< Jeremias 34 >

1 Thus said the Lord; Make to thyself bonds and yokes, and put [them] about thy neck,
Nebukadduneeza kabaka w’e Babulooni n’amaggye ge gonna, n’abantu bonna ab’ensi ze yali afuga bwe baali balwanyisa Yerusaalemi n’ebibuga ebikyetoolodde, ekigambo kya Mukama ne kijjira Yeremiya nga kigamba nti,
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“Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama, Katonda wa Isirayiri nti, Genda eri Zeddekiya kabaka wa Yuda omugambe nti, ‘Bw’ati bw’ayogera nti, Nnaatera okuwaayo ekibuga kino eri kabaka w’e Babulooni, era agenda kukyokya.
3 and thou shalt send them to the king of Idumea, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the children of Ammon, and to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Sidon, by the hands of their messengers that come to meet them at Jerusalem to Sedekias king of Juda.
Tolisumattuka mukono gwe era oliwambibwa otwalibwe gy’ali. Oliraba kabaka w’e Babulooni n’amaaso go, olyogera naye nga mutunuuliraganye, era olitwalibwa e Babulooni.
4 And thou shalt commission them to say to their lords, Thus said the Lord God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to your lords;
“‘Wabula wulira ekisuubizo kya Mukama, ggwe Zeddekiya kabaka wa Yuda. Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama ku bikukwatako nti, Tolifa kitala;
5 I have made the earth by my great power, and with my high arm, and I will give it to whomsoever it shall seem [good] in mine eyes.
olifa mu mirembe. Ng’abantu bwe bakuma ebyoto mu nnyimbe za bakitaawo, bakabaka abasooka, bwe batyo bwe balikuwa ekitiibwa nga bakujjukira nga bakukungubagira nga bagamba nti, “Woowe mukama waffe!” Nze kennyini mpa ekisuubizo kino, bw’ayogera Mukama.’”
6 I gave the earth to Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon to serve him, and the wild beasts of the field to labour for him.
Awo Yeremiya nnabbi bino byonna n’abibuulira Zeddekiya kabaka wa Yuda, mu Yerusaalemi,
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nga amaggye ga kabaka w’e Babulooni bwe galwanyisa Yerusaalemi n’ebibuga ebirala ebya Yuda, Lakisi ne Azeka, ebyali bikyanywereddewo. Bino bye bibuga byokka ebyaliko eminaala egyali gisigadde mu Yuda.
8 And the nation and kingdom, all that shall not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, with sword and famine will I visit them, saith the Lord, until they are consumed by his hand.
Kino kye kigambo ekyajjira Yeremiya okuva eri Mukama nga kabaka Zeddekiya amaze okukola endagaano n’abantu bonna mu Yerusaalemi okulangirira nti abaddu baweereddwa eddembe.
9 And hearken ye not to your false prophets, nor to them that divine to you, nor to them that foretell events by dreams to you, nor to your auguries, nor your sorcerers, that say, Ye shall by no means work for the king of Babylon:
Buli muntu yenna yali ateekwa okuta omuddu we Omwebbulaniya, abasajja n’abakazi; nga tewali n’omu alina kukuumira Muyudaaya munne mu busibe.
10 for they prophesy lies to you, to remove you far from your land.
Abakungu bonna n’abantu abaayingira mu ndagaano eno bakkiriziganya nti baali bakusumulula abaddu baabwe abasajja n’abakazi baleme kubakuumira mu buddu nate. Era ne babasumulula.
11 But the nation which shall put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, I will even leave it upon its land, and it shall serve him, and dwell in it.
Naye oluvannyuma ne bakyuka ne bazzaayo abaddu be baali bawadde eddembe.
12 I spoke also to Sedekias king of Juda according to all these words, saying, Put your neck into [the yoke], and serve the king of Babylon.
Ekigambo kya Mukama ne kijjira Yeremiya nti,
“Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama, Katonda wa Isirayiri nti, Nakola endagaano ne bajjajjammwe bwe nabaggya mu nsi y’e Misiri, mu nsi ey’obuddu. Nagamba nti,
14 For they prophesy unrighteous [words] to you,
‘Buli mwaka ogw’omusanvu buli omu ku mmwe ateekwa okuta Mwebbulaniya munne eyeetunda gy’ali. Bwakuweererezanga emyaka omukaaga, oteekwa okumuta agende.’ Naye bakitammwe tebampuliriza wadde okunfaako.
15 for I sent them not, saith the Lord; and they prophesy [in] my name unjustly, that I might destroy you, and ye should perish, and your prophets, who unrighteously prophesy lies to you.
Emabegako mmwe mwennyini mwenenya ne mukola ekisaanidde mu maaso gange. Buli omu ku mmwe yalangirira eddembe eri abantu b’ensi ye, era ne mukola n’endagaano mu nnyumba yange eyitibwa Erinnya lyange.
16 I spoke to you, and to all this people, and to the priests, saying, Thus said the Lord; Hearken not to the words of the prophets that prophesy to you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the Lord's house shall return from Babylon: for they prophesy to you unrighteous [words].
Naye kaakano mwekyusizza ne mwonoona erinnya lyange; buli omu ku mmwe yeddiza abaddu abasajja n’abakazi be mwali mutadde bagende gye baali beeyagalidde. Mubawalirizza babeere abaddu bammwe nate.
17 I sent them not.
“Noolwekyo, bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama nti, Temuŋŋondedde; temutadde bantu ba nsi yammwe. Kale kaakano nangirira ‘eddembe’ gye muli, bw’ayogera Mukama, ‘eddembe’, okuttibwa n’ekitala, ne kawumpuli n’enjala. Ndibafuula ekyenyinyalwa eri obwakabaka bwonna obw’oku nsi.
18 If they are prophets, and if the word of the Lord is in them, let them meet me, for thus has the Lord said.
Abasajja abamenye endagaano yange ne batatuukiriza bweyamo buli mu ndagaano gye baakola mu maaso gange, nzija kubakolako ng’ennyana gye basalamu ebitundu ebibiri ne bayita wakati w’ebitundu byayo.
19 And as for the remaining vessels,
Abakulembeze b’omu Yuda ne Yerusaalemi, n’abakungu b’embuga ya kabaka, ne bakabona n’abantu bonna ab’omu nsi abaatambulira wakati w’ebitundu by’ennyana,
20 which the king of Babylon took not, when he carried Jechonias prisoner out of Jerusalem,
ndibawaayo eri abalabe baabwe abanoonya obulamu bwabwe. Emirambo gyabwe gya kufuuka mmere eri ebinyonyi eby’omu bbanga era n’eri ensolo ez’omu nsiko.
“Ndiwaayo Zeddekiya kabaka wa Yuda n’abakungu be bonna eri abalabe baabwe ababanoonya okubatta, n’eri eggye lya kabaka w’e Babulooni, eribadde lizzeeyo emabega.
22 they shall go into Babylon, saith the Lord.
Ŋŋenda kuwa ekiragiro, bw’ayogera Mukama, era ndibakomyawo mu kibuga kino. Balikirwanyisa bakitwale, bakyokye. Era ndizikiriza ebibuga bya Yuda waleme kubaawo abibeeramu.”

< Jeremias 34 >