Ermiyaas 9
1 Akka ani halkanii guyyaa, saba koo dhume sanaaf booʼuuf, maaloo utuu mataan koo madda bishaanii iji koo immoo burqaa imimmaanii taʼe!
If only my head was a stream of waters and my eyes fountains of weeping, so that I might go on weeping day and night for the dead of the daughter of my people!
2 Ani akkan saba koo dhiisee biraa fagaadhuuf, maaloo utuu gammoojjii keessaa lafa bultii kara deemtotaa qabaadhee! Hundi isaanii sagaagaltoota, tuuta saba hin amanamne tokkoo ti.
If only I had in the waste land a night's resting-place for travellers, so that I might go away, far from my people! for they are all untrue, a band of false men.
3 “Isaan soba darbachuuf arraba isaanii akka xiyyaatti qopheeffatu; isaan biyyattii keessatti dhugaadhaan hin moʼanne. Isaan cubbuu irratti cubbuu dabalu; anaanis hin beekan” jedha Waaqayyo.
Their tongues are bent like a bow to send out false words: they have become strong in the land, but not for good faith: they go on from evil to evil, and they have no knowledge of me, says the Lord.
4 “Michoota keessan irraa of eegaa; obboleessa hin amaninaa. Obboleessi hundi gowwoomsituu dha, michuun hundis maqa balleessituudhaatii.
Let everyone keep watch on his neighbour, and put no faith in any brother: for every brother will certainly be tricking his brother, and every neighbour will go about saying evil.
5 Michuun michuu gowwoomsa; namni tokko iyyuu dhugaa hin dubbatu. Isaan arraba isaanii soba barsiifataniiru; cubbuu hojjechuudhaanis of dadhabsiisaniiru.
Everyone will make sport of his neighbour with deceit, not saying what is true: their tongues have been trained to say false words; they are twisted, hating to come back.
6 Ati gidduu gowwoomsitootaa jiraatta; isaan gowwoomsaa isaanii keessatti na beekuu didan” jedha Waaqayyo.
There is wrong on wrong, deceit on deceit; they have given up the knowledge of me, says the Lord.
7 Kanaafuu Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼu akkana jedha: “Kunoo, ani sababii cubbuu saba kootiif baqseen isaan qora; ani sababii intala saba kootiitiif maal gochuun dandaʼa?
So the Lord of armies has said, See, I will make them soft in the fire and put them to the test; this I will do because of their evil-doing.
8 Arrabni isaanii xiyya nama galaafatuu dha; inni gowwoomsaa dubbata. Tokkoon tokkoon namaa ollaa isaatti afaan isaatiin nagaa dubbata; garaa isaa keessa garuu kiyyoo kaaʼaaf.
His tongue is an arrow causing death; the words of his mouth are deceit: he says words of peace to his neighbour, but in his heart he is waiting secretly for him.
9 Ani waan kanaaf isaan hin adabuu ree?” jedha Waaqayyo. “Ani mataan koo saba akka saba kanaa, haaloo hin baʼuu ree?”
Am I not to send punishment for these things? says the Lord: will not my soul take payment from such a nation as this?
10 Ani tulluuwwaniif gadoodee nan booʼa; lafa dheedaa gammoojjiitiifis faarsee nan booʼa. Sababii isaan onanii hafaniif namni tokko iyyuu achiin hin darbu; marʼachuun looniis hin dhagaʼamu. Simbirroonni samii achii baqataniiru; bineensonnis godaananiiru.
Give yourselves to weeping, crying out in sorrow for the mountains; and for the fields of the waste land send up a song of grief, because they are burned up, so that no one goes through; there is no sound of cattle; the bird of the heavens and the beast are in flight and are gone.
11 “Ani Yerusaalemin tuullaa waan diigameetii fi boolla waangoo nan godha; akka namni tokko iyyuu achi jiraachuu hin dandeenyeef magaalaawwan Yihuudaa nan onsa.”
And I will make Jerusalem a mass of broken stones, the living-place of jackals; and I will make the towns of Judah a waste, with no man living there.
12 Ogeessi waan kana hubachuu dandaʼu eenyu? Namni Waaqayyoon qajeelfamee waan kana ibsuu dandaʼu eenyu? Biyyattiin maaliif akkuma gammoojjii namni tokko iyyuu keessa darbuu hin dandeenye tokkootti diigamtee onte?
Who is the wise man able to see this? who is he to whom the word of the Lord has come, so that he may make it clear? why is the land given to destruction and burned up like a waste place, so that no one goes through?
13 Waaqayyo akkana jedhe; “Kun sababii isaan seera koo kan ani fuula isaanii dura kaaʼe sana dhiisaniifii dha; isaan anaaf hin ajajamne yookaan seera koo duukaa hin buune.
And the Lord said, Because they have given up my law which I put before them, giving no attention to my voice and not being guided by it;
14 Qooda kanaa mata jabinaan fedhii garaa isaanii duukaa buʼan; akkuma abbootiin isaanii isaan barsiisanittis Baʼaal duukaa buʼan.”
But they have been walking in the pride of their hearts, going after the Baals, as their fathers gave them teaching.
15 Kanaafuu Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼu, Waaqni Israaʼel akkana jedha: “Kunoo, ani akka sabni kun nyaata hadhaaʼaa nyaatuu fi akka inni bishaan summaaʼaa dhugu nan godha.
So the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, I will give them, even this people, bitter plants for food and bitter water for drink.
16 Ani saboota isaan yookaan abbootiin isaanii hin beekin keessa isaan nan bittinneessa; ani hamman lafa irraa isaan barbadeessuttis goraadeedhaan isaan nan ariʼa.”
And I will send them wandering among the nations, among people strange to them and to their fathers: and I will send the sword after them till I have put an end to them.
17 Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼu akkana jedha: “Mee qalbeeffadhaa! Akka dubartoonni nama boossisan dhufaniif waamaa; isaan keessaa warra ogummaadhaan caalanitti nama ergaa waamsisaa.
This is what the Lord of armies has said: Take thought and send for the weeping women, so that they may come; and send for the wise women, so that they may come:
18 Isaan dafanii dhufanii hamma iji keenya imimmaan yaasee bishaanis baallee ija keenyaa keessaa burqutti iyyanii nuuf haa booʼan.
Let them quickly make cries of sorrow for us, so that drops may be flowing from our eyes till they are streaming with water.
19 Sagaleen booʼichaa kan, ‘Nu hammam badneerra! Qaaniin keenyas hammam guddaa dha! Sababii manneen keenya diigamaniif nu biyya keenya keessaa baʼuu qabna’ jedhu tokko Xiyoon keessaa ni dhagaʼama.”
For a sound of weeping goes up from Zion, a cry, How has destruction come on us? we are overcome with shame because we have gone away from our land; he has sent us out from our house.
20 Yaa dubartoota, egaa dubbii Waaqayyoo dhagaʼaa; dubbii afaan isaatii baʼuuf gurra keessan banadhaa. Akka itti booʼan intallan keessan barsiisaa; faaruus wal barsiisaa.
But even now, give ear to the word of the Lord, O you women; let your ears be open to the word of his mouth, training your daughters to give cries of sorrow, everyone teaching her neighbour a song of grief.
21 Duuti foddaa keenyaan ol lixeera; daʼannoowwan keenyas seeneera; innis daandiiwwan irraa ijoollee oobdiiwwan sabaa irraa dargaggoota balleesseera.
For death has come up into our windows, forcing its way into our great houses; cutting off the children in the streets and the young men in the wide places.
22 Ati akkana jedhi: “Waaqayyo akkana jedha: “‘Reeffi namootaa akkuma kosii diidatti gatamee, akkuma bissii midhaanii kan nama haamuu duubaan hafee nama walitti qabu dhabeetti ciciisa.’”
The bodies of men will be falling like waste on the open fields, and like grain dropped by the grain-cutter, and no one will take them up.
23 Waaqayyo akkana jedha: “Ogeessi, ogummaa isaatiin hin boonin; yookaan namni jabaan, jabina isaatiin hin boonin yookaan sooressi, sooroma isaatiin hin boonin;
This is the word of the Lord: Let not the wise man take pride in his wisdom, or the strong man in his strength, or the man of wealth in his wealth:
24 namni boonu garuu, akka ani Waaqayyo garaa namaaf laafu, kan lafa irratti murtii qajeelaa fi qajeelummaa hojjetu taʼe hubatee na beekuu isaatiin haa boonu; ani waan kanatti nan gammadaatii,” jedha Waaqayyo.
But if any man has pride, let it be in this, that he has the wisdom to have knowledge of me, that I am the Lord, working mercy, giving true decisions, and doing righteousness in the earth: for in these things I have delight, says the Lord.
25 Waaqayyo akkana jedha; “Barri ani itti warra foon isaanii qofaan dhagna qabaman hunda adabu ni dhufa; isaanis:
See, the day is coming, says the Lord, when I will send punishment on all those who have circumcision in the flesh;
26 Gibxi, Yihuudaa, Edoom, Amoon, Moʼaabii fi warra gammoojjii keessa iddoo fagoo jiraatan hunda. Saboonni kunneen hundi dhugumaan dhagna hin qabamne; garaan mana Israaʼel hundaa iyyuu dhagna hin qabamne.”
On Egypt and on Judah and on Edom and on the children of Ammon and on Moab and on all who have the ends of their hair cut, who are living in the waste land: for all these nations and all the people of Israel are without circumcision in their hearts.
