Yelemaia 2
1 Hina Gode da nama amane sia: i,
Yahweh gave me another message
2 “Amo sia: Yelusaleme esalebe dunu huluane ilima olelema, ‘Dia manohadi eso amoga Nama mae fisili noga: le fa: no bobogelalu. Na da fedege agoane di uda lai agoane laloba, di da Nama bagade asigisu. Dia da wadela: i hafoga: i soge, soge amo da ha: i manu hame bugi soge, amo ganodini Nama noga: le fa: no bobogesu. Amo hou Na bu dawa: lala.
[to proclaim to everyone in Jerusalem. He said that I should tell them this] [MET]: “I, Yahweh, remember that you very much wanted to please me [long ago]. [You tried to please me like] a bride [tries to please her husband]; You loved me, and you followed me through the desert [DOU].
3 Isala: ili fi! Dili da Na: fawane galu. Dilia da Na dogolegei sema fi galu. Nowa dunu da dilima se iasu, amo Na da wadela: su amola se iasu ilima iasi. Na, Hina Gode, da sia: i dagoi.” Isala: ili Fi ilia Aowalalia ilia Wadela: i Hou
[At that time you] Israelis (were set apart/belonged only) to me; [you belonged to me like] the first part of the harvests belong to me [MET]. I promised to punish all those who harmed you, my people, and truly I did send disasters on them. [That happened because I], Yahweh, said [that it would happen].”
4 Dilia! Ya: igobe egaga fi dunu! Isala: ili fi dilia! Hina Gode Ea sia: nabima!
So, you [descendants of] [MTY] Jacob, all you people of [MTY] Israel,
5 Hina Gode da amane sia: sa, “Dilia aowalalia da Nama adi wadela: i hou diwane udidibala: ? Ilia da abuliba: le Nama baligi fa: bela? Ilia da hamedei loboga hamoi ‘gode’ agoaila ilima nodone sia: ne gadobeba: le, bu ilia hou amola da hamedei ba: i dagoi.
listen to what Yahweh says: “(What sin did I commit [RHQ] that caused your ancestors to turn far away from me?/Though your ancestors found no fault in me, they turned far away from me.) They worshiped worthless idols, and they themselves became worthless.
6 Na da ili gaga: le, Idibidi sogega fisili masa: ne, ga asunasi! Ilia da hahawane masa: ne, Na da ili bisili, wadela: i hafoga: i soge (amo ganodini da gibu hame, gasi dunasi bagade amola dunu hamedafa esala) amo baligima: ne oule asi. Be ilia da Nama hame asigi galu.
They did not say, ‘Yahweh brought us [safely] out of Egypt, and he led us through a desert where there were a lot of pits; he led us where there was no water and where it was very dangerous, through a land where no one lives, and no one even travels. (So where is Yahweh now?/So he should be helping us now!) [RHQ]’
7 Na da ili nasegagi soge noga: idafa, ilia da amo ea ha: i manu amola liligi noga: idafa hahawane lama: ne, amoma oule misi. Be amo mae dawa: le, ilia da Na soge wadela: lesi. Ilia da soge Na ilima i, amo wadela: lesi.
And when I brought you into a very fertile land, in order that you could enjoy [all] the fruit and [other] good things that you would harvest, you caused the land that I promised to give to you to be unfit for me and to become disgusting/detestable to me.
8 Ilia gobele salasu dunu da “Hina Gode da habila: ?” hame adole ba: i. Na gobele salasu dunu, ilia da Na hamedafa dawa: i. Na fi ouligisu dunu da Nama odoga: i dagoi. Balofede dunu da Ba: iele ea dioba: le ilegele sia: i, amola hamedei loboga hamoi ‘gode’ agoaila ilima nodone sia: ne gadoi.
[Your] priests also did not say, ‘(Where is Yahweh now?/Yahweh should be helping us now!)’ [RHQ] Those who teach/explain my laws do not [want to] know me, and [your] leaders have rebelled against me. [Your] prophets gave you messages from [their god] Baal, and they worship worthless idols.”
9 Amaiba: le, Na, Hina Gode, da Na fi ilima bu fofada: mu. Na da iligaga fi ilima fofada: mu.
“So, I will accuse you in court. [In future years], I will say what your children and your grandchildren have done that is wrong. [That will happen because I], Yahweh, have said [that it will happen].
10 Guma: dini Saibalase oga amoga masa! Amola dunu eno gusudili Gida sogega asunasima. Amasea, noga: le ba: ma! Amo hou defele da musa: hamedafa ba: i.
If you go [west] to the island of Cyprus, or if you go [east] to Kedar [land, ] and if you ask people in those places, they will tell you that no people [from their countries] have ever done the wicked things that you people have done!
11 Fifi asi gala eno da ilia ogogosu ‘gode’ hame afadenesu. Be Na fi da Na fisili, eno ogogosu ‘gode’ liligi lai. Na da ilia Godedafa amola Na da ili fidibiba: le, eno fifi asi gala da ilima nodoi. Be ilia da Na fisili, ogogosu ‘gode’ amo da ili fidimusa: hame dawa: , ilima fa: no bobogei.
The people of no other nation have ever [RHQ] abandoned their gods that they thought were glorious and started to worship gods that are not really gods, but you people have abandoned me, your glorious God, and are worshiping gods that are useless.
12 Amaiba: le, Na da mu amoma amane sia: sa ‘Fofogadigima! Dia beda: iba: le amola fofogadigiba: le, yaguguma.
[It is as though everything in] the sky is surprised and dismayed/appalled [about what you have done]; [it is as though] they tremble because they are very horrified.
13 Bai Na fi dunu da wadela: i hou aduna hamoi dagoi. Na da gaheabolo hano bubuga: su defele gala. Be ilia da Na hihini, Nama baligi fa: i. Amola ilia da igi magufu amoga hano si dogoi. Be amo hano si da goudaiba: le, hano da amo ganodini dialumu da hamedei ba: sa.”
[You], my people, have done two evil things: You have rejected me, the one who is [like] [MET] a fountain [where you can obtain] fresh water, and you [are worshiping gods that are like] [MET] pits in the ground that are cracked and which are not able to hold any water.
14 Isala: ili fi da udigili hawa: hamosu fi hame. Ilia da udigili hawa: hamosu hamoma: ne, hame lalelegei. Amaiba: le, abuliba: le ilia ha lai dunu da ili awele gugunufisala: ?
You Israeli people, you were certainly not [RHQ] slaves when you were born; you were captured [by your enemies].
15 Ilia da Isala: ili fi ilima laione wa: me defele husa. Isala: ili ea ha lai da Isala: ili soge wadela: lesili, hafoga: i dunu hame esalebe soge amo defele hamoi dagoi. Isala: ili moilai huluane da wadela: lesi dagoi dialebe, amola amo ganodini, dunu da hame esalebe.
[Your enemies] [MET] roared [like] lions, and they destroyed your land. [Now] your towns have been burned, and no one lives in them.
16 Dafawane! Memefisi dunu amola Dabinisi dunu da Isala: ili ea dialuma goudai dagoi.
Soldiers from Memphis and Tahpenes, [cities in Egypt], have [defeated you] [and] shaved your heads [to show that you are their slaves].
17 Isala: ili! Disu da amo se nabasu hamoi dagoi. Na da dia Hina Godedafa amola Na da di logoga hahawane oule ahoanebe ba: i. Be di da Na yolesi dagoi.
But it is [RHQ] because you abandoned [me], Yahweh, that these disasters have happened to you.
18 Di da Idibidi sogega asili, Naile Hano amoga nasea, adi bidi ba: ma: bela: ? O Asilia sogega asili, Iufala: idisi Hano amoga nasea, adi bidi ba: ma: bela: ?
So (why are you trying to make an alliance with [MET] the rulers of Egypt?/it certainly will not help you to make an alliance with the rulers of Egypt) [RHQ]. Why are you trying to make an alliance with [MET] the rulers of Assyria who live near the [Euphrates] River?
19 Di da Nama baligi fa: beba: le, wadela: i bagade hamoi dagoi. Amo hou da fedege agoane dima fofada: ne, se imunu. Dia da dawa: mu. Na da dia Hina Gode, amola di da Na fisibiba: le, wadela: i bagade hamoi. Na, Ouligisudafa Hina Gode Bagadedafa da sia: i dagoi.”
[It is because] you have been [very] wicked that I [PRS] will punish you. It is because you have turned away from me that I [PRS] will condemn you. [When I do that], you will realize that painful and evil [DOU] things will happen to you because you have forsaken [me], Yahweh, your God, and you no [longer] revere me. [That will certainly happen because] I, Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels in heaven, have said it.
20 Ouligisudafa Hina Gode da amane sia: sa, “Isala: ili! Di da musa: hemonega Na Hinadafa Hou higasu. Di da Na sia: nabimu higasu, amola Nama nodone sia: ne gadomu higasu. Be dia da goumi huluane amo da: iya amola golofoyei ifa huluane amo hagudu, dia da ogogosu wadela: i uda lasu hou ‘gode’ ilima nodone sia: ne gadosu.
Long ago, you stopped obeying [me] [MET], and you would not allow [me] to lead you [MET]; you refused to worship [me]. Instead, you worship idols that are under trees on the top of every hill, and your young women have sex with [EUP] [men at those places].
21 Na da fedege agoane di waini efe hawa: ida: iwane agoane bugi. Be di da wadela: le heda: le, wali hamedei dasai waini efe agoane ba: sa.
[It is as though] [MET] you were a grapevine that I planted when it was a cutting from a very good vine. So now it is disgusting that [RHQ] you have become [like] a rotten worthless vine.
22 Di da nigima: agoane ba: sa. Amola di da gasa bagade safo amoga dia nigima: doga: i ganiaba, Na da dia nigima: amaiwane dialebe ba: la: loba.
Your guilt from your sins is like [MET] very bad stains on a cloth, and you cannot get rid of those stains even by using very strong soap. [This is true because I], Yahweh, have said it.
23 Dia da dia hou hame wadela: lesi amola Ba: ielema hame nodone sia: ne gadosu sia: sa. Be amo da ogogosa. Ba: ma! Di da fago ganodini, wadela: i hou bagade hamosu. Di da sigua ga: mele aseme amo da hafoga: i sogega gawali hogomusa: hehenasu agoane gala. (Gode da fedege agoane, Isala: ili fi dunu huluane da dunu afae agoane sia: sa.)
You say that you have not sinned. You say ‘We have not become unacceptable to God; we have not worshiped Baal.’ But think about [the disgusting things that you do very eagerly] in [Hinnom] Valley [outside Jerusalem]. You are like desperate female camels, running here and there [to find male camels to have sex with].
24 E da gawali hanaiba: le, nowa da e ouligima: bela: ? Gawali da ema doaga: musa: dawa: sea, e da logo doasi dagoi hahawane ba: sa. Amo esoha, amo aseme da gawali ema doaga: mu bagade hanai gala.
You are [like] wild female donkeys in the desert. They sniff the air to find where the male donkeys are, and no one can [RHQ] restrain them. The male donkeys that want them do not become tired searching for them, because at mating time they find them [easily].
25 Isala: ili! Amo hou yolema! Di da ‘gode’ eno ilima hehenane fa: no bobogebeba: le, dia emo da wadela: sa amola dia da: gisu da hafoga: i. Be di da amane sia: sa, “Hame! Na da sinidigimu hamedei ba: sa. Na da ga fi ‘gode’ hanai gala amola na da ilima fa: no bobogemusa: dawa: lala.”
You constantly run here and there [to find idols to worship], with the result that your sandals are worn out, and your throats have become dry. [I told you to stop doing that], but you said, ‘We cannot stop, because we love foreign gods, and we must worship them.’”
26 Hina Gode da amane sia: sa, “Ilia da wamolasu dunu gagulaligisia, e da gogosiasu ba: sa. Amo defele, dilia Isala: ili dunu huluane, dilia hina bagade, eagene ouligisu dunu, gobele salasu dunu amola ba: la: lusu dunu, huluane da gogosiasu ba: mu.
[Yahweh says this]: “A robber is disgraced when he is caught. And all of you, including your kings and priests and prophets, are similarly disgraced.
27 Dilia da ifa amo da dilia ada amola igi da dilia ame, amo sia: sa. Amaiba: le, dilia da se bagade amola gogosiasu ba: mu. Bai dilia da Nama mae sinidigili, Nama baligi fa: i dagoi. Be dilia da se nabasea, dilia da Nama misini, Na dili gaga: ma: ne edegesa.
You say to [a piece of] wood [that is carved to become a sacred idol], ‘You are our father!’ And you say to a stone [that you have set up], ‘You are our mother!’ You have rejected [IDM] me, but when you experience troubles, you cry out to me to rescue you.
28 Amo ‘gode’ liligi dilisu hamoi, amo da habila: ? Dilia se nabasea, ilia da dili fidimu da defea. Ilia da amo hou hamoma: ne defelela: ? Yuda! Dia ‘gode’ ilia idi da dia moilai bai bagade huluane ilia idi defele gala.
Why do you not [RHQ] cry out to the gods that you made? You have as many gods as you have cities [and towns] in Judah. So why do you not plead with them to rescue you when you experience disasters?
29 Dilia Nama egasu da adila: ? Dilia da abuliba: le Nama odoga: bela: ?
You complain that it was wrong for me [not to have rescued you], but you have all rebelled against me.
30 Na da dilima se iasu be dilia hou hame hahamoi. Na da dilia hou hahamoma: ne sia: i, be dilia da hame nabi. Dilia da ougi bagade laione wa: me defele, dilia balofede dunu medole legei.
I punished some of you, but you did not learn anything from my doing that. You have killed many of the prophets that I [sent to you], like [SIM] fierce lions kill [other animals].
31 Isala: ili dunu! Na sia: nabima! Na da dilima adi wadela: i hou hamobela: ? Na da dilima wadela: i hafoga: i soge o gasi amola wadela: lesisu soge agoane ba: bela: ? Hame mabu! Amaiba: le, dilia da abuliba: le dilia hanaiga hamomu sia: sala: ? Abuliba: le Nama hamedafa sinidigimu sia: sala: ?
You people of Israel, pay attention to what I say. I have certainly [RHQ] never [abandoned you] in a desert; I have never [left you] in a land full of darkness. So, why do you, my people, say ‘We are free from God’s control; we will not return to [worship] God any more’?
32 Uda a: fini da ea nina: hamosu igi gogolesala: ? Uda da ea gawa fisia ga: su abula ida: iwane gogolesala: ? Hame mabu! Be Na fi dunu da eso amo idimu hamedei amoga Na gogolei dagoi.
A young woman would certainly never [RHQ] forget [to wear] her jewelry, and a bride would never [RHQ] forget to wear her wedding dress, but you my people have forgotten me for many years.
33 Dilia da dili lamu dunu ilima fa: no bobogemu bagade dawa: Wadela: idafa uda da dilia hou ba: sea, eno wadela: i hou baligili hamomusa: dawa:
You know how to easily find [gods from other countries] whom you can love. You can find them as easily as a prostitute [can find men to sleep with].
34 Dilia abula da wamolasu dunu ilia maga: mega nigima: i hame, be hame gagui dunu amola asaboi wadela: i hamosu hame dawa: dunu, amo ea maga: mega nigima: i dagoi.
Although you have on your clothes the blood of poor people whom you have murdered, people who (were innocent/had not done things that are wrong),
35 Be amo mae dawa: le, dilia da amane sia: sa, ‘Ninia da wadela: i hame dawa: Hina Gode da ninima bu ougima: ne da bai hame gala.’ Be dilia da wadela: i hou hame hamosu amo ogogole sia: beba: le, Na, Hina Gode, Na da dilima se imunu.
you say ‘We have not done anything that is wrong; so surely [Yahweh] is not angry with us.’ But I will punish [MTY] you [severely] for saying ‘We have not sinned.’
36 Dilia da ga fi ‘gode’ liligi ilima sinidigiba: le, dilia hou fonobone wadela: lesi dagoi. Asilia fi da dili hame fidibiba: le, dilia da da: i dioi galu. Amola Idibidi da dili hame fidimuba: le, dilia da bu da: i diomu.
Previously you requested [the army of] Assyria to help you, but they were not able to help you. Now you have requested [the army of] Egypt to help you, but they will not be able to help you, either.
37 Dilia da gogosiabeba: le, dialuma fili sa: ili, Idibidi mae ba: ma: ne, sinidigimu. Dilia da ga fi ilia hou dafawaneyale dawa: sa. Be Na, Hina Gode da amo dunu higale yolesi. Dilia da ilima fidisu hamedafa ba: mu.
They will capture you, and you will be [their prisoners] [MTY], led to Egypt, [very ashamed] with your hands on your heads. That will happen because I, Yahweh, have rejected those [nations] that you are relying on, and they will not be able to help you at all.”
