Ermiyaas 9
1 Akka ani halkanii guyyaa, saba koo dhume sanaaf booʼuuf, maaloo utuu mataan koo madda bishaanii iji koo immoo burqaa imimmaanii taʼe!
Oh that my head were waters, and mine eye a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain 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.
Oh that I had in the wilderness a traveller's lodging-place, that I might leave my people, and go away from them! For they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous 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.
And they bend their tongue, their bow of falsehood, and not for fidelity are they valiant in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.
4 “Michoota keessan irraa of eegaa; obboleessa hin amaninaa. Obboleessi hundi gowwoomsituu dha, michuun hundis maqa balleessituudhaatii.
Take ye heed every one of his friend, and confide not in any brother; for every brother only supplanteth, and every friend goeth about with slander.
5 Michuun michuu gowwoomsa; namni tokko iyyuu dhugaa hin dubbatu. Isaan arraba isaanii soba barsiifataniiru; cubbuu hojjechuudhaanis of dadhabsiisaniiru.
And they act deceitfully every one with his neighbour, and speak not the truth: they teach their tongue to speak falsehood, they weary themselves with perverse dealing.
6 Ati gidduu gowwoomsitootaa jiraatta; isaan gowwoomsaa isaanii keessatti na beekuu didan” jedha Waaqayyo.
Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.
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?
Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how else could I do for the daughter of my people?
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.
Their tongue is a murderous arrow; it speaketh deceit. [A man] speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth his ambush.
9 Ani waan kanaaf isaan hin adabuu ree?” jedha Waaqayyo. “Ani mataan koo saba akka saba kanaa, haaloo hin baʼuu ree?”
Shall I not visit them for these [things]? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on 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.
For the mountains will I take up weeping and wailing, and for the pastures of the wilderness, a lamentation; for they are burnt up, so that none passeth through them; and the voice of the cattle is not heard. Both the fowl of the heavens and the beasts are fled; they 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 heaps, a dwelling-place of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.
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 a wise man, that he may understand this? and he to whom the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken, that he may declare it? Why is the land perished, burnt up like a wilderness, so that none passeth 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 Jehovah saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not hearkened unto my voice, nor walked in it,
14 Qooda kanaa mata jabinaan fedhii garaa isaanii duukaa buʼan; akkuma abbootiin isaanii isaan barsiisanittis Baʼaal duukaa buʼan.”
but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baals, as their fathers taught them;
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.
therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will feed this people with wormwood, and give them water of gall to 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 will scatter them among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them.
17 Waaqayyo Waan Hunda Dandaʼu akkana jedha: “Mee qalbeeffadhaa! Akka dubartoonni nama boossisan dhufaniif waamaa; isaan keessaa warra ogummaadhaan caalanitti nama ergaa waamsisaa.
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider, and call for the mourning women, that they may come, and send for the skilful women, that they may come;
18 Isaan dafanii dhufanii hamma iji keenya imimmaan yaasee bishaanis baallee ija keenyaa keessaa burqutti iyyanii nuuf haa booʼan.
and let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids pour forth waters.
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 voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled, sorely put to shame! For we have forsaken the land, for they have cast down our dwellings.
20 Yaa dubartoota, egaa dubbii Waaqayyoo dhagaʼaa; dubbii afaan isaatii baʼuuf gurra keessan banadhaa. Akka itti booʼan intallan keessan barsiisaa; faaruus wal barsiisaa.
Hear then the word of Jehovah, ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and each one her companion lamentation.
21 Duuti foddaa keenyaan ol lixeera; daʼannoowwan keenyas seeneera; innis daandiiwwan irraa ijoollee oobdiiwwan sabaa irraa dargaggoota balleesseera.
For death is come up through our windows, is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from the street, the young men from the broadways.
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.’”
Speak, Thus saith Jehovah: Yea, the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the reaper, and there shall be none to gather.
23 Waaqayyo akkana jedha: “Ogeessi, ogummaa isaatiin hin boonin; yookaan namni jabaan, jabina isaatiin hin boonin yookaan sooressi, sooroma isaatiin hin boonin;
Thus saith Jehovah: Let not the wise glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty glory in his might; let not the rich glory in his riches:
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 let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I [am] Jehovah, who exercise loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth; for in these things I delight, saith Jehovah.
25 Waaqayyo akkana jedha; “Barri ani itti warra foon isaanii qofaan dhagna qabaman hunda adabu ni dhufa; isaanis:
Behold, days are coming, saith Jehovah, when I will visit all [them that are] circumcised with the uncircumcised;
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.”
Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that have the corners [of their beard] cut off, that dwell in the wilderness: for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.
