2 Bassekabaka 7
1 Naye Erisa n’agamba nti, “Muwulire ekigambo kya Mukama, kubanga bw’atyo bw’ayogera Mukama nti, Jjo obudde nga buno ekigero ky’obutta obulungi ekyenkana lita omusanvu ne desimoolo ssatu kiritundibwa gulaamu kkumi n’emu, n’ebigero bibiri ebya sayiri bitundibwe gulaamu kkumi n’emu ebweru wa wankaaki w’e Samaliya.”
Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.
2 Awo omukungu kabaka gwe yeesigamangako n’agamba omusajja wa Katonda nti, “Mukama ne bw’anakuba ebituli mu ggulu, ekyo tekiyinzika kubaawo.” Erisa n’amuddamu nti, “Ekyo olikiraba n’amaaso go, naye tolibaako na kimu ky’olyako ku byo.”
Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thy eyes, but shalt not eat of it.
3 Waaliwo abasajja bana abaagengewala abaabeeranga ku mulyango gwa wankaaki w’ekibuga. Ne bagambagana bokka ne bokka nti, “Kiki ekitutuuza wano okutuusa okufa?
And there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?
4 Bwe tunaagamba nti, ‘Tuyingire mu kibuga,’ enjala gy’eri, era tunaafiirayo; ate bwe tusigala wano, era nawo tujja kufiirawo. Noolwekyo tulage mu nkambi y’Abasuuli, bwe banaatusaasira, tunaaba balamu, bwe banaatutta, kale kinaaba bwe kityo.”
If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall to the army of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.
5 Awo ekiro mu ttumbi ne bagolokoka ne balaga mu lusiisira lw’Abasuuli. Naye bwe baatuuka mu kitundu ekisembayo eky’olusiisira, tewaali muntu n’omu.
And they rose in the twilight, to go to the camp of the Syrians: and when they had come to the edge of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there.
6 Mukama yalowozesa eggye ly’Abasuuli nti kabaka wa Isirayiri yali apangisizza bakabaka b’Abakiiti n’ab’Abamisiri okujja okumulwanirira, bwe lyawulira eddoboozi ly’amagaali n’eddoboozi ly’embalaasi.
For the Lord had made the army of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great army: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
7 Ne bagolokoka ne badduka okuva mu nkambi yaabwe amatumbibudde ne baleka awo eweema zaabwe, n’embalaasi zaabwe n’endogoyi zaabwe, ne badduka okuwonya obulamu bwabwe.
Therefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their donkeys, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.
8 Abagenge bwe baatuuka ku nkambi w’ekoma, ne bayingira mu emu ku weema, ne balya ne banywa era ne beetikka n’effeeza ne zaabu n’engoye, ne bagenda ne babikweka. N’oluvannyuma ne bakomawo, ne bayingira mu weema endala, ne baggyayo ebyalimu, ne bagenda ne babikweka nabyo.
And when these lepers came to the edge of the camp, they went into one tent, and ate and drank, and carried from there silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried from there also, and went and hid it.
9 Awo ne bagambagana nti, “Kye tukola si kituufu. Luno olunaku lwa bigambo birungi; bwe tunaasirika ne tulinda okutuusa enkya, tujja kubonerezebwa. Noolwekyo tugende tutegeeze ab’omu nju ya kabaka.”
Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king’s household.
10 Awo ne bagenda ne bakoowoola abakuumi ba wankaaki w’ekibuga, ne boogera nti, “Twalaze mu nkambi y’Abasuuli ne tutasangayo muntu n’omu okuggyako embalaasi nga zisibiddwa, n’endogoyi nga zisibiddwa, n’eweema nga ziri nga bwe baazirese.”
So they came and called to the porter of the city: and they told him, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and donkeys tied, and the tents as they were.
11 Abakuumi ne balangirira amawulire ago, n’ab’omu lubiri ne bakiwulira.
And he called the porters; and they told it to the king’s house within.
12 Kabaka n’agolokoka mu kiro ekyo, n’agamba abakungu be nti, “Ka mbategeeze Abasuuli kye bategese okutukola. Bamanyi nga tuli bayala; era bavudde mu nkambi yaabwe ne bagenda okwekweka ku ttale, nga balowooza nti, ‘Mazima ddala bajja kuvaayo, n’oluvannyuma tunaabawamba nga balamu, tulyoke tuyingire mu kibuga.’”
And the king arose in the night, and said to his servants, I will now show you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we are hungry; therefore they have gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall take them alive, and get into the city.
13 Awo omu ku bakungu be n’aleeta ekirowoozo nti, “Ffuna abasajja bagende n’embalaasi ttaano ku ezo ezisigaddewo, kubanga bali ng’ekibiina kyonna ekya Isirayiri ekisigaddewo; baliba ng’ekibiina kyonna ekya Isirayiri ekimaliddwawo. Ka tubasindikeyo bagende balabe ekiriyo.”
And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed: ) and let us send and see.
14 Awo ne balonda abeebagala embalaasi babiri n’embalaasi zaabwe, kabaka n’abatuma okuwondera eggye ly’Abasuuli, ng’abagamba nti, “Mugende mulabe.”
They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.
15 Ne babawondera okutuukira ddala ku Yoludaani, ne basanga ng’ekkubo lyonna lijjudde engoye n’ebintu ebirala Abasuuli bye baasuula nga badduka. Awo ababaka ne bakomawo eri kabaka ne bamutegeeza bye baalaba.
And they went after them to Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.
16 Awo abantu ne bafuluma, ne bakaliza olusiisira lw’Abasuuli. Ekigero ky’obutta obulungi ekyenkana lita musanvu ne desimoolo ssatu ne kitundibwa gulaamu kkumi n’emu, n’ebigero bibiri ebya sayiri ne bitundibwa gulaamu kkumi n’emu, ng’ekigambo kya Mukama bwe kyali.
And the people went out, and plundered the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.
17 Kabaka yali alonze omukungu we oli gwe yeesigamangako, okuvunaanyizibwa wankaaki, abantu ne bamulinnyiririra mu mulyango, n’afa, ng’omusajja wa Katonda bwe yayogera, mu kiseera kabaka bwe yalaga ewuwe.
And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trod upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spoke when the king came down to him.
18 Bwe kityo bwe kyali kubanga omusajja wa Katonda bwe yagamba kabaka nti, “Jjo essaawa nga zino ebigero bibiri ebya sayiri biritundibwa gulaamu kkumi n’emu, n’ekigero ky’obutta obulungi ne kitundibwa gulaamu kkumi n’emu, mu wankaaki ya Samaliya,”
And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria:
19 omukungu oyo, yaddamu omusajja wa Katonda nti, “Laba, Mukama ne bwaggulawo ebituli eby’omu ggulu, tekiyinzika kubaawo.” Omusajja wa Katonda n’amugamba nti, “Olikiraba n’amaaso go, naye toliryako na kimu.”
And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thy eyes, but shalt not eat of it.
20 Era bwe kityo bwe kyali ekyamutuukako, abantu bwe bamulinnyiririra mu wankaaki, n’afa.
And so it happened to him: for the people trod upon him in the gate, and he died.
