Jeremiah 5
1 Go about through the streets of Jerusalem, and see, and consider, and seek in the broad places thereof, if you can fins a man that executeth judgement, and seeketh faith: and I will be merciful unto it.
“Lọ sókè àti sódò àwọn òpópó Jerusalẹmu, wò yíká, kí o sì mọ̀, kí o sì wá kiri. Bí o bá le è rí ẹnìkan, tí ó jẹ́ olóòtítọ́ àti olódodo, n ó dáríjì ìlú yìí.
2 And though they say: The Lord liveth; this also they will swear falsely.
Bí wọ́n tilẹ̀ wí pé, ‘Bí Olúwa ti ń bẹ,’ síbẹ̀ wọ́n búra èké.”
3 O Lord, thy eyes are upon truth: thou hast struck them, and they have not grieved: thou hast bruised them, and they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than the rock, and they have refused to return.
Olúwa, ojú rẹ kò ha wà lára òtítọ́? Ìwọ lù wọ́n, kò dùn wọ́n; ìwọ bá wọn wí, wọ́n kọ̀ láti yípadà. Wọ́n mú ojú wọn le ju òkúta lọ, wọ́n sì kọ̀ láti yípadà.
4 But I said: Perhaps these are poor and foolish, that know not the way of the Lord, the judgement of their God.
Èmi sì rò pé, “Tálákà ni àwọn yìí; wọn jẹ́ aṣiwèrè, nítorí pé wọn kò mọ ọ̀nà Olúwa, àti ohun tí Ọlọ́run wọn ń fẹ́.
5 I will go therefore to the great men, and I will speak to them: for they known the way of the Lord, the judgement of their God: and behold these have together broken the yoke more, and have burst the bonds.
Nítorí náà, èmi yóò tọ àwọn adarí lọ, n ó sì bá wọn sọ̀rọ̀; ó dájú wí pé wọ́n mọ ọ̀nà Olúwa àti ohun tí Ọlọ́run wọn ń fẹ́.” Ṣùgbọ́n pẹ̀lú ìfìmọ̀ṣọ̀kan, wọ́n ti ba àjàgà jẹ́, wọ́n sì ti já ìdè.
6 Wherefore a lion out of the wood hath slain them, a wolf in the evening, hath spoiled them, a leopard watcheth for their cities: every one that shall go out thence shall be taken, because their transgressions are multiplied, their rebellions are strengthened.
Nítorí náà, kìnnìún láti inú igbó yóò kọlù wọ́n, ìkookò aginjù yóò sì pa wọ́n run, ẹkùn yóò máa ṣe ibùba sí ẹ̀bá ìlú yín ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá jáde ni yóò fàya pẹ́rẹpẹ̀rẹ, nítorí àìgbọ́ràn yín pọ, ìpadàsẹ́yìn wọn sì pọ̀.
7 How can I be merciful to thee? thy children have forsaken me, and swear by them that are not gods: I fed them to the full, and they committed adultery, and rioted in the harlot’s house.
“Kí ni ṣe tí èmi ó ṣe dáríjì ọ́? Àwọn ọmọ rẹ ti kọ̀ mí sílẹ̀ àti pé wọ́n ti fi ọlọ́run tí kì í ṣe Ọlọ́run búra. Mo pèsè fún gbogbo àìní wọn, síbẹ̀ wọ́n tún ń ṣe panṣágà wọ́n sì kórajọ sí ilé àwọn alágbèrè.
8 They are become as amorous horses and stallions, every one neighed after his neighbor’s wife.
Wọ́n jẹ́ akọ ẹṣin tí a bọ́ yó, tí ó lágbára, wọ́n sì ń sọkún sí aya arákùnrin wọn.
9 Shall I not visit for these things, sayeth the Lord? and shall not my soul take revenge on such a nation?
Èmi kì yóò ha ṣe ìbẹ̀wò nítorí nǹkan wọ̀nyí?” ni Olúwa wí. “Èmi kì yóò wá gba ẹ̀san fúnra mi lára irú orílẹ̀-èdè bí èyí bí?
10 Scale down the walls thereof, and throw them down, but do not utterly destroy: take away the branches thereof, because they are not the Lord’s.
“Lọ sí ọgbà àjàrà rẹ̀, kí ẹ sì pa wọ́n run, ẹ má ṣe pa wọ́n run pátápátá. Ya ẹ̀ka rẹ̀ kúrò, nítorí àwọn ènìyàn wọ̀nyí kì í ṣe ti Olúwa.
11 For the house of Israel, and the house of Juda have greatly transgressed against me, saith the Lord.
Ilé Israẹli àti ilé Juda ti jẹ́ aláìṣòdodo sí mi,” ni Olúwa wí.
12 They have denied the Lord, and said, It is not he: and the evil shall not come upon us: we shall not see the sword and famine.
Wọ́n ti pa irọ́ mọ́ Olúwa; wọ́n wí pé, “Òun kì yóò ṣe ohun kan! Ibi kan kì yóò sì tọ̀ wá wá; àwa kì yóò sì rí idà tàbí ìyàn.
13 The prophets have spoken in the wind, and there was no word of God in them: these things therefore shall befall them.
Àwọn wòlíì wá dàbí afẹ́fẹ́, ọ̀rọ̀ kò sí nínú wọn. Nítorí náà, jẹ́ kí ohun tí wọ́n bá sọ ṣẹlẹ̀ sí wọn.”
14 Thus saith the Lord the God of hosts: Because you have spoken this word, behold I will make my words in thy mouth as fire, and this people as wood, and it shall devour them.
Nítorí náà, báyìí ni Olúwa Ọlọ́run Alágbára wí: “Nítorí tí àwọn ènìyàn ti sọ àwọn ọ̀rọ̀ wọ̀nyí; Èmi yóò sọ ọ̀rọ̀ mi lẹ́nu wọn di iná, àti àwọn ènìyàn wọ̀nyí di igi tí yóò jórun.
15 Behold I will bring upon you a nation from afar, O house of Israel, saith the Lord: a strong nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou shalt not know, nor understand what they say.
Háà, ẹ̀yin ilé Israẹli,” ni Olúwa wí, “Èmi yóò mú kí orílẹ̀-èdè láti ọ̀nà jíjìn dìde sí i yín Orílẹ̀-èdè àtijọ́ àti alágbára nì àwọn ènìyàn tí ìwọ kò mọ èdè rẹ̀, tí ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ̀ kò sì yé ọ.
16 Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all valiant.
Apó-ọfà rẹ sì dàbí isà òkú tí a ṣí gbogbo wọn sì jẹ́ akọni ènìyàn.
17 And they shall eat up thy corn, and thy bread: they shall devour thy sons, and thy daughters: they shall eat up thy flocks, and thy herds: they shall eat thy vineyards, and thy figs: and with the sword they shall destroy thy strong cities, wherein thou trustest.
Wọn yóò jẹ ìkórè rẹ àti oúnjẹ rẹ, àwọn ọmọ rẹ ọkùnrin àti obìnrin, wọn yóò sì jẹ agbo àti ẹran rẹ, wọn yóò jẹ àjàrà àti igi ọ̀pọ̀tọ́ rẹ. Pẹ̀lú idà ni wọn ó run ìlú tí ìwọ gbẹ́kẹ̀lé.
18 Nevertheless in those days, saith the Lord, I will not bring you to utter destruction.
“Ní ọjọ́ wọ̀n-ọn-nì,” ni Olúwa wí, “Èmi kì yóò pa yín run pátápátá.
19 And if you shall say: why hath the Lord our God done all these things to us? thou shalt say to them: As you have forsaken me, and served a strange god in your own land, so shall you serve strangers in a land that is not your own.
Àti pé, nígbà tí àwọn ènìyàn bá sì béèrè wí pé, ‘Kí ni ìdí rẹ̀ tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run wa fi ṣe gbogbo èyí sí wa?’ Ìwọ yóò sì sọ fún wọn wí pé, ‘Ẹ̀yin ti kọ̀ mí sílẹ̀, ẹ sì ń sin ọlọ́run àjèjì ní ilẹ̀ yín. Nísinsin yìí, ẹ̀yin yóò máa sin àjèjì ní ilẹ̀ tí kì í ṣe tiyín.’
20 Declare ye this to the house of Jacob, and publish it in Juda, saying:
“Kéde èyí fún ilé Jakọbu, kí ẹ sì polongo rẹ̀ ní Juda.
21 Hear, O foolish people, and without understanding: who have eyes, and see not: and ears, and hear not.
Gbọ́ èyí, ẹ̀yin aṣiwèrè àti aláìlọ́gbọ́n ènìyàn, tí ó lójú ti kò fi ríran tí ó létí ti kò fi gbọ́rọ̀.
22 Will not you then fear me, saith the Lord: and will you not repent at my presence? I have set the sand a bound for the sea, an everlasting ordinance, which it shall not pass over: and the waves thereof shall toss themselves, and shall not prevail: they shall swell, and shall not pass over it.
Kò ha yẹ kí ẹ bẹ̀rù mi?” ni Olúwa wí. “Kò ha yẹ kí ẹ̀yin ó wárìrì níwájú mi bí? Mo fi yanrìn pààlà òkun, èyí tí kò le è rékọjá rẹ̀ láéláé. Ìjì lè jà, kò le è borí rẹ̀; wọ́n le è bú, wọn kò le è rékọjá rẹ̀.
23 But the heart of this people is become hard of belief and provoking, they are revolted and gone away.
Ṣùgbọ́n, àwọn ènìyàn wọ̀nyí ní ọkàn líle àti ọkàn ọ̀tẹ̀, wọ́n ti yípadà, wọ́n sì ti lọ.
24 And they have not said in their heart: let us fear the Lord our God, who giveth us the early and the latter rain in due season: who preserveth for us the fullness of the yearly harvest.
Wọn kò sọ fún ara wọn pé, ‘Ẹ jẹ́ ká a bẹ̀rù Olúwa Ọlọ́run wa, ẹni tí ó fún wa ní òjò àkọ́rọ̀ àti àrọ̀kúrò òjò ní ìgbà rẹ̀, tí ó fi wá lọ́kàn balẹ̀ nípa ìkórè ọ̀sẹ̀ déédé.’
25 Your iniquities have turned these things away, and your sins have withholden good things from you.
Àìṣedéédéé yín mú gbogbo nǹkan wọ̀nyí kúrò, ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ yín sì mú kí a fi nǹkan rere dù yín.
26 For among my people are found wicked men, that lie in wait as fowlers, setting snares and traps to catch men.
“Láàrín ènìyàn mi ni ìkà ènìyàn wà tí ó wà ní ibùba bí ẹni tí ó ń dẹ ẹyẹ, àti bí àwọn tí ó ń dẹ pàkúté láti mú ènìyàn.
27 As a net is full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit: therefore are they become great and enriched.
Bí àgò tí ó kún fún ẹyẹ, ilé wọn sì kún fún ẹ̀tàn; wọ́n ti di ọlọ́lá àti alágbára,
28 They are grown gross and fat: and have most wickedly transgressed my words. They have not judged the cause of the widow, they have not managed the cause of the fatherless, they have not judged the judgement of the poor.
wọ́n sanra wọ́n sì ń dán. Ìwà búburú wọn kò sì lópin; wọn kò bẹ̀bẹ̀ fún ẹjọ́ àwọn aláìní baba láti borí rẹ̀. Wọn kò jà fún ẹ̀tọ́ àwọn tálákà.
29 Shall I not visit for these things, saith the Lord? or shall not my soul take revenge on such a nation?
Èmi kì yóò ha fi ìyà jẹ wọ́n fún èyí bí?” ni Olúwa wí. “Èmi kì yóò wá gbẹ̀san ara mi lára orílẹ̀-èdè bí èyí bí?
30 Astonishing and wonderful things have been done in the land.
“Nǹkan ìbànújẹ́ àti ohun ìtara ti ṣẹlẹ̀ ní ilẹ̀ náà.
31 The prophets prophesied falsehood, and the priests clapped their hands: and my people loved such things: what then shall be done in the end thereof?
Àwọn wòlíì ń sọ àsọtẹ́lẹ̀ èké, àwọn àlùfáà sì ń ṣe àkóso pẹ̀lú àṣẹ ara wọn, àwọn ènìyàn mi sì ní ìfẹ́ sí èyí, kí ni ẹ̀yin yóò ṣe ní òpin?
