Jeremiah 13
1 This is what the Lord told me to do: Go and buy yourself a linen loincloth and put it on, but don't wash it.
Bw’ati Mukama bwe yaŋŋamba nti, “Genda ogule olukoba olwa linena olwesibe mu kiwato kyo, naye tolunnyikanga mu mazzi.”
2 So I went and bought a loincloth as the Lord had instructed me, and I put it on.
Bwe ntyo ne neegulira olukoba, nga Mukama bwe yandagira, ne ndwesiba mu kiwato kyange.
3 Then the Lord gave me another message:
Awo ekigambo kya Mukama ne kinzijira omulundi ogwokubiri
4 Take the loincloth that you bought and put on, and go immediately to the River Perath and hide it there in a hole among the rocks.
nti, “Ddira olukoba lwe wagula lwe weesibye mu kiwato kyo ogende ku mabbali g’omugga Fulaati olukweke eyo mu lwatika lw’olwazi.”
5 So I went and hid it at the River Perath, as the Lord had told me.
Bwe ntyo ne ŋŋenda ne ndukweka ku mabbali g’omugga Fulaati nga Mukama bwe yandagira.
6 A long time later the Lord told me, Go to Perath, and get the loincloth that I ordered you to hide there.
Ennaku nnyingi nga ziyiseewo, ate Mukama nandagira nti, “Genda kaakano ku Fulaati oleete olukoba lwe nakulagira okukwekayo.”
7 I went to Perath and dug up the loincloth, and removed it from where I'd hidden it. Obviously it was ruined—completely useless.
Awo ne ndyoka ŋŋenda ku mugga Fulaati, ne nsimulayo olukoba ne nduggya mu kifo we nnali ndukwese. Naye laba, olukoba lwali lwonoonese, nga terukyalina kye lugasa.
8 Then a message from the Lord came to me:
Awo ekigambo kya Mukama ne kinzijira nga kyogera nti,
9 This is what the Lord says: I will ruin the arrogance of Judah and the great arrogance of Jerusalem in exactly the same way.
“Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama nti, ‘Bwe ntyo bwe ndikkakkanya okwegulumiza kwa Yuda ne Yerusaalemi.
10 These evil people refuse to listen to what I tell them. They follow their own stubborn and evil thinking and run off to worship other gods—they will be like this loincloth, completely useless.
Abantu bano aboonoonyi abagaana okukwata ebigambo byange, abagoberera obujeemu bw’emitima gyabwe ne bagoberera bakatonda abalala okubaweereza n’okubasinza, bajja kuba ng’olukoba olwo olutaliiko kye lugasa.
11 In the same way that a loincloth holds tightly to the body, so I made all the people of Israel and Judah hold tightly to me, declares the Lord. Then they could have been my people, representing me, giving me honor and praise. But they refused to listen.
Ng’olukoba bwe lunywerera mu kiwato ky’omuntu, bwe ntyo bwe nzija okwagala ennyumba ya Isirayiri yonna n’eya Yuda zinneesibeko,’ bw’ayogera Mukama, ‘balyoke babeere abantu bange, bagulumize erinnya lyange n’ettendo; naye bo ne batawulira.’”
12 So tell them this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Every wine jar shall be filled with wine. When they reply, “Don't we know that already? Of course every wine jar should be filled with wine!”
“Bagambe bw’oti nti, ‘Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda wa Isirayiri, buli kita kiba kya kujjuza nvinnyo.’ Nabo balikuddamu nti, ‘Tetumanyi nga buli kita kiba kya kujjuza nvinnyo?’
13 then tell them that this is what the Lord says: I'm going to make everyone who lives in this land drunk—the kings sitting on David's throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the people of Jerusalem.
Olwo olyoke obagambe nti, ‘Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama nti, Laba nditamiiza abantu bonna abatuula mu nsi eno, ne bakabaka abatuula ku ntebe ya Dawudi ey’obwakabaka, ne bakabona, ne bannabbi n’abantu bonna ab’omu Yerusaalemi.
14 I'm going to smash them against each other like wine jars, both parents and children, declares the Lord. I won't let any mercy or pity or compassion stop me from destroying them.
Era buli omu alikoonagana ne munne, abalenzi ne bakitaabwe, bw’ayogera Mukama. Siribalumirwa, wadde okubaleka oba okubakwatirwa ekisa, ndibazikiriza.’”
15 Listen and pay attention. Don't be arrogant, for the Lord has spoken.
Wuliriza ontegere okutu; toba na malala, Mukama y’akyogedde.
16 Honor the Lord your God before he brings the darkness, before you trip and fall in the twilight on the mountains. You long for light to come, but he send only gloom and complete darkness.
Mukama Katonda wo mugulumize nga tannaleeta kizikiza, nga ebigere byo tebinneesittala ku nsozi ezikutte ekizikiza. Musuubira ekitangaala, naye ajja okukifuulamu ekisiikirize eky’okufa akikyuse kibe ekizikiza ekikutte ennyo.
17 But if you refuse to listen, I will weep secretly inside because of your pride. My tears pouring down because the Lord's flock has been captured.
Naye bwe mutaafeeyo, emmeeme yange eneekaabira mu kyama olw’amalala gammwe; amaaso gange gajja kukaaba nnyo nnyini gakulukuse amaziga era ekisibo kya Mukama kijja kuwambibwa.
18 Tell the king and the queen mother: Get down from your thrones, because your splendid crowns have fallen from your heads.
Gamba kabaka era ne namasole nti, “Mukke muve ku ntebe zammwe ez’obwakabaka, kubanga engule zammwe ez’ebitiibwa zijja kugwa okuva ku mitwe gyammwe.”
19 The towns in the Negev are surrounded; no one can get through to them. The whole of Judah has been taken away into exile, everyone has been exiled.
Ebibuga by’e Negebu biggaddwawo, tewali n’omu anaabiggulawo; Yuda yonna yaakutwalibwa mu buwaŋŋanguse, yonna yaakutwalibwa.
20 Look up and you'll see the invaders coming from the north. Where is the flock that was given to you to look after? Where are the sheep you were so proud of?
Muyimuse amaaso gammwe mulabe abo abava mu bukiikakkono. Kiruwa ekisibo ekyabaweebwa, endiga ezaabeeyinuzanga?
21 What are you going to say when he puts your enemies in charge of you, people you once counted as your friends? Won't you suffer pains like a woman in labor?
Muligamba mutya Mukama bw’alibawaayo okufugibwa abo be mwali mutwala nga ab’omukago? Temulirumwa ng’omukazi alumwa okuzaala?
22 If you say to yourself, Why has this happened to me? it's because you have been so wicked. That's why your skirts were stripped off and you were raped.
Era bwe weebuuza nti, “Lwaki kino kintuseeko?” Olw’ebibi byo ebingi engoye zo kyezivudde ziyuzibwa, era omubiri gwo ne gubonerezebwa.
23 Can Ethiopians change the color of their skin? Can a leopard change its spots? In the same way you can't change and do good because you're so used to doing evil.
Omuwesiyopya ayinza okukyusa olususu lw’omubiri gwe oba engo okukyusa amabala gaayo? Bwe mutyo bwe mutasobola kukola birungi, mmwe abaamanyiira okukola ebibi.
24 I'm going to scatter you like chaff blown away by the desert wind.
“Ndibasaasaanya ng’ebisusunku ebifuuyibwa empewo eva mu ddungu.
25 This is what's going to happen to you; this is what I have decided to do to you, declares the Lord, because you have forgotten me and believed in lies.
Guno gwe mugabo gwo gwe nakupimira,” bw’ayogera Mukama, “kubanga wanneerabira ne weesiga bakatonda ab’obulimba.
26 I will pull your skirts up over your face, so you will be seen naked and ashamed.
Nze kennyini ndibikkula engoye zammwe ne nzibikka ku mitwe gyammwe, obwereere bwammwe ne bulabika.
27 I watched your acts of adultery and lust, how you prostituted yourselves shamelessly, worshiping idols on the hills and in the fields. Yes, I saw the disgusting things you did. Disaster is coming to you, Jerusalem! How long are you going to remain unclean?
Ndabye obwenzi bwammwe n’obwamalaaya bwe mukoze. Ndabye ebikolwa byo eby’ekivve ku busozi era ne mu nnimiro. Zikusanze ggwe, ayi Yerusaalemi! Olituusa ddi obutaba mulongoofu?”
