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." says 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 thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, against the shepherds who feed my people: "You have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them; look, I will visit on you the evil of your doings," says 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.
"I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall 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 set up shepherds over them, who shall feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be lacking," says 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.
"Look, the days come," says the LORD, "that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute 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 shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and this is his name by which he shall 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;
Therefore look, the days come," says the LORD, "that they shall no more say, 'As the LORD lives, who brought up the children of Israel 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.”
but, 'As the LORD lives, who brought up and who led the descendants of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all the countries where he had driven them.' They shall dwell 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.
Concerning the prophets: My heart within me is broken, all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine has overcome, because of the LORD, and 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; for because of swearing the land mourns; the pastures of the wilderness are dried up. "Their course is evil, and their might is not right;
11 “Raajonnis, lubnis Waaqaaf hin bulan; ani mana koo keessatti iyyuu hammina isaanii argeera” jedha Waaqayyo.
for both prophet and priest are profane; yes, in my house have I found their wickedness," says the LORD.
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 way shall be to them as slippery places in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall in it; for I will bring evil on them, even the year of their visitation," says the LORD.
13 “Raajota Samaariyaa gidduutti, ani waan jibbisiisaa kana argeera: Isaan maqaa Baʼaaliin raajanii saba koo Israaʼelin karaa irraa jalʼisan.
"I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
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.”
In the prophets of Jerusalem also I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies; and they strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that none does return from his wickedness: they are all of them become to me as Sodom, and its inhabitants as 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 thus says the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets: 'Look, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem is ungodliness gone forth into all 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.
Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you: they teach you vanity; they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of 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 say continually to those who despise me, "The LORD has said, 'You shall have peace'"; and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart they say, "No evil shall come on you."
18 Garuu isaan keessaa namni dubbii isaa arguuf yookaan dhagaʼuuf waldaa Waaqayyoo keessa dhaabate eenyu? Namni dubbii isaatiif gurra kennee dhagaʼe eenyu?
For who has stood in the council of the LORD, that he should perceive and hear his word? Who has marked my word, and heard it?
19 Kunoo bubbeen Waaqayyoo, dheekkamsaan ni buʼa; bubbeen hamaanis mataa hamootaa irratti gad bubbisa.
Look, the storm of the LORD, his wrath, has gone forth. Yes, a whirling storm. It shall burst on the head 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 shall not return, until he has executed, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days you shall understand it perfectly.
21 Ani raajota kanneen hin ergine; isaan garuu ergaa ofii isaanii qabatanii fiiganiiru; ani isaanitti hin dubbanne; isaan garuu raajii dubbataniiru.
I sent not these prophets, yet they ran: I did not speak to them, yet they 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, then had they caused my people to hear my words, and had turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
23 “Ani Waaqa fagootis malee Waaqa dhiʼoo qofaa?” jedha Waaqayyo.
Am I a God at hand,' says the LORD, 'and not a God afar off?
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 any hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him?' says the LORD. 'Do I not fill heaven and earth?' says the LORD.
25 “Ani waan raajonni maqaa kootiin soba raajan sun jedhan dhagaʼeera; isaanis, ‘Ani abjuu abjoodheera! Ani abjuu abjoodheera!’ jedhu.
'I have heard what the prophets have said, who prophesy lies in my name, saying, "I have dreamed, I have dreamed."
26 Wanni akkasii kun hamma yoomiitti garaa raajota yaaduma ofii isaanii keessaa fuudhanii soba dubbatan kanneenii keessa jiraata?
How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies, even the prophets of the deceit of their own heart,
27 Raajonni kunneen abjuu walitti odeessaniin akka sabni koos akkuma abbootiin isaanii Baʼaalin waaqeffachuudhaan maqaa koo irraanfatanii turan sana maqaa koo irraanfachiisuu yaadu.
who think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbor, as their fathers forgot my name for Baal.
28 Raajiin abjuu qabu abjuu isaa haa dubbatu; namni dubbii koo qabu immoo amanamummaadhaan haa dubbatu. Cidiin midhaan irraa maal qaba?” jedha Waaqayyo.
The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream; and he who has my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the straw to the wheat?' says the LORD.
29 “Dubbiin koo akkuma ibiddaatii fi akkuma burruusa kattaa caccabsu tokkoo mitii?” jedha Waaqayyo.
'Isn't my word like fire?' says the LORD; 'and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
30 “Kanaafuu ani kunoo raajota dubbii koo wal irraa hatan sanaan nan morma” jedha Waaqayyo.
Therefore look, I am against the prophets,' says the LORD, 'who steal my words everyone from his neighbor.
31 “Kunoo ani raajota afaanuma isaaniitiin, ‘Waaqayyo akkana jedha’ jedhaniin nan morma” jedha Waaqayyo.
Look, I am against the prophets,' says the LORD, 'who use their tongues, and say, "He says."
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.
Look, I am against the prophets who prophesy lying dreams,' says the LORD, 'and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their vain boasting: yet I did not send them, nor commanded them; neither do they profit this people at all,' says 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.
'When this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask you, saying, "What is the burden of the LORD?" Then you shall tell them, "You are the burden, and I will cast you off," says 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, and the priest, and the people, who shall say, "The burden of the LORD," I will even punish that man and his house.
35 Tokkoon tokkoon namaa michuu isaatiin yookaan fira isaatiin, ‘Deebiin Waaqayyo kenne maali?’ Yookaan, ‘Waaqayyo maal dubbata?’ jechuu qaba.
You shall say everyone to his neighbor, and everyone to his brother, "What has the LORD answered?" and, "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.
You shall mention the burden of the LORD no more: for every man's own word shall be his burden; for you have perverted the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God.
37 Ati ittuma fuftee raajii tokkoon, ‘Deebiin Waaqayyo siif kenne maali?’ Yookaan ‘Waaqayyo maal dubbate?’ jetta.
You shall 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 say, "The burden of the LORD"; therefore thus says the LORD: Because you say this word, "The burden of the LORD," and I have sent to you, saying, "You shall not say, 'The burden of the LORD'";
39 Kanaafuu ani dhugumaan isin irraanfadhee magaalaa isinii fi abbootii keessaniif kenne wajjin fuula koo duraa isin nan gata.
therefore, look, I will surely lift you up and I will cast you off, and the city that I gave to you and to your fathers, away from my presence:
40 Salphina bara baraa jechuunis qaanii bara baraa kan hin irraanfatamnes isinitti nan fida.”
and I will bring an everlasting reproach on you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.'"
