< Lamentations 2 >

1 How hath the Lord darkened the daughter of Zion in his wrath! and hath cast downe from heauen vnto the earth the beautie of Israel, and remembred not his footestoole in the day of his wrath!
Obusungu bwa Mukama nga bubuubuukidde ku Muwala wa Sayuuni ne bumussa wansi w’ekire! Ekitiibwa kya Isirayiri, Mukama akissizza wansi okuva mu ggulu okutuuka ku nsi; ne yeerabira entebe ey’ebigere bye ku lunaku lwe yasunguwalirako.
2 The Lord hath destroyed al the habitations of Iaakob, and not spared: he hath throwen downe in his wrath ye strong holds of the daughter of Iudah: he hath cast the downe to ye ground: he hath polluted the kingdome and the princes thereof.
Mukama azikirizza abatuula mu Yakobo bonna awatali kubasaasira; mu busungu bwe amenye ebigo eby’amaanyi eby’omuwala wa Yuda; assizza wansi obwakabaka bwe n’abakungu be n’abamalamu ekitiibwa.
3 Hee hath cut off in his fierce wrath all the horne of Israel: he hath drawen backe his right hand from before the enemie, and there was kindled in Iaakob like a flame of fire, which deuoured rounde about.
Mu busungu obungi amaanyi gonna aga Isirayiri agakendeezezza; bw’alabye omulabe ng’asembera, n’aggyawo omukono gwe ogwa ddyo; anyiigidde Yakobo okufaanana ng’omuliro bwe gubumbujja ne gwokya buli ekiguliraanye.
4 He hath bent his bowe like an enemie: his right hand was stretched vp as an aduersarie, and slewe al that was pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he powred out his wrath like fire.
Anaanudde omutego gwe okufaanana nga ogw’omulabe, era omukono gwe ogwa ddyo mweteefuteefu. Azikirizza ebyo byonna ebisanyusa amaaso mu weema ey’omuwala wa Sayuuni, okufaanana ng’omulabe bwe yandikoze; obusungu bwe bubuubuuka ng’omuliro.
5 The Lord was as an enemie: he hath deuoured Israel, and consumed all his palaces: hee hath destroyed his strong holdes, and hath increased in the daughter of Iudah lamentation and mourning.
Mukama afuuse ng’omulabe; azikirizza Isirayiri, n’azikiriza embiri ze, n’azikiriza n’ebifo bye eby’amaanyi. Aleetedde muwala wa Yuda okweyongera okukaaba n’okukungubaga.
6 For hee hath destroyed his Tabernacle, as a garden, hee hath destroyed his Congregation: the Lord hath caused the feastes and Sabbathes to bee forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his wrath the King and the Priest.
Asaanyizzaawo eweema ye n’efaanana ng’ennimiro, era azikirizza n’ekifo kye eky’Okukuŋŋaanirangamu. Mukama yeerabizza Sayuuni embaga ze entukuvu ne ssabbiiti, era mu busungu bwe obungi anyoomye kabaka ne kabona.
7 The Lord hath forsaken his altar: he hath abhorred his Sanctuarie: he hath giue into the hand of the enemie the walles of her palaces: they haue made a noyse in the House of the Lord, as in the day of solemnitie.
Mukama atamiddwa ekyoto kye, n’alekulira n’ekifo kye ekitukuvu. Awaddeyo bbugwe w’embiri ze eri omulabe; era baleekaanidde mu nnyumba ya Mukama, ne baleetamu oluyoogaano nga ku lunaku olw’embaga entukuvu.
8 The Lord hath determined to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: hee stretched out a lyne: hee hath not withdrawen his hande from destroying: therefore hee made the rampart and the wall to lament: they were destroyed together.
Mukama yamalirira okumenya bbugwe eyeetoolodde muwala wa Sayuuni, n’agolola omuguwa ogupima, Omukono gwe ne guteewala kuzikiriza. Yaleetera enkomera ne bbugwe okukungubaga, byonna ne biggweerera.
9 Her gates are sunke to the grounde: he hath destroyed and broken her barres: her King and her princes are among the Gentiles: the Lawe is no more, neither can her Prophets receiue any vision from the Lord.
Emiryango gye gisse mu ttaka, n’emitayimbwa gyagyo agimenye n’agyonoona. Kabaka we n’abakungu be baawaŋŋangusizibwa, eteri mateeka gaabwe agabafuga, era ne bannabbi be tebakyafuna kwolesebwa kuva eri Mukama.
10 The Elders of the daughter of Zion sit vpon the grounde, and keepe silence: they haue cast vp dust vpon their heades: they haue girded them selues with sackecloth: the virgines of Ierusalem hang downe their heades to the ground.
Abakadde b’Omuwala wa Sayuuni batuula wansi ku ttaka nga basiriikiridde; bayiye enfuufu ku mitwe gyabwe era beesibye ebibukutu; n’abawala ba Yerusaalemi bakotese emitwe gyabwe.
11 Mine eyes doe saile with teares: my bowels swell: my liuer is powred vpon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people, because the children and sucklings swoone in the streetes of the citie.
Amaaso gange gakooye olw’okukaaba n’emmeeme yange enyiikadde n’omutima gwange gulumwa olw’okuzikirizibwa kw’abantu bange, n’olw’abaana abato n’abaana abawere okuzirikira wakati mu nguudo ez’omu kibuga.
12 They haue sayd to their mothers, Where is bread and drinke? when they swooned as the wounded in the streetes of the citie, and whe they gaue vp the ghost in their mothers bosome.
Bakaabirira bannyaabwe nga bwe boogera nti, “Omugaati n’envinnyo biri ludda wa?” nga bwe bazirika okufaanana ng’abaliko ebiwundu mu nguudo ez’ekibuga, nga bwe bakaabira mu bifuba bya bannyaabwe.
13 What thing shall I take to witnesse for thee? what thing shall I compare to thee, O daughter Ierusalem? what shall I liken to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgine daughter Zion? for thy breach is great like ye sea: who can heale thee?
Nnyinza kugamba ki, era kiki kye nnyinza okukugeraageranyaako ggwe Omuwala wa Yerusaalemi? Kiki kye nnyinza okukufaananya, okukusanyusa ggwe Omuwala Embeerera owa Sayuuni? Ekiwundu kyo kinene nnyo, kale ani ayinza okukiwonya?
14 Thy Prophets haue looked out vayne, and foolish things for thee, and they haue not discouered thine iniquitie, to turne away thy captiuitie, but haue looked out for thee false prophesies, and causes of banishment.
Okwolesebwa bannabbi bo kwe baafuna, kwali kwa bulimba era kwa butaliimu; tebaakutegeeza obutali butuukirivu bwo okukuwonya obusibe. Engero ze baabanyumizanga zaali za bulimba era eziwabya.
15 All that passe by the way, clap their hands at thee: they hisse and wagge their head vpon the daughter Ierusalem, saying, Is this the citie that men call, The perfection of beautie, and the ioye of the whole earth?
Bonna abayitawo babakubira mu ngalo ne bafuuwa empa ne banyeenyeza omuwala wa Yerusaalemi emitwe gyabwe nga boogera nti, “Kino kye kibuga ekyayitibwanga ekituukiridde, era essanyu ly’ensi zonna?”
16 All thine enemies haue opened their mouth against thee: they hisse and gnashe the teeth, saying, Let vs deuoure it: certainely this is the day that we looked for: we haue founde and seene it.
Abalabe bo bonna baasaamiridde nga beewuunya; nga bafuuwa empa, era baluma amannyo nga boogera nti, “Tumuzikirizza. Luno lwe lunaku lwe twalindirira, kaakano lutuukiridde, era tululabye.”
17 The Lord hath done that which he had purposed: he hath fulfilled his worde that he had determined of old time: he hath throwen downe, and not spared: hee hath caused thine enemie to reioyce ouer thee, and set vp the horne of thine aduersaries.
Mukama akoze kye yateekateeka, era atuukirizza ekigambo kye kye yalagira mu nnaku ez’edda. Akuzikirizza awatali kukusaasira, aleetedde omulabe wo okukusekerera, n’amaanyi g’abalabe bo agagulumizza.
18 Their heart cryed vnto the Lord, O wall of the daughter Zion, let teares runne downe like a riuer, day and night: take thee no rest, neither let the apple of thine eye cease.
Kaabirira Mukama n’eddoboozi ery’omwanguka ggwe Omuwala wa Sayuuni. Leka amaziga go gakulukute ng’omugga emisana n’ekiro. Teweewummuza so toganya maaso go kuwummula.
19 Arise, cry in the night: in the beginning of the watches powre out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift vp thine handes towarde him for the life of thy yong children, that faint for hunger in the corners of all the streetes.
Golokoka, okaabe ekiro obudde nga bwa kaziba; Fuka emmeeme yo ng’amazzi mu maaso ga Mukama. Yimusa emikono gyo gy’ali, olw’obulamu bw’abaana bo abato abazirise olw’enjala mu buli luguudo.
20 Beholde, O Lord, and consider to whome thou hast done thus: shall the women eate their fruite, and children of a spanne long? shall the Priest and the Prophet be slaine in the Sanctuarie of the Lord?
“Tunula, Ayi Mukama Katonda osaasire! Ani gwe wali obonerezza bw’otyo? Ddala, abakyala balye ebibala by’embuto zaabwe, abaana be bakuzizza? Ddala, bakabona ne bannabbi battibwe mu watukuvu wa Mukama?
21 The yong and the olde lie on the ground in the streetes: my virgins and my yong men are fallen by the sworde: thou hast slaine them in the day of thy wrath: thou hast killed and not spared.
“Abato n’abakulu bonna bafiiridde wamu mu nfuufu ey’enguudo; abavubuka bange ne bawala bange battiddwa n’ekitala; obattidde ku lunaku olw’obusungu bwo, era obasse awatali kusaasira.
22 Thou hast called as in a solemne daye my terrours rounde about, so that in the day of the Lordes wrath none escaped nor remained: those that I haue nourished and brought vp, hath mine enemie consumed.
“Nga bw’oyita abantu ku lunaku olw’embaga, bw’otyo bw’ompitidde ebikemo ku njuyi zonna; era ku lunaku olw’obusungu bwa Mukama, tewali n’omu eyasimattuka newaakubadde eyasigalawo; abo be nalabirira ne nkuza, omulabe wange be yazikiriza.”

< Lamentations 2 >