Yeremiya 42
1 Awo abaduumizi ba magye bonna, ng’ogasseeko Yokanaani mutabani wa Kaleya ne Yezaniya mutabani wa Kosaaya, n’abantu bonna okuva ku asokerwako wansi okutuuka ku akomererayo waggulu baatuukirira
And all the captains of the forces, and Johanan, the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah, the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people, from the least even to the greatest, came near,
2 nnabbi Yeremiya ne bamugamba nti, “Tukwegayiridde, wulira okusaba kwaffe osabe Mukama Katonda wo ku lw’abantu bano bonna abafisseewo. Kale naawe nga bw’olaba, abaali abangi kaakano tusigaddewo batono nnyo.
and said to Jeremiah the prophet: “Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us to Jehovah, thy God, for all this remnant; (for we are left a few out of many, as thine eyes do behold us; )
3 Saba Mukama Katonda wo atubuulire gye tusaanye okulaga ne kye tusaanye okukola.”
that Jehovah, thy God, may show us the way wherein we shall walk, and the thing which we shall do.”
4 Nnabbi Yeremiya n’abagamba nti, “Mbawulidde, ddala nzija kubasabira eri Mukama Katonda wammwe nga bwe munsabye; nzija kubabuulira byonna Mukama by’anaŋŋamba, sirina kye nnaabakisa.”
And Jeremiah the prophet said to them: “I have heard; behold, I will pray to Jehovah your God, according to your words, and all which Jehovah shall answer you I will declare to you; I will keep back nothing from you.”
5 Awo ne bagamba Yeremiya nti, “Mukama abeere omujulirwa ow’amazima era omwesigwa gye tuli, bwe tutalikola kyonna Mukama Katonda wo ky’anaakutuma okutugamba.
Then they said to Jeremiah: “May Jehovah be our witness, a faithful and true witness! According to all for which Jehovah our God shall send thee to us, so will we do.
6 Oba kyangu oba kikalubo tujja kugondera Mukama Katonda waffe, gye tukutuma kaakano, tulyoke tufune emirembe, kubanga tujja kugondera Mukama Katonda waffe.”
Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of Jehovah our God, to whom we send thee, that it may be well with us when we shall have obeyed the voice of Jehovah our God.”
7 Bwe waayitawo ennaku kkumi ekigambo kya Mukama ne kijjira Yeremiya.
And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah.
8 N’alyoka ayita Yokanaani omwana wa Kaleya n’abaduumizi b’eggye lya Yuda bonna abaali naye, n’abantu bonna okuva ku asokerwako wansi okutuuka ku akomererayo waggulu.
And he called Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces which were with him, and all the people, from the least even to the greatest,
9 N’abagamba nti, “Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama, Katonda wa Isirayiri, gye mwantuma okubabuuliza nti,
and said to them: “Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, to whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him:
10 ‘Bwe munaasigala mu nsi eno, nzija kubazimba era siibaleke kugwa. Nzija kubasimba so si kubasimbula, kubanga nnumiddwa olw’ekikangabwa kye mbatuusizzaako.
If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up; for I repent me of the evil which I have done to you.
11 Temutya kabaka w’e Babulooni, kaakano gwe mutya. Temumutya, bw’ayogera Mukama, kubanga ndi nammwe era nzija kubalokola, mbanunule mu mukono gwa kabaka oyo.
Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith Jehovah; for I will be with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.
12 Nzija kubalaga ekisa alyoke abakwatirwe ekisa, abakomyewo mu nsi yammwe.’
And I will show mercies to you, that he may have compassion upon you, and cause you to return to your own land.
13 “Wabula bwe mugamba nti, ‘Tetuusigale mu nsi eno gye mbakomezzaamu,’ olwo munaaba temugondedde Mukama Katonda wammwe.
But if ye say, 'We will not dwell in this land,' so as not to hearken to the voice of Jehovah your God,
14 Bwe mugamba nti, ‘Nedda, tujja kugenda tubeere e Misiri, gye tutaalabe ntalo wadde okuwulira ekkondeere nga livuga oba okubulwa omugaati ogw’okulya,’
saying, 'No! but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor be hungry for bread, and there will we dwell, —
15 kale nno muwulire ekigambo kya Mukama, mmwe abaasigalawo mu Yuda. Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama ow’Eggye, Katonda wa Isirayiri nti, ‘Bwe munaamalirira okugenda e Misiri era ne mugenda okubeererayo ddala,
now, therefore, hear the word of Jehovah, ye remnant of Judah! Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: If ye set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there,
16 olwo ekitala kye mutya kijja kubasanga eyo, n’enjala gye mutya ejja kubagoberera e Misiri era eyo gye mulifiira.
then it shall come to pass that the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, of which ye were afraid, shall follow close after you into Egypt, and there shall ye die.
17 Mumanyire ddala nti, Abo bonna abamaliridde okugenda e Misiri okusenga eyo balifa kitala, n’enjala ne kawumpuli; tewaliba n’omu alisigalawo wadde okuwona ekikangabwa kye ndibaleetako.’
So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there. They shall die by the sword, and by famine, and by pestilence, and not one of them shall remain, or escape from the evil which I bring upon them.
18 Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama ow’Eggye, Katonda wa Isirayiri nti, ‘Ng’obusungu bwange n’ekiruyi bwe bifukiddwa ku abo abali mu Yerusaalemi, bwe kityo ekiruyi kyange bwe kinaafukibwa ku mmwe bwe munaagenda e Misiri. Munaabeera kya kukolimirwa, era kya ntiisa, era kya kusalirwa musango era kivume: temuliraba kifo kino nate.’
For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: As my anger and my wrath have been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so shall my wrath be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt; and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more.
19 “Mmwe abafisseewo ku Yuda, Mukama abagambye nti, ‘Temugenda Misiri.’ Mumanye kino nga mbalabula leero
This is the word of Jehovah to you, ye remnant of Judah! Go ye not into Egypt; ye shall surely know that I have warned you this day.
20 nti, Mwakola ekisobyo kinene bwe mwantuma eri Mukama Katonda wammwe ne mugamba nti, ‘Tusabire eri Mukama Katonda waffe: tubuulire byonna by’agamba tujja kubikola.’
Ye err to your own ruin; for ye sent me to Jehovah your God, saying, 'Pray for us to Jehovah our God, and according to all that Jehovah our God shall say, so declare to us, and we will do it';
21 Mbabuulidde leero, naye era temugondedde Mukama Katonda wammwe mu byonna bye yantuma okubagamba.
and now I have this day declared it to you, but ye have not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah your God, nor to anything for which he sent me to you.
22 Kale nno mutegeerere ddala kino nga mulittibwa na kitala, oba njala oba kawumpuli mu nsi gye mwagala okugenda okusengamu.”
Now, therefore, ye shall know assuredly, that by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence ye shall die, in the place whither ye have chosen to go and to sojourn.”
