Jeremia 9
1 Yaye, mad wiya bed ka soko mar pi kendo pi wangʼa mol ka aora! Dwaywak odiechiengʼ kod otieno nikech nek mar joga.
Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
2 Yaye, mad ne abed gi kar nindo michulo ne jowuoth e piny ongoro, mondo omi awe joga kendo adhi mabor kodgi; nimar giduto gin jochode, kanyakla mar joma onge adiera.
Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
3 “Giketo lewgi moikore ka atungʼ, mondo gidirgo miriambo; to dhigi maber e piny ok nikech giwacho adiera. Gitimo richo bangʼ moro ka moro; ok gidewa.” Jehova Nyasaye ema owacho.
And they bend their tongue, [as it were] their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.
4 “Beduru motangʼ gosiepeu; kik uket genou kuom oweteu. Nimar oweteu duto jo-miriambo, kendo osiep moro amora jakwoth.
Take ye heed every one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.
5 Osiep wuondo osiep, kendo onge ngʼama wacho adiera. Gisepuonjo lewgi wacho miriambo; kendo gisedonjo matut e richo ma ok ginyal wuokie.
And they will deceive every one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.
6 Idak e kind jo-miriambo; e wuondruokgino gisedagi yie kuoma.” Jehova Nyasaye ema owacho.
Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.
7 Emomiyo ma e gima Jehova Nyasaye Maratego wacho: “Ne, abiro pwodhogi kendo temogi, nimar en angʼo machielo manyalo timo, nikech richo mar joga?
Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how [else] should I do, because of the daughter of my people?
8 Lewgi en asere man-gi kwiri; owacho miriambo. Gi dhoge owuoyo mamuol ne jabathe, to e chunye oketone obadho.”
Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth wait for him.
9 Jehova Nyasaye wacho niya, “Donge dakumgi ne ma? Donge dachul kuor ne oganda ma kama?”
Shall I not visit them for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
10 Abiro ywak kendo dengo ne gode bende anaywag lege motwo, mosedongʼ nono, kendo onge gima wuothoe, bende ywak mar jamni ok winjie. Winy mafuyo e kor polo oseringo, kendo le osedhi.
For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the pastures of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none passeth through; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the birds of the heavens and the beasts are fled, they are gone.
11 “Anami Jerusalem obed gunda, kama ondiegi ema odakie; kendo anaketh mier mag Juda mondo ngʼato kik dag kanyo.”
And I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling-place of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.
12 En ngʼa mariek manyalo winjo tiend ma? En ngʼa mosetiegi gi Jehova Nyasaye kendo nyalo lero tiende? Angʼo momiyo piny osekethi modongʼ nono ka kama otwo maonge ngʼama nyalo luwo?
Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and [who is] he to whom the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken, that he may declare it? wherefore is the land perished and burned up like a wilderness, so that none passeth through?
13 Jehova Nyasaye nowacho niya, “Nikech gisejwangʼo chikna, mane amiyogi; omiyo ok giseluora kata luwo chikna.
And Jehovah saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein,
14 To giseluwo mana timbegi mag wich teko; bende giseluwo bangʼ Baal, mana kaka wuonegi nopuonjogi.”
but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baalim, which their fathers taught them;
15 Emomiyo, ma e gima Jehova Nyasaye Maratego ma Nyasach Israel, wacho: “Ne, anami jogi cham chiemo makech kendo modh pi sum.
therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
16 Anakegi e dier ogendini ma gin kata wuonegi ok ongʼeyo, kendo analawgi gi ligangla manyaka atiekgi.”
I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them.
17 Ma e gima Jehova Nyasaye Maratego wacho: “Parane! Luonguru mon madengo mondo obi; to moloyo mago man-gi lony mamalo e ywak.
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the skilful women, that they may come:
18 Giret piyo mondo gidengnwa, nyaka wengewa pongʼ gi pi wangʼ ma oo kendo pi wangʼwa mol ma luokwa.
and let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
19 Koko mar dengo iwinjo koa Sayun: ‘Mano kaka otiekowa! Mano kaka wichkuot marwa duongʼ! Nyaka waa e pinywa nikech utewa osemuki.’”
For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we ruined! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because they have cast down our dwellings.
20 Koro, yaye mon, winjuru wach Jehova Nyasaye; yawuru itu ne weche mawuok e dhoge. Puonjuru nyiu dengo; puonjreuru ywak uwegi.
Yet hear the word of Jehovah, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth; and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbor lamentation.
21 Tho oseidho gie dirisni magwa kendo osedonjo kuondewa mochiel motegno gohinga; osengʼado nyithindo oko e yore kendo rowere e kuonde budho mag galamoro.
For death is come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from without, [and] the young men from the streets.
22 Wach niya, “Ma e gima Jehova Nyasaye owacho: “‘Ringre joma otho nopie ka owuoyo e pap alanga, kaka cham mokaa gi jakeyo, maonge ngʼama nyalo chokogi.’”
Speak, Thus saith Jehovah, The dead bodies of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman; and none shall gather [them].
23 Ma e gima Jehova Nyasaye wacho: “Kik ngʼama riek sungre gi riekone kata ngʼama tek sungre gi tekone, kata ngʼama omewo sungre gi mwandu mage,
Thus saith Jehovah, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches;
24 to ngʼat ma sungore mondo osungre kama: ni ongʼeya, kendo owinja, ni An e Jehova Nyasaye, matimo ngʼwono, kendo mangʼado bura mar adier, kendo matimo gik makare e piny, nikech magi ema amorgo,” Jehova Nyasaye ema owacho.
but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he hath understanding, and knoweth me, that I am Jehovah who exerciseth lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith Jehovah.
25 Jehova Nyasaye wacho niya, “Ndalo biro ma anakumie joma oter nyangu e ringruok kende
Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will punish all them that are circumcised in [their] uncircumcision:
26 kaka Misri, Juda, Edom, Amon, Moab gi jogo duto modak kuonde motimo ongoro man maboyo. Nimar ogendinigi duto ok oter nyangu adier, kendo kata od Israel duto bende ok oter nyangu e chunygi.”
Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that have the corners [of their hair] cut off, that dwell in the wilderness; for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.
