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 a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain 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.
If only I had a traveler’s lodge in the wilderness, I would abandon my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, a crowd of faithless people.
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.
“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,”
4 “Beduru motangʼ gosiepeu; kik uket genou kuom oweteu. Nimar oweteu duto jo-miriambo, kendo osiep moro amora jakwoth.
“Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.
5 Osiep wuondo osiep, kendo onge ngʼama wacho adiera. Gisepuonjo lewgi wacho miriambo; kendo gisedonjo matut e richo ma ok ginyal wuokie.
Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.
6 Idak e kind jo-miriambo; e wuondruokgino gisedagi yie kuoma.” Jehova Nyasaye ema owacho.
You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me,”
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 this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will refine them and test them, for what else can 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 tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him.
9 Jehova Nyasaye wacho niya, “Donge dakumgi ne ma? Donge dachul kuor ne oganda ma kama?”
Should I not punish them for these things? declares the LORD. Should I not avenge Myself 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.
I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, a dirge over the wilderness pasture, for they have been scorched so no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. Both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled; they have gone away.
11 “Anami Jerusalem obed gunda, kama ondiegi ema odakie; kendo anaketh mier mag Juda mondo ngʼato kik dag kanyo.”
“And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for 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 man wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of the LORD spoken, that he may explain it? Why is the land destroyed and scorched like a desert, so no one can pass through it?
13 Jehova Nyasaye nowacho niya, “Nikech gisejwangʼo chikna, mane amiyogi; omiyo ok giseluora kata luwo chikna.
And the LORD answered, “It is because they have forsaken My law, which I set before them; they have not walked in it or obeyed My voice.
14 To giseluwo mana timbegi mag wich teko; bende giseluwo bangʼ Baal, mana kaka wuonegi nopuonjogi.”
Instead, they have followed the stubbornness of their hearts and gone after the Baals, as 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 this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will feed this people wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink.
16 Anakegi e dier ogendini ma gin kata wuonegi ok ongʼeyo, kendo analawgi gi ligangla manyaka atiekgi.”
I will scatter them among the nations that neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will send a sword after them until I have finished them off.”
17 Ma e gima Jehova Nyasaye Maratego wacho: “Parane! Luonguru mon madengo mondo obi; to moloyo mago man-gi lony mamalo e ywak.
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them.
18 Giret piyo mondo gidengnwa, nyaka wengewa pongʼ gi pi wangʼ ma oo kendo pi wangʼwa mol ma luokwa.
Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our eyelids may gush with water.
19 Koko mar dengo iwinjo koa Sayun: ‘Mano kaka otiekowa! Mano kaka wichkuot marwa duongʼ! Nyaka waa e pinywa nikech utewa osemuki.’”
For the sound of wailing is heard from Zion: ‘How devastated we are! How great is our shame! For we have abandoned the land because our dwellings have been torn down.’”
20 Koro, yaye mon, winjuru wach Jehova Nyasaye; yawuru itu ne weche mawuok e dhoge. Puonjuru nyiu dengo; puonjreuru ywak uwegi.
Now, O women, hear the word of the LORD. Open your ears to the word of His mouth. Teach your daughters to wail, and one another to lament.
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 has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.
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.’”
Declare that this is what the LORD says: “The corpses of men will fall like dung upon the open field, like newly cut grain behind the reaper, with no one to gather it.”
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,
This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man 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 who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth— for I delight in these things,”
25 Jehova Nyasaye wacho niya, “Ndalo biro ma anakumie joma oter nyangu e ringruok kende
“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish all who are circumcised yet uncircumcised:
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, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all the inhabitants of the desert who clip the hair of their temples. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.”
