Jeremiah 42
1 Then drew near all the captains of the forces, and Johanan son of Kareah and Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah, —and all the people from the least even unto the greatest;
Awo abaduumizi ba magye bonna, ng’ogasseeko Yokanaani mutabani wa Kaleya ne Yezaniya mutabani wa Kosaaya, n’abantu bonna okuva ku asokerwako wansi okutuuka ku akomererayo waggulu baatuukirira
2 and said unto Jeremiah the prophet—Let our supplication we beseech thee fall prostrate before thee, and pray thou in our behalf unto Yahweh thy God, in behalf of all this remnant, —for we are left a few out of many, just as thine own eyes do behold us:
nnabbi Yeremiya ne bamugamba nti, “Tukwegayiridde, wulira okusaba kwaffe osabe Mukama Katonda wo ku lw’abantu bano bonna abafisseewo. Kale naawe nga bw’olaba, abaali abangi kaakano tusigaddewo batono nnyo.
3 that Yahweh thy God may tell us the way wherein we should walk, —and the thing that we should do.
Saba Mukama Katonda wo atubuulire gye tusaanye okulaga ne kye tusaanye okukola.”
4 And Jeremiah the prophet, said unto them, I have heard; behold me! praying unto Yahweh your God according to your words, —and it shall come to pass that the whole thing that Yahweh shall answer you, I will tell you, I will keep back from you, nothing.
Nnabbi Yeremiya n’abagamba nti, “Mbawulidde, ddala nzija kubasabira eri Mukama Katonda wammwe nga bwe munsabye; nzija kubabuulira byonna Mukama by’anaŋŋamba, sirina kye nnaabakisa.”
5 They, therefore said unto Jeremiah, Yahweh be against us, as a witness true and faithful, —if according to all the word which Yahweh thy God shall send thee unto us, so we do not perform:
Awo ne bagamba Yeremiya nti, “Mukama abeere omujulirwa ow’amazima era omwesigwa gye tuli, bwe tutalikola kyonna Mukama Katonda wo ky’anaakutuma okutugamba.
6 whether for good or for ill, unto the voice of Yahweh our God for which we are sending thee unto him, will we hearken, —to the end it may be well with us, because we will hearken unto the voice of Yahweh our God.
Oba kyangu oba kikalubo tujja kugondera Mukama Katonda waffe, gye tukutuma kaakano, tulyoke tufune emirembe, kubanga tujja kugondera Mukama Katonda waffe.”
7 And it came to pass at the end of ten days, that the word of Yahweh came unto Jeremiah.
Bwe waayitawo ennaku kkumi ekigambo kya Mukama ne kijjira Yeremiya.
8 Then called he for Johanan son of Kareah, and for all the princes of the forces who were with him—and for all the people from the least even unto the greatest;
N’alyoka ayita Yokanaani omwana wa Kaleya n’abaduumizi b’eggye lya Yuda bonna abaali naye, n’abantu bonna okuva ku asokerwako wansi okutuuka ku akomererayo waggulu.
9 and said unto them, Thus, saith Yahweh, God of Israel—unto whom ye sent me, to cause your supplication to fall prostrate before him: —
N’abagamba nti, “Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama, Katonda wa Isirayiri, gye mwantuma okubabuuliza nti,
10 If ye will indeed abide, in this land, then will I build you up, and not pull [you] down, and plant you and not uproot [you], —for I have compassion as touching the calamity which I have caused you.
‘Bwe munaasigala mu nsi eno, nzija kubazimba era siibaleke kugwa. Nzija kubasimba so si kubasimbula, kubanga nnumiddwa olw’ekikangabwa kye mbatuusizzaako.
11 Do not fear the face of the king of Babylon, of whose face ye are afraid, —do not fear him, Urgeth Yahweh, for with you, am I, to save you, and to deliver you out of his hand:
Temutya kabaka w’e Babulooni, kaakano gwe mutya. Temumutya, bw’ayogera Mukama, kubanga ndi nammwe era nzija kubalokola, mbanunule mu mukono gwa kabaka oyo.
12 that I may grant you compassions and he may have compassion upon you, —and suffer you to return unto your own soil.
Nzija kubalaga ekisa alyoke abakwatirwe ekisa, abakomyewo mu nsi yammwe.’
13 But, since ye are saying, —We will not dwell in this land, —nor hearken unto the voice of Yahweh your God:
“Wabula bwe mugamba nti, ‘Tetuusigale mu nsi eno gye mbakomezzaamu,’ olwo munaaba temugondedde Mukama Katonda wammwe.
14 saying, —No! for, into the land of Egypt, will we go, where we shall not see war, nor the sound of a horn, shall we hear, —nor for bread, shall we be famished, —there, then will we dwell
Bwe mugamba nti, ‘Nedda, tujja kugenda tubeere e Misiri, gye tutaalabe ntalo wadde okuwulira ekkondeere nga livuga oba okubulwa omugaati ogw’okulya,’
15 Now, therefore, for this cause, hear ye the word of Yahweh, O remnant of Judah, —Thus! saith Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, —If, ye do indeed set your faces to enter Egypt and do enter to sojourn there,
kale nno muwulire ekigambo kya Mukama, mmwe abaasigalawo mu Yuda. Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama ow’Eggye, Katonda wa Isirayiri nti, ‘Bwe munaamalirira okugenda e Misiri era ne mugenda okubeererayo ddala,
16 then shall it come to pass that the sword which ye are fearing shall, there, overtake you, in the land of Egypt, —and the famine which ye are dreading, shall, there, lay fast hold of you, in Egypt, and, there, shall ye die.
olwo ekitala kye mutya kijja kubasanga eyo, n’enjala gye mutya ejja kubagoberera e Misiri era eyo gye mulifiira.
17 So shall it be with all the men who have set their faces to enter Egypt to sojourn there, they shall die by sword, by famine or by pestilence, —and they shall have neither survival nor escape, from the face of the calamity which I am about to bring in upon them.
Mumanyire ddala nti, Abo bonna abamaliridde okugenda e Misiri okusenga eyo balifa kitala, n’enjala ne kawumpuli; tewaliba n’omu alisigalawo wadde okuwona ekikangabwa kye ndibaleetako.’
18 For—Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, —Just as mine anger and mine indignation have been poured out upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so shall mine indignation be poured out upon you when ye enter into Egypt, —thus shall ye become a curse, and an astonishment and a contempt and a reproach, and ye shall no more see this place.
Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama ow’Eggye, Katonda wa Isirayiri nti, ‘Ng’obusungu bwange n’ekiruyi bwe bifukiddwa ku abo abali mu Yerusaalemi, bwe kityo ekiruyi kyange bwe kinaafukibwa ku mmwe bwe munaagenda e Misiri. Munaabeera kya kukolimirwa, era kya ntiisa, era kya kusalirwa musango era kivume: temuliraba kifo kino nate.’
19 Yahweh hath spoken concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah, Do not enter into Egypt: Know certainly, that I have taken you to witness to-day.
“Mmwe abafisseewo ku Yuda, Mukama abagambye nti, ‘Temugenda Misiri.’ Mumanye kino nga mbalabula leero
20 For ye have deceived yourselves at the cost of your lives, for, ye yourselves, sent me unto Yahweh your God, saying, —Pray thou in our behalf, unto Yahweh our God, —and according to all that Yahweh our God shall say, so, tell us and we will do it.
nti, Mwakola ekisobyo kinene bwe mwantuma eri Mukama Katonda wammwe ne mugamba nti, ‘Tusabire eri Mukama Katonda waffe: tubuulire byonna by’agamba tujja kubikola.’
21 Therefore have I told you to-day, —and yet ye have not hearkened unto the voice of Yahweh your God, even in any thing for which he hath sent me unto you.
Mbabuulidde leero, naye era temugondedde Mukama Katonda wammwe mu byonna bye yantuma okubagamba.
22 Now, therefore, know ye certainly, that by sword, by famine, or by pestilence, shall ye die, —in the place whither ye have desired to go, to sojourn.
Kale nno mutegeerere ddala kino nga mulittibwa na kitala, oba njala oba kawumpuli mu nsi gye mwagala okugenda okusengamu.”
