Jeremias 2
1 And he said, Thus says the Lord,
Dubbiin Waaqayyoo akkana jedhee gara koo dhufe;
2 I remember the kindness of your youth, and the love of your espousals,
“Dhaqiitii gurra Yerusaalemiitti akkana jedhii labsi: “Waaqayyo akkana jedha: “‘Ani amanamummaa kee kan yeroo dargaggummaa, akka ati akkuma misirrittiitti na jaallattee lafa gammoojjii keessa, lafa midhaan itti hin facaafamin keessa na duukaa buute nan yaadadha.
3 in following the Holy One of Israel, says the Lord, Israel was the holy [people] to the Lord, [and] the first fruits of his increase: all that devoured him shall offend; evils shall come upon them, says the Lord.
Israaʼel kan Waaqayyoof qulqulloofte sun, mataa midhaan isaa turte; warri ishee nyaatan hundis akka nama yakka hojjeteetti ilaalamu ture; badiisnis isaanitti dhufe’” jedha Waaqayyo.
4 Hear the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and every family of the house of Israel.
Yaa mana Yaaqoob, isin maatiiwwan mana Israaʼel hundinuus dubbii Waaqayyoo dhagaʼaa.
5 Thus says the Lord, What trespass have your fathers found in me, that they have revolted far from me, and gone after vanities, and become vain?
Waaqayyo akkana jedha: “Abbootiin keessan kan akkas narraa fagaatan balleessaa maalii narratti arganiitii? Isaan waaqota tolfamoo faayidaa hin qabne faana buʼanii isaanumtuu warra faayidaa hin qabne taʼan.
6 And they said not, Where is the Lord, who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who guided us in the wilderness, in an untried and trackless land, in a land which no man at all went through, and no man lived there?
Isaanis, ‘Waaqayyo inni Gibxii nu baasee, gammoojjii homtuu keessa hin jirre keessaan, lafa gammoojjii fi dhooqaa keessaan lafa hongee fi dukkanaa, biyya namni tokko iyyuu keessa hin dabarree fi keessa hin jiraanne keessaan dabarsee nu fide sun eessa jira?’ jedhanii hin gaafanne.
7 And I brought you to Carmel, that you should eat the fruits thereof, and the good thereof; and you went in, and defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.
Ani akka isin ija ishee nyaattanii midhaan isheetti gammaddaniif gara lafa gabbataatti isin fideera. Isin garuu dhuftanii biyya koo xureessitan; handhuuraa koos akka jibbamu gootan.
8 The priests said not, Where is the Lord? and they that held by the law knew me not: the shepherds also sinned against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and went after that which profited not.
Luboonnis, ‘Waaqayyo eessa jira?’ jedhanii hin gaafanne. Warri seera wajjin oolanis na hin beekne; bulchitoonni natti fincilan; raajonnis waaqota faayidaa hin qabne duukaa buʼanii maqaa Baʼaaliin raajii dubbatan.
9 Therefore I will yet plead with you, and will plead with your children's children.
“Kanaafuu ani amma iyyuu isin wajjin falmii qaba” jedha Waaqayyo. “Ijoollee ijoollee keessanii wajjinis falmii nan qabaadha.
10 For go to the isles of the Chettians, and se; and send to Kedar, and observe accurately, and see if such things have been done;
Mee gara qarqara Kitiimitti ceʼaatii ilaalaa; gara Qeedaarittis nama ergaatii qalbiidhaan qoradhaa; yoo duraan wanni akkasii taʼee jiraates ilaalaa.
11 if the nations will change their gods, though they are not gods: but my people have changed their glory, [for that] from which they shall not be profited.
Yoo isaan waaqota taʼuu baatan iyyuu sabni tokko takkumaa waaqota isaa geeddaree beekaa? Uummanni koo garuu ulfina isaa waaqota tolfamoo faayidaa hin qabneen geeddareera.
12 The heaven is amazed at this, and is very exceedingly horror-struck, says the Lord.
Yaa samiiwwan, waan kana dinqifadhaa; naasuu guddaadhaanis holladhaa” jedha Waaqayyo.
13 For my people has committed two [faults], and evil ones: they have forsaken me, the fountain of water of life, and hewn out for themselves broken cisterns, which will not be able to hold water.
“Uummanni koo cubbuu lama hojjete: Isaan ana burqaa bishaan jireenyaa dhiisanii boolla bishaanii ofii isaanii, boolla bishaanii baqaqaa bishaan qabachuu hin dandeenye qotataniiru.
14 Is Israel a servant, or a home-born slave? why has he become a spoil?
Israaʼel garbaa? Inni garbicha manatti dhalatee? Yoos inni maaliif boojiʼame ree?
15 The lions roared upon him, and uttered their voice, which have made his land a wilderness: and his cities are broken down, that they should not be inhabited.
Leenconni aadaniiru; isattis gururiʼaniiru. Isaan biyya isaa onsaniiru; magaalaawwan isaas gubamanii duwwaa hafaniiru.
16 Also the children of Memphis and Taphnas have known you, and mocked you.
Akkasumas namoonni Memfiisii fi Tahiphaanhees mataa kee buruqsaniiru.
17 Has not your forsaking me brought these things upon you? says the Lord your God.
Ati yeroo inni karaa irra si qajeelchetti, Waaqayyoon Waaqa kee dhiisuudhaan waan kana ofitti fiddeerta mitii?
18 And now what have you to do with the way of Egypt, to drink the water of Geon? and what have you to do with the way of the Assyrians, to drink the water of rivers?
Egaa ati maaliif Shihoorii bishaan dhuguuf jettee biyya Gibxi dhaqxa? Maaliifis bishaan laga Efraaxiis dhuguuf jettee Asoor dhaqxa?
19 Your apostasy shall correct you, and your wickedness shall reprove you: know then, and see, that your forsaking me [has been] bitter to you, says the Lord your God; and I have taken no pleasure in you, says the Lord your God.
Hamminni kee si adaba; duubatti deebiʼuun kees si ifata. Ati Waaqayyoon Waaqa kee dhiiftee na sodaachuu diduun kee hammam hamaa fi hadhaaʼaa akka sitti taʼe ilaalii hubadhu” jedha Gooftaan, Waaqayyoon Waan Hunda Dandaʼu.
20 For of old you have broken your yoke, and plucked asunder your bands; and you has said, I will not serve you, but will go upon every high hill, and under every shady tree, there will I indulge in my fornication.
“Ani bara dheeraan dura waanjoo kee sirraa cabseera; hidhaa kees sirraa kukkuteera. Ati garuu, ‘Ani si hin tajaajilu’ jette! Ati garuu akkuma sagaagaltuu tokkootti tulluuwwan dhedheeroo hunda irraa fi mukkeen lalisoo hunda jala ciifte.
21 Yet I planted you a fruitful vine, entirely of the right sort: how are you a strange vine turned to bitterness!
Ani garuu muka wayinii filatamaa, kan sanyiin isaa guutumaan guutuutti qulqulluu taʼe godhee si dhaabbadheen ture. Yoos ati akkamitti wayinii diidaa taatee natti geeddaramte ree?
22 Though you should wash yourself with nitre, and multiply to yourself soap, [still] you are stained by your iniquities before me, says the Lord.
Ati yoo daaraadhaan dhiqattee saamunaa hedduutti fayyadamte iyyuu, xuriin yakka keetii amma illee fuula koo dura jira” jedha Waaqayyo Gooftaan.
23 How will you say, I am not polluted, and have not gone after Baal? behold your ways in the burial-ground, and know what you have done: her voice has howled in the evening:
“Ati akkamitti, ‘Ani hin xuroofne; Baʼaal duukaas hin buune’ jechuu dandeessa? Waan sulula keessatti taʼaa turte yaadadhu; waan hojjechaa turtes qalbeeffadhu. Ati gaala dhalaa asii fi achi fiigduu dha;
24 she has extended her ways over the waters of the desert; she was hurried along by the lusts of her soul; she is given up [to them], who will turn her back? none that seek her shall be weary; at [the time of] her humiliation they shall find her.
harree diidaa kan gammoojjii barattee fedhii kormaatiin qilleensa suufattu tokko, maaltu fedhii ishee irraa ishee deebisuu dandaʼa? Kormi ishee barbaadu kam iyyuu ishee argachuuf hin rakkatu; inni yeroo gaanaatti ishee argata.
25 Withdraw your foot from a rough way, and your throat from thirst: but she said I will strengthen myself: for she loved strangers, and went after them.
Miilla kee kophee malee deemuu irraa, laagaa kee immoo dheebuu irraa eeggadhu. Ati garuu, ‘Kun waan abdii hin qabnee dha! Ani waaqota ormaa nan jaalladha; isaan faanas nan buʼa’ jette.
26 As is the shame of a thief when he is caught, so shall the children of Israel be ashamed; they, and their kings, and their princes, and their priests, and their prophets.
“Akkuma hattuun yeroo qabamtu salphifamtu sana manni Israaʼel ni salphifama; isaan, mootonni isaaniitii fi qondaaltonni isaanii, luboonni isaaniitii fi raajonni isaanii ni salphifamu.
27 They said to a stock, You are my father; and to a stone, You has begotten me: and they have turned [their] backs to me, and not their faces: yet in the time of their afflictions they will say, Arise, and save us.
Isaan mukaan, ‘Ati abbaa koo ti,’ dhagaadhaan immoo, ‘Situ na dhale’ jedhu. Isaan dugda isaanii malee fuula isaanii natti hin deebifanneetii; taʼus isaan yeroo rakkatanitti, ‘Kottuu nu baasi!’ jedhu.
28 And where are your gods, which you made for yourself? will they arise and save in the time of your affliction? for according to the number of your cities were your gods, O Juda; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem they sacrificed to Baal.
Waaqonni ati ofiif tolfatte sun eessa jiru? Isaan yoo si baasuu dandaʼan mee yeroo ati rakkina keessa jirtutti haa dhufan! Yaa Yihuudaa, ati akkuma magaalaa hedduu qabdu sana waaqota hedduu qabdaatii.
29 Therefore do you speak to me? you all have been ungodly, and you all have transgressed against me, says the Lord.
“Isin maaliif na himattu? Isin hundinuu natti finciltaniirtu” jedha Waaqayyo.
30 In vain have I struck your children; you have not received correction: a sword has devoured your prophets as a destroying lion; yet you feared not.
“Ani akkasumaanan ijoollee keessan adabe; isaan sirreeffama fudhachuu didan. Goraadeen keessan akkuma leenca beelaʼe tokkootti raajota keessan fixxe.
31 Hear you the word of the Lord: thus says the Lord, Have I been a wilderness or a dry land to Israel? therefore has my people said, We will not be ruled over, and will not come to you any more?
“Isin dhaloonni ammaa dubbii Waaqayyoo qalbeeffadhaa: “Ani Israaʼeliif gammoojjii yookaan biyya dukkana hamaan turee? Sabni koo maaliif, ‘Nu asii fi achi jooruu ni dandeenya; siʼachi gara kee hin dhufnu’ jedha?
32 Will a bride forget her ornaments, or a virgin her girdle? but my people has forgotten me days without number.
Durbi tokko faaya ishee, misirrittiin tokko immoo miʼa ittiin heerumtu ni irraanfattii? Sabni koo garuu, guyyaa hamma hin qabne na irraanfateera.
33 What fair device will you yet employ in your ways, so as to seek love? [it shall] not [be] so; moreover you has done wickedly in corrupting your ways;
Ati jaalala adamsuutti akkam ogeettii dha! Dubartoota akka malee hamoo taʼan iyyuu amala kee barsiifteerta.
34 and in your hands has been found the blood of innocent souls; I have not found them in holes, but on every oak.
Ati utuu isaan cabsanii seenanuu isaan qabuu baattu iyyuu, dhiigni hiyyeeyyii balleessaa hin qabnee wayyaa kee irratti ni argama. Utuma wanni kun hundi taʼee jiruu
35 Yet you said, I am innocent: only let his wrath be turned away from me. Behold, I [will] plead with you, whereas you say, I have not sinned.
ati, ‘Ani balleessaa hin qabu; inni natti hin dheekkamu’ jetta. Ani garuu sababii ati, ‘Ani cubbuu hin hojjenne’ jettuuf, sitti nan mura.
36 For you has been so exceedingly contemptuous as to repeat your ways; but you shall be ashamed of Egypt, as you were ashamed of Assur.
Ati maaliif karaa kee geeddaruudhaan, asii fi achi deemuu baayʼifta? Akkuma Asoor si qaanessite sana Gibxis si qaanessiti.
37 For you shall go forth thence also with your hands upon your head; for the Lord has rejected your hope, and you shall not prosper in it.
Ati mataa kee qabattee, iddoo sanaa baata; Waaqayyo warra ati itti irkatte tuffateeraatii; ati isaaniin hin milkooftu.
