Yeremiya 4
1 “Bw’oba odda, ggwe Isirayiri,” bw’ayogera Mukama, “eri nze gy’olina okudda. Bw’oneggyako eby’omuzizo byonna n’otosagaasagana,
“If you return, Israel—this is Yahweh's declaration—then it should be to me that you return. If you remove your detestable things from before me and do not wander from me again,
2 era singa olayira mu mazima, mu bwenkanya era mu ngeri entuufu yennyini nti, ‘Ddala nga Mukama bw’ali omulamu,’ olwo amawanga gonna mu ye mwe gajja okuweerwa omukisa era mu ye mwe ganeenyumiririzanga.”
You must be truthful, just, and righteous when you swear, 'As Yahweh lives.' Then the nations will bless themselves in him, and in him they will glory.”
3 Kubanga bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama eri abantu ba Yuda era n’eri abantu b’omu Yerusaalemi nti, “Mulime ennimiro zammwe ezitali nnime, temusiga mu maggwa.
For Yahweh says this to each person in Judah and Jerusalem: 'Plow your own ground, and do not sow among thorns.
4 Mukoowoole Mukama, mweweeyo mutukuze emitima gyammwe mwe abantu ba Yuda ne Yerusaalemi, obusungu bwange buleme okubuubuuka ng’omuliro, olw’ebikolwa byammwe ebibi, ne wataba ayinza kubuzikiza.”
Circumcise yourselves to Yahweh, and remove the foreskins of your heart, men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, or else my fury will break out like fire, and burn with no one to quench it, because of the wickedness of your deeds.
5 “Kirangirire mu Yuda era okitegeeze mu Yerusaalemi ogambe nti, ‘Mufuuwe ekkondeere mu nsi yonna! Mulangirire nga mugamba nti, Mukuŋŋaane, tuddukire mu bibuga ebiriko ebigo!’
Report in Judah and let it be heard in Jerusalem. Say, “Blow the trumpet in the land.” Proclaim, “Gather together. Let us go to the fortified cities.”
6 Weereza obubaka eri Sayuuni nti, Mudduke temulwa, kubanga ndireeta okuzikiriza okuva mu bukiikakkono, okuzikiriza okw’amaanyi.”
Lift up the signal flag and point it toward Zion, and run for safety! Do not stay, for I am bringing disaster from the north and a great collapse.
7 Empologoma evudde mu kisaka kyayo, omuzikiriza w’amawanga afulumye gy’abeera, azze okumalawo ensi yo. Ebibuga byammwe bijja kuzikirizibwa bibuleko abibeeramu.
A lion is coming out from his thicket and someone who will destroy nations is setting out. He is leaving his place to bring horror to your land, to turn your cities into ruins, where no one will live.
8 Noolwekyo mwambale ebibukutu mukungubage, mukube ebiwoobe kubanga obusungu bwa Mukama obw’amaanyi tebutuvuddeeko.
Because of this, wrap yourself in sackcloth, lament and wail. For the force of Yahweh's anger has not turned away from us.
9 Mukama n’agamba nti, “Ku lunaku olwo, kabaka n’omukungu baliggwaamu omwoyo, bakabona basamaalirire ne bannabbi beewuunye.”
Then it will happen in that day—this is Yahweh's declaration—that the hearts of the king and his officials will die. The priests will be appalled, and the prophets will be horrified.'”
10 Ne ndyoka ŋŋamba nti, “Woowe Mukama Katonda, mazima olimbidde ddala abantu bano ne Yerusaalemi ng’ogamba nti, ‘Mulibeera n’emirembe,’ ate nga ekitala kiri ddala ku mimiro gyaffe.”
So I said, “Ah! Lord Yahweh. Surely you have completely deceived this people and Jerusalem by saying, 'There will be peace for you.' Yet the sword is striking against their life.”
11 Mu biseera ebyo abantu bano ne Yerusaalemi balibuulirwa nti, “Embuyaga ezookya eziva ku nsozi ezaakala ez’omu ddungu zifuuwa abantu bange nga teziwujja buwuzzi wadde okulongoosa obulongoosa
In that time it will be said of this people and Jerusalem, “A burning wind from the plains of the desert will make its way to the daughter of my people. It will not winnow or cleanse them.
12 embuyaga ezisingako awo ze ziriva gye ndi. Era kaakano mbasalira emisango.”
A wind far stronger than that will come at my command, and I will now pass sentence against them.
13 Laba ajja ng’ebire, amagaali ge ng’empewo y’akazimu, embalaasi ze zidduka okusinga empungu; zitusanze ffe kubanga tuzikiridde!
See, he is attacking like clouds, and his chariots are like a storm. His horses are faster than eagles. Woe to us, for we will be devastated!
14 Ayi Yerusaalemi, naaza omutima gwo guve mu kukola ebibi olyoke olokolebwe. Olikomya ddi ebirowoozo ebibi?
Cleanse your heart from wickedness, Jerusalem, so that you might be saved. How long will your deepest thoughts be about how to sin?
15 Eddoboozi lyawulirwa okuva mu Ddaani, nga lirangirira okuzikirizibwa okuva mu nsozi za Efulayimu.
For a voice is bringing news from Dan, and the coming disaster is heard from the mountains of Ephraim.
16 “Labula amawanga nti ajja: kirangirirwe mu Yerusaalemi nti, ‘Abalabe bajja okuva mu nsi ey’ewala nga bayimba ennyimba ez’entalo nga balumba ebibuga bya Yuda.
Make the nations think about this: See, announce to Jerusalem that besiegers are coming from a distant land to shout in battle against the cities of Judah.
17 Bakyetoolodde ng’abasajja abakuuma ennimiro kubanga Yuda yanjeemera,’” bw’ayogera Mukama.
They will be like the watchmen of a cultivated field against her all around, since she has been rebellious against me—this is Yahweh's declaration—
18 “Empisa zammwe, n’ebikolwa byammwe bye bibaleeseeko bino. Kino kye kibonerezo kyammwe. Nga kya bulumi! Nga kifumita omutima.”
and your conduct and your deeds have done these things to you. This will be your punishment. How terrible it will be! It will strike your very heart.
19 Obulumi, Ayi Obulumi! Neenyoolera mu bulumi! Ayi obulumi bw’omutima gwange! Omutima gunkubagana munda, sisobola kusirika, kubanga mpulidde eddoboozi ly’ekkondeere, mpulidde enduulu z’olutalo.
My heart! My heart! I am in anguish in my heart. My heart is turbulent within me. I cannot keep quiet for I hear the sound of the horn, an alarm for battle.
20 Okuzikirizibwa kweyongeddeko era ensi yonna eyonooneddwa. Eweema zange zisaanyiziddwawo mu kaseera buseera, n’entimbe zange nga kutemya kikowe.
Disaster follows after disaster; for all the land lies in ruins. Suddenly my tents are destroyed, my curtains in a moment.
21 Ndituusa ddi nga ndaba bbendera z’olutalo n’okuwulira amaloboozi g’amakondeere?
How long will I see the standard? Will I hear the sound of the horn?
22 “Kubanga abantu bange basirusiru, tebammanyi. Baana abatalina magezi; abatategeera. Bakagezimunnyu mu kukola ebibi, tebamanyi kukola birungi.”
For the foolishness of my people—they do not know me. They are idiotic people and they have no understanding. They have skill at evil, but do not know to do good.
23 Natunuulira ensi, nga njereere, ate ne ntunula ne ku ggulu, ng’ekitangaala kigenze.
I saw the land. Behold! It was formless and empty. For there was no light for the heavens.
24 Natunuulira agasozi nga gajugumira, n’ensozi zonna zaali ziyuuguuma.
I looked at the mountains. Behold, they were trembling, and all the hills were shaking about.
25 Natunula, era laba, waali tewasigadde muntu n’omu, era n’ebinyonyi byonna eby’omu bbanga byali bidduse.
I looked. Behold, there was no one, and all the birds of the heavens had fled.
26 Natunula, era laba, ensi ey’ebibala ebingi ng’efuuse ddungu, era n’ebibuga byayo byonna nga byonoonese, mu maaso ga Mukama, olw’obusungu bwe obungi.
I looked. Behold, the orchards were a wilderness and all the cities had been pulled down before Yahweh, before the fury of his wrath.”
27 Kubanga bw’atyo bw’ayogera Mukama nti, “Ensi yonna eriyonoonebwa, wadde nga sirigizikiririza ddala.
This is what Yahweh says, “All the land will become a devastation, but I will not completely destroy it.
28 Noolwekyo ensi erikungubaga era n’eggulu waggulu lirikwata ekizikiza, kubanga njogedde era maliridde sijja kwejjusa wadde okukyusaamu.”
For this reason, the land will mourn, and the heavens above will darken. For I have declared my intentions; I will not hold back; I will not turn from carrying them out.
29 Olw’okuyoogona kw’abeebagazi b’embalaasi n’abalasa obusaale, ebibuga byonna biribuna emiwabo, abamu beesogge ebisaka; n’abalala balinnye waggulu ku njazi. Ebibuga byonna birekeddwa ttayo; tewali abibeeramu.
Every city will flee from the noise of the cavalry and the archers with a bow; they will run into the forests. Every city will climb up into the rocky places. The cities will be abandoned, for there will be no one to inhabit them.
30 Okola ki ggwe, ggwe eyayonoonebwa? Lwaki oyambala engoye entwakaavu, ne weeteekako eby’obugagga ebya zaabu, n’amaaso n’ogasiiga langi? Omala biseera nga weeyonja. Baganzi bo bakunyoomoola; era baagala kukutta.
Now that you have been devastated, what will you do? For though you dress in scarlet, adorn yourself with gold jewelry, and make your eyes look bigger with paint, the men who lusted for you now reject you. Instead, they are trying to take away your life.
31 Mpulira okukaaba ng’okw’omukazi alumwa okuzaala, okusinda ng’okw’oyo asindika omwana we asooka, okukaaba kw’omuwala wa Sayuuni ng’awejjawejja anoonya w’anassiza omukka, ng’agolola emikono gye ng’agamba nti, “Zinsanze nze, nzirika. Obulamu bwange buweereddwayo mu batemu.”
So I hear the sound of anguish, distress as in the birth of a firstborn child, the sound of the daughter of Zion. She is gasping for breath. She spreads out her hands, 'Woe to me! I am fainting because of these murderers.'”
