< Yeremiya 9 >

1 Woowe, singa omutwe gwange gubadde mugga n’amaaso gange luzzi lwa maziga, nnandikaabye emisana n’ekiro olw’abantu bange be batta!
Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.
2 Woowe singa mbadde n’ekisulo ky’abatambuze mu ddungu, nnandivudde ku bantu bange ne mbaleka kubanga bonna benzi, bibiina by’abasajja ab’enkwe.
If only I had a traveler’s lodge in the wilderness, I would abandon my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, a crowd of faithless people.
3 “Bategeka olulimi lwabwe ng’omutego ogunasula obulimba; bakulaakulanye mu ggwanga naye nga tebayimiridde ku mazima, kubanga bakola ekibi kino ate ne bongera ekirala; era tebammanyi,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,”
4 “Mwegendereze mikwano gyammwe era temwesiganga baganda bammwe: kubanga buli wa luganda mulimba na buli wamukwano agenda awaayiriza buwaayiriza.
“Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.
5 Buli muntu alimba muliraanwa we era tewali n’omu ayogera mazima. Bayigirizza ennimi zaabwe okulimba ne beemalamu amaanyi nga bakola ebitali bya butuukirivu.
Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.
6 Mubeera wakati mu bulimba; mu bulimba bwabwe bagaana okummanya,” bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda.
You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me,”
7 Noolwekyo bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye nti, “Laba, ndibalongoosa ne mbagezesa, kiki ate kye nnaakolera abantu bange kubanga boonoonye?
Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will refine them and test them, for what else can I do because of the daughter of My people?
8 Olulimi lwabwe kasaale akatta, lwogera bya bulimba, buli muntu ayogeza mirembe n’akamwa ke, naye mu mutima gwe ategeka kumutega.
Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him.
9 Nneme okubabonereza olw’ebintu bino?” bw’ayogera Mukama. “Seesasuze ku ggwanga eriri nga lino?”
Should I not punish them for these things? declares the LORD. Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?”
10 Ndikaaba ne nkungubagira ensozi era ne nkungubagira amalundiro ag’omu ddungu. Galekeddwa awo era tegayitwamu, n’okukaaba kw’ente tekuwulirwa. Ebinyonyi eby’omu bbanga tebikyawulirwa n’ensolo ez’omu nsiko zidduse.
I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, a dirge over the wilderness pasture, for they have been scorched so no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. Both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled; they have gone away.
11 “Ndifuula Yerusaalemi entuumu y’ebifunfugu, ekisulo ky’ebibe. Era ndyonoona ebibuga bya Yuda waleme kubaawo muntu yenna abeeramu.”
“And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”
12 Mugezigezi ki anaayinza okutegeera kino? Ani oyo Mukama gw’abuulidde alyoke akinnyonnyole? Lwaki ensi eyonoonese ng’eddungu ne wataba agiyitamu?
Who is the man wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of the LORD spoken, that he may explain it? Why is the land destroyed and scorched like a desert, so no one can pass through it?
13 Mukama n’agamba nti, “Kubanga balese amateeka gange, ge nabateekerawo. Tebaŋŋondedde wadde okugoberera amateeka gange.
And the LORD answered, “It is because they have forsaken My law, which I set before them; they have not walked in it or obeyed My voice.
14 Naye, bagoberedde obukakanyavu bw’emitima gyabwe ne basinza ebifaananyi bya Babaali nga bajjajjaabwe bwe baabayigiriza.”
Instead, they have followed the stubbornness of their hearts and gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.”
15 Noolwekyo bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama ow’Eggye, Katonda wa Isirayiri nti, “Laba ndiriisa abantu bano emmere ekaawa ne mbanyweesa n’amazzi ag’obutwa.
Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will feed this people wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink.
16 Ndibasaasaanya mu mawanga bakitaabwe ge bataamanya; era ndibasindiikiriza n’ekitala, okutuusa nga mbazikirizza.”
I will scatter them among the nations that neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will send a sword after them until I have finished them off.”
17 Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye nti, “Mulowooze kaakano, muyite abakazi abakungubazi, bajje; era mutumye abasingayo obumanyirivu.
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them.
18 Leka bajje mangu batukaabireko okutuusa amaaso gaffe lwe ganaakulukuta amaziga, n’obukoowekoowe bwaffe ne butiiriika amazzi.
Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our eyelids may gush with water.
19 Kubanga amaloboozi ag’okukungubaga gawuliddwa mu Sayuuni; ‘Nga tunyagiddwa! Nga tuswadde nnyo! Tuteekwa okuva mu nsi yaffe kubanga amayumba gaffe gazikiriziddwa.’”
For the sound of wailing is heard from Zion: ‘How devastated we are! How great is our shame! For we have abandoned the land because our dwellings have been torn down.’”
20 Kaakano mmwe abakazi, muwulirize ekigambo kya Katonda, era mutege okutu kwammwe kuwulire ekigambo ky’akamwa ke. Muyigirize bawala bammwe okukaaba, era buli muntu ayigirize munne okukungubaga.
Now, O women, hear the word of the LORD. Open your ears to the word of His mouth. Teach your daughters to wail, and one another to lament.
21 Kubanga okufa kutuyingiridde mu madirisa, kuyingidde mu mbiri zaffe, okugoba abaana okubaggya ku nguudo, n’abavubuka okubaggya mu bifo ebisanyukirwamu.
For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.
22 “Yogera,” bw’atyo bw’ayogera Mukama nti, “‘Emirambo gy’abasajja abafudde gijja kugwa ng’obusa ku ttale ng’ebinywa by’eŋŋaano ensale bwe bigwa emabega w’omukunguzi nga tebiriiko alonda.’”
Declare that this is what the LORD says: “The corpses of men will fall like dung upon the open field, like newly cut grain behind the reaper, with no one to gather it.”
23 Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama nti, “Omusajja omugezi aleme kwenyumiririza mu magezi ge, oba omusajja ow’amaanyi okwenyumiririza mu maanyi ge oba omugagga mu bugagga bwe.
This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.
24 Naye leka oyo eyeenyumiriza yeenyumirizenga mu kino: nti antegeera era ammanyi, nti nze Mukama akola ebyekisa n’eby’ensonga n’eby’obutuukirivu mu nsi, kubanga mu byo mwe nsanyukira,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth— for I delight in these things,”
25 “Ennaku zijja,” bw’ayogera Mukama, “lwe ndibonereza abo bonna abakomole obukomozi mu mubiri:
“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish all who are circumcised yet uncircumcised:
26 Misiri, ne Yuda, ne Edomu, n’abaana ba Amoni, ne Mowaabu, era n’abo bonna ababeera mu ddungu mu bifo eby’ewala. Kubanga amawanga gano gonna ddala si makomole, ate era n’ennyumba ya Isirayiri yonna si nkomole mu mutima.”
Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all the inhabitants of the desert who clip the hair of their temples. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.”

< Yeremiya 9 >