Jeremiah 12
1 Righteous art thou, Jehovah, when I plead with thee; yet will I speak with thee of [thy] judgments. Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? [wherefore] are all they at ease that deal very treacherously?
Bulijjo oba mutuukirivu, Ayi Mukama Katonda, bwe nkuleetera ensonga yange. Noolwekyo nnaaleeta ensonga yange gy’oli. Lwaki abakozi b’ebibi baba mu kwesiima? Lwaki abalimbalimba bonna baba mu bulamu obw’emirembe?
2 Thou hast planted them, they also have taken root: they advance, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, but far from their reins.
Wabasimba, emirandira ne ginywera, bakula ne baleeta ebibala. Tova ku mimwa gyabwe bulijjo wadde ng’oliwala n’emitima gyabwe.
3 But thou, Jehovah, knowest me; thou hast seen me, and proved my heart toward thee. Drag them out like sheep for the slaughter, and set them apart for the day of slaughter.
Ate ng’ommanyi Ayi Mukama Katonda, ondaba era otegeera bye nkulowoozaako. Sika otwale abasajja bano ababi ng’endiga ezigenda okuttibwa. Bategekere olunaku lwe balisanjagirwako.
4 How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of all the fields wither? Because of the wickedness of them that dwell therein, the beasts and the birds perish; for they say, He will not see our end.
Ensi erikoma ddi okwonooneka, n’omuddo mu buli nnimiro okukala? Kubanga abo abali mu nsi bakozi ba bibi, ensolo n’ebinyonyi bizikiridde, kubanga abantu bagamba nti, “Katonda taalabe binaatutuukako.”
5 If thou hast run with footmen, and they have wearied thee, how wilt thou then contend with horses? And if in a land of peace thou thinkest thyself in security, how wilt thou then do in the swelling of the Jordan?
“Bw’oba owakana n’abaddusi b’embiro n’oggwaamu amaanyi oyinza otya okudduka n’embalaasi? Obanga mu nsi entereevu weesitadde n’ogwa bugwi, onoosobolayo otya mu nsiko y’oku Yoludaani?
6 For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee, even they have cried aloud after thee. Believe them not, though they speak good [words] unto thee.
Ne baganda bo n’ab’omu nnyumba ya kitaawo nabo bennyini bakwefuukidde, beegasse ku abo abawowoggana nga bakulangiriza. Tobeesiga wadde nga bakwogerako bulungi.”
7 I have forsaken my house, I have cast off my heritage, I have given the beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.
“Njabulidde ennyumba yange, ne ndeka omugabo gwange; mpaddeyo abo emmeeme yange b’eyagala, mu mikono gy’abalabe baabwe.
8 My heritage is become unto me as a lion in the forest; it hath raised its voice against me: therefore have I hated it.
Abantu bange be nalonda banfuukidde ng’empologoma eri mu kibira; empulugumira, noolwekyo mbakyaye.
9 My heritage is unto me [as] a speckled bird of prey; the birds of prey round about are against her. Go, assemble all the beasts of the field, bring them to devour.
Abantu bange be nalonda tebanfuukidde ng’ennyonyi erya ginnaazo ey’amabala, ebinyonyi ebirala ebirya binaabyo gye bizingiza ne bigirumba? Mugende mukuŋŋaanye ensolo zonna ez’omu nsiko muzireete zirye.
10 Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness:
Abasumba bangi boonoonye ennimiro yange ey’emizabbibu, balinnyiridde ennimiro yange, ensi yange ennungi bagirese njereere.
11 they have made it a desolation; desolate, it mourneth unto me: the whole land is made desolate, for no man layeth it to heart.
Eyonooneddwa efuuse ddungu esigadde awo ng’enkaabirira. Ensi yonna efuuse matongo kubanga tewali muntu n’omu agifaako.
12 Spoilers are come upon all heights in the wilderness; for the sword of Jehovah devoureth from one end of the land even to the [other] end of the land: no flesh hath peace.
Abanyazi bazze batuuse ku nsozi zonna ez’omu ddungu, kubanga ekitala kya Mukama kijja kulya okuva ku nsonda emu ey’ensi okutuuka ku ndala, awataliiwo n’omu kuwona.
13 They have sown wheat, and they reap thorns; they have put themselves to pain, [and] do not profit. Be ye therefore ashamed of your revenues, because of the fierce anger of Jehovah.
Basize eŋŋaano, ne bakungula amaggwa. Bakooyedde bwereere ne bataba na kebaggyamu. Bakwatiddwa ensonyi olw’ebibala bye bakunguddeyo, kubanga ebyo Mukama y’abikoze olw’obusungu bwe obungi.”
14 Thus saith Jehovah against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit: Behold, I will pluck them up out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.
Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama nti, “Ebikwata ku baliraanwa bange ababi nga bifa ku mugabo gwe nawa abantu bange Isirayiri okuba ogwabwe, laba ndibasiguukulula okuva mu nsi yaabwe, era ndiggya ennyumba ya Yuda mu bo.
15 And it shall come to pass, after I have plucked them up, I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them back, each one to his inheritance, and each one to his land.
Naye nga mmaze okubasiguukululamu, ndibakwatirwa ekisa ne mbakomyawo buli omu eri omugabo gwe mu nsi ye.
16 And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, [As] Jehovah liveth — even as they taught my people to swear by Baal — they shall be built up in the midst of my people.
Era nga bwe bayigiriza abantu bange okulayirira mu linnya lya Baali bwe batyo balikwatira ddala empisa z’abantu bange, okulayirira mu linnya lyange nga boogera nti, ‘Nga Mukama bw’ali omulamu,’ olwo balizimbibwa wakati mu bantu bange.
17 And if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith Jehovah.
Naye eggwanga bwe litalissaayo mwoyo, ndirisiguukulula ne ndisaanyizaawo ddala,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
