Ermiyaas 44
1 Dubbiin waaʼee Yihuudoota biyya Gibxi keessa jechuunis Migdool, Tahiphaanhees, Memfiisii fi Phaxroos keessa jiraatan hundaa dubbatu kun akkana jedhee gara Ermiyaas dhufe;
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 “Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼu, Waaqni Israaʼel akkana jedha: Isin badiisa guddaa ani Yerusaalemii fi magaalaawwan Yihuudaa hundatti fide sana argitaniirtu. Kunoo, isaan harʼa onaniiru; namni tokko iyyuu isaan keessa hin jiraatu;
“The LORD of Hosts, 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 kunis sababii hammina isaan hojjetaniitiif taʼe. Isaan ixaana aarsuu fi waaqota isaan yookaan isin yookaan abbootiin keessan hin beekin biraa waaqeffachuudhaan dheekkamsaaf na kakaasan.
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 Anis, ‘Waan jibbisiisaa ani hin jaallanne kana hin hojjetinaa!’ jedhee tajaajiltoota koo raajota ammumaa amma isaanitti erge.
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 Isaan garuu hin dhaggeeffanne yookaan gurra hin kennineef; isaan hammina isaanii irraa hin deebine yookaan waaqota biraatiif ixaana aarsuu hin dhiifne.
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 Kanaafuu dheekkamsi koo sodaachisaan sun dhangalaʼee magaalaawwan Yihuudaatii fi daandiiwwan Yerusaalem irratti bobaʼe; isaanis akkuma harʼa taʼee jiru kana ni barbadaaʼan; ni onanis.
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 “Ammas Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼu, Waaqni Israaʼel akkana jedha: Isin maaliif dhiiraa fi dubartii, ijoollee fi daaʼimman Yihuudaa irraa kuttanii badiisa guddaa akkanaa ofitti fiduudhaan hambaa malee of hambiftu?
“Therefore now the LORD, the God of Hosts, 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 Isin maaliif biyya Gibxi, lafa keessa jiraachuuf dhuftanitti waaqota biraatiif ixaana aarsuudhaan waanuma harki keessan hojjeteen dheekkamsaaf na kakaaftu? Isin ofuma balleessitanii saboota lafa irraa hunda gidduutti waan abaarsaatii fi waan fafaa of gootu.
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 Isin hammina abbootiin keessan, mootonni Yihuudaatii fi niitonni isaanii hojjetan, akkasumas hammina isinii fi niitonni keessan biyya Yihuudaattii fi daandiiwwan Yerusaalem irratti hojjettan sana ni irraanfattanii?
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 Isaan hamma harʼaatti gad of hin qabne yookaan na hin sodaanne yookaan seera kootii fi qajeelfama koo kan ani fuula keessanii fi fuula abbootii keessanii dura kaaʼe sana duukaa hin buune.
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 “Kanaafuu Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼu, Waaqni Israaʼel akkana jedha: Ani badiisa isinitti fiduu fi Yihuudaa hunda balleessuuf kutadheera.
“Therefore the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, even to cut off all Judah.
12 Ani hambaa Yihuudaa kanneen biyya Gibxi dhaqanii achi jiraachuu murteeffatan nan balleessa. Isaan hundi Gibxitti dhumu; isaan goraadeedhaan kukkufu yookaan beelaan dhumu. Xinnaa guddaan isaanii goraadeedhaan yookaan beelaan duʼa. Isaan waan abaarsaatii fi waan sodaa, waan yakkaatii fi waan fafaa taʼu.
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 Ani akkuma Yerusaalemin adabe sana warra Gibxi keessa jiraatan illee goraadeedhaan, beelaa fi dhaʼichaan nan adaba.
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 Hambaa Yihuudaa kanneen biyya Gibxi keessa jiraachuu dhaqan keessaa namni miliqu yookaan biyya Yihuudaa kan achi jiraachuuf hawwan sanatti deebiʼu tokko iyyuu hin jiru; baqattoota tokko tokko malee isaan hin deebiʼaniitii.”
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 Ergasiis namoonni akka niitonni isaanii waaqota biraatiif ixaana aarsan beekan hundii fi dubartoonni achi turan, walumatti waldaan guddaan tokkoo fi namoonni biyya Gibxi keessa Phaxroos jiraatan hundi Ermiyaasiin akkana jedhan;
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 “Nu dubbii ati maqaa Waaqayyootiin nutti dubbatte sana hin dhageenyu!
“As for the word that you have spoken to us in the LORD’s name, we will not listen to you.
17 Nu waan ni hojjenna jenne hunda dhugumaan ni hojjenna: Akkuma nuu fi abbootiin keenya, mootonni keenyaa fi qondaaltonni keenya magaalaawwan Yihuudaatii fi daandiiwwan Yerusaalem irratti goone sana nu Mootittii Samiitiif ixaana ni aarsina; dhibaayyuus ni dhibaafanna. Nu yeroo sanatti nyaata akka malee baayʼee qabna turre; haala tolaa keessa jiraanne malee hin miidhamne.
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 Erga Mootittii Samiitiif ixaana aarsuu fi dhibaayyuu dhibaafachuu dhiifne garuu nu goraadee fi beelaan dhumaa jirra malee homaa hin arganne.”
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 Dubartoonnis kana irratti, “Yeroo nu Mootittii Samiitiif ixaana aarsinee dhibaayyuu illee dhibaafanneef sana akka nu fakkii isheetiin keekii tolchinee dhibaayuu dhibaafannuuf dhirsoonni keenya ni beeku mitii?” jedhan.
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 Ermiyaas uummata deebii isaaf kennaa ture dhiiraa dubartii hundaan akkana jedhe;
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 “Waaqayyo waaʼee ixaana isinii fi abbootiin keessan, mootonni keessanii fi qondaaltonni keessan, sabni biyyattiis magaalaawwan Yihuudaatii fi daandiiwwan Yerusaalem keessatti aarsitan sanaa yaadatee garaatti hin qabannee?
“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 Yeroo Waaqayyo hojii keessan hamaa fi waan jibbisiisaa isin hojjettan sana argee obsuu dadhabetti biyyi keessan akkuma amma jirtu kana waan abaarsaatii fi ona duwwaa namni keessa hin jiraanne taʼee hafe.
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 Sababii isin ixaana aarsitanii Waaqayyotti cubbuu hojjettanii fi isaaf ajajamuu diddaniif yookaan seera isaa yookaan labsii isaa yookaan qajeelfama isaa illee duukaa buʼuu diddaniif balaan kun akkuma isin amma argitan kana isinitti dhufe.”
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 Ermiyaasis saba hundaa fi dubartoota hundaan akkana jedhe; “Isin sabni Yihuudaa warri biyya Gibxi keessa jiraattan hundi dubbii Waaqayyoo dhagaʼaa.
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 Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼu, Waaqni Israaʼel akkana jedha: Isinii fi niitonni keessan waan, ‘Nu dhugumaan wareega waaqittii samiitiif ixaana aarsuu fi dhibaayyuu illee dhibaafachuuf wareegne sana ni guunna’ jettanitti waadaa galtan sana hojiidhaan argisiiftaniirtu. “Egaa ittuma fufaatii waan waadaa galtan sana raawwadhaa! Wareega keessanis guutadhaa!
The LORD of Hosts, 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 Isin Yihuudoonni biyya Gibxi keessa jiraattan hundi garuu dubbii Waaqayyoo dhagaʼaa: Waaqayyo akkana jedha; ‘Akka namni Yihuudaadhaa dhufee biyya Gibxi keessa eessa iyyuu jiraatu tokko iyyuu lammata maqaa koo hin dhoofne yookaan, “Dhugaa Waaqayyo Goofticha jiraataa” jedhee hin kakanneen ani maqaa koo guddaadhaan nan kakadha.
“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 Ani waan hamaaf isaan ilaalaan jira malee waan tolaaf isaan ilaalaa hin jiruutii; Yihuudoonni biyya Gibxi keessa jiraatan hamma hundi isaanii barbadeeffamanitti goraadee fi beelaan dhumu.
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 Warri goraadee jalaa miliqanii biyya Gibxii gara Yihuudaatti deebiʼan akka malee xinnoo taʼu. Gaafas hambaawwan Yihuudaa kanneen biyya Gibxi keessa jiraachuuf dhufan guutuun akka dubbiin kootii fi kan isaanii keessaa kan eenyuu fiixaan baʼu ni beeku.
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 “‘Akka ani iddoo kanatti isin adabu wanni kun mallattoo isiniif taʼa;’ jedha Waaqayyo; ‘kunis akka isin akka dubbiin koo dhugumaan isiniin mormee dhaabatu beektaniif.’
“‘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 Waaqayyo akkana jedha: ‘Ani akkuma Zedeqiyaa Mooticha Yihuudaa dabarsee diina lubbuu isaa galaafachuu barbaadutti Nebukadnezar mooticha Baabilonitti kenne sana Faraʼoon Hofraa mooticha Gibxi illee dabarsee diinota isaa warra lubbuu isaa galaafachuu barbaadanitti nan kenna.’”
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.’”
