Ezeekyeri 21
1 Awo ekigambo kya Mukama Katonda ne kinzijira, n’aŋŋamba nti,
The LORD’s word came to me, saying,
2 “Omwana w’omuntu tunuulira Yerusaalemi oyogere ku bifo ebitukuvu. Wa ekigambo ky’obunnabbi eri ensi ya Isirayiri,
“Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and preach toward the sanctuaries, and prophesy against the land of Israel.
3 oyogere nti, ‘Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda nti, nnina oluyombo naawe, era ndisowola ekitala kyange okuva mu kiraato kyakyo ne nzikiriza abatuukirivu n’abatali batuukirivu abali mu ggwe.
Tell the land of Israel, ‘The LORD says: “Behold, I am against you, and will draw my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked.
4 Kubanga ndiba nzikiriza abatuukirivu n’abatali batuukirivu, kyendiva nnema okuzza ekitala kyange mu kiraato kyakyo, ne ntabaala buli muntu nakyo okuva Obukiikaddyo okutuuka Obukiikakkono.
Seeing then that I will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked, therefore my sword will go out of its sheath against all flesh from the south to the north.
5 Awo abantu bonna balimanya nga nze Mukama nsowodde ekitala kyange okuva mu kiraato kyakyo, era tekiriddayo mu kiraato kyakyo nate.’
All flesh will know that I, the LORD, have drawn my sword out of its sheath. It will not return any more.”’
6 “Omwana w’omuntu, kyonoova okaabira mu maaso gaabwe ng’omutima gwo gujjudde ennaku n’obuyinike.
“Therefore sigh, you son of man. You shall sigh before their eyes with a broken heart and with bitterness.
7 Bwe balikubuuza nti, ‘Okaabira ki?’ Oliddamu nti, ‘Olw’amawulire ge nfunye, kubanga ebyo bwe birijja, buli mutima gulisaanuuka, na buli mukono ne gulemala, n’emyoyo ne gizirika, n’amaviivi gonna ne ganafuwa ne gafuuka ng’amazzi.’ Bijja era birituukirira, bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda.”
It shall be, when they ask you, ‘Why do you sigh?’ that you shall say, ‘Because of the news, for it comes! Every heart will melt, all hands will be feeble, every spirit will faint, and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it comes, and it shall be done, says the Lord GOD.’”
8 Ekigambo kya Mukama ne kinzijira, n’aŋŋamba nti,
The LORD’s word came to me, saying,
9 “Omwana w’omuntu, wa obunnabbi oyogere nti, ‘Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama nti, “‘Ekitala, ekitala, kiwagaddwa era kiziguddwa,
“Son of man, prophesy, and say, ‘The LORD says: “A sword! A sword! It is sharpened, and also polished.
10 kiwagaddwa okutta, kiziguddwa, era kimasamasa ng’okumyansa kw’eggulu! Tulisanyukira obuyinza bw’omwana wange Yuda? “‘Ekitala kinyooma buli muggo.
It is sharpened that it may make a slaughter. It is polished that it may be as lightning. Should we then make mirth? The rod of my son condemns every tree.
11 “‘Ekitala kiweereddwayo okuzigulwa kiryoke kinywezebwe mu mukono; kiwagaddwa era kiziguddwa, kiryoke kiweebwe omussi.
It is given to be polished, that it may be handled. The sword is sharpened. Yes, it is polished to give it into the hand of the killer.”’
12 Kaaba era wowoggana, omwana w’omuntu, kubanga ekyo nkikola bantu bange, era nkikola abalangira bonna aba Isirayiri. Mbawaddeyo eri ekitala wamu n’abantu bange, noolwekyo weekube mu kifuba.
Cry and wail, son of man; for it is on my people. It is on all the princes of Israel. They are delivered over to the sword with my people. Therefore beat your thigh.
13 “‘Okugezesebwa kuteekwa okujja. Kiba kitya ng’omuggo gw’obufuzi bwa Yuda ekitala gwe kinyooma, tegulabika nate? bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda.’
“For there is a trial. What if even the rod that condemns will be no more?” says the Lord GOD.
14 “Kyonoova owa obunnabbi, omwana w’omuntu, n’okuba ne mu ngalo. Leka ekitala kisale emirundi ebiri oba emirundi esatu. Kitala kya kutta, okutta okunene, nga kibataayiza enjuuyi zonna,
“You therefore, son of man, prophesy, and strike your hands together. Let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the fatally wounded. It is the sword of the great one who is fatally wounded, which enters into their rooms.
15 era n’emitima gyabwe girisaanuuka, n’abattiddwa baliba bangi. Ntadde ekitala ekitta ku miryango gyabwe gyonna. Kiwagaddwa era kimyansa ng’okumyansa kw’eggulu era kinywezebbwa olw’okutta.
I have set the threatening sword against all their gates, that their heart may melt, and their stumblings be multiplied. Ah! It is made as lightning. It is pointed for slaughter.
16 Ggwe ekitala genda osale ku mukono ogwa ddyo ne ku gwa kkono, ne yonna obwogi bwo gye bunaakyukira.
Gather yourselves together. Go to the right. Set yourselves in array. Go to the left, wherever your face is set.
17 Nange ndikuba mu ngalo, n’ekiruyi kyange kirikkakkana. Nze Mukama njogedde.”
I will also strike my hands together, and I will cause my wrath to rest. I, the LORD, have spoken it.”
18 Ekigambo kya Mukama ne kinzijira nate, n’aŋŋamba nti,
The LORD’s word came to me again, saying,
19 “Omwana w’omuntu, teekawo amakubo abiri ekitala kya kabaka w’e Babulooni we kinaayita, gombi nga gava mu nsi emu. Oteeke ekipande, awo ekkubo we lyawukanira okudda mu kibuga.
“Also, you son of man, appoint two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come. They both will come out of one land, and mark out a place. Mark it out at the head of the way to the city.
20 Okole ekkubo erimu ekitala mwe kinaayita okulumba Labba eky’abaana ba Amoni, n’eddala okulumba Yuda ne Yerusaalemi ekibuga ekiriko enkomera.
You shall appoint a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and to Judah in Jerusalem the fortified.
21 Kabaka w’e Babulooni aliyimirira mu kifo mu masaŋŋanzira, amakubo we gaawukanira, okutegeezebwa ebigambo bya Mukama; alisuula obusaale okukuba akalulu, ne yeebuuza ku bakatonda be, era alikebera n’ekibumba.
For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination. He shook the arrows back and forth. He consulted the teraphim. He looked in the liver.
22 Mu mukono gwe ogwa ddyo mwe mulibeera akalulu ka Yerusaalemi, gy’aliteeka ebitomera wankaaki, era gy’aliyimusiza eddoboozi eririragira okutta kutandike, era gy’aliyimusiza eddoboozi eririrangirira olutalo, era gy’aliteeka ebitomera emiryango, n’okuzimba ebitindiro n’ebigo ebikozesebwa okutaayiza.
In his right hand was the lot for Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up mounds, and to build forts.
23 Kulirabika ng’obunnabbi obw’obulimba eri abo aba mulayirira, naye alibajjukiza omusango gwabwe n’abatwala nga bawambe.
It will be to them as a false divination in their sight, who have sworn oaths to them; but he brings iniquity to memory, that they may be taken.
24 “Mukama Katonda kyava ayogera nti, ‘Olw’okunzijjukiza omusango gwammwe, olw’obujeemu bwammwe obw’olwatu, ekiggyayo ebibi byammwe mu byonna bye mwakola, era olw’okukola ebyo, kyemuliva mutwalibwa mu buwambe.
“Therefore the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you have caused your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are uncovered, so that in all your doings your sins appear; because you have come to memory, you will be taken with the hand.
25 “‘Ggwe omulangira wa Isirayiri omwonoonefu, omukozi w’ebibi, olunaku gwe lutuukidde, ekiseera eky’okubonerezebwa kwo, bwe kituukidde ku ntikko esemberayo ddala,
“‘You, deadly wounded wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose day has come, in the time of the iniquity of the end,
26 bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda nti, Ggyako ekitambala ku mutwe, oggyeko n’engule, kubanga ebintu tebikyali nga bwe byali. Abakkakkamu baligulumizibwa, n’abeegulumiza balikkakkanyizibwa.
the Lord GOD says: “Remove the turban, and take off the crown. This will not be as it was. Exalt that which is low, and humble that which is high.
27 Matongo, matongo, ndikifuula matongo, era tekirizzibwa buggya okutuusa nnyinikyo lw’alijja, era oyo gwe ndikiwa.’
I will overturn, overturn, overturn it. This also will be no more, until he comes whose right it is; and I will give it.”’
28 “Kaakano ggwe omwana w’omuntu, wa obunnabbi, oyogere nti, ‘Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda ku baana ba Amoni n’obujoozi bwabwe: “‘Ekitala, ekitala, kisowoddwa okutta, Kiziguddwa okusaanyaawo era kimyansa ng’okumyansa kw’eggulu.
“You, son of man, prophesy and say, ‘The Lord GOD says this concerning the children of Ammon, and concerning their reproach: “A sword! A sword is drawn! It is polished for the slaughter, to cause it to devour, that it may be as lightning;
29 Newaakubadde nga baakubuulira ebirooto eby’obulimba, ne bakuwa obunnabbi obw’obulimba, ekitala kiriteekebwa ku bulago bw’abakozi b’ebibi abookuttibwa, olunaku be lutuukidde n’ekiseera eky’okubonerezebwa kwabwe be kituukidde ku ntikko esemberayo ddala.
while they see for you false visions, while they divine lies to you, to lay you on the necks of the wicked who are deadly wounded, whose day has come in the time of the iniquity of the end.
30 “‘Ekitala kizze mu kiraato kyakyo. Mu kifo mwe watondebwa, mu nsi ey’obujjajja, eyo gye ndikusalirira omusango.
Cause it to return into its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your birth, I will judge you.
31 Ndikufukako ekiruyi kyange, ne nkufuuwako omuliro ogw’obusungu bwange, ne nkuwaayo mu mikono gy’abasajja abakambwe abali ng’ensolo, abaatendekebwa mu byo kuzikiriza.
I will pour out my indignation on you. I will blow on you with the fire of my wrath. I will deliver you into the hand of brutish men, skillful to destroy.
32 Oliba nku za muliro, n’omusaayi gwo guliyiyibwa mu nsi yo, era tolijjukirwa nate, kubanga nze Mukama njogedde.’”
You will be for fuel to the fire. Your blood will be in the middle of the land. You will be remembered no more; for I, the LORD, have spoken it.”’”
