< Jeremiah 46 >

1 The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles;
Kino kye kigambo kya Mukama Katonda ekyajjira nnabbi Yeremiya ekikwata ku mawanga:
2 Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaohnecho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.
Ebikwata ku Misiri: Buno bwe bubaka obukwata ku ggye lya Falaawo Neko kabaka w’e Misiri, eryawangulwa e Kalukemisi, Nebukadduneeza kabaka w’e Babulooni lye yakuba mu mwaka ogwokuna ogw’obufuzi bwa Yekoyakimu mutabani wa Yosiya kabaka wa Yuda ku Mugga Fulaati.
3 Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
“Mutegeke engabo zammwe, ennene n’entono mukumbe okugenda mu lutalo!
4 Harness the horses; and mount, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; polish the spears, and put on the coats of mail.
Mutegeke embalaasi muzeebagale! Muyimirire mu bifo byammwe n’esseppeewo zammwe! Muzigule amafumu, mwambale ebizibaawo eby’ebyuma!
5 Why have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and have fled apace, and look not back: for fear was on all sides, saith the LORD.
Kiki kye ndaba? Batidde, badda ennyuma, abalwanyi baabwe bawanguddwa. Badduka mu bwangu awatali kutunula mabega, era waliwo okufa ku buli luuyi,” bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda.
6 Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.
“Abawenyusi b’embiro tebasobola kuwona n’ab’amaanyi tebasobola kwewonya. Beesittala ne bagwa mu bukiikakkono obw’Omugga Fulaati.
7 Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?
“Ani oyo ayimuka ng’omugga Kiyira, ng’emigga egy’amazzi agabimba?
8 Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and its inhabitants.
Misiri eyimuka nga Kiyira, ng’emigga egy’amazzi agabimba. Agamba nti, ‘Ndisituka ne mbuutikira ensi yonna. Ndizikiriza ebibuga n’abantu baabyo.’
9 Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Cushites and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.
Mulumbe, mmwe embalaasi! Muzidduse n’amaanyi, mmwe abalwanyi b’oku mbalaasi! Mukumbe mmwe abalwanyi, abasajja b’e Kuusi ne Puuti abeettika engabo, abasajja b’e Luudi abakozesa obusaale.
10 For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satisfied and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
Naye olunaku olwo lwa Mukama, Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye, olunaku olw’okuwalanirako eggwanga, olw’okusalira abalabe omusango. Ekitala kijja kulya nga kimaliddwa, okutuusa nga kyemazeeko ennyonta y’omusaayi. Kubanga Mukama, Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye, alibawaayo babeere ng’ekiweebwayo mu nsi ey’obukiikakkono ku Mugga Fulaati.
11 Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured.
“Genda e Gireyaadi ofune eddagala ery’okusaaba, ggwe Omuwala Embeerera owa Misiri. Naye mwongerera bwereere obujjanjabi; temujja kuwonyezebwa.
12 The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry hath filled the land: for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, and they have fallen both together.
Amawanga gajja kuwulira obuswavu bwammwe; emiranga gyammwe gijja kujjuza ensi. Omulwanyi omu alitomera omulala bombi ne bagwa.”
13 The word that the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of Egypt.
Buno bwe bubaka Mukama Katonda bwe yayogera eri nnabbi Yeremiya ku bikwata ku kujja kwa Nebukadduneeza kabaka w’e Babulooni okulumba Misiri:
14 Declare ye in Egypt, and proclaim in Migdol, and proclaim in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour around thee.
“Langirira kino mu Misiri, era okyogere e Migudooli; kirangirire e Tapaneese ne Noofu nti, ‘Muyimirire mu bifo byammwe mwetegeke kubanga ekitala kirya abo ababeetoolodde.’
15 Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the LORD did drive them.
Lwaki abalwanyi bo bagudde wansi? Tebasobola kuyimirira, kubanga Mukama Katonda ajja kubasindika wansi.
16 He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.
Balyesittala emirundi egiwera; baligwiragana. Bagambe nti, ‘Yimuka, tuddeyo eri abantu baffe era n’ensi zaffe, tuve awali ekitala ky’oyo atunyigiriza.’
17 They cried there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed the time appointed.
Eyo gye baliwowogganira nti, ‘Falaawo kabaka w’e Misiri mulekaanyi bulekaanyi afiiriddwa omukisa gwe.’
18 As I live, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts, Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.
“Nga bwe ndi omulamu,” bw’ayogera oyo Kabaka ayitibwa Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye, “Waliwo alijja ali nga Taboli wakati mu nsozi, nga Kulumeeri ku nnyanja.
19 O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant.
Musibe engugu zammwe muwaŋŋanguke, mmwe abali mu Misiri kubanga Noofu kirifuuka matongo, ekiryaawo omutali bantu.
20 Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.
“Misiri nte nduusi nnungi nnyo, naye kawawa avudde mu bukiikakkono azze okumulumba.
21 Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bulls; for they also have turned back, and have fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity had come upon them, and the time of their punishment.
N’abajaasi be abapangise bagezze ng’ennyana. Nabo bajja kukyuka badduke, tebaasobole kuyimirirawo, kubanga olunaku olw’ekikangabwa lubajjira, ekiseera kyabwe eky’okubonerezebwa kisembedde.
22 Its voice shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
Misiri alikaaba ng’omusota ogudduka, omulabe alimulumba mu maanyi, amujjire n’embazzi, ng’abatemi b’emiti.
23 They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable.
Balitema ekibira kye,” bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda, “newaakubadde nga kikutte nnyo. Bangi n’okusinga enzige, tebasobola kubalika.
24 The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.
Muwala wa Misiri aliswazibwa, aweebweyo mu mukono gw’abo abava mu bukiikakkono.”
25 The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him:
Mukama ow’Eggye, Katonda wa Isirayiri, agamba nti, “Nnaatera okuleeta ekibonerezo ku Amoni katonda w’e Tebeesi, ne ku Falaawo, ne ku Misiri, ne ku bakatonda be, ne ku bakabaka be, ne ku abo abeesiga Falaawo.
26 And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the LORD.
Ndibawaayo eri abo abaagala okubatta, eri Nebukadduneeza kabaka w’e Babulooni n’abakungu be. Wabula oluvannyuma, Misiri eribeeramu abantu nga bwe yali edda,” bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda.
27 But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.
“Totya, ggwe Yakobo omuweereza wange; toggwaamu maanyi, ggwe Isirayiri. Ddala ddala ndikununula okuva mu kifo eky’ewala, n’ezzadde lyo ndinunule okuva mu nsi ey’obuwaŋŋanguse bwalyo. Yakobo aliddamu okufuna emirembe n’atebenkera, era tewali alimutiisa.
28 Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.
Totya, ggwe Yakobo omuddu wange, kubanga ndi naawe,” bw’ayogera Mukama. “Wadde nga nazikiririza ddala amawanga gonna gye nabasaasaanyiza, naye mmwe siribazikiririza ddala. Ndibabonereza naye mu bwenkanya; siribaleka nga temubonerezebbwa.”

< Jeremiah 46 >