Jeremiah 44
1 Kas lun LEUM GOD tuku nu sik in fahkang nu sin mwet Judah nukewa su muta in acn Egypt — nu selos su muta in siti lun Migdol, Tahpanhes, ac Memphis, oayapa elos su muta acn layen eir in facl sac.
This is the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews living in the land of Egypt —in Migdol, Tahpanhes, and Memphis —and in the land of Pathros:
2 LEUM GOD Kulana, God lun Israel, El fahk, “Kowos sifacna liye ke nga kunausla acn Jerusalem ac siti nukewa in acn Judah. Siti inge srakna oan musalla nwe misenge, ac wangin mwet muta we
“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: You have seen all the disaster that I brought against Jerusalem and all the cities of Judah; and behold, they lie today in ruins and desolation
3 mweyen mwet we elos tuh orekma koluk ac akkasrkusrakyeyu. Elos oru mwe kisa lalos ac orekma nu sin god saya — god su elos, ac kowos, ac mwet matu lowos tiana alu nu kac meet.
because of the evil they have done. They provoked Me to anger by continuing to burn incense and to serve other gods that neither they nor you nor your fathers ever knew.
4 Nga nuna supu na mwet kulansap luk, mwet palu, su fahk nu suwos kowos in tia oru ma koluk inge ma nga srunga.
Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’
5 A kowos tiana porongo ku forla liki inkanek koluk lowos, in tia oru mwe kisa nu sin god saya.
But they did not listen or incline their ears; they did not turn from their wickedness or stop burning incense to other gods.
6 Ke ma inge nga okoala kasrkusrak fol luk nu fin siti lun Judah ac nu fin inkanek Jerusalem, ac esukulosyak. Na acn inge oan musalla nwe misenge, su mwe aksangeng in liye.
Therefore My wrath and anger poured out and burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, so that they have become the desolate ruin they are today.
7 “Inge, nga LEUM GOD Kulana, God lun Israel, siyuk suwos lah efu kowos ku oru kain koluk ouinge nu suwos sifacna. Ya kowos lungse use mwe ongoiya lulap nu fin mwet lowos nukewa — mukul, mutan, tulik, ac oayapa tulik fusr — tuh in wangin mwet lowos lula?
So now, this is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Why are you doing such great harm to yourselves by cutting off from Judah man and woman, child and infant, leaving yourselves without a remnant?
8 Efu kowos ku akkasrkusrakyeyu ke kowos alu nu ke ma sruloala ac orek kisa nu sin god saya in Egypt, yen kowos tuku ac muta we inge? Ya kowos oru ma inge in sifacna kunauskowosla, tuh mutunfacl faclu nufon fah aksruksrukye kowos ac oru inewos in sie mwe selnga?
Why are you provoking Me to anger by the work of your hands by burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to reside? As a result, you will be cut off and will become an object of cursing and reproach among all the nations of the earth.
9 Ya kowos mulkunla ma koluk nukewa ma mwet matu lowos, ac tokosra lun Judah ac mutan kialos, ac kowos ac mutan kiowos, tuh oru in siti lun Judah ac ke inkanek Jerusalem?
Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers and of the kings of Judah and their wives, as well as the wickedness that you and your wives committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
10 Nwe misenge, kowos tiana akpusiselyekowosla. Kowos tiana akfulatyeyu ku moul fal nu ke ma sap nga sot nu suwos ac mwet matu lowos.
To this day they have not humbled themselves or shown reverence, nor have they followed My instruction or the statutes that I set before you and your fathers.
11 “Ke ma inge, nga, LEUM GOD Kulana, God lun Israel, fah foroht lain kowos ac kunausla facl Judah nufon.
Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I will set My face to bring disaster and to cut off all Judah.
12 Ac funu ke mwet lula lun Judah su sulela ku selos in som ac muta Egypt, nga ac oru tuh elos nukewa in kunausyukla. Elos nukewa fah misa in Egypt ke mweun ku sracl — mwet pusisel nwe ke mwet fulat. Elos ac fah sie mwe aksangeng in liye. Mwet uh ac fah aksruksrukelos ac oru tuh inelos in mwe selnga.
And I will take away the remnant of Judah who have resolved to go to the land of Egypt to reside there; they will meet their end. They will all fall by the sword or be consumed by famine. From the least to the greatest, they will die by sword or famine; and they will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and reproach.
13 Nga fah kalyaelos su muta in Egypt, in oana ke nga kalyei Jerusalem ke mweun, sracl, ac mas.
I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt, just as I punished Jerusalem, by sword and famine and plague,
14 Wangin sin mwet lula lun Judah su tuku nu Egypt in muta we, ac fah kaingla ku moulla. Wangin selos ac folokla nu Judah, yen se elos asroela ac kena in sifilpa muta we. Wangin mwet fah folokla, sayen mwet na pu su ac kaingla.”
so that none of the remnant of Judah who have gone to reside in Egypt will escape or survive to return to the land of Judah, where they long to return and live; for none will return except a few fugitives.”
15 Na mukul nukewa ma etu lah mutan kialos orek kisa nu sin god saya, ac mutan nukewa su tu we, weang mwet Judah su muta layen eir in Egypt — sie u na lulap — elos fahk nu sik,
Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, and all the women standing by—a great assembly—along with all the people living in the land of Egypt and in Pathros, said to Jeremiah,
16 “Kut tia lungse porongo ma kom fahk nu sesr ke Inen LEUM GOD.
“As for the word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you!
17 Kut ac oru ma nukewa ma kut fahk mu kut ac oru. Kut ac orek kisa nu sin god mutan lasr, Kasra lun Kusrao, ac kut fah okoala mwe kisa wain nu sel, oana ke kut, oayapa mwet matu lasr, tokosra lasr ac mwet kol las, tuh oru in siti lun Judah ac inkanek Jerusalem. Pukanten mwe mongo nasr in pacl sac. Wo ouiyasr, ac wangin ma upa nu sesr.
Instead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her, just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and good things, and we saw no disaster.
18 Tusruktu tukunna kut tila orek kisa nu sin Kasra lun Kusrao, ac tila okwok wain in kisa nu sel, na wanginla ma lasr, ac mwet lasr misa ke mweun ac sracl.”
But from the time we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything and have been perishing by sword and famine.”
19 Na mutan ah oayapa fahk, “Pacl kut manman cake ac orala lumah uh in oana Kasra lun Kusrao, ac orek kisa nu sel ac okwok mwe kisa wain nu sel, mukul tumasr elos akkeye kut na in ma kut oru.”
“Moreover,” said the women, “when we burned incense to the Queen of Heaven and poured out drink offerings to her, was it without our husbands’ knowledge that we made sacrificial cakes in her image and poured out drink offerings to her?”
20 Na nga fahk nu sin mukul ac mutan nukewa su topukyu ouinge,
Then Jeremiah said to all the people, both men and women, who were answering him,
21 “Ya kowos nunku mu LEUM GOD El tia etu, ku El mulkunla ke kowos ac mwet matu lowos, tokosra lowos, mwet kol lowos, ac mwet nukewa lun Judah elos oru mwe kisa in siti lun Judah ac inkanek Jerusalem?
“As for the incense you burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem—you, your fathers, your kings, your officials, and the people of the land—did the LORD not remember and bring this to mind?
22 Misenge, facl suwos oan musalla, ac wangin mwet muta we. Acn we ekla sie acn ma mwet uh sangeng kac, ac mwet uh orekmakin inen acn suwos mwe selnga, mweyen LEUM GOD El tia ku in muteng orekma srungayuk ac koluk ma kowos oru.
So the LORD could no longer endure the evil deeds and detestable acts you committed, and your land became a desolation, a horror, and an object of cursing, without inhabitant, as it is this day.
23 Mwe ongoiya inge nukewa tuku nu fowos mweyen kowos orek kisa nu sin god saya ac orekma koluk lain LEUM GOD ke kowos tia akos ma nukewa ma El sapkin.”
Because you burned incense and sinned against the LORD, and did not obey the voice of the LORD or walk in His instruction, His statutes, and His testimonies, this disaster has befallen you, as you see today.”
24 Jeremiah el fahk nu sin mukul ac mutan nukewa, “Lohng kas lun LEUM GOD, kowos nukewa mwet Judah su muta in acn Egypt.
Then Jeremiah said to all the people, including all the women, “Hear the word of the LORD, all those of Judah who are in the land of Egypt.
25 Ouinge LEUM GOD Kulana, God lun Israel, El fahk, “Kowos ac mutan kiowos tuh sifacna fahkla ke oaluwos ac akpwayei ke orekma lun pouwos, lah kowos ac orek kisa nu sin Kasra lun Kusrao ac okwok mwe kisa wain nu sel. Kwal, oru oana ma kowos wulela kac!
This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: As for you and your wives, you have spoken with your mouths and fulfilled with your hands your words: ‘We will surely perform our vows that we have made to burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and to pour out drink offerings to her.’ Go ahead, then, do what you have promised! Keep your vows!
26 Tusruktu, inge kowos porongo fulahk se su nga, LEUM GOD, orala ke Ine fulat luk nu suwos mwet Judah nukewa in facl Egypt. Nga fah tia sifil lela kutena suwos in orekmakin Inek in fulahk kac ac fahk, ‘Nga fulahk ke Inen LEUM GOD moul Fulatlana!’
Nevertheless, hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah living in Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by My great name, says the LORD, that never again will any man of Judah living in the land of Egypt invoke My name or say, ‘As surely as the Lord GOD lives.’
27 Nga ac tiana lela kowos in kapkapak, a nga ac lela in kunausyukla kowos. Kowos nukewa fah misa — kutu ke mweun ac kutu ke sracl — nwe ke na tia sie suwos lula.
I am watching over them for harm and not for good, and every man of Judah who is in the land of Egypt will meet his end by sword or famine, until they are finished off.
28 Tusruktu mwet pu na suwos fah tia misa, a elos ac folokla liki acn Egypt nu Judah. Na mwet ma moulla inge ac fah etu lah kas lun su pwaye — kas luk uh ku kas lalos.
Those who escape the sword will return from Egypt to Judah, few in number, and the whole remnant of Judah who went to dwell in the land of Egypt will know whose word will stand, Mine or theirs!
29 Nga, LEUM GOD, ac fah oru sie akul in akpwayeye nu suwos lah nga fah kalyei kowos in acn se inge, oayapa lah wulela luk in kunauskowosla ac fah akpwayeiyuk pac:
This will be a sign to you that I will punish you in this place, declares the LORD, so that you may know that My threats of harm against you will surely stand.
30 Nga fah eisalang Tokosra Hophra lun Egypt nu sin mwet lokoalok lal su kena unilya, in oana ke nga tuh eisalang Tokosra Zedekiah lun Judah nu sel Tokosra Nebuchadnezzar lun Babylonia, mwet lokoalok lal su kena unilya.”
This is what the LORD says: Behold, I will deliver Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hands of his enemies who seek his life, just as I delivered Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the enemy who was seeking his life.”
