Yeremiya 6
1 Mwekuŋŋaanye mudduke mmwe abantu ba Benyamini! Mmudduke muve mu Yerusaalemi. Fuuwa ekkondeere mu Tekowa, era yimusa ebbendera mu Besukakkeremu: kubanga akacwano kasinzidde mu bukiikakkono, okuzikirira okw’entiisa.
Flee for safety, ye children of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise up a signal on Beth-haccherem: for evil looketh forth from the north, and a great destruction.
2 Ndizikiriza omuwala wa Sayuuni, omulungi oyo omubalagavu.
The comely and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, will I cut off.
3 Abasumba balimulumba n’ebisibo byabwe. Balimwetoolooza weema zaabwe zimwolekere enjuuyi zonna, buli omu yeezimbire w’ayagala.
Shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place.
4 “Mwetegeke mumulwanyise! Muyimuke, tumulumbe mu ttuntu! Naye, nedda, omusana gugenda guggwaayo, n’ebisiikirize by’akawungeezi biwanvuye!
Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day declineth, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.
5 Tugende, tulumbe kiro tuzikirize amayumba ge.”
Arise, and let us go up by night, and let us destroy her palaces.
6 Bw’ati Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye bw’agamba nti, “Muteme emiti mukole entuumo muzingize Yerusaalemi. Ekibuga kino kiteekwa okubonerezebwa kyonna, kubanga kijjudde bujoozi bwerere.
For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast up a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.
7 Ng’oluzzi bwe lukulukusa amazzi, bwe kityo bwe kikulukusa ebibi byakyo, entalo era n’okuzikirira biwulirwa munda waakyo. Obulwadde n’ebiwundu bye ndaba buli bbanga.
As a well casteth forth her waters, so she casteth forth her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is sickness and wounds.
8 Nkulabula, ggwe Yerusaalemi, emmeeme yange ereme okwawukana naawe, si kulwa ng’ofuuka amatongo.”
Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from thee; lest I make thee a desolation, a land not inhabited.
9 Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye nti, “Balisusumbulira ddala n’abo abatono abaliba basigaddewo mu Isirayiri. Ddamu oyise omukono mu matabi ng’omunozi we zabbibu bw’akola.”
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall throughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn again thine hand as a grapegatherer into the baskets.
10 Ndyogera eri ani gwe ndirabula? Ani alimpuliriza? Amatu gaabwe gagaddwa ne batasobola kuwulira. Ekigambo kya Mukama kiri nga kyakusesa gye bali, tebakisanyukira n’akamu.
To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is become unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
11 Kyenva nzijula ekiruyi sikyasobola kukizibiikiriza. “Kiyiwe ku baana abali mu luguudo, ne ku bavubuka abakuŋŋaanye; abaami awamu n’abakazi n’abakadde abo abawezezza emyaka emingi baliwambibwa.
Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: pour it out upon the children in the street, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.
12 Enju zaabwe ziritwalibwa abalala, n’ennimiro zaabwe awamu ne bakazi baabwe; kubanga ndigolola omukono gwange ku abo abali mu nsi,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
And their houses shall be turned unto others, their fields and their wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD.
13 “Kubanga okuva ku asembayo wansi okutuusa ku asingayo waggulu, buli omu alulunkanira kufuna. Nnabbi ne kabona bonna boogera eby’obulimba.
For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
14 Ekiwundu ky’abantu bange bakijjanjaba ng’ekitali ky’amaanyi. Boogera nti, ‘Mirembe, mirembe.’ So nga tewali mirembe.
They have healed also the hurt of my people lightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
15 Bakwatibwa ensonyi olw’ebikolwa byabwe eby’emizizo? Nedda. Tebakwatibwa nsonyi n’akatono. Noolwekyo baligwira wamu n’abo abaligwa; balisuulibwa wansi bwe ndibabonereza,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.
16 Kino Mukama ky’agamba nti, “Yimirira mu masaŋŋanzira otunule. Buuza amakubo ag’edda, buuza ekkubo eddungi gye liri, era otambulire omwo, emmeeme yammwe erifuna ekiwummulo. Naye ne mugamba nti, ‘Tetujja kulitambuliramu.’
Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls: but they said, We will not walk [therein].
17 Nabateerawo abakuumi babategeeze nti, Muwulirize eddoboozi ly’ekkondeere, naye ne mugamba nti, ‘Tetujja kuwuliriza.’
And I set watchmen over you, [saying], Hearken to the sound of the trumpet; but they said, We will not hearken.
18 Kale muwulire, mmwe amawanga era mulabe mmwe ab’ekkuŋŋaaniro ekyo ekiribatuukako.
Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.
19 Wuliriza, ggwe ensi: laba, ndeeta akabi ku bantu bano, by’ebibala by’enkwe zaabwe, kubanga tebafuddeeyo ku bigambo byange n’etteeka lyange baligaanye.
Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words; and as for my law, they have rejected it.
20 Omugavu oguva e Seeba bampa gwa ki? Oba zino emmuli ezakaloosa eziva mu nsi ey’ewala? Ebiweebwayo byammwe ebyokebwa sijja kubikkiriza, n’essaddaaka zammwe tezinsanyusa.”
To what purpose cometh there to me frankincense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices pleasing unto me.
21 Noolwekyo bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama nti, “Laba nditeeka enkonge mu maaso g’abantu bano; bakitaabwe ne batabani baabwe bonna bazesittaleko. Muliraanwa we ne mukwano gwe balizikirira.”
Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people: and the fathers and the sons together shall stumble against them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.
22 Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama, nti, “Laba, eggye lijja eriva mu nsi ey’omu bukiikakkono, eggwanga ery’amaanyi liyimusibwa okuva ku nkomerero z’ensi.
Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the north country; and a great nation shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
23 Bakutte omutego n’effumu, abakambwe abatalina kusaasira. Bawulikika ng’ennyanja ewuuma, nga beebagadde embalaasi zaabwe: bajja ng’abalwanyi mu byambalo by’olutalo okulumba ggwe Muwala wa Sayuuni!”
They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea, and they ride upon horses; every one set in array, as a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Zion.
24 Tuwulidde ettutumu lyabwe; era emikono gyaffe giweddemu amaanyi okulumwa okunene kutukutte n’okulumwa ng’okw’omukazi alumwa okuzaala.
We have heard the fame thereof; our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, [and] pangs as of a woman in travail.
25 Togeza kugenda mu nnimiro newaakubadde okutambulira mu kkubo; kubanga omulabe abunye wonna wonna n’entiisa ejjudde mu bantu.
Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for [there is] the sword of the enemy, [and] terror on every side.
26 Kale nno mmwe abantu, mwambale ebibukutu era mwevulunge mu vvu; mukungubage ng’abakaabira omwana owoobulenzi omu yekka. Kubanga oyo agenda okuzikiriza ajja kutugwako mavumbavumba.
O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
27 “Nkufudde ekigezesa abantu bange n’ekyuma, osobole okulaba n’okugezesa amakubo gaabwe.
I have made thee a tower [and] a fortress among my people; that thou mayest know and try their way.
28 Bonna bakyewaggula abakakanyavu abagenda bawaayiriza, bikomo era kyuma, bonna boonoonefu.
They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly.
29 Emivubo bagifukuta n’amaanyi, omuliro gumalawo essasi, naye balongoosereza bwereere kubanga ababi tebaggyibwamu.
The bellows blow fiercely; the lead is consumed of the fire: in vain do they go on refining; for the wicked are not plucked away.
30 Baliyitibwa masengere ga ffeeza, kubanga Mukama abalese.”
Refuse silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.
