Jeremiah 17
1 “The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus, engraved with a diamond point on the tablets of their hearts and on the horns of their altars.
“Ekibi kya Yuda kiwandiikiddwa n’ekkalaamu ey’ekyuma n’ejjinja essongovu; kirambiddwa ku mitima gyabwe ne ku mayembe g’ebyoto byabwe.
2 Even their children remember their altars and Asherah poles by the green trees and on the high hills.
N’abaana baabwe basinziza ku byoto bya bakatonda ba Asera ebiri ku buli muti oguyimiridde era ne ku busozi obuwanvu.
3 O My mountain in the countryside, I will give over your wealth and all your treasures as plunder, because of the sin of your high places, within all your borders.
Olusozi lwange oluli mu nsi, obugagga bwammwe n’ebintu byo eby’omuwendo byonna, ndibiwaayo byonna binyagibwe n’ebifo byammwe ebigulumivu kwe musaddaakira olw’ekibi ekibunye mu nsi yonna.
4 And you yourself will relinquish the inheritance that I gave you. I will enslave you to your enemies in a land that you do not know, for you have kindled My anger; it will burn forever.”
Musango gwo ggwe nti olifiirwa ensi gye nakuwa okuba omugabo gwo, ndikufuula muddu wa balabe bo mu nsi gy’otomanyangako, kubanga mu busungu bwange omuliro gukoleezeddwa ogunaayakanga emirembe gyonna.”
5 This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.
Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama nti, Akolimiddwa oyo eyeesiga omuntu era eyeesiga omubiri okuba amaanyi ge, era alina omutima oguva ku Katonda.
6 He will be like a shrub in the desert; he will not see when prosperity comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives.
Aliba ng’ekisaka mu ddungu, ataliraba birungi bwe birijja, naye alibeera mu biwalakate mu ddungu, ensi ey’omunnyo omutali abeeramu.
7 But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.
Naye alina omukisa omusajja oyo eyeesiga Mukama, nga Mukama ly’essuubi lye.
8 He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.
Ali ng’omuti ogusimbiddwa awali amazzi, ne gulandiza emirandira gyagwo ku mabbali g’omugga, nga wadde omusana gujja, tegutya n’amakoola gaagwo tegawotoka, so tegulyeraliikirira mu mwaka ogw’ekyeya era teguliremwa kubala bibala.
9 The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
Omutima mulimba okusinga ebintu byonna, era gulwadde endwadde etawonyezeka. Ani ayinza okugutegeera?
10 I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
“Nze Mukama nkebera omutima, ngezesa emmeeme, okuwa buli muntu ng’amakubo ge bwe gali, ng’ebikolwa bye bwe biri.”
11 Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.”
Ng’enkwale bw’eyalula amagi geetebiikanga, bw’atyo bw’abeera oyo afuna obugagga mu makubo amakyamu; obulamu bwe nga bwakabeerawo kaseera buseera, bulimuggwaako era oluvannyuma alizuulibwa nga musiru.
12 A glorious throne, exalted from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary.
Ekifo kyaffe ekitukuvu, ntebe ey’ekitiibwa eyagulumizibwa okuva ku lubereberye.
13 O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of living water.
Ayi Mukama essuubi lya Isirayiri, bonna abakuvaako baliswala. Abo abakuvaako ne bakuleka baliba ng’abawandiikiddwa mu nfuufu, kubanga bavudde ku Mukama, oluzzi olw’amazzi amalamu.
14 Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed; save me, and I will be saved, for You are my praise.
Mponya, Ayi Mukama, nange nnaawona, ndokola nange nnaalokoka, kubanga ggwe gwe ntendereza.
15 Behold, they keep saying to me, “Where is the word of the LORD? Let it come now!”
Tobakkiriza kuŋŋamba nti, “Ekigambo kya Mukama kiri ludda wa? Ka kituukirire nno kaakano!”
16 But I have not run away from being Your shepherd; I have not desired the day of despair. You know that the utterance of my lips was spoken in Your presence.
Sirekeddaawo kuba musumba wa ndiga zo, omanyi nga sikusabanga kubaleetako nnaku. Byonna ebiva mu kamwa kange tebikukwekeddwa, obimanyi.
17 Do not become a terror to me; You are my refuge in the day of disaster.
Toba wa ntiisa gye ndi, ggwe oli buddukiro bwange mu kiseera eky’okulabiramu ennaku.
18 Let my persecutors be put to shame, but do not let me be put to shame. Let them be terrified, but do not let me be terrified. Bring upon them the day of disaster and shatter them with double destruction.
Abo abanjigganya leka baswale, era onkuume nneme kuswala; leka bagwemu ekyekango nze onkuume nneme okwekanga, batuuse ku lunaku olw’ekikangabwa, bazikiririze ddala.
19 This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and stand at the gate of the people, through which the kings of Judah go in and out; and stand at all the other gates of Jerusalem.
Bw’ati Mukama bwe yaŋŋamba nti, “Genda oyimirire ku mulyango gw’abantu, bakabaka ba Yuda mwe bayingirira n’okufuluma; yimirira ne ku nzigi endala eza Yerusaalemi.
20 Say to them, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, all people of Judah and Jerusalem who enter through these gates.
Bagambe nti, ‘Muwulirize ekigambo kya Mukama mmwe bakabaka ba Yuda n’abantu bonna ababeera mu Yerusaalemi, abayita mu miryango gy’ekibuga.
21 This is what the LORD says: Take heed for yourselves; do not carry a load or bring it through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day.
Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama nti, Weegendereze oleme kufulumya mugugu gwonna mu nnyumba yo wadde okukola omulimu gwonna ku ssabbiiti, naye mukuume olunaku lwa Ssabbiiti nga lutukuvu nga temulukolerako mulimu gwonna,
22 You must not carry a load out of your houses or do any work on the Sabbath day, but you must keep the Sabbath day holy, just as I commanded your forefathers.
era kuuma olunaku lwa Ssabbiiti nga lutukuvu nga bwe nalagira bajjajjammwe.’
23 Yet they would not listen or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and would not listen or receive My discipline.
Naye tebaawuliriza wadde okukkiriza okunenyezebwa.
24 If, however, you listen carefully to Me, says the LORD, and bring no load through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, and keep the Sabbath day holy, and do no work on it,
Kyokka bwe muneegendereza ne muŋŋondera, bw’ayogera Mukama, ‘ne mutayisa kintu kyonna kye mwetisse mu miryango gy’ekibuga ku ssabbiiti, naye ne mukuuma olwa Ssabbiiti nga lutukuvu obutakolerako mulimu gwonna,
25 then kings and princes will enter through the gates of this city. They will sit on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses with their officials, along with the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem, and this city will be inhabited forever.
olwo bakabaka abatuula ku ntebe ya Dawudi bajja kuyita mu miryango gy’ekibuga n’abakungu baabwe. Bo n’abakungu baabwe baakujja ng’abamu bavuga amagaali abalala nga beebagadde embalaasi, nga bawerekeddwako abasajja ba Yuda n’abo abali mu Yerusaalemi era ekibuga kino kiribeerwamu emirembe gyonna.
26 And people will come from the cities of Judah and the places around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, and from the foothills, the hill country, and the Negev, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and frankincense, and thank offerings to the house of the LORD.
Abantu balijja okuva mu bibuga bya Yuda ne mu byalo ebiriraanye Yerusaalemi, okuva mu bitundu bya Benyamini ne mu biwonvu ne mu nsozi z’ebugwanjuba, n’okuva mu nsi ey’ensozi ey’e Negevu, nga baleeta ebiweebwayo ebyokebwa, ne ssaddaaka, ebiweebwayo eby’empeke, n’obubaane era n’ebiweebwayo eby’okwebaza mu nnyumba ya Mukama.
27 But if you do not listen to Me to keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying a load while entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle an unquenchable fire in its gates to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.’”
Naye bwe mutaŋŋondere kukuuma lunaku lwa Ssabbiiti nga lutukuvu ne mwetikkirako emigugu gyammwe nga mufuluma mu nguudo za Yerusaalemi ku lunaku olwa Ssabbiiti, ndikoleeza omuliro ogutazikira mu miryango gya Yerusaalemi oguliyokya ebigo byakyo.’”
