Ezeekyeri 19
1 Kungubagira abalangira ba Isirayiri,
Moreover do you take up a lamentation for the prince of Israel,
2 oyogere nti, “‘Maama wo nga yali mpologoma nkazi, mu mpologoma! Yagalamiranga wakati mu mpologoma ento, n’erabirira abaana baayo.
and say, Why is your mother become a whelp in the midst of lions? in the midst of lions she has multiplied her whelps.
3 N’ekuza emu ku baana baayo n’efuuka empologoma ey’amaanyi, n’eyiga okuyigga ebisolo, n’okulya abantu.
And one of her whelps sprang forth; he became a lion, and learned to take prey, he devoured men.
4 Amawanga gaawulira ebimufaako, n’akwatirwa mu kinnya kye yali asimye, ne bamusibamu amalobo ne bamuleeta mu nsi y’e Misiri.
And the nations heard a report of him; he was caught in their pit, and they brought him into the land of Egypt in chains.
5 “‘Awo bwe yalaba essuubi lye nga terituukiridde, ne bye yali alindirira nga biyise, n’eddira emu ku baana baayo ab’empologoma endala, n’egifuula empologoma ey’amaanyi.
And she saw that he was driven away from her, [and] her hope [of him] perished, and she took another of her whelps; she made him a lion.
6 N’etambulatambula mu mpologoma, kubanga yali efuuse empologoma ey’amaanyi, era n’eyiga okuyigga ensolo, n’okulya abantu.
And he went up and down in the midst of lions, he became a lion, and learned to take prey, he devoured men.
7 N’emenyaamenya ebifo byabwe eby’amaanyi, n’ezikiriza n’ebibuga byabwe; ensi n’abo bonna abaagibeerangamu, ne batya olw’okuwuluguma kwayo.
And he prowled in his boldness and laid waste their cities, and made the land desolate, and the fullness of it, by the voice of his roaring.
8 Awo amawanga gonna ne gagirumba, okuva mu bitundu ebyali byetooloddewo, ne bayanjuluza ekitimba kyabwe, ne bagikwatira mu kinnya kyabwe.
Then the nations set upon him from the countries round about, and they spread their nets upon him: he was taken in their pit.
9 Ne bakozesa amalobo okugisikayo, ne bagiteeka mu kayumba ak’ebyuma, ne bagitwala eri kabaka w’e Babulooni; n’eteekebwa mu kkomera, n’etaddayo kuwulikika nate ku nsozi za Isirayiri.
And they put him in chains and in a cage, [and] he came to the king of Babylon; and he cast him into prison, that his voice should not be heard on the mountains of Israel.
10 “‘Maama wo yali ng’omuzabbibu mu nnimiro ogwasimbibwa okumpi n’amazzi; ne gubala ebibala ne bijjula amatabi, kubanga waaliwo amazzi mangi.
Your mother was as a vine and as a blossom on a pomegranate tree, planted by water: her fruit and her shoot abounded by reason of much water.
11 Amatabi gaagwo gaali magumu, era nga gasaanira okukolebwamu omuggo gw’obwakabaka. Omuzabbibu ogwo gwali muwanvu ne guyitamu okusinga emiti emirala, ne gumanyibwa olw’obuwanvu bwagwo, n’olw’amatabi gaagwo amangi.
And she became a rod for a tribe of princes, and was elevated in her bulk in the midst of [other] trees, and she saw her bulk in the multitude of her branches.
12 Naye gwasigulibwa n’ekiruyi ne gusuulibwa wansi; embuyaga ez’Ebuvanjuba ne zigukaza, ebibala byagwo ne biggwaako, n’amatabi gaakwo amagumu ne gakala, era ne gwokebwa omuliro.
But she was broken down in wrath, she was cast upon the ground, and the east wind dried up her choice [branches]: vengeance came upon them, and the rod of her strength was withered; fire consumed it.
13 Kaakano gusimbiddwa mu ddungu, awakalu awatali mazzi.
And now they have planted her in the wilderness, in a dry land.
14 Omuliro gwava ku limu ku matabi, ne gwokya amatabi gaagwo n’ebibala byagwo. Tewasigadde ttabi ggumu na limu ku gwo eriyinza okukolwamu omuggo ogw’obwakabaka.’ Kuno kukungubaga, era kukozesebwa ng’okukungubaga.”
And fire is gone out of a rod of her choice [boughs], and has devoured her; and there was no rod of strength in her. Her race is become a parable of lamentation, and it shall be for a lamentation.
