1“If you, Israel, will return,” announces the Lord,
“then return to me.
Put the statues of your gods out of my sight.
I hate them.
Stop going astray.
2Make all your promises in my name.
When you promise say, ‘You can be sure that the Lord is alive.’
Be truthful, fair and honest when you make these promises.
Then the nations will ask for blessings from me.
And they will boast about me.”
3Here is what the Lord is telling the people of Judah and Jerusalem. He says,
“Your hearts are as hard as a field
that has not been plowed.
So change your ways and produce good crops.
Do not plant seeds among thorns.
4People of Judah and you who live in Jerusalem, obey me.
Do not let your hearts be stubborn.
If you do, my anger will blaze out against you.
It will burn like fire because of the evil things you have done.
No one will be able to put it out.
Trouble Will Come From the North
5“Announce my message in Judah.
Tell it in Jerusalem.
Say, ‘Blow trumpets all through the land!’
Give a loud shout and say,
‘Gather together!
Let’s run to cities that have high walls around them!’
6Warn everyone to go to Zion!
Run for safety! Do not wait!
I am bringing trouble from the north.
Everything will be totally destroyed.”
7Lions have come out of their dens.
Those who destroy nations have begun to march out.
They have left their place
to destroy your land completely.
Your towns will be broken to pieces.
No one will live in them.
8So put on the clothes of sadness.
Mourn and weep over what has happened.
The Lord hasn’t turned
his great anger away from us.
9“A dark day is coming,” announces the Lord.
“The king and his officials will lose hope.
The priests will be shocked.
And the prophets will be terrified.”
10Then I said, “You are my Lord and King. You have completely tricked the people of Judah and Jerusalem! You have told them, ‘You will have peace and rest.’ But swords are pointed at our throats!”
11At that time the people of Judah and Jerusalem will be warned. They will be told, “A hot and dry wind is coming, my people. It is blowing toward you from the bare hilltops in the desert. But it does not separate straw from grain. 12It is much too strong for that. The wind is coming from me. I am making my decision against you.”
13Look! Our enemies are approaching like the clouds.
Their chariots are coming like a strong wind.
Their horses are faster than eagles.
How terrible it will be for us!
We’ll be destroyed!
14People of Jerusalem, wash your sins from your hearts and be saved.
How long will you hold on to your evil thoughts?
15A voice is speaking all the way from the city of Dan.
From the hills of Ephraim it announces
that trouble is coming.
16“Tell the nations.
Make an announcement concerning Jerusalem.
Say, ‘An army will attack Judah.
It is coming from a land far away.
It will shout a war cry
against the cities of Judah.
17It will surround them like people who guard a field.
Judah has refused to obey me,’ ”
announces the Lord.
18“The army will attack you
because of your conduct and actions.
This is how you will be punished.
It will be so bitter!
It will cut deep down into your hearts!”
19I’m suffering! I’m really suffering!
I’m hurting badly.
My heart is suffering so much!
It’s pounding inside me.
I can’t keep silent.
I’ve heard the sound of trumpets.
I’ve heard the battle cry.
20One trouble follows another.
The whole land is destroyed.
In an instant my tents are gone.
My home disappears in a moment.
21How long must I look at our enemy’s battle flag?
How long must I hear the sound of the trumpets?
22The Lord says, “My people are foolish.
They do not know me.
They are children who do not have any sense.
They have no understanding at all.
They are skilled in doing what is evil.
They do not know how to do what is good.”
23I looked at the earth.
It didn’t have any shape. And it was empty.
I looked at the sky.
Its light was gone.
24I looked at the mountains.
They were shaking.
All the hills were swaying.
25I looked. And there weren’t any people.
Every bird in the sky had flown away.
26I looked. And the fruitful land had become a desert.
All its towns were destroyed.
The Lord had done all this because of his great anger.
27The Lord says,
“The whole land will be destroyed.
But I will not destroy it completely.
28So the earth will be filled with sadness.
The sky above will grow dark.
I have spoken, and I will not take pity on them.
I have made my decision, and I will not change my mind.”
29People can hear the sound of horsemen.
Men armed with bows are coming.
The people in every town run away.
Some of them go into the bushes.
Others climb up among the rocks.
All the towns are deserted.
No one is living in them.
30What are you doing, you who are destroyed?
Why do you dress yourself in bright red clothes?
Why do you put on jewels of gold?
Why do you put makeup on your eyes?
You make yourself beautiful for no reason at all.
Your lovers hate you.
They want to kill you.
31I hear a cry like the cry of a woman having a baby.
I hear a groan like someone having her first child.
It’s the cry of the people of Zion struggling to breathe.
They reach out their hands and say,
“Help us! We’re fainting!
Murderers are about to kill us!”
1“Tí ìwọ yóò bá yí padà, Ìwọ Israẹli,
padà tọ̀ mí wá,”
ni Olúwa wí.
“Tí ìwọ yóò bá sì mú ìríra rẹ kúrò níwájú mi,
ìwọ kí ó sì rìn kiri.
2Tí ó bá jẹ́ lóòtítọ́ àti òdodo ni ìwọ búra.
Nítòótọ́ bí Olúwa ti wà láààyè,
nígbà náà ni orílẹ̀-èdè yóò di alábùkún fún nípasẹ̀ rẹ,
àti nínú rẹ̀ ni wọn yóò ṣògo.”
3Èyí ni ohun tí Olúwa wí fún àwọn ènìyàn Juda àti Jerusalẹmu.
“Hú gbogbo ilẹ̀ tí ẹ kò lò rí,
kí o má sì ṣe gbìn sáàrín ẹ̀gún.”
4Kọ ara rẹ ní ilà sí Olúwa
kọ ọkàn rẹ ní ilà
ẹ̀yin ènìyàn Juda àti gbogbo ènìyàn Jerusalẹmu,
bí bẹ́ẹ̀ kọ́, ìbínú mi yóò ru jáde yóò sì jó bí iná,
nítorí ibi tí o ti ṣe
kì yóò sí ẹni tí yóò pa á.
Àjálù láti ilẹ̀ gúúsù
5“Kéde ní Juda, kí o sì polongo ní Jerusalẹmu, kí o sì wí pé:
‘Fun fèrè káàkiri gbogbo ilẹ̀!’
Kí o sì kígbe:
‘Kó ara jọ pọ̀!
Jẹ́ kí a sálọ sí ìlú olódi.’
6Fi ààmì láti sálọ sí Sioni hàn,
sálọ fún ààbò láìsí ìdádúró.
Nítorí èmi ó mú àjálù láti àríwá wá,
àní ìparun tí ó burú jọjọ.”
7Kìnnìún ti sá jáde láti inú ibùgbé rẹ̀,
apanirun orílẹ̀-èdè sì ti jáde.
Ó ti fi ààyè rẹ̀ sílẹ̀
láti ba ilẹ̀ rẹ̀ jẹ́.
Ìlú rẹ yóò di ahoro
láìsí olùgbé.
8Nítorí náà, gbé aṣọ ọ̀fọ̀ wọ̀
káàánú kí o sì pohùnréré ẹkún,
nítorí ìbínú ńlá Olúwa
kò tí ì kúrò lórí wa.
9“Ní ọjọ́ náà,” ni Olúwa wí pé,
“Àwọn ọba àti ìjòyè yóò pàdánù ẹ̀mí wọn,
àwọn àlùfáà yóò wárìrì,
àwọn wòlíì yóò sì fòyà.”
10Nígbà náà ni mo sì wí pé, “Háà! Olúwa Olódùmarè, báwo ni ìwọ ti ṣe tan àwọn ènìyàn wọ̀nyí àti Jerusalẹmu jẹ nípa sísọ wí pé, ‘Ìwọ yóò wà ní àlàáfíà,’ nígbà tí o jẹ́ wí pé idà wà ní ọ̀fun wa.”
11Nígbà náà ni a ó sọ fún Jerusalẹmu àti àwọn ènìyàn pé, “Ẹ̀fúùfù líle láti aṣálẹ̀ fẹ́ lu àwọn ènìyàn mi, kì í ṣe láti sọ di mímọ́. 12Ẹ̀fúùfù líle tí ó wá láti ọ̀dọ̀ mi. Báyìí mo kéde ìdájọ́ mi lórí wọn.”
13Wò ó! O ń bọ̀ bí ìkùùkuu
kẹ̀kẹ́ ogun rẹ̀ sì wá bí ìjì líle
ẹṣin rẹ̀ sì yára ju idì lọ
Ègbé ni fún wa àwa parun.
14Ìwọ Jerusalẹmu, mú búburú kúrò lọ́kàn rẹ kí o sì yè
Yóò ti pẹ́ tó tí ìwọ yóò mú èrò búburú wà ní ọkàn rẹ?
15Ohùn kan sì ń kéde ní Dani
o ń kókìkí ìparun láti orí òkè Efraimu wá.
16“Sọ èyí fún àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè,
kéde rẹ̀ fún Jerusalẹmu pé:
‘Ọmọ-ogun ọ̀tá ń bọ̀ láti ilẹ̀ jíjìn wá
wọ́n sì ń kígbe ogun láti dojúkọ ìlú Juda.
17Wọ́n yí i ká bí ìgbà tí àwọn ọkùnrin bá ń ṣọ́ pápá,
nítorí pé ó ti dìtẹ̀ sí mi,’ ”
ni Olúwa wí.
18“Ìwà rẹ àti ìṣe rẹ
ló fa èyí bá ọ
ìjìyà rẹ sì nìyìí,
Báwo ló ti ṣe korò tó!
Báwo ló ti ṣe gún ọkàn rẹ sí!”
19Háà! Ìrora mi, ìrora mi!
Mo yí nínú ìrora.
Háà, ìrora ọkàn mi!
Ọkàn mi lù kìkì nínú mi,
n kò le è dákẹ́.
Nítorí mo ti gbọ́ ohùn ìpè,
mo sì ti gbọ́ igbe ogun.
20Ìparun ń gorí ìparun;
gbogbo ilẹ̀ náà sì ṣubú sínú ìparun
lọ́gán ni a wó àwọn àgọ́ mi,
tí ó jẹ́ ohun ààbò mi níṣẹ́jú kan.
21Yóò ti pẹ́ tó, tí èmi yóò rí ogun
tí èmi yóò sì gbọ́ ìró fèrè?
22“Aṣiwèrè ni àwọn ènìyàn mi;
wọn kò mọ̀ mí.
Wọ́n jẹ́ aláìgbọ́n ọmọ;
wọ́n sì jẹ́ aláìlóye.
Wọ́n mọ ibi ni ṣíṣe;
wọn kò mọ bí a ti í ṣe rere.”
23Mo bojú wo ayé,
ó sì wà ní júujùu, ó sì ṣófo
àti ní ọ̀run,
ìmọ́lẹ̀ wọn kò sì ṣí.
24Mo wo àwọn òkè ńlá,
wọ́n wárìrì;
gbogbo òkè kéékèèkéé mì jẹ̀jẹ̀.
25Mo wò yíká n kò rí ẹnìkan;
gbogbo ẹyẹ ojú ọ̀run ló ti fò lọ.
26Mo bojú wò, ilẹ̀ eléso, ó sì di aṣálẹ̀
gbogbo àwọn ìlú inú rẹ̀ sì ṣubú sínú ìparun
níwájú Olúwa àti níwájú ríru ìbínú rẹ̀.
27Èyí ni ohun tí Olúwa wí
“Gbogbo ìlú náà yóò sì di ahoro,
síbẹ̀ èmi kì yóò pa á run pátápátá.
28Nítorí náà, ayé yóò pohùnréré ẹkún
àwọn ọ̀run lókè yóò ṣú òòkùn
nítorí mo ti sọ, mo sì ti pète rẹ̀
mo ti pinnu, n kì yóò sì yí i padà.”
29Nípa ariwo àwọn ẹlẹ́ṣin àti àwọn tafàtafà
gbogbo ìlú yóò sálọ.
Ọ̀pọ̀ sálọ sínú igbó;
ọ̀pọ̀ yóò sì gun orí àpáta lọ.
Gbogbo ìlú náà sì di ahoro;
kò sì ṣí ẹnìkan nínú rẹ̀.
30Kí ni ò ń ṣe, ìwọ tí o ti di ìjẹ tán?
Ìwọ ìbá wọ ara rẹ ní aṣọ òdodo
kí o sì fi wúrà ṣe ara rẹ lọ́ṣọ̀ọ́.
Àwọn olólùfẹ́ rẹ kẹ́gàn rẹ
wọ́n sì ń lépa ẹ̀mí rẹ.
31Mo gbọ́ ìró kan bí i igbe obìnrin tó ń rọbí,
tí ó ń rọbí, ìrora bí i abiyamọ
ọmọbìnrin Sioni tí ń pohùnréré ẹkún ara rẹ̀.
Tí ó na ọwọ́ rẹ̀ tí ó sì wí pé,
“Kíyèsi i mo gbé,
Nítorí a ti fi ẹ̀mí mi lé àwọn apani lọ́wọ́.”
