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.
“Sinabi nila, 'Pinapaalis ng isang lalaki ang kaniyang asawa, kaya umalis siya at naging asawa ng ibang lalaki. Dapat ba siyang bumalik muli sa kaniyang asawang babae? Hindi ba siya ganap ng marumi?' Ang babaing iyan ay ang lupaing ito! Kumilos ka na gaya ng babaing bayaran na may maraming kakampi at ngayon nais mo bang bumalik sa akin? Ito ang pahayag ni Yahweh.
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.
Tumingala ka sa mga tigang na burol at tingnan mo! Saan ka hindi nakipagsiping? Nakaupo ka sa mga tabing-daan at hinihintay ang iyong mga mangingibig, gaya ng isang taong pagala-gala sa ilang. Dinungisan mo ang lupain ng iyong kahalayan at 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 pinigilan ko ang pagbuhos ng ulan ng tagsibol at hindi na pumatak ang huling ulan. Ngunit mapagmataas ang iyong mukha, gaya ng mukha ng babaing bayaran. Tinanggihan mong maramdaman ang kahihiyan.
4 Now each of you says to me, ‘You are my father! You have loved me ever since I was young!
Hindi ka ba tatawag sa akin simula sa oras na ito, 'Aking ama! Ikaw ang pinakamatalik kong kaibigan magmula pa sa aking kabataan.
5 So surely you will not [RHQ] be angry with me forever!’ But you will not quit sinning!”
Magagalit ka ba magpakailanman? Palagi mo bang itatago ang iyong galit?' Tingnan mo! Ipinahayag mo na gagawa ka ng kasamaan at ginawa mo ito. Kaya ipagpatuloy mo itong gawin!”
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].
Kaya sinabi sa akin ni Yahweh sa mga araw ni Josias na hari, 'Nakikita mo ba kung gaano kataksil ang Israel sa akin? Nagtutungo siya sa bawat mataas na bundok at sa ilalim ng bawat mayabong na punong kahoy at doon, siya ay kumikilos gaya ng babaing bayaran.
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].
Sinabi ko, 'Pagkatapos niyang gawin ang lahat ng mga bagay na ito, babalik siya sa akin,' ngunit hindi siya bumalik. At nakita ng taksil niyang kapatid na Juda ang kaniyang ginawa.
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].
Kaya nakita ko na sa lahat ng mga dahilang ito, nangalunya siya. Israel na tuluyang tumalikod! Pinalayas ko siya at binigyan ng mga atas ng pakikipaghiwalay. Ngunit hindi natakot ang taksil niyang kapatid na Juda, lumabas at kumilos din siya gaya ng babaing bayaran!
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.
Walang halaga sa kaniya na dinungisan niya ang lupain, kaya gumawa sila ng mga diyus-diyosan mula sa bato at punongkahoy.
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 pagkatapos ng lahat ng ito, hindi bumalik sa akin nang buong puso ang taksil niyang kapatid na Juda, kundi isang kasinungalingan! Ito ang pahayag ni Yahweh.”
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 ni Yahweh sa akin, “Ang taksil na Israel ay mas matuwid kaysa 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.
Pumunta ka at ihayag ang mga salitang ito sa hilaga. Sabihin mo, 'Magbalik ka taksil na Israel. Ito ang pahayag ni Yahweh. Sapagkat tapat ako, hindi ako mananatiling galit magpakailanman. Ito ang pahayag ni Yahweh
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.
Aminin mo ang iyong malaking kasalanan, sapagkat lumabag ka laban kay Yahweh na iyong Diyos, nakisama ka sa mga dayuhan sa ilalim ng bawat mayabong na punongkahoy! Sapagkat hindi mo pinakinggan ang aking tinig! Ito ang pahayag ni Yahweh.
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].
Magbalik kayo mga taksil na tao! Sapagkat pinakasalan ko kayo! Kukunin ko kayo, isa sa isang lungsod, dalawa sa isang angkan at dadalhin ko kayo sa Zion! Ito ang pahayag ni Yahweh.
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].
Bibigyan ko kayo ng mga pastol na umiibig sa akin at pamumunuan nila kayo nang may katalinuhan at kaalaman.
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 nga na dadami kayo at mamumunga sa lupain sa mga araw na iyon. Ito ang pahayag ni Yahweh. Hindi na nila sasabihin, “Ang kaban ng tipan ni Yahweh!” Hindi na aalalahanin ng kanilang mga puso ang bagay na ito, sapagkat hindi na nila iisipin ang tungkol dito o bibigyang pansin ito. Ang pahayag na ito ay hindi na gagawin.'
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 oras na iyon ihahayag nila ang tungkol sa Jerusalem, 'Ito ang trono ni Yahweh at magtitipon ang lahat ng bansa sa Jerusalem sa ngalan ni Yahweh. Hindi na sila maglalakad sa katigasan ng kanilang mga masasamang puso.
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 iyon, maglalakad ang sambahayan ng Juda kasama ang sambahayan ng Israel. Magkasama silang pupunta mula sa lupain sa hilaga patungo sa lupaing ibinigay ko sa inyong mga ninuno bilang kanilang mana.
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.
Para sa akin, sinabi ko, 'Gayon na lamang kita nais parangalan bilang aking anak na lalaki at bigyan ka ng kaaya-ayang lupain, isang mana na mas maganda kaysa sa anumang nasa ibang bansa!' Sasabihin ko, 'Tatawagin mo ako, “aking Ama”.' Sasabihin ko na hindi ka dapat tumalikod sa 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.
Ngunit gaya ng isang babaing taksil sa kaniyang asawa, pinagtaksilan mo ako, sambahayan ng Israel. Ito ang pahayag ni Yahweh.”
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 ingay ang narinig sa mga kapatagan, ang pag-iyak at pagsusumamo ng mga Israelita! Sapagkat binago nila ang kanilang mga pamamaraan, nilimot nila ako, si Yahweh na kanilang Diyos.
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.
Magbalik kayo, mga taong taksil! Pagagalingin ko kayo sa inyong kataksilan!” “Masdan! Lalapit kami sa iyo, sapagkat ikaw si Yahweh na aming Diyos!
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.
Kasinungalingan lamang ang nagmumula sa mga burol, mula sa mga kabundukan. Tiyak na ang kaligtasan ng Israel ay na kay Yahweh lamang na ating Diyos.
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.
Ngunit inubos ng kahiya-hiyang mga diyus-diyosan ang pinaghirapan ng ating mga ninuno, ang kanilang mga kawan at baka, ang kanilang mga anak na lalaki 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.”
Humiga tayo sa kahihiyan. Takpan nawa tayo ng ating kahihiyan, sapagkat nagkasala tayo kay Yahweh na ating Diyos! Tayo mismo at ang ating mga ninuno, mula sa panahon ng ating kabataan hanggang sa kasalukuyan ay hindi nakinig sa tinig ni Yahweh na ating Diyos.
