Yeremiya 51
1 Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama nti, “Laba, ndiyimusa omwoyo gw’omuzikiriza alumbe Babulooni n’abantu ba Lebukamaayi.
Thus says the Lord: “Behold, I will raise up, over Babylon and over its inhabitants, who have lifted up their heart against me, something like a pestilent wind.
2 Ndituma abagwira e Babulooni bamuwewe era bazikirize ensi ye; balimulumba ku buli luuyi ku lunaku olw’okuzikirira kwe.
And I will send winnowers into Babylon, and they will winnow her, and they will demolish her land. For they will overwhelm her from every side in the day of her affliction.
3 Omulasi talikuba busaale bwe, taliyambala wadde ebyambalo bye ebyokulwanyisa. Temusonyiwa batabani be; muzikiririze ddala amaggye ge.
Let him who draws the bow, not draw his bow. And let him who wears armor, not rise up. Do not spare her young men. Destroy her entire military.
4 Baligwa nga battiddwa e Babulooni, nga batuusiddwako ebiwundu eby’amaanyi mu nguudo ze.
And the slain will fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and the wounded in its regions.
5 Kubanga Yuda ne Isirayiri tebinnalekebwa Katonda waabwe, oyo Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye, wadde ng’ensi yaabwe esingiddwa omusango mu maaso g’Omutukuvu wa Isirayiri.
Yet Israel and Judah have not been widowed by their God, the Lord of hosts, though their land has been filled with transgression against the Holy One of Israel.
6 “Mudduke Babulooni. Mudduke okuwonya obulamu bwammwe. Temusaanawo olw’ebibi bye. Kiseera kya Mukama okwesasuza; alimusasula ekyo ekimusaanira.
Flee from the midst of Babylon! And let each one save his own life. Do not be silent about her iniquity. For it is the time of revenge from the Lord. He himself will repay her, in her turn.
7 Babulooni yali kikompe kya zaabu mu mukono gwa Mukama; yatamiiza ensi yonna. Amawanga gaanywa wayini we, kyegavudde galaluka.
Babylon is a gold cup in the hand of the Lord, inebriating the entire earth. The nations have drunk from her wine, and therefore they have staggered.
8 Babulooni kirigwa mangu ago ne kimenyekamenyeka. Mukikungubagire. Munoonye eddagala olw’obulumi bw’akyo oboolyawo anaawonyezebwa.
Suddenly, Babylon has fallen and been crushed. Wail over her! Take a balm to her pain, if perhaps she may be healed.”
9 “‘Twandiwonyezza Babulooni, naye tayinza kuwonyezeka. Leka tumuleke buli muntu adde mu nsi ye, kubanga omusango gwe gutuuse mu bwengula, gusituse gulinnye okutuuka ku bire.’
“We would have cured Babylon, but there is no cure. Let us abandon her, and let each one of us go to his own land. For her judgment has reached even to the heavens, and has been lifted up even to the clouds.
10 “‘Mukama atulwaniridde, mujje tukitegeeze mu Sayuuni ekyo Mukama Katonda waffe ky’akoze.’
The Lord has brought forth our justices. Come and let us describe in Zion the work of the Lord our God.”
11 “Muwagale obusaale, mukwate engabo! Mukama ayungudde bakabaka ab’e Bumeedi, kubanga ekigendererwa kye kuzikiriza Babulooni. Mukama aliwalana eggwanga, aliwalana eggwanga olwa yeekaalu ye.
Sharpen the arrows, fill the quivers. The Lord has raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes. And his mind is against Babylon, so that he may destroy her. For this is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance of his temple.
12 Muyimuse bendera mwolekere bbugwe wa Babulooni! Mwongereko abakuumi, muteekeko abaserikale, mutegeke okulumba mbagirawo! Mukama alituukiriza ekigendererwa bye, ensala ye okwolekera abantu ba Babulooni.
Upon the walls of Babylon, lift up a sign. Increase the watch! Rouse the watchmen! Prepare ambushes! For the Lord has planned and has accomplished all that he has spoken, against the inhabitants of Babylon.
13 Gwe abeera okumpi n’amazzi amangi, omugagga mu bintu eby’omuwendo, enkomerero yo etuuse, ekiseera kyo eky’okuzikirizibwa kituuse.
You who live above many waters, rich in treasures: your end has arrived, your measure has been cut short.
14 Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye yeerayiridde ku lulwe; ddala ndikujjuza abasajja, ng’ebibinja by’enzige, era balireekaana nga bakuwangudde.
The Lord of hosts has sworn by himself, saying: “For I will fill you with men as with locusts, and they will sing a rhythmic chant against you.”
15 “Ensi yagikola n’amaanyi ge; yagiteekawo n’amagezi ge, n’ayanjuluza eggulu n’okutegeera kwe.
The One who made the earth by his strength, who prepared the world by his wisdom, and who stretched out the heavens by his prudence:
16 Bw’abwatuka, amazzi ag’omu ggulu gawuluguma; ayimusa ebire okuva ku nkomerero y’ensi. Amyansisa eggulu mu nkuba era n’aggya empewo mu mawanika ge.
when he utters his voice, the waters will be multiplied in the heavens. The One who lifts up the clouds from the ends of the earth: he has turned lightning into rain, and he has brought forth wind from his storehouses.
17 “Buli muntu talina magezi wadde okutegeera; Buli muweesi aswadde olw’ebifaananyi bya bakatonda by’akoze n’emikono gye. Ebifaananyi bye bya bulimba; tebirina mukka.
Each man has become foolish before his own knowledge. Each sculptor has been confounded by his own sculpture. For what he has formed of them is a lie, and there is no spirit in them.
18 Tebiriiko kye bigasa, ebisaanye okunyoomebwa ebirizikirizibwa nga Mukama azze okusala omusango.
They are empty works, deserving of ridicule. In the time of their visitation, they will perish.
19 Oyo omugabo gwa Yakobo tali nga bano, kubanga yakola ebintu byonna, nga mwotwalidde n’eggwanga ly’omugabo gwe, n’erinnya lye ye Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye.
The portion of Jacob is not like their portion. For the One who made all things is his portion, and Israel is the scepter of his inheritance. The Lord of hosts is his name:
20 “Muli mbazzi yange, ekyokulwanyisa kyange eky’olutalo, mmwe be nkozesa okubetenta amawanga, mmwe be nkozesa okuzikiriza obwakabaka,
“For me, you strike together the instruments of war; and with you, I will strike together nations; and with you, I will scatter the kingdoms.
21 era ggwe gwe ndikozesa okubetenta embalaasi n’omwebagazi, ggwe gwe ndikozesa okubetenta ekigaali n’omuvuzi waakyo,
And with you, I will strike together the horse and his rider; and with you, I will strike together the chariot and its rider.
22 era ggwe gwe ndikozesa okubetenta omusajja n’omukazi, era ggwe ndikozesa okubetenta omukadde n’omuvubuka, era ggwe gwe ndikozesa okubetenta omuvubuka n’omuwala omuto.
And with you, I will strike together man and woman; and with you, I will strike together the old man and the boy; and with you, I will strike together the young man and the virgin.
23 Ggwe gwe ndikozesa okubetenta omusumba n’ekisibo kye, ggwe gwe ndikozesa okubetenta omulimi n’ente ennume, ggwe gwe ndikozesa okubetenta bagavana n’abakungu.
And with you, I will strike together the pastor and his flock; and with you, I will strike together the farmer and his yoke of oxen; and with you, I will strike together military leaders and civil leaders.
24 “Ndisasula Babulooni ne bonna ababeeramu nga mulaba olw’ebibi byonna bye baakola mu Sayuuni,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
And I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea for all their evil that they have done in Zion, before your eyes, says the Lord.
25 “Mbalinako ensonga, ggwe olusozi oluzikiriza, mmwe abazikiriza ensi yonna,” bw’ayogera Mukama. “Ndikugolererako omukono gwange, nkusuule ku mayinja g’ensozi, nkufuule olusozi olutakyayaka.
Behold, I am against you, you pestilent mountain, says the Lord, for you are corrupting the entire earth. And I will extend my hand over you, and I will roll you down from the rocks, and I will make you into a burning mountain.
26 Tewali jjinja lirikuggibwako kukola jjinja lya ku nsonda, wadde ejjinja lyonna okukola omusingi, kubanga olibeera matongo emirembe gyonna,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
And they will not take from you a stone for the corner, nor a stone for the foundations. Instead, you will be destroyed unto eternity,” says the Lord.
27 “Yimusa bendera mu ggwanga! Fuuwa omulere mu mawanga! Tegeka amawanga okumulwanyisa; koowoola obwakabaka buno bumulumbe: obwa Alalati ne Mini ne Asukenaazi. Londa omuduumizi amulumba, weereza embalaasi eziri ng’ekibinja ky’enzige.
Lift up a sign in the land! Sound the trumpet among the nations! Sanctify the nations against her. Announce against her the kings of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Number against her Taphsar. Lead in the horse, like the stinging locust.
28 Teekateeka amawanga okumulwanyisa; bakabaka Abameedi, bagavana baabwe era n’abakungu baabwe bonna, n’amawanga ge bafuga.
Sanctify the nations against her: the kings of Media, their military leaders, and all their civil leaders, and the entire land under their authority.
29 Ensi ekankana ne yeenyola olw’obulumi, kubanga ebigendererwa bya Mukama eri Babulooni tebikyuka, okuzikiriza ensi ya Babulooni waleme kubaawo agibeeramu.
And the earth will be shaken and will be disturbed. For the plan of the Lord against Babylon will awaken, so that he may make the land of Babylon desolate and uninhabitable.
30 Abalwanyi ba Babulooni balekedde awo okulwana; basigadde mu bigo byabwe. Baweddemu amaanyi; bafuuse nga bakazi. Ebifo bye mw’abeera byokeddwa omuliro; emitayimbwa gy’oku nzigi ze gimenyeddwa.
The strong ones of Babylon have ceased to do battle. They have lived in fortresses. Their health has been devoured, and they have become like women. Her tabernacles have been set ablaze; her bars have been broken.
31 Matalisi omu agoberera omulala, omubaka omu n’agoberera munne, okulangirira eri kabaka w’e Babulooni nti ekibuga kye kyonna kiwambiddwa,
Runner will go forth to meet runner, and messenger will meet messenger, so as to tell the king of Babylon that his city has been captured, from one end to the other,
32 entindo z’emigga baziwambye, ensenyi ziyidde omuliro, n’abaserikale batidde.”
and that the fords were seized in advance, and that the marshes have been burned with fire, and that the men of war have been set in disarray.
33 Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama ow’Eggye, Katonda wa Isirayiri nti, “Muwala wa Babulooni ali ng’egguuliro, mu kiseera w’analinnyiririrwa; ebiseera eby’okumukungula binaatera okutuuka.”
For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor. This is the time of her threshing. A little while longer, and the time of her harvest will arrive.”
34 “Nebukadduneeza kabaka w’e Babulooni atukubyekubye, atutabudde, tufuuse ekikompe ekyereere. Atumize ng’omusota n’olubuto lwe n’alujjuza ebyassava byaffe ebiwooma, ffe n’atusesema.
“Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, has consumed me, has devoured me. He has made me like an empty vessel. He has swallowed me like a dragon. He has filled his belly with my tender ones, and he has cast me out.
35 Leka okubonaabona okututuuseeko kubeere ku Babulooni,” bwe boogera abatuula mu Sayuuni. “Leka omusaayi gubeere ku abo ababeera mu Babulooni,” bwayogera Yerusaalemi.
This iniquity is against me, and so my flesh is upon Babylon,” says the habitation of Zion. “And my blood is upon the inhabitants of Chaldea,” says Jerusalem.
36 Mukama kyava ayogera nti, “Laba ndikulwanirira era ndikuwolerera eggwanga; Ndikaliza ennyanja ye n’ensulo ze.
Because of this, thus says the Lord: “Behold, I will judge your case, and I will avenge your vengeance, and I will make her sea into a desert, and I will dry up her spring.
37 Babulooni kirifuuka bifunvu, mpuku ya bibe, ekintu ekyenyinyalwa n’okusekererwa, ekifo omutali abeeramu.
And Babylon will become a tumult, the habitation of dragons, an astonishment, and a hissing, because there is no inhabitant.
38 Abantu baakyo bonna bawuluguma ng’empologoma ento, bavuumira wamu ng’abaana b’empologoma.
They will roar together, like lions, they will shake their manes, like young lions.
39 Naye nga bakyabuguumirira, ndibategekera ekijjulo, mbatamiize balyoke balekaane nga baseka, olwo beebake emirembe gyonna nga tebazuukuse,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
In their heat, I will give them a drink, and I will inebriate them, so that they become drowsy, and sleep an everlasting sleep, and do not rise up, says the Lord.
40 “Ndibaserengesa ng’abaana b’endiga, battibwe, ng’endiga n’embuzi.
I will lead them away, like lambs to the slaughter, and like rams with young goats.
41 “Sesaki nga kiriwambibwa, okujaguza kw’ensi yonna kugwewo. Babulooni kifuuse matongo eri amawanga!
How was Sesac captured, and how was the renowned one of all the earth seized? How has Babylon become an astonishment among the nations?
42 Ennyanja eribuutikira Babulooni; amayengo gaayo agawuluguma galigisaanikira.
The sea has ascended over Babylon; she has been covered by the multitude of its waves.
43 Ebibuga bye birisigala matongo, ensi enkalu ey’eddungu, ensi eteriimu muntu, eteyitamu muntu yenna.
Her cities have become an astonishment, an uninhabited and desolate land, a land in which no one may live, nor may a son of man pass through it.
44 Ndibonereza Beri mu Babulooni, mmusesemye bye yali amize. Amawanga nga tegakyesomba kugenda gyali. Ne bbugwe wa Babulooni aligwa.
And I will visit against Bel in Babylon, and I will cast from his mouth what he has swallowed. And the nations will no longer flow together before him. For even the wall of Babylon will also fall.
45 “Mukiveemu, abantu bange! Mudduke muwonye obulamu bwammwe! Mudduke muwone obusungu bwa Mukama obubuubuuka.
Go forth from her midst, my people, so that each one may save his life from the wrath of the fury of the Lord.
46 Temutya wadde okuggwaamu amaanyi ng’eŋŋambo ziyitiŋŋana mu nsi; olugambo olumu lujja omwaka guno, olulala omwaka ogujja, eŋŋambo z’entalo mu ggwanga, era ez’omufuzi ng’alwana ne mufuzi munne.
For otherwise, your heart may faint, and you may be afraid at the news that is heard in the land. And the news will arrive within a year, and after that year more news will arrive. And iniquity will be in the land, and one ruler will be over another ruler.
47 Kubanga ekiseera kijja lwe ndibonereza ebifaananyi bya bakatonda ba Babulooni abaakolebwa n’emikono; ensi eyo yonna eritabanguka, n’emirambo gy’abantu baayo abattiddwa gyonna gibeere omwo.
Because of this, behold, the days are approaching, when I will visit against the graven images of Babylon. And her entire land will be confounded, and all her slain will fall in her midst.
48 Eggulu n’ensi ne byonna ebibirimu birireekana olw’essanyu olwa Babulooni, abalimuzikiriza balimulumba okuva mu bukiikakkono,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
And the heavens and the earth, and all the things that are in them, will give praise over Babylon. For despoilers will approach her from the north, says the Lord.
49 “Babulooni kirigwa olw’Abayisirayiri abaafa, nga bonna abaafa mu nsi yonna bwe baweddewo olwa Babulooni.
And in the manner that Babylon has caused the slain to fall in Israel, so the slain of Babylon will fall over the entire earth.
50 Mmwe abawonye ekitala, mwanguwe okugenda! Mujjukire Mukama nga muli mu nsi ey’ewala, mulowooze ku Yerusaalemi.”
You who have fled from the sword, approach, do not stand still. Remember from afar the Lord, and let Jerusalem rise up in your heart.
51 “Tuweddemu amaanyi kubanga tuvumiddwa era tukwatiddwa ensonyi, kubanga abagwira bayingidde mu bifo ebitukuvu eby’ennyumba ya Mukama.”
We have been confounded, for we heard reproach. Shame has covered our faces, for strangers have overwhelmed the holiness of the house of the Lord.
52 “Naye ennaku zijja,” bw’ayogera Mukama, “lwe ndibonereza ebifaananyi bya bakatonda be, be yakola n’emikono, era mu nsi ye yonna, abaliko ebisago balisinda.
Because of this, behold, the days are approaching, says the Lord, when I will visit against her graven images, and within all her land the wounded will groan.
53 Newaakubadde nga Babulooni atuuka ku bire era ne yeenyweza n’ebigo bye eby’amaanyi, ndimusindikira abazikiriza,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
If Babylon were to ascend to heaven, and establish her strength on high, her despoilers would go forth from me, says the Lord.”
54 “Eddoboozi ly’okukaaba liva mu Babulooni, eddoboozi ery’okuzikirira okunene okuva mu nsi y’Abakaludaaya.
A voice of outcry from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
55 Mukama alizikiriza Babulooni, alizikiza oluyoogaano lwakyo olunene. Amayengo g’abalabe galijja ng’amazzi amangi; okuwuluguma kw’amaloboozi kuliwulirwa.
For the Lord has despoiled Babylon, and he has perished the great voice from her. And their wave will make a sound like many waters. Their voice has uttered a noise.
56 Omuzikiriza alirumba Babulooni; abalwanyi be baliwambibwa, n’emitego gyabwe girimenyebwa. Kubanga Mukama Katonda asasula, alisasula mu bujjuvu.
For the despoiler has overwhelmed her, that is, Babylon, and her strong ones have been apprehended, and their bow has been weakened. For the Lord, the powerful revenger, will certainly repay.
57 Nditamiiza abakungu be n’abasajja be abajjudde amagezi, ne bagavana, ab’ebitongole awamu n’abalwanyi; balyebaka emirembe gyonna era tebalizuukuka,” bw’ayogera Kabaka ayitibwa Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye.
“And I will inebriate her leaders, and her wise ones, and her military rulers, and her civil rulers, and her strong ones. And they will sleep an everlasting sleep, and they will not awaken,” says the King: the Lord of hosts is his name.
58 Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye nti, “Bbugwe wa Babulooni omunene alisendebwa era n’emiryango gye emiwanvu gyokebwe; abantu beetawanyiza bwerere nga bafuba, okutawaana kw’eggwanga kuliba nku za muliro.”
Thus says the Lord of hosts: “That very wide wall of Babylon will be utterly overturned, and her exalted gates will be burned with fire, and the labors of the people will be as nothing, and the labors of the nations will be sent into the fire and will perish.”
59 Buno bwe bubaka Yeremiya bwe yawa omukungu Seraya mutabani wa Neriya, mutabani wa Maseya, bwe yagenda e Babulooni ne Zeddekiya kabaka wa Yuda, nga Zeddekiya afuga mu mwaka gwe ogwokuna. Seraya ye yali omu ku bakungu abakulu.
The word that Jeremiah, the prophet, instructed to Seraiah, the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he traveled with king Zedekiah into Babylon, in the fourth year of his reign. Now Seraiah was the leader of the prophets.
60 Yeremiya yali awandiise mu muzingo ebikangabwa byonna ebyali bigenda okutuuka ku Babulooni, byonna ebyali biwandiikiddwa ebyali bikwata ku Babulooni.
And Jeremiah wrote in one book all the evil that was to overwhelm Babylon; all these words were written against Babylon.
61 Yagamba Seraya nti, “Bw’otuuka mu Babulooni, laba ng’osoma mu ddoboozi ery’omwanguka ebigambo bino byonna.
And Jeremiah said to Seraiah: “When you will enter into Babylon, and you will see and read all these words,
62 Olwo ogambe nti, ‘Ayi Mukama, ogambye nti olizikiriza ekifo kino, nti tewali nsolo oba muntu alikibeeramu; kibeere matongo emirembe gyonna.’
you will say: ‘O Lord, you have spoken against this place so that you may destroy it, so that there would not be anyone, from man even to beast, who may live in it, and so that it may be desolate forever.’
63 Bw’omalanga okusoma omuzingo guno gusibeeko ejjinja ogukanyuge mu mugga Fulaati.
And when you will have completed reading this book, you will tie a stone to it, and you will cast it into the midst of the Euphrates.
64 Olyoke ogambe nti, ‘Bw’ati Babulooni bwalisaanawo aleme kubbulukuka olw’akabi ke ndimuleetako. N’abantu be balizikirira.’” Ebigambo bya Yeremiya bikoma awo.
And you will say: ‘So shall Babylon be submerged! And she will not rise up before the face of the affliction that I will lead over her. And she will be broken.’” The words of Jeremiah thus far.
