Ermiyaas 3
1 “Namni tokko yoo niitii isaa hiikee isheenis isa dhiiftee nama biraatti heerumte, inni lammata isheetti deebiʼaa? Biyyattiinis guutumaan guutuutti hin xurooftuu? Ati garuu akka sagaagaltuutti sanyoowwan hedduu wajjin jiraatteerta; taʼus amma gara kootti deebiʼi?” jedha Waaqayyo.
It is said, if a man put away his wife, And she go from him, and become another man's, Shall he return to her again? Shall not that land be polluted? But thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; And shalt thou return to me, saith Jehovah?
2 “Mee ol milʼadhuutii gaara duwwaa ilaali. Iddoon ati itti hin sagaagalin tokko iyyuu jiraa? Ati akkuma godaantuu gammoojjii keessaa tokkootti warra si jaallatan eeggachuuf qarqara karaa teesse; sagaagaltummaa fi hammina keetiin biyyattii xureessiteerta.
Lift up thine eyes to the high places, and see! Where hast thou not been defiled? In the ways hast thou sat waiting, As the Arabian in the desert, And hast polluted the land by thy lewdness and thy wickedness.
3 Kanaafuu tiifuun ni ittifame; birraa keessa illee bokkaan hin roobne. Ati garuu nyaara sagaagaltuu qabda; qaanaʼuus ni didde.
And although the showers have been withholden, And there hath been no latter rain, Yet thou hast had a harlot's forehead; Thou hast refused to be ashamed.
4 Ati amma iyyuu akkana jettee na hin waamnee? ‘Abbaa koo, ijoollummaa kootii jalqabdee michuu koo,
Wilt thou not from this time cry to me, Thou art my father, Yea, the friend of my youth art thou?
5 ati yeroo hunda ni aartaa? Dheekkamsi kee baruma baraan itti fufaa?’ Ati akkasitti dubbatta; garuu waan hamaa dandeessu hunda ni hojjetta.”
Will he retain his anger forever? Will he keep it forevermore? Behold, thus dost thou speak, But thou doest evil with all thy might.
6 Waaqayyo bara Yosiyaas Mootichaa keessa akkana naan jedhe; “Ati waan Israaʼel isheen amanamummaa hin qabne sun hojjette argitee? Isheen dhaqxee tulluu ol dheeraa hunda irrattii fi muka lalisaa hunda jalatti sagaagalte.
Jehovah said to me, in the time of King Josiah, Hast thou heard what rebellious Israel hath done? She hath gone upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.
7 Ani waan isheen erga wantoota kanneen hunda hojjettee booddee gara kootti deebitu seʼeen ture; isheen garuu hin deebine. Obboleettiin ishee Yihuudaan hin amanamne sunis waan kana argite.
And I said, after she had done all these things, Return thou to me! But she returned not. And her faithless sister Judah saw it.
8 Ani sababii ejjummaa ishee hundaatiif waraqaa ragaa hiikkaa kenneefiin Israaʼel amanamummaa hin qabne sana of irraa ariʼe; taʼu illee ani akka obboleettiin ishee Yihuudaan amanamummaa hin qabne sun hin sodaanne nan arge; isheenis dhaqxe ejjite.
And I saw, when, for all the adulteries which rebellious Israel had committed, I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce, that her faithless sister Judah was not afraid, but went and played the harlot also herself.
9 Israaʼel sababii sagaagalummaa ofii akka waan salphaa tokkootti ilaalteef dhagaa fi muka wajjin ejjuudhaan biyya xureessite.
And when by the fame of her lewdness she had polluted the land, committing adultery with stone and wood,
10 Isheen waan kana hunda hojjettu iyyuu obboleettiin ishee Yihuudaan hin amanamne sun fakkeessuuf malee garaa guutuudhaan gara kootti hin deebine” jedha Waaqayyo.
yet for all this did not her faithless sister Judah return to me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith Jehovah.
11 Waaqayyo akkana naan jedhe; “Yihuudaa hin amanamne irra Israaʼel amantii hin qabnetu qajeeltuu dha.
Then said Jehovah to me, Rebellious Israel is less guilty than faithless Judah.
12 Dhaqiitii ergaa kana kaabatti labsi: “‘Yaa Israaʼel amantii dhabeettii, deebiʼi’ jedha Waaqayyo; ‘Ani siʼachi ija aariitiin si hin ilaalu; ani araara qabeessaatii’ jedha Waaqayyo. ‘Ani bara baraan hin dheekkamu.
Go and proclaim these words toward the north: —Return, O rebellious Israel, saith Jehovah! I will not turn a frowning face upon you; For I am merciful, saith Jehovah, I retain not anger forever.
13 Ati akka Waaqayyo Waaqa keetti fincilte, akka mukkeen lalisoo hunda jalatti jaalala kee waaqota ormaatiif kennitee naa ajajamuu didde, balleessaa kee sana qofa himadhu’” jedha Waaqayyo.
Only acknowledge thine iniquity, That thou hast rebelled against Jehovah thy God, And hast roved about to strangers Under every green tree, And hast not obeyed my voice, saith Jehovah.
14 “Yaa saba amantii hin qabne, deebiʼaa” jedha Waaqayyo; “ani dhirsa keessaniitii. Ani magaalaa tokko irraa nama tokko, balbala tokko irraa nama lama filadhee Xiyoonitti isin nan fida.
Return, ye rebellious children! saith Jehovah; Though I have rejected you, Yet will I receive you again, One from a city, and two from a nation, And I will bring you to Zion.
15 Ergasii ani tiksoota akka garaa kootii taʼan, kanneen beekumsaa fi hubannaadhaan isin qajeelchan isinii nan kenna.
And I will give you shepherds after my own heart, Who shall feed you with wisdom and discretion.
16 Bara sana keessa, yeroo baayʼinni keessan biyyattii keessatti akka malee guddatutti,” jedha Waaqayyo, “Namoonni siʼachi, ‘Taabota kakuu Waaqayyoo’ hin jedhan.” Wanni kun gonkumaa sammuu isaanii keessa hin seenu, yookaan hin yaadatamu; kan isa barbaadu hin jiru, yookaan kan biraa hin tolfamu.
And when ye shall have multiplied and increased in the land, saith Jehovah, Then shall ye no more speak of the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, Nor shall it come into your mind. None shall remember it; None shall care for it; It shall not be made any more.
17 Isaan yeroo sanatti Yerusaalemiin Teessoo Waaqayyoo jedhanii waamu; saboonni hundinuus maqaa Waaqayyoo ulfeessuuf Yerusaalemitti walitti ni qabamu. Isaan siʼachi mata jabina hammina garaa isaanii duukaa hin buʼan.
For then shall Jerusalem be called the throne of Jehovah, And all the nations shall resort to it; They shall resort to Jehovah, to Jerusalem, And shall no more walk after the perverseness of their evil hearts.
18 Bara sana keessa manni Yihuudaa mana Israaʼelitti ni makama; isaanis tokkummaadhaan biyya kaabaatii gara biyya ani akka dhaalaatti abbootii keessaniif kenne sanaa ni dhufu.
In those days shall the house of Judah unite themselves with the house of Israel, And they shall come together from the north country, To the land which I caused your fathers to inherit.
19 “Ani mataan koo akkana nan jedhe; “‘Ani silaa hamman akkuma ilmaan kootti si fudhadhee biyya namatti toltu, dhaala akka malee miidhagu kan saba kamii iyyuu siif nan kenna ture.’ Ani waan ati, ‘Abbaa ko’ jettee na waamtuuf, waan ati na duukaa buʼuu hin dhiifne seʼee ture.
Then I said, how will I place thee among my children, And give thee a pleasant land, A goodly inheritance among the hosts of nations! And I said, Thou wilt call me thy father; Thou wilt not turn aside from following me.
20 Yaa mana Israaʼel, ati garuu akkuma niitii dhirsa isheetiif hin amanamne tokkoo, anaaf hin amanamne turte” jedha Waaqayyo.
Yet as a woman is faithless to her husband, So have ye been faithless to me, O house of Israel! saith Jehovah.
21 Isaan karaa isaanii jalʼisanii Waaqayyo Waaqa isaanii waan irraanfataniif gaara duwwaa irratti iyyi, booʼichii fi waammannaan saba Israaʼel ni dhagaʼama.
A voice is heard upon the hills, The weeping and supplications of the children of Israel! For they have perverted their way; They have forgotten Jehovah their God.
22 “Yaa saba amantii hin qabne deebiʼaa; ani duubatti deebiʼuu keessan nan fayyisaatii.” “Kunoo, nu gara kee ni dhufna; Ati Waaqayyo Waaqa keenyaatii.
Return, O revolted children! I will heal your rebellion. Behold, we come to thee, For thou art Jehovah our God!
23 Dhugumaan wacni gaarranii fi tulluuwwan irraa gowwoomsaa dha; dhugumaan fayyinni Israaʼel harka Waaqayyo Waaqa keenyaa jira.
Truly in vain from the hills, In vain from the mountains do we seek abundance; Only from Jehovah our God cometh salvation for Israel.
24 Ijoollummaa keenyaa jalqabnee waaqonni nama qaanessan, buʼaa dadhabbii abbootii keenyaa jechuunis bushaayee fi loon isaanii, ilmaan isaaniitii fi intallan isaanii fixaniiru.
For the things of shame have devoured the substance of our fathers from our youth, Their sheep and their oxen, Their sons and their daughters.
25 Nu qaanii keenyaan haa ciifnuu; salphinni keenyas nu haa haguugu. Nus abbootiin keenyas Waaqayyo Waaqa keenyatti cubbuu hojjenneerra; nu ijoollummaa keenyaa jalqabnee hamma ammaatti Waaqayyo Waaqa keenyaaf hin ajajamne.”
We lie down in our shame, And our ignominy covereth us; For we have sinned against Jehovah our God, We and our fathers, from our youth even to this day, And have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah our God.
