Jeremaya 50

1 Okwu Onyenwe anyị nke ruru Jeremaya onye amụma ntị banyere Babilọn na banyere ala ndị Babilọn.

The word that the LORD spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by Jeremiah the prophet.

2 “Kwusaa ya na mba niile, mee ka a nụrụ ya; bulie ọkọlọtọ mgbe a na-ekwusa ya. Kwupụta ihe niile, ezokwala ihe ọbụla, kama kwusaa ya sị, ‘A ga-adọta Babilọn nʼagha. Ihere ga-emesịa mee Bel; otu a kwa, egwu ga-ejupụta Maduk obi. A ga-eme ka ihere mee oyiyi ya niile a kpụrụ akpụ; oke egwu ga-ejidekwa arụsị ya niile.’

“Declare amongst the nations and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and don’t conceal; say, ‘Babylon has been taken, Bel is disappointed, Merodach is dismayed! Her images are disappointed. Her idols are dismayed.’

3 Otu mba, nke si nʼakụkụ ugwu, ga-ebuso ya agha, mee ala ya ka ọ tọgbọrọ nʼefu. Ọ dịkwaghị onye ga-ebi nʼime ya, nʼihi na mmadụ na anụmanụ ga-esi nʼime ya gbalaga.

For a nation comes up out of the north against her, which will make her land desolate, and no one will dwell in it. They have fled. They are gone, both man and animal.

4 “Nʼụbọchị ndị ahụ, ma na mgbe ahụ,” otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara, ndị Izrel na ndị Juda ga-ejikọta onwe ha nʼotu. Ha niile ga-eji anya mmiri pụọ ịchọ Onyenwe anyị Chineke ha.

“In those days, and in that time,” says the LORD, “the children of Israel will come, they and the children of Judah together; they will go on their way weeping, and will seek the LORD their God.

5 Ha ga-ajụ ajụjụ, banyere ụzọ e si eje Zayọn. Mgbe ahụ, ha ga-eche ihu ha ijeru nʼebe ahụ. Ha niile ga-abịakwa were onwe ha nyefee nʼaka Onyenwe anyị, nʼime ọgbụgba ndụ ebighị ebi, nke a na-agaghị echefu echefu.

They will enquire concerning Zion with their faces turned towards it, saying, ‘Come, and join yourselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will not be forgotten.’

6 “Ndị m akpafuola dịka atụrụ furu efu. Ndị ọzụzụ atụrụ ha eduhiela ha, mee ka ha na-awagharị nʼugwu ukwu niile. Ha na-akpagharị nʼelu ugwu ukwu, ma nʼelu ugwu nta. Ha echefuokwala ebe izuike nke ha.

My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have caused them to go astray. They have turned them away on the mountains. They have gone from mountain to hill. They have forgotten their resting place.

7 Nʼihi ya, ndị niile chọtara ha na-eripịa ha. Ndị iro ha na-ekwukwa sị, ‘Ikpe amaghị anyị nʼihi na ha emehiela megide Onyenwe anyị, onye bụ ezi ebe ịta nri ha, na onye bụkwa olileanya nke nna nna ha.’

All who found them have devoured them. Their adversaries said, ‘We are not guilty, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of righteousness, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.’

8 “Sinụ na Babilọn gbalaga; sitekwanụ nʼala Babilọn pụọ, dịrịnụ ka mkpi na-edu igwe ewu na atụrụ.

“Flee out of the middle of Babylon! Go out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the male goats before the flocks.

9 Nʼihi na aga m akpali ọtụtụ mba dị ike site nʼala dị nʼugwu, ndị ga-ejikọta onwe ha ibuso Babilọn agha. Ha ga-edo onwe ha nʼusoro imegide ya; ọ bụkwa nʼakụkụ ugwu ka ha ga-esi dọta ya nʼagha. Àkụ ha ga-agba ga-adị ka àkụ nke onye bụ dike nʼagha na onye ọka ịgba ụta na-agba. Ha agaghị agba aka lọta.

For, behold, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon a company of great nations from the north country; and they will set themselves in array against her. She will be taken from there. Their arrows will be as of an expert mighty man. None of them will return in vain.

10 Nʼihi nke a, Babilọn ga-aghọ ihe nkwata nʼagha. Afọ ga-ejukwa ndị niile bụ ndị ga-akwata ya.” Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri.

Chaldea will be a prey. All who prey on her will be satisfied,” says the LORD.

11 “Nʼihi na ị ṅụrịrị ọṅụ nwee obi ụtọ, gị onye bibiri ihe nketa m, ị wugharịrị dịka nwa ehi nke na-azọcha ọka, bee akwa dịka oke ịnyịnya.

“Because you are glad, because you rejoice, O you who plunder my heritage, because you are wanton as a heifer that treads out the grain, and neigh as strong horses,

12 Ihere ga-eme nne unu, e, a ga-eme ka oke ihere mee nne mụrụ unu. Ọ ga-abụkwa mba dịkarịsịrị ala nʼetiti mba niile, bụrụkwa ọzara, ala kpọrọ nkụ na ala uzuzu.

your mother will be utterly disappointed. She who bore you will be confounded. Behold, she will be the least of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.

13 Nʼihi iwe dị ukwuu nke Onyenwe anyị, ọ dịghị onye ga-ebikwa nʼala Babilọn ọzọ, nʼihi na a ga-ebibi ya kpamkpam. Ndị niile si nʼakụkụ ya na-agafe ka ọ ga-eju anya. Ha ga-akparị ya nʼihi ọnya niile dị ya nʼahụ.

Because of the LORD’s wrath she won’t be inhabited, but she will be wholly desolate. Everyone who goes by Babylon will be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.

14 “Doonụ onwe unu nʼusoro gburugburu obodo Babilọn, unu ndị niile na-agba ụta. Gbaanụ ya ụta. Unu echela banyere àkụ ole unu ga-agbapụ nʼihi na o mehiela megide Onyenwe anyị.

Set yourselves in array against Babylon all around, all you who bend the bow; shoot at her. Spare no arrows, for she has sinned against the LORD.

15 Kpọọnụ mkpu agha megide ya, site nʼakụkụ niile! Ọ chiliela aka ya elu. Lee, ụlọ elu ya e wusiri ike adaala, a kwatuokwala mgbidi ya niile. Ebe ọ bụ na Onyenwe anyị na-abọrọ onwe ya ọbọ nʼahụ Babilọn, bọọnụ ya ọbọ. Meenụ ya dịka o si mee ndị ọzọ.

Shout against her all around. She has submitted herself. Her bulwarks have fallen. Her walls have been thrown down, for it is the vengeance of the LORD. Take vengeance on her. As she has done, do to her.

16 Site na Babilọn wezuga onye na-agha mkpụrụ na onye ji mma owuwe ihe ubi na-ewe ihe ubi. Ka onye ọbụla laghachikwuru ndị nke ya, ka onye ọbụla gbalaakwa nʼala nke aka ya, nʼihi mma agha nke onye na-emegbu emegbu.

Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him who handles the sickle in the time of harvest. For fear of the oppressing sword, they will each return to their own people, and they will each flee to their own land.

17 “Izrel dị ka ewu na atụrụ a chụsasịrị achụsasị, nke ọdụm chụsasịrị. Onye bu ụzọ ripịa ya bụ eze Asịrịa. Onye ikpeazụ gwepịara ọkpụkpụ ya bụ Nebukadneza, eze Babilọn.”

“Israel is a hunted sheep. The lions have driven him away. First, the king of Assyria devoured him, and now at last Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones.”

18 Nʼihi ya, ihe ndị a ka Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile, bụ Chineke Izrel kwuru, “Aga m ata eze Babilọn, na ndị ala ya ahụhụ, dịka m si taa eze Asịrịa ahụhụ.

Therefore the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.

19 Ma aga m akpọghachitekwa Izrel nʼebe ịta nri nke ha. Ha ga-atakwa nri na Kamel na Bashan. Ọ bụkwa nʼugwu Ifrem na Gilead ka afọ ga-ejukwa ha.

I will bring Israel again to his pasture, and he will feed on Carmel and Bashan. His soul will be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead.

20 Nʼụbọchị ndị ahụ, ma na mgbe ahụ,” otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri, “a ga-achọ ajọọ omume nke Izrel, ma ọ dịghị nke a ga-achọta. A ga-achọkwa mmehie niile nke Juda, ma o nweghị nke a ga-achọta, nʼihi na aga m agbaghara ndị ahụ m mere ka ha fọdụ mmehie ha.

In those days, and in that time,” says the LORD, “the iniquity of Israel will be sought for, and there will be none, also the sins of Judah, and they won’t be found; for I will pardon them whom I leave as a remnant.

21 “Busonụ ala Merataim agha, busokwanụ ndị bi na Pekod agha. Chụọ ha ọsọ, gbuchapụ ma bibiekwa ha niile kpamkpam.” Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri. “Mezuonụ ihe niile m nyere unu nʼiwu.

“Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod. Kill and utterly destroy after them,” says the LORD, “and do according to all that I have commanded you.

22 A na-anụ ụzụ agha nʼala ahụ, a na-anụ ụzụ oke mbibi.

A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.

23 Lee ka e si gbajie, ma tipịa mkpirisi igwe ahụ na-esupịa ụwa niile. Lee ka Babilọn si tọgbọrọ nʼefu nʼetiti mba niile nke ụwa.

How the hammer of the whole earth is cut apart and broken! How Babylon has become a desolation amongst the nations!

24 Esiiri m gị ọnya, gị Babilọn; ị makwara nʼọnya ahụ tupu ị mata na ọnya ahụ dị. A chọtala gị, jidekwa gị, nʼihi na i doola onwe gị ibuso Onyenwe anyị agha.

I have laid a snare for you, and you are also taken, Babylon, and you weren’t aware. You are found, and also caught, because you have fought against the LORD.

25 Onyenwe anyị emegheela ụlọakụ ngwa agha ya, site nʼime ya wepụta ngwa agha nke ọnụma ya. Nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị bụ Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile nwere ọrụ ọ ga-arụ nʼala Babilọn.

The LORD has opened his armoury, and has brought out the weapons of his indignation; for the Lord, GOD of Armies, has a work to do in the land of the Chaldeans.

26 Sitenụ nʼebe dị anya bịa buso ya agha. Kụkapunụ ọba ya niile, tụkọtanụ ha ọnụ dịka akpa ọka dị ukwuu, nke atụkọtara nʼelu ibe ha. Bibienụ ya kpamkpam, ka ihe ọbụla ghakwara ịfọdụrụ ya.

Come against her from the farthest border. Open her storehouses. Cast her up as heaps. Destroy her utterly. Let nothing of her be left.

27 Gbuonụ ụmụ oke ehi ya niile, ka ha niile gaa nʼebe ụlọ igbu anụ Ahụhụ na-adịrị ha, nʼihi na ụbọchị ahụ a kara aka banyere ha abịala, bụ oge a ga-eji taa ha ahụhụ.

Kill all her bulls. Let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them! For their day has come, the time of their visitation.

28 Geenụ ntị nʼihe ndị na-agbalaga na-ekwu, bụ ndị si na Babilọn na-agbapụ ọsọ. Ha na-ekwusa na Zayọn otu Onyenwe anyị Chineke anyị si bọọ ọbọ, otu o si abọ ọbọ nʼihi ụlọnsọ ukwu ya.

Listen to those who flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple.

29 “Kpọkọtanụ ndị na-agba ụta maka imegide Babilọn, bụ ndị niile na-agba ụta. Maanụ ụlọ ikwu, gbaa ya gburugburu; unu ekwela ka onye ọbụla si nʼime ya gbapụ. Kwụghachi ya ụgwọ dịka ọrụ ya si dị, dịka ihe niile ahụ o mere si dị meenụ ya otu ahụ. Nʼihi na o buliela onwe ya elu megide Onyenwe anyị, bụ Onye nsọ nke Izrel.

“Call together the archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow. Encamp against her all around. Let none of it escape. Pay her back according to her work. According to all that she has done, do to her; for she has been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel.

30 Nʼihi ya, ụmụ okorobịa ya ga-ada nʼokporoụzọ ama niile. A ga-emekwa ka ndị agha ya niile dere duu nʼụbọchị ahụ.” Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri.

Therefore her young men will fall in her streets. All her men of war will be brought to silence in that day,” says the LORD.

31 “Lee, edoola m onwe m imegide gị, gị onye nganga.” Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị, bụ Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile kwubiri ya. “Nʼihi na ụbọchị gị abịala, bụ oge ahụ a ga-ata gị ahụhụ.

“Behold, I am against you, you proud one,” says the Lord, GOD of Armies; “for your day has come, the time that I will visit you.

32 Onye nganga ahụ ga-asọ ngọngọ daa, ma o nweghị onye ga-enyere ya aka ka o bilitekwa. Aga m esunye obodo ya niile ọkụ, nke ga-erechapụ ndị niile gbara ya gburugburu.”

The proud one will stumble and fall, and no one will raise him up. I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it will devour all who are around him.”

33 Ihe ndị a ka Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile kwuru: “A na-emegbu nnọọ ndị Izrel, nʼotu aka ahụkwa, ndị Juda. Ndị dọtara ha nʼagha jidesiri ha aka ike. Ha adịghị ahapụ ha ka ha laa.

The LORD of Armies says: “The children of Israel and the children of Judah are oppressed together. All who took them captive hold them fast. They refuse to let them go.

34 Ma Onye mgbapụta ha dị ike. Onyenwe anyị, Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile bụkwa aha ya. Ọ ga-eji ike ya niile kpepụta ọnụ ha, ime ka ala ha nweekwa izuike, ma meekwa ka ndị bi na Babilọn ghara inwe izuike.

Their Redeemer is strong. The LORD of Armies is his name. He will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.

35 “Mma agha ga-ebili megide ndị Babilọn niile,” otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwupụtara, “na ndị ahụ niile bi na Babilọn ma megidekwa ndịisi ọchịchị niile na ndị ahụ niile maara ihe.

“A sword is on the Chaldeans,” says the LORD, “and on the inhabitants of Babylon, on her princes, and on her wise men.

36 Mma agha ga-ebili megide ndị amụma ụgha ha niile. Ha ga-aghọ ndị nzuzu. Mma agha ga-ebili megide ndị bụ dike nʼagha. Obi ha ga-ejupụtakwa nʼoke egwu.

A sword is on the boasters, and they will become fools. A sword is on her mighty men, and they will be dismayed.

37 Mma agha ga-ebili megide ịnyịnya ha, na ụgbọ agha ha, na ndị mba ọzọ niile nọ nʼetiti ha. Ha ga-aghọkwa ndị inyom. Mma agha ga-ebilikwa megide akụ ha niile. A ga-alụta ha niile nʼagha.

A sword is on their horses, on their chariots, and on all the mixed people who are in the middle of her; and they will become as women. A sword is on her treasures, and they will be robbed.

38 Okpomọkụ ga-abịakwasị mmiri ha niile mee ka ha taa. Nʼihi na ala ha bụ ala arụsị: arụsị ha niile ga-ayịkwa ara nʼihi oke egwu nke ga-abịakwasị ha.

A drought is on her waters, and they will be dried up; for it is a land of engraved images, and they are mad over idols.

39 “Nʼihi ya, ọ bụ ụmụ anụmanụ nke ọzara, na nkịta ọhịa ga-ebi nʼebe ahụ. Ikwighịkwighị ga-ebikwa nʼebe ahụ. Mmadụ ọbụla agaghị ebikwa nʼime ya ọzọ. O nweghị onye ga-ebikwa nʼime ya site nʼọgbọ ruo nʼọgbọ.

Therefore the wild animals of the desert with the wolves will dwell there. The ostriches will dwell therein. It will be inhabited no more forever, neither will it be lived in from generation to generation.

40 Dịka m si kwatuo Sọdọm na Gọmọra, ya na obodo niile gbara ya gburugburu,” otu a ka Onyenwe anyị kwubiri ya. “Otu a kwa, ọ dịghị onye ọbụla ga-ebi nʼebe ahụ; nwa mmadụ ọbụla agakwaghị ebi nʼime ya.”

As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and its neighbour cities,” says the LORD, “so no man will dwell there, neither will any son of man live therein.

41 “Lee, ndị agha si nʼala dị nʼebe ugwu na-abịa; mba dị ukwuu na ọtụtụ ndị eze ka a na-akpọlitekwa site na nsọtụ niile nke ụwa.

“Behold, a people comes from the north. A great nation and many kings will be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.

42 Ha ji ọtụtụ ụta na ùbe; ha bụ ndị afọ tara mmiri, ndị na-enweghị obi ebere. Ha na-ebigbọ dịka mbigbọ nke osimiri, dịka ha na-anọkwasị nʼelu ịnyịnya ha. Ha na-abịa dịka ndị ikom e doro nʼusoro ibu agha, ibuso gị agha, Ada Babilọn.

They take up bow and spear. They are cruel, and have no mercy. Their voice roars like the sea. They ride on horses, everyone set in array, as a man to the battle, against you, daughter of Babylon.

43 Eze Babilọn nụrụ akụkọ banyere ude ha, akụkọ mere ka ike gwụrụ aka ya abụọ kpamkpam. Oke ihe mgbu ejidela ya, ihe mgbu dịka nke nwanyị ime na-eme.

The king of Babylon has heard the news of them, and his hands become feeble. Anguish has taken hold of him, pains as of a woman in labour.

44 Lee, dịka mgbe ọdụm na-esi nʼoke ọhịa Jọdan na-arịgopụta nʼebe ịta nri nke ụmụ anụmanụ jupụtara nʼahịhịa ndụ, nʼotu ntabi anya ka m ga-esi nʼala ya chụpụ Babilọn. Ma onye bụ onye ahụ a họpụtara, onye m ga-enyefe ọrụ a nʼaka? Onye dịka m? Onye kwa pụrụ ịpụta tụọ m aka nʼihu? Onye bụkwa onye ọzụzụ atụrụ ahụ nke pụrụ ido onwe ya megide m?”

Behold, the enemy will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan against the strong habitation; for I will suddenly make them run away from it. Whoever is chosen, I will appoint him over it, for who is like me? Who will appoint me a time? Who is the shepherd who can stand before me?”

45 Nʼihi ya, nụrụ ihe Onyenwe anyị kwadobere megide Babilọn, nụrụkwa ihe o zubere megide ala ndị Babilọn. A ga-adọkpụrụ ndị dị nta nʼetiti igwe ewu na atụrụ ahụ. Ebe ịta nri ha ga-anọ nʼọnọdụ mgbagwoju anya nʼihi nke a.

Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD that he has taken against Babylon; and his purposes that he has purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely they will drag them away, even the little ones of the flock. Surely he will make their habitation desolate over them.

46 Ụwa ga-ama jijiji mgbe ha nụrụ mkpọtụ ọdịda Babilọn, iti mkpu akwa ya ga-adakwa ụda nʼetiti mba niile dị iche iche.

The earth trembles at the noise of the taking of Babylon. The cry is heard amongst the nations.