Jeremiah 5
1 [Yahweh said to the people of Jerusalem], “Go up and down every street. Search in the marketplaces to find people who do what is fair/right, who try to be faithful to me. [If you find even one person like that], I will forgive [the people of Jerusalem and not destroy] their city.
Yelusaleme fi dunu! Dilia logoga hehenama! Ba: le gagama! Dilisu ba: ma! Bidi lasu soge amo ganodini hogoi helema! Dilia da moloidafa hamosu dunu afae ba: ma: bela: ? Dilia Godema mae hohonone moloidafa fa: no bobogesu dunu afae ba: ma: bela: ? Hame mabu! Be dilia agoaiwane dunu afae ba: sea, Hina Gode da Yelusaleme fi ilia wadela: i hou gogolema: ne olofomu.
2 But when people there say, ‘I solemnly declare that as surely as Yahweh lives, [I will do what he says],’ they are lying.”
Dilia da Hina Godema nodone sia: ne gadosa, dilisu da sia: sa. Be dilia da ogogosa.
3 Yahweh, you are certainly [RHQ] searching for [people who tell the] truth. You struck/punished your people, but they did not pay any attention. You crushed them, but they ignored what you were telling them to do. They were extremely stubborn [IDM] and refused to return to you.
Hina Gode da mae hohonone moloidafa fa: no bobogesu hou hogosa. E da dili fai dagoi, be dilia amo hame dawa: i galu. E da dili goudale fasi, be dilia da amoba: le dilia hou hame hahamoi. Dilia da ga: nasi hamoiba: le, dilia wadela: i hou fisimusa: hame dawa: iou.
4 I thought, “[We cannot expect] these [people to act righteously, because they] are poor; they do not have any sense. They do not know the way Yahweh wants them to conduct their lives; they do not know what God requires them to do.
Amalalu, na da agoane dawa: i, “Amo da hame gagui amola hame dawa: su dunu fawane. Ilia da gagaoui agoane hamosa. Ilia Gode Ea hanai amo hame dawa:
5 So, I will go and talk to their leaders, because they [surely] know how God wants them to conduct their lives.” But they also have stopped obeying Yahweh [MET], and they will not allow him to lead them.
Amaiba: le, na da ouligisu hou gagui dunu ilima asili, ilima sia: mu. Na da agoane dawa: , ‘Ilia da Gode Ea hanai dawa: mu. Ilia hamoma: ne, Hina Gode Ea sia: i liligi ilia da dawa: mu.’ Be ilia huluane da Hina Gode Ea ouligisu hou amo higale yolesi dagoi. Ilia da Ea sia: nabimu higasa.
6 Because of that, lions will come out of the forests and kill them; wolves from the desert will attack them; leopards that lurk/wait outside their cities will maul anyone who walks outside the cities. [Those things will happen] because the people have sinned very much against God and have turned away from him very frequently.
Amaiba: le, iwilaga esalebe laione wa: me da ili medole legemu. Hafoga: i sogega esalebe ‘wufi’ wa: me da ili medole legele, dadalega: mu. Amola ‘lebade’ wa: me da ilia moilai amo ganodini wamowane manebe ba: mu. Amo dunu da ilia diasu gadili ahoasea, ilia da: i da gadelale fofonoboi dagoi ba: mu. Bai ilia wadela: i hou hamoi da bagohame. Amola eso huluane, mae fisili, ilia da Godema baligi fa: su.
7 Yahweh says, “I cannot [RHQ] forgive these people; [even] their children have abandoned me. When they solemnly declare something, they ask their gods [to show that what they say is true]. I gave my people everything that they needed, but they often went to [the shrines of their idols] and committed adultery there.
Hina Gode da amane adole ba: i, “Na da abuliba: le Na fi ilia wadela: i hou gogolema: ne olofoma: bela: ? Ilia da Na yolesili, ogogosu ‘gode’ ilima nodone sia: ne gadosu. Na fi dunu sadima: ne, Na da ha: i manu iligili i. Be ilia da inia uda adole lasu hou hamosu amola hina: da: i bidi lasu uda ilima fa: no bobogei.
8 [Just like] [MET] well-fed male horses neigh, wanting sex with female horses, each of the men desires to have sex with his neighbor’s wife.
Ilia da hosi gawali amo da sadi dagoi amola aseme amoma fima: ne nimi bagade hamosa, amo defele gala. Ilia afae afae ea na: iyado idua amo lale, gilisili golamu hanai bagade.
9 (Should I not punish them for this [RHQ]?/I will certainly get revenge on this nation for this!) I will certainly get revenge [RHQ] on this nation whose people behave like that!
Ilia da amo hou hamobeba: le, Na da ilima se imunu da defea. Agoaiwane fi ilima dabe imunu da defea.
10 [I will say to your enemies], ‘The people [of Judah and Israel are like a vineyard]. Go along the rows in their vineyards and get rid of [most of] the people, but do not kill all of them. These people do not belong to me, [so get rid of them], [like a gardener] [MET] lops/cuts off branches from a vine.
Na da ha lai dunu amo Na fi dunu ilia waini sagai hedofama: ne asunasimu. Be amo da dafawane wadela: lesi ebelei dagoi hame ba: mu. Na da ha lai amoma, e da amoda huluane gole fasima: ne Na da sia: mu. Bai amo amoda da Na: hame.
11 The people of Israel and Judah have turned away from me completely.’
Isala: ili dunu amola Yuda dunu da Na dafawanedafa hohonoi. Na, Hina Gode, da sia: i dagoi.”
12 They have lied about me and said, ‘He will not punish us! He will not cause us to experience disasters! We will not experience wars or famines!
Hina Gode Ea fi dunu da E yolesi. Ilia da amane sia: sa, “Gode da ninima se hame imunu. Ninia da gasa bagade hou hame ba: mu. Ninia da gegesu amola ha: su hame ba: mu.”
13 What [God’s] prophets say is nothing but hot air! They do not have messages [from God]! We would like [the disasters that they predict] to happen to them!’”
14 So, this is what Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels in heaven, has said to me: “Because my people are saying those things, I will give you a message to tell them [MTY] that will be [like] [MET] a fire, and [these people will be like] [MET] wood that the fire will burn up.
Ilia da amane sia: sa, “Balofede dunu ilia sia: da fo fawane. Ilia da Hina Gode Ea sia: hame gaguli maha.” Hina Gode Bagadedafa da nama amane sia: i, “Yelemaia! Amo dunu da agoane sia: beba: le, Na da sia: dia lafiga gala amo lalu agoane hamomu. Na fi dunu da lalu ifa agoane ba: mu, amola Na agoane sia: nanu ili da nei dagoi ba: mu.”
15 Listen to this, you people of Israel: I will bring [the army of] a distant nation to attack you. It is a very powerful nation that has existed for a long time. They speak a language that you do not know and which you will not be able to understand.
Isala: ili dunu! Dilia! Hina Gode da fi sedagaga esalebe, amo dilima doaga: la: ma: ne, oule misunu. Amo fi da gasa bagade hemone fi amola dilia da ilia sia: hame dawa:
16 Their soldiers are all very strong, and the arrows from their quivers [MET] will (send many Israeli men to their graves/cause many Israeli people to die).
Ilia dadi gagui dunu da gasa bagade. Ilia da mae asigili medole lelegelala.
17 They will eat the food that you have harvested from your fields, and eat your bread. They will kill your sons and daughters, and they will kill your flocks [of sheep] and herds [of cattle]. They will eat your grapes and your figs. They will [also] destroy your cities that have high walls around them and kill the people with their swords.
Ilia da dilia ha: i manu amola bugi huluane na dagomu. Ilia da dilia dunu mano amola uda mano huluane medole lelegemu. Ilia da dilia sibi amola bulamagau gilisisu medole legemu. Amola dilia waini efe amola figi ifa ilia da wadela: lesimu. Dilia gagili sali moilai da dili gaga: mu, dilia dawa: sa. Be ilia dadi gagui da amo huluane mugululi wadela: lesimu.”
18 But even when those things happen, I will not get rid of all of you.
Hina Gode da amane sia: sa, “Be amo se nabasu esoga, Na da Na fi dunu huluanedafa hame wadela: lesimu. Afae afae da esalebe ba: mu.
19 And when the survivors ask, ‘Why is Yahweh our God doing this to us?’ you will tell them, ‘You rejected him and worshiped foreign gods in your [own] land, so [now] you will become slaves of foreigners in a land that is not your land.’”
Amola, Yelemaia, di! Ilia da Na da abuliba: le amo hou hamobela: le adole ba: sea, ilima bu adole ima, ‘Bai ilia da Na yolesili, ilia soge ganodini ga fi ogogosu ‘gode’ ilima hawa: hamosu, amo defele ilia da eno fi dunu ilia soge ganodini, amo ga fi dunu ilia se iasu hawa: hamosu hamonanumu.’”
20 [Yahweh said to me], “Proclaim this to the people of Israel and Judah:
Hina Gode da amane sia: sa, “Ya: igobe egaga fi, amola Yuda fi dunu ilima amane sia: ma,
21 Listen to this, you people who are foolish and who do not have any sense: You have eyes, but [it is as though] you cannot see; you have ears, but [it is as though] you cannot hear.
‘Dilia gagaoui amola hame dawa: su dunu! Dawa: ma: i! Dilia da si gala be ba: mu gogolei! Dilia da ge gala be hame naba!
22 Why do you not revere me [RHQ]? You should [RHQ] tremble when you are in my presence! I, Yahweh, am the one who put a barrier along the shores so that the waters of the ocean cannot cross it [and flood the land]. The waves roll and roar, but they cannot go past that barrier.
Na da Hina Gode! Dilia abuliba: le Nama hame nodone beda: bela: ? Dilia da abuliba: le Na midadi hame yagugusala: ? Na da sa: iboso amo hano wayabo bagade ea alalo legei dagoi. Amo alalo legesu da eso huluane dialumu, amola hano bagade da amo baligimu hame dawa: Hano bagade da gafulusa be amo alalo legesu hame baligisa. Hano gafului da fugala: sa, be osoba amo ganodini golili misunu hame dawa:
23 But you people [are not like the waves that obey me]. You people are very stubborn and rebellious. You have constantly turned away from me.
Be dilia Na fi dunu! Dilia da gasa fili, odoga: su dunu. Dilia da la: ididili asili, Na yolesi.
24 You do not say to yourselves, ‘We should revere Yahweh our God, the one who sends us rain at the times when we need it, the one who causes the grain to become ripe at the harvest season.’
Na da woufo gibu amola mugi gibu dilima iasu amola dilia hahawane bugi gamini moma: ne eso dilima iasu. Be dilia da Nama nodomu hame dawa: i galu.
25 It is because of the wrong things that you have done, that those good things have not happened; it is because of the sins that you have committed that you have been prevented from receiving those blessings.
Be dilia da wadela: le hamobeba: le, amo liligi ida: iwane hame ba: i.
26 Among my people are wicked people who hide along the roads to ambush/attack people like [SIM] men who hunt birds (put out nets/set traps) to catch them.
Na fi dunu gilisisu ganodini da wadela: idafa dunu esalebe. Ilia da dunu ilia sio sa: ima: ne sanebe, amo defele dunu dafama: ne, sanigesa.
27 Like [a hunter has] a cage full of birds [that he has captured], their homes are full of things that they have gotten by deceiving others. So now they are [very] rich and powerful.
Benea ahoasu dunu da sio lale, ea gagili amo ganodini sala, amo defele ilia inia liligi lale, ilia diasu nabama: ne ligisisa. Amaiba: le, ilia da bagade gagui amola gasa bagade ba: sa.
28 They are big and fat, and there is no limit to the evil things that they have done. They do not try to defend orphans in the courtrooms, and they do not help poor people to get what they have a right to receive.
Ilia da sadi dagoi amola dunu basului agoane ba: sa. Ilia da baligili, mae yolele, wadela: i hou hamonana. Ilia da guluba: mano hame fidisa, amola hame gagui banenesi dunu ilima moloidafa fofada: su imunu hame dawa:
29 So I will certainly [RHQ] punish them for doing those things. I will certainly [RHQ] (get revenge on their nation/do to their nation what they deserve).
Be Na, Hina Gode, da ilia wadela: i hou hamobeba: le, ilima se imunu. Na da amo fima dabe imunu.
30 Very appalling/horrible and terrible [DOU] things are happening in this country:
Yuda soge ganodini, fofogadigisu wadela: i houdafa da doaga: i dagoi.
31 Prophets speak [only] lies and priests rule by their own authority, and you people like that! But when you [start to] experience disasters, what will you do [RHQ]?”
Balofede dunu da ogogole fawane sia: sa. Gobele salasu dunu da balofede dunu ilia sia: defele ouligisa, amola Na fi dunu da ilia wadela: i logo hame hedofasa. Be amo hou ea dabe doaga: sea, ilia da adi hamoma: bela: ?’”
