Jeremiah 5
1 [Yahweh said to the people of Jerusalem], “Go up and down every street. Search in the marketplaces to find people who do what is fair/right, who try to be faithful to me. [If you find even one person like that], I will forgive [the people of Jerusalem and not destroy] their city.
“Dduka ogende eno n’eri mu nguudo za Yerusaalemi, tunulatunula olabe, noonya wonna we bakuŋŋaanira, bw’onoosanga omuntu omu bw’ati omwesimbu ow’amazima, nnaasonyiwa ekibuga kino.
2 But when people there say, ‘I solemnly declare that as surely as Yahweh lives, [I will do what he says],’ they are lying.”
Ne bwe boogera nti, ‘Nga Mukama bwali omulamu;’ baba balayirira bwereere.”
3 Yahweh, you are certainly [RHQ] searching for [people who tell the] truth. You struck/punished your people, but they did not pay any attention. You crushed them, but they ignored what you were telling them to do. They were extremely stubborn [IDM] and refused to return to you.
Ayi Mukama Katonda, amaaso go teganoonya mazima? Wabakuba naye ne batawulira bulumi wababetenta, naye ne bagaana okukangavvulwa. Beeyongedde kukakanyala, bagubye obwenyi okusinga n’amayinja; era bagaanyi okwenenya.
4 I thought, “[We cannot expect] these [people to act righteously, because they] are poor; they do not have any sense. They do not know the way Yahweh wants them to conduct their lives; they do not know what God requires them to do.
Ne njogera nti, “Bano baavu abasirusiru. Kubanga tebamanyi kkubo lya Mukama, amateeka ga Katonda waabwe.
5 So, I will go and talk to their leaders, because they [surely] know how God wants them to conduct their lives.” But they also have stopped obeying Yahweh [MET], and they will not allow him to lead them.
Kale ndigenda eri abakulembeze njogere nabo; Kubanga bamanyi ekkubo lya Mukama, amateeka ga Katonda waabwe.” Naye nabo bwe batyo baali baamenya dda ekikoligo nga baakutula ebisiba.
6 Because of that, lions will come out of the forests and kill them; wolves from the desert will attack them; leopards that lurk/wait outside their cities will maul anyone who walks outside the cities. [Those things will happen] because the people have sinned very much against God and have turned away from him very frequently.
Noolwekyo empologoma eriva mu kibira n’ebalya, n’omusege ogw’omu ddungu gulibasaanyaawo. Engo erikuumira okumpi n’ebibuga byabwe, buli muntu abifuluma ayuzibweyuzibwe; Kubanga ebibi byabwe bingi, okudda ennyuma kunene.
7 Yahweh says, “I cannot [RHQ] forgive these people; [even] their children have abandoned me. When they solemnly declare something, they ask their gods [to show that what they say is true]. I gave my people everything that they needed, but they often went to [the shrines of their idols] and committed adultery there.
“Mbasonyiwe ntya? Abaana bammwe banvuddeko, ne balayiririra bakatonda abatali bakatonda. Bwe nabaliisa ne bakkuta, badda mu kwenda, ne beekuŋŋaanya ku nnyumba z’abenzi.
8 [Just like] [MET] well-fed male horses neigh, wanting sex with female horses, each of the men desires to have sex with his neighbor’s wife.
Baali ng’embalaasi ennume ezikkuse ezitaamye, buli muntu ng’akaayanira muka munne.
9 (Should I not punish them for this [RHQ]?/I will certainly get revenge on this nation for this!) I will certainly get revenge [RHQ] on this nation whose people behave like that!
Lwaki sibabonereza olw’ebintu ebyo? bw’ayogera Mukama, Lwaki siwoolera ggwanga ku nsi efaanana bw’etyo?”
10 [I will say to your enemies], ‘The people [of Judah and Israel are like a vineyard]. Go along the rows in their vineyards and get rid of [most of] the people, but do not kill all of them. These people do not belong to me, [so get rid of them], [like a gardener] [MET] lops/cuts off branches from a vine.
“Yita mu nnimiro z’emizabbibu gyabwe ogyonooneyonoone, naye togimalirawo ddala. Giggyeeko amatabi gaagyo, kubanga si bantu ba Mukama.
11 The people of Israel and Judah have turned away from me completely.’
Kubanga ennyumba ya Isirayiri n’ennyumba ya Yuda zifuukidde ddala njeemu gye ndi,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
12 They have lied about me and said, ‘He will not punish us! He will not cause us to experience disasters! We will not experience wars or famines!
Boogedde eby’obulimba ku Mukama ne bagamba nti, “Talina kyajja kukola, tewali kabi kanaatugwako, era tetujja kulaba wadde kitala oba kyeya.
13 What [God’s] prophets say is nothing but hot air! They do not have messages [from God]! We would like [the disasters that they predict] to happen to them!’”
Bannabbi mpewo buwewo era ekigambo tekibaliimu; noolwekyo leka kye boogera kikolebwe ku bo.”
14 So, this is what Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels in heaven, has said to me: “Because my people are saying those things, I will give you a message to tell them [MTY] that will be [like] [MET] a fire, and [these people will be like] [MET] wood that the fire will burn up.
Noolwekyo bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama, Katonda ow’Eggye nti, “Kubanga abantu boogedde ebigambo bino, ndifuula ekigambo kyange mu kamwa kammwe okuba ng’omuliro, n’abantu bano okuba enku era omuliro gubookye.
15 Listen to this, you people of Israel: I will bring [the army of] a distant nation to attack you. It is a very powerful nation that has existed for a long time. They speak a language that you do not know and which you will not be able to understand.
Laba, mbaleetera eggwanga eriva ewala, ggwe ennyumba ya Isirayiri,” bw’ayogera Mukama. Ensi eyaguma ey’edda, abantu ab’olulimi lwe mutamanyi aboogera bye mutategeera
16 Their soldiers are all very strong, and the arrows from their quivers [MET] will (send many Israeli men to their graves/cause many Israeli people to die).
omufuko gwabwe ogw’obusaale guli ng’entaana eyasaamiridde, bonna balwanyi nnamige.
17 They will eat the food that you have harvested from your fields, and eat your bread. They will kill your sons and daughters, and they will kill your flocks [of sheep] and herds [of cattle]. They will eat your grapes and your figs. They will [also] destroy your cities that have high walls around them and kill the people with their swords.
Balirya amakungula gammwe n’emmere yammwe; balirya batabani bammwe era ne bawala bammwe; balye emizabbibu n’emitiini gyammwe, ebibuga byammwe ebiriko bbugwe bye mwesiga birizikirizibwa n’ebitala.
18 But even when those things happen, I will not get rid of all of you.
Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama nti, “Naye ne mu nnaku ezo sigenda kubazikiririza ddala kubamalawo.
19 And when the survivors ask, ‘Why is Yahweh our God doing this to us?’ you will tell them, ‘You rejected him and worshiped foreign gods in your [own] land, so [now] you will become slaves of foreigners in a land that is not your land.’”
Era abantu bammwe bwe bagamba nti, ‘Lwaki Katonda waffe atukoze ebintu bino byonna?’ Onoobagamba nti, ‘Nga bwe mwanvaako ne muweereza bakatonda abalala mu nsi yammwe, mujja kuweereza bakatonda abagwira mu nsi eteri yammwe.’
20 [Yahweh said to me], “Proclaim this to the people of Israel and Judah:
“Langirira kino mu nnyumba ya Yakobo, kirangirire mu Yuda.
21 Listen to this, you people who are foolish and who do not have any sense: You have eyes, but [it is as though] you cannot see; you have ears, but [it is as though] you cannot hear.
Wulira kino, mmwe abantu abasirusiru abatalina kutegeera, abalina amaaso naye nga tebalaba, abalina amatu naye nga tebawulira.
22 Why do you not revere me [RHQ]? You should [RHQ] tremble when you are in my presence! I, Yahweh, am the one who put a barrier along the shores so that the waters of the ocean cannot cross it [and flood the land]. The waves roll and roar, but they cannot go past that barrier.
Temuntya?” bw’ayogera Mukama; “temunkankanira? Nateeka omusenyu okuba ensalo y’ennyanja, olukomera olutaliggwaawo, lwetasobola kuvvuunuka; wadde ng’amayengo galukubaakuba, tegasobola kuluwaguza, gayinza okuwuluguma, naye tegasobola kuluyitako.
23 But you people [are not like the waves that obey me]. You people are very stubborn and rebellious. You have constantly turned away from me.
Naye abantu bano balina omutima omwewagguze era omujeemu. Bajeemye banvuddeko.
24 You do not say to yourselves, ‘We should revere Yahweh our God, the one who sends us rain at the times when we need it, the one who causes the grain to become ripe at the harvest season.’
Abateekuba mu kifuba kugamba nti, ‘Tutye Mukama Katonda waffe agaba enkuba, eya ddumbi n’eya ttoggo, mu ntuuko zaayo; atugerekera ssabbiiti ez’okukunguliramu.’”
25 It is because of the wrong things that you have done, that those good things have not happened; it is because of the sins that you have committed that you have been prevented from receiving those blessings.
Obutali butuukirivu bwammwe bubibakwese ebibi byammwe bibaggyeeko ebirungi.
26 Among my people are wicked people who hide along the roads to ambush/attack people like [SIM] men who hunt birds (put out nets/set traps) to catch them.
“Kubanga abasajja abakozi b’ebibi basangibwa mu bantu bange; abagalamira ne balindirira ng’abasajja abatezi b’obunyonyi. Batega abantu omutego.
27 Like [a hunter has] a cage full of birds [that he has captured], their homes are full of things that they have gotten by deceiving others. So now they are [very] rich and powerful.
Ng’ebisero ebijjudde ebinyonyi, enju zaabwe bwe zijjudde eby’enkwe. Noolwekyo bafuuse ab’amaanyi abagagga, ne bagejja era ne banyirira.
28 They are big and fat, and there is no limit to the evil things that they have done. They do not try to defend orphans in the courtrooms, and they do not help poor people to get what they have a right to receive.
Ekibi kyabwe tekiriiko kkomo, tebasala misango mu bwenkanya, abatawolereza bataliiko ba kitaabwe okubayamba basinge emisango, era abatafaayo ku ddembe lya bakateeyamba.
29 So I will certainly [RHQ] punish them for doing those things. I will certainly [RHQ] (get revenge on their nation/do to their nation what they deserve).
Lwaki sibabonereza olw’ebintu ebyo?” bw’ayogera Mukama. “Nneme okwesasuza ku ggwanga eriri nga eryo?
30 Very appalling/horrible and terrible [DOU] things are happening in this country:
“Ekigambo eky’ekitalo era eky’ekivve kigudde mu nsi:
31 Prophets speak [only] lies and priests rule by their own authority, and you people like that! But when you [start to] experience disasters, what will you do [RHQ]?”
Bannabbi bawa obunnabbi obw’obulimba, bakabona bafugisa buyinza bwabwe ate abantu bange bwe batyo bwe bakyagala. Naye ku nkomerero munaakola mutya?”
