Ermiyaas 18
1 Dubbiin Waaqayyo biraa gara Ermiyaas dhufe isa kanaa dha:
The word that came unto Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying:
2 “Kaʼiitii gara mana namicha suphee dhaʼu sanaa dhaqi. Anis achitti dubbii koo sitti nan hima.”
Arise and go down to the house of the potter, —and, there, will I cause thee to hear my words.
3 Kanaafuu ani gara mana namicha suphee dhaʼu sanaatti gad nan buʼe; innis geengoo irratti waa hojjechaa ture.
So I went down, to the house of the potter, —and there he was! making a piece of work on the wheels,
4 Okkoteen inni suphee irraa hojjechaa ture sun garuu harka isaatti fashalaaʼe; kanaafuu namichi suphee dhaʼu sun akkuma itti toletti suphee sanaan okkotee kan biraa hojjete.
Then was marred, the vessel that he was making, while yet it was clay in the hand of the potter, —so he turned and made of it another vessel, as seemed right in the eyes of the potter to make it.
5 Ergasii dubbiin Waaqayyoo akkana jedhee gara koo dhufe:
Then came the word of Yahweh unto me, saying:
6 “Yaa mana Israaʼel, anis akkuma suphee dhooftuun kun hojjetu isin gochuu hin dandaʼuu?” jedha Waaqayyo. “Yaa mana Israaʼel, akkuma supheen harka suphee dhooftuu keessa jiru isinis harka koo keessa jirtu.
Like this potter, can I not deal with you O house of Israel? Demandeth Yahweh: Lo! as clay in the hand of the potter, So, are, ye, in my hand O house of Israel.
7 Yeroo ani akka sabni yookaan mootummaan tokko buqqifamu, gargar qoodamuu fi barbadeeffamu labsutti,
The moment I speak, concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom, —to pull up and to break down, and to destroy;
8 yoo sabni ani akeekkachiise sun hammina isaa irraa deebiʼe, ani waan hamaa isatti fiduuf yaade sana irraa nan deebiʼa.
and that nation return from its wickedness against whom I have spoken, then will I repent concerning the calamity which I had devised to bring upon it.
9 Yoo ani yeroo biraa immoo akka sabni yookaan mootummaan tokko ijaaramee dhaabamu labse,
And, the moment I speak, concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom, —to build and to plant;
10 yoo inni fuula koo duratti waan hamaa hojjetee anaaf ajajamuu dide, ani waan gaarii isaaf gochuu barbaade sana nan dhiisa.
and it commit wickedness in mine eyes, in not hearkening unto my voice, then will I repent concerning the good wherewith I had said I would do it good.
11 “Kanaafuu amma saba Yihuudaatii fi warra Yerusaalem keessa jiraataniin akkana jedhi; ‘Waaqayyo akkana jedha: Kunoo! Ani badiisa isiniif qopheesseen mala isinitti karoorsaa jira. Kanaafuu tokkoon tokkoon keessan karaa keessanii fi hojii keessan qajeelfadhaa.’
Now, therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the men of Judah and concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem saying, Thus, saith Yahweh, —Lo! I am fashioning against you calamity, and devising against you, a device, —Return I pray you every man from his wicked way, And amend your ways and your doings.
12 Isaan garuu akkana jedhanii deebii kennan: ‘Kun faayidaa hin qabu. Nu karooruma keenyaan itti fufna; tokkoon tokkoon keenya mata jabinaa fi hammina garaa keenyaa duukaa buuna.’”
And, since they will say, Hopeless! For after our own devices, will we walk, And, every one, the stubbornness of his own wicked heart, will we do!
13 Kanaafuu Waaqayyo akkana jedha: “Mee saboota keessa iyyaafadhaa: Eenyutu takkumaa waan akkanaa dhagaʼee beeka? Israaʼel Durbi Qulqullittiin waan suukaneessaa tokko hojjetteerti.
Therefore, Thus saith Yahweh, Ask I pray you among the nations, —Who hath heard such things as these? A very horrible thing, hath, the virgin, Israel done!
14 Cabbiin Libaanoon takkumaa ededa kattaa isaa irraa badee beekaa? Bishaan isaa diilallaaʼaan burqaa fagootii dhufu sun takkumaa citee beekaa?
Shall the snow of Lebanon, fail from the rock of the field? Or shall waters from afar, deep, overflowing, be dried up?
15 Sabni koo garuu na irraanfateera; isaan waaqota tolfamoo faayidaa hin qabne kanneen karaawwan isaanii irrattii fi daandiiwwan durii irratti isaan gufachiisaniif ixaana aarsu. Isaan karaa hin tolfamne irra daandii qalʼoo irra isaan deemsisaniiru.
Yet my people have forgotten me, Unto vanity, have they been burning incense; And it hath caused them to stumble In their ways The roads of age-past times, To walk in by-paths—A way not cast up.
16 Biyyi isaanii ni ona; bara baraanis biyya qoosaa taʼa; warri achiin darban hundi ni naʼu; mataa isaaniis ni raasu.
To make their land a desolation The hissings of age-abiding times, —Every one that passeth by her, shall be astonished and wag his head.
17 Akkuma bubbee baʼa biiftuutii dhufuu, ani fuula diinota isaanii duratti isaan nan bittinneessa; bara badiisa isaanii keessa, ani dugda koo malee fuula koo isaanitti hin argisiisu.
Like an east wind, will I scatter them before the enemy, —The back and not the face, will I let them see in the day of their distress.
18 “Jarris, ‘Seerri luba biraa, gorsi ogeeyyii biraa, dubbiin immoo raajota biraa waan hin dhabamneef kottaa Ermiyaasitti mariʼannaa; kanaafuu kottaa nu arraba keenyaan isa miinaa; waan inni dubbatu kam iyyuus hin fudhannu’” jedhan.
Then said they, —Come ye and let us devise against Jeremiah devices, For the law shall not perish from the priest, Nor, counsel, from the wise, Nor, the word from the prophet: Come and let as smite him with the tongue, And let us not give ear to any of his words!
19 Yaa Waaqayyo, na dhaggeeffadhu; waan warri na himatan jedhanis dhagaʼi!
Give thou ear O Yahweh unto me, —And hearken unto the voice of mine accusers.
20 Gatiin waan gaarii waan hamaadhaa? Isaan garuu boolla anaaf qotaniiru. Ani akkan dheekkamsa kee isaan irraa deebisuuf fuula kee dura dhaabadhee iddoo isaanii buʼee dubbadhe yaadadhu.
Shall, evil, be recompensed for good? For they have digged a pit for my life, —Remember how I stood before thee To speak in their behalf what was good! To turn back thine indignation from them.
21 Kanaafuu ati ijoollee isaanii dabarsii beelatti kenni; jara immoo dabarsii humna goraadeetti kenni. Niitota isaanii jalaa ijoollee fi dhirsoonni haa dhuman; dhiironni isaanii haa ajjeefaman; dargaggoonni isaanii immoo lola keessatti goraadeedhaan haa qalaman.
Therefore, give thou up their sons to the famine And deliver them into the hands of the sword, And let their, wives, become, childless and widows, And let, their men, be slain by death, Their young men be smitten by the sword in battle.
22 Yeroo ati akkuma tasaa weeraartoota isaanitti fiddutti, iyyi mana isaaniitii haa dhagaʼamu; isaan na qabuuf boolla qotanii, miilla kootiifis kiyyoo kaaʼaniiruutii.
Let there be heard a cry out of their houses, When thou shalt bring in upon them a troop, suddenly, —Because they digged a pit to capture me, And snares, did they hide for my feet.
23 Yaa Waaqayyo, ati garuu mala isaan na ajjeesuuf malatan hunda ni beekta. Yakka isaanii hin dhiisiniif; yookaan cubbuu isaanii fuula kee duraa hin haqin. Isaan fuula kee duratti lafatti haa gataman; yeroo dheekkamtuttis isaan adabi.
But, thou, O Yahweh, knowest all their counsels against me to put me to death, Put thou no propitiatory-covering over their iniquity, And their sin from before thee, do not thou blot out, —But let them be overthrown before thee, In the time of thine anger, deal thou effectively with them.
