Jeremiah 7
1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
Kino kye kigambo ekyajjira Yeremiya okuva eri Mukama.
2 Stand in the gate of the LORD’S house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship the LORD.
Yimirira ku mulyango gw’ennyumba ya Mukama otegeeze abantu obubaka buno. Muwuliriza ekigambo kya Mukama, mmwe mwenna abantu ba Yuda abayita mu miryango gino okusinza Mukama.
3 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama ow’Eggye, Katonda wa Isirayiri nti, “Mulongoose amakubo gammwe n’ebikolwa byammwe, nange ndibalekera ekifo kino ne mubeeramu.
4 Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, are these.
Teweesiga bigambo bino ebibuzaabuza ne mwogera nti, ‘Eno ye yeekaalu ya Mukama, yeekaalu ya Mukama, yeekaalu ya Mukama!’
5 For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;
Kubanga bwe munaalongoosezanga ddala amakubo gammwe n’ebikolwa byammwe; era bwe munaalaganga obwenkanya eri omuntu ne munne,
6 if ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your own hurt:
ne mulekayo okunyigiriza omugwira, ne mulekwa, ne nnamwandu, ne mulekayo n’okutta abataliiko musango mu kifo ekyo, era ne mutasinza bakatonda abalala okwereetera emisango mmwe bennyini,
7 then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, from of old even for evermore.
kale ndibatuuza mu kifo ekyo mu nsi gye nawa bajjajjammwe ebeere yammwe emirembe n’emirembe.
8 Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
Kale laba, mwesiga ebigambo ebitaliimu, ebitagasa.
9 Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye have not known,
“Munabba ne mutta, ne mukola obwenzi ne mulayira eby’obulimba, ne mwoteza obubaane eri Baali, ne mutambula okugoberera bakatonda abalala be mutamanyanga;
10 and come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered; that ye may do all these abominations.
ne mulyoka mujja ne muyimirira mu maaso gange mu nnyumba eno, eyitibwa Erinnya lyange, ne mugamba nti, ‘Tuli bulungi, tuli bulungi,’ ne mulyoka mukola eby’emizizo byonna?
11 Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it, saith the LORD.
Mulowooza nti ennyumba eno eyitibwa ennyumba yange, mpuku y’abanyazi? Laba, nze kennyini nkirabye,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
12 But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I caused my name to dwell at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.
“Mugende kaakano mu kifo kyange ekyali e Siiro ekifo gye nasooka okuteeka essinzizo ly’erinnya lyange, mulabe kye nakikola olw’ekibi ky’abantu bange Isirayiri.
13 And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not:
Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama nti, Bwe mwali mukola ebintu bino byonna, nayogera nammwe emirundi mingi naye ne mutampulira; nabakoowoola ne mutampitaba.
14 therefore will I do unto the house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.
Noolwekyo, ekyo kye nakola e Siiro nzija kukikola kaakano ku nnyumba eyitibwa Erinnya lyange, era gye mwesiga, era n’ebifo bye nabawa mmwe ne bakitammwe.
15 And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim.
Ndibagoba ne mu maaso gange, nga bwe nagoba baganda bammwe bonna, ezzadde lya Efulayimu lyonna.
16 Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee.
“Noolwekyo tosabira bantu abo wadde okubegayiririra newaakubadde okubasabira oba okubawolereza, kubanga siikuwulire.
17 Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
Tolaba bye bakola mu bibuga bya Yuda era ne mu nguudo za Yerusaalemi?
18 The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead the dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
Abaana balonda enku, bakitaabwe ne bakuma omuliro, olwo abakazi ne bakanda eŋŋaano ne bakolera kabaka w’eggulu omukazi emigaati. Bafuka ekiweebwayo ekyokunywa eri bakatonda abalala okunkwasa obusungu.
19 Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD; [do they] not [provoke] themselves, to the confusion of their own faces?
Naye nze gwe balumya?” bw’ayogera Mukama. “Tebeerumya bokka, ne beeswazaswaza?”
20 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.
Noolwekyo bw’atyo bw’ayogera Mukama nti, “Laba obusungu bwange n’ekiruyi kyange bijja kufukibwa ku kifo kino, ku bantu ne ku nsolo, ku miti egy’omu ttale era ne ku bibala eby’omu ttaka; bujja kubuubuuka era tebujja kukoma.”
21 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Add your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat ye flesh.
“Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama ow’Eggye, Katonda wa Isirayiri nti, Mugatte ebiweebwayo byammwe ebyokebwa ku ssaddaaka zammwe, ennyama mugyeriire.
22 For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:
Kubanga ku lunaku lwe nabaggya mu Misiri saayogera eri bakitammwe wadde okubalagira ebikwata ku biweebwayo ebyokebwa wadde ssaddaaka.
23 but this thing I commanded them, saying, Hearken unto my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.
Naye etteeka lino lye nabawa ligamba nti, ‘Muŋŋondere, nange nnaabeera Katonda wammwe, nammwe munaabeera bantu bange. Mutambulire mu makubo gonna ge mbalagira, mulyoke mubeere bulungi.’
24 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in [their own] counsels [and] in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward and not forward.
Naye tebampulira wadde okunzisaako omwoyo, wabula bagoberera okuteesa kw’emitima gyabwe egijjudde ebibi. Badda emabega so tebaalaga mu maaso.
25 Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day, I have sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them:
Okuva mu biseera bajjajjammwe bye baaviiramu e Misiri okutuusa kaakano, mbadde mpeereza abaddu bange bannabbi emirundi n’emirundi.
26 yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff: they did worse than their fathers.
Naye tebampuliriza wadde okunzisaako omwoyo, bakakanyaza ensingo zaabwe era ne bakola ebibi ne basinga ne bajjajjaabwe.
27 And thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee.
“Kale ojja kubagamba bino byonna naye tebajja kukuwuliriza, bw’onoobayita tebajja kukwanukula.
28 And thou shalt say unto them, This is the nation that hath not hearkened to the voice of the LORD their God, nor received instruction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
Noolwekyo bagambe nti, ‘Lino ly’eggwanga eritagondera Mukama Katonda waalyo oba okufaayo ku kugololwa. Amazima gabulawo, tegali ku mimwa gyabwe.
29 Cut off thine hair, [O Jerusalem], and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on the bare heights; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.
Salako enviiri zo ggwe Yerusaalemi, ozisuule wala ddala okaabire ku ntikko z’ensozi, kubanga Mukama alese abantu be era n’asuula ab’omu mulembe guno mw’asunguwalidde ennyo.’”
30 For the children of Judah have done that which is evil in my sight, saith the LORD: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.
“Abantu ba Yuda bakoze ekintu eky’ekivve mu maaso gange, bw’ayogera Mukama. Batadde bakatonda abalala mu nnyumba yange eyitibwa erinnya lyange ne bagyonoona.
31 And they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded not, neither came it into my mind.
Bazimbye ebifo ebigulumivu ebya Tofesi mu kiwonvu kya mutabani wa Kinomu ne bassaddaakiramu batabani baabwe be bazaala n’abawala, kye saalowoozaako wadde okukibalagira.
32 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be called Topheth, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of Slaughter: for they shall bury in Topheth, till there be no place [to bury].
Laba, ennaku zijja,” bw’atyo bw’ayogera Mukama, bwe kitariyitibwa Kiwonvu kya Tofesi oba ekya Kinnomu ne kiyitibwa Kiwonvu kya ttambiro: kubanga baliziikamu Tofesi okutuusa we wataliba bbanga lya kuziikamu.
33 And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.
Era emirambo gy’abantu bano gifuuke emmere y’ebinyonyi eby’omu bbanga era n’ensolo ez’omu nsiko, era waleme kubaawo muntu wakuzigoba;
34 Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride: for the land shall become a waste.
olwo nga nkomezza amaloboozi ag’okusanyuka n’okujaguza, n’eddoboozi ly’omusajja awasa n’ery’omugole we mu bibuga bya Yuda ne mu nguudo za Yerusaalemi, olwo ensi ng’efuuse matongo.
