Ezeekyeri 33
1 Ekigambo kya Mukama Katonda ne kinzijira nate n’aŋŋamba nti,
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
2 “Omwana w’omuntu yogera eri abantu obategeeze nti, ‘Bwe ndirumba ensi n’ekitala, abantu ab’omu nsi ne baddira omu ku bo ne bamufuula omukuumi waabwe,
“Son of man, speak to the sons of your people, and you shall say to them: Concerning the land, when I will have led the sword over it: if the people of the land take a man, one of their least, and appoint him over themselves as a watchman,
3 n’alaba ekitala nga kijja eri ensi, n’afuuwa ekkondeere ng’alabula abantu,
and if he sees the sword approaching over the land, and he sounds the trumpet, and he announces to the people,
4 awo omuntu yenna bw’aliwulira ekkondeere n’atalabuka ekitala bwe kirijja ne kigyawo obulamu bwe, omusaayi gwe guliba ku mutwe gwe ye.
then, having heard the sound of the trumpet, whoever he is, if he also does not take care of himself, and the sword arrives and takes him: his blood will be upon his own head.
5 Kubanga yawulira ekkondeere n’atalabuka, omusaayi gwe kyeguliva gubeera ku mutwe gwe ye. Singa yakola nga bwe yalabulwa yandiwonyezza obulamu bwe.
He heard the sound of the trumpet, and he did not take care of himself, so his blood will be upon him. But if he guards himself, he will save his own life.
6 Naye omukuumi bw’alaba ekitala nga kijja n’atafuuwa kkondeere okulabula abantu, ekitala ne kijja ne kigyawo obulamu bw’omu ku bo, omuntu oyo aliggyibwawo olw’obutali butuukirivu bwe, naye omusaayi gwe ndiguvunaana omukuumi.’
And if the watchman sees the sword approaching, and he does not sound the trumpet, and so the people do not guard themselves, and the sword arrives and takes some of their lives, certainly these have been taken due to their own iniquity. But I will attribute their blood to the hand of the watchman.
7 “Omwana w’omuntu, nkufudde omukuumi ow’ennyumba ya Isirayiri, Noolwekyo wulira kye nkugamba, obalabule.
And as for you, son of man, I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel. Therefore, having heard the word from my mouth, you shall announce it to them from me.
8 Bwe ŋŋambanga omukozi w’ebibi nti, ‘Ggwe omwonoonyi, mazima olifa,’ n’otoyogera okumulabula okuleka ekkubo lye, omwonoonyi oyo alifa olw’ebibi bye, naye omusaayi gwe ndiguvunaana gwe.
When I say to the impious, ‘O impious man, you will die a death,’ if you have not spoken so that the impious man will keep himself from his way, then that impious man will die in his iniquity. But I will attribute his blood to your hand.
9 Naye bw’olabulanga omwonoonyi okuleka ekkubo lye, n’ajeema, alifiira mu bibi bye, naye ggwe oliba olokodde obulamu bwo.
But if you have announced to the impious man, so that he may be converted from his ways, and he has not converted from his way, then he will die in his iniquity. Yet you will have freed your own soul.
10 “Omwana w’omuntu, tegeeza ennyumba ya Isirayiri nti, Mwogera nti, ‘Okusobya kwaffe n’okwonoona kwaffe kutuzitoowerera, era tuyongobera mu kwo, tuyinza tutya okuwona?’
You, therefore, O son of man, say to the house of Israel: You have spoken in this way, saying: ‘Our iniquities and our sins are upon us, and we waste away in them. So then, how would we be able to live?’
11 Bategeeze nti, ‘Nga bwe ndi omulamu, bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda, sisanyukira kufa kw’abakozi ba bibi, wabula bo okukyuka ne bava mu kkubo lyabwe ebbi ne baba balamu. Mukyuke, mukyuke okuva mu makubo gammwe amabi. Lwaki mufa, mmwe ennyumba ya Isirayiri?’
Say to them: As I live, says the Lord God, I do not desire the death of the impious, but that the impious should convert from his way and live. Be converted, be converted from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?
12 “Kale nno, omwana w’omuntu kyonoova otegeeza abantu bo nti, ‘Obutuukirivu obw’omutuukirivu tebulimuwonyesa bw’alijeema, era n’obutali butuukirivu bw’atalina butuukirivu tebulimuzikiriza bw’alikyuka n’abuleka. Omuntu omutuukirivu, bw’aliyonoona, taliba mulamu olw’obutuukirivu bwe obw’emabega.’
And as for you then, son of man, say to the sons of your people: The justice of the just man will not deliver him, on whatever day he will have sinned. And the impiety of the impious man will not harm him, on whatever day he will have been converted from his impiety. And the just man will not be able to live by his justice, on whatever day he will have sinned.
13 Bwe ndigamba omutuukirivu nga mazima ddala aliba mulamu, naye ne yeesiga obutuukirivu bwe n’ayonoona, tewaliba ne kimu ku bikolwa eby’obutuukirivu bye yakola ebirijjukirwa, naye mu butali butuukirivu bwe bw’akoze omwo mw’alifiira.
Even now, if I say to the just man that he shall certainly live, and so, with confidence in his justice, he commits iniquity, all his justices will be delivered into oblivion, and by his iniquity, which he has done, by this he shall die.
14 Ate bwe ndigamba omwonoonyi nti, ‘Mazima ddala olifa,’ naye n’akyuka okuleka ebibi bye, n’akola ebyalagirwa era ebituufu,
And if I say to the impious man, ‘You shall certainly die,’ and yet he repents from his sin, and he does judgment and justice,
15 era bw’alisasula ebbanja lye, n’azaayo ne bye yabba, n’atambulira mu mateeka agaleeta obulamu, n’atayonoona, mazima ddala aliba mulamu, talifa.
and if that impious man returns the collateral, and repays what he has taken by force, and if he walks in the commandments of life, and does not do anything unjust, then he shall certainly live, and he shall not die.
16 Tewaliba ne kimu ku bibi bye yakola ebirijjukirwa eri ye; aliba akoze ebyalagirwa era ebituufu, era aliba mulamu.
None of his sins, which he has committed, will be imputed to him. He has done judgment and justice, so he shall certainly live.
17 “Naye ate abantu ab’ensi yo boogera nti, Ekkubo lya Mukama si lya bwenkanya, so nga ate ekkubo lyabwe lye litali lya bwenkanya.
And the sons of your people have said, ‘The way of the Lord is not a fair balance,’ even while their own way is unjust.
18 Omuntu omutuukirivu bw’alikyuka okuva mu butuukirivu bwe n’akola ebibi, alifa olw’ebibi bye.
For when the just man will have withdrawn from his justice, and committed iniquities, he shall die by these.
19 Ate omukozi w’ebibi bw’alikyuka okuleka obutali butuukirivu bwe n’akola ebyalagirwa era ebituufu, aliba mulamu olw’ebyo by’akoze.
And when the impious man will have withdrawn from his impiety, and have done judgment and justice, he shall live by these.
20 Naye mmwe ennyumba ya Isirayiri ne mwogera nti, ‘Ekkubo lya Mukama si lya bwenkanya.’ Naye ndibasalira omusango buli muntu amakubo ge nga bwe gali.”
And yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not right.’ But I shall judge each one of you according to his own ways, O house of Israel.”
21 Mu mwaka ogw’ekkumi n’ebiri nga tuli mu buwaŋŋanguse, mu mwezi ogw’ekkumi ku lunaku olwokutaano, omusajja kaawonawo n’ava e Yerusaalemi n’ajja okuntegeeza nti, “Ekibuga kiwambiddwa.”
And it happened that, in the twelfth year of our transmigration, in the tenth month, on the fifth of the month, one who had fled from Jerusalem arrived saying, “The city has been laid waste.”
22 Naye akawungeezi nga kaawonawo tannatuuka, omukono gwa Mukama gwali gunziseeko, ng’asumuludde akamwa kange, omusajja n’alyoka atuuka enkeera. Nnali ntandise okwogera nga sikyali kasiru.
But the hand of the Lord had been upon me in the evening, before the one who had fled arrived. And he opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning. And since my mouth had been opened, I was no longer silent.
23 Awo ekigambo kya Mukama Katonda ne kinzijira n’aŋŋamba nti,
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
24 “Omwana w’omuntu, abatuuze ab’omu matongo ago mu nsi ya Isirayiri, boogera nti, ‘Obanga Ibulayimu yali muntu omu n’agabana ensi, naffe abangi, tuligabana.’
“Son of man, as for those who live in these ruinous ways on the soil of Israel, when speaking, they say: ‘Abraham was one man, and he possessed the land as an inheritance. But we are many; the land has been given to us as a possession.’
25 Noolwekyo bategeeze nti, ‘Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda ow’eggye nti, Bwe muba nga mulya ennyama erimu omusaayi, ne musinza bakatonda bammwe abalala, ne muyiwa omusaayi, musaanidde okugabana ensi?
Therefore, you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord God: You who eat even the blood, and who lift up your eyes to your uncleannesses, and who shed blood: will you possess the land as an inheritance?
26 Mwesiga ekitala, ne mukola eby’ekivve, buli musajja n’ayenda ku muka muliraanwa we. Kale munaayinza mutya okugabana ensi?’
You stood by your swords, you committed abominations, and each one has defiled his neighbor’s wife. And will you possess the land as an inheritance?
27 “Bagambe nti, ‘Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda nti: Nga bwe ndi omulamu, abaasigalawo mu bifulukwa balittibwa n’ekitala, n’abo abaliba ku ttale balitaagulwataagulwa ensolo enkambwe, n’abo abaliba beekwese mu biro ebinywevu ne mu mpuku balifa kawumpuli.
You shall say these things to them: So says the Lord God: As I live, those who live in ruinous ways will fall by the sword. And whoever is in the field will be delivered over to wild beasts to be devoured. But those who are in fortresses and in caves will die of the pestilence.
28 Era ensi ndigifuula amatongo era etaliimu mugaso, era n’amaanyi ge yeewaana nago galikoma, era n’ensozi za Isirayiri ziryabulirwa, ne wataba n’omu azitambulirako.
And I will make the land into a wilderness and a desert. And its arrogant strength will fail. And the mountains of Israel will be desolate; for there will be no one who crosses through them.
29 Olwo balimanya nga nze Mukama Katonda, bwe ndifuula ensi okuba amatongo era etaliimu mugaso olw’ebikolwa eby’ekivve bye bakoze.’
And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I will have made their land desolate and deserted, because of all their abominations, which they have worked.
30 “Naawe ggwe omwana w’omuntu, abatuuze ab’omu ggwanga lyo abatuula ku Bbugwe ne mu nzigi ez’amayumba bagambagana nti, ‘Mujje tuwulire ekigambo ekiva eri Mukama Katonda,’
And as for you, O son of man: the sons of your people speak about you beside the walls and in the doorways of houses. And they speak to one another, each man to his neighbor, saying: ‘Come, and let us hear what may be the word going forth from the Lord.’
31 abantu bange nga bwe batera okukola, ne bawulira byoyogera naye ne batabikola, ne boolesa okwagala kwabwe n’emimwa gyabwe, naye ng’emitima gyabwe gigoberera amagoba gaabwe,
And they come to you, as if the people were entering, and my people sit before you. And they listen to your words, but they do not do them. For they turn them into a song for their mouth, but their heart pursues their own avarice.
32 laba gye bali oli ng’omuntu ayimba oluyimba olw’okwagala mu ddoboozi eddungi, era amanyi okukuba obulungi ennanga, kubanga bawulira ebigambo byo naye ne batabissamu nkola.
And you are to them like a verse set to music, which is sung with a sweet and pleasing voice. And they hear your words, but they do not do them.
33 “Bino byonna bwe birituukirira, era bijja kutuukirira, kale balimanya nga nnabbi abadde mu bo.”
And when what has been predicted occurs, for behold it is approaching, then they shall know that a prophet was among them.”
