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 that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews who lived in the land of Egypt, who lived at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Memphis, and in the country 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
“The LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘You have seen all the evil that I have brought on Jerusalem, and on all the cities of Judah. Behold, today they are a desolation, and no man dwells in them,
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, to serve other gods that they didn’t know, neither they, nor you, 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.
However I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, “Oh, don’t do this abominable 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 didn’t listen and didn’t incline their ear. They didn’t turn from their wickedness, to 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 my anger was poured out, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as it is 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?
“Therefore now the LORD, the God of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Why do you commit great evil against your own souls, to cut off from yourselves man and woman, infant and nursing child out of the middle of Judah, to leave yourselves no one remaining,
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?
in that you provoke me to anger with the works of your hands, burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt where you have gone to live, that you may be cut off, and that you may be a curse and a reproach amongst 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, the wickedness of the kings of Judah, the wickedness of their wives, your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives which they 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 are not humbled even to this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that 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 the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will 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.
I will take the remnant of Judah that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to live there, and they will all be consumed. They will fall in the land of Egypt. They will be consumed by the sword and by the famine. They will die, from the least even to the greatest, by the sword and by the famine. They will be an object of horror, an astonishment, 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 those who dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the 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.”
so that none of the remnant of Judah, who have gone into the land of Egypt to live there, will escape or be left to return into the land of Judah, to which they have a desire to return to dwell there; for no one will return except those who will 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 burnt incense to other gods, and all the women who stood by, a great assembly, even all the people who lived in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,
16 “Kut tia lungse porongo ma kom fahk nu sesr ke Inen LEUM GOD.
“As for the word that you have spoken to us in the LORD’s name, 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.
But we will certainly perform every word that has gone out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of the sky 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 food, and were well, and saw no evil.
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 since we stopped burning incense to the queen of the sky, and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the 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.”
The women said, “When we burnt incense to the queen of the sky and poured out drink offerings to her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings to her, without our husbands?”
20 Na nga fahk nu sin mukul ac mutan nukewa su topukyu ouinge,
Then Jeremiah said to all the people—to the men and to the women, even to all the people who had given him an 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 that you burnt in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, you and your fathers, your kings and your princes, and the people of the land, didn’t the LORD remember them, and didn’t it come 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.
Thus the LORD could no longer bear it, because of the evil of your doings and because of the abominations which you have committed. Therefore your land has become a desolation, an astonishment, and a curse, without inhabitant, as it is today.
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 have burnt incense and because you have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed the LORD’s voice, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil has happened to you, as it is 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.
Moreover Jeremiah said to all the people, including all the women, “Hear the LORD’s word, all 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!
The LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says, ‘You and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and with your hands have fulfilled it, saying, “We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of the sky, and to pour out drink offerings to her.” “‘Establish then your vows, and 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 the LORD’s word, all Judah who dwell in the land of Egypt: ‘Behold, I have sworn by my great name,’ says the LORD, ‘that my name will no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, “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.
Behold, I watch over them for evil, and not for good; and all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt will be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until they are all gone.
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 out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah few in number. All the remnant of Judah, who have gone into the land of Egypt to live there, 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 the sign to you,’ says the LORD, ‘that I will punish you in this place, that you may know that my words will 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.”
The LORD says, ‘Behold, I will give Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies and into the hand of those who seek his life, just as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who was his enemy and sought his life.’”
