Yeremiya 7
1 Kino kye kigambo ekyajjira Yeremiya okuva eri Mukama.
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
2 Yimirira ku mulyango gw’ennyumba ya Mukama otegeeze abantu obubaka buno. Muwuliriza ekigambo kya Mukama, mmwe mwenna abantu ba Yuda abayita mu miryango gino okusinza Mukama.
“Stand in the gate of the house of the LORD and proclaim this message: Hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah who enter through these gates to worship the LORD.
3 Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama ow’Eggye, Katonda wa Isirayiri nti, “Mulongoose amakubo gammwe n’ebikolwa byammwe, nange ndibalekera ekifo kino ne mubeeramu.
Thus says the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel: Correct your ways and deeds, and I will let you live in this place.
4 Teweesiga bigambo bino ebibuzaabuza ne mwogera nti, ‘Eno ye yeekaalu ya Mukama, yeekaalu ya Mukama, yeekaalu ya Mukama!’
Do not trust in deceptive words, chanting: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’
5 Kubanga bwe munaalongoosezanga ddala amakubo gammwe n’ebikolwa byammwe; era bwe munaalaganga obwenkanya eri omuntu ne munne,
For if you really correct your ways and deeds, if you act justly toward one another,
6 ne mulekayo okunyigiriza omugwira, ne mulekwa, ne nnamwandu, ne mulekayo n’okutta abataliiko musango mu kifo ekyo, era ne mutasinza bakatonda abalala okwereetera emisango mmwe bennyini,
if you no longer oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm,
7 kale ndibatuuza mu kifo ekyo mu nsi gye nawa bajjajjammwe ebeere yammwe emirembe n’emirembe.
then I will let you live in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.
8 Kale laba, mwesiga ebigambo ebitaliimu, ebitagasa.
But look, you keep trusting in deceptive words to no avail.
9 “Munabba ne mutta, ne mukola obwenzi ne mulayira eby’obulimba, ne mwoteza obubaane eri Baali, ne mutambula okugoberera bakatonda abalala be mutamanyanga;
Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,
10 ne mulyoka mujja ne muyimirira mu maaso gange mu nnyumba eno, eyitibwa Erinnya lyange, ne mugamba nti, ‘Tuli bulungi, tuli bulungi,’ ne mulyoka mukola eby’emizizo byonna?
and then come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, ‘We are delivered, so we can continue with all these abominations’?
11 Mulowooza nti ennyumba eno eyitibwa ennyumba yange, mpuku y’abanyazi? Laba, nze kennyini nkirabye,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
Has this house, which bears My Name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Yes, I too have seen it, declares the LORD.
12 “Mugende kaakano mu kifo kyange ekyali e Siiro ekifo gye nasooka okuteeka essinzizo ly’erinnya lyange, mulabe kye nakikola olw’ekibi ky’abantu bange Isirayiri.
But go now to the place in Shiloh where I first made a dwelling for My Name, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel.
13 Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama nti, Bwe mwali mukola ebintu bino byonna, nayogera nammwe emirundi mingi naye ne mutampulira; nabakoowoola ne mutampitaba.
And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and because I have spoken to you again and again but you would not listen, and I have called to you but you would not answer,
14 Noolwekyo, ekyo kye nakola e Siiro nzija kukikola kaakano ku nnyumba eyitibwa Erinnya lyange, era gye mwesiga, era n’ebifo bye nabawa mmwe ne bakitammwe.
therefore what I did to Shiloh I will now do to the house that bears My Name, the house in which you trust, the place that I gave to you and your fathers.
15 Ndibagoba ne mu maaso gange, nga bwe nagoba baganda bammwe bonna, ezzadde lya Efulayimu lyonna.
And I will cast you out of My presence, just as I have cast out all your brothers, all the descendants of Ephraim.
16 “Noolwekyo tosabira bantu abo wadde okubegayiririra newaakubadde okubasabira oba okubawolereza, kubanga siikuwulire.
As for you, do not pray for these people, do not offer a plea or petition on their behalf, and do not beg Me, for I will not listen to you.
17 Tolaba bye bakola mu bibuga bya Yuda era ne mu nguudo za Yerusaalemi?
Do you not see what they are doing in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
18 Abaana balonda enku, bakitaabwe ne bakuma omuliro, olwo abakazi ne bakanda eŋŋaano ne bakolera kabaka w’eggulu omukazi emigaati. Bafuka ekiweebwayo ekyokunywa eri bakatonda abalala okunkwasa obusungu.
The sons gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven; they pour out drink offerings to other gods to provoke Me to anger.
19 Naye nze gwe balumya?” bw’ayogera Mukama. “Tebeerumya bokka, ne beeswazaswaza?”
But am I the One they are provoking? declares the LORD. Is it not themselves they spite, to their own shame?
20 Noolwekyo bw’atyo bw’ayogera Mukama nti, “Laba obusungu bwange n’ekiruyi kyange bijja kufukibwa ku kifo kino, ku bantu ne ku nsolo, ku miti egy’omu ttale era ne ku bibala eby’omu ttaka; bujja kubuubuuka era tebujja kukoma.”
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the trees of the field and the produce of the land, and it will burn and not be extinguished.
21 “Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama ow’Eggye, Katonda wa Isirayiri nti, Mugatte ebiweebwayo byammwe ebyokebwa ku ssaddaaka zammwe, ennyama mugyeriire.
This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices and eat the meat yourselves!
22 Kubanga ku lunaku lwe nabaggya mu Misiri saayogera eri bakitammwe wadde okubalagira ebikwata ku biweebwayo ebyokebwa wadde ssaddaaka.
For when I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt, I did not merely command them about burnt offerings and sacrifices,
23 Naye etteeka lino lye nabawa ligamba nti, ‘Muŋŋondere, nange nnaabeera Katonda wammwe, nammwe munaabeera bantu bange. Mutambulire mu makubo gonna ge mbalagira, mulyoke mubeere bulungi.’
but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you.
24 Naye tebampulira wadde okunzisaako omwoyo, wabula bagoberera okuteesa kw’emitima gyabwe egijjudde ebibi. Badda emabega so tebaalaga mu maaso.
Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.
25 Okuva mu biseera bajjajjammwe bye baaviiramu e Misiri okutuusa kaakano, mbadde mpeereza abaddu bange bannabbi emirundi n’emirundi.
From the day your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets again and again.
26 Naye tebampuliriza wadde okunzisaako omwoyo, bakakanyaza ensingo zaabwe era ne bakola ebibi ne basinga ne bajjajjaabwe.
Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers.
27 “Kale ojja kubagamba bino byonna naye tebajja kukuwuliriza, bw’onoobayita tebajja kukwanukula.
When you tell them all these things, they will not listen to you. When you call to them, they will not answer.
28 Noolwekyo bagambe nti, ‘Lino ly’eggwanga eritagondera Mukama Katonda waalyo oba okufaayo ku kugololwa. Amazima gabulawo, tegali ku mimwa gyabwe.
Therefore you must say to them, ‘This is the nation that would not listen to the voice of the LORD their God and would not receive correction. Truth has perished; it has disappeared from their lips.
29 Salako enviiri zo ggwe Yerusaalemi, ozisuule wala ddala okaabire ku ntikko z’ensozi, kubanga Mukama alese abantu be era n’asuula ab’omu mulembe guno mw’asunguwalidde ennyo.’”
Cut off your hair and throw it away. Raise up a lamentation on the barren heights, for the LORD has rejected and forsaken the generation of His wrath.’
30 “Abantu ba Yuda bakoze ekintu eky’ekivve mu maaso gange, bw’ayogera Mukama. Batadde bakatonda abalala mu nnyumba yange eyitibwa erinnya lyange ne bagyonoona.
For the people of Judah have done evil in My sight, declares the LORD. They have set up their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.
31 Bazimbye ebifo ebigulumivu ebya Tofesi mu kiwonvu kya mutabani wa Kinomu ne bassaddaakiramu batabani baabwe be bazaala n’abawala, kye saalowoozaako wadde okukibalagira.
They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind.
32 Laba, ennaku zijja,” bw’atyo bw’ayogera Mukama, bwe kitariyitibwa Kiwonvu kya Tofesi oba ekya Kinnomu ne kiyitibwa Kiwonvu kya ttambiro: kubanga baliziikamu Tofesi okutuusa we wataliba bbanga lya kuziikamu.
So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when this place will no longer be called Topheth and the Valley of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. For they will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room.
33 Era emirambo gy’abantu bano gifuuke emmere y’ebinyonyi eby’omu bbanga era n’ensolo ez’omu nsiko, era waleme kubaawo muntu wakuzigoba;
The corpses of this people will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to scare them away.
34 olwo nga nkomezza amaloboozi ag’okusanyuka n’okujaguza, n’eddoboozi ly’omusajja awasa n’ery’omugole we mu bibuga bya Yuda ne mu nguudo za Yerusaalemi, olwo ensi ng’efuuse matongo.
I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sounds of joy and gladness and the voices of the bride and bridegroom, for the land will become a wasteland.”
