Jeremiah 2
1 And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
LEUM GOD El fahk nu sik
2 Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says Jehovah, I remember for thee the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, how thou went after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
in sulkakin mwe fahkak se inge nu sin mwet nukewa in Jerusalem. “Nga esam lupan pwaye ac oaru lom nu sik ke kom srakna mutan fusr, Fuka lupan lungse lom nu sik ke kut tufahna payukyak. Kom tuh fahsrna tukuk in acn mwesis, Sie acn ma soenna oasr ma yok we.
3 Israel was holiness to Jehovah, the first-fruits of his increase. All who devour him shall be held guilty. Evil shall come upon them, says Jehovah.
Israel, kom tuh sriyukla in ma na luk; Kom sie ma mutal nu sik mukena. Nga fah supu mwe keok ac mwe ongoiya Nu faclos nukewa su akkeokye kom. Nga, LEUM GOD, pa fahk ma inge.”
4 Hear ye the word of Jehovah, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel.
Porongo mwe fahkak lun LEUM GOD, kowos fwilin tulik natul Jacob ac sruf lun Israel.
5 Thus says Jehovah: What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and have become vain?
LEUM GOD El fahk: “Ma koluk fuka papa matu tomowos ah konauk in nga? Efu ku elos forla likiyu? Elos alu nu ke ma sruloala ma wangin sripa, Oru elos ekla pac mwet wangin sripa.
6 Nor did they say, Where is Jehovah who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that none passed through, and where no man dwelt?
Elos tiana nunku keik, Nga ne molelosla liki acn Egypt Ac kololosme sasla yen mwesis; Sie acn turangang ac pukanten luf we, Sie acn pao ac facl in misa, Yen wangin mwet muta we Ac wangin pac mwet fufahsryesr we.
7 And I brought you into a plentiful land, to eat the fruit of it and the goodness of it. But when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.
Nga usalosme nu in sie facl kasrup ac wo fohk we, Elos in insewowo ke kosrani we ac ke ma wo pac saya. A elos tuh akkolukyela facl sik; Elos akfohkfokyela facl se su nga sang nu selos.
8 The priests did not say, Where is Jehovah? And those who handle the law did not know me. The rulers also transgressed against me. And the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
Mwet tol elos tiana siyuk, ‘LEUM GOD El oasr oya?’ Elos su sasla ke ma sap elos tia eteyu. Mwet kol elos tuyak lainyu. Mwet palu kaskas ke inen Baal, Ac alu nu ke ma sruloala lusrongten.
9 Therefore I will yet contend with you, says Jehovah, and I will contend with your son's sons.
“Ouinge nga, LEUM GOD, fah akkalemye ma nga lain kowos kac. Nga fah tia tui in lain fwilin tulik nutuwos.
10 For pass over to the isles of Kittim, and see, and send to Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there has been such a thing.
Som nu layen roto, nu ke tuka Cyprus, Ac supwala sie mwet nu layen kutulap nu in facl Kedar. Kowos fah liye lah wangin kain inge nu sikyak meet.
11 Has a nation changed its gods, which yet are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.
Wangin sie mutunfacl nu aolla god la uh, God inge finne tia god pwaye. A mwet luk uh tuh sisyula, God se su akwoyalos, Ac elos forla nu ke god ma tia ku in oru kutena ma nu selos.
12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid. Be ye very desolate, says Jehovah.
Ke ma inge nga sapkin yen engyeng uh in rarrarak ke mwe aksangeng, In fwefela ac oela,
13 For my people have committed two evils: They have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Tuh mwet luk elos orala ma koluk luo: Elos forla likiyu, Nga su unon in kof loslos nu selos, Ac elos pukanak lufin kof — Lufin kof su wohn ac tia ku in sruokya kof.
14 Is Israel a servant? Is he a homebred one? Why has he become a prey?
“Israel el tia sie mwet kohs; Tia osweyukla el nu ke moul in kohs. Na efu ku mwet lokoalok lal suk in sruokilya?
15 The young lions have roared upon him, and yelled, and they have made his land waste. His cities are burned up, without inhabitant.
Elos kouyak nu sel oana pusren lion uh. Elos kunausla facl sel, oan mwesasla, Ac siti we musalla ac wanginla mwet muta we.
16 The sons also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of thy head.
Aok, mwet Memphis ac Tahpanhes Elos fukulya sri in ahlunsifal.
17 Have thou not procured this to thyself, in that thou have forsaken Jehovah thy God when he led thee by the way?
Israel, kom na pa sifacna oru in upa nu sum! Kom sisyula, LEUM GOD lom, Ke nga tuh pwen kom inkanek uh.
18 And now what have thou to do in the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? Or what have thou to do in the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?
Ya oasr ma ac wo nu sum kom fin som nu Egypt In nim kof ke Infacl Nile? Ya oasr ma ac wo nu sum kom fin som nu Assyria In nim kof ke Infacl Euphrates?
19 Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee. Know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and a bitter, that thou have forsaken Jehovah thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, says the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
Ma koluk lom sifacna ac fah kai kom, Ac forla lom likiyu fah liskomla. Kom ac fah akilen lah sie ma na koluk ac mwen Pa in sisla LEUM GOD lom, Ac tila inse pwaye nu sik. Nga, LEUM GOD Fulatlana ac Kulana, pa fahk ma inge.”
20 For from old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bonds. And thou said, I will not serve, for upon every high hill and under every green tree thou bowed thyself, playing the harlot.
LEUM GOD Fulatlana El fahk, “Israel, kom nuna srunga na muta ye ku luk oemeet me. Kom tiana akosyu ku alu nu sik. Fin mangon eol nukewa, Ac ye sak folfol nukewa Kom tuh alu nu ke god eslap uh.
21 Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed. How then have thou turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine to me?
Nga yukwikomi oana soko fain sacnsan Ke fita ma wo oemeet. Na liye ma kom ekla nu kac inge! Kom oana soko fain kolukla ac wanginla sripa.
22 For though thou wash thee with lye, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, says the lord Jehovah.
Kom finne oulkomla ke soap na ku Nga ac srakna liye tuhn fohkfok lun ma koluk lom.
23 How can thou say, I am not defiled; I have not gone after the Baalim? See thy way in the valley. Know what thou have done, a swift dromedary traversing her ways,
Efu ku kom ku in fahk mu kom tiana aktaekye monum, Ac fahk mu kom tiana wi alu nu sel Baal? Esam lupan ma koluk kom oru infahlfal uh; Ngetang liye ma kom orala inge. Kom oana soko camel mutan lemnak Ma yuwot yume sukok camel mukul,
24 a wild donkey used to the wilderness, that sniffs up the wind in her desire. In her time of estrus who can turn her away? All those who seek her will not weary themselves. In her month they shall find her.
Sasang nu in yen turangang uh. In pacl el ouinge uh, su ac ku in kutongilya? Camel mukul ma lungse el uh fah tia enenu in sokol, Mweyen el pa ac sokolos.
25 Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst. But thou said, It is in vain. No, for I have loved strangers, and after them I will go.
Israel, nimet aktotoye niom, Ku lela in paola kapinsrulyom Ke ukweyen god ngia. A kom fahk, ‘Mo! Nga tia ku in forla. Nga lungse god saya uh, ac nga fah ukwalos.’”
26 As the thief is shamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel shamed, they, their kings, their rulers, and their priests, and their prophets,
LEUM GOD El fahk, “Oana ke sie mwet pisrapasr el ac mwekinla ke ac sruhu el, kowos mwet Israel nukewa ac fah mwekinla pac — tokosra, mwet fulat, mwet tol ac mwet palu lowos.
27 who say to a block of wood, Thou are my father, and to a stone, Thou have brought me forth. For they have turned their back to me, and not their face. But in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.
Kowos nukewa ac fah mwekinla — kowos su fahk mu sak soko pa papa tomowos ac eot se pa nina kiowos. Ma inge ac sikyak mweyen kowos forla likiyu ac tia nget nu sik. Tusruktu ke pacl se kowos ac sun ongoiya, na kowos ac siyuk nga in tuku ac molikowosla.
28 But where are thy gods that thou have made thee? Let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble. For according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.
“Pia god ma kowos sifacna taflela nu suwos uh? Pacl kowos ac sun ongoiya, lela elos in molikowosla, elos fin ku! Arulana pusla god lowos, oana pisen siti in acn Judah.
29 Why will ye contend with me? Ye have all transgressed against me, says Jehovah.
Mea kowos torkaskas kac uh? Efu kowos orekma koluk na lainyu?
30 In vain I have smitten your sons. They received no correction. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a destroying lion.
Nga tuh kai kowos, tusruk wanginna sripa mweyen kowos tia lela nga in luti kowos. Kowos uniya mwet palu lowos, oana soko lion sulallal.
31 O generation, see ye the word of Jehovah. Have I been a wilderness to Israel, or a land of thick darkness? Why do my people say, We have broken loose. We will come no more to thee?
Mwet Israel, porongo ma nga fahk uh. Ya nga oana sie acn mwesis nu suwos, oana sie acn lohsr ac sensen? Na efu kowos ku fahk mu kowos ac oru oana lungse lowos, ac kowos ac tiana foloko nu yuruk?
32 Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
Ya sie mutan fusr ku in mulkunla mwe naweyuk lal, ku sie mutan akola in marut ku in mulkunla nuknuk in marut lal? Tia ku. Tusruktu nga tia ku in oakla pisen len mwet luk uh mulkinyula.
33 How thou trim thy way to seek love! Therefore even the wicked women thou have taught thy ways.
Kom arulana etu in konauk mukul kom lungse orek pwar se. Finne mutan koluk se, el ku in lutlut sum.
34 Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor. Thou did not find them breaking in. But it is because of all these things.
Nuknuk lom tuhnla ke srahn mwet sukasrup su wangin mwata, tia ke srahn mwet pisrapasr. “Tusruktu finne ma inge nukewa orek,
35 Yet thou said, I am innocent. Surely his anger is turned away from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment with thee because thou say, I have not sinned.
a kom srakna fahk mu, ‘Wangin mwetik! LEUM GOD El tiana kasrkusrak sik.’ Tusruktu nga, LEUM GOD, fah kai kom mweyen kom lafwekin lah kom orekma koluk.
36 Why do thou gad about so much to change thy way? Thou shall be ashamed of Egypt also, as thou were ashamed of Assyria.
Efu ku arulana fisrasr sum in ikikil nunak lom? Kom ac toasrla sin Egypt, oana ke kom tuh toasrla sin Assyria.
37 Thou shall also go forth from there with thy hands upon thy head. For Jehovah has rejected those in whom thou trust. And thou shall not prosper with them.
Kom ac fah forla liki Egypt, ac suwoli ke mwekin. Nga, LEUM GOD, siselosla su kom lulalfongi. Wangin kutena ma wo kom ac eis selos.”
