Jeremiah 3
1 “They say, ‘If a man puts away his wife, and she goes from him, and becomes another man’s, should he return to her again?’ Wouldn’t that land be greatly polluted? But you have played the prostitute with many lovers; yet return again to me,” says Yahweh.
Jehova Nyasaye wacho niya, “Ka dichwo oriembo chiege kendo chiege odhi moweye mi okende gi dichwo machielo, bende dodog ir dhakoni kendo? Donge pinyni dibed mochido chuth? To isedak kaka ochot man-gi johera mangʼeny bende koro diduog ira?
2 “Lift up your eyes to the bare heights, and see! Where have you not been lain with? You have sat waiting for them by the road, as an Arabian in the wilderness. You have polluted the land with your prostitution and with your wickedness.
Tingʼ wangʼi malo mondo ingʼiane kuonde motimo ongoro motingʼore mondo ine. Bende nitiere kamoro amora modongʼ e piny mapok iterorigo? E dir yo ne ibet piny ka irito johera magi, ibet piny ka jakwath mamanyo pi ne dhoge e piny motwo. Isedwanyo piny gi chode mari, kod timbegi mamono.
3 Therefore the showers have been withheld and there has been no latter rain; yet you have had a prostitute’s forehead and you refused to be ashamed.
Emomiyo osetuonu koth, kendo kodh chwiri pod ok ochwe. Kata kamano in gi neno machalo gi mar ochot; wiyi bende ok kuodi nikech ionge gi wichkuot.
4 Will you not from this time cry to me, ‘My Father, you are the guide of my youth!’?
Donge koro eka iwachona kama: Wuonwa, osiepna chakre tin-na,
5 “‘Will he retain his anger forever? Will he keep it to the end?’ Behold, you have spoken and have done evil things, and have had your way.”
inisik ka iyi owangʼ? Bende mirimbi biro bedo manyaka chiengʼ? Ma e kaka iwuoyo, to itimo timbe mamono duto minyalo.”
6 Moreover, Yahweh said to me in the days of Josiah the king, “Have you seen that which backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and has played the prostitute there.
E kinde mar loch Ruoth Josia, Jehova Nyasaye nowachona niya, “Bende iseneno gima Israel ma ok ja-ratiro otimo? Osedhi ewi gode duto matindo maboyo kendo e bwo yiende duto motimo otiep mi osechodo kanyo.
7 I said after she had done all these things, ‘She will return to me;’ but she didn’t return, and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
Ne aparo ni kane osetimo magi duto to ne odhi duogo ira makmana ne ok odwogo, kendo kata mana nyamin mare ma Juda ma ok ja-ratiro noneno mano.
8 I saw when, for this very cause, that backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a certificate of divorce, yet treacherous Judah, her sister, had no fear, but she also went and played the prostitute.
Ne amiyo Israel maonge gi yie baruwa mar weruok kendo mi ariembe nikech timbene duto mag chode. Kata kamano ne aneno ka nyamin-gi ma Juda maonge ratiro ne ok oluor; en bende nodhi kendo ochodo.
9 Because she took her prostitution lightly, the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with wood.
Nikech anjawo mar Israel nonenore gima tin, ne gidwanyo piny ka gilamo kite kod bepe.
10 Yet for all this her treacherous sister, Judah, has not returned to me with her whole heart, but only in pretense,” says Yahweh.
To kuom magi duto, nyamin mare ma Juda ma ok ja-adiera ka en ne ok odwogo ira gi chunye duto, to mana kuom wuondruok,” Jehova Nyasaye ema owacho.
11 Yahweh said to me, “Backsliding Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.
Jehova Nyasaye nowachona niya, “Israel maonge gi yie ler moloyo Juda ma ok ja-adiera.
12 Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, ‘Return, you backsliding Israel,’ says Yahweh; ‘I will not look in anger on you, for I am merciful,’ says Yahweh. ‘I will not keep anger forever.
Dhi mondo iland wachni yo nyandwat ni: “Jehova Nyasaye wacho niya, ‘Duogi in Israel maonge gi yie, ok anabed gi mirima kodi kendo, nimar an jangʼwono, iya ok bi wangʼ kodi nyaka chiengʼ.
13 Only acknowledge your iniquity, that you have transgressed against Yahweh your God, and have scattered your ways to the strangers under every green tree, and you have not obeyed my voice,’” says Yahweh.
Yie kethoni kende nikech isengʼanyone Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachi, isekayo timbegi mag ngʼwono mana ne nyiseche manono e bwo yiende motimo otiep, kendo pod ok iluora,’” Jehova Nyasaye ema owacho.
14 “Return, backsliding children,” says Yahweh, “for I am a husband to you. I will take one of you from a city, and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion.
Jehova Nyasaye wacho niya, “Dwoguru ira, un joga maonge yie, nimar an e chworu. Abiro yierou ka ngʼato achiel oa e dala to ji ariyo koa e anywola mi akelu Sayun.
15 I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.
Eka anamiu jokwath ma chunygi chal koda, mabiro telonu gi rieko kod winjo.”
16 It will come to pass, when you are multiplied and increased in the land in those days,” says Yahweh, “they will no longer say, ‘the ark of Yahweh’s covenant!’ It will not come to mind. They won’t remember it. They won’t miss it, nor will another be made.
Jehova Nyasaye wacho niya, “E ndalogo, kakwanu osemedore mangʼeny e piny, ji ok nochak owuo kawacho ni, ‘Sandug Muma mar singruok mar Jehova Nyasaye.’ Ok enodonji e parogi bende ok ginipare; ok nodware, kata moro ok nolosi kendo.
17 At that time they will call Jerusalem ‘Yahweh’s Throne;’ and all the nations will be gathered to it, to Yahweh’s name, to Jerusalem. They will no longer walk after the stubbornness of their evil heart.
E kindeno gibiro luongo Jerusalem ni Kom Loch mar Jehova Nyasaye, kendo ogendini duto nochokre ei Jerusalem mondo omi nying Jehova Nyasaye duongʼ. Ok ginichak gitim tim wich teko, bende ok ginibed gi chuny mar timo richo.
18 In those days the house of Judah will walk with the house of Israel, and they will come together out of the land of the north to the land that I gave for an inheritance to your fathers.
E ndalogo od Juda biro riwore gi od Israel, kendo giduto ginibi ka gia e piny ma yo nyandwat nyaka e piny mane amiyo kwereu kaka girkeni.
19 “But I said, ‘How I desire to put you among the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the armies of the nations!’ and I said, ‘You shall call me “My Father”, and shall not turn away from following me.’
“An awuon ne awacho niya, “‘Mano kaka dabed mamor ka akawou kaka yawuota kendo amiu piny mowinjore, girkeni maber mogik mar piny moro amora.’ Ne aparo ni unyalo luonga ni ‘Wuonwa,’ kendo ni ok unuwe luwa.
20 “Surely as a wife treacherously departs from her husband, so you have dealt treacherously with me, house of Israel,” says Yahweh.
To mana ka dhako ma ok ja-ratiro ne chwore, omiyo usebedo maonge gadieri kuoma, yaye od Israel,” Jehova Nyasaye ema owacho.
21 A voice is heard on the bare heights, the weeping and the petitions of the children of Israel; because they have perverted their way, they have forgotten Yahweh their God.
Ywak iwinjo e kuonde motingʼore motimo ongoro, en kuyo gi secho mar jo-Israel, nikech gisejwangʼo yoregi, kendo wigi osewil gi Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachgi.
22 Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backsliding. “Behold, we have come to you; for you are Yahweh our God.
“Dwoguru, un joma onge yie; abiro thiedhou kuom baro weyo yo.” “Ee, wabiro biro iri, nimar in Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachwa.
23 Truly help from the hills, the tumult on the mountains, is in vain. Truly the salvation of Israel is in Yahweh our God.
Adiera lamo nyiseche mopa ewi gode matindo, kod gode madongo en wuond; adier kuom Jehova Nyasaye, ma Nyasachwa, ema warruok mar Israel yudore.
24 But the shameful thing has devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
Chakre tinwa nyiseche manono mag wichkuot osechamo olemb tije wuonewa, ma gin kweth mar jamni, kod kweth mag dhok, yawuotgi kod nyigi.
25 Let us lie down in our shame, and let our confusion cover us; for we have sinned against Yahweh our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day. We have not obeyed Yahweh our God’s voice.”
We wanind piny e wichkuot marwa, kendo we timbewa maricho oumwa. Wasetimo richo ne Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachwa, wan kaachiel gi wuonewa; chakre ndalo mane wan rowere nyaka odiechiengni pod ok waluoro Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachwa.”
