Jeremiah 5
1 Go about through the streets of Jerusalem, and see, and consider, and seek in the broad places thereof, if you can fins a man that executeth judgement, and seeketh faith: and I will be merciful unto it.
“Dduka ogende eno n’eri mu nguudo za Yerusaalemi, tunulatunula olabe, noonya wonna we bakuŋŋaanira, bw’onoosanga omuntu omu bw’ati omwesimbu ow’amazima, nnaasonyiwa ekibuga kino.
2 And though they say: The Lord liveth; this also they will swear falsely.
Ne bwe boogera nti, ‘Nga Mukama bwali omulamu;’ baba balayirira bwereere.”
3 O Lord, thy eyes are upon truth: thou hast struck them, and they have not grieved: thou hast bruised them, and they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than the rock, and they have refused to return.
Ayi Mukama Katonda, amaaso go teganoonya mazima? Wabakuba naye ne batawulira bulumi wababetenta, naye ne bagaana okukangavvulwa. Beeyongedde kukakanyala, bagubye obwenyi okusinga n’amayinja; era bagaanyi okwenenya.
4 But I said: Perhaps these are poor and foolish, that know not the way of the Lord, the judgement of their God.
Ne njogera nti, “Bano baavu abasirusiru. Kubanga tebamanyi kkubo lya Mukama, amateeka ga Katonda waabwe.
5 I will go therefore to the great men, and I will speak to them: for they known the way of the Lord, the judgement of their God: and behold these have together broken the yoke more, and have burst the bonds.
Kale ndigenda eri abakulembeze njogere nabo; Kubanga bamanyi ekkubo lya Mukama, amateeka ga Katonda waabwe.” Naye nabo bwe batyo baali baamenya dda ekikoligo nga baakutula ebisiba.
6 Wherefore a lion out of the wood hath slain them, a wolf in the evening, hath spoiled them, a leopard watcheth for their cities: every one that shall go out thence shall be taken, because their transgressions are multiplied, their rebellions are strengthened.
Noolwekyo empologoma eriva mu kibira n’ebalya, n’omusege ogw’omu ddungu gulibasaanyaawo. Engo erikuumira okumpi n’ebibuga byabwe, buli muntu abifuluma ayuzibweyuzibwe; Kubanga ebibi byabwe bingi, okudda ennyuma kunene.
7 How can I be merciful to thee? thy children have forsaken me, and swear by them that are not gods: I fed them to the full, and they committed adultery, and rioted in the harlot’s house.
“Mbasonyiwe ntya? Abaana bammwe banvuddeko, ne balayiririra bakatonda abatali bakatonda. Bwe nabaliisa ne bakkuta, badda mu kwenda, ne beekuŋŋaanya ku nnyumba z’abenzi.
8 They are become as amorous horses and stallions, every one neighed after his neighbor’s wife.
Baali ng’embalaasi ennume ezikkuse ezitaamye, buli muntu ng’akaayanira muka munne.
9 Shall I not visit for these things, sayeth the Lord? and shall not my soul take revenge on such a nation?
Lwaki sibabonereza olw’ebintu ebyo? bw’ayogera Mukama, Lwaki siwoolera ggwanga ku nsi efaanana bw’etyo?”
10 Scale down the walls thereof, and throw them down, but do not utterly destroy: take away the branches thereof, because they are not the Lord’s.
“Yita mu nnimiro z’emizabbibu gyabwe ogyonooneyonoone, naye togimalirawo ddala. Giggyeeko amatabi gaagyo, kubanga si bantu ba Mukama.
11 For the house of Israel, and the house of Juda have greatly transgressed against me, saith the Lord.
Kubanga ennyumba ya Isirayiri n’ennyumba ya Yuda zifuukidde ddala njeemu gye ndi,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
12 They have denied the Lord, and said, It is not he: and the evil shall not come upon us: we shall not see the sword and famine.
Boogedde eby’obulimba ku Mukama ne bagamba nti, “Talina kyajja kukola, tewali kabi kanaatugwako, era tetujja kulaba wadde kitala oba kyeya.
13 The prophets have spoken in the wind, and there was no word of God in them: these things therefore shall befall them.
Bannabbi mpewo buwewo era ekigambo tekibaliimu; noolwekyo leka kye boogera kikolebwe ku bo.”
14 Thus saith the Lord the God of hosts: Because you have spoken this word, behold I will make my words in thy mouth as fire, and this people as wood, and it shall devour them.
Noolwekyo bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama, Katonda ow’Eggye nti, “Kubanga abantu boogedde ebigambo bino, ndifuula ekigambo kyange mu kamwa kammwe okuba ng’omuliro, n’abantu bano okuba enku era omuliro gubookye.
15 Behold I will bring upon you a nation from afar, O house of Israel, saith the Lord: a strong nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou shalt not know, nor understand what they say.
Laba, mbaleetera eggwanga eriva ewala, ggwe ennyumba ya Isirayiri,” bw’ayogera Mukama. Ensi eyaguma ey’edda, abantu ab’olulimi lwe mutamanyi aboogera bye mutategeera
16 Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all valiant.
omufuko gwabwe ogw’obusaale guli ng’entaana eyasaamiridde, bonna balwanyi nnamige.
17 And they shall eat up thy corn, and thy bread: they shall devour thy sons, and thy daughters: they shall eat up thy flocks, and thy herds: they shall eat thy vineyards, and thy figs: and with the sword they shall destroy thy strong cities, wherein thou trustest.
Balirya amakungula gammwe n’emmere yammwe; balirya batabani bammwe era ne bawala bammwe; balye emizabbibu n’emitiini gyammwe, ebibuga byammwe ebiriko bbugwe bye mwesiga birizikirizibwa n’ebitala.
18 Nevertheless in those days, saith the Lord, I will not bring you to utter destruction.
Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama nti, “Naye ne mu nnaku ezo sigenda kubazikiririza ddala kubamalawo.
19 And if you shall say: why hath the Lord our God done all these things to us? thou shalt say to them: As you have forsaken me, and served a strange god in your own land, so shall you serve strangers in a land that is not your own.
Era abantu bammwe bwe bagamba nti, ‘Lwaki Katonda waffe atukoze ebintu bino byonna?’ Onoobagamba nti, ‘Nga bwe mwanvaako ne muweereza bakatonda abalala mu nsi yammwe, mujja kuweereza bakatonda abagwira mu nsi eteri yammwe.’
20 Declare ye this to the house of Jacob, and publish it in Juda, saying:
“Langirira kino mu nnyumba ya Yakobo, kirangirire mu Yuda.
21 Hear, O foolish people, and without understanding: who have eyes, and see not: and ears, and hear not.
Wulira kino, mmwe abantu abasirusiru abatalina kutegeera, abalina amaaso naye nga tebalaba, abalina amatu naye nga tebawulira.
22 Will not you then fear me, saith the Lord: and will you not repent at my presence? I have set the sand a bound for the sea, an everlasting ordinance, which it shall not pass over: and the waves thereof shall toss themselves, and shall not prevail: they shall swell, and shall not pass over it.
Temuntya?” bw’ayogera Mukama; “temunkankanira? Nateeka omusenyu okuba ensalo y’ennyanja, olukomera olutaliggwaawo, lwetasobola kuvvuunuka; wadde ng’amayengo galukubaakuba, tegasobola kuluwaguza, gayinza okuwuluguma, naye tegasobola kuluyitako.
23 But the heart of this people is become hard of belief and provoking, they are revolted and gone away.
Naye abantu bano balina omutima omwewagguze era omujeemu. Bajeemye banvuddeko.
24 And they have not said in their heart: let us fear the Lord our God, who giveth us the early and the latter rain in due season: who preserveth for us the fullness of the yearly harvest.
Abateekuba mu kifuba kugamba nti, ‘Tutye Mukama Katonda waffe agaba enkuba, eya ddumbi n’eya ttoggo, mu ntuuko zaayo; atugerekera ssabbiiti ez’okukunguliramu.’”
25 Your iniquities have turned these things away, and your sins have withholden good things from you.
Obutali butuukirivu bwammwe bubibakwese ebibi byammwe bibaggyeeko ebirungi.
26 For among my people are found wicked men, that lie in wait as fowlers, setting snares and traps to catch men.
“Kubanga abasajja abakozi b’ebibi basangibwa mu bantu bange; abagalamira ne balindirira ng’abasajja abatezi b’obunyonyi. Batega abantu omutego.
27 As a net is full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit: therefore are they become great and enriched.
Ng’ebisero ebijjudde ebinyonyi, enju zaabwe bwe zijjudde eby’enkwe. Noolwekyo bafuuse ab’amaanyi abagagga, ne bagejja era ne banyirira.
28 They are grown gross and fat: and have most wickedly transgressed my words. They have not judged the cause of the widow, they have not managed the cause of the fatherless, they have not judged the judgement of the poor.
Ekibi kyabwe tekiriiko kkomo, tebasala misango mu bwenkanya, abatawolereza bataliiko ba kitaabwe okubayamba basinge emisango, era abatafaayo ku ddembe lya bakateeyamba.
29 Shall I not visit for these things, saith the Lord? or shall not my soul take revenge on such a nation?
Lwaki sibabonereza olw’ebintu ebyo?” bw’ayogera Mukama. “Nneme okwesasuza ku ggwanga eriri nga eryo?
30 Astonishing and wonderful things have been done in the land.
“Ekigambo eky’ekitalo era eky’ekivve kigudde mu nsi:
31 The prophets prophesied falsehood, and the priests clapped their hands: and my people loved such things: what then shall be done in the end thereof?
Bannabbi bawa obunnabbi obw’obulimba, bakabona bafugisa buyinza bwabwe ate abantu bange bwe batyo bwe bakyagala. Naye ku nkomerero munaakola mutya?”
