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1“At that time,” says the Lord, “they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of its princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves.
2They shall spread them before the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven, which they have loved and which they have served and after which they have walked, which they have sought and ⚓which they have worshiped. They shall not be gathered ⚓nor buried; they shall be like refuse on the face of the earth.
3Then ⚓death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of those who remain of this evil family, who remain in all the places where I have driven them,” says the Lord of hosts.
The Peril of False Teaching
4“Moreover you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord:
“Will they fall and not rise?
Will one turn away and not return?
5Why has this people ⚓slidden back,
Jerusalem, in a perpetual backsliding?
⚓They hold fast to deceit,
⚓They refuse to return.
6⚓I listened and heard,
But they do not speak aright.
⚓No man repented of his wickedness,
Saying, ‘What have I done?’
Everyone turned to his own course,
As the horse rushes into the battle.
7“Even ⚓the stork in the heavens
Knows her appointed times;
And the turtledove, the swift, and the swallow
Observe the time of their coming.
But ⚓My people do not know the judgment of the Lord.
8“How can you say, ‘We are wise,
⚓And the law of the Lordis with us’?
Look, the false pen of the scribe certainly works falsehood.
9⚓The wise men are ashamed,
They are dismayed and taken.
Behold, they have rejected the word of the Lord;
So ⚓what wisdom do they have?
10Therefore ⚓I will give their wives to others,
And their fields to those who will inherit them;
Because from the least even to the greatest
Everyone is given to ⚓covetousness;
From the prophet even to the priest
Everyone deals falsely.
11For they have ⚓healed the hurt of the daughter of My people slightly,
Saying, ⚓‘Peace, peace!’
When there is no peace.
12Were they ⚓ashamed when they had committed abomination?
No! They were not at all ashamed,
Nor did they know how to blush.
Therefore they shall fall among those who fall;
In the time of their punishment
They shall be cast down,” says the Lord.
13“I will surely consume them,” says the Lord.
“No grapes shall be⚓on the vine,
Nor figs on the ⚓fig tree,
And the leaf shall fade;
And the things I have given them shall ⚓pass away from them.” ’ ”
14“Why do we sit still?
⚓Assemble yourselves,
And let us enter the fortified cities,
And let us be silent there.
For the Lord our God has put us to silence
And given us ⚓water of gall to drink,
Because we have sinned against the Lord.
15“We⚓looked for peace, but no good came;
And for a time of health, and there was trouble!
16The snorting of His horses was heard from ⚓Dan.
The whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of His ⚓strong ones;
For they have come and devoured the land and all that is in it,
The city and those who dwell in it.”
17“For behold, I will send serpents among you,
Vipers which cannot be ⚓charmed,
And they shall bite you,” says the Lord.
The Prophet Mourns for the People
18I would comfort myself in sorrow;
My heart is faint in me.
19Listen! The voice,
The cry of the daughter of my people
From ⚓a far country:
“Is not the Lord in Zion?
Is not her King in her?”
“Why have they provoked Me to anger
With their carved images—
With foreign idols?”
20“The harvest is past,
The summer is ended,
And we are not saved!”
21⚓For the hurt of the daughter of my people I am hurt.
I am ⚓mourning;
Astonishment has taken hold of me.
22Is there no ⚓balm in Gilead,
Is there no physician there?
Why then is there no recovery
For the health of the daughter of my people?
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1Yahweh pơhaih dơ̆ng tui anai, “Ƀơi mông anŭn, khul tơlang ƀing pơtao hăng ƀing khua moa lŏn čar Yudah, hrŏm hăng khul tơlang ƀing khua ngă yang hăng ƀing pô pơala laih anŭn khul tơlang ƀing ană plei pơ plei Yerusalaim arăng či mă pơđuaĭ hĭ mơ̆ng anih pơsat gơñu yơh.
2Arăng ƀu či pơƀut glaĭ ƀôdah dơ̱r glaĭ dơ̆ng ôh, samơ̆ či lui raih hĭ abih tơlang anŭn ƀơi tơnah kar hăng djăh yơh. Tui anŭn, yang hrơi, yang blan laih anŭn khul pơtŭ, jing khul gơnam ƀing mơnuih anŭn hơmâo đuaĭ tui, hơduah tơña hăng kơkuh pơpŭ laih hlâo adih či pơčrang ƀơi khul tơlang anŭn.
3Laih anŭn, bơ kơ ƀing dŏ so̱t, jing ƀing Kâo puh pơđuaĭ hĭ pơ lŏn čar sat ƀai, ƀing gơñu či khăp kơ djai hloh kơ hơdip.” Anŭn yơh jing tơlơi Yahweh Dưi Kơtang pơhiăp pơhaih laih.
Tơlơi Soh Laih Anŭn Tơlơi Pơkơhma̱l
4Yahweh laĭ dơ̆ng tui anai, “Ơ Yirmeyah hơi, pơtă bĕ kơ ƀing ană plei Kâo tui anai, ‘Anai yơh jing tơlơi Yahweh pơhiăp:
“ ‘Tơdang mơnuih mơnam rơbuh, hiư̆m ngă, ƀing gơñu ƀu tơgŭ đĭ ôh hă?
Tơdang sa čô mơnuih nao jrôk jơlan, hiư̆m ngă, ñu ƀu wơ̆t glaĭ ôh hă?
5Tui anŭn, yua hơget ƀing gih, jing ƀing ană plei Kâo, đuaĭ ataih hĭ laih mơ̆ng Kâo lĕ?
Yua hơget ƀing gih nanao đuaĭ ataih hĭ lĕ, Ơ ƀing Yerusalaim hơi?
Ƀing gih khăp kơ tơlơi laĭ lui hlâo pơblư̆,
laih anŭn ƀing gih hơngah ƀu kiăng wơ̆t glaĭ pơ Kâo ôh.
6Kâo hơmâo hơmư̆ pơñen laih,
samơ̆ ƀing gih ƀu pơhiăp tơlơi djơ̆ tơpă ôh.
Ƀu hơmâo hlơi pô ôh kơhma̱l hĭ tơlơi sat ƀai ñu,
laih anŭn ñu pô ƀu hơmâo ngă soh hơget ôh.
Rĭm čô đuaĭ tui hăng jơlan ñu pô kiăng,
jing kar hăng sa drơi aseh đuaĭ tañ nao pơ tơlơi pơblah ƀu thâo kơ tơlơi huĭ hyưt ôh.
7Wơ̆t tơdah čim sưng amăng adai
thâo krăn khul bơyan pơkă laih brơi kơ ñu,
laih anŭn čim pơrơgŏm, čim et⚓ hăng čim čet
thâo krăn hrơi mông gơñu đuaĭ anih.
Samơ̆ ƀing gih, jing ƀing ană plei Kâo, ƀu thâo krăn ôh
khul tơlơi hơduah tơña Yahweh.
8“ ‘Hiư̆m pă ƀing gih dưi laĭ kơ tơlơi ƀing gih jing rơgơi,
yuakơ ƀing gih hơmâo tơlơi juăt Yahweh,
tơdang tơlơi pơƀlŏr ƀing čih hră pơplih laih tơlơi juăt Kâo anŭn
jing hĭ laih tơlơi pơƀlŏr lĕ?
9Ƀing pơmĭn kơ gơñu pô jing rơgơi či mlâo mlañ hĭ.
Ƀing gơñu či rŭng răng hăng djơ̆ čơđo̱ng yơh.
Yuakơ ƀing gơñu hơmâo hơngah hĭ laih boh hiăp Yahweh,
tui anŭn ƀing gơñu ƀu hơmâo tơlơi rơgơi hơget gĕt ôh.
10Hơnŭn yơh, Kâo či jao lui hĭ ƀing bơnai gơñu kơ ƀing tuai
laih anŭn khul đang hơma gơñu kơ ƀing pô hơma phrâo tŭ mă yơh.
Abih bang mơnuih čơdơ̆ng mơ̆ng ƀing ƀun rin hlŏng truh pơ ƀing pơdrŏng săh,
abih bang ƀing gơñu gir mă bruă pleč ƀlŏr kiăng kơ hơmâo lu prăk.
Ƀing pô pơala laih anŭn ƀing khua ngă yang ăt ngă kar kaĭ mơ̆n,
abih bang le̱ng kơ ngă nanao tơlơi pơblư̆ pơƀlŏr yơh.
11Ƀing khua anŭn ngă kar hăng nam rơka ană plei Kâo
kơnơ̆ng jing kar hăng ruă ƀơƀiă đôč.
Ƀing gơñu laĭ tui anai, “Dŏ bĕ rơnŭk rơno̱m!”
Samơ̆ ƀu hơmâo tơlơi rơnŭk rơno̱m hơget gĕt ôh.⚓
12Ƀing gơñu năng mlâo mlañ kơ tơlơi bruă hơƀak drak gơñu anŭn.
Samơ̆ ƀing gơñu ƀu mlâo mlañ hơget gĕt ôh.
Sĭt ƀing gơñu ăt kŏn thâo krăn lơi hiư̆m kiăng kơ mriah ƀô̆.
Tui anŭn, ƀing gơñu či răm rai kar hăng ƀing pơkŏn hơmâo răm rai laih yơh.
Sĭt ƀing gơñu či rơngiă hĭ yơh tơdang Kâo pơkơhma̱l hĭ ƀing gơñu.
Anŭn yơh jing tơlơi Yahweh pơhiăp pơhaih laih.’ ”⚓
13Yahweh pơhaih dơ̆ng tui anai,
“Kâo či mă pơđuaĭ hĭ ƀing gơñu hlo̱m ƀo̱m yơh,
yuakơ ƀing gơñu jing kar hăng hrĕ kơƀâo ƀu hơmâo boh kơƀâo ôh,
laih anŭn kar hăng phŭn hra ƀu hơmâo boh hra ôh,
laih anŭn hla kơyâo anŭn či gliu hĭ yơh.
Hơget gơnam Kâo hơmâo pha brơi kơ ƀing gơñu laih
ƀing tuai či mă pơđuaĭ hĭ mơ̆ng ƀing gơñu yơh.”
14Ƀing ană plei laĭ hăng tơdruă tui anai,
“Yua hơget ƀing ta hlak dŏ tơguan pơ anai lĕ?
Pơƀut glaĭ tañ bĕ!
Brơi kơ ƀing ta đuaĭ kơdŏp bĕ pơ khul plei pla kơđông kơjăp
kiăng kơ răm rai hĭ pơ anŭn!
Yahweh Ơi Adai ta hơmâo klă̱ kơđi laih kơ ƀing ta kiăng kơ răm rai.
Sĭt Ñu hơmâo brơi laih kơ ƀing ta ia akăm djai kiăng kơ mơñum,
yuakơ ƀing ta hơmâo ngă soh pơkơdơ̆ng glaĭ laih hăng Ñu.
15Ƀing ta čang rơmang kơ tơlơi rơnŭk rơno̱m
samơ̆ ƀu hơmâo tơlơi hiam klă ôh truh rai.
Ƀing ta čang rơmang hrơi mông kiăng kơ suaih
samơ̆ kơnơ̆ng hơmâo tơlơi huĭ bra̱l đôč.
16Ƀing ta hơmư̆ laih tơlơi sŭh săh mơ̆ng khul aseh ƀing rŏh ayăt
hlak truh rai mơ̆ng plei Dan.
Abih bang anih lŏn tơtư̆ tơtơ̆ng
yuakơ tơlơi mơñi mơ̆ng khul aseh gơñu yơh.
Ƀing rŏh ayăt hlak rai laih kiăng kơ lun ƀơ̆ng
anih lŏn anŭn laih anŭn abih bang gơnam amăng anŭn yơh,
wơ̆t hăng khul plei anŭn laih anŭn abih bang hlơi pô hơdip pơ anŭn yơh.”
17Yahweh pơhaih tui anai,
“Lăng bĕ, Kâo či mơit khul ala sat amăng ƀing gih,
jing khul ala tơpơ̆ng ƀing gih ƀu dưi pơhưč ôh,
laih anŭn gơñu či čŏh ƀing gih yơh.”
Pô Pơala Yirmeyah Kơŭ Kơuăn
18Yirmeyah iâu laĭ tui anai,
“Tơlơi kơŭ kơuăn kâo jing prŏng biă mă ƀu thâo abih hĭ ôh,
pran jua kâo ruă tơdu biă mă.
19Hơmư̆ bĕ kơ tơlơi kwưh rơkâo ƀing ană plei kâo
mơ̆ng anih lŏn ataih biă mă tui anai:
‘Hiư̆m pă Yahweh ƀu dŏ pơ anih Ziôn dơ̆ng tah hă?
Hiư̆m pă Pơtao ta anŭn ƀu dŏ pơ anih anŭn dơ̆ng tah hă?’ ”
Yahweh laĭ glaĭ tui anai,
“Yua hơget ƀing gơñu hơmâo čuih brơi kơ Kâo hil hăng khul rup trah ƀing gơñu kơkuh pơpŭ,
jing khul rup yang tuai đôč đač gơñu lĕ?”
20Ƀing ană plei laĭ tui anai,
“Bơyan hơpuă rơgao laih,
bơyan pha̱ng hơmâo đŭt hĭ laih,
laih anŭn Yahweh ƀu pơklaih hĭ ƀing ta ôh.”
21Kâo, Yirmeyah laĭ dơ̆ng tui anai,
“Yuakơ ƀing ană plei kâo tŭ ruă nuă, pran jua kâo ăt tŭ ruă nuă mơ̆n.
Kâo kơŭ kơuăn laih anŭn tơlơi huĭ bra̱l mă hĭ kâo.
22Hiư̆m ngă, ƀu hơmâo ia jrao amăng anih Gilead ôh hă?
Ƀu hơmâo pô pơjrao pơ anih anŭn ôh hă?
Tui anŭn, yua hơget tơlơi ruă rơka ƀing ană plei kâo
ƀu suaih hĭ ôh lĕ?