Yeremiya 44
1 Ekigambo ne kijjira Yeremiya ekikwata ku Bayudaaya bonna abaali mu nsi y’e Misiri e Migudooli n’e Tapaneese n’e Noofu ne mu nsi ey’e Pasuloosi nga kigamba nti,
The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews who lived in the land of Egypt, who lived at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Memphis, and in the country of Pathros, saying,
2 “Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama ow’Eggye, Katonda wa Isirayiri nti, Mwalaba ekikangabwa ekinene kye naleeta ku Yerusaalemi ne ku bibuga byonna ebya Yuda. Leero matongo
“The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘You have seen all the evil that I have brought on Jerusalem, and on all the cities of Judah. Behold, today they are a desolation, and no man dwells in them,
3 olw’ebibi bye baakola. Bankwasa obusungu olw’okwotereza bakatonda abalala obubaane n’okusinza, bo newaakubadde mmwe wadde bajjajjammwe be batamanyangako.
because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, to serve other gods that they didn’t know, neither they, nor you, nor your fathers.
4 Emirundi mingi natuma abaddu bange bannabbi, abaabagamba nti, ‘Temukola bintu bino eby’omuzizo bye nkyawa!’
However I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, “Oh, don’t do this abominable thing that I hate.”
5 Naye tebaawulira wadde okufaayo; tebaalekayo mpisa zaabwe embi wadde okulekayo okwotereza bakatonda abalala obubaane.
But they didn’t listen and didn’t incline their ear. They didn’t turn from their wickedness, to stop burning incense to other gods.
6 Noolwekyo, obusungu bwange obungi ennyo kyebwava bubabuubuukira; ne buzinda ebibuga bya Yuda n’enguudo za Yerusaalemi era ne bifuuka amatongo, ne leero.
Therefore my wrath and my anger was poured out, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as it is today.’
7 “Kale kaakano bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama ow’Eggye, Katonda wa Isirayiri nti, Lwaki mweretako akabi akanene bwe kati nga musala ku Yuda abasajja n’abakazi, n’abaana abato n’abawere aba Yuda ne mutalekaawo muntu?
“Therefore now the LORD, the God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Why do you commit great evil against your own souls, to cut off from yourselves man and woman, infant and nursing child out of the middle of Judah, to leave yourselves no one remaining,
8 Lwaki munsunguwaza olw’ebyo emikono gyammwe bye gikoze, nga mwotereza bakatonda abalala obubaane e Misiri, gye mwajja okubeera? Mujja kwezikiriza mufuuke eky’omuzizo n’eky’okukolimirwa mu mawanga gonna ag’omu nsi.
in that you provoke me to anger with the works of your hands, burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt where you have gone to live, that you may be cut off, and that you may be a curse and a reproach amongst all the nations of the earth?
9 Mwerabidde ebibi bakitammwe ne bakabaka ba Yuda ne bakazi bammwe bye baakola era n’ebibi bye mwakola mmwe ne bakazi bammwe mu nsi ya Yuda ne mu nguudo za Yerusaalemi?
Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, the wickedness of the kings of Judah, the wickedness of their wives, your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives which they committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
10 Naye n’okutuusa leero tebeetoowazizza wadde okutya, wadde okugondera amateeka gange n’ebiragiro bye nabateekerawo mmwe ne bajjajjammwe.
They are not humbled even to this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.’
11 “Noolwekyo, bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama ow’Eggye, Katonda wa Isirayiri nti, Mmaliridde okubazikiriza mmwe ne Yuda yonna.
“Therefore the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, even to cut off all Judah.
12 Ndiggyawo abaasigalira mu Yuda abaamalirira okugenda e Misiri okusenga eyo. Bonna balizikiririra mu Misiri, balifa ekitala oba enjala. Okuva ku muto okutuuka ku mukulu asingayo balifa era balifuuka ekyenyinyalwa n’eky’okusekererwa era n’okukolimirwa.
I will take the remnant of Judah that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to live there, and they will all be consumed. They will fall in the land of Egypt. They will be consumed by the sword and by the famine. They will die, from the least even to the greatest, by the sword and by the famine. They will be an object of horror, an astonishment, a curse, and a reproach.
13 Ndibonereza abo ababeera mu Misiri, bafe ekitala, n’enjala ne kawumpuli, nga bwe nabonereza Yerusaalemi.
For I will punish those who dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence;
14 Tewali n’omu ku baasigalawo mu Yuda eyaddukira e Misiri, aliwona oba alisigalawo okudda mu nsi ya Yuda, gye beegomba okudda, tewali aliddayo okuggyako abatono ennyo.”
so that none of the remnant of Judah, who have gone into the land of Egypt to live there, will escape or be left to return into the land of Judah, to which they have a desire to return to dwell there; for no one will return except those who will escape.’”
15 Awo abasajja bonna abaali bamanyi nga bakazi baabwe baali bootereza bakatonda abalala obubaane, n’abakazi abalala abaaliwo, olukuŋŋaana nga lunene n’abantu bonna abaali babeera mu Misiri e Pasuloosi, ne baddamu Yeremiya nga boogera nti,
Then all the men who knew that their wives burnt incense to other gods, and all the women who stood by, a great assembly, even all the people who lived in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,
16 “Tetujja kuwulira bubaka bw’oyogedde naffe mu linnya lya Mukama!
“As for the word that you have spoken to us in the LORD’s name, we will not listen to you.
17 Tujja kukola byonna bye twagambye okukola. Tujja kwotereza kabaka omukazi ow’eggulu obubaane, tuweeyo n’ebiweebwayo ebyokunywa nga bwe twakolanga, ffe ne bakitaffe, ne bakabaka baffe n’abakungu baffe mu bibuga bya Yuda ne mu nguudo z’e Yerusaalemi. Mu biseera ebyo twalina emmere nnyingi era nga tuli bulungi nga tetutuukibwako kabi.
But we will certainly perform every word that has gone out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of the sky and to pour out drink offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then we had plenty of food, and were well, and saw no evil.
18 Naye okuva lwe twalekeraawo okwotereza kabaka omukazi ow’eggulu obubaane, n’okumuwa ekiweebwayo ekyokunywa, tetubadde na kantu konna era tubadde tuzikirira n’ekitala n’enjala.”
But since we stopped burning incense to the queen of the sky, and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.”
19 Abakazi ne bongerako nti, “Bwe twayotereza kabaka omukazi ow’eggulu obubaane ne tumuwa n’ekiweebwayo ekyokunywa, abaami baffe tebaamanya nti twali tumukolera obugaati obuliko ekifaananyi kye ne tumuwa n’ekiweebwayo ekyokunywa?”
The women said, “When we burnt incense to the queen of the sky and poured out drink offerings to her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings to her, without our husbands?”
20 Awo Yeremiya n’agamba abantu bonna, abasajja n’abakazi n’abantu bonna abaali bamuzzeemu nti,
Then Jeremiah said to all the people—to the men and to the women, even to all the people who had given him an answer, saying,
21 “Obubaane bwammwe bwe mwayotereza mu bibuga bya Yuda ne mu nguudo za Yerusaalemi, mmwe ne bakitammwe, ne bakabaka bammwe, n’abakungu n’abantu bonna mu nsi, ebyo Mukama si bye yajjukira n’alowoozaako?
“The incense that you burnt in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, you and your fathers, your kings and your princes, and the people of the land, didn’t the LORD remember them, and didn’t it come into his mind?
22 Mukama nga takyayinza kugumiikiriza bikolwa byammwe bibi n’eby’emizizo bye mwakola, ensi yammwe kyeyava efuuka ekikolimo n’ekyenyinyalwa era eteriimu bantu, nga bweri leero.
Thus the LORD could no longer bear it, because of the evil of your doings and because of the abominations which you have committed. Therefore your land has become a desolation, an astonishment, and a curse, without inhabitant, as it is today.
23 Kubanga mwotereza obubaane abalala era ne mukola ebibi mu maaso ga Mukama Katonda ne mutamugondera wadde okugoberera amateeka ge oba ebiragiro bye oba bye yategeeza, emitawaana gibagidde nga kaakano bwe mulabye.”
Because you have burnt incense and because you have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed the LORD’s voice, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil has happened to you, as it is today.”
24 Awo Yeremiya n’agamba abantu bonna, ng’ogasseeko abakazi nti, “Muwulire ekigambo kya Mukama Katonda, abantu mwenna aba Yuda mu Misiri.
Moreover Jeremiah said to all the people, including all the women, “Hear the LORD’s word, all Judah who are in the land of Egypt!
25 Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama ow’Eggye, Katonda wa Isirayiri nti, mmwe ne bakazi bammwe mulaze mu bikolwa byammwe ebyo bye mwasuubiza nti, ‘Tujja kukola nga bwe tweyama okwotereza kabaka omukazi ow’eggulu obubaane era n’okumuwa ekiweebwayo ekyokunywa.’ “Mugende mu maaso, mukole bye mwasuubiza! Mutuukirize obweyamo bwammwe!
The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says, ‘You and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and with your hands have fulfilled it, saying, “We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of the sky, and to pour out drink offerings to her.” “‘Establish then your vows, and perform your vows.’
26 Naye muwulire ekigambo kya Mukama, mmwe Abayudaaya mwenna abali mu Misiri. ‘Ndayira mu linnya lyange ekkulu,’ bw’ayogera Mukama nti, ‘Tewali n’omu ku abo abaava mu Yuda ababeera mu Misiri, aliddayo okuyita erinnya lyange wadde okulayira nti, “Nga Mukama Katonda bw’ali omulamu.”
“Therefore hear the LORD’s word, all Judah who dwell in the land of Egypt: ‘Behold, I have sworn by my great name,’ says the LORD, ‘that my name will no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, “As the Lord GOD lives.”
27 Kubanga mbawaddeyo eri akabi, si lwa bulungi; Abayudaaya abali mu Misiri balimalibwawo n’ekitala n’enjala okutuusa bonna lwe baliggwaawo.
Behold, I watch over them for evil, and not for good; and all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt will be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until they are all gone.
28 Abo abaliwona ekitala ne baddayo mu Yuda okuva e Misiri baliba batono nnyo. Olwo abalisigalawo bonna okuva mu Yuda abajja okubeera mu Misiri, balitegeera ekigambo ekirikola, ekyange oba ekyabwe.
Those who escape the sword will return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah few in number. All the remnant of Judah, who have gone into the land of Egypt to live there, will know whose word will stand, mine or theirs.
29 “‘Kano ke kanaabeera akabonero gye muli nti ndibabonerereza mu kifo kino,’ bw’ayogera Mukama, ‘Mulyoke mumanye nga okulabula kwange okw’okubabonereza kujja kutuukirira.’
“‘This will be the sign to you,’ says the LORD, ‘that I will punish you in this place, that you may know that my words will surely stand against you for evil.’
30 Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama nti, ‘Ŋŋenda kuwaayo Falaawo Kofera kabaka w’e Misiri eri abalabe be abanoonya okumutta, nga bwe n’awaayo Zeddekiya kabaka wa Yuda eri Nebukadduneeza kabaka w’e Babulooni, omulabe eyamunoonya okumutta.’”
The LORD says, ‘Behold, I will give Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies and into the hand of those who seek his life, just as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who was his enemy and sought his life.’”
