Jeremiah 51
1 Thus saith the Lord: Behold I will raise up as it were a pestilential wind against Babylon and against the inhabitants thereof, who have lifted up their heart against me.
Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: “Kpɔ ɖa, maʋã nugblẽla aɖe ƒe gbɔgbɔ ɖe Babilonia kple ame siwo le Leb Kamai ŋuti.
2 And I will send to Babylon fanners, and they shall fan her, and shall destroy her land: for they are come upon her on every side in the day of her affliction.
Madɔ amedzrowo ɖo ɖe Babilonia be woagbɔe abe lu ene, eye woatsrɔ̃ eƒe anyigba. Woatsi tsitre ɖe eŋu le go sia go me le eƒe gbegblẽ ƒe ŋkeke la dzi.
3 Let not him that bendeth, bend his bow, and let not, him go up that is armed with a coat of mail: spare not her young men, destroy all her army.
Mègana woƒe aŋutrɔdala nagahe eƒe dati me alo atsɔ eƒe akpoxɔnu ado o. Mègakpɔ nublanui na eƒe ɖekakpuiwo o, ke boŋ tsrɔ̃ eƒe aʋakɔ la keŋkeŋkeŋ.
4 And the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and the wounded in the regions thereof.
Woadze anyi aku ɖe Babilonia eye woaxɔ abi vevie le eƒe ablɔwo dzi.
5 For Israel and Juda have not been forsaken by their God the Lord of hosts: but their land hath been filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.
Elabena Israel kple Yuda ƒe Mawu la Yehowa Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la, megbe wo o, togbɔ be woƒe anyigba la yɔ fũu kple nu vɔ̃ le Israel ƒe Kɔkɔetɔ la ƒe ŋkume hã.
6 Flee ye from the midst of Babylon, and let every one save his own life: be not silent upon her iniquity: for it is the time of revenge from the Lord, he will I render unto her what she hath deserved.
“Misi tso Babilonia! Si ne nàɖe wò agbe! Womegatsrɔ̃ wò le eƒe nu vɔ̃wo ta o. Ɣeyiɣi de na Yehowa ƒe hlɔ̃biabia, axe fe si dzee la nɛ.
7 Babylon hath been a golden cup in the hand of the Lord, that made all the earth drunk: the nations have drunk of her wine, and therefore they have staggered.
Babilonia nye sikakplu le Yehowa ƒe asi me, eye wòna xexea me katã mu aha. Dukɔwo no eƒe wain, eya ta fifi laa la, wo katã wodze aɖaʋa.
8 Babylon is suddenly fallen, and destroyed: howl for her, take balm for her pain, if so she may be healed.
Babilonia adze anyi kpata, eye woagbã gudugudu. Fa avi sesĩe ɖe eta! Di dɔyɔmi na eƒe vevesese, ɖewohĩ akpɔ dɔyɔyɔ.
9 We would have cured Babylon, but she is not healed: let us forsake her, and let us go every man to his own land: because her judgment hath reached even to the heavens, and is lifted up to the clouds.
“‘Anye ne míeyɔ dɔ Babilonia, gake womate ŋu ayɔ dɔe o; mina mía dometɔ ɖe sia ɖe nayi eƒe du me, agblẽe ɖi, elabena eƒe ʋɔnudɔdrɔ̃ ɖatɔ dziƒo, eye wòkɔ abe lilikpo ene.’
10 The Lord hath brought forth our justices: Come, and let us declare in Sion the work of the Lord our God.
“‘Yehowa tso afia na mí, miva, míaɖe gbeƒã nu si Yehowa, míaƒe Mawu la wɔ le Zion.’
11 Sharpen the arrows, fill the quivers, the Lord hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: and his mind is against Babylon to destroy it, because it is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance of his temple.
“Minyre aŋutrɔwo, mitsɔ akpoxɔnuwo! Yehowa de adã ta me na Media fiawo elabena eƒe taɖodzinue nye be wòatsrɔ̃ Babilonia. Yehowa abia hlɔ̃, abia hlɔ̃ na eƒe gbedoxɔ.
12 Upon the walls of Babylon set up the standard, strengthen the watch: set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the Lord hath both purposed, and done all that he spoke against the inhabitants of Babylon.
Mikɔ aflaga dzi ɖe Babilonia ƒe gliwo ŋu! Miyɔ dzɔla bubuwo vɛ va kpe esiwo li xoxo, miɖo gbetakpɔlawo wo nɔƒe, eye mina amewo nade xa ɖi na wo. Yehowa awɔ ɖe nu si wòɖo la dzi, awɔ nu siwo wògblɔ ɖi ɖe Babiloniatɔwo ŋuti la dzi.
13 O thou that dwellest upon many waters, rich in treasures, thy end is come for thy entire destruction.
Mi ame siwo le tɔsisi geɖewo to eye kesinɔnu geɖewo le mia si, miaƒe nuwuwu ɖo, ɣeyiɣi de be woatsrɔ̃ mi,
14 The Lord of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying: I will fill thee with men as with locusts, and they shall lift up a joyful shout against thee.
Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la, ta eɖokui ƒe agbe be: Mana amewo nayɔ mewò fũu abe ʋetsuviwo ƒe ha wonye ene, eye woado dziɖuɖu ƒe ɣli ɖe tawò.
15 He that made the earth by his power, that hath prepared the world by his wisdom, and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.
“Eƒe ŋusẽ wòtsɔ wɔ anyigbae; eyae na anyigba dzɔ to eƒe nunya me, eye wòtsɔ eƒe nugɔmesese keke dziƒowo mee.
16 When he uttereth his voice the waters are multiplied in heaven: he lifteth up the clouds from the ends of the earth, he hath turned lightning into rain: and hath brought forth the wind out of his treasures.
Ne eɖe gbe la, tsi siwo le dziƒowo tea gbe eye wònana lilikpowo hona tso anyigba ƒe mlɔenu ke. Eɖoa dzikedzo kple tsidzadza ɖa eye wòɖea yaƒoƒo doa goe tso eƒe nudzraɖoƒewo.
17 Every man is become foolish by his knowledge: every founder is confounded by his idol, for what he hath cast is a lie, and there is no breath in them.
“Amegbetɔwo katã nye movitɔwo eye nunya mele tagbɔ na wo o. Sikanutula ɖe sia ɖe ƒe legbawo akpe ŋu nɛ. Eƒe legbawo nye beble elabena agbe mele wo me o.
18 They are vain works, and worthy to be laughed at, in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
Nu maɖinuwo kple alɔmeɖenuwo wonye, ne woƒe ʋɔnudrɔ̃gbe ɖo la, woatsrɔ̃.
19 The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he that made all things he it is, and Israel is the sceptre of his inheritance: the Lord of hosts is his name.
Ke ame si nye Yakob ƒe gome la mele abe esiawo ene o, elabena eyae nye nuwo katã wɔla eye eya kee wɔ dukɔ si nye eƒe domenyinu, Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔe nye eŋkɔ.
20 Thou dashest together for me the weapons of war, and with thee I will dash nations together, and with thee I will destroy kingdoms:
“Aʋawɔkpo kple aʋawɔnu nènye nam, wòe metsɔ kaka dukɔwoe, wòe metsɔ tsrɔ̃ fiaɖuƒewoe.
21 And with thee I will break in pieces the horse, and his rider, and with thee I will break in pieces the chariot, and him that getteth up into it:
Wòe metsɔ kaka sɔ kple sɔdolae, wòe metsɔ kaka tasiaɖam kple ekulae.
22 And with thee I will break in pieces man and woman, and with thee I will break in pieces the old man and the child, and with thee I will break in pieces the young man and the virgin:
Wòe metsɔ kaka ŋutsu kple nyɔnue; wòe metsɔ kaka ame tsitsiwo kple sɔhɛwoe, wòe metsɔ kaka ɖekakpui kple ɖetugbie.
23 And with thee I will break in pieces the shepherd and his dock, and with thee I will break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen, and with thee I will break in pieces captains and rulers.
Wòe metsɔ kaka alẽkplɔla kple alẽha lae, wòe metsɔ kaka agbledela kple eƒe nyiwoe eye wòe metsɔ kaka mɔmefiawo kple woƒe dɔdzikpɔlawoe.
24 And I will render to Babylon, and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil, that they have done in Sion, before your eyes, saith the Lord.
“Le miaƒe ŋkume maxe fe na Babilonia kple Babilonianɔlawo katã, ɖe nu gbegblẽ siwo katã wova wɔ le Zion la ta.” Yehowae gblɔe.
25 Behold I come against thee, thou destroying mountain, saith the Lord, which corruptest the whole earth: and I will stretch out my hand upon thee, and will roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.
Yehowa be, “Metso ɖe ŋuwò, O, wò to nugblẽla, wò si gblẽ xexea me katã. Mado nye asi ɖe gbɔwò, atu asi wò nàmli age tso to dzi adze anyi eye mawɔ wò abe to si dzo bi la ene.
26 And they shall not take of thee a stone for the corner, nor a stone for foundations, but thou shalt be destroyed for ever, saith the Lord.
Womagaɖe kpe aɖeke le mewò atsɔ wɔ dzogoedzikpe alo gɔmeɖokpee o elabena àzu gbegbe tegbee.” Yehowae gblɔe.
27 Set ye up a standard in the land: sound with the trumpet among the nations: prepare the nations against her: call together against her the kings of Ararat, Menni, and Ascenez: number Taphsar against her, bring the horse as the stinging locust.
“Kɔ aflaga dzi le anyigba la dzi! Ku kpẽ la le dukɔwo dome! Dzra dukɔwo ɖo woakpe aʋa kplii. Yɔ fiaɖuƒe siawo woava sɔ ɖe eŋu, Ararat, Mini kple Askenaz. Ɖo aʋafia ɖe eŋu, eye nàdɔ sɔ siwo sɔ gbɔ abe ʋetsuviwo ene la ɖe eŋu.
28 Prepare the nations against her, the kings of Media, their captains, and all their rulers, and all the land of their dominion.
Dzra dukɔwo ɖo ne woakpe aʋa kplii. Media fiawo, woƒe dziɖulawo, woƒe dɔnunɔlawo katã kple dukɔ siwo katã dzi ɖum wole la nakpe aʋa kplii.
29 And the land shall be in a commotion, and shall be troubled: for the design of the Lord against Babylon shall awake, to make the land of Babylon desert and uninhabitable.
Anyigba ʋuʋu hedzo nyanyanya elabena Yehowa ƒe ɖoɖowo ɖe Babilonia ŋu le te be, wòado gbegbe Babilonianyigba ale be ame aɖeke maganɔ edzi akpɔ o.
30 The valiant men of Babylon have forborne to fight, they have dwelt in holds: their strength hath failed, and they are become as women: her dwelling places are burnt, her bars are broken.
Babilonia ƒe kalẽtɔwo dzudzɔ aʋawɔwɔ eye wotsi woƒe mɔ sesẽwo me. Ŋusẽ vɔ le wo ŋu, eye wole ko abe nyɔnuwo ene. Wotɔ dzo eƒe nɔƒewo eye woŋe eƒe agbometiwo.
31 One running post shall meet another, and messenger shall meet messenger: to tell the king of Babylon that his city is taken from one end to the other:
Duƒula kplɔ duƒula ɖo eye dɔtsɔla kplɔ dɔtsɔla ɖo ne woaɖagblɔ na Babilonia fia be, woxɔ eƒe du la
32 And that the fords are taken, and the marshes are burnt with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
kple tɔtsoƒewo hetɔ dzo simenyigba eye ŋɔdzi lé asrafoawo.”
33 For thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a thrashingfloor, this is the time of her thrashing: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.
Ale Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ, Israel ƒe Mawu la gblɔe nye esi: “Babilonia vinyɔnu le abe lugbɔƒe si le lalam la ene; eye esusɔ vie nuŋeɣi naɖo nɛ.”
34 Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon hath eaten me up, he hath devoured me: he hath made me as an empty vessel: he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicate meats, and he hath cast me out.
“Babilonia fia, Nebukadnezar vuvu mí, de tɔtɔ mía dome eye wòwɔ mí míele abe tsizɔ ƒuƒluwo ene. Emi mí abe ʋɔ ene, eye wòtsɔ míaƒe nu viviwo ɖi ƒoe na eɖokui, emegbe etu mí ƒu gbe.
35 The wrong done to me, and my flesh be upon Babylon, saith the habitation of Sion: and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, saith Jerusalem.
Ŋuta si Babilonia sẽ le míaƒe ŋutilãwo ŋuti la neva edzi. Zion nɔlawoe gblɔe.” “Míaƒe ʋu neva Babilonianɔlawo ƒe ta dzi.” Yerusalemtɔwoe gblɔe.
36 Therefore thus saith the Lord: Behold I will judge thy cause, and will take vengeance for thee, and I will make her sea desolate, and will dry up her spring.
Eya ta ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: “Kpɔ ɖa, maʋli tawò eye mabia hlɔ̃ na wò. Mana eƒe atsiaƒu namie ƒiaƒiaƒia eye eƒe vudowo me naƒu kplakplakpla.
37 And Babylon shall be reduced to heaps, a dwelling place for dragons, an astonishment and a hissing, because there is no inhabitant.
Babilonia azu anyiglago, amegãxiwo nɔƒe eye wòazu ŋɔdzinu kple fewuɖunu, teƒe si ame maganɔ akpɔ o.
38 They shall roar together like lions, they shall shake their manes like young lions.
Eƒe amewo katã le gbe ɖem abe dzatawo ene eye wole gbe tem abe dzataviwo ene.
39 In their heat I will set them drink: and I will make them drunk, that they may slumber, and sleep an everlasting sleep, and awake no more, saith the Lord.
Ke ne dzo ɖo lãme na wo vɔ keŋ la, maɖo nuɖukplɔ̃ na wo, eye mana woamu aha, ale gbegbe be woado ɣli anɔ nu kom xaxaxa, emegbe woadɔ alɔ̃ tegbee, eye womanyɔ akpɔ o.” Yehowae gblɔe.
40 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, and like rams with kids.
“Mana woakplɔ wo vɛ abe alẽviwo, agbowo kple gbɔ̃wo ene ayi wuwu ge.
41 How is Sesach taken, and the renowned one of all the earth surprised? How is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations?
“Aleke woahalé Sesak eye asi asu anyigba blibo la ƒe adegbeƒola dzi! Aleke Babilonia azu ŋɔdzinu le dukɔwo dome!
42 The sea is come up over Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
Atsiaƒu aɖɔ agbagba ɖe Babilonia dzi eƒe ƒutsotsoe dzeagbowo aŋe atsyɔ edzi.
43 Her cities are become an astonishment, a land uninhabited and desolate, a land wherein none can dwell, nor son of man pass through it.
Eƒe duwo azu aƒedo, kuɖiɖinyigba, dzogbenyigba kple anyigba si dzi ame maganɔ alo mɔzɔla aɖe nato ayi o.
44 And I will visit against Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he had swallowed down: and the rations shall no more flow together to him, for the wall also of Babylon shall fall.
Mahe to na Bel le Babilonia eye mana wòaɖe nu si wòmi. Dukɔwo magaƒo zi ayi egbɔ o eye Babilonia ƒe gliwo amu adze anyi.
45 Go out of the midst of her, my people: that every man may save his life from the fierce wrath of the Lord.
“Nye amewo, mido le wo dome! Misi kple du ne miaɖe miaƒe agbe! Misi le Yehowa ƒe dziku helĩhelĩ la nu.
46 And lest your hearts faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land: and a rumour shall come in one year, and after this year another rumour: and iniquity in the land, and ruler upon ruler.
Ne nyawo le ɖiɖim le anyigba dzi, ƒe sia me miese be ale, eye ƒe kemɛ me wobe ale, ne miese ŋutasesẽ le anyigba dzi, eye dziɖula tso ɖe dziɖula ŋu la, dzi megaɖe le mia ƒo alo miavɔ̃ o.
47 Therefore behold the days come, and I will visit the idols of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.
Elabena ɣeyiɣi li gbɔna, esi mahe to na Babilonia legbawo godoo eye ŋukpe alé eƒe anyigba blibo la ale be eƒe Ame tsiaʋawo akaka ɖe anyigba blibo la dzi.
48 And the heavens and the earth, and all things that are in them shall give praise for Babylon: for spoilers shall come to her from the north, saith the Lord.
Ekema dziƒo kple emenuwo kple anyigba kple edzinuwo katã ado ɣli kple dzidzɔ ɖe Babilonia ŋu, elabena nugblẽlawo atso anyiehe ava ƒo ɖe edzi.” Yehowae gblɔe.
49 And as Babylon caused that there should fall slain in Israel: so of Babylon there shall fall slain in all the earth.
“Abe ale si Israel kple anyigba bubuwo dzi tɔwo tsi aʋae le Babilonia ta ene la, nenema wòle na eya hã be wòamu adze anyi.
50 You that have escaped the sword, come away, stand not still: remember the Lord afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
Mi ame siwo si le yi nu, midzo, migatɔ ɖi o! Miɖo ŋku Yehowa dzi le didiƒenyigba dzi eye mibu Yerusalem ŋu.”
51 We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: because strangers are come upon the sanctuaries of the house of the Lord.
“Wodo ŋukpe mí elabena wodzu mí eye ŋukpe tsyɔ míaƒe mowo, elabena amedzrowo ge ɖe Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ la ƒe teƒe kɔkɔewo.”
52 Therefore behold the days come, saith the Lord, and I will visit her graven things, and in all her land the wounded shall groan:
Yehowa be, “Gake ŋkekewo li gbɔna esi mahe to na eƒe legbawo eye abixɔlawo anɔ ŋeŋem le eƒe anyigba blibo la dzi.
53 If Babylon should mount up to heaven, and establish her strength on high: from me there should come spoilers upon her, saith the Lord.
Ne Babilonia kɔ yi ɖatɔ dziŋgɔli, eye wòglã eƒe mɔ kɔkɔwo gɔ̃ hã la, madɔ nugblẽlawo ɖe eŋu.” Yehowae gblɔe.
54 The noise of a cry from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:
“Avi le ɖiɖim tso Babilonia, gbegblẽ ƒe ɣli gã aɖe le ɖiɖim tso Babiloniatɔwo ƒe anyigba dzi.
55 Because the Lord hath laid Babylon waste, and destroyed out of her the great voice: and their wave shall roar like many waters: their voice hath made a noise:
Yehowa atsrɔ̃ Babilonia, eye wòatsi eƒe hoowɔwɔ nu. Abe ale si ƒutsotsoewo ɖea gbee ne ƒu dze agbo ene la, nenema futɔwo ƒe gbe aɖii ne wova ƒo ɖe edzi.
56 Because the spoiler is come upon her, that is, upon Babylon, and her valiant men are taken, and their bow is weakened, because the Lord, who is a strong revenger, will surely repay.
Nugblẽla aɖe ava ƒo ɖe Babilonia dzi eye wòalé eƒe kalẽtɔwo, ahaŋe woƒe dawo elabena Mawu, nuteƒeɖolae nye Yehowa, aɖo eteƒe na wo wòade pɛpɛpɛ.
57 And I will make her princes drunk. and her wise men, and her captains, and her rulers, and her valiant men: and they shall sleep an everlasting sleep, and shall awake no more, saith the whose name is Lord of hosts.
Mana woƒe dɔnunɔlawo kple woƒe nunyalawo namu aha, nenema kee nye woƒe dziɖulawo, dudɔnunɔlawo kple kalẽtɔwo siaa; woadɔ alɔ̃ tegbee eye womaganyɔ gbeɖe o.” Fia si ŋkɔe nye Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ lae gblɔe.
58 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: That broad wall of Babylon shall be utterly broken down, and her high gates shall be burnt with fire, and the labours of the people shall come to nothing, and of the nations shall go to the fire, and shall perish.
Ale Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la gblɔe nye esi: “Woagbã Babilonia ƒe glikpɔ sesẽ la gudugudu eye woatɔ dzo eƒe agbo kɔkɔ la, emenɔlawo ka hiã wo ɖokuiwo yakatsyɔ eye dukɔwo ƒe agbagbadzedze zu ami si kɔm wole ɖe dzoa me.”
59 The word that Jeremias the prophet commanded Saraias the son of Nerias, the son of Maasias, when he went with king Sedecias to Babylon, in the fourth year of his reign: now Saraias was chief over the prophecy.
Esia nye gbedeasi si Yeremia tsɔ na dɔnunɔlagã Seraya, Neria ƒe vi, Mahseya ƒe vi, esi wòyi ɖe Babilonia kple Yuda fia Zedekia, le eƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe ƒe enelia me.
60 And Jeremias wrote in one book all the evil that was to come upon Babylon: all these words that are written against Babylon.
Yeremia ŋlɔ gbegblẽ siwo katã ava Babilonia dzi la ɖe lãgbalẽ dzi eye wonye nyaŋlɔɖiwo tso Babilonia ŋuti.
61 And Jeremias said to Saraias: When thou shalt come into Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words,
Egblɔ na Seraya be, “Kpɔ egbɔ be yexlẽ nya siawo kple ɣli ne mieva ɖo Babilonia.
62 Thou shalt say: O Lord, thou hast spoken against this place to destroy it: so that there should be neither man nor beast to dwell therein, and that it should be desolate for ever.
Emegbe nàgblɔ be, ‘O Yehowa, ègblɔ be yele teƒe sia tsrɔ̃ ge ale gbegbe be amegbetɔwo alo lãwo manɔ anyi o; azu aƒedo tegbetegbee.’
63 And when thou shalt have made an end of reading this book, thou shalt tie a stone to it, and shalt throw it into the midst of the Euphrates:
Ne èxlẽ lãgbalẽ sia me nyawo vɔ la, tsɔ kpe bla ɖe lãgbalẽ la ŋuti eye nàtsɔe aƒu gbe ɖe Frat tɔsisi la me.
64 And thou shalt say: Thus shall Babylon sink, and she shall not rise up from the affliction that I will bring upon her, and she shall be utterly destroyed. Thus far are the words of Jeremias.
Ekema nàgblɔ be, ‘Alea Babilonia adze toe eye magaho ɖe dzi akpɔ o, le gbegblẽ si mahe va edzii la ta. Eƒe amewo hã atsi aʋa.’” Yeremia ƒe nyawo wu nu ɖe afii.
