Jeremiah 2
1 LEUM GOD El fahk nu sik
The LORD’s word came to me, saying,
2 in sulkakin mwe fahkak se inge nu sin mwet nukewa in Jerusalem. “Nga esam lupan pwaye ac oaru lom nu sik ke kom srakna mutan fusr, Fuka lupan lungse lom nu sik ke kut tufahna payukyak. Kom tuh fahsrna tukuk in acn mwesis, Sie acn ma soenna oasr ma yok we.
“Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, ‘The LORD says, “I remember for you the kindness of your youth, your love as a bride, how you went after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
3 Israel, kom tuh sriyukla in ma na luk; Kom sie ma mutal nu sik mukena. Nga fah supu mwe keok ac mwe ongoiya Nu faclos nukewa su akkeokye kom. Nga, LEUM GOD, pa fahk ma inge.”
Israel was holiness to the LORD, the first fruits of his increase. All who devour him will be held guilty. Evil will come on them,”’ says the LORD.”
4 Porongo mwe fahkak lun LEUM GOD, kowos fwilin tulik natul Jacob ac sruf lun Israel.
Hear the LORD’s word, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel!
5 LEUM GOD El fahk: “Ma koluk fuka papa matu tomowos ah konauk in nga? Efu ku elos forla likiyu? Elos alu nu ke ma sruloala ma wangin sripa, Oru elos ekla pac mwet wangin sripa.
The LORD says, “What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after worthless vanity, and have become worthless?
6 Elos tiana nunku keik, Nga ne molelosla liki acn Egypt Ac kololosme sasla yen mwesis; Sie acn turangang ac pukanten luf we, Sie acn pao ac facl in misa, Yen wangin mwet muta we Ac wangin pac mwet fufahsryesr we.
They didn’t say, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that no one passed through, and where no man lived?’
7 Nga usalosme nu in sie facl kasrup ac wo fohk we, Elos in insewowo ke kosrani we ac ke ma wo pac saya. A elos tuh akkolukyela facl sik; Elos akfohkfokyela facl se su nga sang nu selos.
I brought you into a plentiful land to eat its fruit and its goodness; but when you entered, you defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.
8 Mwet tol elos tiana siyuk, ‘LEUM GOD El oasr oya?’ Elos su sasla ke ma sap elos tia eteyu. Mwet kol elos tuyak lainyu. Mwet palu kaskas ke inen Baal, Ac alu nu ke ma sruloala lusrongten.
The priests didn’t say, ‘Where is the LORD?’ and those who handle the law didn’t know me. The rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal and followed things that do not profit.
9 “Ouinge nga, LEUM GOD, fah akkalemye ma nga lain kowos kac. Nga fah tia tui in lain fwilin tulik nutuwos.
“Therefore I will yet contend with you,” says the LORD, “and I will contend with your children’s children.
10 Som nu layen roto, nu ke tuka Cyprus, Ac supwala sie mwet nu layen kutulap nu in facl Kedar. Kowos fah liye lah wangin kain inge nu sikyak meet.
For pass over to the islands of Kittim, and see. Send to Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there has been such a thing.
11 Wangin sie mutunfacl nu aolla god la uh, God inge finne tia god pwaye. A mwet luk uh tuh sisyula, God se su akwoyalos, Ac elos forla nu ke god ma tia ku in oru kutena ma nu selos.
Has a nation changed its gods, which really are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which doesn’t profit.
12 Ke ma inge nga sapkin yen engyeng uh in rarrarak ke mwe aksangeng, In fwefela ac oela,
“Be astonished, you heavens, at this and be horribly afraid. Be very desolate,” says the LORD.
13 Tuh mwet luk elos orala ma koluk luo: Elos forla likiyu, Nga su unon in kof loslos nu selos, Ac elos pukanak lufin kof — Lufin kof su wohn ac tia ku in sruokya kof.
“For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and cut out cisterns for themselves: broken cisterns that can’t hold water.
14 “Israel el tia sie mwet kohs; Tia osweyukla el nu ke moul in kohs. Na efu ku mwet lokoalok lal suk in sruokilya?
Is Israel a slave? Is he born into slavery? Why has he become a captive?
15 Elos kouyak nu sel oana pusren lion uh. Elos kunausla facl sel, oan mwesasla, Ac siti we musalla ac wanginla mwet muta we.
The young lions have roared at him and raised their voices. They have made his land waste. His cities are burnt up, without inhabitant.
16 Aok, mwet Memphis ac Tahpanhes Elos fukulya sri in ahlunsifal.
The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of your head.
17 Israel, kom na pa sifacna oru in upa nu sum! Kom sisyula, LEUM GOD lom, Ke nga tuh pwen kom inkanek uh.
“Haven’t you brought this on yourself, in that you have forsaken the LORD your God, when he led you by the way?
18 Ya oasr ma ac wo nu sum kom fin som nu Egypt In nim kof ke Infacl Nile? Ya oasr ma ac wo nu sum kom fin som nu Assyria In nim kof ke Infacl Euphrates?
Now what do you gain by going to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? Or why do you go on the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?
19 Ma koluk lom sifacna ac fah kai kom, Ac forla lom likiyu fah liskomla. Kom ac fah akilen lah sie ma na koluk ac mwen Pa in sisla LEUM GOD lom, Ac tila inse pwaye nu sik. Nga, LEUM GOD Fulatlana ac Kulana, pa fahk ma inge.”
“Your own wickedness will correct you, and your backsliding will rebuke you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing, that you have forsaken the LORD your God, and that my fear is not in you,” says the Lord, GOD of Armies.
20 LEUM GOD Fulatlana El fahk, “Israel, kom nuna srunga na muta ye ku luk oemeet me. Kom tiana akosyu ku alu nu sik. Fin mangon eol nukewa, Ac ye sak folfol nukewa Kom tuh alu nu ke god eslap uh.
“For long ago I broke off your yoke, and burst your bonds. You said, ‘I will not serve;’ for on every high hill and under every green tree you bowed yourself, playing the prostitute.
21 Nga yukwikomi oana soko fain sacnsan Ke fita ma wo oemeet. Na liye ma kom ekla nu kac inge! Kom oana soko fain kolukla ac wanginla sripa.
Yet I had planted you a noble vine, a pure and faithful seed. How then have you turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine to me?
22 Kom finne oulkomla ke soap na ku Nga ac srakna liye tuhn fohkfok lun ma koluk lom.
For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap, yet your iniquity is marked before me,” says the Lord GOD.
23 Efu ku kom ku in fahk mu kom tiana aktaekye monum, Ac fahk mu kom tiana wi alu nu sel Baal? Esam lupan ma koluk kom oru infahlfal uh; Ngetang liye ma kom orala inge. Kom oana soko camel mutan lemnak Ma yuwot yume sukok camel mukul,
“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled. I have not gone after the Baals’? See your way in the valley. Know what you have done. You are a swift dromedary traversing her ways,
24 Sasang nu in yen turangang uh. In pacl el ouinge uh, su ac ku in kutongilya? Camel mukul ma lungse el uh fah tia enenu in sokol, Mweyen el pa ac sokolos.
a wild donkey used to the wilderness, that sniffs the wind in her craving. When she is in heat, who can turn her away? All those who seek her will not weary themselves. In her month, they will find her.
25 Israel, nimet aktotoye niom, Ku lela in paola kapinsrulyom Ke ukweyen god ngia. A kom fahk, ‘Mo! Nga tia ku in forla. Nga lungse god saya uh, ac nga fah ukwalos.’”
“Keep your feet from being bare, and your throat from thirst. But you said, ‘It is in vain. No, for I have loved strangers, and I will go after them.’
26 LEUM GOD El fahk, “Oana ke sie mwet pisrapasr el ac mwekinla ke ac sruhu el, kowos mwet Israel nukewa ac fah mwekinla pac — tokosra, mwet fulat, mwet tol ac mwet palu lowos.
As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so the house of Israel is ashamed— they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets,
27 Kowos nukewa ac fah mwekinla — kowos su fahk mu sak soko pa papa tomowos ac eot se pa nina kiowos. Ma inge ac sikyak mweyen kowos forla likiyu ac tia nget nu sik. Tusruktu ke pacl se kowos ac sun ongoiya, na kowos ac siyuk nga in tuku ac molikowosla.
who tell wood, ‘You are my father,’ and a stone, ‘You have given birth to me,’ for they have turned their back to me, and not their face, but in the time of their trouble they will say, ‘Arise, and save us!’
28 “Pia god ma kowos sifacna taflela nu suwos uh? Pacl kowos ac sun ongoiya, lela elos in molikowosla, elos fin ku! Arulana pusla god lowos, oana pisen siti in acn Judah.
“But where are your gods that you have made for yourselves? Let them arise, if they can save you in the time of your trouble, for you have as many gods as you have towns, O Judah.
29 Mea kowos torkaskas kac uh? Efu kowos orekma koluk na lainyu?
“Why will you contend with me? You all have transgressed against me,” says the LORD.
30 Nga tuh kai kowos, tusruk wanginna sripa mweyen kowos tia lela nga in luti kowos. Kowos uniya mwet palu lowos, oana soko lion sulallal.
“I have struck your children in vain. They received no correction. Your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
31 Mwet Israel, porongo ma nga fahk uh. Ya nga oana sie acn mwesis nu suwos, oana sie acn lohsr ac sensen? Na efu kowos ku fahk mu kowos ac oru oana lungse lowos, ac kowos ac tiana foloko nu yuruk?
Generation, consider the LORD’s word. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? Or a land of thick darkness? Why do my people say, ‘We have broken loose. We will come to you no more’?
32 Ya sie mutan fusr ku in mulkunla mwe naweyuk lal, ku sie mutan akola in marut ku in mulkunla nuknuk in marut lal? Tia ku. Tusruktu nga tia ku in oakla pisen len mwet luk uh mulkinyula.
“Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me for days without number.
33 Kom arulana etu in konauk mukul kom lungse orek pwar se. Finne mutan koluk se, el ku in lutlut sum.
How well you prepare your way to seek love! Therefore you have even taught the wicked women your ways.
34 Nuknuk lom tuhnla ke srahn mwet sukasrup su wangin mwata, tia ke srahn mwet pisrapasr. “Tusruktu finne ma inge nukewa orek,
Also the blood of the souls of the innocent poor is found in your skirts. You didn’t find them breaking in, but it is because of all these things.
35 a kom srakna fahk mu, ‘Wangin mwetik! LEUM GOD El tiana kasrkusrak sik.’ Tusruktu nga, LEUM GOD, fah kai kom mweyen kom lafwekin lah kom orekma koluk.
“Yet you said, ‘I am innocent. Surely his anger has turned away from me.’ “Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’
36 Efu ku arulana fisrasr sum in ikikil nunak lom? Kom ac toasrla sin Egypt, oana ke kom tuh toasrla sin Assyria.
Why do you go about so much to change your ways? You will be ashamed of Egypt also, as you were ashamed of Assyria.
37 Kom ac fah forla liki Egypt, ac suwoli ke mwekin. Nga, LEUM GOD, siselosla su kom lulalfongi. Wangin kutena ma wo kom ac eis selos.”
You will also leave that place with your hands on your head; for the LORD has rejected those in whom you trust, and you won’t prosper with them.
