Jeremiah 3
1 “[Moses wrote that] if a man divorces his wife and then she marries another man, her first husband certainly must not [RHQ] take her back again [to be his wife], because that would certainly [RHQ] cause the whole nation to become unacceptable to me. But you have more [idols than] prostitutes have men whom they have slept with! So, [why should I accept you if] you return to me?” [RHQ] says Yahweh.
Kanilang sinabi, Kung ihiwalay ng lalake ang kaniyang asawa, at siya'y humiwalay sa kaniya, at mapasa ibang lalake, babalik pa baga uli ang lalake sa kaniya? hindi baga lubos na madudumhan ang lupaing yaon? Nguni't ikaw ay nagpatutot sa maraming nangingibig; gayon ma'y manumbalik ka uli sa akin, sabi ng Panginoon.
2 “Look up at the barren hilltops. On every hilltop there are [RHQ] [idols that you have worshiped]. [It is as though] they are all lovers with whom you have had sex. [It is as though] you have sat along the roadsides like an Arab, waiting [to attack and steal things from] those who pass by. Because of worshiping idols and all the other wicked things that you have done, you have caused the [entire] land to become unacceptable to me.
Imulat mo ang iyong mga mata sa mga luwal na kaitaasan, at tingnan mo; saan hindi ka nasipingan? Sa tabi ng mga lansangan ay naghintay ka sa kanila, gaya ng taga Arabia sa ilang; at iyong dinumhan ang lupain ng iyong mga pakikiapid at ng iyong kasamaan.
3 That is why I have not sent you any rain at the times of the year when you needed it. But you are like prostitutes [MET] who are not at all ashamed [for what they have done].
Kaya't ang ambon, ay napigil, at hindi nagkaroon ng huling ulan; gayon man may noo ka ng isang patutot ikaw ay tumakuwil na mapahiya.
4 Now each of you says to me, ‘You are my father! You have loved me ever since I was young!
Hindi ka baga dadaing mula sa panahong ito sa akin, Ama ko, ikaw ang patnubay ng aking kabataan?
5 So surely you will not [RHQ] be angry with me forever!’ But you will not quit sinning!”
Kaniya bagang iingatan ang kaniyang galit magpakailan man? kaniya bagang iingatan hanggang sa kawakasan? Narito, ikaw ay nagsalita at gumawa ng mga masamang bagay, at sinunod mo ang iyong ibig.
6 [One day] when Josiah was the king of Judah, Yahweh said to me, “Have you seen what the people of Israel have done? They have turned away from me, like a woman who has abandoned her husband and sleeps with other men. They have gone up on every hilltop and under every big tree and worshiped idols there [MET].
Bukod dito'y sinabi sa akin ng Panginoon sa kaarawan ni Josias na hari, Iyo bagang nakita ang ginawa ng tumatalikod na Israel? siya'y yumaon sa bawa't mataas na bundok at sa ilalim ng bawa't sariwang punong kahoy, at doon siya nagpatutot.
7 I thought that they would return to me, so I said to them, ‘Come back to me!’ But they refused. So I sent them away [to other countries, like a man] writes a note saying that he is divorcing his wife and then sends his wife away because she has committed adultery [MET].
At aking sinabi pagkatapos na magawa niya ang lahat na bagay na ito, Siya'y babalik sa akin; nguni't hindi siya bumalik: at nakita ng taksil niyang kapatid na Juda.
8 The people of Judah saw what I did to them. But they are just like the people of Israel. They are not afraid [of what I will do to them]. They also [have turned away from me and are worshiping idols like] women who abandon their husbands and go to other men [MET].
At aking nakita, nang, dahil dito sa pangangalunya ng tumatalikod na Israel, akin siyang pinalayas at binigyan ko siya ng sulat ng paghihiwalay, gayon ma'y hindi natakot ang taksil niyang kapatid na Juda; kundi siya man ay yumaon at nagpatutot.
9 They thought that worshiping idols did not matter to me, so they have made the [entire] land unacceptable to me by worshiping idols of wood and stone.
At nangyari, sa walang kabuluhan niyang pagsamba sa diosdiosan, na ang lupain ay nadumhan, at siya'y sumamba sa pamamagitan ng mga bato at ng mga kahoy.
10 The people of Judah have pretended to return to me, but they have not really done that. [This is true because I], Yahweh, have said it.”
At gayon ma'y sa lahat ng ito ay hindi bumalik sa akin ang taksil niyang kapatid na Juda, ng kaniyang buong puso, kundi paimbabaw, sabi ng Panginoon.
11 Then Yahweh said to me, “The people of Israel have turned away from me, but what the people of Judah have done is worse.
At sinabi ng Panginoon sa akin, Ang tumatalikod na Israel ay napakilala na lalong matuwid kay sa taksil na Juda.
12 So go and tell this to the people of Israel: ‘Yahweh says this to you Israeli people who have turned away from him: I am merciful. I will not continue to be angry with you forever. So return to me.
Ikaw ay yumaon, at itanyag mo ang mga salitang ito sa dakong hilagaan, at iyong sabihin, Ikaw ay manumbalik, ikaw na tumatalikod na Israel, sabi ng Panginoon; hindi ako titinging may galit sa inyo: sapagka't ako'y maawain, sabi ng Panginoon, hindi ako magiingat ng galit magpakailan man.
13 But you must admit/say that you are guilty, and that you have rebelled against me, Yahweh, your God, that you have worshiped idols under big trees everywhere, and you have not obeyed me. You have turned away from me.
Kilalanin mo lamang ang iyong kasamaan, na ikaw ay sumalansang sa Panginoon mong Dios, at iyong ikinalat ang iyong mga kaugalian sa mga taga ibang lupa sa ilalim ng bawa't sariwang punong kahoy, at kayo'y hindi nagsisunod sa aking tinig, sabi ng Panginoon.
14 But you belong to me. So I will take you, one from [each] city and two from [each] clan, and bring you [back] to Jerusalem [from the countries to which you were exiled].
Kayo'y manumbalik, Oh tumatalikod na mga anak, sabi ng Panginoon, sapagka't ako'y asawa ninyo; at kukuha ako sa inyo ng isa sa isang bayan, at dalawa sa isang angkan, at dadalhin ko kayo sa Sion.
15 [If you do that], I will appoint for you leaders with whom I am pleased, leaders who will guide you [well] because they will know and understand [what pleases me].
At bibigyan ko kayo ng mga pastor ayon sa aking kalooban, na kakandili sa inyo ng kaalaman at unawa.
16 And when you become very numerous [DOU] in your land, you will not need to talk about the Sacred Chest that contained the Ten Commandments. You will not think about it, and you will not want to make a new one.
At mangyayari, pagka kayo'y dumami at lumago sa lupain sa mga araw na yaon, sabi ng Panginoon, hindi na nila sasabihin, Ang kaban ng tipan ng Panginoon; ni mapapasaisip nila yaon: ni aalalahanin nila yaon: ni nanaisin nila yaon; ni mayayari pa man.
17 At that time people will say, “Jerusalem is [the place where] Yahweh’s throne is.” [People from] all nations will come there to worship me. And they will no longer stubbornly do the evil things that they desire.
Sa panahong yaon ay tatawagin nila ang Jerusalem na luklukan ng Panginoon, at lahat ng mga bansa ay mapipisan doon, sa pangalan ng Panginoon, sa Jerusalem: hindi na rin lalakad pa man sila ng ayon sa pagmamatigas ng kanilang masamang kalooban.
18 At that time you people [MTY] of Israel and the people of Judah will return from [being (exiled/forced to live) in] lands to the northeast. You will return to the land that I gave to your ancestors to belong to them [forever].
Sa mga araw na yaon ang sangbahayan ni Juda ay lalakad na kasama ng sangbahayan ni Israel, at sila'y manggagaling na magkasama sa lupain ng hilagaan sa lupain na ibinigay kong pinakamana sa inyong mga magulang.
19 You people of Israel, I wanted to accept you to be my children. I wanted to give you [this] delightful land. It is a land more desirable/pleasant than the land of any other nation! I wanted you to call me ‘father’, and I wanted you to never turn away from me.
Nguni't aking sinabi, Paanong ilalagay kita sa gitna ng mga anak, at bibigyan kita ng masayang lupain, ng mainam na mana ng mga hukbo ng mga bansa? at aking sinabi, Inyong tatawagin ako, Ama ko; at hindi ka na hihiwalay pa ng pagsunod sa akin.
20 But you have abandoned me like wives who have abandoned their husbands.’” [That is what] Yahweh said, and [I told it] to the people of Israel.
Tunay na kung paanong humihiwalay na may pagtataksil ang babae sa kaniyang asawa, gayon kayo nagsigawang may kataksilan sa akin, Oh sangbahayan ni Israel, sabi ng Panginoon.
21 People will hear a noise on the barren hilltops. It will be the noise made by people weeping and pleading [for God to be merciful to them]. They will be admitting/saying that they have forgotten Yahweh their God, and that they turned away from behaving as God wanted them to.
Isang tinig ay naririnig sa mga luwal na kaitaasan, ang iyak at ang mga samo ng mga anak ni Israel; sapagka't kanilang pinasama ang kanilang lakad, kanilang nilimot ang Panginoon nilang Dios.
22 Yahweh will say to them, “You Israeli people, come back to me! [If you do that], I will cause you to never turn away from me again.” [The people will reply], “We are returning to you, because you are Yahweh, our God.
Kayo'y manumbalik, kayong nagsisitalikod na mga anak, aking pagagalingin ang inyong mga pagtalikod. Narito, kami ay nagsiparito sa iyo; sapagka't ikaw ay Panginoon naming Dios.
23 We did not get any help from [the idols that we worshiped on] the hilltops; we did not get any help from making all that noise up there.
Tunay na walang kabuluhan ang tulong na maaasahan sa mga burol, ang kagulo sa mga bundok: tunay na nasa Panginoon naming Dios ang kaligtasan ng Israel.
24 From the time when we were young, the shameful [god Baal] has taken away [from us] everything that our ancestors worked hard to acquire. He has taken away their flocks [of sheep] and herds [of cattle], their sons and their daughters.
Nguni't nilamon ng nakahihiyang bagay ang gawa ng ating mga magulang na mula sa ating kabataan, ang kanilang mga kawan at ang kanilang mga bakahan, ang kanilang mga anak na lalake at babae.
25 So, now we should lie down feeling very ashamed [DOU], because we and our ancestors have sinned against Yahweh our God, and we have never obeyed him.”
Tayo'y magsihiga sa ating kahihiyan, at takpan tayo ng ating kalituhan: sapagka't tayo'y nangagkasala laban sa Panginoon nating Dios, tayo at ang ating mga magulang, mula sa ating kabataan hanggang sa araw na ito; at hindi tayo nakinig sa tinig ng Panginoon nating Dios.
