Jeremiah 51
1 The LORD says: “Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against those who dwell in Lebkamai, a destroying wind.
Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama nti, “Laba, ndiyimusa omwoyo gw’omuzikiriza alumbe Babulooni n’abantu ba Lebukamaayi.
2 I will send to Babylon strangers, who will winnow her. They will empty her land; for in the day of trouble they will be against her all around.
Ndituma abagwira e Babulooni bamuwewe era bazikirize ensi ye; balimulumba ku buli luuyi ku lunaku olw’okuzikirira kwe.
3 Against him who bends, let the archer bend his bow, also against him who lifts himself up in his coat of mail. Don’t spare her young men! Utterly destroy all her army!
Omulasi talikuba busaale bwe, taliyambala wadde ebyambalo bye ebyokulwanyisa. Temusonyiwa batabani be; muzikiririze ddala amaggye ge.
4 They will fall down slain in the land of the Kasdim, and thrust through in her streets.
Baligwa nga battiddwa e Babulooni, nga batuusiddwako ebiwundu eby’amaanyi mu nguudo ze.
5 For Israel is not forsaken, nor Judah, by his God, by the LORD of Hosts; though their land is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel.
Kubanga Yuda ne Isirayiri tebinnalekebwa Katonda waabwe, oyo Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye, wadde ng’ensi yaabwe esingiddwa omusango mu maaso g’Omutukuvu wa Isirayiri.
6 “Flee out of the middle of Babylon! Everyone save his own life! Don’t be cut off in her iniquity, for it is the time of the LORD’s vengeance. He will render to her a recompense.
“Mudduke Babulooni. Mudduke okuwonya obulamu bwammwe. Temusaanawo olw’ebibi bye. Kiseera kya Mukama okwesasuza; alimusasula ekyo ekimusaanira.
7 Babylon has been a golden cup in the LORD’s hand, who made all the earth drunk. The nations have drunk of her wine; therefore the nations have gone mad.
Babulooni yali kikompe kya zaabu mu mukono gwa Mukama; yatamiiza ensi yonna. Amawanga gaanywa wayini we, kyegavudde galaluka.
8 Babylon has suddenly fallen and been destroyed! Wail for her! Take balm for her pain. Perhaps she may be healed.
Babulooni kirigwa mangu ago ne kimenyekamenyeka. Mukikungubagire. Munoonye eddagala olw’obulumi bw’akyo oboolyawo anaawonyezebwa.
9 “We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed. Forsake her, and let’s each go into his own country; for her judgment reaches to heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.
“‘Twandiwonyezza Babulooni, naye tayinza kuwonyezeka. Leka tumuleke buli muntu adde mu nsi ye, kubanga omusango gwe gutuuse mu bwengula, gusituse gulinnye okutuuka ku bire.’
10 ‘The LORD has produced our righteousness. Come, and let’s declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God.’
“‘Mukama atulwaniridde, mujje tukitegeeze mu Sayuuni ekyo Mukama Katonda waffe ky’akoze.’
11 “Make the arrows sharp! Hold the shields firmly! The LORD has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because his purpose is against Babylon, to destroy it; for it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple.
“Muwagale obusaale, mukwate engabo! Mukama ayungudde bakabaka ab’e Bumeedi, kubanga ekigendererwa kye kuzikiriza Babulooni. Mukama aliwalana eggwanga, aliwalana eggwanga olwa yeekaalu ye.
12 Set up a standard against the walls of Babylon! Make the watch strong! Set the watchmen, and prepare the ambushes; for the LORD has both purposed and done that which he spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.
Muyimuse bendera mwolekere bbugwe wa Babulooni! Mwongereko abakuumi, muteekeko abaserikale, mutegeke okulumba mbagirawo! Mukama alituukiriza ekigendererwa bye, ensala ye okwolekera abantu ba Babulooni.
13 You who dwell on many waters, abundant in treasures, your end has come, the measure of your covetousness.
Gwe abeera okumpi n’amazzi amangi, omugagga mu bintu eby’omuwendo, enkomerero yo etuuse, ekiseera kyo eky’okuzikirizibwa kituuse.
14 The LORD of Hosts has sworn by himself, saying, ‘Surely I will fill you with men, as with locusts, and they will lift up a shout against you.’
Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye yeerayiridde ku lulwe; ddala ndikujjuza abasajja, ng’ebibinja by’enzige, era balireekaana nga bakuwangudde.
15 “He has made the earth by his power. He has established the world by his wisdom. By his understanding he has stretched out the heavens.
“Ensi yagikola n’amaanyi ge; yagiteekawo n’amagezi ge, n’ayanjuluza eggulu n’okutegeera kwe.
16 When he utters his voice, there is a roar of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain, and brings the wind out of his treasuries.
Bw’abwatuka, amazzi ag’omu ggulu gawuluguma; ayimusa ebire okuva ku nkomerero y’ensi. Amyansisa eggulu mu nkuba era n’aggya empewo mu mawanika ge.
17 “Every man has become stupid and without knowledge. Every goldsmith is disappointed by his image, for his molten images are falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
“Buli muntu talina magezi wadde okutegeera; Buli muweesi aswadde olw’ebifaananyi bya bakatonda by’akoze n’emikono gye. Ebifaananyi bye bya bulimba; tebirina mukka.
18 They are vanity, a work of delusion. In the time of their visitation, they will perish.
Tebiriiko kye bigasa, ebisaanye okunyoomebwa ebirizikirizibwa nga Mukama azze okusala omusango.
19 The portion of Jacob is not like these, for he formed all things, including the tribe of his inheritance. The LORD of Hosts is his name.
Oyo omugabo gwa Yakobo tali nga bano, kubanga yakola ebintu byonna, nga mwotwalidde n’eggwanga ly’omugabo gwe, n’erinnya lye ye Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye.
20 “You are my battle ax and weapons of war. With you I will break the nations into pieces. With you I will destroy kingdoms.
“Muli mbazzi yange, ekyokulwanyisa kyange eky’olutalo, mmwe be nkozesa okubetenta amawanga, mmwe be nkozesa okuzikiriza obwakabaka,
21 With you I will break in pieces the horse and his rider.
era ggwe gwe ndikozesa okubetenta embalaasi n’omwebagazi, ggwe gwe ndikozesa okubetenta ekigaali n’omuvuzi waakyo,
22 With you I will break in pieces the chariot and him who rides therein. With you I will break in pieces man and woman. With you I will break in pieces the old man and the youth. With you I will break in pieces the young man and the virgin.
era ggwe gwe ndikozesa okubetenta omusajja n’omukazi, era ggwe ndikozesa okubetenta omukadde n’omuvubuka, era ggwe gwe ndikozesa okubetenta omuvubuka n’omuwala omuto.
23 With you I will break in pieces the shepherd and his flock. With you I will break in pieces the farmer and his yoke. With you I will break in pieces governors and deputies.
Ggwe gwe ndikozesa okubetenta omusumba n’ekisibo kye, ggwe gwe ndikozesa okubetenta omulimi n’ente ennume, ggwe gwe ndikozesa okubetenta bagavana n’abakungu.
24 “I will render to Babylon and to all the inhabitants of the Kasdim for all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight,” says the LORD.
“Ndisasula Babulooni ne bonna ababeeramu nga mulaba olw’ebibi byonna bye baakola mu Sayuuni,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
25 “Behold, I am against you, destroying mountain,” says the LORD, “which destroys all the earth. I will stretch out my hand on you, roll you down from the rocks, and will make you a burned mountain.
“Mbalinako ensonga, ggwe olusozi oluzikiriza, mmwe abazikiriza ensi yonna,” bw’ayogera Mukama. “Ndikugolererako omukono gwange, nkusuule ku mayinja g’ensozi, nkufuule olusozi olutakyayaka.
26 They won’t take a cornerstone from you, nor a stone for foundations; but you will be desolate forever,” says the LORD.
Tewali jjinja lirikuggibwako kukola jjinja lya ku nsonda, wadde ejjinja lyonna okukola omusingi, kubanga olibeera matongo emirembe gyonna,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
27 “Set up a standard in the land! Blow the shofar among the nations! Prepare the nations against her! Call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz! Appoint a marshal against her! Cause the horses to come up as the swarming locusts!
“Yimusa bendera mu ggwanga! Fuuwa omulere mu mawanga! Tegeka amawanga okumulwanyisa; koowoola obwakabaka buno bumulumbe: obwa Alalati ne Mini ne Asukenaazi. Londa omuduumizi amulumba, weereza embalaasi eziri ng’ekibinja ky’enzige.
28 Prepare against her the nations, the kings of the Medes, its governors, and all its deputies, and all the land of their dominion!
Teekateeka amawanga okumulwanyisa; bakabaka Abameedi, bagavana baabwe era n’abakungu baabwe bonna, n’amawanga ge bafuga.
29 The land trembles and is in pain; for the purposes of the LORD against Babylon stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.
Ensi ekankana ne yeenyola olw’obulumi, kubanga ebigendererwa bya Mukama eri Babulooni tebikyuka, okuzikiriza ensi ya Babulooni waleme kubaawo agibeeramu.
30 The mighty men of Babylon have stopped fighting, they remain in their strongholds. Their might has failed. They have become as women. Her dwelling places are set on fire. Her bars are broken.
Abalwanyi ba Babulooni balekedde awo okulwana; basigadde mu bigo byabwe. Baweddemu amaanyi; bafuuse nga bakazi. Ebifo bye mw’abeera byokeddwa omuliro; emitayimbwa gy’oku nzigi ze gimenyeddwa.
31 One runner will run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter.
Matalisi omu agoberera omulala, omubaka omu n’agoberera munne, okulangirira eri kabaka w’e Babulooni nti ekibuga kye kyonna kiwambiddwa,
32 So the passages are seized. They have burned the reeds with fire. The men of war are frightened.”
entindo z’emigga baziwambye, ensenyi ziyidde omuliro, n’abaserikale batidde.”
33 For the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel says: “The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time when it is trodden. Yet a little while, and the time of harvest comes for her.”
Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama ow’Eggye, Katonda wa Isirayiri nti, “Muwala wa Babulooni ali ng’egguuliro, mu kiseera w’analinnyiririrwa; ebiseera eby’okumukungula binaatera okutuuka.”
34 “Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me. He has crushed me. He has made me an empty vessel. He has, like a monster, swallowed me up. He has filled his mouth with my delicacies. He has cast me out.
“Nebukadduneeza kabaka w’e Babulooni atukubyekubye, atutabudde, tufuuse ekikompe ekyereere. Atumize ng’omusota n’olubuto lwe n’alujjuza ebyassava byaffe ebiwooma, ffe n’atusesema.
35 May the violence done to me and to my flesh be on Babylon!” the inhabitant of Zion will say; and, “May my blood be on the inhabitants of Kasdim!” will Jerusalem say.
Leka okubonaabona okututuuseeko kubeere ku Babulooni,” bwe boogera abatuula mu Sayuuni. “Leka omusaayi gubeere ku abo ababeera mu Babulooni,” bwayogera Yerusaalemi.
36 Therefore the LORD says: “Behold, I will plead your cause, and take vengeance for you. I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry.
Mukama kyava ayogera nti, “Laba ndikulwanirira era ndikuwolerera eggwanga; Ndikaliza ennyanja ye n’ensulo ze.
37 Babylon will become heaps, a dwelling place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.
Babulooni kirifuuka bifunvu, mpuku ya bibe, ekintu ekyenyinyalwa n’okusekererwa, ekifo omutali abeeramu.
38 They will roar together like young lions. They will growl as lions’ cubs.
Abantu baakyo bonna bawuluguma ng’empologoma ento, bavuumira wamu ng’abaana b’empologoma.
39 When they are inflamed, I will make their feast, and I will make them drunk, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake up,” says the LORD.
Naye nga bakyabuguumirira, ndibategekera ekijjulo, mbatamiize balyoke balekaane nga baseka, olwo beebake emirembe gyonna nga tebazuukuse,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
40 “I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with male goats.
“Ndibaserengesa ng’abaana b’endiga, battibwe, ng’endiga n’embuzi.
41 “How Sheshach is taken! How the praise of the whole earth is seized! How Babylon has become a desolation among the nations!
“Sesaki nga kiriwambibwa, okujaguza kw’ensi yonna kugwewo. Babulooni kifuuse matongo eri amawanga!
42 The sea has come up on Babylon. She is covered with the multitude of its waves.
Ennyanja eribuutikira Babulooni; amayengo gaayo agawuluguma galigisaanikira.
43 Her cities have become a desolation, a dry land, and a desert, a land in which no man dwells. No son of man passes by it.
Ebibuga bye birisigala matongo, ensi enkalu ey’eddungu, ensi eteriimu muntu, eteyitamu muntu yenna.
44 I will execute judgment on Bel in Babylon, and I will bring out of his mouth that which he has swallowed up. The nations will not flow any more to him. Yes, the wall of Babylon will fall.
Ndibonereza Beri mu Babulooni, mmusesemye bye yali amize. Amawanga nga tegakyesomba kugenda gyali. Ne bbugwe wa Babulooni aligwa.
45 “My people, go away from the middle of her, and each of you save yourselves from the LORD’s fierce anger.
“Mukiveemu, abantu bange! Mudduke muwonye obulamu bwammwe! Mudduke muwone obusungu bwa Mukama obubuubuuka.
46 Don’t let your heart faint. Don’t fear for the news that will be heard in the land. For news will come one year, and after that in another year news will come, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.
Temutya wadde okuggwaamu amaanyi ng’eŋŋambo ziyitiŋŋana mu nsi; olugambo olumu lujja omwaka guno, olulala omwaka ogujja, eŋŋambo z’entalo mu ggwanga, era ez’omufuzi ng’alwana ne mufuzi munne.
47 Therefore behold, the days come that I will execute judgment on the engraved images of Babylon; and her whole land will be confounded. All her slain will fall in the middle of her.
Kubanga ekiseera kijja lwe ndibonereza ebifaananyi bya bakatonda ba Babulooni abaakolebwa n’emikono; ensi eyo yonna eritabanguka, n’emirambo gy’abantu baayo abattiddwa gyonna gibeere omwo.
48 Then the heavens and the earth, and all that is therein, will sing for joy over Babylon; for the destroyers will come to her from the north,” says the LORD.
Eggulu n’ensi ne byonna ebibirimu birireekana olw’essanyu olwa Babulooni, abalimuzikiriza balimulumba okuva mu bukiikakkono,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
49 “As Babylon has caused the slain of Israel to fall, so the slain of all the land will fall at Babylon.
“Babulooni kirigwa olw’Abayisirayiri abaafa, nga bonna abaafa mu nsi yonna bwe baweddewo olwa Babulooni.
50 You who have escaped the sword, go! Don’t stand still! Remember the LORD from afar, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.”
Mmwe abawonye ekitala, mwanguwe okugenda! Mujjukire Mukama nga muli mu nsi ey’ewala, mulowooze ku Yerusaalemi.”
51 “We are confounded because we have heard reproach. Confusion has covered our faces, for strangers have come into the sanctuaries of the LORD’s house.”
“Tuweddemu amaanyi kubanga tuvumiddwa era tukwatiddwa ensonyi, kubanga abagwira bayingidde mu bifo ebitukuvu eby’ennyumba ya Mukama.”
52 “Therefore behold, the days come,” says the LORD, “that I will execute judgment on her engraved images; and through all her land the wounded will groan.
“Naye ennaku zijja,” bw’ayogera Mukama, “lwe ndibonereza ebifaananyi bya bakatonda be, be yakola n’emikono, era mu nsi ye yonna, abaliko ebisago balisinda.
53 Though Babylon should mount up to the sky, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet destroyers will come to her from me,” says the LORD.
Newaakubadde nga Babulooni atuuka ku bire era ne yeenyweza n’ebigo bye eby’amaanyi, ndimusindikira abazikiriza,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
54 “The sound of a cry comes from Babylon, and of great destruction from the land of the Kasdim!
“Eddoboozi ly’okukaaba liva mu Babulooni, eddoboozi ery’okuzikirira okunene okuva mu nsi y’Abakaludaaya.
55 For the LORD lays Babylon waste, and destroys out of her the great voice! Their waves roar like many waters. The noise of their voice is uttered.
Mukama alizikiriza Babulooni, alizikiza oluyoogaano lwakyo olunene. Amayengo g’abalabe galijja ng’amazzi amangi; okuwuluguma kw’amaloboozi kuliwulirwa.
56 For the destroyer has come on her, even on Babylon. Her mighty men are taken. Their bows are broken in pieces, for the LORD is a God of retribution. He will surely repay.
Omuzikiriza alirumba Babulooni; abalwanyi be baliwambibwa, n’emitego gyabwe girimenyebwa. Kubanga Mukama Katonda asasula, alisasula mu bujjuvu.
57 I will make her princes, her wise men, her governors, her deputies, and her mighty men drunk. They will sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake up,” says the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.
Nditamiiza abakungu be n’abasajja be abajjudde amagezi, ne bagavana, ab’ebitongole awamu n’abalwanyi; balyebaka emirembe gyonna era tebalizuukuka,” bw’ayogera Kabaka ayitibwa Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye.
58 The LORD of Hosts says: “The wide walls of Babylon will be utterly overthrown. Her high gates will be burned with fire. The peoples will labor for vanity, and the nations for the fire; and they will be weary.”
Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye nti, “Bbugwe wa Babulooni omunene alisendebwa era n’emiryango gye emiwanvu gyokebwe; abantu beetawanyiza bwerere nga bafuba, okutawaana kw’eggwanga kuliba nku za muliro.”
59 The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. Now Seraiah was chief quartermaster.
Buno bwe bubaka Yeremiya bwe yawa omukungu Seraya mutabani wa Neriya, mutabani wa Maseya, bwe yagenda e Babulooni ne Zeddekiya kabaka wa Yuda, nga Zeddekiya afuga mu mwaka gwe ogwokuna. Seraya ye yali omu ku bakungu abakulu.
60 Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come on Babylon, even all these words that are written concerning Babylon.
Yeremiya yali awandiise mu muzingo ebikangabwa byonna ebyali bigenda okutuuka ku Babulooni, byonna ebyali biwandiikiddwa ebyali bikwata ku Babulooni.
61 Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you come to Babylon, then see that you read all these words,
Yagamba Seraya nti, “Bw’otuuka mu Babulooni, laba ng’osoma mu ddoboozi ery’omwanguka ebigambo bino byonna.
62 and say, ‘LORD, you have spoken concerning this place, to cut it off, that no one will dwell in it, neither man nor animal, but that it will be desolate forever.’
Olwo ogambe nti, ‘Ayi Mukama, ogambye nti olizikiriza ekifo kino, nti tewali nsolo oba muntu alikibeeramu; kibeere matongo emirembe gyonna.’
63 It will be, when you have finished reading this book, that you shall bind a stone to it, and cast it into the middle of the Euphrates.
Bw’omalanga okusoma omuzingo guno gusibeeko ejjinja ogukanyuge mu mugga Fulaati.
64 Then you shall say, ‘Thus will Babylon sink, and will not rise again because of the evil that I will bring on her; and they will be weary.’” Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
Olyoke ogambe nti, ‘Bw’ati Babulooni bwalisaanawo aleme kubbulukuka olw’akabi ke ndimuleetako. N’abantu be balizikirira.’” Ebigambo bya Yeremiya bikoma awo.
