Jeremiah 5
1 “Go to and fro in streets of Jerusalem, And see now and know, And seek in her broad places, If you find a man, If there is one doing judgment, Seeking steadfastness—Then I am propitious to her.
“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 if they say, YHWH lives, Surely they swear to a falsehood.”
Kata obedo ni gisingore niya, ‘Akwongʼora gi nying Jehova Nyasaye mangima,’ pod gikwongʼore mar miriambo.”
3 YHWH, Your eyes, are they not on steadfastness? You have struck them, and they have not grieved, You have consumed them, They have refused to receive instruction, They made their faces harder than a rock, They have refused to turn back.
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 And I said, “Surely these [are] poor, They have been foolish, For they have not known the way of YHWH, The judgment 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 go to the great, and I speak with them, For they have known the way of YHWH, The judgment of their God.” Surely they have broken the yoke together, They have drawn away the bands.
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 Therefore a lion out of the forest has struck them, A wolf of the deserts spoils them, A leopard is watching over their cities, Everyone who is going out of them is torn, For their transgressions have been many, Their backslidings have been mighty.
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 “I am not propitious to you for this, Your sons have forsaken Me, And are satisfied by [those who are] not gods, I satisfy them, and they commit adultery, And at the house of a harlot They gather themselves together.
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 Fed horses—they have been early risers, They each neigh to the wife of his neighbor.
Jogo oowre gi gombo, gichalo farese moyiengʼ, ma gombo ohewo ka moro, ka moro kuomgi gombo mana chi ngʼat machielo.
9 Do I not lay a charge for these?” A declaration of YHWH, “And on a nation such as this, Does My soul not avenge itself?
Jehova Nyasaye wacho niya, “Donge dakumgi kuom ma?” Donge onego akel kum ne oganda machalo kama?
10 Go up on her walls, and destroy, And I do not make a completion, Turn her branches aside, For they [are] not YHWH’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 has dealt treacherously against Me, And the house of Judah,” A declaration of YHWH.
Jehova Nyasaye wacho niya, “Od Israel kod od Juda ok osebedona jo-ratiro chutho.”
12 They have lied against YHWH, And they say, “[It is] not He, Nor does evil come in against us, Indeed, we do not see sword and famine.
Giseriambo kuom Jehova Nyasaye; kagiwacho, “Onge gima obiro timo! Ok wanahinyre; ok wanane ligangla kata kech.
13 And the prophets become wind, And the word is not in them, Thus it is done to them.”
Jonabi chalo mana yamo kendo wach onge eigi; omiyo we gima giwacho otimre ne gin giwegi.”
14 Therefore, thus said YHWH, God of Hosts: “Because of your speaking this word, Behold, I am making My words become fire in your mouth, And this people wood, And it has devoured 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 am bringing against you a nation from afar, O house of Israel,” A declaration of YHWH, “It [is] a strong nation, It [is] an ancient nation, A nation whose tongue you do not know, Nor understand what it speaks.
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 Its quiver [is] as an open tomb, All of them—mighty ones.
Gigegi mitingʼoe asere chalo gi liel ma dhoge oyawore; giduto gin jolweny maroteke.
17 And it has consumed your harvest and your bread, They consume your sons, and your daughters, It consumes your flock, and your herd, It consumes your vine and your fig tree, It makes your fortified cities poor, In which you are trusting—by the sword.
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 And even in those days,” A declaration of YHWH, “I do not make you a completion.
Jehova Nyasaye wacho niya, “To kata bende e ndalogo, ok anatieku chuth.
19 And it has come to pass, when you say, Why has our God YHWH done all these [things] to us? That you have said to them, As you have forsaken Me, And serve the gods of a foreigner in your land, So you serve strangers in a land [that is] not yours.
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 this in the house of Jacob, And sound it in Judah, saying,
“Land ma ne od Jakobo kendo go milomeno ne Juda:
21 Now hear this, O people, foolish and without heart, They have eyes, and they do not see, They have ears, and they do not hear.
Winj ma, un jogo mofuwo kendo onge wigi, joma nigi wengegi to ok nen, joma nigi it to ok winj wach:
22 Do you not fear Me?” A declaration of YHWH; “Are you not pained from My presence? Who has made sand the border of the sea, A perpetual limit, and it does not pass over it, They shake themselves, and they are not able, Indeed, its billows have sounded, and they do not pass over.
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 And this people has an apostatizing and rebelling heart, They have turned aside, and they go on.
To jogi wigi tek kendo chunygi bor koda omiyo gisebaro mi giweya.
24 And they have not said in their heart, Now let us fear our God YHWH, who is giving rain, The autumn rain and the spring rain, in its season, He keeps the appointed weeks of harvest for us.
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 away, And your sins have kept the good from you.
Timbeu maricho osetamou nwangʼo gigi; richou osetamou neno maber.
26 For the wicked have been found among My people. He watches like one who sets snares, They have set up a trap—they capture 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 cage full of birds, So their houses are full of deceit, Therefore they have been great, and are rich.
Kaka ute mopongʼ gi winy, e kaka utegi bende opongʼ gi wuondruok; gisebedo jo-mwandu, kendo joma nigi teko mangʼeny,
28 They have been fat, they have shone, Indeed, they have surpassed the acts of the evil, They have not judged judgment, The judgment of the fatherless—and they prosper, And they have not judged the judgment of the needy.
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 Do I not inspect for these,” A declaration of YHWH, “On a nation such as this, Does My soul not avenge itself?
donge dakumgi kuom ma?” Jehova Nyasaye owacho. “Donge dakel kum mara kuom oganda machalo kama?
30 An astonishing and horrible thing has been in the land:
“Gima lich kendo mabwogo ji osetimore e piny:
31 The prophets have prophesied falsely, And the priests bear rule by their means, And My people have loved [it] so, And what do they do at its latter end?”
Jonabi koro miriambo, jodolo tiyo gi tekogi giwegi, kendo joga ohero mana gik ma kamago. To en angʼo ma ibiro timo e ndalo mogik?
