Jeremiah 3
1 “If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Would not such a land be completely defiled? But you have played the harlot with many lovers— and you would return to Me?”
“Namni tokko yoo niitii isaa hiikee isheenis isa dhiiftee nama biraatti heerumte, inni lammata isheetti deebiʼaa? Biyyattiinis guutumaan guutuutti hin xurooftuu? Ati garuu akka sagaagaltuutti sanyoowwan hedduu wajjin jiraatteerta; taʼus amma gara kootti deebiʼi?” jedha Waaqayyo.
2 “Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.
“Mee ol milʼadhuutii gaara duwwaa ilaali. Iddoon ati itti hin sagaagalin tokko iyyuu jiraa? Ati akkuma godaantuu gammoojjii keessaa tokkootti warra si jaallatan eeggachuuf qarqara karaa teesse; sagaagaltummaa fi hammina keetiin biyyattii xureessiteerta.
3 Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed.
Kanaafuu tiifuun ni ittifame; birraa keessa illee bokkaan hin roobne. Ati garuu nyaara sagaagaltuu qabda; qaanaʼuus ni didde.
4 Have you not just called to Me, ‘My Father, You are my friend from youth.
Ati amma iyyuu akkana jettee na hin waamnee? ‘Abbaa koo, ijoollummaa kootii jalqabdee michuu koo,
5 Will He be angry forever? Will He be indignant to the end?’ This you have spoken, but you keep doing all the evil you can.”
ati yeroo hunda ni aartaa? Dheekkamsi kee baruma baraan itti fufaa?’ Ati akkasitti dubbatta; garuu waan hamaa dandeessu hunda ni hojjetta.”
6 Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there.
Waaqayyo bara Yosiyaas Mootichaa keessa akkana naan jedhe; “Ati waan Israaʼel isheen amanamummaa hin qabne sun hojjette argitee? Isheen dhaqxee tulluu ol dheeraa hunda irrattii fi muka lalisaa hunda jalatti sagaagalte.
7 I thought that after she had done all these things, she would return to Me. But she did not return, and her unfaithful sister Judah saw it.
Ani waan isheen erga wantoota kanneen hunda hojjettee booddee gara kootti deebitu seʼeen ture; isheen garuu hin deebine. Obboleettiin ishee Yihuudaan hin amanamne sunis waan kana argite.
8 She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well.
Ani sababii ejjummaa ishee hundaatiif waraqaa ragaa hiikkaa kenneefiin Israaʼel amanamummaa hin qabne sana of irraa ariʼe; taʼu illee ani akka obboleettiin ishee Yihuudaan amanamummaa hin qabne sun hin sodaanne nan arge; isheenis dhaqxe ejjite.
9 Indifferent to her own infidelity, Israel had defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and trees.
Israaʼel sababii sagaagalummaa ofii akka waan salphaa tokkootti ilaalteef dhagaa fi muka wajjin ejjuudhaan biyya xureessite.
10 Yet in spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return to Me with all her heart, but only in pretense,” declares the LORD.
Isheen waan kana hunda hojjettu iyyuu obboleettiin ishee Yihuudaan hin amanamne sun fakkeessuuf malee garaa guutuudhaan gara kootti hin deebine” jedha Waaqayyo.
11 And the LORD said to me, “Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than unfaithful Judah.
Waaqayyo akkana naan jedhe; “Yihuudaa hin amanamne irra Israaʼel amantii hin qabnetu qajeeltuu dha.
12 Go, proclaim this message toward the north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on you with anger, for I am merciful,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will not be angry forever.
Dhaqiitii ergaa kana kaabatti labsi: “‘Yaa Israaʼel amantii dhabeettii, deebiʼi’ jedha Waaqayyo; ‘Ani siʼachi ija aariitiin si hin ilaalu; ani araara qabeessaatii’ jedha Waaqayyo. ‘Ani bara baraan hin dheekkamu.
13 Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,’”
Ati akka Waaqayyo Waaqa keetti fincilte, akka mukkeen lalisoo hunda jalatti jaalala kee waaqota ormaatiif kennitee naa ajajamuu didde, balleessaa kee sana qofa himadhu’” jedha Waaqayyo.
14 “Return, O faithless children,” declares the LORD, “for I am your master, and I will take you—one from a city and two from a family—and bring you to Zion.
“Yaa saba amantii hin qabne, deebiʼaa” jedha Waaqayyo; “ani dhirsa keessaniitii. Ani magaalaa tokko irraa nama tokko, balbala tokko irraa nama lama filadhee Xiyoonitti isin nan fida.
15 Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.”
Ergasii ani tiksoota akka garaa kootii taʼan, kanneen beekumsaa fi hubannaadhaan isin qajeelchan isinii nan kenna.
16 “In those days, when you multiply and increase in the land,” declares the LORD, “they will no longer discuss the ark of the covenant of the LORD. It will never come to mind, and no one will remember it or miss it, nor will another one be made.
Bara sana keessa, yeroo baayʼinni keessan biyyattii keessatti akka malee guddatutti,” jedha Waaqayyo, “Namoonni siʼachi, ‘Taabota kakuu Waaqayyoo’ hin jedhan.” Wanni kun gonkumaa sammuu isaanii keessa hin seenu, yookaan hin yaadatamu; kan isa barbaadu hin jiru, yookaan kan biraa hin tolfamu.
17 At that time Jerusalem will be called The Throne of the LORD, and all the nations will be gathered in Jerusalem to honor the name of the LORD. They will no longer follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts.
Isaan yeroo sanatti Yerusaalemiin Teessoo Waaqayyoo jedhanii waamu; saboonni hundinuus maqaa Waaqayyoo ulfeessuuf Yerusaalemitti walitti ni qabamu. Isaan siʼachi mata jabina hammina garaa isaanii duukaa hin buʼan.
18 In those days the house of Judah will walk with the house of Israel, and they will come together from the land of the north to the land that I gave to your fathers as an inheritance.
Bara sana keessa manni Yihuudaa mana Israaʼelitti ni makama; isaanis tokkummaadhaan biyya kaabaatii gara biyya ani akka dhaalaatti abbootii keessaniif kenne sanaa ni dhufu.
19 Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me.
“Ani mataan koo akkana nan jedhe; “‘Ani silaa hamman akkuma ilmaan kootti si fudhadhee biyya namatti toltu, dhaala akka malee miidhagu kan saba kamii iyyuu siif nan kenna ture.’ Ani waan ati, ‘Abbaa ko’ jettee na waamtuuf, waan ati na duukaa buʼuu hin dhiifne seʼee ture.
20 But as a woman may betray her husband, so you have betrayed Me, O house of Israel,”
Yaa mana Israaʼel, ati garuu akkuma niitii dhirsa isheetiif hin amanamne tokkoo, anaaf hin amanamne turte” jedha Waaqayyo.
21 A voice is heard on the barren heights, the children of Israel weeping and begging for mercy, because they have perverted their ways and forgotten the LORD their God.
Isaan karaa isaanii jalʼisanii Waaqayyo Waaqa isaanii waan irraanfataniif gaara duwwaa irratti iyyi, booʼichii fi waammannaan saba Israaʼel ni dhagaʼama.
22 “Return, O faithless children, and I will heal your faithlessness.” “Here we are. We come to You, for You are the LORD our God.
“Yaa saba amantii hin qabne deebiʼaa; ani duubatti deebiʼuu keessan nan fayyisaatii.” “Kunoo, nu gara kee ni dhufna; Ati Waaqayyo Waaqa keenyaatii.
23 Surely deception comes from the hills, and commotion from the mountains. Surely the salvation of Israel is in the LORD our God.
Dhugumaan wacni gaarranii fi tulluuwwan irraa gowwoomsaa dha; dhugumaan fayyinni Israaʼel harka Waaqayyo Waaqa keenyaa jira.
24 From our youth, that shameful god has consumed what our fathers have worked for— their flocks and herds, their sons and daughters.
Ijoollummaa keenyaa jalqabnee waaqonni nama qaanessan, buʼaa dadhabbii abbootii keenyaa jechuunis bushaayee fi loon isaanii, ilmaan isaaniitii fi intallan isaanii fixaniiru.
25 Let us lie down in our shame; let our disgrace cover us. We have sinned against the LORD our God, both we and our fathers; from our youth even to this day we have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.”
Nu qaanii keenyaan haa ciifnuu; salphinni keenyas nu haa haguugu. Nus abbootiin keenyas Waaqayyo Waaqa keenyatti cubbuu hojjenneerra; nu ijoollummaa keenyaa jalqabnee hamma ammaatti Waaqayyo Waaqa keenyaaf hin ajajamne.”
