Jeremiah 14
1 That which has been the word of YHWH to Jeremiah concerning the matters of the scarcities:
Ekigambo kya Mukama ekyajjira Yerusaalemi ekikwata ku kyeya.
2 “Judah has mourned, and her gates have languished, They have mourned to the earth, And the cry of Jerusalem has gone up.
“Yuda ekungubaga n’ebibuga byayo bifaafaaganye, bakaabira ensi, era omulanga gusimbuse mu Yerusaalemi.
3 And their majestic ones have sent their little ones to the water, They have come to ditches, They have not found water, They have turned back—their vessels empty! They have been ashamed, And have blushed and covered their head.
Abakungu batuma abaddu baabwe okuleeta amazzi; bagenda mu ttanka ez’omu ttaka nga temuli kantu, bakomawo n’ebintu ebikalu; ensonyi nga zibakutte n’essuubi nga libaweddemu; babikka amaaso gaabwe.
4 Because the ground has been broken, For there has been no rain in the land, Farmers have been ashamed, They have covered their head.
Ettaka lyatise kubanga enkuba tekyatonnya, abalimi baweddemu amaanyi, babikka ku mitwe gyabwe.
5 For even the doe in the field has brought forth—to forsake [it!] For there has been no grass.
N’empeewo ku ttale ezaala n’ereka awo omwana gwayo kubanga tewali muddo.
6 And wild donkeys have stood on high places, They have swallowed up wind like dragons, Their eyes have been consumed, for there is no herb.”
N’ennyumbu ez’omu nsiko ziyimirira ku busozi obukalu nga ziwejjawejja ng’ebibe, amaaso gaazo nga tegalaba bulungi kubanga tezirina kye zirya.”
7 Surely our iniquities have testified against us, O YHWH, work for Your Name’s sake, For our backslidings have been many, We have sinned against You.
Wadde obutali butuukirivu bwaffe butulumiriza, Ayi Mukama, baako ky’okola olw’erinnya lyo. Kubanga tuzze ennyuma emirundi mingi, tukwonoonye nnyo.
8 O Hope of Israel—its Savior in time of trouble, Why are You as a sojourner in the land? And as a traveler turned aside to lodge?
Ayi ggwe essuubi lya Isirayiri, Omulokozi waalyo mu biseera eby’okulabiramu ennaku, lwaki oli ng’omuyise mu nsi, ng’omutambuze asula ekiro ekimu?
9 Why are You as one mute? As a mighty one not able to save? And You [are] in our midst, O YHWH, And Your Name is called over us, Do not leave us.
Lwaki oli ng’omuntu gwe baguddeko obugwi, ng’omulwanyi ataliimu maanyi ganunula? Ggwe, Ayi Mukama Katonda, oli wakati mu ffe, era tuyitibwa linnya lyo. Totuleka.
10 Thus said YHWH concerning this people: “They have loved to wander well, They have not restrained their feet, And YHWH has not accepted them, Now He remembers their iniquity, And inspects their sin.”
Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda ku bantu be nti, “Baagala nnyo okubula, tebaziyiza bigere byabwe. Noolwekyo Mukama tabakkiriza era kaakano wakujjukira obutali butuukirivu bwabwe era ababonereze olw’ebibi byabwe.”
11 And YHWH says to me: “You do not pray for this people for good.
Awo Mukama Katonda n’aŋŋamba nti, “Tosabira bantu bano kubeera bulungi.
12 When they fast, I do not listen to their cry, and when they cause burnt-offering and present to ascend, I do not accept them; for I am consuming them by sword, and by famine, and by pestilence.”
Newaakubadde nga basiiba, sijja kuwulira kukaaba kwabwe, era wadde bawaayo ebiweebwayo ebyokebwa n’ebiweebwayo eby’empeke, sijja kubikkiriza. Naye nnaabazikiriza n’ekitala, n’enjala ne kawumpuli.”
13 And I say, “Aah! Lord YHWH, behold, the prophets are saying to them: You do not see a sword, indeed, famine is not [on] you, for I give true peace to you in this place.”
Naye ne njogera nti, “Woowe, Mukama Katonda, bannabbi abalala babagamba nti, ‘Tewajja kubaawo lutalo wadde okulumwa enjala. Naye nzija kuleeta mirembe egitakoma mu kifo kino.’”
14 And YHWH says to me: “The prophets are prophesying falsehood in My Name. I did not send them, nor command them, nor have I spoken to them. A false vision, and divination, and vanity—indeed, they are prophesying the deceit of their own heart to you.
Awo Mukama n’alyoka aŋŋamba nti, “Bannabbi bawa obunnabbi obw’obulimba mu linnya lyange, sibatumanga wadde okubalagira okwogera nabo. Babategeeza okwolesebwa okw’obulimba n’obunnabbi obutaliimu, n’obutaliimu bw’emitima gyabwe.
15 Therefore, thus said YHWH concerning the prophets who are prophesying in My Name and I have not sent them, and they are saying, Sword and famine is not in this land: By sword and by famine are these prophets consumed.
Noolwekyo, bw’atyo bw’ayogera Mukama, ebikwata ku bannabbi abategeeza ebyobunnabbi mu linnya lyange wadde nga sibatumanga, era abagamba nti, ‘Ekitala n’enjala tebijja kujja mu nsi eno.’ Bannabbi abo bennyini bajja kuzikirizibwa ekitala n’enjala.
16 And the people to whom they are prophesying are cast into out-places of Jerusalem, because of the famine and the sword, and they have none burying them—them, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters—and I have poured out their evil on them.
N’abantu be bategeezezza obunnabbi balifa enjala n’ekitala ne bakasukibwa mu nguudo babulweko abaziika, bo ne bakazi baabwe, ne batabani baabwe, n’abawala. Kubanga ndibayiwako obusungu obubasaanira.
17 And you have said this word to them: Tears come down my eyes night and day, And they do not cease, For [with] a great breach, The virgin daughter of my people has been broken, A very grievous stroke.
“Kino ky’oba obagamba nti, “‘Leka amaaso gange gakulukute amaziga emisana n’ekiro awatali kukoma; kubanga muwala wange embeerera, abantu bange, bafunye ekiwundu ekinene, ekintu eky’amaanyi.
18 If I have gone forth to the field, Then, behold, the pierced of the sword! And if I have entered the city, Then, behold, the diseased of famine! For both prophet and priest have gone up and down To a land that they did not know.”
Bwe ŋŋenda mu byalo ndaba abafumitiddwa n’ekitala! Bwe ŋŋenda mu kibuga ndaba okutaagulwataagulwa okw’enjala. Naye nnabbi ne kabona beeyongera okukola emirimu gyabwe mu ggwanga kyokka nga bye boogera bya bulimba.’”
19 Have You utterly rejected Judah? Has Your soul loathed Zion? Why have You struck us, And there is no healing to us? Looking for peace, and there is no good, And for a time of healing, and behold, terror.
Yuda ogigaanidde ddala? Sayuuni ogyetamiriddwa ddala? Otufumitidde ddala awatali kuwonyezebwa? Twasuubira emirembe naye tewali kalungi ke tufunye, ekiseera eky’okuwonyezebwa naye laba tufunye bulabe bwereere.
20 We have known, O YHWH, our wickedness, The iniquity of our fathers, For we have sinned against You.
Ayi Mukama tukkiriza ebibi byaffe era n’obutali butuukirivu bwa bajjajjaffe, kubanga ddala twayonoona gy’oli.
21 Do not despise, for Your Name’s sake, Do not dishonor the throne of Your glory, Remember, do not break Your covenant with us.
Olw’erinnya lyo totugoba, tovumaganyisa ntebe yo ey’obwakabaka ey’ekitiibwa. Jjukira endagaano gye wakola naffe, togimenya, gituukirize.
22 Are there any among the vanities of the nations causing rain? And do the heavens give showers? Are You not He, O our God YHWH? And we wait for you, for You have done all these!
Waliwo ku bakatonda ababajje bannaggwanga asobola okutonnyesa enkuba? Eggulu ku bw’alyo lisobola okuleeta enkuba? Nedda, wabula ggwe, Ayi Mukama Katonda waffe. Noolwekyo essuubi lyaffe liri mu ggwe, kubanga ggwe okola bino byonna.
