Jeremiah 12

1 Yahweh, whenever I tell you that I am unhappy [about what is happening to me], you [always] act justly/fairly. So now allow me to ask about one more thing [that I do not understand]: Why are wicked people [often] very prosperous? Why do things go very well for dishonest/wicked people?

Ikaw ay matuwid, Oh Panginoon, nang ako'y makipagtalo sa iyo; gayon ma'y makikipagmatuwiranan ako sa iyo: bakit gumiginhawa ang lakad ng masama? bakit nangatitiwasay silang lahat na nagsisigawa ng may lubhang kataksilan?

2 You allow them to prosper like [MET] trees that grow tall and bear [a lot of] fruit. They [always] say [MTY] good things about you, but their hearts are [really] far from you.

Iyong itinanim sila, oo, sila'y nangagkaugat; nagsisitubo, oo, sila'y nangagbubunga: ikaw ay malapit sa kanilang bibig, at malayo sa kanilang mga puso.

3 But Yahweh, as for me, you know what is in my inner being. You see what I [do] and you are able to know what I am thinking. So drag away those [wicked] people, like [people drag away] sheep that they are going to butcher. Set them aside like sheep that are about to be slaughtered!

Nguni't ikaw, Oh Panginoon, nakakakilala sa akin; iyong nakikita ako, at tinatarok mo ang aking puso: itaboy mo silang gaya ng mga tupa sa patayan, at ihanda mo sila sa kaarawan ng pagpatay.

4 This land is [RHQ] becoming very dry and even the grass is withering. The wild animals and the birds have [all] died because the people are [very] wicked. [All that has happened] because the people have said, “Yahweh does not know what we are doing (OR, what will happen to us)!”

Hanggang kailan tatangis ang lupain, at matutuyo ang mga damo sa buong lupain? dahil sa kasamaan nila na nagsisitahan doon, nilipol ang mga hayop, at ang mga ibon; sapagka't kanilang sinabi, Hindi niya makikita ang ating huling kawakasan.

5 [Then to show me that I needed to be prepared to endure even greater difficulties, Yahweh said to me], [“It is as though] you have become exhausted from racing against men; so how will you be able to race against horses? If you [stumble and] fall when you are running on open/bare/smooth ground, what will happen to you when you are running through the thornbushes near the Jordan [River]?

Kung ikaw ay tumakbo na kasama ng nangaglalakad, at kanilang pinagod ka, paano ngang makikipagunahan ka sa mga kabayo? at bagaman sa lupain ng kapayapaan ay tiwasay ka, gayon ma'y paano ang gagawin mo sa kapalaluan ng Jordan?

6 [Already] your brothers and [other members of] your own family oppose you. They (plot against/plan to do evil things to) you and they say bad things about you. So even if they say nice things about you, do not trust them!

Sapagka't ang iyong mga kapatid man at ang sangbahayan ng iyong magulang, ay nagsigawa ring may kataksilan sa iyo; nagsihiyaw rin ng malakas sa hulihan mo: huwag mong paniwalaan sila, bagaman sila'y nangagsasalita ng mga mabuting salita sa iyo.

7 I have abandoned my [Israeli] people, the people whom I chose to belong to me. I have allowed their enemies to conquer the Israeli people, whom I love.

Aking pinabayaan ang aking bahay, aking itinakuwil ang aking mana; aking ibinigay ang giliw na sinta ng aking kaluluwa sa kamay ng kaniyang mga kaaway.

8 My people have become to me like [SIM] a lion in the forest. [It is as though] they roar at me like a lion, so now I hate them.

Sa akin ang mana ko ay naging parang leon sa gubat: kaniyang inilakas ang kaniyang tinig laban sa akin; kaya't aking ipinagtanim siya.

9 My chosen people have [RHQ] become like speckled hawks that are surrounded by vultures [waiting to eat their flesh after they are dead]. Tell all the wild animals to come and eat [the flesh of their corpses].

Ang akin bagang mana sa akin ay naging parang mangdadagit na ibong batikbatik? ang mga mangdadagit na ibon baga ay laban sa kaniya sa palibot? kayo'y magsiyaon, inyong pagpulungin ang lahat na hayop sa parang, inyong dalhin sila rito upang magsipanakmal.

10 Many rulers [from other countries have come with their armies and] devastated/destroyed my people [whom I care for like a farmer takes care of his] vineyard. They have caused my beautiful land to become a barren desert where no one lives.

Sinira ng maraming pastor ang aking ubasan, kanilang niyapakan ng paa ang aking bahagi, kanilang ginawa ang aking mahalagang bahagi na ilang na sira.

11 They have caused it to become completely empty; [it is as though] I hear the land crying sadly/mournfully. The whole land is desolate, and no one (worries about/pays any attention to) it.

Kanilang ginawa, itong isang kagibaan; tumatangis sa akin, palibhasa'y sira; ang buong lupain ay nasira, sapagka't walang taong gumugunita.

12 The soldiers [of our enemies] have marched across all the barren hilltops. But [I], Yahweh, am using those armies [MTY] to punish your land from one end to the other, and no one will escape.

Mga manglilipol ay nagsidating sa lahat na luwal na kaitaasan sa ilang: sapagka't ang tabak ng Panginoon ay nananakmal mula sa isang dulo ng lupain hanggang sa kabilang dulo ng lupain walang taong may kapayapaan.

13 [It is as though] my people planted wheat, but now they are harvesting thorns. They have become very tired [because of much hard work], but they have gained nothing [from all that work]. They will be very disappointed because their harvests [will be very small], [and that will happen] because [I], Yahweh, am extremely angry [with them].”

Sila'y nangaghasik ng trigo, at nagsiani ng mga tinik: sila'y nangagpakahirap, at walang pinakikinabang: at kayo'y mangapapahiya sa inyong mga gawa, dahil sa mabangis na galit ng Panginoon.

14 This is [also] what Yahweh said to me: “[I will punish] the evil nearby nations that have been trying to take away the land that I gave to my Israeli people, and I will force them to leave their own land. But I will throw the people of Judah out of their land, also.

Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon laban sa lahat na masama kong kapuwa, na nagsisigalaw ng mana sa aking bayang Israel, Narito, akin silang bubunutin sa kanilang lupain, at aking bubunutin ang sangbahayan ni Juda sa gitna nila.

15 But later I will act mercifully toward those nations again, and I will bring them back to their own lands again. Each [clan] will come back to its own land.

At mangyayari, na pagkatapos na aking mabunot sila, ako'y babalik at maaawa sa kanila; at aking ibabalik sila uli, bawa't tao ay sa kaniyang mana, at bawa't tao ay sa kaniyang lupain.

16 And if the people [of the other nations whose armies have invaded Israel] learn the [religious] customs of my people, and if they learn that I [am listening] when they solemnly promise that they will do something good, like they taught my people to believe that [their god] Baal [was listening] when they made solemn promises, I will cause them to become prosperous, and they also will be my people.

At mangyayari, kung kanilang matutuhang masikap ang mga lakad ng aking bayan, ang pagsumpa sa pangalan ko, Buhay ang Panginoon; sa makatuwid baga'y gaya ng kanilang itinuro sa bayan ko na pagsumpa sa pangalan ni Baal: ay mangatatayo nga sila sa gitna ng aking bayan.

17 But I will expel any nation whose people refuse to obey me, and I will destroy that nation and its people. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.”

Nguni't kung hindi nila didinggin, akin ngang bubunutin ang bansang yaon, na bubunutin at lilipulin sabi ng Panginoon.