Jeremiah 8
1 Yahweh says, “At the time [that your corpses are scattered on the ground], [your enemies will] break open the graves of your kings and [other] officials who lived in Judah, and the graves of your priests and prophets and other people who lived there.
“‘Jehova Nyasaye wacho ni e kindego, choke mag ruodhi kod jotelo mag Juda, choke mag jodolo kod jonabi, kendo choke mag jo-Jerusalem nogol oko e liete mag-gi.
2 They will take out their bones [from their graves] and [dishonor them by] scattering them on the ground under the sun and the moon and the stars— those are the gods which my people loved and served and worshiped. No one will gather up their bones and bury them [again]; they will remain scattered on the ground like dung.
Chokego noyar oko e nyim chiengʼ gi dwe kod sulwe duto manie polo mane gihero kendo tiyonegi ma bende negiluwo bangʼ-gi ka gipenjo rieko kendo lamogi. Ok nochokgi kata ikgi, to ginichal ka owuoyo manie lowo.
3 And all the people of this wicked nation [who are still alive and] whom I have exiled to other countries will say, ‘We would prefer to die than to continue to stay alive [here in these countries].’ [That will be true because I], Yahweh, have said it.”
Kamoro amora ma ariembogi ka aterogie, to jogo duto motony mar oganda marachni noher tho kar ngima, Jehova Nyasaye Maratego owacho kamano.’
4 [Yahweh said to me, “Jeremiah], tell the people that this is what [I], Yahweh, am saying to them: ‘When people fall down, they get up again, do they not [RHQ]? When people are going along a road and find out that they are walking on the wrong road, they go back [and find the correct road], do they not [RHQ]?
“Wachnegi ni, ‘Ma e gima Jehova Nyasaye wacho: “‘Ka ji opodho mogore piny donge gia malo? Ka ngʼato oa, donge odwogo?
5 [Yes, they do], so why do these people [of Judah] continue [trusting in those idols that have deceived them]? They continue turning away from me, [even though I have warned them].
Marangʼo jogi ongʼanyo oa? Angʼo momiyo Jerusalem siko ringo? Gimoko kuom miriambo; gitamore duogo.
6 I have listened carefully [DOU] [to what they say], but they do not say what they should say. Not one of them is sorry for having sinned. No one says, “I have done [RHQ] wicked things.” They are [sinning and] doing what they want to as fast as [SIM] a horse that is running into a battle.
Asechiko ita malongʼo, to ok giwach gima adier. Onge ngʼama lokore weyo kuom timbegi mamono, kopenjo niya, “En angʼo ma asetimo?” Moro ka moro luwo yore owuon ka faras madhi e lweny.
7 All the birds [that fly south for the (winter/cold season)] know the time that they need to fly south, and they all return at the right time the following year. But my people [are not like those birds]! They do not know what [I], Yahweh, require them to do.
Kata mana nyamnaha manie kor polo ongʼeyo kindene moketne, kendo akuch odugla, opija gi ongo-wangʼ bende ongʼeyo ndalo mar dargi. To joga ok ongʼeyo dwach Jehova Nyasaye.
8 Your men who teach you [the laws that Moses wrote] have been saying false things [about those laws]. [So], why [RHQ] do they [continue] saying, “We are [very] wise [because] we have the laws of Yahweh”?
“‘Ere kaka inyalo wacho niya, “Wariek, nimar wan gi chik mar Jehova Nyasaye,” ka gadiera kalamb miriambo mar jondiko osetiyo kode e yor miriambo?
9 Those teachers, who think that [IRO] they are wise, will be ashamed/disgraced and dismayed when they are taken [to other countries by their enemies] because they sinned by rejecting what I told them. Truly, they were not [RHQ] very wise to do that!
Jomariek nokuod wigi; ginibed gi luoro mangʼeny kendo enomakgi. Nimar gisedagi wach Jehova Nyasaye, en rieko manade ma gin godo?
10 So, I will give their wives to other men; I will give their fields to [the enemy soldiers] who conquer them. All the people, including those who are important and those who are not important, deceive [others] in order to obtain their possessions. Even [my] prophets and my priests do that.
Emomiyo anachiw mondegi ne joma moko kendo puothegi ne jomanyien. Kochakore kuom ngʼat matin nyaka ngʼat maduongʼ, giduto giwuor ne yudo ohala; jonabi gi jodolo machalre, giduto gitimo timbe wuondruok.
11 [They act as though the sins of my people] are not serious, [like] [MET] wounds that do not need to be cleaned and bandaged. They tell the people that everything will go well with them, [but that is not true]; things will not go well with them.
Githiedho adhonde mag joga mana ka gima ok en gima lich. Giwacho niya, “Kwe, kwe,” kata kwe onge.
12 They should be [RHQ] ashamed when they do disgusting things [RHQ], but they do not even know how to show on their faces that they are ashamed [about their sins]. So, [they will be killed, and] their corpses [also] will lie among the corpses of others who have been slaughtered [by their enemies]. They will be killed when I punish them.
Donge wigi kuot gi timbegi mamono? Ooyo, gionge wichkuot kata matin; bende gionge leny kata wichkuot. Omiyo ginipodhi e dier joma opodho; enolwargi piny ka ikumogi, Jehova Nyasaye owacho.
13 I will [allow their enemies to] take away the figs and grapes that the people would have harvested from their fields. Their fruit trees will all wither. They will not receive [all] the blessings that I prepared for them. [This will certainly happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.’”
“‘Anakaw nyak mag-gi. Onge olemo manobedi e mzabibu. Onge olemb ngʼowu manobedi ewi yath, kendo itgi noner. Gima asemiyogi nomagi.’” An Jehova Nyasaye ema asewacho kamano.
14 [Then the people will say], “(Why should we wait here [in these small towns]?/We should not wait here [in these small towns].) [RHQ]! We should go to the cities that have high walls around them, [but even if we do that] we will be killed there, because Yahweh our God has decided that we must be destroyed; [it is as though] [MET] he has given us a cup of poison to drink, because we sinned against him.
Angʼo momiyo wabet ka? Chokreuru kaachiel! Waringuru wadhi e mier madongo mochiel motegno gohinga kendo watho kuno! Nimar Jehova Nyasaye, ma Nyasachwa osejwangʼowa mondo watho, kendo osemiyowa pi moketie sum mondo wamodhi, nikech wasetimo richo e nyime.
15 We hoped/desired that things would go well for us, but things have not gone well. We hoped that bad things would not happen to us any more, but only things that terrify us [are happening to us].
Ne wageno kwe to onge ber mosebiro, bende ne wageno kinde mag chang, to ne nitie mana thagruok.
16 People [far north in Israel] in [the city of] Dan can already hear the snorting of the horses of their enemies [who are preparing to attack us]. [It is as though] the entire land [of Judah] is shaking as their army approaches; they are coming to destroy our land and everything in it, the people and the cities.”
Giro mar farese mag wasigu iwinjo koa Dan; kendo ywak farese mathuondi miyo piny tetni. Gibiro tieko piny duto kod gik moko manie iye, dala maduongʼ kod ji duto modak kanyo.
17 [Yahweh says], “I will send [those enemy soldiers to Judah], and they will be like [MET] poisonous snakes among you. No one will be able to stop them from attacking you [MET]; they will attack you like snakes do, [and kill you].”
“Ne, anaor thuol man-gi kwiri e dieru, thuonde mager ma ok bo, kendo gini kau.” Jehova Nyasaye owacho.
18 I grieve very much [for the people of Judah], and my grieving does not end. I am very sad [IDM].
Yaye Jahochna e lit, chunya ool.
19 Throughout our land, the people ask, “Has Yahweh abandoned Jerusalem? Is [he], our city’s king, no longer there?” [Yahweh replies], “Why do the people cause me to become very angry by [worshiping] idols and foreign gods?” [RHQ]
Winj ywak joga koa e piny man mabor: “Donge Jehova Nyasaye ni Sayun? Ruodhe bende pod ni kuno adier?” “Angʼo momiyo gisemiya ich wangʼ gigigo ma giloso, kod nyisechegi mag pinje mamoko?”
20 [The people say], “The harvest [season] is finished, the (summer/hot season) has ended, [and we hoped that we would receive blessings from Yahweh], but he has not rescued us [from our enemies].”
“Ndalo keyo kod ndalo oro osekalo, to ok wakonyore.”
21 I cry because my people have been crushed. I mourn, and I am completely dismayed.
Nimar joga osehiny, an bende ahinyora; aywak kendo luoro omaka.
22 [I ask], “Surely there is [RHQ] medicinal balm in the Gilead [region]! Surely there are [RHQ] doctors there!” But my people have been badly wounded [in their spirits], and nothing can heal them.
Yath tinde orumo Gilead koso? Jathieth tinde onge kanyo koso? Kare ere gima omiyo adhond joga ok nyal chango?
