The Crimes of Jerusalem
1 The Lord spoke to me. 2 “Mortal man,” he said, “are you ready to judge the city that is full of murderers? Make clear to her all the disgusting things she has done. 3 Tell the city what I, the Sovereign Lord, am saying: Because you have murdered so many of your own people and have defiled yourself by worshiping idols, your time is coming. 4 You are guilty of those murders and are defiled by the idols you made, and so your day is coming, your time is up! That is why I have let the nations make fun of you and all the countries sneer at you. 5 Countries nearby and countries far away sneer at you because of your lawlessness. 6 All Israel's leaders trust in their own strength and commit murder. 7 None of you in the city honor your parents. You cheat foreigners and take advantage of widows and orphans. 8 You have no respect for the holy places, and you don't keep the Sabbath. 9 Some of your people tell lies about others in order to have them put to death. Some of them eat sacrifices offered to idols. Some are always satisfying their lusts. 10 Some of them sleep with their father's wife. Some force women to have intercourse with them during their period. 11 Some commit adultery, and others seduce their daughters-in-law or their half sisters. 12 Some of your people murder for pay. Some charge interest on the loans they make to other Israelites and get rich by taking advantage of them. They have forgotten me.” The Sovereign Lord has spoken.
13 “I will bring my fist down on your robberies and murders. 14 Do you think you will have any courage left or have strength enough to lift your hand when I am finished with you? I, the Lord, have spoken, and I keep my word. 15 I will scatter your people to every country and nation and will put an end to your evil actions. 16 And so the other nations will dishonor you, but you will know that I am the Lord.”
God's Refining Furnace
17 The Lord said to me, 18 “Mortal man, the Israelites are of no use to me. They are like waste metal—copper, tin, iron, and lead—left over after silver has been refined in a furnace. 19 So now I, the Sovereign Lord, am telling them that they are just as useless as that. I will bring them all together in Jerusalem 20 in the same way that the ore of silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin is put in a refining furnace. My anger and rage will melt them the way fire melts ore. 21 Yes, I will gather them in Jerusalem, build a fire under them, and melt them with my anger. 22 They will be melted in Jerusalem the way silver is melted in a furnace, and then they will know that they are feeling the anger of the Lord.”
The Sins of Israel's Leaders
23 The Lord spoke to me again. 24 “Mortal man,” he said, “tell the Israelites that their land is unholy, and so I am punishing it in my anger. 25 The leaders are like lions roaring over the animals they have killed. They kill the people, take all the money and property they can get, and by their murders leave many widows. 26 The priests break my law and have no respect for what is holy. They make no distinction between what is holy and what is not. They do not teach the difference between clean and unclean things, and they ignore the Sabbath. As a result the people of Israel do not respect me. 27 The government officials are like wolves tearing apart the animals they have killed. They commit murder in order to get rich. 28 The prophets have hidden these sins like workers covering a wall with whitewash. They see false visions and make false predictions. They claim to speak the word of the Sovereign Lord, but I, the Lord, have not spoken to them. 29 The wealthy cheat and rob. They mistreat the poor and take advantage of foreigners. 30 I looked for someone who could build a wall, who could stand in the places where the walls have crumbled and defend the land when my anger is about to destroy it, but I could find no one. 31 So I will turn my anger loose on them, and like a fire I will destroy them for what they have done.” The Sovereign Lord has spoken.
Yerusalaamunkoolu ye junube kuwolu mennu ke
1 Yaawe* la kumoo naata n kaŋ ko: 2 “Ite hadamadiŋo, fo i pareeta le baŋ ka ñiŋ saatewo kiitindi? I te ñiŋ saatewo kiitindi la, meŋ be faariŋ moofaa la baŋ? I si ì la kuu haraamuriŋolu bee fo ì ye, ì ye mennu ke. 3 A fo wo saatewo ye, nte Yaawe a Maariyo ye ñiŋ ne fo ko: Ite Yerusalaamu, yeleboŋo ka ke daameŋ. I ye i faŋ kosondi niŋ i la wo jalaŋolu le la, i ye mennu dadaa. I la waatoo siita le. 4 I naata ke tooñendirilaa ti ka bo niŋ yeleboŋo la, i ye meŋ ke. I ye i faŋ kosondi i la jalaŋolu le la, i ye mennu dadaa. Aduŋ i ye a ke fo i siyo maŋ jamfa. I siyo la baŋ waatoo siita le. Wo kamma la, ŋa i ke bantala bankoolu* bee ye dooyaa moo niŋ jelefeŋo le ti. 5 Moolu mennu bee sutiyaata i la, aniŋ mennu jamfata i la, bee be i ñaawali la le, aduŋ bankoolu bee be i horomantaŋyaa la le, kayiroo niŋ tenkuŋo te tara la i kono.
6 “A juubee baŋ, Banisirayila maralilaalu mennu be sabatiriŋ ite Yerusalaamu kono, ka ì semboo taa ñaameŋ ka tu moolu faa la ka ì yeloo boŋ i kono taariŋ. 7 Ite saatewo faŋo kono, moolu ka horomantaŋyaa tiliŋ ì wuluulaalu la, ì ka tumarankewolu nakari ì sotofeŋolu to, aniŋ ì ka tilimbaliyaa tiliŋ aliyatiimoolu niŋ furuyaamusoolu la. 8 Aduŋ moolu mennu be sabatiriŋ i kono, ì jututa n na feŋ senuŋolu la le, aduŋ ì maŋ n na Loobula Luŋo horoma. 9 Moolu le be sabatiriŋ i kono, mennu ka kaŋo laa doolu la fo luwaa si wolu muta noo ka ì faa, doolu ka sadaalu* domo, ì ye mennu bo jalaŋolu ye, konkoolu santo, doolu ka cakayaa ke. 10 Ite saatee kiliŋo kono jee, kewolu ka ì faamaalu la futuumusoolu laañooyaa aniŋ doolu ka musoolu forisee niŋ ì be ì la kuuroo je kaŋ. 11 Doolu ka kuu haraamuriŋ baalu le ke, ka ì siiñoolu la musoolu laañooyaa, doolu ka ì bitammusoolu laañooyaa, doolu niŋ ì baarimmusoolu ka jeenoo ke. 12 Doolu ka dukoolu muta, ì ka boloo buusi bolootiyo la, ì ka naa a tilimbaliyaa faa wo kaŋ, doolu ka kañewo ñini le fo ì ka lankaŋ tambiriŋo kaniŋ ì baadiŋolu bulu, mennu ye dontoroo ke ì bulu. Ì ka ì siiñoolu la sotofeŋolu taa nakaroo kono, aduŋ a bee jawumaa, ì naata ñina nte Yaawe la le fereŋ.” Maarii Yaawe le ye a fo.
13 Yaawe ko: “A fele, ite Saatewo, ŋa m buloolu seyiŋ ñoo la le, n kamfaata wo tapaleeyaa kuwolu niŋ yeleboŋo la le mennu keta i kono. 14 Fo i jusoo be i beŋ na le baŋ? Fo i be tu noo la bambandiŋ ne baŋ, niŋ n naata i kamma waati meŋ na? Nte Yaawe faŋo le ye ñiŋ fo, aduŋ m be a ke la le. 15 M be i la moolu janjandi la duniyaa bankoolu kaŋ ne, ì ye tara bankoolu kaŋ taariŋ. Aduŋ m be daŋ ke la ì la kuu haraamuriŋ kewo la le ka ì la wo kosoolu bee bondi ì bala. 16 Aduŋ n na moolu la kuu jawu kewo kaŋ, ì be tara la jutunnayaa le kono bantala bankoolu bee kaŋ. Niŋ wo keta, ì be a loŋ na le ko, nte le mu Yaawe ti.”
Yaawe pareeta ka Yerusalaamu seneyandi
17 Yaawe la kumoo naata n kaŋ ko: 18 “Hadamadiŋo, Banisirayilankoolu nafantaŋyaata le ko neebuwo, ì ka mennu koosa kodiforoo kaŋ, jaawaloo, fuyuŋo, kurudoo, aniŋ neefiŋo. 19 Wo kamma la, nte Yaawe, ì Maariyo ye ñiŋ ne fo ko: Baawo ì bee keta le ko neebuwo, wo to m be ì kafu la ñoo ma le, ŋa ì seyindi naŋ Yerusalaamu. 20-21 Aduŋ ko numoo ka kodiforoo, jaawaloo, fuyuŋo, kurudoo niŋ neefiŋo kafu ñoo ma ñaameŋ ka ì ke daandiŋo kono ka ì yelundi, m fanaa be i la moolu kafu la ñoo ma wo le ñaama, n na kamfaa waatoo la, ka ì seyindi naŋ Yerusalaamu. 22 Ko ì ka kodiforoo yelundi daandiŋo kono ñaameŋ, m be ì yelundi la Yerusalaamu kono wo le ñaama. Wo to le ì be a loŋ na ko, nte Yaawe le ye n na kamfaa baa kupi naŋ ì kaŋ.
Banisirayila ñaatonkoolu ye junube kuwolu mennu ke
23 Yaawe la kumoo naata n kaŋ ko: 24 “Hadamadiŋo, a fo Banisirayilankoolu ye ko, ì la bankoo maŋ seneyaa, samaajiyo maŋ ke n na kamfaa waatoo la. 25 Ì la bankoo maralilaalu mulunta le ko jatoolu mennu ka bumbuŋ beeyaŋ suboo kunna aniŋ ì ka ì la suboolu faraŋ-faraŋ. Ì boyita a kewolu kaŋ ne ì ye ì faa, ì ye ì la musu jamaalu ke furuyaamusoolu ti. Ì ye doolu faa, ì naata wolu la sotofeŋolu niŋ ì la feŋ kummaayaariŋolu taa. 26 Ì la piriisoolu* ye n na yaamaroolu tiñaa le, ì maŋ n na feŋ jankuriŋolu buuñaa, ì maŋ feŋ jankuriŋolu niŋ feŋ koteŋolu bondi moolu ye ñoo to, waraŋ ka moolu karandi kuwolu la, mennu be feŋ kosoriŋolu niŋ feŋ senuŋolu teema. Ì ye ì ñaa kaasi ì maŋ n na Loobula Luŋo horoma. Ñiŋ daliiloo le ye a tinna moolu maŋ n horoma kotenke. 27 Ì la ñaatonkoolu ka muluŋ ne ko suluwolu mennu ka ì la suboolu faraŋ-faraŋ. Ì ka moolu faa le, ì ye ì fondi ì la baluwo la, fo ì si wolu la naafuloolu taa nakaroo kono. 28-29 Moolu ye suuñaaroo niŋ nakaroo le ke jee. Ì ye fuwaaroolu niŋ moolu mennu be suuloo kono tilimbaliyaa, ì naata tumarankewolu la feŋolu nakari ì bulu. Ali la annabiyomoolu ka wo junube kuwolu maabo le, ñaatonkoolu ka mennu ke. Ì la jeri kuwolu niŋ ì la bitaaroolu bee mu faniyaa le ti. Ì ka naa a fo ko, ‘Maarii Yaawe le ye ñiŋ fo,’ wo ye a tara nte Yaawe maŋ feŋ-wo-feŋ fo ì ye. Ì la wo keñaa mulunta le ko kewo meŋ ye tata sansaŋ kotoo muu niŋ lasoo la ka a bantala ñiiñandi.
30 “Wo to le, n naata moo ñini ì kono meŋ si saatewo tata sansaŋo lookuu, aniŋ ka a faroolu suki, fo meŋ si a tinna n te jee moolu kasaara la. Bari hani moo kiliŋ maŋ soto ì kono meŋ si wo ke. 31 Wo kamma la, n na kamfaa baa be jii la naŋ ì kaŋ ne ko dimbaa, ka ì jani. Ì ye meŋ juloo duŋ, m be ì joo la wo le la.” Maarii Yaawe le ye a fo.
