Ermiyaas 23
1 “Tiksoota hoolota karra koo balleessanii bittinneessiniif wayyoo!” jedha Waaqayyo.
“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” declares the LORD.
2 Kanaafuu Waaqayyo Waaqni Israaʼel tiksoota saba koo tiksaniin akkana jedha: “Waan isin bushaayee koo bittinneessitanii ariitanii fi eegumsa barbaachisu isaaniif hin godhiniif ani kunoo hammina isin hojjettaniif adabbii isinittin fida” jedha Waaqayyo.
Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the shepherds who tend My people: “You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your deeds, declares the LORD.
3 “Ani mataan koo hambaa bushaayee kootii biyyoota ani itti isaan ariʼee ture hunda keessaa walitti qabee karra isaaniitti nan deebisa; isaanis achitti ni horu; ni baayʼatus.
Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock from all the lands to which I have banished them, and I will return them to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and multiply.
4 Anis tiksoota isaan tiksan isaaniif nan ramada; isaanis siʼachi hin sodaatan; yookaan hin rifatan, yookaan isaan keessaa tokko iyyuu hin badu” jedha Waaqayyo.
I will raise up shepherds over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid or dismayed, nor will any go missing, declares the LORD.
5 “Barri ani itti Daawitiif damee qajeelaa tokko, mootii ogummaadhaan bulchuu fi waan sirrii fi qajeelaa taʼe biyya kana keessatti hojjetu tokko kaasu ni dhufa” jedha Waaqayyo.
Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
6 Bara isaa keessa Yihuudaan ni fayya; Israaʼelis nagaan jiraata; maqaan inni ittiin waamamus: Waaqayyo Qajeelummaa Keenya jedhama.
In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is His name by which He will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
7 “Kanaafuu barri itti namoonni siʼachi, ‘Dhugaa Waaqayyo jiraataa isa Israaʼeloota Gibxii baasee fide sanaa’ hin jenne tokko ni dhufa” jedha Waaqayyo;
So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when they will no longer say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of Egypt.’
8 “Isaan garuu, ‘Dhugaa Waaqayyo jiraataa isa biyya Kaabaatii fi biyyoota itti isaan ariʼee ture hunda keessaa sanyiiwwan Israaʼel baasee fide sanaa’ jedhu. Ergasiis isaan biyya ofii isaanii keessa ni jiraatu.”
Instead they will say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought and led the descendants of the house of Israel up out of the land of the north and all the other lands to which He had banished them.’ Then they will dwell once more in their own land.”
9 Waaʼee raajotaa, onneen koo na keessatti cabeera, lafeen koo hundi ni hollata; sababii Waaqayyootii fi sababii dubbii isaa qulqulluu sanaatiif ani akkuma nama machaaʼee akka nama daadhii wayiniitiin moʼatamee nan taʼe.
As for the prophets: My heart is broken within me, and all my bones tremble. I have become like a drunkard, like a man overcome by wine, because of the LORD, because of His holy words.
10 Biyyattiin ejjitootaan guutamteerti, sababii abaarsaatiif biyyattiin ni boossi; kaloon gammoojjii keessaas ni goga. Raajonni karaa hamaa duukaa buʼu; aangoo isaaniittis karaa malee fayyadamu.
For the land is full of adulterers— because of the curse, the land mourns and the pastures of the wilderness have dried up— their course is evil and their power is misused.
11 “Raajonnis, lubnis Waaqaaf hin bulan; ani mana koo keessatti iyyuu hammina isaanii argeera” jedha Waaqayyo.
“For both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in My house I have found their wickedness,”
12 “Kanaafuu karaan isaanii mucuca taʼa; isaan dukkanatti gad darbatamu; achittis ni kufu. Bara isaan adabaman keessa, ani badiisa isaanitti nan fida” jedha Waaqayyo.
“Therefore their path will become slick; they will be driven away into the darkness and fall into it. For I will bring disaster upon them in the year of their punishment,”
13 “Raajota Samaariyaa gidduutti, ani waan jibbisiisaa kana argeera: Isaan maqaa Baʼaaliin raajanii saba koo Israaʼelin karaa irraa jalʼisan.
“Among the prophets of Samaria I saw an offensive thing: They prophesied by Baal and led My people Israel astray.
14 Raajota Yerusaalem gidduutti ani waan nama suukaneessu tokko argeera; isaan ni ejju; sobaan jiraatus. Akka namni tokko iyyuu hammina isaa irraa hin deebineef isaan harka jalʼootaa jajjabeessu. Isaan hundi anaaf akkuma Sodoom; sabni Yerusaalem immoo akkuma Gomoraa ti.”
And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”
15 Kanaafuu Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼu waaʼee raajotaa akkana jedha: “Sababii raajota Yerusaalemiif, waan xuraaʼummaan biyyattii keessa guuteef ani akka isaan nyaata hadhaaʼaa nyaatanii bishaan summaaʼes dhugan nan godha.”
Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says concerning the prophets: “I will feed them wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink, for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has spread throughout the land.”
16 Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼu akkana jedha: “Waan raajonni isinii raajan hin dhaggeeffatinaa; isaan abdii sobaatiin isin guutu. Isaan utuu afaan Waaqayyootii hin taʼin mulʼata yaada ofii isaanii dubbatu; yaada isaanii keessaa fuudhanii mulʼata dubbatu.
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They are filling you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD.
17 Isaan ittuma fufanii warra na tuffataniin, ‘Waaqayyo akkana jedha: isin nagaa ni qabaattu’ jedhu. Warra mata jabina yaada ofii isaanii duukaa buʼan hundaan immoo, ‘Hamaan isin hin argatu’ jedhu.
They keep saying to those who despise Me, ‘The LORD says that you will have peace,’ and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart, ‘No harm will come to you.’
18 Garuu isaan keessaa namni dubbii isaa arguuf yookaan dhagaʼuuf waldaa Waaqayyoo keessa dhaabate eenyu? Namni dubbii isaatiif gurra kennee dhagaʼe eenyu?
But which of them has stood in the council of the LORD to see and hear His word? Who has given heed to His word and obeyed it?
19 Kunoo bubbeen Waaqayyoo, dheekkamsaan ni buʼa; bubbeen hamaanis mataa hamootaa irratti gad bubbisa.
Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone out with fury, a whirlwind swirling down upon the heads of the wicked.
20 Dheekkamsi Waaqayyoo hamma inni kaayyoo yaada garaa isaa guutumaan guutuutti raawwatutti duubatti hin deebiʼu. Isin bara dhumaa keessa waan kana akka gaariitti ni hubattu.
The anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this clearly.
21 Ani raajota kanneen hin ergine; isaan garuu ergaa ofii isaanii qabatanii fiiganiiru; ani isaanitti hin dubbanne; isaan garuu raajii dubbataniiru.
I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied.
22 Isaan utuu waldaa koo keessa dhaabatanii jiraatanii silaa dubbii koo saba kootti labsanii, karaa isaanii jalʼaa sanaa fi hojii isaanii hamaa sana irraa isaan deebisu ture.
But if they had stood in My council, they would have proclaimed My words to My people and turned them back from their evil ways and deeds.”
23 “Ani Waaqa fagootis malee Waaqa dhiʼoo qofaa?” jedha Waaqayyo.
“Am I only a God nearby,” declares the LORD, “and not a God far away?”
24 “Namni tokko iyyuu akka ani isa arguu hin dandeenyeef iddoo dhoksaa taʼe dhokachuu ni dandaʼa?” jedha Waaqayyo. “Ani samii fi lafa illee nan guuta mitii?” jedha Waaqayyo.
“Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.
25 “Ani waan raajonni maqaa kootiin soba raajan sun jedhan dhagaʼeera; isaanis, ‘Ani abjuu abjoodheera! Ani abjuu abjoodheera!’ jedhu.
“I have heard the sayings of the prophets who prophesy lies in My name: ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’
26 Wanni akkasii kun hamma yoomiitti garaa raajota yaaduma ofii isaanii keessaa fuudhanii soba dubbatan kanneenii keessa jiraata?
How long will this continue in the hearts of these prophets who prophesy falsehood, these prophets of the delusion of their own minds?
27 Raajonni kunneen abjuu walitti odeessaniin akka sabni koos akkuma abbootiin isaanii Baʼaalin waaqeffachuudhaan maqaa koo irraanfatanii turan sana maqaa koo irraanfachiisuu yaadu.
They suppose the dreams that they tell one another will make My people forget My name, just as their fathers forgot My name through the worship of Baal.
28 Raajiin abjuu qabu abjuu isaa haa dubbatu; namni dubbii koo qabu immoo amanamummaadhaan haa dubbatu. Cidiin midhaan irraa maal qaba?” jedha Waaqayyo.
Let the prophet who has a dream retell it, but let him who has My word speak it truthfully. For what is straw compared to grain?” declares the LORD.
29 “Dubbiin koo akkuma ibiddaatii fi akkuma burruusa kattaa caccabsu tokkoo mitii?” jedha Waaqayyo.
“Is not My word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that smashes a rock?”
30 “Kanaafuu ani kunoo raajota dubbii koo wal irraa hatan sanaan nan morma” jedha Waaqayyo.
“Therefore behold,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who steal from one another words they attribute to Me.”
31 “Kunoo ani raajota afaanuma isaaniitiin, ‘Waaqayyo akkana jedha’ jedhaniin nan morma” jedha Waaqayyo.
“Yes,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and proclaim, ‘The LORD declares it.’”
32 “Ani dhugumaan warra abjuu sobaa raajaniin nan morma” jedha Waaqayyo, “Isaan soba itti odeessanii saba koo karaa irraa balleessu; ani garuu isaan hin ergine yookaan isaan hin muudne. Isaan gonkumaa saba kana hin fayyadan” jedha Waaqayyo.
“Indeed,” declares the LORD, “I am against those who prophesy false dreams and retell them to lead My people astray with their reckless lies. It was not I who sent them or commanded them, and they are of no benefit at all to these people,” declares the LORD.
33 “Yoo sabni kun yookaan raajiin tokko yookaan lubni tokko, ‘Baʼaan Waaqayyoo maal?’ jedhee si gaafatutti, ati immoo, ‘Baʼaa maalii? Ani sin gata jedha Waaqayyo’ jedhiin.
“Now when this people or a prophet or priest asks you, ‘What is the burden of the LORD?’ you are to say to them, ‘What burden? I will forsake you, declares the LORD.’
34 Yoo raajiin tokko yookaan lubni tokko yookaan namni kam iyyuu, ‘Baʼaan Waaqayyoo kanaa dha,’ jedhe, ani nama sanaa fi warra mana isaa jiraatan nan adaba.
As for the prophet or priest or anyone who claims, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ I will punish that man and his household.
35 Tokkoon tokkoon namaa michuu isaatiin yookaan fira isaatiin, ‘Deebiin Waaqayyo kenne maali?’ Yookaan, ‘Waaqayyo maal dubbata?’ jechuu qaba.
This is what each man is to say to his friend and to his brother: ‘What has the LORD answered?’ or ‘What has the LORD spoken?’
36 Egaa isin lammata, ‘Baʼaa Waaqayyoo,’ jettanii dubbachuu hin qabdan; dubbiin nama hundaa baʼaa ofii isaa taʼee isin immoo dubbii Waaqa keenyaa, Waaqa jiraataa, Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼu sanaa jalʼistuutii.
But refer no more to the burden of the LORD, for each man’s word becomes the burden, so that you pervert the words of the living God, the LORD of Hosts, our God.
37 Ati ittuma fuftee raajii tokkoon, ‘Deebiin Waaqayyo siif kenne maali?’ Yookaan ‘Waaqayyo maal dubbate?’ jetta.
Thus you are to say to the prophet: ‘What has the LORD answered you?’ and ‘What has the LORD spoken?’
38 Isin, ‘Baʼaan Waaqayyo kanaa dha’ yoo jettan iyyuu, Waaqayyo akkana jedha; ani ‘Baʼaan Waaqayyoo kanaa dha’ jechuu hin qabdan isiniin jedhu iyyuu isin jecha, ‘Baʼaan Waaqayyoo kanaa dha’ jedhutti fayyadamtu.
But if you claim, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ then this is what the LORD says: Because you have said, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ and I specifically told you not to make this claim,
39 Kanaafuu ani dhugumaan isin irraanfadhee magaalaa isinii fi abbootii keessaniif kenne wajjin fuula koo duraa isin nan gata.
therefore I will surely forget you and will cast you out of My presence, both you and the city that I gave to you and your fathers.
40 Salphina bara baraa jechuunis qaanii bara baraa kan hin irraanfatamnes isinitti nan fida.”
And I will bring upon you everlasting shame and perpetual humiliation that will never be forgotten.”
