Jeremia 12
1 In kare kinde duto, yaye Jehova Nyasaye, sa moro amora makelo bucha e nyimi. To kata kamano we mondo awuoye kodi kuom ngʼado bura mari makare: Ere gima omiyo yore mag joma timbegi mono dhi maber? Angʼo momiyo jogo maonge yie odak maber?
Righteous [art] Thou, O Jehovah, When I plead towards thee, Only, judgments do I speak with Thee, Wherefore did the way of the wicked prosper? At rest have been all treacherous dealers.
2 Isepidhogi, kendo tiendegi osenyaa; gidongo kendo ginywolo olemo. Wechegi osiko e dhogi kinde duto to chunygi bor kodi.
Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root, They go on, yea, they have made fruit, Near [art] Thou in their mouth, And far off from their reins.
3 Kata kamano ingʼeya, yaye Jehova Nyasaye; inena kendo ipimo pacha kaka aparo kuomi. Ywagi tenge kaka rombo mitero kar yengʼo! Ketgi tenge ne odiechieng yengʼo!
And Thou, O Jehovah, Thou hast known me, Thou seest me, and hast tried my heart with Thee, Draw them away as sheep to slaughter, And separate them for a day of slaughter.
4 Nyaka karangʼo ma piny biro siko kotwo kendo lum motwi e lege ner? Nikech joma odak e iye timbegi mono, le kod winy osetho. Kata kamano, jogo wacho, “Ok none gima timorenwa.”
Till when doth the earth mourn, And the herb of the whole field wither? For the wickedness of those dwelling in it, Consumed have been beast and fowl, Because they said, 'He doth not see our latter end.'
5 Ka isepiem gi jogo mawuotho gi tielo ma gioli, to ere kaka inyalo piem gi farese? Ka ichwanyori e piny man-gi kwe, ere kaka inyalo wuotho e bungu man Jordan?
For — with footmen thou hast run, And they weary thee, And how dost thou fret thyself with horses! Even in the land of peace, [In which] thou art confident — And how dost thou in the rising of Jordan!
6 Oweteni ma jo-dalau bende osendhogi; kendo gisegolo ywak maduongʼ ka gikwedi. Kik igen kuomgi, kata obedo ni giwuoyo maber kuomi.
For even thy brethren and the house of thy father, Even they dealt treacherously against thee, Even they — they called after thee fully, Trust not in them, when they speak to thee good things.
7 “Anajwangʼ oda, anabol girkeni maga; anachiw ngʼatno mahero e lwet wasike.
I have forsaken My house, I have left Mine inheritance, I have given the beloved of My soul Into the hand of her enemies.
8 Girkeni osebedona ka sibuor manie bungu. Orutona; omiyo amon kode.
Mine inheritance hath been to Me as a lion in a forest, She gave forth against Me with her voice, Therefore I have hated her.
9 Donge girkeni maga osebedona ka kweth mag achudhe, ma achudhe mamoko lworo mondo okedgo? Dhi kendo ichok le mag bungu duto; kelgi mondo gikidh joga.
A speckled fowl [is] Mine inheritance to Me? Is the fowl round about against her? Come, assemble, every beast of the field, Come ye for food.
10 Jokwath mangʼeny biro ketho puotha mar mzabibu kendo ginyon puotha; gibiro loko puotha mamiyo bedo puodho motwo mojwangʼ.
Many shepherds did destroy My vineyard, They have trodden down My portion, They have made My desirable portion Become a wilderness — a desolation.
11 Enobed puodho mojwangʼ, motwo, kendo machalo gunda e nyima; pinyno duto noyugno nikech onge ngʼama dewe.
He hath made it become a desolation, The desolation hath mourned unto Me, Desolated hath been all the land, But there is no one laying it to heart.
12 Kuonde duto mag ongoro motingʼore gi malo mantiere kama otwo, joketho nopongʼ, nimar ligangla Jehova Nyasaye notiekgi, koa e tungʼ piny konchiel nyaka komachielo; maonge ngʼama notony.
On all high places in the plain have spoilers come in, For the sword of Jehovah is consuming, From the end of the land even unto the end of the land, There is no peace to any flesh.
13 Ginipidh ngano makmana ginikaa kuthe; gini nyagre gi tich to onge ohala ma giniyudi. Omiyo yuduru wichkuot mar keyo maru nikech mirimb Jehova Nyasaye mager.”
They sowed wheat, and have thorns reaped, They have become sick — they profit not, And they have been ashamed of your increases, Because of the fierceness of the anger of Jehovah.
14 Ma e gima Jehova Nyasaye wacho: “To ne jobatha duto ma timbegi mono mamayo joga Israel girkeni mane amiyogi, anapudhgi e pinjegi kendo anagol od Juda e diergi.
Thus said Jehovah concerning all my evil neighbours, who are striking against the inheritance that I caused my people — Israel — to inherit: 'Lo, I am plucking them from off their ground, And the house of Judah I pluck out of their midst.
15 To bangʼ ka asegologi, anakechgi kendo, bende anaduog moro ka moro ir girkeni mare owuon kod pinye owuon.
And it hath been, after My plucking them out, I turn back, and have pitied them, And I have brought them back, Each to his inheritance, and each to his land.
16 Kendo ka gipuonjore maber yore mag joga kendo gikwongʼore gi nyinga, kagiwacho ni, ‘Akwongʼora gi nying Jehova Nyasaye mangima,’ mana kaka negipuonjo joga mondo okwongʼre ne Baal, eka gibiro dak e dier joga.
And it hath come to pass, If they learn well the ways of My people, To swear by My name, 'Jehovah liveth,' As they taught My people to swear by Baal, Then they have been built up in the midst of My people.
17 To ka oganda moro amora ok dwar chiko ite, to anapudhe chuth mi atieke,” Jehova Nyasaye ema owacho.
And if they do not hearken, Then I have plucked up that nation, Plucking up and destroying, An affirmation of Jehovah!'
