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Ang Puwerte nga Tingadlaw sa Juda

14 Amo ini ang ginsiling sang Ginoo sa akon parte sa malawig nga tingadlaw: “Nagapangasubo gid ang Juda; ang iya sini mga banwa nagapalangluya. Nagapungko ang mga pumuluyo sini sa duta nga nagapangasubo, kag mabatian ang mga paghinibi sa Jerusalem. Ginasugo sang mga manggaranon ang ila mga suluguon sa pagsag-ob. Nagakadto sila sa mga buho nga pulunduhan sang tubig pero wala sing tubig. Gani nagabalik sila nga wala sing sulod ang ila suludlan. Tungod sa puwerte nga kahuya, ginatabunan nila ang ila mga ulo. Naglitik ang duta kay wala sing ulan. Kag tungod sa kahuya, ginatabunan sang mga mangunguma ang ila mga ulo. Bisan ang usa ginbayaan niya ang iya bag-o lang natawo nga bata kay wala na sing hilamon. Ang talunon nga mga asno nagatindog sa mahawan nga mga bukid kag nagahangos pareho sang ginauhaw nga talunon nga mga ido.[a] Nagapalangdulom ang ila panulok tungod kay wala na sila sing halalbon.”

Nagsiling ang mga tawo, “O Ginoo, nakasala kami sa imo. Permi kami nagatalikod sa imo, kag takos kami nga silutan. Pero buligi kami para sa imo kadungganan. O Ginoo, ikaw lang ang paglaom sang Israel. Ikaw ang iya manluluwas sa tion sang kalisod. Ngaa nga daw sa dumuluong ka lang sa amon? Ngaa nga daw sa nagaagi ka lang sing isa ka gab-i sa amon nasyon? Pareho bala ikaw sa tawo nga wala sing may mahimo?[b] Pareho man bala ikaw sa isa ka soldado nga wala sing ikasarang sa pagbulig? Kaupod ka namon, O Ginoo, kag imo kami katawhan; gani indi kami pagpabay-i.”

10 Amo ini ang sabat sang Ginoo sa mga tawo: “Luyag gid ninyo nga magpalayo sa akon; ginapagustuhan lang ninyo ang inyo kaugalingon. Gani indi ko na kamo pagbatunon bilang akon katawhan. Dumdumon ko ang inyo mga kalautan kag silutan ko kamo.”

11 Dayon nagsiling ang Ginoo sa akon, “Indi ka magpangamuyo para sa kaayuhan sang sini nga mga tawo. 12 Bisan magpuasa pa sila, indi ko sila pagpamatian sa ila pagpangayo sang bulig sa akon. Bisan maghalad pa sila sang halad nga ginasunog kag halad nga regalo, indi ko ina pagbatunon. Sa baylo, pamatyon ko sila paagi sa inaway, sa gutom, kag sa mga kalalat-an.”

13 Pero nagsiling ako, “O Ginoong Dios, nahibaluan mo nga permi sila ginahambalan sang mga propeta nga wala kuno sing magaabot nga inaway ukon gutom, tungod kay nagsiling ka nga hatagan mo sila sang kalinong sa ila nasyon.” 14 Nagsabat ang Ginoo, “Ina nga mga propeta nagapanagna sing butig sa akon ngalan. Wala ko sila ginpadala ukon ginsugo, kag wala ako nagpakighambal sa ila. Ang ginasugid nila sa inyo nga mga palanan-awon wala naghalin sa akon; ang ila mga ginatagna wala sing pulos nga halin lang sa ila madaya nga tagipusuon. 15 Gani ako, ang Ginoo, nagasiling nga silutan ko ining butigon nga mga propeta nga nagapanagna sa akon ngalan bisan wala ko sila ginsugo. Nagasiling sila nga wala kuno sing inaway ukon gutom nga magaabot sa sini nga nasyon. Ina nga mga propeta malaglag paagi sa inaway kag gutom. 16 Kag kon parte sa mga tawo nga ila ginasugiran sang ila mga mensahi, ang ila mga bangkay ipanghaboy sa mga dalan sang Jerusalem. Magakalamatay sila tungod sa inaway kag gutom. Wala sing may maglubong sa ila, sa ila mga asawa, kag sa ila mga kabataan. Ipaagom ko sa ila ang silot nga nagakabagay sa ila.

17 Jeremias, isiling ini sa mga tawo: ‘Adlaw-gab-i wala untat ang akon paghibi kay grabe ang pilas sang akon katawhan nga ginakabig ko nga akon birhen nga bata, kag nasakitan gid sila. 18 Kon magkadto ako sa mga uma kag mga banwa, makita ko ang mga bangkay sang nagkalamatay sa inaway kag sa gutom. Ang mga propeta kag mga pari nagapadayon sa ila buluhaton, pero wala sila nakahibalo kon ano ang ila ginabuhat.[c]’ ”

Nagdangop ang mga Tawo sa Dios

19 O Ginoo, ginsikway mo na gid bala ang Juda? Ginakaugtan mo gid bala ang Jerusalem?[d] Ngaa bala nga ginpilasan mo kami sing tama gid, sa bagay nga indi na kami mag-ayo? Naglaom kami nga hatagan mo kami sang kalinong, pero wala nag-abot. Naglaom kami nga ayuhon mo kami, pero kahadlok ang nag-abot sa amon. 20 O Ginoo, ginaako namon ang amon kalautan kag ang sala sang amon mga katigulangan. Nakasala gid kami kontra sa imo. 21 O Ginoo, para sa kadungganan sang imo ngalan indi kami pag-isikway. Indi pagpakahuy-i ang imo halangdon nga trono. Dumduma ang imo kasugtanan sa amon, kag indi paggub-a. 22 Wala sing bisan isa nga dios-dios sang mga nasyon nga makapaulan. Bisan ang langit mismo indi makapaulan kundi ikaw lang gid, Ginoo nga amon Dios. Ikaw lang ang makahimo sini, gani sa imo kami nagalaom.

Footnotes

  1. 14:6 talunon nga mga ido: sa English, jackals.
  2. 14:9 wala sing may mahimo: Indi klaro ang buot silingon sang Hebreo sini.
  3. 14:18 nagapadayon… ginabuhat: ukon, gindala sa duta nga wala nila mahibaluan.
  4. 14:19 Jerusalem: sa Hebreo, Zion.

Drought, Famine, Sword

14 This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:(A)

“Judah mourns,(B)
    her cities languish;
they wail for the land,
    and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.
The nobles send their servants for water;
    they go to the cisterns
    but find no water.(C)
They return with their jars unfilled;
    dismayed and despairing,
    they cover their heads.(D)
The ground is cracked
    because there is no rain in the land;(E)
the farmers are dismayed
    and cover their heads.
Even the doe in the field
    deserts her newborn fawn
    because there is no grass.(F)
Wild donkeys stand on the barren heights(G)
    and pant like jackals;
their eyes fail
    for lack of food.”(H)

Although our sins testify(I) against us,
    do something, Lord, for the sake of your name.(J)
For we have often rebelled;(K)
    we have sinned(L) against you.
You who are the hope(M) of Israel,
    its Savior(N) in times of distress,(O)
why are you like a stranger in the land,
    like a traveler who stays only a night?
Why are you like a man taken by surprise,
    like a warrior powerless to save?(P)
You are among(Q) us, Lord,
    and we bear your name;(R)
    do not forsake(S) us!

10 This is what the Lord says about this people:

“They greatly love to wander;
    they do not restrain their feet.(T)
So the Lord does not accept(U) them;
    he will now remember(V) their wickedness
    and punish them for their sins.”(W)

11 Then the Lord said to me, “Do not pray(X) for the well-being of this people. 12 Although they fast, I will not listen to their cry;(Y) though they offer burnt offerings(Z) and grain offerings,(AA) I will not accept(AB) them. Instead, I will destroy them with the sword,(AC) famine(AD) and plague.”(AE)

13 But I said, “Alas, Sovereign Lord! The prophets(AF) keep telling them, ‘You will not see the sword or suffer famine.(AG) Indeed, I will give you lasting peace(AH) in this place.’”

14 Then the Lord said to me, “The prophets are prophesying lies(AI) in my name. I have not sent(AJ) them or appointed them or spoken to them. They are prophesying to you false visions,(AK) divinations,(AL) idolatries[a] and the delusions of their own minds. 15 Therefore this is what the Lord says about the prophets who are prophesying in my name: I did not send them, yet they are saying, ‘No sword or famine will touch this land.’ Those same prophets will perish(AM) by sword and famine.(AN) 16 And the people they are prophesying to will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and sword. There will be no one to bury(AO) them, their wives, their sons and their daughters.(AP) I will pour out on them the calamity they deserve.(AQ)

17 “Speak this word to them:

“‘Let my eyes overflow with tears(AR)
    night and day without ceasing;
for the Virgin(AS) Daughter, my people,
    has suffered a grievous wound,
    a crushing blow.(AT)
18 If I go into the country,
    I see those slain by the sword;
if I go into the city,
    I see the ravages of famine.(AU)
Both prophet and priest
    have gone to a land they know not.(AV)’”

19 Have you rejected Judah completely?(AW)
    Do you despise Zion?
Why have you afflicted us
    so that we cannot be healed?(AX)
We hoped for peace
    but no good has come,
for a time of healing
    but there is only terror.(AY)
20 We acknowledge(AZ) our wickedness, Lord,
    and the guilt of our ancestors;(BA)
    we have indeed sinned(BB) against you.
21 For the sake of your name(BC) do not despise us;
    do not dishonor your glorious throne.(BD)
Remember your covenant(BE) with us
    and do not break it.
22 Do any of the worthless idols(BF) of the nations bring rain?(BG)
    Do the skies themselves send down showers?
No, it is you, Lord our God.
    Therefore our hope is in you,
    for you are the one who does all this.(BH)

Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 14:14 Or visions, worthless divinations

14 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.

Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.

Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.

Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.

And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.

O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.

O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?

Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O Lord, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.

10 Thus saith the Lord unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the Lord doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.

11 Then said the Lord unto me, Pray not for this people for their good.

12 When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.

13 Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.

14 Then the Lord said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.

15 Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.

16 And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them.

17 Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.

18 If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.

19 Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!

20 We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.

21 Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.

22 Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Lord our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.