Yelemaia 10
1 Isala: ili fi dunu! Hina Gode Ea sia: dilima sia: i amo nabima!
You people of Israel, listen to what Yahweh says:
2 E da amane sia: sa, “Eno ga fi dunu ilia hou amoma mae fa: no bobogema! Dilia da mu amo ganodini fofogadigisu dawa: ma: ne hahamosu ba: sea, mae beda: ma! Eno fifi asi gala da beda: mu be dilia mae beda: ma!
“Do not act like the people of [other] nations act, and do not be terrified by strange/unusual things that you see in the sky, even though they cause the [people of other] nations to be terrified.
3 Amo dunu ilia sia: ne gadosu hou da hamedei. Ilia da iwilaga ifa damuni fasili, ifa hahamosu dunu da amo osole dedesa.
The customs of the people [of other nations] are worthless. [For example], they cut down a tree in the forest. Then a [skilled] worker/craftsman [cuts a section of it and] uses his chisel to carve an idol from that section.
4 Ilia da amo silifa amola gouli amoga nina: hamosa. Amo da dafasa: besa: le, ilia da gafesi amoga dabagala: sa.
[Then] people decorate the idol with silver and gold. [Then] they fasten it securely with nails in order that it will not topple/fall over.
5 Amo udigili loboga hamoi liligi da sio beda: ma: ne liligi ifabia legei agoane ba: sa. Ilia da sia: mu gogolesa. Amola masunu gogoleiba: le, enoga gaguli ahoa. Ilima mae beda: ma! Bai amo udigili liligi da dili wadela: lesimu da hamedei. Amola dilima hahawane hou iasimusa: hame dawa:”
[Then] the idol [stands there] like [SIM] a scarecrow in a field of cucumbers/melons! It cannot speak, and people must carry it, because it cannot walk. Do not be afraid of idols, because they cannot harm [anyone], and they cannot do [anything] good [to help anyone].”
6 Hina Gode! Dunu eno Di agoai da hamedafa esala. Bai Di da Bagadedafa! Amola Dia Dio da gasa bagadedafa!
Yahweh, there is no one like you. You [MTY] are great, and you are very powerful.
7 Di da fifi asi gala huluanedafa ilima Hina Bagade. Dunu huluane da Dima nodomu da defea. Fifi asi gala huluane amo ganodini da bagade dawa: su dunu amola hina bagade dunu. Be ilia da Di agoai hamedafa. Di da huluane baligisa.
You are the king of all the nations! Everyone should [RHQ] revere you, because that is what you deserve. Among all the wise people on the earth and in all the kingdoms where they live, (there is no one like you./who can compare with you?)
8 Ilia huluane da gagaoui agoai. Ilia da ifaga hamoi ogogosu ‘gode’ ilima dawa: su lamu da hamedei.
Those people who [think that they are] very wise [IRO] are stupid and foolish [DOU]. The idols that they worship are only made of wood! Those idols certainly cannot teach them anything.
9 Ilia loboga hamoi ‘gode’ da silifa (Siba: ini sogega lai) amola gouli (Iufa: se moilai bai bagadega lai) amoga dedeboi. Bagade dawa: su dedesu dunu da amo hahamoi. Amola bagade dawa: su abula amunisu dunu da yoi amola haisewe abula amuni ilima gasisanasisa.
People hammer into thin sheets silver from Tarshish and gold from Uphaz, and then they give those sheets of silver and gold to skilled workers/craftsmen to cover the idols. Then they put on those idols expensive purple robes that are made by skilled workers.
10 Be Di, Hina Gode, Di fawane da Godedafa. Di da Godedafa Esala. Amola Di da Mae Bogole Fifi Ahoanusu Hina Bagade. Di da ougi galea, osobo bagade da fofogosa. Amola fifi asi gala dunu huluane da bagade beda: sa.
But Yahweh is the [only] true God; he is the all-powerful God, the king [who rules] forever. When he is angry, [all] the earth shakes/quakes; and [the people of] the nations cannot endure [what he does] when he is angry [with them].
11 (Dilia Isala: ili dunu! Fifi asi gala huluane amane olelema, “Ogogosu ‘gode’ da osobo bagade amola mu hame hahamoi. Ilia huluane da wadela: lesi dagoi ba: mu. Ilia da osobo bagadega hame dialebe ba: mu.”)
[You Israeli people], tell this to those people: “Those idols did not make the sky and the earth, and they will disappear from the earth.”
12 Hina Gode da Ea gasaga osobo bagade hahamoi. Ea bagade dawa: su amoga E da osobo bagade hahamoi amola mu fadegale gai.
But [Yahweh] made the earth by his power; he established it [firmly] by his wisdom and stretched out the sky by his understanding.
13 Ea sia: beba: le, hano muagado gadodili dialebe da gosa. E da osobo bagade bega: bega: amoga mumobi gaguli misini, gilisisa. E da gibu ganodini ha: ha: na nene gala: ma: ne hamosa. E da Ea liligi ligisisu amoga fo asula ahoa.
When he speaks [loudly], there is thunder in the sky; he causes clouds to form over every part of the earth. He sends lightning with the rain and releases the winds from his storehouses.
14 Dunu da amo gasa bagade hou ba: beba: le, gagaoui agoane ahoa. Dunu da ogogosu loboga hamoi ‘gode’ hamosa, amo ilia dafawaneyale dawa: su hou da hamedei ba: sa. Bai ilia loboga hamoi ogogosu ‘gode’ da hame esala amola hamedei liligi gala.
People are senseless and know very little [HYP]; those who make idols are always disappointed because their idols do nothing for them. The images/statues that they make are not real [gods]; they are lifeless.
15 Ilia da hamedei liligi. Amola dunu da ili higamu da defea. Hina Gode da ili wadela: musa: masea, ilia da wadela: lesi dagoi ba: mu.
Idols are worthless; they deserve to be ridiculed; there will be a time when they [all] will be destroyed.
16 Be Ya: igobe ea Gode da ili agoai hame. E da liligi huluane hahamoi dagoi. E da Isala: ili, Ea fidafa amo hamoma: ne ilegei. Ea Dio da Hina Gode Bagadedafa.
But the God whom we Israelis worship is not like those idols; he is the one who created everything [that exists]; we, the tribe/people of Israel, belong to him; he is the Commander of the armies of angels.
17 Yelusaleme dunu! Ha lai da dilima doagala: lala. Dilia liligi momagema!
[Yahweh says this to the people of Jerusalem]: “The army of your enemies surrounds your city, so gather up your possessions [and prepare] to leave the city.
18 Hina Gode da dili amo dilia sogega mugululi ga fadegale fasimu. E da dili gougoudane, dilia afae dili soge ganodini esalebe hame ba: mu. Hina Gode da sia: i dagoi.
I will soon throw you out of this land and cause you to experience great troubles, with the result that you will have severe pain (OR, none of you will be left here).”
19 Yelusaleme fi dunu da amane digini wele sia: i, “Ninia da se bagade nabi. Ninia fa: ginisi da uhimu hame dawa: Ninia da amo se nabasu ganodini baligimu dawa: i be hamedei.
[The people replied, “It is as though] we have been [badly] wounded, and we are very grieved; [It is as though] we have a very serious illness, and we must endure the pain.
20 Ninia abula diasu da wadela: lesi dagoi. Efe amo da abula diasu la: gi da damui dagoi. Ninia mano huluane da asi dagoi. Ninia abula diasu bu gaguma: ne da dunu hame gala. Logo ga: su abula gosagisimu da dunu hame.”
[It is as though] our [great] tent is destroyed; the ropes [that held it up] have been cut; our children have gone away from us and will not return; there are no people left to rebuild our great tent.
21 Na da bu adole i, “Ninia ouligisu dunu da gagaoui gala. Ilia da dafai dagoi, amola ninia dunu huluane da afagogoi dagoi ba: sa. Bai ouligisu dunu da Hina Gode Ea fada: i sia: lama: ne amo Ema hame adole ba: sa.
Our leaders [MET] no [longer] have any sense; they no [longer] ask Yahweh [to (guide them/tell them what to do)], so they will no [longer] prosper, and all those over whom they rule [MET] will be scattered.
22 Nabima! Sia: da doaga: i dagoi. Fi bagade gagoe (north) gala amo ganodini ha lasu bagade naba. Ilia dadi gagui da Yuda soge wadela: lalu, amo da hafoga: i dunu hame esalebe soge agoane ba: mu. Amola amo ganodini, sigua wa: me fawane esalebe ba: mu.”
Listen! [Our enemies’ armies] in the north are making a [very] big noise/commotion [as they march toward us]. The towns in Judah will be destroyed, [and they will become] a place where jackals/wolves live.”
23 Hina Gode! Na dawa: ! Dunu afae afae huluane da ema misunu hou amoma ouligisu hame gala. E da ea esalusu amoma hina hame gala.
Yahweh, I know that no person controls what will happen to him; no one is able to direct the events that he will experience.
24 Hina Gode! Dia fi dunu ilia hou afadenene hahamoma! Be se iasu baligili ninima mae ima. Amola Dia ougiba: le se baligili mae ima. Bai ninia udigili bogosa: besa: le, ninima asigima.
[So] correct/discipline us, but do it gently. Do not correct/punish us when you are angry, because we would die if you did that.
25 Di sinidigili, fifi asi gala amo da Dima higale nodone hame sia: ne gadosa, ilima ougima. Bai ilia da Dia fi dunu medole legei dagoi. Ilia da nini wadela: lesidafa, amola ilia da ninia soge wadela: lesilalu fisili asi.
Punish [MTY] [all] the nations whose people do not acknowledge/say that you are God; punish all the nations whose people do not worship you, because they are completely destroying [DOU] [us people of] Israel and they are causing our land to soon be only a desert.
