Yeremiya 15
1 Awo Mukama n’alyoka aŋŋamba nti, “Musa ne Samwiri ne bwe bandiyimiridde okunneegayirira, sandisonyiye bantu bano. Bagobe okuva mu maaso gange, banviire.
And the Lord said to me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before my face, my soul could not be toward them: dismiss this people, and let them go forth.
2 Era bwe bakubuuza nti, ‘Tunaagenda wa?’ “Bagambe nti, ‘Kino Mukama kyagamba nti, Ab’okuttibwa bagenda kuttibwa, n’ab’ekitala bafe ekitala, n’ab’enjala bafe enjala, n’ab’okuwambibwa bawambibwe.’
And it shall be, if they say to you, Whither shall we go forth? then you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord; As many as are for death, to death; and as many as are for famine, to famine; and as many as are for the sword, to the sword; and as many as are for captivity, to captivity.
3 “Ndiweereza engeri nnya ez’okubazikiriza,” bw’ayogera Mukama. “Ekitala kya kufumita, embwa zikulule, ebinyonyi eby’omu bbanga n’ensolo ez’omu nsiko zirye n’okuzikiriza.
And I will punish them with four kinds [of death], says the Lord, the sword to kill, and the dogs to tear, and the wild beasts of the earth, and the birds of the sky to devour and destroy.
4 Era ndibawaayo babeetamwe eruuyi n’eruuyi mu bwakabaka bwonna obw’omu nsi olw’ekyo Manase mutabani wa Keezeekiya kabaka wa Yuda kye yakola mu Yerusaalemi.
And I will deliver them up for distress to all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasses son of Ezekias king of Juda, for all that he did in Jerusalem.
5 “Ani alikukwatirwa ekisa ggwe Yerusaalemi? Oba ani alikukungubagira? Oba ani alikyama okubuuza ebikufaako?
Who will spare you, O Jerusalem? and who will fear for you? or who will turn back [to ask] for your welfare?
6 Mwanneegaana,” bw’ayogera Mukama. “Temutya kudda nnyuma. Noolwekyo mbagololeddeko omukono gwange ne mbazikiriza. Sikyasobola kukukwatirwa kisa.
You have turned away from me, says the Lord, you will go back: therefore I will stretch out my hand, and will destroy you, and will no more spare them.
7 Era ndibakuŋŋunta n’ekitiiyo eky’amannyo mu miryango gy’ebibuga eby’omu nsi. Ndizikiriza abantu bange ne mbamalawo kubanga tebaaleka makubo gaabwe.
And I will completely scatter them; in the gates of my people they are bereaved of children: they have destroyed my people because of their iniquities.
8 Bannamwandu beeyongedde obungi okusinga n’omusenyu gw’ennyanja. Mu ttuntu mbaleetedde omuzikiriza amalewo ababazaalira abalenzi abato. Mbakubiddewo obubalagaze n’entiisa.
Their widows have been multiplied more than the sand of the sea: I have brought young men against the mother, [even] distress at noon-day: I have suddenly cast upon her trembling and anxiety.
9 Eyazaala omusanvu ayongobedde, awejjawejja. Enjuba ye egudde nga bukyali misana, amaanyi gamuwedde, ensonyi zimukutte, awuunze, awuubadde. N’abo abawonyeewo ndi wa kubasogga ekitala, mu maaso ga balabe baabwe,” bwayogera Mukama.
She that bore seven is spent; her soul has fainted under trouble; her sun is gone down while it is yet noon; she is ashamed and disgraced: I will give the remnant of them to the sword before their enemies.
10 Zinsanze, mmange lwaki wanzaala omuntu eggwanga lyonna gwe lirwanyisa ne likuluusanya? Siwolanga wadde okweyazika, kyokka buli muntu ankolimira.
Woe is me, [my] mother! you have born me as some man of strife, and at variance with the whole earth; I have not helped [others], nor has any one helped me; my strength has failed among them that curse me.
11 Mukama agamba nti, “Ddala ndikununula olw’ekigendererwa ekirungi, ddala ndireetera abalabe bo okukwegayirira, mu biseera eby’okuluma obujiji, mu biseera eby’akabi.
Be it so, Lord, in their prosperity; surely I stood before you in the time of their calamities, and in the time of their affliction, for [their] good against the enemy.
12 “Omusajja ayinza okumenya ekikomo oba ekyuma eky’omu bukiikakkono?
Will iron be known? whereas your strength is a brazen covering.
13 “Ndiwaayo eby’obugagga byo n’ebintu byo eby’omuwendo ennyo binyagibwe awatali kusasulwa, olw’ebibi byo byonna ebikoleddwa mu ggwanga lyonna.
Yes, I will give your treasures for a spoil as a recompence, because of all your sins and [that] in all your borders.
14 Ndibafuula abasibe b’abalabe bammwe mu ggwanga lye mutamanyi, kubanga obusungu bwange bwakukoleeza omuliro ogunaabookya gubamalewo.”
And I will enslave you to your enemies round about, in a land which you have not known; for a fire has been kindled out of my wrath; it shall burn upon you.
15 Ayi Mukama ggwe omanyi byonna. Nzijukira ondabirire. Ompalanire eggwanga ku abo abanjigganya. Mu kugumiikiriza kwo okunene tontwala. Lowooza ku ngeri gye mbonyeebonye ku lulwo.
O Lord, remember me, and visit me, and vindicate me before them that persecute me; do not bear long with them; know how I have met with reproach for your sake, from those who set at nothing your words;
16 Ebigambo byo bwe byanzijira, ne mbirya, byali ssanyu era okujaguza kw’omutima gwange. Kubanga mpitibwa linnya lyo, Ayi Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye.
consume them; and your word shall be to me for the joy and gladness of my heart: for your name has been called upon me, O Lord Almighty.
17 Situulangako mu kuŋŋaaniro ly’abo ab’ebinyumu era sibeerangako mu biduula nabo. Natuulanga nzekka kubanga naliko omukono gwo, era wandeetera okwekyawa.
I have not sat in the assembly of them as they mocked, but I feared because of your power: I sat alone, for I was filled with bitterness.
18 Lwaki okulumwa kwange tekukoma era n’ekiwundu kyange ne kitawona? Onomberera ng’akagga akalimbalimba ng’ensulo ekalira?
Why do they that grieve me prevail against me? my wound is severe; whence shall I be healed? it is indeed become to me as deceitful water, that has no faithfulness.
19 Noolwekyo kino Mukama ky’agamba nti, “Bwe muneenenya, ndibakomyawo musobole okumpeereza; bwe mulyogera ebigambo ebisaana so si ebitasaanidde, mulibeera boogezi bange. Leka abantu bano be baba bajja gy’oli, so si ggwe okugenda gye bali.
Therefore thus says the Lord, If you will return, then will I restore you, and you shall stand before my face: and if you will bring forth the precious from the worthless, you shall be as my mouth: and they shall return to you; but you shall not return to them.
20 Ndikufuula ekisenge eri abantu bano, ekisenge ekinywezebbwa eky’ekikomo. Balikulwanyisa naye tebalikuwangula, kubanga ndi naawe, okukununula, n’okukulokola,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
And I will make you to this people as a strong brazen wall; and they shall fight against you, but they shall by no means prevail against you;
21 “Ndikununula okuva mu mukono gw’abakozi b’ebibi era n’enkuggya mu mukono gw’abasajja abakambwe,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you out of the hand of wicked [men]; and I will ransom you out of the hand of pestilent [men].
