Jeremia 3

1 Jehova Nyasaye wacho niya, “Ka dichwo oriembo chiege kendo chiege odhi moweye mi okende gi dichwo machielo, bende dodog ir dhakoni kendo? Donge pinyni dibed mochido chuth? To isedak kaka ochot man-gi johera mangʼeny bende koro diduog ira?

It is commonly said: If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and marry another man, shall he return to her any more? shall not that woman be polluted, and defiled? but thou hast prostituted thyself to many lovers: nevertheless return to me, saith the Lord, and I will receive thee.

2 Tingʼ wangʼi malo mondo ingʼiane kuonde motimo ongoro motingʼore mondo ine. Bende nitiere kamoro amora modongʼ e piny mapok iterorigo? E dir yo ne ibet piny ka irito johera magi, ibet piny ka jakwath mamanyo pi ne dhoge e piny motwo. Isedwanyo piny gi chode mari, kod timbegi mamono.

Lift up thy eyes on high: and see where thou hast not prostituted thyself: Thou didst sit in the ways, waiting for them as a robber in the wilderness: and thou hast polluted the land with thy fornications, and with thy wickedness.

3 Emomiyo osetuonu koth, kendo kodh chwiri pod ok ochwe. Kata kamano in gi neno machalo gi mar ochot; wiyi bende ok kuodi nikech ionge gi wichkuot.

Therefore the showers were withholden, and there was no lateward rain: thou hadst a harlot’s forehead, thou wouldst not blush.

4 Donge koro eka iwachona kama: Wuonwa, osiepna chakre tin-na,

Therefore at least at this time call to me: Thou art my father, the guide of my virginity:

5 inisik ka iyi owangʼ? Bende mirimbi biro bedo manyaka chiengʼ? Ma e kaka iwuoyo, to itimo timbe mamono duto minyalo.”

Wilt thou be angry for ever, or wilt thou continue until the end? Behold, thou hast spoken, and hast done evil things, and hast been able.

6 E kinde mar loch Ruoth Josia, Jehova Nyasaye nowachona niya, “Bende iseneno gima Israel ma ok ja-ratiro otimo? Osedhi ewi gode duto matindo maboyo kendo e bwo yiende duto motimo otiep mi osechodo kanyo.

And the Lord said to me in the days of king Josias: Hast thou seen what rebellious Israel hast done? she hath gone out of herself upon every high mountain, and under every green tree, and hath played the harlot there.

7 Ne aparo ni kane osetimo magi duto to ne odhi duogo ira makmana ne ok odwogo, kendo kata mana nyamin mare ma Juda ma ok ja-ratiro noneno mano.

And when she had done all these things, I said: Return to me, and she did not return. And her treacherous sister Juda saw,

8 Ne amiyo Israel maonge gi yie baruwa mar weruok kendo mi ariembe nikech timbene duto mag chode. Kata kamano ne aneno ka nyamin-gi ma Juda maonge ratiro ne ok oluor; en bende nodhi kendo ochodo.

That because the rebellious Israel had played the harlot, I had put her away, and had given her a bill of divorce: yet her treacherous sister Juda was not afraid, but went and played the harlot also herself.

9 Nikech anjawo mar Israel nonenore gima tin, ne gidwanyo piny ka gilamo kite kod bepe.

And by the facility of her fornication she defiled the land, and played the harlot with stones and with stocks.

10 To kuom magi duto, nyamin mare ma Juda ma ok ja-adiera ka en ne ok odwogo ira gi chunye duto, to mana kuom wuondruok,” Jehova Nyasaye ema owacho.

And after all this, her treacherous sister Juda hath not returned to me with her whole heart, but with falsehood, saith the Lord.

11 Jehova Nyasaye nowachona niya, “Israel maonge gi yie ler moloyo Juda ma ok ja-adiera.

And the Lord said to me: The rebellious Israel hath justified her soul, in comparison of the treacherous Juda.

12 Dhi mondo iland wachni yo nyandwat ni: “Jehova Nyasaye wacho niya, ‘Duogi in Israel maonge gi yie, ok anabed gi mirima kodi kendo, nimar an jangʼwono, iya ok bi wangʼ kodi nyaka chiengʼ.

Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and thou shalt say: Return, O rebellious Israel, saith the Lord, and I will not turn away my face from you: for I am holy, saith the Lord, and I will not be angry for ever.

13 Yie kethoni kende nikech isengʼanyone Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachi, isekayo timbegi mag ngʼwono mana ne nyiseche manono e bwo yiende motimo otiep, kendo pod ok iluora,’” Jehova Nyasaye ema owacho.

But yet acknowledge thy iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God: and thou hast scattered thy ways to strangers under every green tree, and hast not heard my voice, saith the Lord.

14 Jehova Nyasaye wacho niya, “Dwoguru ira, un joga maonge yie, nimar an e chworu. Abiro yierou ka ngʼato achiel oa e dala to ji ariyo koa e anywola mi akelu Sayun.

Return, O ye revolting children, saith the Lord: for I am your husband: and I will take you, one of a city, and two of a kindred, and will bring you into Sion.

15 Eka anamiu jokwath ma chunygi chal koda, mabiro telonu gi rieko kod winjo.”

And I will give you pastors according to my own heart, and they shall feed you with knowledge and doctrine.

16 Jehova Nyasaye wacho niya, “E ndalogo, kakwanu osemedore mangʼeny e piny, ji ok nochak owuo kawacho ni, ‘Sandug Muma mar singruok mar Jehova Nyasaye.’ Ok enodonji e parogi bende ok ginipare; ok nodware, kata moro ok nolosi kendo.

And when you shall be multiplied, and increase in the land in those days, saith the Lord, they shall say no more: The ark of the covenant of the Lord: neither shall it come upon the heart, neither shall they remember it, neither shall it be visited, neither shall that be done any more.

17 E kindeno gibiro luongo Jerusalem ni Kom Loch mar Jehova Nyasaye, kendo ogendini duto nochokre ei Jerusalem mondo omi nying Jehova Nyasaye duongʼ. Ok ginichak gitim tim wich teko, bende ok ginibed gi chuny mar timo richo.

At that time Jerusalem shall be called the thrown of the Lord: and all the nations shall be gathered together to it, in the name of the Lord to Jerusalem, and they shall not walk after the perversity of their most wicked heart.

18 E ndalogo od Juda biro riwore gi od Israel, kendo giduto ginibi ka gia e piny ma yo nyandwat nyaka e piny mane amiyo kwereu kaka girkeni.

In those days the house of Juda shall go to the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land which I gave to your fathers.

19 “An awuon ne awacho niya, “‘Mano kaka dabed mamor ka akawou kaka yawuota kendo amiu piny mowinjore, girkeni maber mogik mar piny moro amora.’ Ne aparo ni unyalo luonga ni ‘Wuonwa,’ kendo ni ok unuwe luwa.

But I said: How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a lovely land, the goodly inheritance of the armies of the Gentiles? And I said: Thou shalt call me father and shalt cease to walk after me.

20 To mana ka dhako ma ok ja-ratiro ne chwore, omiyo usebedo maonge gadieri kuoma, yaye od Israel,” Jehova Nyasaye ema owacho.

But as a woman that despiseth her lover, so hath the house of Israel despised me, saith the Lord.

21 Ywak iwinjo e kuonde motingʼore motimo ongoro, en kuyo gi secho mar jo-Israel, nikech gisejwangʼo yoregi, kendo wigi osewil gi Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachgi.

A voice was heard in the highways, weeping and howling of the children of Israel: because they have made their way wicked, they have forgotten the Lord their God.

22 “Dwoguru, un joma onge yie; abiro thiedhou kuom baro weyo yo.” “Ee, wabiro biro iri, nimar in Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachwa.

Return, you rebellious children, and I will heal your rebellions. Behold we come to thee: for thou art the Lord our God.

23 Adiera lamo nyiseche mopa ewi gode matindo, kod gode madongo en wuond; adier kuom Jehova Nyasaye, ma Nyasachwa, ema warruok mar Israel yudore.

In very deed the hills were liars. and the multitude of the mountains: truly in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.

24 Chakre tinwa nyiseche manono mag wichkuot osechamo olemb tije wuonewa, ma gin kweth mar jamni, kod kweth mag dhok, yawuotgi kod nyigi.

Confusion hath devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

25 We wanind piny e wichkuot marwa, kendo we timbewa maricho oumwa. Wasetimo richo ne Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachwa, wan kaachiel gi wuonewa; chakre ndalo mane wan rowere nyaka odiechiengni pod ok waluoro Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachwa.”

We shall sleep in our confusion, and our shame shall cover us, because we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers from our youth even to this day, and we have not hearkened to the voice of the Lord our God.