Jeremia 6
1 “Un jo-Benjamin, ringuru utony! Ringuru ua Jerusalem! Gouru turumbete Tekoa! Keturu ranyisi ewi Beth Hakerem! Nimar masira aa yo nyandwat, kod kethruok malich.
Flee, O ye sons of Benjamin, from Jerusalem, And blow ye the trumpet in Tekoa, And lift up the banner in Beth-haccerem! For evil threateneth from the North; Yea, great destruction.
2 Anatiek nyar Sayun, ma ber neno kendo ma dende yom.
O daughter of Zion, the comely and delicate, Thee have I doomed to destruction!
3 Jokwath kod jambgi noked kode; ginigur hembegi molwore, ka moro ka moro rito kare owuon.”
The shepherds with their flocks shall come to her; They shall pitch their tents against her round about; They shall feed each one in his place.
4 “Ikri mar kedo kode! Wuoguru, wadhi wamonjgi e dier odiechiengʼ! To mano kaka ler mar odiechiengʼ bedo ma dimdim, kendo tipo mag odhiambo yware.
“Prepare ye war against her, [[shall they say; ]] Arise, and let us go up at noonday; Alas for us! for the day goeth away, For the shadows of evening are lengthened.
5 Omiyo aa malo, wamonjgi gotieno kendo waketh ohingane motegno!”
Arise, and let us go up by night, And let us destroy her palaces!”
6 Ma e gima Jehova Nyasaye Maratego wacho: “Ngʼad yiende kendo iger pidhe mondo wamonj Jerusalem. Dala maduongʼni nyaka kum; nikech opongʼ gi joma hinyo jowadgi.
For thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Hew ye down trees, And raise a mound against Jerusalem! She is a city to be punished; She is full of oppression.
7 Kaka soko olo pige oko, e kaka en bende oolo timbene mamono. Lweny kod kethruok mor e iye; tuone kod adhondene osiko e nyima.
As a fountain sendeth forth its waters, So she sendeth forth her wickedness. Violence and rapine are heard within her; Before me continually are bruises and wounds.
8 Winj siem, yaye Jerusalem, ka ok kamano to abiro weyi, mi awe pinyi nono, ma ngʼato angʼata ok nyal dak e iye.”
Receive correction, O Jerusalem, Lest my soul be alienated from thee, Lest I make thee a desolation, A land not inhabited!
9 Ma e gima Jehova Nyasaye Maratego wacho: “Mad gidwog jo-Israel modongʼ kaka jochok olemb mzabibu; ngʼauru bedeu e bede yath, mana kaka ngʼama pono olemo.”
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: They shall thoroughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine; Turn thy hand like a grape-gatherer again to the baskets!
10 En ngʼa ma anyalo wuoyogo kendo miyo siemni? En ngʼa manyalo winja? Itgi odino omiyo ok ginyal winjo wach. Wach Jehova Nyasaye chwanyogi; ok gine gima ber kuome.
To whom shall I speak? To whom give warning, so that they shall hear? Behold, their ear is uncircumcised, so that they cannot hearken; Behold, the word of Jehovah is to them a derision; They have no delight in it.
11 To apongʼ gi mirima mar Jehova Nyasaye, kendo ok anyal lingʼ kode. “Ole oko kuom nyithindo manie yore, kendo kuom yawuowi mochokore kanyakla; dichwo kaachiel gi dhako gini nomaki, kod joma oti, jogo mahikgi oniangʼ.
Therefore I am full of the fury of Jehovah; I am weary of holding it; I will pour it out alike upon the children in the street, And upon the assembly of the young men. Yea, also the husband with the wife shall be taken, The old man, and he that is full of days.
12 Utegi ibiro miyo joma moko, kaachiel gi puothegi kod mondegi, ka arieyo lweta kuom jogo modak e piny,” Jehova Nyasaye owacho.
Their houses also shall be transferred to others, Their fields and their wives together, For I will stretch out my hand over the inhabitants of the land, saith Jehovah.
13 “Chakre ngʼama tin nyaka ngʼama duongʼ, giduto girikni ka gidwaro mwandu e yor miganga; jonabi kod jodolo chalre, giduto gin jo-miriambo.
For from the least of them even to the greatest, Every one is greedy of gain; Prophet and priest alike, Every one of them practiseth deceit.
14 Githiedho adhonde mag joga mana ka gima ok en gima lich. Giwacho niya, ‘Kwe, kwe,’ kata mana ka kwe onge.
They heal the wound of my people slightly, Saying, Peace! peace! when there is no peace.
15 Bende gin-gi wichkuot kuom timbegi makwero? Ooyo, gionge wichkuot kata mana matin; ok gingʼeyo kata kaka ginyalo wuondore. Omiyo gibiro podho mana kaka joma moko mopodho; kendo ibiro dwokgi piny kakumogi,” Jehova Nyasaye owacho.
Are they ashamed that they have done abominable things? Nay, they are not at all ashamed; They know not how to blush; Therefore shall they fall with them that fall; At the time when I punish them, They shall be cast down, saith Jehovah.
16 Ma e gima Jehova Nyasaye wacho: “Chunguru e akek yore kendo urang wangʼ yore machon; penjuru kuma yo maber nitie, mondo uwuothie, kendo unuyud yweyo e chunyu. To ne uwacho ni, ‘Ok wanaluwe.’
Thus saith Jehovah: Stand ye upon the ways and look; And ask for the old paths, “Where is the good way?” Walk ye in it, and ye shall find for yourselves rest. But they say, We will not walk in it.
17 Ne aketonu jorito kendo awacho, ‘Chikuru itu ne turumbete!’ To ne uwacho, ‘Ok wanachik itwa.’
I have also set watchmen over you, [[saying, ]] Hearken to the sound of the trumpet! But they say, We will not hearken.
18 Omiyo winjuru, yaye un ogendini; ranguru malongʼo, yaye un joneno, gima biro timore negi.
Therefore hear, O ye nations, And know, ye assembled multitude, What shall come upon them!
19 Winji, yaye piny: Akelo masira ne jogi, ma en olemo mar pachgi maricho, nikech gitamore winjo wechena, kendo gisedagi chikna.
Hear thou, O earth! Behold, I bring evil upon this people, The fruit of their devices; Because they have not hearkened to my words, And have even rejected my law.
20 Ere tiend ubani mangʼwe ngʼar moa kuom Sheba kata niangʼ ma milimili moa e piny mabor? Chiwo magu mag misengini miwangʼo pep ok ayiego; misango magu ok mora.”
To what purpose is incense brought to me from Sheba, And the sweet-smelling reed from a far country? Your burnt-offerings are not acceptable, Nor are your sacrifices sweet to me.
21 Emomiyo ma e gima Jehova Nyasaye wacho: “Anaket rachwany e nyim jogi. Wuone kod yawuowi nochwanyre kuomgi; jogo modak mokiewo kodgi kod osiepe nolal nono.”
Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I lay stumbling-blocks before this people, Upon which fathers and sons shall stumble together, The neighbor and his friend, and shall perish.
22 Ma e gima Jehova Nyasaye wacho: “Neuru, jolweny biro koa e piny man yo nyandwat; oganda maduongʼ itugo koa e tunge piny.
Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, a people cometh from the land of the North; A great nation riseth up from the extremities of the earth.
23 Gimanore gi atungʼ kod tongʼ; giger kendo gionge ngʼwono. Gimor ka nam mogingore ka giriembo faresegi; gibiro ka ji mochanore komanore gi gige lweny mondo gimonju, yaye Nyar Sayun.”
They bear the bow and the spear; They are cruel and show no mercy; Their voice roareth like the sea; And upon horses do they ride, Arrayed as a warrior against thee, O daughter of Zion.
24 Wasewinjo humbgi, kendo bedewa onge gi teko. Rem malich osemakowa, ka rem mar dhako mamuoch kayo.
We have heard the report thereof; Our hands lose their strength; Anguish hath taken hold of us, Pain, as of a woman in travail.
25 Kik udhi e puothe kata uwuothie yore, nimar jasigu nigi ligangla, kendo nitie luoro kamoro amora.
Go not forth into the field, Nor walk ye in the highway! For the sword of the enemy And terror are on every side.
26 Yaye joga, rwakuru lepu mag ywak kendo ngʼielreuru e buru; gouru nduru ka udengo malit mana ka ngʼama ywago wuode achiel kende, nimar apoya nono jaketh gik moko biro podho kuomwa.
O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, And roll thyself in ashes! Make thee mourning as for an only son, Most bitter lamentation! For suddenly shall the spoiler come upon us.
27 “Aseketi rapim mipimogo chumbe to joga kama ikunye chumbe, mondo mi ingʼi kendo ipim yoregi.
I have set thee, like a tower, for an assayer among my people, That thou mayst know and try their way.
28 Giduto gin jongʼanyo ma tokgi tek ta, ka gidhi ka gi kacha mar kuotho. Gin nyinyo kod chuma; giduto gin jomecho.
They are all stubborn revolters, Slanderers are they, brass and iron; They are all corrupt.
29 Kata obedo ni jotheth moko mach matek mondo oleny fedha, kendo opwodhi, to mano en mana kayiem nono; kamano bende joma richo ok nyal pwodhore.
The bellows burn; The lead is consumed by the fire; The refiner hath melted in vain, For the bad are not separated.
30 Iluongogi ni fedha mojwangʼ, nikech Jehova Nyasaye osejwangʼogi.”
Rejected silver shall men call them, Because Jehovah hath rejected them.
