Jeremiah 14
1 This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:
Ekigambo kya Mukama ekyajjira Yerusaalemi ekikwata ku kyeya.
2 “Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.
“Yuda ekungubaga n’ebibuga byayo bifaafaaganye, bakaabira ensi, era omulanga gusimbuse mu Yerusaalemi.
3 The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads.
Abakungu batuma abaddu baabwe okuleeta amazzi; bagenda mu ttanka ez’omu ttaka nga temuli kantu, bakomawo n’ebintu ebikalu; ensonyi nga zibakutte n’essuubi nga libaweddemu; babikka amaaso gaabwe.
4 The ground is cracked because no rain has fallen on the land. The farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.
Ettaka lyatise kubanga enkuba tekyatonnya, abalimi baweddemu amaanyi, babikka ku mitwe gyabwe.
5 Even the doe in the field deserts her newborn fawn because there is no grass.
N’empeewo ku ttale ezaala n’ereka awo omwana gwayo kubanga tewali muddo.
6 Wild donkeys stand on barren heights; they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail for lack of pasture.”
N’ennyumbu ez’omu nsiko ziyimirira ku busozi obukalu nga ziwejjawejja ng’ebibe, amaaso gaazo nga tegalaba bulungi kubanga tezirina kye zirya.”
7 Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You.
Wadde obutali butuukirivu bwaffe butulumiriza, Ayi Mukama, baako ky’okola olw’erinnya lyo. Kubanga tuzze ennyuma emirundi mingi, tukwonoonye nnyo.
8 O Hope of Israel, its Savior in times of distress, why are You like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who stays but a night?
Ayi ggwe essuubi lya Isirayiri, Omulokozi waalyo mu biseera eby’okulabiramu ennaku, lwaki oli ng’omuyise mu nsi, ng’omutambuze asula ekiro ekimu?
9 Why are You like a man taken by surprise, like a warrior powerless to save? Yet You are among us, O LORD, and we are called by Your name. Do not forsake us!
Lwaki oli ng’omuntu gwe baguddeko obugwi, ng’omulwanyi ataliimu maanyi ganunula? Ggwe, Ayi Mukama Katonda, oli wakati mu ffe, era tuyitibwa linnya lyo. Totuleka.
10 This is what the LORD says about this people: “Truly they love to wander; they have not restrained their feet. So the LORD does not accept them; He will now remember their guilt and call their sins to account.”
Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda ku bantu be nti, “Baagala nnyo okubula, tebaziyiza bigere byabwe. Noolwekyo Mukama tabakkiriza era kaakano wakujjukira obutali butuukirivu bwabwe era ababonereze olw’ebibi byabwe.”
11 Then the LORD said to me, “Do not pray for the well-being of this people.
Awo Mukama Katonda n’aŋŋamba nti, “Tosabira bantu bano kubeera bulungi.
12 Although they may fast, I will not listen to their cry; although they may offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will finish them off by sword and famine and plague.”
Newaakubadde nga basiiba, sijja kuwulira kukaaba kwabwe, era wadde bawaayo ebiweebwayo ebyokebwa n’ebiweebwayo eby’empeke, sijja kubikkiriza. Naye nnaabazikiriza n’ekitala, n’enjala ne kawumpuli.”
13 “Ah, Lord GOD!” I replied, “Look, the prophets are telling them, ‘You will not see the sword or suffer famine, but I will give you lasting peace in this place.’”
Naye ne njogera nti, “Woowe, Mukama Katonda, bannabbi abalala babagamba nti, ‘Tewajja kubaawo lutalo wadde okulumwa enjala. Naye nzija kuleeta mirembe egitakoma mu kifo kino.’”
14 “The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination, the futility and delusion of their own minds.
Awo Mukama n’alyoka aŋŋamba nti, “Bannabbi bawa obunnabbi obw’obulimba mu linnya lyange, sibatumanga wadde okubalagira okwogera nabo. Babategeeza okwolesebwa okw’obulimba n’obunnabbi obutaliimu, n’obutaliimu bw’emitima gyabwe.
15 Therefore this is what the LORD says about the prophets who prophesy in My name: I did not send them, yet they say, ‘No sword or famine will touch this land.’ By sword and famine these very prophets will meet their end!
Noolwekyo, bw’atyo bw’ayogera Mukama, ebikwata ku bannabbi abategeeza ebyobunnabbi mu linnya lyange wadde nga sibatumanga, era abagamba nti, ‘Ekitala n’enjala tebijja kujja mu nsi eno.’ Bannabbi abo bennyini bajja kuzikirizibwa ekitala n’enjala.
16 And the people to whom they prophesy will be thrown into the streets of Jerusalem because of famine and sword. There will be no one to bury them or their wives, their sons or their daughters. I will pour out their own evil upon them.
N’abantu be bategeezezza obunnabbi balifa enjala n’ekitala ne bakasukibwa mu nguudo babulweko abaziika, bo ne bakazi baabwe, ne batabani baabwe, n’abawala. Kubanga ndibayiwako obusungu obubasaanira.
17 You are to speak this word to them: ‘My eyes overflow with tears; day and night they do not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people has been shattered by a crushing blow, a severely grievous wound.
“Kino ky’oba obagamba nti, “‘Leka amaaso gange gakulukute amaziga emisana n’ekiro awatali kukoma; kubanga muwala wange embeerera, abantu bange, bafunye ekiwundu ekinene, ekintu eky’amaanyi.
18 If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.’”
Bwe ŋŋenda mu byalo ndaba abafumitiddwa n’ekitala! Bwe ŋŋenda mu kibuga ndaba okutaagulwataagulwa okw’enjala. Naye nnabbi ne kabona beeyongera okukola emirimu gyabwe mu ggwanga kyokka nga bye boogera bya bulimba.’”
19 Have You rejected Judah completely? Do You despise Zion? Why have You stricken us so that we are beyond healing? We hoped for peace, but no good has come, and for the time of healing, but there was only terror.
Yuda ogigaanidde ddala? Sayuuni ogyetamiriddwa ddala? Otufumitidde ddala awatali kuwonyezebwa? Twasuubira emirembe naye tewali kalungi ke tufunye, ekiseera eky’okuwonyezebwa naye laba tufunye bulabe bwereere.
20 We acknowledge our wickedness, O LORD, the guilt of our fathers; indeed, we have sinned against You.
Ayi Mukama tukkiriza ebibi byaffe era n’obutali butuukirivu bwa bajjajjaffe, kubanga ddala twayonoona gy’oli.
21 For the sake of Your name do not despise us; do not disgrace Your glorious throne. Remember Your covenant with us; do not break it.
Olw’erinnya lyo totugoba, tovumaganyisa ntebe yo ey’obwakabaka ey’ekitiibwa. Jjukira endagaano gye wakola naffe, togimenya, gituukirize.
22 Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God? So we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things.
Waliwo ku bakatonda ababajje bannaggwanga asobola okutonnyesa enkuba? Eggulu ku bw’alyo lisobola okuleeta enkuba? Nedda, wabula ggwe, Ayi Mukama Katonda waffe. Noolwekyo essuubi lyaffe liri mu ggwe, kubanga ggwe okola bino byonna.
