Jeremiah 6
1 Strengthen yourselves, sons of Benjamin, From the midst of Jerusalem, And in Tekoa blow ye a trumpet, And over Beth-Haccerem lift ye up a flame, For evil hath been seen from the north, And great destruction.
“Un jo-Benjamin, ringuru utony! Ringuru ua Jerusalem! Gouru turumbete Tekoa! Keturu ranyisi ewi Beth Hakerem! Nimar masira aa yo nyandwat, kod kethruok malich.
2 The comely and the delicate one I have cut off, The daughter of Zion.
Anatiek nyar Sayun, ma ber neno kendo ma dende yom.
3 Unto her come do shepherds and their droves, They have stricken tents by her round about, They have fed each [in] his own station.
Jokwath kod jambgi noked kode; ginigur hembegi molwore, ka moro ka moro rito kare owuon.”
4 Sanctify ye against her the battle, Rise, and we go up at noon. Woe to us, for turned hath the day, For stretched out are the shades of evening,
“Ikri mar kedo kode! Wuoguru, wadhi wamonjgi e dier odiechiengʼ! To mano kaka ler mar odiechiengʼ bedo ma dimdim, kendo tipo mag odhiambo yware.
5 'Rise, and we go up by night, And we destroy her palaces.'
Omiyo aa malo, wamonjgi gotieno kendo waketh ohingane motegno!”
6 For thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Cut down her wood, And pour out against Jerusalem a mount, She [is] the city to be inspected, Wholly — she is oppression in her midst.
Ma e gima Jehova Nyasaye Maratego wacho: “Ngʼad yiende kendo iger pidhe mondo wamonj Jerusalem. Dala maduongʼni nyaka kum; nikech opongʼ gi joma hinyo jowadgi.
7 As the digging of a well, is [for] its waters, So she hath digged [for] her wickedness, Violence and spoil is heard in her, Before My face continually [are] sickness and smiting.
Kaka soko olo pige oko, e kaka en bende oolo timbene mamono. Lweny kod kethruok mor e iye; tuone kod adhondene osiko e nyima.
8 Be instructed, O Jerusalem, Lest My soul be alienated from thee, Lest I make thee a desolation, a land not inhabited.
Winj siem, yaye Jerusalem, ka ok kamano to abiro weyi, mi awe pinyi nono, ma ngʼato angʼata ok nyal dak e iye.”
9 Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: They surely glean, as a vine, the remnant of Israel, Put back thy hand, as a gatherer to the baskets.
Ma e gima Jehova Nyasaye Maratego wacho: “Mad gidwog jo-Israel modongʼ kaka jochok olemb mzabibu; ngʼauru bedeu e bede yath, mana kaka ngʼama pono olemo.”
10 To whom do I speak, and testify, and they hear? Lo, their ear [is] uncircumcised, And they are not able to attend. Lo, a word of Jehovah hath been to them for a reproach, They delight not in it.
En ngʼa ma anyalo wuoyogo kendo miyo siemni? En ngʼa manyalo winja? Itgi odino omiyo ok ginyal winjo wach. Wach Jehova Nyasaye chwanyogi; ok gine gima ber kuome.
11 And with the fury of Jehovah I have been filled, (I have been weary of containing, ) To pour [it] on the suckling in the street, And on the assembly of youths together, For even husband with wife are captured, An elder with one full of days,
To apongʼ gi mirima mar Jehova Nyasaye, kendo ok anyal lingʼ kode. “Ole oko kuom nyithindo manie yore, kendo kuom yawuowi mochokore kanyakla; dichwo kaachiel gi dhako gini nomaki, kod joma oti, jogo mahikgi oniangʼ.
12 And their houses have been turned to others, Fields and wives together, For I stretch out My hand against the inhabitants of the land, An affirmation of Jehovah.
Utegi ibiro miyo joma moko, kaachiel gi puothegi kod mondegi, ka arieyo lweta kuom jogo modak e piny,” Jehova Nyasaye owacho.
13 For from their least unto their greatest, Every one is gaining dishonest gain, And from prophet even unto priest, Every one is dealing falsely,
“Chakre ngʼama tin nyaka ngʼama duongʼ, giduto girikni ka gidwaro mwandu e yor miganga; jonabi kod jodolo chalre, giduto gin jo-miriambo.
14 And they heal the breach of the daughter of my people slightly, Saying, 'Peace, peace!' and there is no peace.
Githiedho adhonde mag joga mana ka gima ok en gima lich. Giwacho niya, ‘Kwe, kwe,’ kata mana ka kwe onge.
15 They were ashamed when they did abomination! Yea, they are not at all ashamed, Yea, blushing they have not known, Therefore they do fall among those falling, In the time I have inspected them, They stumble, said Jehovah.
Bende gin-gi wichkuot kuom timbegi makwero? Ooyo, gionge wichkuot kata mana matin; ok gingʼeyo kata kaka ginyalo wuondore. Omiyo gibiro podho mana kaka joma moko mopodho; kendo ibiro dwokgi piny kakumogi,” Jehova Nyasaye owacho.
16 Thus said Jehovah: Stand ye by the ways and see, and ask for paths of old, Where [is] this — the good way? and go ye in it, And find rest for yourselves. And they say, 'We do not go.'
Ma e gima Jehova Nyasaye wacho: “Chunguru e akek yore kendo urang wangʼ yore machon; penjuru kuma yo maber nitie, mondo uwuothie, kendo unuyud yweyo e chunyu. To ne uwacho ni, ‘Ok wanaluwe.’
17 And I have raised up for you watchmen, Attend ye to the voice of the trumpet. And they say, 'We do not attend.'
Ne aketonu jorito kendo awacho, ‘Chikuru itu ne turumbete!’ To ne uwacho, ‘Ok wanachik itwa.’
18 Therefore hear, O nations, and know, O company, That which [is] upon them.
Omiyo winjuru, yaye un ogendini; ranguru malongʼo, yaye un joneno, gima biro timore negi.
19 Hear, O earth, lo, I am bringing evil on this people, The fruit of their devices, For to My words they gave no attention, And My law — they kick against it.
Winji, yaye piny: Akelo masira ne jogi, ma en olemo mar pachgi maricho, nikech gitamore winjo wechena, kendo gisedagi chikna.
20 Why [is] this to Me? frankincense from Sheba cometh, And the sweet cane from a land afar off, Your burnt-offerings [are] not for acceptance, And your sacrifices have not been sweet to Me.
Ere tiend ubani mangʼwe ngʼar moa kuom Sheba kata niangʼ ma milimili moa e piny mabor? Chiwo magu mag misengini miwangʼo pep ok ayiego; misango magu ok mora.”
21 Therefore thus said Jehovah: Lo, I do give to this people stumbling blocks, And stumbled against them have fathers and sons together, The neighbour and his friend do perish.
Emomiyo ma e gima Jehova Nyasaye wacho: “Anaket rachwany e nyim jogi. Wuone kod yawuowi nochwanyre kuomgi; jogo modak mokiewo kodgi kod osiepe nolal nono.”
22 Thus said Jehovah: Lo, a people hath come from a north country, And a great nation is stirred up from the sides of the earth.
Ma e gima Jehova Nyasaye wacho: “Neuru, jolweny biro koa e piny man yo nyandwat; oganda maduongʼ itugo koa e tunge piny.
23 Bow and javelin they take hold of, Fierce it [is], and they have no mercy, Their voice as a sea doth sound, And on horses they ride, set in array as a man of war, Against thee, O daughter of Zion.
Gimanore gi atungʼ kod tongʼ; giger kendo gionge ngʼwono. Gimor ka nam mogingore ka giriembo faresegi; gibiro ka ji mochanore komanore gi gige lweny mondo gimonju, yaye Nyar Sayun.”
24 'We have heard its sound, feeble have been our hands, Distress hath seized us, pain as of a travailing woman.
Wasewinjo humbgi, kendo bedewa onge gi teko. Rem malich osemakowa, ka rem mar dhako mamuoch kayo.
25 Go not forth to the field, And in the way walk not, For a sword hath the enemy, fear [is] round about.
Kik udhi e puothe kata uwuothie yore, nimar jasigu nigi ligangla, kendo nitie luoro kamoro amora.
26 O daughter of My people, Gird on sackcloth, and roll thyself in ashes, The mourning of an only one make for thee, A lamentation most bitter, For suddenly come doth the spoiler against us.
Yaye joga, rwakuru lepu mag ywak kendo ngʼielreuru e buru; gouru nduru ka udengo malit mana ka ngʼama ywago wuode achiel kende, nimar apoya nono jaketh gik moko biro podho kuomwa.
27 A watch-tower I have given thee, Among My people a fortress, And thou knowest, and hast tried their way.
“Aseketi rapim mipimogo chumbe to joga kama ikunye chumbe, mondo mi ingʼi kendo ipim yoregi.
28 All of them are turned aside by apostates, Walking slanderously — brass and iron, All of them are corrupters.
Giduto gin jongʼanyo ma tokgi tek ta, ka gidhi ka gi kacha mar kuotho. Gin nyinyo kod chuma; giduto gin jomecho.
29 The bellows have been burnt, By fire hath the lead been consumed, In vain hath a refiner refined, And the wicked have not been drawn away.
Kata obedo ni jotheth moko mach matek mondo oleny fedha, kendo opwodhi, to mano en mana kayiem nono; kamano bende joma richo ok nyal pwodhore.
30 'Silver rejected,' they have called to them, For Jehovah hath kicked against them!
Iluongogi ni fedha mojwangʼ, nikech Jehova Nyasaye osejwangʼogi.”
