Jeremiah 18
1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
Dubbiin Waaqayyo biraa gara Ermiyaas dhufe isa kanaa dha:
2 Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there will I let thee hear my words.
“Kaʼiitii gara mana namicha suphee dhaʼu sanaa dhaqi. Anis achitti dubbii koo sitti nan hima.”
3 Then went I down to the potter's house, and, behold, he was doing work on the wheels.
Kanaafuu ani gara mana namicha suphee dhaʼu sanaatti gad nan buʼe; innis geengoo irratti waa hojjechaa ture.
4 And the vessel that he was making became spoiled as [happeneth] with the clay in the hand of the potter; and he made again thereof another vessel, as it seemed good in the eyes of the potter to make it.
Okkoteen inni suphee irraa hojjechaa ture sun garuu harka isaatti fashalaaʼe; kanaafuu namichi suphee dhaʼu sun akkuma itti toletti suphee sanaan okkotee kan biraa hojjete.
5 Then came the word of the Lord to me, saying,
Ergasii dubbiin Waaqayyoo akkana jedhee gara koo dhufe:
6 Shall I not be able to do unto you as this potter, O house of Israel? saith the Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in my hand, O house of Israel.
“Yaa mana Israaʼel, anis akkuma suphee dhooftuun kun hojjetu isin gochuu hin dandaʼuu?” jedha Waaqayyo. “Yaa mana Israaʼel, akkuma supheen harka suphee dhooftuu keessa jiru isinis harka koo keessa jirtu.
7 At one instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy it;
Yeroo ani akka sabni yookaan mootummaan tokko buqqifamu, gargar qoodamuu fi barbadeeffamu labsutti,
8 But should that nation, against whom I have spoken, return from their wrong-doing: then will I bethink me of the evil that I had thought to do unto them.
yoo sabni ani akeekkachiise sun hammina isaa irraa deebiʼe, ani waan hamaa isatti fiduuf yaade sana irraa nan deebiʼa.
9 And at one instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;
Yoo ani yeroo biraa immoo akka sabni yookaan mootummaan tokko ijaaramee dhaabamu labse,
10 But should it do what is evil in my eyes, so as not to hearken to my voice: then will I bethink me of the good, wherewith I had thought to benefit the same.
yoo inni fuula koo duratti waan hamaa hojjetee anaaf ajajamuu dide, ani waan gaarii isaaf gochuu barbaade sana nan dhiisa.
11 And now do say to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, as followeth, Thus hath said the Lord, Behold, I form against you evil, and devise against you a device: do but return now every one from his evil way, and amend your ways and your deeds.
“Kanaafuu amma saba Yihuudaatii fi warra Yerusaalem keessa jiraataniin akkana jedhi; ‘Waaqayyo akkana jedha: Kunoo! Ani badiisa isiniif qopheesseen mala isinitti karoorsaa jira. Kanaafuu tokkoon tokkoon keessan karaa keessanii fi hojii keessan qajeelfadhaa.’
12 And they said, It is useless: for after our own thoughts will we walk, and we will every one do after the stubbornness of his evil heart.
Isaan garuu akkana jedhanii deebii kennan: ‘Kun faayidaa hin qabu. Nu karooruma keenyaan itti fufna; tokkoon tokkoon keenya mata jabinaa fi hammina garaa keenyaa duukaa buuna.’”
13 Therefore thus hath said the Lord, Only ask among the nations, Who hath heard the like things? a very horrible act hath the virgin of Israel committed.
Kanaafuu Waaqayyo akkana jedha: “Mee saboota keessa iyyaafadhaa: Eenyutu takkumaa waan akkanaa dhagaʼee beeka? Israaʼel Durbi Qulqullittiin waan suukaneessaa tokko hojjetteerti.
14 Doth the snow of Lebanon ever quit the rock of the field? or do the far-coming, cold, flowing waters ever fail?
Cabbiin Libaanoon takkumaa ededa kattaa isaa irraa badee beekaa? Bishaan isaa diilallaaʼaan burqaa fagootii dhufu sun takkumaa citee beekaa?
15 That my people have forgotten me, that they have burnt incense to false gods, and are made to stumble on their ways, the ancient beaten tracks, to walk in paths, on a road which is not leveled?
Sabni koo garuu na irraanfateera; isaan waaqota tolfamoo faayidaa hin qabne kanneen karaawwan isaanii irrattii fi daandiiwwan durii irratti isaan gufachiisaniif ixaana aarsu. Isaan karaa hin tolfamne irra daandii qalʼoo irra isaan deemsisaniiru.
16 To make their land desolate, a perpetual derision: every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and shake his head.
Biyyi isaanii ni ona; bara baraanis biyya qoosaa taʼa; warri achiin darban hundi ni naʼu; mataa isaaniis ni raasu.
17 Like an east wind will I scatter them before the enemy; with the back, and not the face, will I regard them on the day of their calamity.
Akkuma bubbee baʼa biiftuutii dhufuu, ani fuula diinota isaanii duratti isaan nan bittinneessa; bara badiisa isaanii keessa, ani dugda koo malee fuula koo isaanitti hin argisiisu.
18 And they said, Come, and let us contrive devices against Jeremiah; for the law will not be lost from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not listen to any of his words.
“Jarris, ‘Seerri luba biraa, gorsi ogeeyyii biraa, dubbiin immoo raajota biraa waan hin dhabamneef kottaa Ermiyaasitti mariʼannaa; kanaafuu kottaa nu arraba keenyaan isa miinaa; waan inni dubbatu kam iyyuus hin fudhannu’” jedhan.
19 Listen to me, O Lord, and hearken to the voice of those that contend with me.
Yaa Waaqayyo, na dhaggeeffadhu; waan warri na himatan jedhanis dhagaʼi!
20 Shall evil be recompensed instead of good, that they have dug a pit for my life? Remember my standing before thee to speak good concerning them, to cause thy wrath to turn away from them.
Gatiin waan gaarii waan hamaadhaa? Isaan garuu boolla anaaf qotaniiru. Ani akkan dheekkamsa kee isaan irraa deebisuuf fuula kee dura dhaabadhee iddoo isaanii buʼee dubbadhe yaadadhu.
21 Therefore give up their children to the famine, and let their life ebb out by means of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and widows; and let their men be slain by death; their young men smitten by the sword in the battle.
Kanaafuu ati ijoollee isaanii dabarsii beelatti kenni; jara immoo dabarsii humna goraadeetti kenni. Niitota isaanii jalaa ijoollee fi dhirsoonni haa dhuman; dhiironni isaanii haa ajjeefaman; dargaggoonni isaanii immoo lola keessatti goraadeedhaan haa qalaman.
22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou bringest a troop over them suddenly; for they have dug a pit to catch me, and laid concealed snares for my feet.
Yeroo ati akkuma tasaa weeraartoota isaanitti fiddutti, iyyi mana isaaniitii haa dhagaʼamu; isaan na qabuuf boolla qotanii, miilla kootiifis kiyyoo kaaʼaniiruutii.
23 Yet thou, Lord, knowest well all their counsel against me to [procure my] death: forgive not their iniquity, and let their sin not be blotted out from before thee; but let them be brought to stumbling before thee; in the time of thy anger deal thus with them.
Yaa Waaqayyo, ati garuu mala isaan na ajjeesuuf malatan hunda ni beekta. Yakka isaanii hin dhiisiniif; yookaan cubbuu isaanii fuula kee duraa hin haqin. Isaan fuula kee duratti lafatti haa gataman; yeroo dheekkamtuttis isaan adabi.
