Yeremiya 5
1 “Dduka ogende eno n’eri mu nguudo za Yerusaalemi, tunulatunula olabe, noonya wonna we bakuŋŋaanira, bw’onoosanga omuntu omu bw’ati omwesimbu ow’amazima, nnaasonyiwa ekibuga kino.
Run you to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if you can find a man, if there be any that executes judgment, that seeks the truth; and I will pardon it.
2 Ne bwe boogera nti, ‘Nga Mukama bwali omulamu;’ baba balayirira bwereere.”
And though they say, The LORD lives; surely they swear falsely.
3 Ayi Mukama Katonda, amaaso go teganoonya mazima? Wabakuba naye ne batawulira bulumi wababetenta, naye ne bagaana okukangavvulwa. Beeyongedde kukakanyala, bagubye obwenyi okusinga n’amayinja; era bagaanyi okwenenya.
O LORD, are not your eyes on the truth? you have stricken them, but they have not grieved; you have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
4 Ne njogera nti, “Bano baavu abasirusiru. Kubanga tebamanyi kkubo lya Mukama, amateeka ga Katonda waabwe.
Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.
5 Kale ndigenda eri abakulembeze njogere nabo; Kubanga bamanyi ekkubo lya Mukama, amateeka ga Katonda waabwe.” Naye nabo bwe batyo baali baamenya dda ekikoligo nga baakutula ebisiba.
I will get me to the great men, and will speak to them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
6 Noolwekyo empologoma eriva mu kibira n’ebalya, n’omusege ogw’omu ddungu gulibasaanyaawo. Engo erikuumira okumpi n’ebibuga byabwe, buli muntu abifuluma ayuzibweyuzibwe; Kubanga ebibi byabwe bingi, okudda ennyuma kunene.
Why a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goes out there shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
7 “Mbasonyiwe ntya? Abaana bammwe banvuddeko, ne balayiririra bakatonda abatali bakatonda. Bwe nabaliisa ne bakkuta, badda mu kwenda, ne beekuŋŋaanya ku nnyumba z’abenzi.
How shall I pardon you for this? your children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots’ houses.
8 Baali ng’embalaasi ennume ezikkuse ezitaamye, buli muntu ng’akaayanira muka munne.
They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbor’s wife.
9 Lwaki sibabonereza olw’ebintu ebyo? bw’ayogera Mukama, Lwaki siwoolera ggwanga ku nsi efaanana bw’etyo?”
Shall I not visit for these things? says the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
10 “Yita mu nnimiro z’emizabbibu gyabwe ogyonooneyonoone, naye togimalirawo ddala. Giggyeeko amatabi gaagyo, kubanga si bantu ba Mukama.
Go you up on her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD’s.
11 Kubanga ennyumba ya Isirayiri n’ennyumba ya Yuda zifuukidde ddala njeemu gye ndi,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, says the LORD.
12 Boogedde eby’obulimba ku Mukama ne bagamba nti, “Talina kyajja kukola, tewali kabi kanaatugwako, era tetujja kulaba wadde kitala oba kyeya.
They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come on us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
13 Bannabbi mpewo buwewo era ekigambo tekibaliimu; noolwekyo leka kye boogera kikolebwe ku bo.”
And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done to them.
14 Noolwekyo bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama, Katonda ow’Eggye nti, “Kubanga abantu boogedde ebigambo bino, ndifuula ekigambo kyange mu kamwa kammwe okuba ng’omuliro, n’abantu bano okuba enku era omuliro gubookye.
Why thus says the LORD God of hosts, Because you speak this word, behold, I will make my words in your mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
15 Laba, mbaleetera eggwanga eriva ewala, ggwe ennyumba ya Isirayiri,” bw’ayogera Mukama. Ensi eyaguma ey’edda, abantu ab’olulimi lwe mutamanyi aboogera bye mutategeera
See, I will bring a nation on you from far, O house of Israel, says the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you know not, neither understand what they say.
16 omufuko gwabwe ogw’obusaale guli ng’entaana eyasaamiridde, bonna balwanyi nnamige.
Their quiver is as an open sepulcher, they are all mighty men.
17 Balirya amakungula gammwe n’emmere yammwe; balirya batabani bammwe era ne bawala bammwe; balye emizabbibu n’emitiini gyammwe, ebibuga byammwe ebiriko bbugwe bye mwesiga birizikirizibwa n’ebitala.
And they shall eat up your harvest, and your bread, which your sons and your daughters should eat: they shall eat up your flocks and your herds: they shall eat up your vines and your fig trees: they shall impoverish your fenced cities, wherein you trusted, with the sword.
18 Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama nti, “Naye ne mu nnaku ezo sigenda kubazikiririza ddala kubamalawo.
Nevertheless in those days, says the LORD, I will not make a full end with you.
19 Era abantu bammwe bwe bagamba nti, ‘Lwaki Katonda waffe atukoze ebintu bino byonna?’ Onoobagamba nti, ‘Nga bwe mwanvaako ne muweereza bakatonda abalala mu nsi yammwe, mujja kuweereza bakatonda abagwira mu nsi eteri yammwe.’
And it shall come to pass, when you shall say, Why does the LORD our God all these things to us? then shall you answer them, Like as you have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall you serve strangers in a land that is not yours.
20 “Langirira kino mu nnyumba ya Yakobo, kirangirire mu Yuda.
Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
21 Wulira kino, mmwe abantu abasirusiru abatalina kutegeera, abalina amaaso naye nga tebalaba, abalina amatu naye nga tebawulira.
Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:
22 Temuntya?” bw’ayogera Mukama; “temunkankanira? Nateeka omusenyu okuba ensalo y’ennyanja, olukomera olutaliggwaawo, lwetasobola kuvvuunuka; wadde ng’amayengo galukubaakuba, tegasobola kuluwaguza, gayinza okuwuluguma, naye tegasobola kuluyitako.
Fear you not me? says the LORD: will you not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
23 Naye abantu bano balina omutima omwewagguze era omujeemu. Bajeemye banvuddeko.
But this people has a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.
24 Abateekuba mu kifuba kugamba nti, ‘Tutye Mukama Katonda waffe agaba enkuba, eya ddumbi n’eya ttoggo, mu ntuuko zaayo; atugerekera ssabbiiti ez’okukunguliramu.’”
Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that gives rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserves to us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
25 Obutali butuukirivu bwammwe bubibakwese ebibi byammwe bibaggyeeko ebirungi.
Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withheld good things from you.
26 “Kubanga abasajja abakozi b’ebibi basangibwa mu bantu bange; abagalamira ne balindirira ng’abasajja abatezi b’obunyonyi. Batega abantu omutego.
For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that sets snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
27 Ng’ebisero ebijjudde ebinyonyi, enju zaabwe bwe zijjudde eby’enkwe. Noolwekyo bafuuse ab’amaanyi abagagga, ne bagejja era ne banyirira.
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
28 Ekibi kyabwe tekiriiko kkomo, tebasala misango mu bwenkanya, abatawolereza bataliiko ba kitaabwe okubayamba basinge emisango, era abatafaayo ku ddembe lya bakateeyamba.
They are waxen fat, they shine: yes, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
29 Lwaki sibabonereza olw’ebintu ebyo?” bw’ayogera Mukama. “Nneme okwesasuza ku ggwanga eriri nga eryo?
Shall I not visit for these things? says the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
30 “Ekigambo eky’ekitalo era eky’ekivve kigudde mu nsi:
A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;
31 Bannabbi bawa obunnabbi obw’obulimba, bakabona bafugisa buyinza bwabwe ate abantu bange bwe batyo bwe bakyagala. Naye ku nkomerero munaakola mutya?”
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will you do in the end thereof?
