Jeremiah 2
1 LEUM GOD El fahk nu sik
And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying,
2 in sulkakin mwe fahkak se inge nu sin mwet nukewa in Jerusalem. “Nga esam lupan pwaye ac oaru lom nu sik ke kom srakna mutan fusr, Fuka lupan lungse lom nu sik ke kut tufahna payukyak. Kom tuh fahsrna tukuk in acn mwesis, Sie acn ma soenna oasr ma yok we.
“Go, and you have called in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus said YHWH: I have remembered for you The kindness of your youth, the love of your espousals, Your going after Me in a wilderness, in a land not sown.
3 Israel, kom tuh sriyukla in ma na luk; Kom sie ma mutal nu sik mukena. Nga fah supu mwe keok ac mwe ongoiya Nu faclos nukewa su akkeokye kom. Nga, LEUM GOD, pa fahk ma inge.”
Israel [is] holy to YHWH, The first-fruit of His increase, All consuming him are guilty, Calamity comes to them,” A declaration of YHWH.
4 Porongo mwe fahkak lun LEUM GOD, kowos fwilin tulik natul Jacob ac sruf lun Israel.
Hear a word of YHWH, O house of Jacob, And all you families of the house of Israel—
5 LEUM GOD El fahk: “Ma koluk fuka papa matu tomowos ah konauk in nga? Efu ku elos forla likiyu? Elos alu nu ke ma sruloala ma wangin sripa, Oru elos ekla pac mwet wangin sripa.
Thus said YHWH: “What perversity have your fathers found in Me, That they have gone far off from Me, And go after vanity, and become vain,
6 Elos tiana nunku keik, Nga ne molelosla liki acn Egypt Ac kololosme sasla yen mwesis; Sie acn turangang ac pukanten luf we, Sie acn pao ac facl in misa, Yen wangin mwet muta we Ac wangin pac mwet fufahsryesr we.
And have not said, Where [is] YHWH, Who brings us up out of the land of Egypt, Who leads us in a wilderness, In a land of deserts and pits, In a dry land, and of death-shade, In a land that none has passed through, Nor has man dwelt there?
7 Nga usalosme nu in sie facl kasrup ac wo fohk we, Elos in insewowo ke kosrani we ac ke ma wo pac saya. A elos tuh akkolukyela facl sik; Elos akfohkfokyela facl se su nga sang nu selos.
Indeed, I bring you into a land of fruitful fields, To eat its fruit and its goodness, And you come in and defile My land, And have made My inheritance an abomination.
8 Mwet tol elos tiana siyuk, ‘LEUM GOD El oasr oya?’ Elos su sasla ke ma sap elos tia eteyu. Mwet kol elos tuyak lainyu. Mwet palu kaskas ke inen Baal, Ac alu nu ke ma sruloala lusrongten.
The priests have not said, Where [is] YHWH? And those handling the Law have not known Me. And the shepherds transgressed against Me, And the prophets have prophesied by Ba‘al, And have gone after those who do not profit.
9 “Ouinge nga, LEUM GOD, fah akkalemye ma nga lain kowos kac. Nga fah tia tui in lain fwilin tulik nutuwos.
Therefore, I yet plead with you,” A declaration of YHWH, “And I plead with your sons’ sons.
10 Som nu layen roto, nu ke tuka Cyprus, Ac supwala sie mwet nu layen kutulap nu in facl Kedar. Kowos fah liye lah wangin kain inge nu sikyak meet.
For pass to the islands of Chittim and see, And send to Kedar and consider well, And see if there has been [anything] like this:
11 Wangin sie mutunfacl nu aolla god la uh, God inge finne tia god pwaye. A mwet luk uh tuh sisyula, God se su akwoyalos, Ac elos forla nu ke god ma tia ku in oru kutena ma nu selos.
Has a nation changed gods? (And they [are] no gods!) And My people has changed its glory For that which does not profit.
12 Ke ma inge nga sapkin yen engyeng uh in rarrarak ke mwe aksangeng, In fwefela ac oela,
Be astonished, you heavens, at this, Indeed, be frightened, be greatly desolated,” A declaration of YHWH.
13 Tuh mwet luk elos orala ma koluk luo: Elos forla likiyu, Nga su unon in kof loslos nu selos, Ac elos pukanak lufin kof — Lufin kof su wohn ac tia ku in sruokya kof.
“For My people have done two evils, They have forsaken Me, a fountain of living waters, To hew out for themselves wells—broken wells, That do not contain the waters.
14 “Israel el tia sie mwet kohs; Tia osweyukla el nu ke moul in kohs. Na efu ku mwet lokoalok lal suk in sruokilya?
[Is] Israel a servant? Is he a child of the house? Why has he been for a prey?
15 Elos kouyak nu sel oana pusren lion uh. Elos kunausla facl sel, oan mwesasla, Ac siti we musalla ac wanginla mwet muta we.
Young lions roar against him, They have given forth their voice, And make his land become a desolation, His cities have been burned without inhabitant.
16 Aok, mwet Memphis ac Tahpanhes Elos fukulya sri in ahlunsifal.
Also sons of Noph and Tahapanes Consume you—the crown of the head!
17 Israel, kom na pa sifacna oru in upa nu sum! Kom sisyula, LEUM GOD lom, Ke nga tuh pwen kom inkanek uh.
Do you not do this to yourself? [By] your forsaking your God YHWH, At the time He is leading you in the way?
18 Ya oasr ma ac wo nu sum kom fin som nu Egypt In nim kof ke Infacl Nile? Ya oasr ma ac wo nu sum kom fin som nu Assyria In nim kof ke Infacl Euphrates?
And now, why do you [go] in the way of Egypt, To drink the waters of Sihor? And why do you [go] in the way of Asshur, To drink the waters of the River?
19 Ma koluk lom sifacna ac fah kai kom, Ac forla lom likiyu fah liskomla. Kom ac fah akilen lah sie ma na koluk ac mwen Pa in sisla LEUM GOD lom, Ac tila inse pwaye nu sik. Nga, LEUM GOD Fulatlana ac Kulana, pa fahk ma inge.”
Your wickedness instructs you, And your backslidings reprove you, Know and see that an evil and a bitter thing [is] your forsaking your God YHWH, And My fear not being on you,” A declaration of Lord YHWH of Hosts.
20 LEUM GOD Fulatlana El fahk, “Israel, kom nuna srunga na muta ye ku luk oemeet me. Kom tiana akosyu ku alu nu sik. Fin mangon eol nukewa, Ac ye sak folfol nukewa Kom tuh alu nu ke god eslap uh.
“For from of old you have broken your yoke, Drawn away your bands, and say, I do not serve, For on every high height, and under every green tree, You are wandering—a harlot.
21 Nga yukwikomi oana soko fain sacnsan Ke fita ma wo oemeet. Na liye ma kom ekla nu kac inge! Kom oana soko fain kolukla ac wanginla sripa.
And I planted you [as] a choice vine, wholly of true seed, And how have you been turned Into the degenerate shoots of a strange vine to Me?
22 Kom finne oulkomla ke soap na ku Nga ac srakna liye tuhn fohkfok lun ma koluk lom.
But though you wash with natron, And multiply soap to yourself, Your iniquity is marked before Me,” A declaration of Lord YHWH.
23 Efu ku kom ku in fahk mu kom tiana aktaekye monum, Ac fahk mu kom tiana wi alu nu sel Baal? Esam lupan ma koluk kom oru infahlfal uh; Ngetang liye ma kom orala inge. Kom oana soko camel mutan lemnak Ma yuwot yume sukok camel mukul,
“How can you say, I have not been defiled, I have not gone after the Ba‘alim? See your way in a valley, know what you have done, A swift dromedary winding her ways,
24 Sasang nu in yen turangang uh. In pacl el ouinge uh, su ac ku in kutongilya? Camel mukul ma lungse el uh fah tia enenu in sokol, Mweyen el pa ac sokolos.
A wild donkey accustomed to a wilderness, She has swallowed up wind in the desire of her soul, Her meeting—who turns her back? None seeking her weary themselves, In her month they find her.
25 Israel, nimet aktotoye niom, Ku lela in paola kapinsrulyom Ke ukweyen god ngia. A kom fahk, ‘Mo! Nga tia ku in forla. Nga lungse god saya uh, ac nga fah ukwalos.’”
Withhold your foot from being unshod, And your throat from thirst, And you say, It is incurable, No, for I have loved strangers, and I go after them.
26 LEUM GOD El fahk, “Oana ke sie mwet pisrapasr el ac mwekinla ke ac sruhu el, kowos mwet Israel nukewa ac fah mwekinla pac — tokosra, mwet fulat, mwet tol ac mwet palu lowos.
As the shame of a thief when he is found, So has the house of Israel been put to shame, They, their kings, their heads, And their priests, and their prophets,
27 Kowos nukewa ac fah mwekinla — kowos su fahk mu sak soko pa papa tomowos ac eot se pa nina kiowos. Ma inge ac sikyak mweyen kowos forla likiyu ac tia nget nu sik. Tusruktu ke pacl se kowos ac sun ongoiya, na kowos ac siyuk nga in tuku ac molikowosla.
Saying to wood, You [are] my father! And to a stone, You have brought me forth, For they turned to me the back and not the face, And in the time of their distress, They say, Arise, and save us.
28 “Pia god ma kowos sifacna taflela nu suwos uh? Pacl kowos ac sun ongoiya, lela elos in molikowosla, elos fin ku! Arulana pusla god lowos, oana pisen siti in acn Judah.
And where [are] your gods, that you have made to yourself? Let them arise, if they may save you, In the time of your distress, For—the number of your cities have been your gods, O Judah,
29 Mea kowos torkaskas kac uh? Efu kowos orekma koluk na lainyu?
Why do you strive with Me? All of you have transgressed against Me,” A declaration of YHWH.
30 Nga tuh kai kowos, tusruk wanginna sripa mweyen kowos tia lela nga in luti kowos. Kowos uniya mwet palu lowos, oana soko lion sulallal.
“I have struck your sons in vain, They have not accepted instruction, Your sword has devoured your prophets, As a destroying lion.
31 Mwet Israel, porongo ma nga fahk uh. Ya nga oana sie acn mwesis nu suwos, oana sie acn lohsr ac sensen? Na efu kowos ku fahk mu kowos ac oru oana lungse lowos, ac kowos ac tiana foloko nu yuruk?
O generation, see the word of YHWH: Have I been a wilderness to Israel? A land of thick darkness? Why have My people said, We wandered freely, We do not come to You again.
32 Ya sie mutan fusr ku in mulkunla mwe naweyuk lal, ku sie mutan akola in marut ku in mulkunla nuknuk in marut lal? Tia ku. Tusruktu nga tia ku in oakla pisen len mwet luk uh mulkinyula.
Does a virgin forget her ornaments? A bride her bands? And My people have forgotten Me [for] days without number.
33 Kom arulana etu in konauk mukul kom lungse orek pwar se. Finne mutan koluk se, el ku in lutlut sum.
Why do you make your ways pleasing to seek love? Therefore you have even taught the wicked your ways.
34 Nuknuk lom tuhnla ke srahn mwet sukasrup su wangin mwata, tia ke srahn mwet pisrapasr. “Tusruktu finne ma inge nukewa orek,
Also the blood of innocent needy souls Has been found on your skirts, I have not found them by digging, But on all these.
35 a kom srakna fahk mu, ‘Wangin mwetik! LEUM GOD El tiana kasrkusrak sik.’ Tusruktu nga, LEUM GOD, fah kai kom mweyen kom lafwekin lah kom orekma koluk.
And you say, Because I have been innocent, Surely His anger has turned back from me? Behold, I have been judged with you, Because of your saying, I have not sinned.
36 Efu ku arulana fisrasr sum in ikikil nunak lom? Kom ac toasrla sin Egypt, oana ke kom tuh toasrla sin Assyria.
What? You are very vile to repeat your way, You are even ashamed of Egypt, As you have been ashamed of Asshur,
37 Kom ac fah forla liki Egypt, ac suwoli ke mwekin. Nga, LEUM GOD, siselosla su kom lulalfongi. Wangin kutena ma wo kom ac eis selos.”
Also you go out from this, And your hands on your head, For YHWH has kicked at your confidences, And you do not give prosperity to them!”
