbèkùn, nígbà náà ni a ó kẹ́gàn rẹ, ojú yóò tì ọ́ nítorí gbogbo ìwà búburú rẹ.
The wind shall feed all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: and then shalt thou be confounded, and ashamed of all thy wickedness.
23 Ìwọ tí ń gbé ‘Lebanoni,’ tí ó tẹ́ ìtẹ́ sí orí igi kedari, ìwọ yóò ti kérora pẹ́ tó, nígbà tí ìrora bá dé bá ọ, ìrora bí i ti obìnrin tí ń rọbí!
Thou that sittest in Libanus, and makest thy nest in the cedars, how hast thou mourned when sorrows came upon thee, as the pains of a woman in labour?
24 “Dájúdájú bí èmi ti wà láààyè,” ni Olúwa wí, “Bí Koniah ọmọ Jehoiakimu ọba Juda tilẹ̀ jẹ́ òrùka èdìdì lọ́wọ́ ọ̀tún mi, síbẹ̀ èmi ó fà ọ́ tu kúrò níbẹ̀.
As I live, saith the Lord, if Jechonias the son of Joakim the king of Juda were a ring on my right hand, I would pluck him thence.
25 Èmi ó sì fà ọ́ lé ọwọ́ àwọn tí ó ń wá ẹ̀mí rẹ, àwọn tí ìwọ bẹ̀rù, àní lé ọwọ́ Nebukadnessari, ọba Babeli àti ọwọ́ àwọn ará Babeli.
And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand of them whose face thou fearest, and into the hand of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.
26 Èmi ó fi ìwọ àti ìyá tí ó bí ọ sọ̀kò sí ilẹ̀ mìíràn, níbi tí a kò bí ẹnikẹ́ni nínú yín sí. Níbẹ̀ ni ẹ̀yin méjèèjì yóò kú sí.
And I will send thee, and thy mother that bore thee, into a strange country, in which you were not born, and there you shall die:
27 Ẹ̀yin kì yóò padà sí ilẹ̀ tí ẹ̀yin fẹ́ mọ́ láéláé.”
And they shall not return into the land, whereunto they lift up their mind to return thither.
28 Ǹjẹ́ Jehoiakini ẹni ẹ̀gàn yàtọ̀ sí ìkòkò òfìfo, ohun èlò tí ẹnìkan kò fẹ́? Èéṣe tí a fi òun àti àwọn ọmọ rẹ̀ sókè sí ilẹ̀ tí wọn kò mọ̀.
Is this man Jechonias an earthen and a broken vessel? is he a vessel wherein there is no pleasure? why are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?
29 Ìwọ ilẹ̀, ilẹ̀, ilẹ̀, gbọ́ ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa!
O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord.
30 Báyìí ni Olúwa wí: “Kọ àkọsílẹ̀ ọkùnrin yìí sínú ìwé gẹ́gẹ́ bí aláìlọ́mọ, ẹni tí kì yóò ṣe rere ní ọjọ́ ayé rẹ̀; nítorí ọ̀kan nínú irú-ọmọ rẹ̀ kì yóò ṣe rere, èyíkéyìí wọn kì yóò jókòó lórí ìtẹ́ Dafidi tàbí jẹ ọba ní Juda mọ́.”
Thus saith the Lord: Write this man barren, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for there shall not be a man of his seed that shall sit upon the throne of David, and have power any more in Juda.

< Jeremiah 22 >