Yeremiya 7
1 Kino kye kigambo ekyajjira Yeremiya okuva eri Mukama.
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 LORD'S house, and proclaim there this word, and say: Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, that enter in at 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 saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
4 Teweesiga bigambo bino ebibuzaabuza ne mwogera nti, ‘Eno ye yeekaalu ya Mukama, yeekaalu ya Mukama, yeekaalu ya Mukama!’
Trust ye not in lying words, saying: 'The temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, are these.'
5 Kubanga bwe munaalongoosezanga ddala amakubo gammwe n’ebikolwa byammwe; era bwe munaalaganga obwenkanya eri omuntu ne munne,
Nay, but if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbour;
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 ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt;
7 kale ndibatuuza mu kifo ekyo mu nsi gye nawa bajjajjammwe ebeere yammwe emirembe n’emirembe.
then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.
8 Kale laba, mwesiga ebigambo ebitaliimu, ebitagasa.
Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
9 “Munabba ne mutta, ne mukola obwenzi ne mulayira eby’obulimba, ne mwoteza obubaane eri Baali, ne mutambula okugoberera bakatonda abalala be mutamanyanga;
Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and offer unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye 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 come and stand before Me in this house, whereupon My name is called, and say: 'We are delivered', that ye may do all these abominations?
11 Mulowooza nti ennyumba eno eyitibwa ennyumba yange, mpuku y’abanyazi? Laba, nze kennyini nkirabye,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
Is this house, whereupon My name is called, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it, saith 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.
For go ye now unto My place which was in Shiloh, where I caused My name to dwell at the first, and see what I did to it for 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 ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, and I spoke unto you, speaking betimes and often, but ye heard not, and I called you, but ye answered not;
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 will I do unto the house, whereupon My name is called, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.
15 Ndibagoba ne mu maaso gange, nga bwe nagoba baganda bammwe bonna, ezzadde lya Efulayimu lyonna.
And I will cast you out of My sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim.
16 “Noolwekyo tosabira bantu abo wadde okubegayiririra newaakubadde okubasabira oba okubawolereza, kubanga siikuwulire.
Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to Me; for I will not hear thee.
17 Tolaba bye bakola mu bibuga bya Yuda era ne mu nguudo za Yerusaalemi?
Seest thou not what they do 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 children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead the dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke Me.
19 Naye nze gwe balumya?” bw’ayogera Mukama. “Tebeerumya bokka, ne beeswazaswaza?”
Do they provoke Me? saith the LORD; do they not provoke themselves, to the confusion of their own faces?
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 thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, Mine anger and My fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the land; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.
21 “Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama ow’Eggye, Katonda wa Isirayiri nti, Mugatte ebiweebwayo byammwe ebyokebwa ku ssaddaaka zammwe, ennyama mugyeriire.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Add your burnt-offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat ye flesh.
22 Kubanga ku lunaku lwe nabaggya mu Misiri saayogera eri bakitammwe wadde okubalagira ebikwata ku biweebwayo ebyokebwa wadde ssaddaaka.
For I spoke not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt-offerings or 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 thing I commanded them, saying: 'Hearken unto My voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be My people; and walk ye in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.'
24 Naye tebampulira wadde okunzisaako omwoyo, wabula bagoberera okuteesa kw’emitima gyabwe egijjudde ebibi. Badda emabega so tebaalaga mu maaso.
But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in their own counsels, even in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward and not forward,
25 Okuva mu biseera bajjajjammwe bye baaviiramu e Misiri okutuusa kaakano, mbadde mpeereza abaddu bange bannabbi emirundi n’emirundi.
even since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day; and though I have sent unto you all My servants the prophets, sending them daily betimes and often,
26 Naye tebampuliriza wadde okunzisaako omwoyo, bakakanyaza ensingo zaabwe era ne bakola ebibi ne basinga ne bajjajjaabwe.
yet they hearkened not unto Me, nor inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff; they did worse than their fathers.
27 “Kale ojja kubagamba bino byonna naye tebajja kukuwuliriza, bw’onoobayita tebajja kukwanukula.
And thou shalt speak all these words unto them, but they will not hearken to thee; thou shalt also call unto them, but they will not answer thee.
28 Noolwekyo bagambe nti, ‘Lino ly’eggwanga eritagondera Mukama Katonda waalyo oba okufaayo ku kugololwa. Amazima gabulawo, tegali ku mimwa gyabwe.
Therefore thou shalt say unto them: This is the nation that hath not hearkened to the voice of the LORD their God, nor received correction; faithfulness is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
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 thy hair, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on the high hills; for the LORD hath 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 children of Judah have done that which is evil in My sight, saith the LORD; they have set their detestable things in the house whereon My name is called, to defile 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.
And they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded not, neither came it into 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.
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be called Topheth, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter; for they shall bury in Topheth, for lack of 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;
And the carcasses of this people shall be food for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall frighten 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.
Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride; for the land shall be desolate.
