Jeremiah 9
1 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.
Akka ani halkanii guyyaa, saba koo dhume sanaaf booʼuuf, maaloo utuu mataan koo madda bishaanii iji koo immoo burqaa imimmaanii taʼe!
2 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.
Ani akkan saba koo dhiisee biraa fagaadhuuf, maaloo utuu gammoojjii keessaa lafa bultii kara deemtotaa qabaadhee! Hundi isaanii sagaagaltoota, tuuta saba hin amanamne tokkoo ti.
3 “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,”
“Isaan soba darbachuuf arraba isaanii akka xiyyaatti qopheeffatu; isaan biyyattii keessatti dhugaadhaan hin moʼanne. Isaan cubbuu irratti cubbuu dabalu; anaanis hin beekan” jedha Waaqayyo.
4 “Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.
“Michoota keessan irraa of eegaa; obboleessa hin amaninaa. Obboleessi hundi gowwoomsituu dha, michuun hundis maqa balleessituudhaatii.
5 Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.
Michuun michuu gowwoomsa; namni tokko iyyuu dhugaa hin dubbatu. Isaan arraba isaanii soba barsiifataniiru; cubbuu hojjechuudhaanis of dadhabsiisaniiru.
6 You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me,”
Ati gidduu gowwoomsitootaa jiraatta; isaan gowwoomsaa isaanii keessatti na beekuu didan” jedha Waaqayyo.
7 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?
Kanaafuu Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼu akkana jedha: “Kunoo, ani sababii cubbuu saba kootiif baqseen isaan qora; ani sababii intala saba kootiitiif maal gochuun dandaʼa?
8 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.
Arrabni isaanii xiyya nama galaafatuu dha; inni gowwoomsaa dubbata. Tokkoon tokkoon namaa ollaa isaatti afaan isaatiin nagaa dubbata; garaa isaa keessa garuu kiyyoo kaaʼaaf.
9 Should I not punish them for these things? declares the LORD. Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?”
Ani waan kanaaf isaan hin adabuu ree?” jedha Waaqayyo. “Ani mataan koo saba akka saba kanaa, haaloo hin baʼuu ree?”
10 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.
Ani tulluuwwaniif gadoodee nan booʼa; lafa dheedaa gammoojjiitiifis faarsee nan booʼa. Sababii isaan onanii hafaniif namni tokko iyyuu achiin hin darbu; marʼachuun looniis hin dhagaʼamu. Simbirroonni samii achii baqataniiru; bineensonnis godaananiiru.
11 “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.”
“Ani Yerusaalemin tuullaa waan diigameetii fi boolla waangoo nan godha; akka namni tokko iyyuu achi jiraachuu hin dandeenyeef magaalaawwan Yihuudaa nan onsa.”
12 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?
Ogeessi waan kana hubachuu dandaʼu eenyu? Namni Waaqayyoon qajeelfamee waan kana ibsuu dandaʼu eenyu? Biyyattiin maaliif akkuma gammoojjii namni tokko iyyuu keessa darbuu hin dandeenye tokkootti diigamtee onte?
13 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.
Waaqayyo akkana jedhe; “Kun sababii isaan seera koo kan ani fuula isaanii dura kaaʼe sana dhiisaniifii dha; isaan anaaf hin ajajamne yookaan seera koo duukaa hin buune.
14 Instead, they have followed the stubbornness of their hearts and gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.”
Qooda kanaa mata jabinaan fedhii garaa isaanii duukaa buʼan; akkuma abbootiin isaanii isaan barsiisanittis Baʼaal duukaa buʼan.”
15 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.
Kanaafuu Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼu, Waaqni Israaʼel akkana jedha: “Kunoo, ani akka sabni kun nyaata hadhaaʼaa nyaatuu fi akka inni bishaan summaaʼaa dhugu nan godha.
16 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.”
Ani saboota isaan yookaan abbootiin isaanii hin beekin keessa isaan nan bittinneessa; ani hamman lafa irraa isaan barbadeessuttis goraadeedhaan isaan nan ariʼa.”
17 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them.
Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼu akkana jedha: “Mee qalbeeffadhaa! Akka dubartoonni nama boossisan dhufaniif waamaa; isaan keessaa warra ogummaadhaan caalanitti nama ergaa waamsisaa.
18 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.
Isaan dafanii dhufanii hamma iji keenya imimmaan yaasee bishaanis baallee ija keenyaa keessaa burqutti iyyanii nuuf haa booʼan.
19 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.’”
Sagaleen booʼichaa kan, ‘Nu hammam badneerra! Qaaniin keenyas hammam guddaa dha! Sababii manneen keenya diigamaniif nu biyya keenya keessaa baʼuu qabna’ jedhu tokko Xiyoon keessaa ni dhagaʼama.”
20 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.
Yaa dubartoota, egaa dubbii Waaqayyoo dhagaʼaa; dubbii afaan isaatii baʼuuf gurra keessan banadhaa. Akka itti booʼan intallan keessan barsiisaa; faaruus wal barsiisaa.
21 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.
Duuti foddaa keenyaan ol lixeera; daʼannoowwan keenyas seeneera; innis daandiiwwan irraa ijoollee oobdiiwwan sabaa irraa dargaggoota balleesseera.
22 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.”
Ati akkana jedhi: “Waaqayyo akkana jedha: “‘Reeffi namootaa akkuma kosii diidatti gatamee, akkuma bissii midhaanii kan nama haamuu duubaan hafee nama walitti qabu dhabeetti ciciisa.’”
23 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.
Waaqayyo akkana jedha: “Ogeessi, ogummaa isaatiin hin boonin; yookaan namni jabaan, jabina isaatiin hin boonin yookaan sooressi, sooroma isaatiin hin boonin;
24 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,”
namni boonu garuu, akka ani Waaqayyo garaa namaaf laafu, kan lafa irratti murtii qajeelaa fi qajeelummaa hojjetu taʼe hubatee na beekuu isaatiin haa boonu; ani waan kanatti nan gammadaatii,” jedha Waaqayyo.
25 “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish all who are circumcised yet uncircumcised:
Waaqayyo akkana jedha; “Barri ani itti warra foon isaanii qofaan dhagna qabaman hunda adabu ni dhufa; isaanis:
26 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.”
Gibxi, Yihuudaa, Edoom, Amoon, Moʼaabii fi warra gammoojjii keessa iddoo fagoo jiraatan hunda. Saboonni kunneen hundi dhugumaan dhagna hin qabamne; garaan mana Israaʼel hundaa iyyuu dhagna hin qabamne.”
