< Jeremiah 22 >

1 thus to say LORD to go down house: palace king Judah and to speak: speak there [obj] [the] word [the] this
Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye si, “Yi ɖe Yuda fia ƒe sãme eye nàgblɔ gbedeasi sia nɛ,
2 and to say to hear: hear word LORD king Judah [the] to dwell upon throne David you(m. s.) and servant/slave your and people your [the] to come (in): come in/on/with gate [the] these
‘O Yuda fia, wò ame si nɔ David ƒe fiazikpui dzi, wò dumegãwo kple wò ame siwo toa agbo siawo me yina, mise Yehowa ƒe nya.
3 thus to say LORD to make: do justice and righteousness and to rescue to plunder from hand: power oppressor and sojourner orphan and widow not to oppress not to injure and blood innocent not to pour: kill in/on/with place [the] this
Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye si: Miwɔ nu dzɔdzɔe eye miwɔ nu si le eteƒe. Mixɔ ame si woda adzoe la le ŋutasẽla ƒe fego me. Migawɔ vɔ̃ alo ate amedzrowo, tsyɔ̃eviwo alo ahosiwo ɖe to o eye migakɔ ʋu maɖifɔ hã ɖi ɖe teƒe sia o;
4 that if: except if: except to make: do to make: do [obj] [the] word [the] this and to come (in): come in/on/with gate [the] house: palace [the] this king to dwell to/for David upon throne his to ride in/on/with chariot and in/on/with horse he/she/it (and servant/slave his *Q(K)*) and people his
elabena ne mieɖɔ ŋu ɖo hewɔ ɖe sedede siawo dzi la, ekema fia siwo anɔ David ƒe fiazikpui dzi la, ato fiasã sia ƒe agbowo me, anɔ tasiaɖamwo me, anɔ sɔwo dzi eye woƒe dumegãwo kple dumetɔwo akplɔ wo ɖo.
5 and if not to hear: obey [obj] [the] word [the] these in/on/with me to swear utterance LORD for to/for desolation to be [the] house: palace [the] this
Ke ne mieɖo to sedede siawo o la, meta ɖokuinye be fiasã sia agbã, azu aƒedo.’” Yehowae gblɔe.
6 for thus to say LORD upon house: palace king Judah Gilead you(m. s.) to/for me head: top [the] Lebanon if: surely yes not to set: make you wilderness city not (to dwell *Q(K)*)
Elabena ale Yehowa gblɔ le Yuda fia ƒe fiasã la ŋue nye esi: “Togbɔ be èle nam abe Gilead kple Lebanon towo ƒe tame ene hã la, mawɔ wò le nyateƒe me nàzu abe gbegbe kple du siwo zu aƒedo ene.
7 and to consecrate: prepare upon you to ruin man: anyone and article/utensil his and to cut: cut best cedar your and to fall: fall upon [the] fire
Maɖo nugblẽlawo ɖe ŋuwò, ɖe sia ɖe alé lãnu ɖe asi eye woalã wò sedati vavãwo atsɔ aƒu gbe ɖe dzo me.
8 and to pass nation many upon [the] city [the] this and to say man: anyone to(wards) neighbor his upon what? to make: do LORD thus to/for city [the] great: large [the] this
“Dukɔ geɖe me tɔwo ava to du sia ŋu ayi eye woabia wo nɔewo be, ‘Nu ka ta Yehowa wɔ nu sia tɔgbi ɖe du xɔŋkɔ sia ŋuti ɖo?’
9 and to say upon which to leave: forsake [obj] covenant LORD God their and to bow to/for God another and to serve: minister them
Ŋuɖoɖoa anye be, ‘Elabena wogblẽ Yehowa, woƒe Mawu la ƒe nubabla ɖi hesubɔ mawu bubuwo eye wode ta agu na wo.’”
10 not to weep to/for to die and not to wander to/for him to weep to weep to/for to go: went for not to return: return still and to see: see [obj] land: country/planet relatives his
Mègafa avi na fia si ku la alo nàfa eƒe ku o, ke boŋ fa avi vevie na ame si woɖe aboyoe elabena magatrɔ agbɔ alo akpɔ eƒe denyigba akpɔ o.
11 for thus to say LORD to(wards) Shallum son: child Josiah king Judah [the] to reign underneath: instead Josiah father his which to come out: come from [the] place [the] this not to return: return there still
Ale Yehowa gblɔ le Salum, Yosia ƒe vi, ame si ɖu fia le Yuda ɖe fofoa yome, gake dzo le teƒe sia ŋutie nye esi: “Magatrɔ agbɔ gbeɖe o.
12 for in/on/with place which to reveal: remove [obj] him there to die and [obj] [the] land: country/planet [the] this not to see: see still
Aku ɖe afi si woɖe aboyoe ɖo eye magakpɔ anyigba sia akpɔ o.”
13 woe! to build house: home his in/on/with not righteousness and upper room his in/on/with not justice in/on/with neighbor his to serve for nothing and work his not to give: pay to/for him
“Baba na ame si tu eƒe fiasã to mɔ madzɔmadzɔ dzi eye eƒe sã to amebaba me, ame si zia eƒe dukɔmetɔwo dzi be woawɔ dɔ nɛ yakatsyɔ eye wògbea fexexe na wo.
14 [the] to say to build to/for me house: home measure and upper room be wide and to tear to/for him window my and to cover in/on/with cedar and to anoint in/on/with vermilion
Ame si gblɔ be, ‘Matu fiasã gã aɖe na ɖokuinye eye dziƒoxɔwo me akeke nyuie.’ Ale wòɖe fesre gãwo ɖe eŋuti eye wòtsɔ sedaʋuƒowo fa ɖe xɔawo me, hetsɔ aŋɔ dzĩ si nɛ.
15 to reign for you(m. s.) to contend in/on/with cedar father your not to eat and to drink and to make: do justice and righteousness then be pleasing to/for him
“Ɖe sedati gbogbo siwo le asiwò la wɔ wò nèzu fia? Ɖe nuɖuɖu kple nunono menɔ fofowò si oa? Fofowò wɔ nu si dze eye wòle eteƒe eya ta nu sia nu dze edzi nɛ nyuie.
16 to judge judgment afflicted and needy then be pleasing not he/she/it [the] knowledge [obj] me utterance LORD
Eʋli ame dahewo kple hiãtɔwo ta eya ta nu sia nu dze edzi nɛ ɖo. Ɖe menye esiae nye sidzedzem oa?” Yehowae gblɔe.
17 for nothing eye your and heart your that if: except if: except upon unjust-gain your and upon blood [the] innocent to/for to pour: kill and upon [the] oppression and upon [the] oppression to/for to make: do
“Ke wò ŋku kple dzi ku ɖe viɖe ƒoɖi, ʋu maɖifɔ kɔkɔ ɖi, ameteteɖeto kple amebaba ko ŋuti.”
18 to/for so thus to say LORD to(wards) Jehoiakim son: child Josiah king Judah not to mourn to/for him woe! brother: male-sibling my and woe! sister not to mourn to/for him woe! lord and woe! (splendor his *Q(K)*)
Eya ta ale Yehowa gblɔ le Yosia ƒe vi, Yehoyakim, Yuda fia ŋutie nye esi: “Womafa nɛ agblɔ be, ‘Ao, nɔvinye ŋutsu! Ao, nɔvinye nyɔnu!’ o. Eye womafa nɛ be, ‘Ao, nye aƒetɔ! Ao, eƒe atsyɔ̃!’ o.
19 tomb donkey to bury to drag and to throw from further to/for gate Jerusalem
Woaɖii abe ale si woɖia tedzi kuku ene elabena woahee lelele le anyigba, atsɔ aƒu gbe ɖe Yerusalem ƒe agbowo godo.”
20 to ascend: rise [the] Lebanon and to cry and in/on/with Bashan to give: cry out voice your and to cry from Abarim for to break all to love: lover you
“Yi ɖe Lebanon, nàfa avi sesĩe ne woase wò gbe le Basan ke, nɔ Abarim nàfa avi kple ɣli elabena wotsrɔ̃ wò lɔlɔ̃tɔwo katã.
21 to speak: speak to(wards) you in/on/with ease your to say not to hear: hear this way: conduct your from youth your for not to hear: obey in/on/with voice my
Megblɔe na wò kɔtɛe esi nèsusu be yele dedinɔnɔ me, gake ègblɔ be, ‘Nyemaɖo to wò o!’ Aleae nye wò nɔnɔme tso wò ɖekakpuime ke; ègbe, mèɖo tom kpɔ o.
22 all to pasture your to pasture spirit: breath and to love: lover you in/on/with captivity to go: went for then be ashamed and be humiliated from all distress: evil your
Yaƒoƒo akplɔ wò alẽkplɔlawo katã adzoe, eye woaɖe aboyo wò lɔlɔ̃tɔwo katã. Ekema ŋu akpe wò eye woado vlo wò le wò vɔ̃ɖivɔ̃ɖi gbogboawo ta.
23 (to dwell *Q(K)*) in/on/with Lebanon (to make a nest *Q(k)*) in/on/with cedar what? to sigh in/on/with to come (in): come to/for you pain agony like/as to beget
Mi, ame siwo tso aƒe ɖe Lebanon, heɖe dzi ɖi bɔkɔɔ le sedatixɔwo me, aleke miahaɖe hũu, ne vevesese va mia dzi! Miase veve abe nyɔnu si le ku lém la ene!”
24 alive I utterance LORD that if: except if: except to be Coniah son: child Jehoiakim king Judah signet upon hand right my for from there to tear you
Yehowa be, “Meta nye agbe be, nenye wò, Yuda fia Yehoyatsin, Yehoyakim ƒe vie nye ŋkɔsigɛ le asibidɛ ɖusimetɔ ŋuti nam gɔ̃ hã la, maɖe wò aƒu gbe godoo.
25 and to give: give you in/on/with hand: power to seek soul: life your and in/on/with hand: power which you(m. s.) fearing from face of their and in/on/with hand: power Nebuchadnezzar king Babylon and in/on/with hand: power [the] Chaldea
Makplɔ wò ade asi na ame siwo le wò agbe yome tim, Nebukadnezar, Babilonia fia kple Babiloniatɔ siwo nèle vɔvɔ̃m na.
26 and to cast [obj] you and [obj] mother your which to beget you upon [the] land: country/planet another which not to beget there and there to die
Matsɔ wò kple dawò si dzi wò la aƒu gbe ɖe dukɔ bubu me, afi si womedzi mia dometɔ aɖeke ɖo o; afi ma mi ame evea miaku ɖo.
27 and upon [the] land: country/planet which they(masc.) to lift: trust [obj] soul: appetite their to/for to return: return there there [to] not to return: return
Miagatrɔ agbɔ ava anyigba si miedi vevie la dzi kpɔ o.”
28 vessel to despise to shatter [the] man [the] this Coniah if: surely yes article/utensil nothing pleasure in/on/with him why? to cast he/she/it and seed: children his and to throw upon [the] land: country/planet which not to know
Ɖe ŋutsu sia Yehoyatsin zu ze gbagbã ɖigbɔ̃ si dim ame aɖeke mele oa? Nu ka ta woatsɔ eya kple viawo aƒu gbe ɖe anyigba si womenya o la dzi?
29 land: country/planet land: country/planet land: country/planet to hear: hear word LORD
O anyigba, anyigba, anyigba, se Yehowa ƒe nya!
30 thus to say LORD to write [obj] [the] man [the] this childless great man not to prosper in/on/with day his for not to prosper from seed: children his man: anyone to dwell upon throne David and to rule still in/on/with Judah
Ale Yehowa gblɔe nye esi: “Miŋlɔ nu tso ŋutsu sia ŋu abe ame si si vi mele o la ene, ame si nu madze edzi na le eƒe agbe me o; elabena eƒe dzidzimevi aɖeke makpɔ dzidzedze o, eye wo dometɔ aɖeke hã manɔ anyi ɖe David ƒe fiazikpui dzi alo agaɖu fia akpɔ le Yuda o.”

< Jeremiah 22 >