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Gunti Maro Ah

13 Rabbigu wuxuu igu yidhi, Tag oo waxaad soo iibsataa gunti maro wanaagsan ah oo dhexda ku xidho, oo marnaba biyo ha dhex gelin. Sidaas daraaddeed gunti baan soo iibsaday sidii erayga Rabbigu ahaa, oo dhexdaan ku xidhay. Oo haddana mar labaad ayaa eraygii Rabbigu ii yimid, oo wuxuu igu yidhi, Waxaad qaadataa guntigii aad soo iibsatay oo haatan dhexda kuugu xidhan, oo kac, oo waxaad tagtaa xagga Webi Yufraad, oo halkaas ku qari dhagaxa weyn godkiisa. Sidaas daraaddeed waan tegey oo waxaan guntigii ku soo qariyey Webi Yufraad agtiisa, sidii Rabbigu igu amray. Oo maalmo badan dabadeed ayaa Rabbigu igu yidhi, Kac oo waxaad tagtaa xagga Webi Yufraad, oo waxaad halkaas ka soo bixisaa guntigii aan kugu amray inaad halkaas ku qariso. Markaasaan Webi Yufraad tegey, oo intaan qoday ayaan guntigii ka soo bixiyey meeshii aan ku qariyey, oo bal eeg, guntigii wuu ba'ay, oo waxba ma taraynin. Markaasaa eraygii Rabbigu ii yimid oo wuxuu igu yidhi, Rabbigu wuxuu leeyahay, Sidaas oo kale ayaan u bi'in doonaa kibirka dadka Yahuudah, iyo kibirka weyn oo Yeruusaalemba. 10 Dadkan sharka ah, oo diida inay erayadayda maqlaan, oo iska daba gala caasinimada qalbigooda, oo raaca ilaahyo kale inay iyaga u adeegaan oo caabudaan, waxay kulligood noqon doonaan sida guntigan aan waxba taraynin oo kale. 11 Waayo, Rabbigu wuxuu leeyahay, Sida guntigu ugu dhegsan yahay nin dhexdiis, sidaas oo kalaan uga dhigay inay aniga iigu dhegsanaadaan dadka Israa'iil oo dhan iyo dadka Yahuudah oo dhammuba, inay ii ahaadaan dad, iyo magac, iyo ammaan, iyo sharafba, laakiinse iyagu way i maqli waayeen innaba.

Sibraarrada Khamriga

12 Sidaas daraaddeed waxaad iyaga u sheegtaa eraygan, oo waxaad ku tidhaahdaa, Rabbiga ah Ilaaha reer binu Israa'iil wuxuu leeyahay, Sibraar kasta waxaa laga buuxin doonaa khamri, iyaguna waxay kugu odhan doonaan, War sida runta ah miyaannan ogayn in sibraar kastaba khamri laga buuxin doono? 13 Oo markaas waxaad iyaga ku tidhaahdaa, Rabbigu wuxuu leeyahay, Bal ogaada, dadka dalkan deggan oo dhan iyo xataa boqorrada carshigii Daa'uud ku fadhiya, iyo wadaaddada, iyo nebiyada, iyo dadka Yeruusaalem deggan oo dhanba waxaan ka wada buuxin doonaa sakhraannimo. 14 Oo Rabbigu wuxuu leeyahay, Midba mid kalaan ku garaaci doonaa, xataa aabbayaasha iyo wiilashoodaba. Oo innaba uma aan nixi doono, umana aan tudhi doono, umana aan naxariisan doono, waanan wada baabbi'in doonaa.

Digniintii Maxaabiisnimada

15 Maqla, oo dheg u dhiga, hana kibrina, waayo, Rabbigu wuu hadlay. 16 Rabbiga Ilaahiinna ah ammaana intuusan gudcur idinku soo dejin, iyo intaan cagihiinnu ku turunturoon buuraha gudcurka ah, oo intaad iftiin sugaysaan uusan idiinku beddelin hooskii dhimashada iyo gudcur dam ah. 17 Laakiinse haddaad maqli weydaan, naftaydu meel qarsoon bay kibirkiinna aawadiis u ooyi doontaa, oo indhahayguna aad bay u ooyi doonaan, oo ilmaa ka soo daadan doonta, maxaa yeelay, dadkii Rabbiga waa la kaxaystay sida adhi oo kale. 18 Oo boqorka iyo hooyadiisa boqoradda ahba waxaad ku tidhaahdaa, Is-hoosaysiiya, waayo, taajkii sharaftiinnu hoos buu madaxa uga soo dhacay. 19 Magaalooyinkii koonfureed waa la xidhay, oo cid furaysaana ma jirto. Dadka Yahuudah oo dhan maxaabiis ahaan baa loo kaxaystay, oo kulligood maxaabiis ahaan baa loo wada kaxaystay.

20 Indhihiinna kor u qaada, oo bal waxaad fiirisaan kuwa woqooyi ka soo socda, bal meeh adhigii lagu siiyey oo ah xayntaadii quruxda badnayd? 21 Bal maxaad odhan doontaa markii madax lagaaga dhigo kuwaad bartay inay saaxiibbo kuu noqdaan? Sow xanuun kuuma qaban doono sida naag foolanaysa? 22 Oo haddaad qalbigaaga iska tidhaahdid, Bal maxaa waxyaalahanu iigu dheceen? Xumaantaada badatay aawadeed ayaa darfaha dharkaaga loo xayday oo cedhbahaagiina loo qaawiyey. 23 Miyaa Xabashi midabkiisa beddeli karaa, shabeelse miyuu barihiisa beddeli karaa? Markaas idinka xumaanta u bartayba wanaag baad samayn kari doontaan. 24 Sidaas daraaddeed ayaan kala firdhin doonaa sida dabaysha cidladu ay xaab baabba'aya u kala firdhiso oo kale. 25 Rabbigu wuxuu leeyahay, Tanu waa qaybtaada oo ah intii aan kuu qiyaasay, maxaa yeelay, waad i illowday, oo been baad isku hallaysay. 26 Sidaas daraaddeed darfaha dharkaagaan xaydi doonaa ilaa wejigaaga si ay ceebtaadu u muuqato aawadeed. 27 Waan arkay sinadaadii, iyo dananiddaadii, iyo wasakhnimadii dhillanimadaada kuwaasoo ahaa karaahiyadaadii aad kuraha iyo berrinkaba ku samaysay. Yeruusaalemay, adigaa iska hoogay! Ilaa goormaad diidaysaa inaad nadiifsanaato?

A Linen Belt

13 This is what the Lord said to me: “Go and buy a linen belt and put it around your waist, but do not let it touch water.” So I bought a belt, as the Lord directed, and put it around my waist.

Then the word of the Lord came to me a second time:(A) “Take the belt you bought and are wearing around your waist, and go now to Perath[a](B) and hide it there in a crevice in the rocks.” So I went and hid it at Perath, as the Lord told me.(C)

Many days later the Lord said to me, “Go now to Perath and get the belt I told you to hide there.” So I went to Perath and dug up the belt and took it from the place where I had hidden it, but now it was ruined and completely useless.

Then the word of the Lord came to me: “This is what the Lord says: ‘In the same way I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride(D) of Jerusalem. 10 These wicked people, who refuse to listen(E) to my words, who follow the stubbornness of their hearts(F) and go after other gods(G) to serve and worship them,(H) will be like this belt—completely useless!(I) 11 For as a belt is bound around the waist, so I bound all the people of Israel and all the people of Judah to me,’ declares the Lord, ‘to be my people for my renown(J) and praise and honor.(K) But they have not listened.’(L)

Wineskins

12 “Say to them: ‘This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Every wineskin should be filled with wine.’ And if they say to you, ‘Don’t we know that every wineskin should be filled with wine?’ 13 then tell them, ‘This is what the Lord says: I am going to fill with drunkenness(M) all who live in this land, including the kings who sit on David’s throne, the priests, the prophets and all those living in Jerusalem. 14 I will smash them one against the other, parents and children alike, declares the Lord. I will allow no pity(N) or mercy or compassion(O) to keep me from destroying(P) them.’”

Threat of Captivity

15 Hear and pay attention,
    do not be arrogant,
    for the Lord has spoken.(Q)
16 Give glory(R) to the Lord your God
    before he brings the darkness,
before your feet stumble(S)
    on the darkening hills.
You hope for light,
    but he will turn it to utter darkness
    and change it to deep gloom.(T)
17 If you do not listen,(U)
    I will weep in secret
    because of your pride;
my eyes will weep bitterly,
    overflowing with tears,(V)
    because the Lord’s flock(W) will be taken captive.(X)

18 Say to the king(Y) and to the queen mother,(Z)
    “Come down from your thrones,
for your glorious crowns(AA)
    will fall from your heads.”
19 The cities in the Negev will be shut up,
    and there will be no one to open them.
All Judah(AB) will be carried into exile,
    carried completely away.

20 Look up and see
    those who are coming from the north.(AC)
Where is the flock(AD) that was entrusted to you,
    the sheep of which you boasted?
21 What will you say when the Lord sets over you
    those you cultivated as your special allies?(AE)
Will not pain grip you
    like that of a woman in labor?(AF)
22 And if you ask yourself,
    “Why has this happened to me?”(AG)
it is because of your many sins(AH)
    that your skirts have been torn off(AI)
    and your body mistreated.(AJ)
23 Can an Ethiopian[b] change his skin
    or a leopard its spots?
Neither can you do good
    who are accustomed to doing evil.(AK)

24 “I will scatter you like chaff(AL)
    driven by the desert wind.(AM)
25 This is your lot,
    the portion(AN) I have decreed for you,”
declares the Lord,
“because you have forgotten(AO) me
    and trusted in false gods.(AP)
26 I will pull up your skirts over your face
    that your shame may be seen(AQ)
27 your adulteries and lustful neighings,
    your shameless prostitution!(AR)
I have seen your detestable acts
    on the hills and in the fields.(AS)
Woe to you, Jerusalem!
    How long will you be unclean?”(AT)

Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 13:4 Or possibly to the Euphrates; similarly in verses 5-7
  2. Jeremiah 13:23 Hebrew Cushite (probably a person from the upper Nile region)