Yeremiya 22
1 Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama nti, “Serengeta ogende mu lubiri lwa kabaka wa Yuda
Thus says the Lord; Go you, and go down to the house of the king of Juda, and you shall speak there this word,
2 olangirire obubaka buno nti, Wulira ekigambo kya Katonda ggwe kabaka wa Yuda, ggw’atuula ku ntebe ya Dawudi, mmwe abakungu n’abantu bammwe abayita mu miryango gino.
and you shall say, Hear the word of the Lord, O king of Juda, that sit on the throne of David, you, and your house, and your people, and they that go in at these gates:
3 Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama nti, Musale emisango egy’ensonga, mukole ebituufu. Anyagiddwako ebibye mumuggye mu mukono gw’oyo amujooga. Temukola kibi oba eby’obukambwe eri omugwira, newaakubadde atalina kitaawe, newaakubadde nnamwandu so temuyiwa musaayi gw’abantu abataliiko musango mu kifo kino.
thus says the Lord; Execute you judgment and justice, and rescue the spoiled out of the hand of him that wrongs him: and oppress not the stranger, and orphan, and widow, and sin not, and shed no innocent blood in this place.
4 Kubanga bwe muneegendereza ne mukuuma ebiragiro bino, olwo bakabaka abatuula ku ntebe ya Dawudi baliyita mu miryango gy’olubiri luno nga batudde mu magaali gaabwe n’abo abeebagadde embalaasi nga bawerekerwako n’abakungu baabwe, n’abantu baabwe.
For if you will indeed perform this word, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, and riding on chariots and horses, they, and their servants, and their people.
5 ‘Naye bwe mutaagondere biragiro bino, nneelayirira ku lwange nti olubiri luno lulifuuka matongo,’ bw’ayogera Mukama.”
But if you will not perform these words, by myself have I sworn, says the Lord, that this house shall be [brought] to desolation.
6 Kubanga kino Mukama ky’agamba ku lubiri lwa kabaka wa Yuda nti, “Newaakubadde ng’oli nga Gireyaadi gye ndi, ng’entikko y’olusozi Lebanooni, ddala ddala nzija kukufuula ddungu, ng’ebibuga ebitaliimu bantu.
For thus says the Lord concerning the house of the king of Juda; You are Galaad to me, [and] the head of Libanus: [yet] surely I will make you a desert, [even] cities that shall not be inhabited:
7 Ndikusindikira abakuzikiriza, buli musajja n’ebyokulwanyisa bye, era balitema emivule gyo egisinga obulungi ne bagisuula mu muliro.
and I will bring upon you a destroying man, and his axe: and they shall cut down your choice cedars, and cast [them] into the fire.
8 “Abantu abava mu mawanga amangi baliyita ku kibuga kino nga beebuuzaganya bokka ne bokka nti, ‘Lwaki Mukama yakola ekintu ekifaanana bwe kiti ku kibuga kino ekikulu bwe kiti?’
And nations shall pass through this city, and each shall say to his neighbor, Why has the Lord done thus to this great city?
9 Era eky’okuddamu kibeere nti, ‘Kubanga beerabira endagaano ya Mukama Katonda waabwe ne basinza era ne baweereza bakatonda abalala.’”
And they shall say, Because they forsook the covenant of the Lord their God, and worshipped strange gods, and served them.
10 Temukaabira kabaka afudde oba okumukungubagira, wabula mukaabire nnyo oyo omuwaŋŋanguse, kubanga taliddayo kulaba nsi ye nate.
Weep not for the dead, nor lament for him: weep bitterly for him that goes away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native land.
11 Kubanga kino Mukama ky’agamba ku Sallumu mutabani wa Yosiya kabaka wa Yuda eyasikira Yosiya n’afuuka kabaka wa Yuda naye n’atwalibwa. “Talidda.
For thus says the Lord concerning Sellem the son of Josias, who reigns in the place of Josias his father, who has gone forth out of this place; He shall not return there any more:
12 Alifiira eyo gye baamutwala nga musibe, taliraba nsi eno nate.”
but in that place whither I have carried him captive, there shall he die, and shall see this land no more.
13 “Zimusanze oyo azimba olubiri ku butali butuukirivu, ebisenge bye ebya waggulu ku butali bwenkanya abantu b’ensi ye n’abakozeseza bwereere n’atabasasula mpeera yaabwe.
He that builds his house not with justice, and his upper chambers not with judgment, who works by means of his neighbor for nothing, and will by no means give him his reward.
14 Agamba nti, ‘Nzija kwezimbira olubiri olunene n’ebisenge ebya waggulu ebigazi ennyo.’ Kale nnaakola amadirisa amanene nnaateekamu emivule era nnaasiigako langi emyufu.
You have built for yourself a well-proportioned house, airy chambers, fitted with windows, and wainscoted with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
15 “Okweyongerayongera emivule emingi kikufuula kabaka? Kitaawo teyalina byakulya na byakunywa? Yakola ebituufu eby’obwenkanya. Noolwekyo byonna byamugendera bulungi.
Shall you reign, because you are provoked with your father Achaz? they shall not eat, and they shall not drink: it is better for you to execute judgment and justice.
16 Yalwanirira abaavu n’abali mu bwetaavu kale byonna ne bimugendera bulungi. Ekyo si kye kitegeeza okummanya?” bw’ayogera Mukama.
They understood not, they judged not the cause of the afflicted, nor the cause of the poor: is not this your not knowing me? says the Lord.
17 “Naye amaaso gammwe n’emitima gyammwe biri ku magoba ag’obukuusa, ne ku kuyiwa omusaayi ogutaliiko musango ne ku kunyigiriza ne ku kunyaga.”
Behold, your eyes are not good, nor your heart, but [they go] after your covetousness, and after the innocent blood to shed it, and after acts of injustice and slaughter, to commit them.
18 Noolwekyo kino Mukama ky’ayogera ku Yekoyakimu omwana wa Yosiya kabaka wa Yuda nti, “Tebalimukungubagira; ‘Kikafuuwe, mukama wange!’ Kikafuuwe, obugagga bwe!
Therefore thus says the Lord concerning Joakim son of Josias, king of Juda, even concerning this man; they shall not bewail him, [saying], Ah brother! neither shall they at all weep for him, [saying], Alas Lord.
19 Aliziikibwa nga bwe baziika endogoyi, akululwe asuulibwe ebweru w’enzigi za Yerusaalemi.”
He shall be buried with the burial of an ass; he shall be dragged roughly along and cast outside the gate of Jerusalem.
20 “Genda mu Lebanooni okaabe, leka eddoboozi lyo liwulirwe mu Basani. Kaabira ku Abalimu, kubanga bonna ababadde ku ludda lwo bazikiridde.
Go up to Libanus, and cry; and utter your voice to Basan, and cry aloud to the extremity of the sea: for all your lovers are destroyed.
21 Nayogera gy’oli ng’okyali mu biseera byo eby’obugagga naye n’ogamba nti, ‘Sijja kuwuliriza!’ Bw’oti bw’obadde okuva mu buto bwo, togonderanga ku ddoboozi lyange.
I spoke to you on [occasion of] your trespass, but you said, I will not listen. This [has been] your way from your youth, you have not listened to my voice.
22 Empewo erikunguzza abalunzi b’ebisibo byo bonna, n’abawagizi bo batwalibwe mu buwaŋŋanguse. Olwo okwatibwe ensonyi oggweemu amaanyi olw’ebibi byo byonna.
The wind shall tend all your shepherds, and your lovers shall go into captivity; for then shall you be ashamed and disgraced because of all your lovers.
23 Mmwe abali mu Lebanooni, abesulira mu bizimbe eby’emivule, nga mulikaaba, ng’obulumi bubajjidde! Okulumwa ng’okw’omukazi alumwa okuzaala.
O you that dwell in Libanus, making your nest in the cedars, you shall groan heavily, when pangs as of a travailing woman are come upon you.
24 “Ddala ddala nga bwe ndi omulamu, wadde ggwe Koniya omwana wa Yekoyakimu, singa wali mpeta ey’obuyinza ku mukono gwange ogwa ddyo, nandikusiseeko,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
[As] I live, says the Lord, though Jechonias son of Joakim king of Juda were indeed the seal upon my right hand, thence would I pluck you;
25 “Ndikuwaayo eri abo abanoonya obulamu bwo, abo bootya, Nebukadduneeza kabaka w’e Babulooni era n’eri Abakaludaaya.
and I will deliver you into the hands of them that seek your life, before whom you are afraid, into the hands of the Chaldeans.
26 Ndikusuula mu nsi endala gye mutaazaalibwa, ggwe ne maama wo eyakuzaala, era eyo mwembi gye mulifiira.
And I will cast forth you, and your mother that bore you, into a land where you were not born; and there you shall die.
27 Temulidda mu nsi gye mwegomba okuddamu.”
But they shall by no means return to the land which they long for in their souls.
28 Omusajja ono Koniya kintu ekinyoomebwa, ekimenyese, ekitaliiko ayagala? Lwaki ye n’abaana be balikanyugibwa ebweru, basuulibwe mu nsi gye batamanyi?
Jechonias is dishonored as a good-for-nothing vessel; for he is thrown out and cast forth into a land which he knew not.
29 Ayi ggwe ensi, ensi, wulira ekigambo kya Katonda!
Land, land, hear the word of the Lord.
30 Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama nti, “Omusajja ono mumubale ng’atazaalangako kubanga tewali ku baana be alikulaakulana, alituula ku ntebe ya Dawudi oba aliddayo okufuga mu Yuda.”
Write you this man an outcast: for there shall none of his seed at all grow up to sit on the throne of David, [or as] a prince yet in Juda.
