Jeremiah 5
1 Go about through the streets of Jerusalem, and see, and consider, and seek in the broad places thereof, if you can fins a man that executeth judgement, and seeketh faith: and I will be merciful unto it.
“Wuothi e yore mag Jerusalem duto, rang koni gi koni kiparo, kendo kimanyo kuondege duto. Kinyalo yudo kata mana ngʼato achiel, ma ja-ratiro kendo madwaro adiera, to abiro ngʼwonone dala maduongʼni.
2 And though they say: The Lord liveth; this also they will swear falsely.
Kata obedo ni gisingore niya, ‘Akwongʼora gi nying Jehova Nyasaye mangima,’ pod gikwongʼore mar miriambo.”
3 O Lord, thy eyes are upon truth: thou hast struck them, and they have not grieved: thou hast bruised them, and they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than the rock, and they have refused to return.
Yaye Jehova Nyasaye, donge wengeni manyo adiera? Ne igoyogi, to ne ok giwinjo rem; ne ikidhogi matindo tindo, to ne ok gilokore. Negimiyo wengegi obedo matek moloyo kidi mi gitamore hulo richogi.
4 But I said: Perhaps these are poor and foolish, that know not the way of the Lord, the judgement of their God.
To ne aparo ni, “Magi gin mana joma odhier; kendo gifuwo; nimar ok gingʼeyo yor Jehova Nyasaye kod dwaro mar Nyasachgi.
5 I will go therefore to the great men, and I will speak to them: for they known the way of the Lord, the judgement of their God: and behold these have together broken the yoke more, and have burst the bonds.
Omiyo anadhi ir jotelo kendo awuo kodgi; adiera gingʼeyo yor Jehova Nyasaye, kod dwaro mar Nyasachgi.” To gi chuny achiel gin bende negituro jok, kendo gichodo rateke.
6 Wherefore a lion out of the wood hath slain them, a wolf in the evening, hath spoiled them, a leopard watcheth for their cities: every one that shall go out thence shall be taken, because their transgressions are multiplied, their rebellions are strengthened.
Emomiyo sibuor moa e bungu nomonjgi, ondiek moa e thim nokidhgi, kwach noliwgi but miechgi mondo okidh matindo tindo, ngʼato angʼata manohedhre wuok oko, nimar ngʼanyo margi duongʼ kendo gisebaro nyadi mangʼeny.
7 How can I be merciful to thee? thy children have forsaken me, and swear by them that are not gods: I fed them to the full, and they committed adultery, and rioted in the harlot’s house.
Angʼo ma dimi awenu richou? Nyithindu osejwangʼa, kendo osekwongʼore gi nyiseche ma ok nyiseche. Asemiyogi gigo duto magidwaro, kata kamano giterore kendo gipongʼo ute ochode.
8 They are become as amorous horses and stallions, every one neighed after his neighbor’s wife.
Jogo oowre gi gombo, gichalo farese moyiengʼ, ma gombo ohewo ka moro, ka moro kuomgi gombo mana chi ngʼat machielo.
9 Shall I not visit for these things, sayeth the Lord? and shall not my soul take revenge on such a nation?
Jehova Nyasaye wacho niya, “Donge dakumgi kuom ma?” Donge onego akel kum ne oganda machalo kama?
10 Scale down the walls thereof, and throw them down, but do not utterly destroy: take away the branches thereof, because they are not the Lord’s.
Dhi e puothege mag mzabibu kendo ichadhgi, to kik ikethgi chuth. Lwer bedene, nimar jogi ok gin mek Jehova Nyasaye.
11 For the house of Israel, and the house of Juda have greatly transgressed against me, saith the Lord.
Jehova Nyasaye wacho niya, “Od Israel kod od Juda ok osebedona jo-ratiro chutho.”
12 They have denied the Lord, and said, It is not he: and the evil shall not come upon us: we shall not see the sword and famine.
Giseriambo kuom Jehova Nyasaye; kagiwacho, “Onge gima obiro timo! Ok wanahinyre; ok wanane ligangla kata kech.
13 The prophets have spoken in the wind, and there was no word of God in them: these things therefore shall befall them.
Jonabi chalo mana yamo kendo wach onge eigi; omiyo we gima giwacho otimre ne gin giwegi.”
14 Thus saith the Lord the God of hosts: Because you have spoken this word, behold I will make my words in thy mouth as fire, and this people as wood, and it shall devour them.
Emomiyo ma e gima Jehova Nyasaye, Nyasaye Maratego wacho: “Nikech ji osewacho wechegi, abiro keto wechega manie dhogi mach, to jogi nobed yien maliel.”
15 Behold I will bring upon you a nation from afar, O house of Israel, saith the Lord: a strong nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou shalt not know, nor understand what they say.
Jehova Nyasaye wacho niya, “Yaye od Israel, akelo oganda moa mabor mondo oked kodu, gin oganda machon kendo man-gi sinani, jogo ma ok ungʼe dhogi, bende wechegi ok unyal winjo tiendgi.
16 Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all valiant.
Gigegi mitingʼoe asere chalo gi liel ma dhoge oyawore; giduto gin jolweny maroteke.
17 And they shall eat up thy corn, and thy bread: they shall devour thy sons, and thy daughters: they shall eat up thy flocks, and thy herds: they shall eat thy vineyards, and thy figs: and with the sword they shall destroy thy strong cities, wherein thou trustest.
Giniyak chambu kod chiembu, ginitiek yawuotu gi nyiu; kendo ginineg jambu kod dhou, bende giniketh yiende mzabibu mau kod yiende mag ngʼopeu. Miechu madongo mochiel gohinga motegno mugeno kuomgi nokethi gi ligangla.”
18 Nevertheless in those days, saith the Lord, I will not bring you to utter destruction.
Jehova Nyasaye wacho niya, “To kata bende e ndalogo, ok anatieku chuth.
19 And if you shall say: why hath the Lord our God done all these things to us? thou shalt say to them: As you have forsaken me, and served a strange god in your own land, so shall you serve strangers in a land that is not your own.
To ka ji openjo ni, ‘Angʼo momiyo Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachwa osetimonwa ma?’ Wachnegiuru ni, ‘Kaka usejwangʼa kendo usetiyone nyiseche mag pinje mamoko ei pinyu uwegi, omiyo koro ubiro tiyone ogendini mamoko ei piny ma ok maru.’
20 Declare ye this to the house of Jacob, and publish it in Juda, saying:
“Land ma ne od Jakobo kendo go milomeno ne Juda:
21 Hear, O foolish people, and without understanding: who have eyes, and see not: and ears, and hear not.
Winj ma, un jogo mofuwo kendo onge wigi, joma nigi wengegi to ok nen, joma nigi it to ok winj wach:
22 Will not you then fear me, saith the Lord: and will you not repent at my presence? I have set the sand a bound for the sea, an everlasting ordinance, which it shall not pass over: and the waves thereof shall toss themselves, and shall not prevail: they shall swell, and shall not pass over it.
Donge onego umiya luor?” Jehova Nyasaye owacho. “Donge dutetni e nyim wangʼa? Ne aketo kuoyo obedo kiewo mar nam, ragengʼ manyaka chiengʼ ma ok onyal kalo. Apaka nyalo gingore, to ok ginyal kalo; ginyalo ruto, to ok ginyal kalo dhi loka kocha.
23 But the heart of this people is become hard of belief and provoking, they are revolted and gone away.
To jogi wigi tek kendo chunygi bor koda omiyo gisebaro mi giweya.
24 And they have not said in their heart: let us fear the Lord our God, who giveth us the early and the latter rain in due season: who preserveth for us the fullness of the yearly harvest.
Ok giwach e kindgi giwegi, ‘Mad waluor Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachwa, mamiyowa kodh chwiri kod kodh opon e kinde mowinjore, ma singonwa gadiera jumbe mag keyo.’
25 Your iniquities have turned these things away, and your sins have withholden good things from you.
Timbeu maricho osetamou nwangʼo gigi; richou osetamou neno maber.
26 For among my people are found wicked men, that lie in wait as fowlers, setting snares and traps to catch men.
“E dier joga nitiere joma timbegi mono ma buto ka jogo machiko winy, kendo kaka jogo maketo obadho mar mako ji.
27 As a net is full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit: therefore are they become great and enriched.
Kaka ute mopongʼ gi winy, e kaka utegi bende opongʼ gi wuondruok; gisebedo jo-mwandu, kendo joma nigi teko mangʼeny,
28 They are grown gross and fat: and have most wickedly transgressed my words. They have not judged the cause of the widow, they have not managed the cause of the fatherless, they have not judged the judgement of the poor.
kendo gisebedo machwe kendo dendgi leny. Timbegi mamono onge giko; ok gikony nyithi kiye mondo olo bura, bende ok gikony joma odhier e ratiro mag-gi,
29 Shall I not visit for these things, saith the Lord? or shall not my soul take revenge on such a nation?
donge dakumgi kuom ma?” Jehova Nyasaye owacho. “Donge dakel kum mara kuom oganda machalo kama?
30 Astonishing and wonderful things have been done in the land.
“Gima lich kendo mabwogo ji osetimore e piny:
31 The prophets prophesied falsehood, and the priests clapped their hands: and my people loved such things: what then shall be done in the end thereof?
Jonabi koro miriambo, jodolo tiyo gi tekogi giwegi, kendo joga ohero mana gik ma kamago. To en angʼo ma ibiro timo e ndalo mogik?
