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.
Who will give water to my head, and a fountain of tears to my eyes? then would I weep for this my people day and night, [even] 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.
Who would give me a most distant lodge in the wilderness, that I might leave my people, and depart from them? for they all commit adultery, 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 have bent their tongue like a bow: falsehood and not faithfulness has prevailed upon the earth; for they have gone on from evil to evil, and have not known me, says the Lord.
4 “Beduru motangʼ gosiepeu; kik uket genou kuom oweteu. Nimar oweteu duto jo-miriambo, kendo osiep moro amora jakwoth.
Beware you each of his neighbour, and trust you not in your brethren: for every one will surely supplant, and every friend will walk craftily.
5 Osiep wuondo osiep, kendo onge ngʼama wacho adiera. Gisepuonjo lewgi wacho miriambo; kendo gisedonjo matut e richo ma ok ginyal wuokie.
Every one will mock his friend; they will not speak truth: their tongue has learnt to speak falsehoods; they have committed iniquity, they ceased not, so as to return.
6 Idak e kind jo-miriambo; e wuondruokgino gisedagi yie kuoma.” Jehova Nyasaye ema owacho.
[There is] usury upon usury, and deceit upon deceit: they would not know me, says the Lord.
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 says the Lord, Behold, I will try them with fire, and prove them; for I will do [thus] because of the wickedness 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 wounding arrow; the words of their mouth are deceitful: [one] speaks peaceably to his neighbour, but in himself retains enmity.
9 Jehova Nyasaye wacho niya, “Donge dakumgi ne ma? Donge dachul kuor ne oganda ma kama?”
Shall I not visit for these things? says the Lord: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a people 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.
Take up a lamentation for the mountains, and a mournful dirge for the paths of the wilderness, for they are desolate for lack of men; they heard not the sound of life from the birds of the sky, nor the cattle: they were amazed, 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 remove the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and make it a dwelling-place of dragons; and I will utterly waste the cities of Juda, so that they shall not be inhabited.
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 he may understand this? and he that has the word of the mouth of the Lord [addressed] to him, let him tell you therefore the land has been destroyed, has been ravaged by fire like a desert, so that no one passes through it.
13 Jehova Nyasaye nowacho niya, “Nikech gisejwangʼo chikna, mane amiyogi; omiyo ok giseluora kata luwo chikna.
And the Lord said to me, Because they have forsaken my law, which I set before them, and have not listened to my voice;
14 To giseluwo mana timbegi mag wich teko; bende giseluwo bangʼ Baal, mana kaka wuonegi nopuonjogi.”
but went after the lusts of their evil heart, and after the idols which their fathers taught them [to worship]:
15 Emomiyo, ma e gima Jehova Nyasaye Maratego ma Nyasach Israel, wacho: “Ne, anami jogi cham chiemo makech kendo modh pi sum.
therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel, Behold, I will feed them with trouble and will cause them to drink water of gall:
16 Anakegi e dier ogendini ma gin kata wuonegi ok ongʼeyo, kendo analawgi gi ligangla manyaka atiekgi.”
and I will scatter them amongst the nations, to them whom neither they nor their fathers knew; and I will send a sword upon them, until I have consumed them with it.
17 Ma e gima Jehova Nyasaye Maratego wacho: “Parane! Luonguru mon madengo mondo obi; to moloyo mago man-gi lony mamalo e ywak.
Thus says the Lord, Call you the mourning women, and let them come; and send to the wise women, and let them utter their voice;
18 Giret piyo mondo gidengnwa, nyaka wengewa pongʼ gi pi wangʼ ma oo kendo pi wangʼwa mol ma luokwa.
and let them take up a lamentation for you, and let your eyes pour down tears, and your eyelids drop water.
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 lamentation has been heard in Sion, How are we become wretched! we are greatly ashamed, for we have forsaken the land, and have abandoned our tabernacles!
20 Koro, yaye mon, winjuru wach Jehova Nyasaye; yawuru itu ne weche mawuok e dhoge. Puonjuru nyiu dengo; puonjreuru ywak uwegi.
Hear now, you women, the word of God, and let your ears receive the words of his mouth, and teach your daughters lamentation, and [every] woman her neighbour a dirge.
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 come up through your windows, it has entered into our land, to destroy the infants 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.’”
And the carcases of the men shall be for an example on the face of the field of your land, like grass after the mower, and there shall be none to 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 says the Lord, Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, and let not the strong man boast in his strength, and let not the rich man boast in his wealth;
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 boasts boast in this, the understanding and knowing that I am the Lord that exercise mercy, and judgement, and righteousness, upon the earth; for in these things is my pleasure, says the Lord.
25 Jehova Nyasaye wacho niya, “Ndalo biro ma anakumie joma oter nyangu e ringruok kende
Behold, the days come, says the Lord, when I will visit upon all the circumcised 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.”
on Egypt, and on Idumea, and on Edom, and on the children of Ammon, and on the children of Moab, and on every one that shaves his face round about, [even] them that dwell in the wilderness; for all the Gentiles are uncircumcised in flesh, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised [in] their hearts.
