Yeremiya 23
1 “Zibasanze abasumba abazikiriza era abasaasaanya endiga z’ekisibo kyange!” bw’ayogera Mukama.
Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture! saith the LORD.
2 Noolwekyo, bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama, Katonda wa Isirayiri ebikwata ku basumba abalabirira abantu bange nti, “Kubanga musaasaanyizza abantu bange ne mubagoba ne mutabalabirira, nzija kubaleetako ebibonerezo olw’ebibi bye mukoze,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
Therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, against the shepherds that feed My people: Ye have scattered My flock, and driven them away, and have not taken care of them; behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the LORD.
3 “Nze kennyini nzija kukuŋŋaanya abaasigalawo ku kisibo kyange okuva mu mawanga gonna gye nabagobera, mbakomyewo mu kisibo kyabwe, gye banaabalira ebibala beeyongere obungi.
And I will gather the remnant of My flock out of all the countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them back to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and multiply.
4 Ndibawa abasumba abanaabalabirira, era tebaliddayo kutya oba kuggwaamu maanyi, era tewaabe n’omu abula,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
And I will set up shepherds over them, who shall feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be lacking, saith the LORD.
5 “Ennaku zijja, lwe ndiyimusiza Dawudi Ettabi ettukuvu, Kabaka alikulembera n’amagezi akole ebituufu eby’obwenkanya mu nsi,” bwayogera Mukama.
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous shoot, and he shall reign as king and prosper, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
6 Mu mirembe gye, Yuda alirokolebwa ne Isirayiri alibeera mu mirembe. Lino lye linnya lye balimuyita: Mukama Obutukuvu Bwaffe.
In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and this is his name whereby he shall be called, The LORD is our righteousness.
7 “Noolwekyo ennaku zijja, abantu lwe batalyogera nate nti, ‘Ddala nga Mukama bwali omulamu eyaggya Abayisirayiri mu Misiri,’ bwayogera Mukama,
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall no more say: 'As the LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt';
8 naye bagambe nti, ‘Ddala nga Mukama bw’ali omulamu, eyaggya abaana ba Isirayiri mu nsi ey’omu bukiikakkono era ne mu nsi zonna gye yali abagobedde.’ Olwo balibeera mu nsi yaabwe ku bwabwe,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
but: 'As the LORD liveth, that brought up and that led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all the countries whither I had driven them'; and they shall dwell in their own land.
9 Ebikwata ku bannabbi: omutima gwange gwennyise mu nda yange amagumba gange gonna gakankana, nninga omusajja omutamiivu, ng’omusajja afugiddwa omwenge, ku lwa Mukama n’ebigambo bye ebitukuvu.
Concerning the prophets. My heart within me is broken, all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome; because of the LORD, and because of His holy words.
10 Ensi ejjudde abenzi; olw’ekikolimo ensi esigadde nkalu era n’amalundiro g’omu ddungu meereere. Bannabbi bagoberera amakubo amabi era bakozesa obuyinza bwabwe mu butali bwenkanya.
For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth, the pastures of the wilderness are dried up; and their course is evil, and their force is not right.
11 “Nnabbi ne kabona bombi tebalina Katonda, ne mu yeekaalu yange mbasanze nga bakoleramu ebibi,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
For both prophet and priest are ungodly; yea, in My house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD.
12 “Noolwekyo amakubo gaabwe gajja kuseerera era bajja kusuulibwa mu kizikiza era eyo gye baligwira. Ndibaleetako okuzikirira mu mwaka gwe balibonerezebwamu,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery places in the darkness, they shall be thrust, and fall therein; for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.
13 “Mu bannabbi b’e Samaliya nalaba ekintu kino ekyenyinyalwa. Balagulira wansi wa Baali ne babuza abantu bange Isirayiri.
And I have seen unseemliness in the prophets of Samaria: they prophesied by Baal, and caused My people Israel to err.
14 Era ne mu bannabbi ba Yerusaalemi ndabye ekintu ekibi ennyo. Bakola eby’obwenzi ne batambulira mu bulimba. Bagumya abo abakozi b’ebibi ne wataba n’omu ava mu kwonoona kwe. Bonna bali nga Sodomu gye ndi; abantu ba Yerusaalemi bali nga Ggomola.”
But in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies, and they strengthen the hands of evil-doers, that none doth return from his wickedness; they are all of them become unto Me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.
15 Noolwekyo, bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye ebikwata ku bannabbi nti, “Nzija kubaliisa emmere ekaawa banywe amazzi ag’obutwa, kubanga okuva mu bannabbi ba Yerusaalemi, obutatya Katonda bubunye mu nsi yonna.”
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets: Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem is ungodliness gone forth into all the land.
16 Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda ow’eggye nti, “Temuwuliriza bannabbi bye babategeeza: babajjuza essuubi ekyamu. Boogera ebirooto ebiva mu mitima gyabwe, so si ebiva mu kamwa ka Mukama Katonda.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts: Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you, they lead you unto vanity; they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.
17 Bagamba abo abannyooma nti, ‘Mukama Katonda agamba onoobeera n’emirembe.’ Abo abagoberera obukakanyavu bw’emitima gyabwe babagamba nti, ‘Tewali kabi kanaakujjira.’
They say continually unto them that despise Me: 'The LORD hath said: Ye shall have peace'; and unto every one that walketh in the stubbornness of his own heart they say: 'No evil shall come upon you';
18 Naye ani ku bo eyali abadde mu lukiiko lwa Mukama Katonda okulaba oba okuwulira ekigambo kye?
For who hath stood in the council of the LORD, that he should perceive and hear His word? Who hath attended to His word, and heard it?
19 Laba, omuyaga gwa Mukama gujja kubwatuka n’ekiruyi, empewo ey’akazimu eyetooloolera ku mitwe gy’abakozi b’ebibi.
Behold, a storm of the LORD is gone forth in fury, yea, a whirling storm; it shall whirl upon the head of the wicked.
20 Obusungu bwa Mukama tebujja kukoma okutuusa ng’amaze okutuukiriza ekigendererwa ky’omutima gwe. Mu nnaku ezijja, mujja kukitegeera bulungi.
The anger of the LORD shall not return, until He have executed, and till He have performed the purposes of His heart; in the end of days ye shall consider it perfectly.
21 Situmanga bannabbi bano, songa bagenda badduka n’obubaka buno, era sogeranga nabo, songa bategeeza obunnabbi.
I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran; I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.
22 Naye singa bayimirira mu maaso gange, bandibuulidde abantu bange ebigambo byange, era bandibaggye mu makubo gaabwe amabi era ne mu bikolwa byabwe ebibi.
But if they have stood in My council, then let them cause My people to hear My words, and turn them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
23 “Ndi Katonda abeera okumpi wokka, so si abeera ewala?” bw’ayogera Mukama.
Am I a God near at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off?
24 “Omuntu ayinza okwekweka mu bifo eby’ekyama ne sisobola kumulaba?” bw’ayogera Mukama. “Sijjuza eggulu n’ensi?” bw’ayogera Mukama.
Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.
25 “Mpulidde bannabbi aboogera eby’obulimba mu linnya lyange. Bagamba nti, ‘Naloose! Naloose!’
I have heard what the prophets have said, that prophesy lies in My name, saying: 'I have dreamed, I have dreamed.'
26 Kino kinaakoma ddi mu mitima gy’abo bannabbi b’obulimba, abategeeza eby’obulimba ebiva ku mitima gyabwe?
How long shall this be? Is it in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies, and the prophets of the deceit of their own heart?
27 Balowooza nti ebirooto bye balootolola bannaabwe bijja kuleetera abantu bange okwerabira erinnya lyange, nga bakitaabwe bwe beerabira erinnya lyange nga basinza Baali.
That think to cause My people to forget My name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers forgot My name for Baal.
28 Nnabbi alina ekirooto ayogere ekirooto kye, n’oyo alina ekigambo kyange akyogere mu bwesigwa. Kubanga ebisusunku birina nkolagana ki n’eŋŋaano?” bw’ayogera Mukama.
The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath My word; let him speak My word faithfully. What hath the straw to do with the wheat? saith the LORD.
29 “Ekigambo kyange tekiri nga muliro, ng’ennyondo eyasaayasa olwazi?” bw’ayogera Mukama.
Is not My word like as fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
30 “Noolwekyo, ndi mulabe wa bannabbi ababbiŋŋanako ebigambo ebiva gye ndi,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal My words every one from his neighbour.
31 “Weewaawo,” bw’ayogera Mukama, “saagalira ddala bannabbi abayogerayogera nga bagamba nti, ‘Bw’atyo Mukama bw’agamba.’
Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues and say: 'He saith.'
32 Ddala ddala ndi mulabe w’abo abawa obunnabbi bw’ebirooto ebikyamu. Babyogera ne babuza abantu bange n’obulimba bwabwe obutaliimu, ate nga saabatuma wadde okubateekawo. Tebalina kye bayamba bantu bano n’akatono,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
Behold, I am against them that prophesy lying dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause My people to err by their lies, and by their wantonness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them; neither can they profit this people at all, saith the LORD.
33 “Abantu bano, oba nnabbi oba kabona bw’abuuza nti, ‘Bubaka ki Mukama bw’atutumye?’ Bagambe nti, ‘Bubaka ki? Nzija kubabuulira, bw’ayogera Mukama.’
And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying: 'What is the burden of the LORD?' then shalt thou say unto them: 'What burden! I will cast you off, saith the LORD.'
34 Nnabbi, oba kabona oba omuntu yenna bw’agamba nti, ‘Buno bwe bubaka bwa Mukama,’ Nzija kubonereza omusajja oyo n’ab’omu maka ge.
And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say: 'The burden of the LORD', I will even punish that man and his house.
35 Kino buli omu ky’anagamba mikwano gye oba ab’eŋŋanda ze. ‘Mukama, azeemu ki? Oba kiki Mukama ky’ayogedde?’
Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother: 'What hath the LORD answered?' and: 'What hath the LORD spoken?'
36 Naye temuddayo kugamba nti, ‘Buno bwe bubaka bwa Mukama,’ kubanga buli kigambo kya muntu kifuuka bubaka bwe era mukyusa ebigambo bya Katonda omulamu, Mukama ow’Eggye, Katonda waffe.
And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more; for every man's own word shall be his burden; and would ye pervert the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God?
37 Kino kye munaabuuza nnabbi nti, ‘Kiki Mukama kyakuzzeemu?’ Oba nti, ‘Mukama, agambye ki?’
Thus shalt thou say to the prophet: 'What hath the LORD answered thee?' and: 'What hath the LORD spoken?'
38 Naye era mujja kugamba nti, ‘Buno bwe bubaka Mukama bwatutumye,’ wadde nga nabagamba nti, Temusaanye kwogera nti, ‘Buno bwe bubaka bwa Mukama,’
But if ye say: 'The burden of the LORD'; therefore thus saith the LORD: Because ye say this word: 'The burden of the LORD', and I have sent unto you, saying: 'Ye shall not say: The burden of the LORD';
39 kyenaava mbagobera ddala mu maaso gange ne mu kibuga ekyo kye nabawa, mmwe ne bakitammwe.
therefore, behold, I will utterly tear you out, and I will cast you off, and the city that I gave unto you and to your fathers, away from My presence;
40 Ndibaleetako ekivume ekitaliggwaawo, n’ensonyi ez’olubeerera ebitagenda kwerabirwa.”
and I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.
