Jeremiah 2

1 Yahweh gave me another message

At ang salita ng Panginoon ay dumating sa akin, na nagsasabi,

2 [to proclaim to everyone in Jerusalem. He said that I should tell them this] [MET]: “I, Yahweh, remember that you very much wanted to please me [long ago]. [You tried to please me like] a bride [tries to please her husband]; You loved me, and you followed me through the desert [DOU].

Ikaw ay yumaon, at humiyaw sa mga pakinig ng Jerusalem, na iyong sabihin, Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, Inaalaala ko sa ikabubuti mo ang kagandahang-loob ng iyong kabataan, ang pagibig sa iyong mga pagaasawa; kung paanong ikaw ay sumunod sa akin sa ilang, sa lupain na hindi hinasikan.

3 [At that time you] Israelis (were set apart/belonged only) to me; [you belonged to me like] the first part of the harvests belong to me [MET]. I promised to punish all those who harmed you, my people, and truly I did send disasters on them. [That happened because I], Yahweh, said [that it would happen].”

Ang Israel ay kabanalan sa Panginoon, na mga pangunang bunga ng kaniyang halaman: lahat na nagsisisakmal sa kaniya ay aariing salarin; kasamaan ay darating sa kanila, sabi ng Panginoon.

4 So, you [descendants of] [MTY] Jacob, all you people of [MTY] Israel,

Inyong dinggin ang salita ng Panginoon, Oh sangbahayan ni Jacob, at lahat na angkan ng sangbahayan ng Israel:

5 listen to what Yahweh says: “(What sin did I commit [RHQ] that caused your ancestors to turn far away from me?/Though your ancestors found no fault in me, they turned far away from me.) They worshiped worthless idols, and they themselves became worthless.

Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, Anong kalikuan ang nasumpungan ng inyong mga magulang sa akin, na sila'y nagsilayo sa akin, at nagsisunod sa walang kabuluhan, at naging walang kabuluhan?

6 They did not say, ‘Yahweh brought us [safely] out of Egypt, and he led us through a desert where there were a lot of pits; he led us where there was no water and where it was very dangerous, through a land where no one lives, and no one even travels. (So where is Yahweh now?/So he should be helping us now!) [RHQ]’

Hindi man nila sinabi, Saan nandoon ang Panginoon na nagahon sa atin mula sa lupain ng Egipto, na pumatnubay sa atin sa ilang, sa mga lupaing ilang at bakobako, sa lupaing may pagkakatuyo at lilim ng kamatayan, sa lupain na walang dumaraan at walang taong tumatahan?

7 And when I brought you into a very fertile land, in order that you could enjoy [all] the fruit and [other] good things that you would harvest, you caused the land that I promised to give to you to be unfit for me and to become disgusting/detestable to me.

At dinala ko kayo sa saganang lupain, upang kumain ng bunga niyaon at ng kabutihan niyaon; nguni't nang kayo'y pumasok ay inyong hinawahan ang aking lupain, at ginawa ninyong kasuklamsuklam ang aking mana.

8 [Your] priests also did not say, ‘(Where is Yahweh now?/Yahweh should be helping us now!)’ [RHQ] Those who teach/explain my laws do not [want to] know me, and [your] leaders have rebelled against me. [Your] prophets gave you messages from [their god] Baal, and they worship worthless idols.”

Hindi sinabi ng mga saserdote, Saan nandoon ang Panginoon? at silang nagsisihawak ng kautusan ay hindi nakakilala sa akin: ang mga pinuno naman ay nagsisalansang laban sa akin, at ang mga propeta ay nanganghula sa pamamagitan ni Baal, at nagsilakad na sumunod sa mga bagay na hindi pinakikinabangan.

9 “So, I will accuse you in court. [In future years], I will say what your children and your grandchildren have done that is wrong. [That will happen because I], Yahweh, have said [that it will happen].

Kaya't ako'y makikipagtalo pa sa inyo, sabi ng Panginoon, at sa mga anak ng inyong mga anak ay makikipagtalo ako.

10 If you go [west] to the island of Cyprus, or if you go [east] to Kedar [land, ] and if you ask people in those places, they will tell you that no people [from their countries] have ever done the wicked things that you people have done!

Sapagka't mangagdaan kayo sa mga pulo ng Chittim, at tingnan, at kayo'y mangagsugo sa Cedar, at mangagbulay na maingat; at inyong tingnan kung may nangyaring ganiyang bagay.

11 The people of no other nation have ever [RHQ] abandoned their gods that they thought were glorious and started to worship gods that are not really gods, but you people have abandoned me, your glorious God, and are worshiping gods that are useless.

Ipinagpalit baga ng isang bansa ang kanilang mga dios, na hindi mga dios? nguni't ipinagpalit ng aking bayan ang kanilang kaluwalhatian sa hindi pinakikinabangan.

12 [It is as though everything in] the sky is surprised and dismayed/appalled [about what you have done]; [it is as though] they tremble because they are very horrified.

Mangagtaka kayo Oh kayong mga langit, sa bagay na ito, at mangatakot ng kakilakilabot, mangatuyo kang lubha, sabi ng Panginoon.

13 [You], my people, have done two evil things: You have rejected me, the one who is [like] [MET] a fountain [where you can obtain] fresh water, and you [are worshiping gods that are like] [MET] pits in the ground that are cracked and which are not able to hold any water.

Sapagka't ang bayan ko ay nagkamit ng dalawang kasamaan; kanilang iniwan ako na bukal ng buhay na tubig, at nagsigawa sa ganang kanila ng mga balon na mga sirang balon na hindi malalamnan ng tubig.

14 You Israeli people, you were certainly not [RHQ] slaves when you were born; you were captured [by your enemies].

Ang Israel baga'y alipin? siya baga'y aliping ipinanganak sa bahay? bakit siya'y naging samsam.

15 [Your enemies] [MET] roared [like] lions, and they destroyed your land. [Now] your towns have been burned, and no one lives in them.

Ang mga batang leon ay nagsiungal sa kaniya, at nagsihiyaw: at sinira nila ang kaniyang lupain; ang kaniyang mga bayan ay nangasunog, na walang mananahan.

16 Soldiers from Memphis and Tahpenes, [cities in Egypt], have [defeated you] [and] shaved your heads [to show that you are their slaves].

Binasag naman ng mga anak ng Memfis at ng Taphnes ang bao ng iyong ulo.

17 But it is [RHQ] because you abandoned [me], Yahweh, that these disasters have happened to you.

Hindi mo baga pinapangyari ito sa iyong sarili, dahil sa iyong pagpapabaya sa Panginoon mong Dios, nang kaniyang patnubayan ka sa daan?

18 So (why are you trying to make an alliance with [MET] the rulers of Egypt?/it certainly will not help you to make an alliance with the rulers of Egypt) [RHQ]. Why are you trying to make an alliance with [MET] the rulers of Assyria who live near the [Euphrates] River?

At ngayo'y anong ipakikialam mo sa daan na patungo sa Egipto, upang uminom ng tubig sa Sikor? o anong ipakikialam mo sa daang patungo sa Asiria, upang uminom ng tubig sa ilog?

19 [It is because] you have been [very] wicked that I [PRS] will punish you. It is because you have turned away from me that I [PRS] will condemn you. [When I do that], you will realize that painful and evil [DOU] things will happen to you because you have forsaken [me], Yahweh, your God, and you no [longer] revere me. [That will certainly happen because] I, Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels in heaven, have said it.

Sasawayin ka ng iyong sariling kasamaan, at sasawayin ka ng iyong mga pagtalikod: talastasin mo nga at iyong tingnan na masamang bagay at kapanglawpanglaw, na iyong pinabayaan ang Panginoon mong Dios: at ang takot sa akin ay wala sa iyo, sabi ng Panginoon, ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo.

20 Long ago, you stopped obeying [me] [MET], and you would not allow [me] to lead you [MET]; you refused to worship [me]. Instead, you worship idols that are under trees on the top of every hill, and your young women have sex with [EUP] [men at those places].

Sapagka't nang unang panahon ay inalis ko ang iyong pamatok, at nilagot ko ang iyong mga tali; at iyong sinabi: Hindi ako maglilingkod; sapagka't sa bawa't mataas na burol, at sa ilalim ng bawa't sariwang punong kahoy ay yumuko ka, na nagpatutot.

21 [It is as though] [MET] you were a grapevine that I planted when it was a cutting from a very good vine. So now it is disgusting that [RHQ] you have become [like] a rotten worthless vine.

Gayon ma'y tinamnan kita ng mahal na puno ng ubas, na pawang mabuting binhi: bakit ka nga naging bansot na ibang puno ng ubas sa akin?

22 Your guilt from your sins is like [MET] very bad stains on a cloth, and you cannot get rid of those stains even by using very strong soap. [This is true because I], Yahweh, have said it.

Sapagka't bagaman maghugas ka ng lihiya, at magbunton ka ng maraming sabon, gayon ma'y natatala sa harap ko ang iyong kasamaan, sabi ng Panginoong Dios.

23 You say that you have not sinned. You say ‘We have not become unacceptable to God; we have not worshiped Baal.’ But think about [the disgusting things that you do very eagerly] in [Hinnom] Valley [outside Jerusalem]. You are like desperate female camels, running here and there [to find male camels to have sex with].

Paanong masasabi mo, Hindi ako nagpakahawa, hindi ako yumaong sumunod sa mga Baal? tingnan mo ang iyong daan sa libis, talastasin mo kung ano ang iyong ginawa: ikaw na maliksing dromedario na dumadamba sa paglakad;

24 You are [like] wild female donkeys in the desert. They sniff the air to find where the male donkeys are, and no one can [RHQ] restrain them. The male donkeys that want them do not become tired searching for them, because at mating time they find them [easily].

Isang asnong babaeng mailap na sanay sa ilang na sumisingasing sa kaniyang nais; sa kaniyang pagkakataon, sinong makapagliligaw sa kaniya? silang lahat na nagsisihanap sa kaniya ay hindi mapapagod: sa kaniyang kabuwanan ay masusumpungan siya.

25 You constantly run here and there [to find idols to worship], with the result that your sandals are worn out, and your throats have become dry. [I told you to stop doing that], but you said, ‘We cannot stop, because we love foreign gods, and we must worship them.’”

Ingatan mo ang iyong paa sa paglakad na walang suot, at ang iyong lalamunan sa pagkauhaw. Nguni't iyong sinabi, Walang kabuluhan; hindi, sapagka't ako'y umibig sa mga taga ibang lupa, at sa kanila'y susunod ako.

26 [Yahweh says this]: “A robber is disgraced when he is caught. And all of you, including your kings and priests and prophets, are similarly disgraced.

Kung paanong ang magnanakaw ay napapahiya pagka siya'y nahuhuli, gayon napapahiya ang sangbahayan ni Israel; sila, ang kanilang mga hari, ang kanilang mga prinsipe, at ang kanilang mga saserdote, at ang kanilang mga propeta,

27 You say to [a piece of] wood [that is carved to become a sacred idol], ‘You are our father!’ And you say to a stone [that you have set up], ‘You are our mother!’ You have rejected [IDM] me, but when you experience troubles, you cry out to me to rescue you.

Na nangagsasabi sa kahoy, Ikaw ay aking ama; at sa bato, Iyong ipinanganak ako: sapagka't kanilang ipinihit ang kanilang likod sa akin, at hindi ang kanilang mukha: nguni't sa panahon ng kanilang kabagabagan ay sasabihin nila, Ikaw ay bumangon, at iligtas mo kami.

28 Why do you not [RHQ] cry out to the gods that you made? You have as many gods as you have cities [and towns] in Judah. So why do you not plead with them to rescue you when you experience disasters?

Nguni't saan nandoon ang iyong mga dios na iyong ginawa para sa iyo? magsibangon sila, kung sila'y makapagliligtas sa iyo sa panahon ng iyong kabagabagan: sapagka't ayon sa bilang ng iyong mga bayan ay gayon ang iyong mga dios, Oh Juda.

29 You complain that it was wrong for me [not to have rescued you], but you have all rebelled against me.

Bakit kayo nangakikipagpunyagi sa akin? kayong lahat ay nagsisalangsang laban sa akin, sabi ng Panginoon.

30 I punished some of you, but you did not learn anything from my doing that. You have killed many of the prophets that I [sent to you], like [SIM] fierce lions kill [other animals].

Sa walang kabuluhan sinaktan ko ang inyong mga anak; sila'y hindi nagsitanggap ng saway; nilamon ng inyong sariling tabak ang inyong mga propeta, na parang manglilipol na leon.

31 You people of Israel, pay attention to what I say. I have certainly [RHQ] never [abandoned you] in a desert; I have never [left you] in a land full of darkness. So, why do you, my people, say ‘We are free from God’s control; we will not return to [worship] God any more’?

Oh lahi, tingnan ninyo ang salita ng Panginoon. Naging ilang baga ako sa Israel? o lupain ng salimuot na kadiliman? bakit nga sinasabi ng aking bayan, Kami ay nangakalaya; hindi na kami paroroon pa sa iyo?

32 A young woman would certainly never [RHQ] forget [to wear] her jewelry, and a bride would never [RHQ] forget to wear her wedding dress, but you my people have forgotten me for many years.

Malilimutan baga ng dalaga ang kaniyang mga hiyas, o ng kasintahang babae ang kaniyang kagayakan? gayon ma'y nilimot ako ng bayan ko sa mga araw na walang bilang.

33 You know how to easily find [gods from other countries] whom you can love. You can find them as easily as a prostitute [can find men to sleep with].

Anong pagpapaganda mo ng iyong lakad upang humanap ng pagibig! kaya't gayon din ang mga patutot ay iyong tinuruan ng iyong mga lakad.

34 Although you have on your clothes the blood of poor people whom you have murdered, people who (were innocent/had not done things that are wrong),

Gayon din sa mga laylayan mo ay nakasumpong ng dugo ng mga kaluluwa ng dukhang walang sala: hindi mo nasumpungan sa dako ng pagbubukas; kundi dahil sa lahat ng mga ito.

35 you say ‘We have not done anything that is wrong; so surely [Yahweh] is not angry with us.’ But I will punish [MTY] you [severely] for saying ‘We have not sinned.’

Gayon ma'y sinabi mo: Ako'y walang sala; tunay na ang kaniyang galit ay humiwalay sa akin. Narito, hahatulan kita, sapagka't iyong sinabi, Hindi ako nagkasala.

36 Previously you requested [the army of] Assyria to help you, but they were not able to help you. Now you have requested [the army of] Egypt to help you, but they will not be able to help you, either.

Bakit ka lumalaboy upang papanibaguhin mo ang iyong lakad? ikahihiya mo rin naman ang Egipto na gaya ng iyong pagkahiya sa Asiria.

37 They will capture you, and you will be [their prisoners] [MTY], led to Egypt, [very ashamed] with your hands on your heads. That will happen because I, Yahweh, have rejected those [nations] that you are relying on, and they will not be able to help you at all.”

Mula doon ay lalabas ka rin, na ang iyong mga kamay ay nakapatong sa iyong ulo: sapagka't itinakuwil ng Panginoon ang iyong mga pinagkakatiwalaan, at hindi ka giginhawa sa kanila.