Jeremiah 9
1 Who makes my head waters, And my eye a fountain of tears? And I weep by day and by night, For the wounded of the daughter of my people.
Woowe, singa omutwe gwange gubadde mugga n’amaaso gange luzzi lwa maziga, nnandikaabye emisana n’ekiro olw’abantu bange be batta!
2 Who gives me in a wilderness A lodging-place for travelers? And I leave my people, and go from them, For all of them [are] adulterers, An assembly of treacherous ones.
Woowe singa mbadde n’ekisulo ky’abatambuze mu ddungu, nnandivudde ku bantu bange ne mbaleka kubanga bonna benzi, bibiina by’abasajja ab’enkwe.
3 “And they bend their tongue, Their bow [is] a lie, And they have not been mighty for steadfastness in the land, For they have gone forth from evil to evil, And they have not known Me,” A declaration of YHWH!
“Bategeka olulimi lwabwe ng’omutego ogunasula obulimba; bakulaakulanye mu ggwanga naye nga tebayimiridde ku mazima, kubanga bakola ekibi kino ate ne bongera ekirala; era tebammanyi,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
4 “You each beware of his friend, And do not trust any brother, For every brother utterly supplants, For every friend slanderously walks,
“Mwegendereze mikwano gyammwe era temwesiganga baganda bammwe: kubanga buli wa luganda mulimba na buli wamukwano agenda awaayiriza buwaayiriza.
5 And they each mock at his friend, And they do not speak truth, They taught their tongue to speak falsehood, They have labored to commit iniquity.
Buli muntu alimba muliraanwa we era tewali n’omu ayogera mazima. Bayigirizza ennimi zaabwe okulimba ne beemalamu amaanyi nga bakola ebitali bya butuukirivu.
6 Your dwelling [is] in the midst of deceit, Through deceit they refused to know Me,” A declaration of YHWH.
Mubeera wakati mu bulimba; mu bulimba bwabwe bagaana okummanya,” bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda.
7 Therefore, thus said YHWH of Hosts: “Behold, I am refining them, and have tried them, For how do I deal with the daughter of My people?
Noolwekyo bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye nti, “Laba, ndibalongoosa ne mbagezesa, kiki ate kye nnaakolera abantu bange kubanga boonoonye?
8 Their tongue [is] a slaughtering arrow, It has spoken deceit in its mouth, It speaks peace with its neighbor, And in its heart it lays its ambush,
Olulimi lwabwe kasaale akatta, lwogera bya bulimba, buli muntu ayogeza mirembe n’akamwa ke, naye mu mutima gwe ategeka kumutega.
9 Do I not see after them for these things?” A declaration of YHWH, “Does My soul not avenge itself against a nation such as this?”
Nneme okubabonereza olw’ebintu bino?” bw’ayogera Mukama. “Seesasuze ku ggwanga eriri nga lino?”
10 I lift up weeping and wailing for the mountains, And a lamentation for the habitations of the wilderness, For they have been burned up without any passing over, Nor have they heard the voice of livestock, From the bird of the heavens and to the beast—they have fled, They have gone.
Ndikaaba ne nkungubagira ensozi era ne nkungubagira amalundiro ag’omu ddungu. Galekeddwa awo era tegayitwamu, n’okukaaba kw’ente tekuwulirwa. Ebinyonyi eby’omu bbanga tebikyawulirwa n’ensolo ez’omu nsiko zidduse.
11 “And I make Jerusalem become heaps, A habitation of dragons, And I make the cities of Judah a desolation, Without inhabitant.”
“Ndifuula Yerusaalemi entuumu y’ebifunfugu, ekisulo ky’ebibe. Era ndyonoona ebibuga bya Yuda waleme kubaawo muntu yenna abeeramu.”
12 Who [is] the wise man? And he understands this, And he to whom the mouth of YHWH spoke? And he declares it, For why has the land perished? It has been burned up as a wilderness, Without any passing through.
Mugezigezi ki anaayinza okutegeera kino? Ani oyo Mukama gw’abuulidde alyoke akinnyonnyole? Lwaki ensi eyonoonese ng’eddungu ne wataba agiyitamu?
13 And YHWH says: “Because of their forsaking My law that I set before them, And they have not listened to My voice nor walked in it,
Mukama n’agamba nti, “Kubanga balese amateeka gange, ge nabateekerawo. Tebaŋŋondedde wadde okugoberera amateeka gange.
14 And they walk after the stubbornness of their heart, And after the Ba‘alim, That their fathers taught them,”
Naye, bagoberedde obukakanyavu bw’emitima gyabwe ne basinza ebifaananyi bya Babaali nga bajjajjaabwe bwe baabayigiriza.”
15 Therefore, thus said YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel: “Behold, I am causing them—this people—to eat wormwood, And I have caused them to drink water of gall,
Noolwekyo bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama ow’Eggye, Katonda wa Isirayiri nti, “Laba ndiriisa abantu bano emmere ekaawa ne mbanyweesa n’amazzi ag’obutwa.
16 And I have scattered them among nations Which they did not know, they and their fathers, And have sent the sword after them, Until I have consumed them.”
Ndibasaasaanya mu mawanga bakitaabwe ge bataamanya; era ndibasindiikiriza n’ekitala, okutuusa nga mbazikirizza.”
17 Thus said YHWH of Hosts: “Consider, and call for mourning women, And they come, And send to the wise women, And they come,
Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye nti, “Mulowooze kaakano, muyite abakazi abakungubazi, bajje; era mutumye abasingayo obumanyirivu.
18 And they hurry, and lift up a wailing for us. And tears run down our eyes, And waters flow from our eyelids.
Leka bajje mangu batukaabireko okutuusa amaaso gaffe lwe ganaakulukuta amaziga, n’obukoowekoowe bwaffe ne butiiriika amazzi.
19 For a voice of wailing is heard from Zion: How we have been spoiled! We have been greatly ashamed, Because we have forsaken the land, Because they have cast down our dwelling places.”
Kubanga amaloboozi ag’okukungubaga gawuliddwa mu Sayuuni; ‘Nga tunyagiddwa! Nga tuswadde nnyo! Tuteekwa okuva mu nsi yaffe kubanga amayumba gaffe gazikiriziddwa.’”
20 But hear, you women, a word of YHWH, And your ear receives a word of His mouth, And teach your daughters wailing, And each her neighbor lamentation.
Kaakano mmwe abakazi, muwulirize ekigambo kya Katonda, era mutege okutu kwammwe kuwulire ekigambo ky’akamwa ke. Muyigirize bawala bammwe okukaaba, era buli muntu ayigirize munne okukungubaga.
21 For death has come up into our windows, It has come into our palaces, To cut off the suckling from outside, Young men from the broad places.
Kubanga okufa kutuyingiridde mu madirisa, kuyingidde mu mbiri zaffe, okugoba abaana okubaggya ku nguudo, n’abavubuka okubaggya mu bifo ebisanyukirwamu.
22 Speak thus, “A declaration of YHWH, And the carcass of man has fallen, As dung on the face of the field, And as a handful after the reaper, And there is none gathering.”
“Yogera,” bw’atyo bw’ayogera Mukama nti, “‘Emirambo gy’abasajja abafudde gijja kugwa ng’obusa ku ttale ng’ebinywa by’eŋŋaano ensale bwe bigwa emabega w’omukunguzi nga tebiriiko alonda.’”
23 Thus said YHWH: “Do not let the wise boast himself in his wisdom, Nor let the mighty boast himself in his might, Do not let the rich boast himself in his riches,
Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama nti, “Omusajja omugezi aleme kwenyumiririza mu magezi ge, oba omusajja ow’amaanyi okwenyumiririza mu maanyi ge oba omugagga mu bugagga bwe.
24 But let the boaster boast himself in this, In understanding and knowing Me, For I [am] YHWH, doing kindness, Judgment, and righteousness, in the earth, For I have delighted in these,” A declaration of YHWH.
Naye leka oyo eyeenyumiriza yeenyumirizenga mu kino: nti antegeera era ammanyi, nti nze Mukama akola ebyekisa n’eby’ensonga n’eby’obutuukirivu mu nsi, kubanga mu byo mwe nsanyukira,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
25 “Behold, days are coming,” A declaration of YHWH, “And I have laid a charge on all circumcised in the foreskin,
“Ennaku zijja,” bw’ayogera Mukama, “lwe ndibonereza abo bonna abakomole obukomozi mu mubiri:
26 On Egypt, and on Judah, and on Edom, And on the sons of Ammon, and on Moab, And on all cutting the corner [of the beard], Who are dwelling in the wilderness, For all the nations [are] uncircumcised, And all the house of Israel [are] uncircumcised in heart!”
Misiri, ne Yuda, ne Edomu, n’abaana ba Amoni, ne Mowaabu, era n’abo bonna ababeera mu ddungu mu bifo eby’ewala. Kubanga amawanga gano gonna ddala si makomole, ate era n’ennyumba ya Isirayiri yonna si nkomole mu mutima.”
