Yeremiya 8
1 “Mu kiseera ekyo, bw’ayogera Mukama, amagumba ga bakabaka ba Yuda, n’amagumba g’abalangira, n’amagumba ga bakabona, n’amagumba ga bannabbi, n’amagumba g’abatuuze b’omu Yerusaalemi galiggyibwa mu ntaana zaago.
At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves:
2 Kale galyanikibwa mu musana, eri omwezi n’emmunyeenye ez’omu ggulu, ze baayagala era ne baaweereza era ze baagoberera ne beebuuzaako ne basinza. Tebalikuŋŋaanyizibwa wadde okuziikibwa naye balibeera ng’ebisasiro wansi ku ttaka.
And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for refuse upon the face of the earth.
3 N’abantu b’ensi eno ennyonoonyi bw’etyo abalisigalawo, be ndiba nsasaanyizza mu mawanga, balyegomba okufa okusinga okuba abalamu,” bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye.
And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the remnant of them that remain of this evil family, who remain in all the places where I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts.
4 “Bategeeze nti, Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama nti, “Omuntu bw’agwa, tayimuka? Oba omuntu bw’ava mu kkubo ettuufu, takyusa n’adda?
Moreover thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they fall, and not rise? shall he turn away, and not return?
5 Kale lwaki abantu bange bano banvaako ne bagendera ddala?
Why then hath this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
6 Nawuliriza n’obwegendereza naye tebayogera mazima; tewali muntu yenna yeenenya bibi byakoze n’okwebuuza nti, ‘Kiki kino kye nkoze?’ Buli muntu akwata kkubo lye ng’embalaasi efubutuka ng’etwalibwa mu lutalo.
I hearkened and heard, but they spoke not aright: no man repented of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth to the battle.
7 Ebinyonyi ebibuukira mu bbanga bimanyi ebiseera mwe bitambulira; ne kaamukuukulu n’akataayi ne ssekanyolya bimanyi ebiseera mwe bikomerawo, naye abantu bange tebamanyi biragiro bya Mukama.”
Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtledove and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
8 Muyinza mutya okwogera nti, “Tuli bagezi nnyo, n’amateeka ga Mukama tugalina, ate nga ekkalaamu y’abawandiisi ey’obulimba yeebikyusizza.
How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain he hath made it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.
9 Abagezigezi baliswala ne bakeŋŋentererwa era balitwalibwa. Bagaanyi ekigambo kya Mukama, magezi ki ge balina?
The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?
10 Noolwekyo bakazi baabwe ndibagabira abasajja abalala n’ennimiro zaabwe zitwalibwe abantu abalala. Bonna ba mululu okuva ku asembayo wansi okutuuka ku akomererayo waggulu, nnabbi ne kabona bonna balimba ne babba abantu.
Therefore will I give their wives to others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even to the priest every one dealeth falsely.
11 Ebiwundu by’abantu bange babijjanjaba nga tebafaayo, babikomya kungulu nga boogera nti, Mirembe, Mirembe, ate nga teri mirembe.
For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
12 Baakwatibwa ensonyi bwe baakola ebivve? Nedda tebakwatibwa nsonyi wadde, so tebamanyi wadde okulimbalimba. Noolwekyo baligwira mu bagudde, balikka lwe balibonerezebwa,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their punishment they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.
13 “Ndimalirawo ddala amakungula gaabwe,” bw’ayogera Mukama. Tewaliba zabbibu, na mutiini, n’ebikoola byabwe biriwotoka. Bye mbawadde biribaggyibwako.
I will surely consume them, saith the LORD: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given to them shall pass away from them.
14 Kiki ekitutuuzizza wano obutuuza? Mukuŋŋaane. Tuddukire mu bibuga ebiriko bbugwe tuzikiririre eyo. Mukama Katonda atuwaddeyo tuzikirire era atuwadde amazzi agalimu obutwa tuganywe, kubanga twonoonye mu maaso ge.
Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
15 Twasuubira mirembe naye tewali bulungi bwajja; twasuubira ekiseera eky’okuwonyezebwa naye waaliwo ntiisa.
We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!
16 Okukaaba kw’embalaasi z’omulabe kuwulirwa mu Ddaani; ensi yonna yakankana olw’okukaaba kw’embalaasi. Bajja okuzikiriza ensi ne byonna ebigirimu, ekibuga ne bonna abakibeeramu.
The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they have come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell in it.
17 “Laba, ndikusindikira emisota egy’obusagwa, amasalambwa g’otasobola kufuga, emisota egyo girikuluma,” bwayogera Mukama.
For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
18 Nnina ennaku etewonyezeka, omutima gwange gwennyise.
When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
19 Wuliriza okukaaba kw’abantu bange okuva mu nsi ey’ewala. “Mukama taliimu mu Sayuuni? Kabaka we takyalimu?” “Lwaki bansunguwaza n’ebifaananyi byabwe, bakatonda abalala abatagasa?”
Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a distant country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with foreign vanities?
20 “Amakungula gayise, n’ekyeya kiyise, tetulokolebbwa.”
The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
21 Nnumiziddwa olw’okulumizibwa kwa muwala wange. Nkaaba ne nzijula ennaku.
For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.
22 Teri ddagala mu Gireyaadi? Teriiyo musawo? Lwaki ekiwundu ky’abantu bange tekiwonyezebwa?
Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
