“Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Yahweh says, “I remember for you the kindness of your youth, your love as a bride, how you went after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
Yahweh says, “What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after worthless vanity, and have become worthless?
They didn’t say, ‘Where is Yahweh who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that no one passed through, and where no man lived?’
The priests didn’t say, ‘Where is Yahweh?’ and those who handle the law didn’t know me. The rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal and followed things that do not profit.
“For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and cut out cisterns for themselves: broken cisterns that can’t hold water.
2:14
ቦኑ፡ ውእቱ፡ ገብር፡ ያዕቆብ፡ አውልደ፡ ቤት፡ ውእቱ፡ ለምንት፡ ኮነ፡ ፄዋ።
以色列是僕人嗎? 是家中生的奴僕嗎? 為何成為掠物呢?
Is Israel a slave? Is he born into slavery? Why has he become a captive?
“Your own wickedness will correct you, and your backsliding will rebuke you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing, that you have forsaken Yahweh your God, and that my fear is not in you,” says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.
“For long ago I broke off your yoke, and burst your bonds. You said, ‘I will not serve;’ for on every high hill and under every green tree you bowed yourself, playing the prostitute.
2:21
አንሰ፡ ተከልኩኪ፡ ሴሬቀ፡ እፎ፡ ኮንኪ፡ ሦከ፡ ወወይነ፡ ነኪረ።
然而,我栽你是上等的葡萄樹, 全然是真種子; 你怎麼向我變為外邦葡萄樹的壞枝子呢?
Yet I had planted you a noble vine, a pure and faithful seed. How then have you turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine to me?
“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled. I have not gone after the Baals’? See your way in the valley. Know what you have done. You are a swift dromedary traversing her ways,
a wild donkey used to the wilderness, that sniffs the wind in her craving. When she is in heat, who can turn her away? All those who seek her will not weary themselves. In her month, they will find her.
who tell wood, ‘You are my father,’ and a stone, ‘You have given birth to me,’ for they have turned their back to me, and not their face, but in the time of their trouble they will say, ‘Arise, and save us!’
“But where are your gods that you have made for yourselves? Let them arise, if they can save you in the time of your trouble, for you have as many gods as you have towns, O Judah.
2:29
ለምንት፡ ትነብቡኒ፡ ናሁ፡ ኵልክሙ፡ ዓለውክሙኒ፡ ይቤ፡ እግዚአብሔር።
耶和華說: 你們為何與我爭辯呢? 你們都違背了我。
“Why will you contend with me? You all have transgressed against me,” says Yahweh.
Generation, consider Yahweh’s word. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? Or a land of thick darkness? Why do my people say, ‘We have broken loose. We will come to you no more’?