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.
The word which came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews that dwelt in the land of Egypt, that dwelt at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the land of Pathros, saying:
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
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Ye have seen all the evil which I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein;
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 their wickedness, which they have committed, to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense and to serve strange gods, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers;
4 Nga nuna supu na mwet kulansap luk, mwet palu, su fahk nu suwos kowos in tia oru ma koluk inge ma nga srunga.
and I sent to you all my servants, the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying: O do not this abominable thing, which I hate!
5 A kowos tiana porongo ku forla liki inkanek koluk lowos, in tia oru mwe kisa nu sin god saya.
But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense to strange 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 hath my fury been poured forth, and mine anger, and hath burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are become a desolation and a waste at this day.
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?
And now thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: Wherefore do ye commit this great evil against your own souls, that ye may cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, so as to leave yourselves no 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 do ye provoke me to wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense to strange gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye are gone to dwell, so that ye may cut yourselves off, and that ye may be a curse and a 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 ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they have 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.
They have not been humbled even to this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, which I set before you, and before your fathers.
11 “Ke ma inge, nga, LEUM GOD Kulana, God lun Israel, fah foroht lain kowos ac kunausla facl Judah nufon.
Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I set my face against you for evil, even 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 the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed; in the land of Egypt shall they fall; by the sword and by famine shall they be consumed, from the least to the greatest; by the sword and by famine shall they die; and they shall become an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.
13 Nga fah kalyaelos su muta in Egypt, in oana ke nga kalyei Jerusalem ke mweun, sracl, ac mas.
For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.
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.”
And none shall escape or remain of the remnant of Judah which are gone into the land of Egypt, to sojourn there, and to return into the land of Judah, to which they have a desire to return, to dwell there; for none shall return but a few fugitives that escape.
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 had burned incense to strange gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, and in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying:
16 “Kut tia lungse porongo ma kom fahk nu sesr ke Inen LEUM GOD.
“As for the word which thou hast spoken to us in the name of Jehovah, we will not hearken to thee,
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.
But whatever hath gone forth from our mouth, that will we do, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then we had plenty of bread, and were prosperous, and saw no calamity.
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 left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings to her, we have been in want of all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by 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.”
And when we [[said the women]] burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink-offerings to her, did we without the knowledge of our men make cakes to worship her, and pour out drink-offerings to her?”
20 Na nga fahk nu sin mukul ac mutan nukewa su topukyu ouinge,
Then spake Jeremiah to all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people who had given him that answer, saying:
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?
“The incense which ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye and your fathers, your kings and your princes, and the people of the land, did not Jehovah remember it, and came it not into his 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.
And Jehovah could no longer bear the evil of your doings, and the abominations which ye committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant at 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 ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against Jehovah, and have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his ordinances, therefore is this evil come upon you, at this day.”
24 Jeremiah el fahk nu sin mukul ac mutan nukewa, “Lohng kas lun LEUM GOD, kowos nukewa mwet Judah su muta in acn Egypt.
And Jeremiah said to all the people and to all the women, Hear the word of Jehovah, all Judah, that 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!
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Ye and your wives speak with your mouths, and fulfill with your hands; ye say, “We will keep our vows, which we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings to her”; ye will surely accomplish your vows; ye will surely perform 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!’
Therefore hear ye the word of Jehovah, all ye of Judah, that dwell in the land of Egypt! Behold, I swear by my great name, saith Jehovah, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, “As the Lord Jehovah liveth!”
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.
Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good; and all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by famine, until there be an end of them.
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.
And they that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, few in number; and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall 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:
And this shall be a sign to you, saith Jehovah, that I will punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil.
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.”
Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will give Pharaoh Hophra, the king of Egypt, into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life, as I gave Zedekiah, the king of Judah, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, his enemy, that sought his life.”
