Israel’s Sin Brings Suffering
1I’m suffering very much!
I’m like someone who gathers summer fruit in a vineyard
after the good fruit has already been picked.
No grapes are left to eat.
None of the early figs I long for remain.
2Faithful people have disappeared from the land.
Those who are honest are gone.
Everyone hides and waits
to spill the blood of others.
They use nets to try and trap one another.
3They are very good at doing what is evil.
Rulers require gifts.
Judges accept money from people
who want special favors.
Those who are powerful
always get what they want.
All of them make evil plans together.
4The best of these people are as harmful as thorns.
The most honest of them are even worse.
God has come to punish you.
The time your prophets warned you about has come.
Panic has taken hold of you.
5Don’t trust your neighbors.
Don’t put your faith in your friends.
Be careful what you say
even to your own wife.
6Sons don’t honor their fathers.
Daughters refuse to obey their mothers.
Daughters-in-law are against their mothers-in-law.
A man’s enemies are the members of his own family.
7But I will look to the Lord.
I’ll put my trust in God my Savior.
He will hear me.
Jerusalem Will Be Rebuilt
8The people of Jerusalem say,
“Don’t laugh when we suffer,
you enemies of ours!
We have fallen.
But we’ll get up.
Even though we sit in the dark,
the Lord will give us light.
9We’ve sinned against the Lord.
So he is angry with us.
His anger will continue until he takes up our case.
Then he’ll do what is right for us.
He’ll bring us out into the light.
Then we’ll see him save us.
10Our enemies will see it too.
And they will be put to shame.
After all, they said to us,
‘Where is the Lord your God?’
But we will see them destroyed.
Soon they will be stomped on
like mud in the streets.”
11People of Jerusalem, the time will come
when your walls will be rebuilt.
Land will be added to your territory.
12At that time your people will come back to you.
They’ll return from Assyria
and the cities of Egypt.
They’ll come from the countries
between Egypt and the Euphrates River.
They’ll return from the lands
between the seas.
They’ll come back from the countries
between the mountains.
13But the rest of the earth will be deserted.
The people who live in it
have done many evil things.
Prayer and Praise
14Lord, be like a shepherd to your people.
Take good care of them.
They are your flock.
They live by themselves
in the safety of a forest.
Rich grasslands are all around them.
Let them eat grass in Bashan and Gilead
just as they did long ago.
15The Lord says to his people,
“I showed you my wonders
when you came out of Egypt long ago.
In the same way, I will show them to you again.”
16When the nations see those wonders,
they will be put to shame.
All their power will be taken away from them.
They will be so amazed
that they won’t be able to speak or hear.
17They’ll be forced to eat dust like a snake.
They’ll be like creatures
that have to crawl on the ground.
They’ll come out of their dens
trembling with fear.
They’ll show respect for the Lord our God.
They will also have respect for his people.
18Lord, who is a God like you?
You forgive sin.
You forgive your people
when they do what is wrong.
You don’t stay angry forever.
Instead, you take delight in showing
your faithful love to them.
19Once again you will show loving concern for us.
You will completely wipe out
the evil things we’ve done.
You will throw all our sins
into the bottom of the sea.
20You will be faithful to Jacob’s people.
You will show your love
to Abraham’s children.
You will do what you promised to do for our people.
You made that promise long ago.
Ìrora Israẹli
1Ègbé ni fún mi!
Nítorí èmi sì dàbí ẹni tí ń kó èso ẹ̀ẹ̀rùn jọ,
ìpèsè ọgbà àjàrà;
kò sì ṣí odidi àjàrà kankan láti jẹ,
kò sì ṣí àkọ́so ọ̀pọ̀tọ́ nítorí tí ebi ń pa mí.
2Àwọn olódodo sì ti kúrò ní ilẹ̀ náà,
kò sì ṣí ẹnìkan tí ó ṣẹ́kù tí ó jọ olóòtítọ́;
gbogbo wọn sì ń purọ́ ní dídúró nítorí ìtàjẹ̀ sílẹ̀,
olúkúlùkù wọ́n sì ń fi àwọ̀n de arákùnrin rẹ̀.
3Ọwọ́ wọn méjèèjì ti múra tán láti ṣe búburú;
àwọn alákòóso ń béèrè fún ẹ̀bùn,
àwọn onídàájọ́ sì ń gba owó àbẹ̀tẹ́lẹ̀
alágbára sì ń pàṣẹ ohun tí wọ́n fẹ́,
gbogbo wọn sì jùmọ̀ ń dìtẹ̀.
4Ẹni tí ó sàn jùlọ nínú wọn sì dàbí ẹ̀gún,
ẹni tí ó jẹ́ olódodo jùlọ burú ju ẹ̀gún ọgbà lọ.
Ọjọ́ àwọn olùṣọ́ rẹ̀ ti dé,
àti ọjọ́ tí Ọlọ́run bẹ̀ ọ́ wò.
Nísinsin yìí ní àkókò ìdààmú wọn.
5Ẹ má ṣe gba ọ̀rẹ́ kan gbọ́;
ẹ má sì ṣe gbẹ́kẹ̀lé amọ̀nà kankan.
Pa ìlẹ̀kùn ẹnu rẹ fún ẹni
tí ó sùn ní oókan àyà rẹ.
67.6: Mt 10.21,35,36; Mk 13.12; Lk 12.53.Nítorí tí ọmọkùnrin kò bọ̀wọ̀ fún baba rẹ̀,
ọmọbìnrin sì dìde sí ìyá rẹ̀,
aya ọmọ sí ìyá ọkọ rẹ̀,
ọ̀tá olúkúlùkù ni àwọn ará ilé rẹ̀.
7Ṣùgbọ́n ní tèmi, èmi ní ìwòye ní ìrètí sí Olúwa,
Èmi dúró de Ọlọ́run olùgbàlà mi;
Ọlọ́run mi yóò sì tẹ́tí sí mi.
Israẹli yóò dìde
8Má ṣe yọ̀ mí, ìwọ ọ̀tá mi;
Bí mó bá ṣubú, èmi yóò dìde.
Nígbà tí mo bá jókòó sínú òkùnkùn
Olúwa yóò jẹ́ ìmọ́lẹ̀ fún mi.
9Nítorí èmi ti dẹ́ṣẹ̀ sí i,
Èmi yóò faradà ìbínú Olúwa,
títí òun yóò ṣe gba ẹjọ́ mi rò,
tí yóò sì ṣe ìdájọ́ mi.
Òun yóò sì mú mi wá sínú ìmọ́lẹ̀;
èmi yóò sì rí òdodo rẹ̀.
10Nígbà náà ni ọ̀tá mi yóò rí i
ìtìjú yóò sì bo ẹni tí ó wí fún mi pé,
“Níbo ni Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ wà?”
Ojú mi yóò rí ìṣubú rẹ̀;
nísinsin yìí ni yóò di ìtẹ̀mọ́lẹ̀
bí ẹrẹ̀ òpópó.
11Ọjọ́ tí a ó mọ odi rẹ yóò dé,
ọjọ́ náà ni àṣẹ yóò jìnnà réré.
12Ní ọjọ́ náà àwọn ènìyàn yóò wá sọ́dọ̀ rẹ
láti Asiria àti ìlú ńlá Ejibiti
àní láti Ejibiti dé Eufurate
láti Òkun dé Òkun
àti láti òkè ńlá dé òkè ńlá.
13Ilẹ̀ náà yóò di ahoro fún àwọn olùgbé inú rẹ̀,
nítorí èso ìwà wọn.
Àdúrà àti ìyìn
14Fi ọ̀pá rẹ bọ́ àwọn ènìyàn, agbo ẹran ìní rẹ,
èyí tí ó ń dágbé nínú igbó
ní àárín Karmeli;
Jẹ́ kí wọn jẹun ní Baṣani àti Gileadi
bí ọjọ́ ìgbàanì.
15“Bí i ọjọ́ tí ó jáde kúrò ní Ejibiti wá,
ni èmi yóò fi ohun ìyanu hàn án.”
16Orílẹ̀-èdè yóò rí i, ojú yóò sì tì wọ́n,
nínú gbogbo agbára wọn.
Wọn yóò fi ọwọ́ lé ẹnu wọn,
etí wọn yóò sì di.
17Wọn yóò lá erùpẹ̀ bí ejò,
wọn yóò sì jáde kúrò nínú ihò wọn bí ekòló.
Wọn yóò bẹ̀rù Olúwa Ọlọ́run wa,
wọn yóò sì bẹ̀rù nítorí rẹ̀.
18Ta ni Ọlọ́run bí rẹ̀,
ẹni tí ó dárí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ jì,
tí ó sì fojú fo ìrékọjá èyí tókù ìní rẹ̀?
Kì í dúró nínú ìbínú rẹ̀ láéláé
nítorí òun ní inú dídùn sí àánú.
19Òun yóò tún padà yọ́nú sí wa;
òun yóò tẹ àwọn ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wa mọ́lẹ̀,
yóò sì fa gbogbo àìṣedéédéé wa sínú ibú Òkun.
207.20: Lk 1.55.Ìwọ yóò fi òtítọ́ hàn sí Jakọbu
ìwọ yóò sì fi àánú hàn sí Abrahamu,
bí ìwọ ṣe búra fún àwọn baba wa
láti ọjọ́ ìgbàanì.
