Jeremiah 2
1 And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying,
Wach Jehova Nyasaye nobirona:
2 “Go, and you have called in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus said YHWH: I have remembered for you The kindness of your youth, the love of your espousals, Your going after Me in a wilderness, in a land not sown.
“Dhi kendo igo milome ka Jerusalem winjo ni: “Ma e gima Jehova Nyasaye wacho: “‘Aparo kaka ne ichiwori kane in rawera, ne ihera ka nyako moikore ne kend, ne iluwo bangʼa kama otimo ongoro, e piny ma ok purie.
3 Israel [is] holy to YHWH, The first-fruit of His increase, All consuming him are guilty, Calamity comes to them,” A declaration of YHWH.
Israel ne en oganda maler ne Jehova Nyasaye, kaka olembege mokwongo chiek; jogo duto mane okidhe nomak kaka joketho, kendo masira nomakogi,’” Jehova Nyasaye owacho.
4 Hear a word of YHWH, O house of Jacob, And all you families of the house of Israel—
Winj wach Jehova Nyasaye, yaye od Jakobo, un dhoudi duto mag dhood Israel.
5 Thus said YHWH: “What perversity have your fathers found in Me, That they have gone far off from Me, And go after vanity, and become vain,
Ma e gima Jehova Nyasaye wacho: “En ketho mane mane wuoneu oyudo kuoma, momiyo ne gibaro mabor koda? Negiluwo bangʼ nyiseche manono mi gibedo manono gin giwegi.
6 And have not said, Where [is] YHWH, Who brings us up out of the land of Egypt, Who leads us in a wilderness, In a land of deserts and pits, In a dry land, and of death-shade, In a land that none has passed through, Nor has man dwelt there?
Ne ok gipenjo ni, ‘Ere Jehova Nyasaye, mane ogolowa Misri, kendo otelonwa e thim ma ok nyag gimoro, ka wakalo piny motwo kod piny motimo bugni, piny ongoro kod mudho, piny maonge ngʼama wuothoe, kendo onge ngʼama odakie?’
7 Indeed, I bring you into a land of fruitful fields, To eat its fruit and its goodness, And you come in and defile My land, And have made My inheritance an abomination.
Ne akelou e piny momewo mondo ucham olembege kod nyak mage momewo. To ne ubiro mi unjawo pinya kendo umiyo girkeni maga obedo gima odwanyore.
8 The priests have not said, Where [is] YHWH? And those handling the Law have not known Me. And the shepherds transgressed against Me, And the prophets have prophesied by Ba‘al, And have gone after those who do not profit.
Jodolo ne ok openjo, ‘Ere Jehova Nyasaye?’ Jogo matiyo gi chik ne ok ongʼeya; jotelo nongʼanyona. Jonabi nokoro gi Baal, ka giluwo nyiseche manono.”
9 Therefore, I yet plead with you,” A declaration of YHWH, “And I plead with your sons’ sons.
Jehova Nyasaye wacho niya, “Emomiyo abiro kumou kendo. Bende abiro kumo nyikwau.
10 For pass to the islands of Chittim and see, And send to Kedar and consider well, And see if there has been [anything] like this:
Dhiuru loka e dho nembe mag Kitim kendo ungʼigi kaka gichalo, bende oruru ji Kedar mondo ginon maber; mondo gine anena ka gima chal kama nosebetie:
11 Has a nation changed gods? (And they [are] no gods!) And My people has changed its glory For that which does not profit.
Bende ogendini oseloko nyiseche nyaka nene? (Kata kamano bende ok gin nyiseche.) To joga osewilo duongʼ mar Nyasachgi, gi nyiseche manono maonge tiendgi.
12 Be astonished, you heavens, at this, Indeed, be frightened, be greatly desolated,” A declaration of YHWH.
Kuom mano, agolonu chik, un polo, mondo uyiengni malich, kuwuoro kendo kudhier nono,” Jehova Nyasaye owacho.
13 “For My people have done two evils, They have forsaken Me, a fountain of living waters, To hew out for themselves wells—broken wells, That do not contain the waters.
“Joga osetimo richo ariyo: Gisejwangʼa, an thidhna mar pi ngima, kendo gisekunyo degnigi giwegi, degni mobarore kendo ma ok nyal tingʼo pi.
14 [Is] Israel a servant? Is he a child of the house? Why has he been for a prey?
Bende Israel en jatich, ngʼat monywol ka misumba? Kare en angʼo momiyo iyake?
15 Young lions roar against him, They have given forth their voice, And make his land become a desolation, His cities have been burned without inhabitant.
Sibuoche oseruto; kendo gisemorne. Giseketho pinye; dalane owangʼ kendo odongʼ gunda.
16 Also sons of Noph and Tahapanes Consume you—the crown of the head!
Bende, jo-Memfis gi jo-Tapanhes oselielo osimbo mar wiyi.
17 Do you not do this to yourself? [By] your forsaking your God YHWH, At the time He is leading you in the way?
Donge usekelo ma kuomu uwegi, ka ujwangʼo Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachu, kane otelonu e yo?
18 And now, why do you [go] in the way of Egypt, To drink the waters of Sihor? And why do you [go] in the way of Asshur, To drink the waters of the River?
Koro angʼo momiyo udhi Misri mondo umodh pi moa Shihor? Kendo angʼo momiyo udhi Asuria mondo umodh pi moa e Aora?
19 Your wickedness instructs you, And your backslidings reprove you, Know and see that an evil and a bitter thing [is] your forsaking your God YHWH, And My fear not being on you,” A declaration of Lord YHWH of Hosts.
Timbeu maricho biro kelonu kum; wech mane uweyago ema biro kelonu kum. Nonuru kendo ubiro ngʼeyo malongʼo, kaka en gima rach kendo lit ne un uwegi, ka ujwangʼo Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachu, kendo ubedo maonge kode gi luor kata matin,” Ruoth Nyasaye ma en Jehova Nyasaye Maratego, owacho kamano.
20 “For from of old you have broken your yoke, Drawn away your bands, and say, I do not serve, For on every high height, and under every green tree, You are wandering—a harlot.
“Chon gi lala ne ituro jok magi kendo ichodo rateke motweyigo; kiwacho ni, ‘Ok anatini!’ Adier, ewi gode matindo duto kendo e bwo yiende motimo otiep, ninindo piny ka jachode.
21 And I planted you [as] a choice vine, wholly of true seed, And how have you been turned Into the degenerate shoots of a strange vine to Me?
Ne apidhoi kaka mzabibu mar kodhi, moyier makare kendo manyak. Kara ere kaka ne iweya mi idonjo e timbe moduwore, kendo ichalo gi mzabibu mar bungu.
22 But though you wash with natron, And multiply soap to yourself, Your iniquity is marked before Me,” A declaration of Lord YHWH.
Kata bedni ilwoko lweti gi magadi kendo itiyo gi sabun mangʼeny, chilo mar ketho mari pod nitiere e nyima,” Jehova Nyasaye Manyalo Gik Moko Duto owacho.
23 “How can you say, I have not been defiled, I have not gone after the Ba‘alim? See your way in a valley, know what you have done, A swift dromedary winding her ways,
“Ere kaka diwachi ni, ‘Ok adwanyora; pod ok aringo aluwo bangʼ Baal?’ Par kaka ne itimori e holo; par gima isetimo. In ngamia ma nyako ma rikni maringo ka gi kacha,
24 A wild donkey accustomed to a wilderness, She has swallowed up wind in the desire of her soul, Her meeting—who turns her back? None seeking her weary themselves, In her month they find her.
punda mar thim mongʼiyo gi kama otwo, ma ngʼweyo yamo kodwaro thuondi; en ngʼa madigengʼe? Onge thuon manyalo thagore ka dware nikech yude yot ka kinde miringo kode ochopo.
25 Withhold your foot from being unshod, And your throat from thirst, And you say, It is incurable, No, for I have loved strangers, and I go after them.
Kik iringi nyaka tiendi dongʼ nono kendo dwondi two. To ne iwacho, ‘Onge tiende! Ahero nyiseche mag pinje mamoko, kendo nyaka aluw bangʼ-gi.’”
26 As the shame of a thief when he is found, So has the house of Israel been put to shame, They, their kings, their heads, And their priests, and their prophets,
“Kaka jakuo wiye kuot ka omake, omiyo od Israel wiye okuot, gin gi ruodhigi kod jotendgi, jodolo mag-gi kod jonabi mag-gi.
27 Saying to wood, You [are] my father! And to a stone, You have brought me forth, For they turned to me the back and not the face, And in the time of their distress, They say, Arise, and save us.
Giwachone yien ni, ‘In wuonwa,’ kendo ne kidi ni, ‘In ema ne inywola.’ Giselokona ngʼegi to ok wengegi, to sa ma gin e thagruok, giwacho niya, ‘Bi kendo ireswa!’
28 And where [are] your gods, that you have made to yourself? Let them arise, if they may save you, In the time of your distress, For—the number of your cities have been your gods, O Judah,
Kare ere nyisecheu mane uloso ne un uwegi? We mondo gibi ka ginyalo resou ka un e thagruok! Nimar un gi nyiseche mangʼeny, mana kaka un gi dala mangʼeny, yaye Juda.”
29 Why do you strive with Me? All of you have transgressed against Me,” A declaration of YHWH.
“Angʼo momiyo ungʼadona bura? To un duto usengʼanyona,” Jehova Nyasaye ema owacho.
30 “I have struck your sons in vain, They have not accepted instruction, Your sword has devoured your prophets, As a destroying lion.
“Kum mane akumogo jou nobedo kayiem nono; kendo ne ok gilokore. Liganglani osekidho jonabi magi mana kaka sibuor modenyo.”
31 O generation, see the word of YHWH: Have I been a wilderness to Israel? A land of thick darkness? Why have My people said, We wandered freely, We do not come to You again.
Un tiengʼ masani, paruru wach mar Jehova Nyasaye mawacho niya: “Bende asebedo piny motwo ne Israel kata ka piny motimo mudho mandiwa? Angʼo momiyo joga wacho kama: ‘Wan thuolo mondo waba abaya; ok wanabi iri kendo?’
32 Does a virgin forget her ornaments? A bride her bands? And My people have forgotten Me [for] days without number.
Bende miaha diwiye wil gi gik molichorego, kata nyako midhi kendo gi lepe mag kisera? Joga to wigi osewil koda, odiechienge ma ok kwan.
33 Why do you make your ways pleasing to seek love? Therefore you have even taught the wicked your ways.
Mano kaka in gi lony e dwaro hera! Kata mana mon ma timbegi richo, nyalo somo timbegi.
34 Also the blood of innocent needy souls Has been found on your skirts, I have not found them by digging, But on all these.
Remb joma odhier ma unego yudore e lepu, kata obedo nine ok umakogi ka gituro uteu.” To kuom magi duto,
35 And you say, Because I have been innocent, Surely His anger has turned back from me? Behold, I have been judged with you, Because of your saying, I have not sinned.
iwacho ni, “‘Aonge ketho, kendo iye ok owangʼ koda.’ To abiro ngʼadoni bura nikech iwacho ni, ‘Pod ok atimo richo.’
36 What? You are very vile to repeat your way, You are even ashamed of Egypt, As you have been ashamed of Asshur,
Angʼo momiyo ilworori mangʼeny kiloko yoreni? Ibiro kuod wiyi gi Misri kaka nokuod wiyi gi Asuria.
37 Also you go out from this, And your hands on your head, For YHWH has kicked at your confidences, And you do not give prosperity to them!”
Bende ubiro aa kanyo gi lweteu ka uketo ewiu, nimar Jehova Nyasaye osedagi joma ugeno kuomgi; ok ginikonyu.”
