Yeremiya 16
1 Ekigambo kya Mukama ne kinzijira nga kigamba nti,
And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying:
2 “Towasa, kuzaalira balenzi na bawala mu kifo kino.
Thou dost not take to thee a wife, Nor hast thou sons and 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 said Jehovah, Of the sons and of the daughters who are born in this place, And of their mothers — those bearing them, And of their fathers — those begetting 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.”
Of painful deaths they die, They are not lamented, nor are they buried, For dung on the face of the ground they are, And by sword and by famine are consumed, And their carcase hath been for food To the fowl of the heavens, And to the beast 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 said Jehovah: Do not enter the house of a mourning-feast, Nor go to lament nor bemoan for them, For I have removed My peace from this people, An affirmation of Jehovah, The kindness and the 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.
And died have great and small in this land, They are not buried, and none lament for them, Nor doth any cut himself, nor become 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.
Nor do they deal out to them for mourning, To comfort him concerning the dead, Nor cause them to drink a cup of consolations For his father and for his mother.
8 Era toyingiranga mu nnyumba muli kinyumu n’otuula okulya n’okunywa.
A house of banqueting thou dost not enter, 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 said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am causing to cease from this place, Before your eyes, and in your days, The voice of joy, and the voice of rejoicing, The voice of bridegroom and voice of 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 hath come to pass when thou declarest to this people all these words, and they have said unto thee, 'For what hath Jehovah spoken against us all this great evil? yea, what [is] our iniquity, and what our sin, that we have sinned against Jehovah 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 thou hast said unto them: Because that your fathers have forsaken Me, An affirmation of Jehovah, And go after other gods, and serve them, And they bow themselves to them, And Me have forsaken, and My law not kept,
12 Era mweyisizza bubi n’okusinga bakitammwe. Laba buli omu nga bwe yeeyisa ng’akakanyaza omutima gwe ogujjudde ebibi mu kifo ky’okuŋŋondera.
Ye also have done evil above your fathers, And lo, ye are walking each after the stubbornness of his evil heart, So as not to 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.’
And I have cast you from off this land, On to a land that ye have not known, Ye and your fathers, And ye have served there other gods by day and by night, Where I do not give to you grace.
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, lo, days are coming, An affirmation of Jehovah, And it is not said any more: 'Jehovah liveth, who brought up The sons 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, 'Jehovah liveth, who brought up The sons of Israel out of the land of the north, And out of all the lands whither He drove them,' And I have brought them back to their land, That I gave to 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.
Lo, I am sending for many fishers, An affirmation of Jehovah, And they have fished them, And after this I send for many hunters, And they have hunted them from off every mountain, And from off every hill, and from 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 have not been hidden from My face, Nor hath their iniquity been concealed from before 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 I have recompensed a first — A second time — their iniquity and their sin, Because of their polluting My land, With the carcase of their detestable things, Yea, their abominable things have filled Mine inheritance.
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 Jehovah, my strength, and my fortress, And my refuge in a day of adversity, Unto Thee nations do come from the ends of earth, And say, Only falsehood did our fathers inherit, Vanity, and none among them is profitable.
20 Abantu beekolera bakatonda baabwe? Ye, naye si Katonda!
Doth man make for himself gods, And they — no gods?
21 “Noolwekyo ndibayigiriza, ku mulundi guno; ŋŋenda kubalaga amaanyi gange n’obuyinza bwange. Olwo balyoke bamanye nti erinnya lyange nze Mukama.”
Therefore, lo, I am causing them to know at this time, I cause them to know My hand and My might, And they have known that My name [is] Jehovah!
