Jezekiel 8
1 And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the fifth month, on the fifth [day] of the month, I was sitting in the house, and the elders of Juda were sitting before me: and the hand of the Lord came upon me.
Awo mu mwaka ogw’omukaaga, mu mwezi ogw’omukaaga ku lunaku olwokutaano, bwe nnali nga ntudde mu nnyumba yange n’abakadde ba Yuda, nga batudde mu maaso gange omukono gwa Mukama Katonda ne gunzikako.
2 And I looked, and, behold, the likeness of a man: from his loins and downwards [there was] fire, and from his loins upwards [there was] as the appearance of amber.
Bwe natunula ne ndaba ekifaananyi ky’omuntu, okuva mu kiwato kye okukka wansi ngali ng’omuliro, n’okuva mu kiwato kye okwambuka ng’ayakaayakana ng’ekyuma ekyaka omuliro.
3 And he stretched forth the likeness of a hand, and took me by the crown of my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between the earth and sky, and brought me to Jerusalem in a vision of God, to the porch of the gate that looks to the north, where was the pillar of the Purchaser.
N’agolola ekyalabika ng’omukono n’akwata enviiri zange. Omwoyo n’ansitula wakati w’ensi n’eggulu mu kwolesebwa kwa Katonda n’antwala e Yerusaalemi ku mulyango ogw’oluggi olutunuulira Obukiikakkono olw’oluggya olw’omunda ogutunuulira Obukiikakkono, awaali bakatonda abalala abaleetera Katonda obuggya.
4 And, behold, the glory of the Lord God of Israel was there, according to the vision which I saw in the plain.
Era awo we waali ekitiibwa kya Katonda wa Isirayiri, ng’okwolesebwa kwe nalaba mu kyererezi.
5 And he said to me, Son of man, lift up your eyes towards the north. So I lifted up mine eyes towards the north, and, behold, [I looked] from the north towards the eastern gate.
Awo n’aŋŋamba nti, “Omwana w’omuntu, yimusa amaaso eri Obukiikakkono.” Awo ne nnyimusa amaaso gange, era laba mu mulyango ogw’Obukiikakkono ogw’oluggi lw’ekyoto ne ndaba ekifaananyi eky’obuggya.
6 And he said to me, Son of man, have you seen what these do? They commit great abominations here so that I should keep away from my sanctuary: and you shall see yet greater iniquities.
N’aŋŋamba nti, “Omwana w’omuntu, olaba kye bakola, ebigambo eby’ekivve ennyumba ya Isirayiri byekolera wano, nga bangobera wala n’ekifo kyange ekitukuvu? Naye oliraba ebintu eby’ekivve ebisingawo.”
7 And he brought me to the porch of the court.
Awo n’antwala ku mulyango ogw’oluggya. Ne ndaba ekituli mu bbugwe.
8 And he said to me, Son of man, dig: so I dug, and behold a door.
N’aŋŋamba nti, “Omwana w’omuntu, kaakano sima mu bbugwe.” Ne nsima mu bbugwe, ne ndabayo omulyango.
9 And he said to me, Go in, and behold the iniquities which they practise here.
Awo n’aŋŋamba nti, “Yingira olabe ebikolwa ebitali bya butuukirivu n’eby’ekivve bye bakola eyo.”
10 So I went in and looked; and saw vain abominations, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed upon them round about.
Ne nnyingira ne ndaba, era ku bisenge ne ndabako ebyekulula ebya buli kika kyonna, n’ensolo ez’emizizo ne bakatonda abalala bonna ab’ennyumba ya Isirayiri.
11 And seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel, and Jechonias the son of Saphan stood in their presence in the midst of them, and each one held his censer in his hand; and the smoke of the incense went up.
Abakadde nsanvu ab’ennyumba ya Isirayiri baali bayimiridde mu maaso gaabyo, ne Yaazaniya mutabani wa Safani, ng’ayimiridde wakati mu bo. Buli omu ku bo yali akute ekyoterezo mu mukono gwe, ng’ekire eky’akaloosa ak’obubaane kinyooka okuva mu byo.
12 And he said to me, You have seen, son of man, what the elders of the house of Israel do, each one of them in their secret chamber: because they have said, The Lord see not; The Lord has forsaken the earth.
N’aŋŋamba nti, “Omwana w’omuntu, olabye abakadde b’ennyumba ya Isirayiri bye bakola mu nzikiza, buli omu ng’ali mu ssabo lya katonda we? Bagamba nti, ‘Mukama tatulaba, era Mukama yeerabira ensi.’”
13 And he said to me, You shall see yet greater iniquities which these do.
N’addamu n’aŋŋamba nti, “Oliraba ebintu eby’ekivve ebisinga n’ebyo.”
14 And he brought me in to the porch of the house of the Lord that looks to the north; and, behold [there were] women sitting there lamenting for Thammuz.
Awo n’antwala ku mulyango ogw’oluggi olw’Obukiikakkono ogw’ennyumba ya Mukama, ne ndaba abakazi abatudde eyo nga bakaabira katonda waabwe Tammuzi.
15 And he said to me, Son of man, you have seen; but you shall yet see [evil] practices greater then these.
N’aŋŋamba nti, “Ebyo obirabye, omwana w’omuntu? Oliraba eby’ekivve ebisinga n’ebyo.”
16 And he brought me into the inner court of the house of the Lord, and at the entrance of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty men, with their back parts towards the temple of the Lord, and their faces [turned] the opposite way; and these were worshipping the sun.
Awo n’antwala mu luggya olw’omunda olw’ennyumba ya Mukama, awo ku mulyango gwa yeekaalu ya Mukama wakati w’ekisasi n’ekyoto, nga waliwo abasajja ng’amakumi abiri mu bataano, nga bakubye amabega eyeekaalu ya Mukama, nga batunudde Ebuvanjuba, ne bagwa bugazi nga basinza enjuba nga batunudde Ebuvanjuba.
17 And he said to me, Son of man, you have seen this. [Is it] a little thing to the house of Juda to practise the iniquities which they have practised here? for they have filled the land with iniquity: and, behold, these are as scorners.
N’ambuuza nti, “Ebyo obirabye, omwana w’omuntu? Kintu kitono ennyumba ya Yuda okukola ebintu eby’ekivve bye baakola wano? Kibagwanira okujjuza ensi n’ebikolwa eby’obukambwe ne bongeranga okunyiiza? Laba basembeza ettabi ku nnyindo yaabwe!
18 Therefore will I deal with them in wrath: mine eye shall not spare, nor will I have any mercy.
Kyendiva mbabonereza n’obusungu; siribakwatirwa kisa newaakubadde okubasonyiwa, era ne bwe balindekaanira siribawuliriza.”
