Jeremiah 21
1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, when king Zedekiah sent to him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying,
Kino kye kigambo ekyajja eri Yeremiya okuva eri Mukama, kabaka Zeddekiya bwe yamutumira Pasukuli mutabani wa Malukiya ne Zeffaniya kabona mutabani wa Maaseya okumugamba nti,
2 Inquire, I pray you, of the LORD for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon makes war against us; if so be that the LORD will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us.
“Tubuulize kaakano ku Mukama kubanga Nebukadduneeza kabaka w’e Babulooni atulumbye. Oboolyawo Mukama anatukolera ekyamagero ng’edda, Nebukadduneeza n’atuleka.”
3 Then said Jeremiah to them, Thus shall you say to Zedekiah:
Naye Yeremiya n’abaddamu nti, “Mugambe Zeddekiya nti,
4 Thus says the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which you fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into the middle of this city.
‘Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda wa Isirayiri nti, Nnaatera okuboolekeza ebyokulwanyisa byammwe ebiri mu mikono gyammwe bye mukozesa okulwanyisa kabaka w’e Babulooni n’Abakaludaaya ababazinze ne beetooloola ebweru wa bbugwe w’ekibuga kyammwe. Nzija kubakuŋŋaanyiza munda mu kibuga kino.
5 And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.
Nze kennyini nzija kubalwanyisa n’omukono gwange ogw’amaanyi, ogugoloddwa mu busungu, n’ekiruyi n’obukambwe obungi.
6 And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.
Era ndittisa kawumpuli omubi, abantu awamu n’ensolo enkambwe, mu kibuga kino.
7 And afterward, says the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.
Oluvannyuma lw’ekyo, nnaawaayo Zeddekiya kabaka wa Yuda, n’abakungu be n’abantu bonna mu kibuga kino abanaaba bawonye kawumpuli, ekitala n’enjala ebya Nebukadduneeza kabaka w’e Babulooni n’abalabe baabwe ababanoonya okubatta. Nebukadduneeza anaabatta n’ekitala, taabalage kisa n’akatono wadde okubasaasira oba okubasonyiwa.’
8 And to this people you shall say, Thus says the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.
“Era abantu bagambe nti, ‘Bw’ati Mukama bw’ayogera nti: Laba mbateereddewo ekkubo ery’obulamu era n’ekkubo ery’okufa.
9 He that stays in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goes out, and falls to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be to him for a prey.
Buli anaasigala mu kibuga kino ajja kufa ekitala, oba enjala oba kawumpuli. Naye buli afuluma ne yeewaayo eri Abakaludaaya ababazingizza, ajja kuba mulamu, era anaawonya obulamu bwe.
10 For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, says the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
Mmaliridde okuleetera ekibuga kino akabi so si mirembe, bw’ayogera Mukama. Kijja kuweebwayo mu mikono gya kabaka w’e Babulooni, era ajja kukizikiriza n’omuliro.’
11 And touching the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear you the word of the LORD;
“N’ekirala gamba ennyumba ya Yuda ey’obwakabaka nti, ‘Wulira ekigambo kya Mukama;
12 O house of David, thus says the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
ggwe ennyumba ya Dawudi, “‘kino Mukama ky’agamba: Musale emisango mu bwenkanya, mununule ababa banyagiddwa ababanyigiriza, obusungu bwange buleme kuvaayo bubookye ng’omuliro olw’ekibi kye mukoze, nga tewakyali n’omu abuziyiza.
13 Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of the plain, says the LORD; which say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?
Laba nkugguddeko olutalo, ggwe Yerusaalemi abeera waggulu w’ekiwonvu, ku lusozi olwagaagavu olw’ekyaziyazi, bw’ayogera Mukama, mmwe abagamba nti, “Ani ayinza okutulumba? Ani ayinza okuyingira mu nnyumba zaffe?”
14 But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, says the LORD: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it.
Nzija kubabonereza ng’ebikolwa byammwe bwe biri, era ndikoleeza omuliro mu kibira kyammwe, gwokye byonna ebikyetoolodde,’” bw’ayogera Mukama.
