Yeremiya 16
1 Ekigambo kya Mukama ne kinzijira nga kigamba nti,
The word of the LORD came also unto me, saying,
2 “Towasa, kuzaalira balenzi na bawala mu kifo kino.
Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.
3 Kubanga kino Mukama ky’agamba ku balenzi n’abawala abazaalibwa mu nsi eno era ne ku bakazi ba nnyaabwe ne ku basajja ba kitaabwe.
For thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land;
4 Balifa endwadde ez’akabi. Tebalibakungubagira wadde okuziikibwa naye balibeera ng’ebisaaniko ebisuuliddwa ku ttaka. Balizikirira na kitala era balifa njala; n’emirambo gyabwe girifuuka mmere ya binyonyi eby’omu bbanga n’ebisolo eby’omu nsiko.”
They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; [but] they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
5 Kubanga bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama nti, “Toyingira mu nnyumba we balya emmere y’olumbe, togenda kukungubaga wadde okubasaasira kubanga nziggyewo omukisa gwange n’okwagala kwange era n’okusaasira kwange ku bantu bano,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the LORD, [even] lovingkindness and mercies.
6 Bonna ab’ekitiibwa n’abakopi baakufiira mu nsi eno. Tebajja kuziikibwa wadde okukungubagirwa era tewali ajja kwesala misale wadde okumwa omutwe ku lwabwe.
Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall [men] lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:
7 Tewaliba n’omu aliwaayo mmere okuliisa abakungubagira abafiiriddwa, ne bwaliba kitaabwe oba nnyaabwe nga kwe kuli afudde; tewaliba n’omu alibawaayo wadde ekyokunywa okubakubagiza.
Neither shall [men] tear [themselves] for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall [men] give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.
8 Era toyingiranga mu nnyumba muli kinyumu n’otuula okulya n’okunywa.
Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.
9 Kubanga kino Mukama ow’Eggye, Katonda wa Isirayiri, ky’agamba nti, “Nga weerabirako n’amaaso go, mu nnaku z’obulamu bwo, ndikomya eddoboozi ery’essanyu era n’ery’okwesiima ery’abagole omusajja ne mukyala we mu kifo kino.
For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.
10 “Bw’oligamba abantu bino byonna ne bakubuuza nti, ‘Lwaki Mukama atutuusizaako akabi kano konna? Kibi ki kye tukoze? Musango ki gwe tuzizza eri Mukama Katonda waffe?’
And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what [is] our iniquity? or what [is] our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?
11 Kale bagambe nti, ‘Kubanga bakitammwe bandeka ne batakuuma mateeka gange,’ bw’ayogera Mukama, ‘ne bagoberera bakatonda abalala ne babaweereza ne babasinza. Bandeka ne batakuuma mateeka gange.
Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;
12 Era mweyisizza bubi n’okusinga bakitammwe. Laba buli omu nga bwe yeeyisa ng’akakanyaza omutima gwe ogujjudde ebibi mu kifo ky’okuŋŋondera.
And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me:
13 Noolwekyo ndibaggya mu nsi eno ne mbateeka mu nsi mmwe gye mutamanyi wadde bakitammwe gye bataamanya, era nga muli eyo muliweereza bakatonda abalala emisana n’ekiro, era siribakwatirwa kisa.’
Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not, [neither] ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where I will not shew you favour.
14 “Naye ennaku zijja,” bw’ayogera Mukama. “Abantu lwe bataliddayo kwogera nti, ‘Ddala nga Katonda bw’ali omulamu eyaggya Isirayiri mu nsi y’e Misiri,’
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be said, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
15 naye baligamba nti, ‘Ddala nga Mukama bw’ali omulamu eyaggya Abayisirayiri mu nsi ey’omu bukiikakkono era n’okuva mu nsi zonna gye yali abasudde.’ Kubanga ndibakomyawo mu nsi gye nawa bajjajjaabwe.
But, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers.
16 “Naye kaakano leka ntumye abavubi bange,” bw’ayogera Mukama, “era bajja kubavuba. Ng’ekyo kiwedde nzija kutumya abayizzi bange, era bajja kubayigga ku buli lusozi era na buli kasozi na buli lwatika lwonna mu njazi.
Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.
17 Amaaso gange galaba buli kye bakola, tebinkwekeddwa wadde obutali butuukirivu bwabwe okuunkwekebwa.
For mine eyes [are] upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.
18 Ndibasasula olw’obutali butuukirivu bwabwe n’olw’ekibi kyabwe emirundi ebiri, kubanga boonoonye ensi yange olw’ebintu ebitaliimu bulamu ne bajjuza omugabo gwange ebifaananyi bya bakatonda baabwe abakolerere, eby’emizizo.”
And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things.
19 Ayi Mukama, amaanyi gange era ekigo kyange, ekiddukiro kyange mu biro eby’okulabiramu ennaku, bannaggwanga balijja gy’oli, okuva ku nkomerero z’ensi bagambe nti, “Bakitaffe tebaalina kantu okuggyako bakatonda ab’obulimba, ebifaananyi ebikolerere ebitagasa ebitaabayamba.
O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and [things] wherein [there is] no profit.
20 Abantu beekolera bakatonda baabwe? Ye, naye si Katonda!
Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they [are] no gods?
21 “Noolwekyo ndibayigiriza, ku mulundi guno; ŋŋenda kubalaga amaanyi gange n’obuyinza bwange. Olwo balyoke bamanye nti erinnya lyange nze Mukama.”
Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name [is] The LORD.
