19:1 a Yer 13:17; Kgb 2:11, 18 b Is 22:4Woowe, singa omutwe gwange gubadde mugga
n’amaaso gange luzzi lwa maziga,
nnandikaabye emisana n’ekiro
olw’abantu bange be batta!
29:2 Yer 5:7-8; 23:10; Kos 4:2Woowe singa mbadde n’ekisulo
ky’abatambuze mu ddungu,
nnandivudde ku bantu bange
ne mbaleka
kubanga bonna benzi,
bibiina by’abasajja ab’enkwe.
39:3 Zab 64:3“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.
49:4 a Mi 7:5-6 b Lub 27:35“Mwegendereze mikwano gyammwe
era temwesiganga baganda bammwe:
kubanga buli wa luganda mulimba
na buli wamukwano agenda awaayiriza buwaayiriza.
5Buli muntu alimba muliraanwa we
era tewali n’omu ayogera mazima.
Bayigirizza ennimi zaabwe okulimba
ne beemalamu amaanyi nga bakola ebitali bya butuukirivu.
69:6 Yer 5:27Mubeera wakati mu bulimba;
mu bulimba bwabwe bagaana okummanya,”
bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda.
79:7 a Is 1:25 b Yer 6:27Noolwekyo bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye nti,
“Laba, ndibalongoosa ne mbagezesa,
kiki ate kye nnaakolera abantu bange
kubanga boonoonye?
89:8 a nny 3 b Yer 5:26Olulimi lwabwe kasaale akatta,
lwogera bya bulimba,
buli muntu ayogeza mirembe n’akamwa ke,
naye mu mutima gwe ategeka kumutega.
99:9 Yer 5:9, 29Nneme okubabonereza olw’ebintu bino?”
bw’ayogera Mukama.
“Seesasuze ku ggwanga
eriri nga lino?”
109:10 Yer 4:25; 12:4; Kos 4:3Ndikaaba 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.
119:11 a Is 34:13 b Is 25:2; Yer 26:9“Ndifuula Yerusaalemi entuumu y’ebifunfugu,
ekisulo ky’ebibe.
Era ndyonoona ebibuga bya Yuda
waleme kubaawo muntu yenna abeeramu.”
129:12 Zab 107:43; Kos 14:9Mugezigezi ki anaayinza okutegeera kino? Ani oyo Mukama gw’abuulidde alyoke akinnyonnyole? Lwaki ensi eyonoonese ng’eddungu ne wataba agiyitamu?
139:13 2By 7:19; Zab 89:30-32Mukama n’agamba nti, “Kubanga balese amateeka gange, ge nabateekerawo. Tebaŋŋondedde wadde okugoberera amateeka gange. 149:14 a Yer 2:8, 23 b Yer 7:24Naye, bagoberedde obukakanyavu bw’emitima gyabwe ne basinza ebifaananyi bya Babaali nga bajjajjaabwe bwe baabayigiriza.” 159:15 a Kgb 3:15 b Yer 8:14Noolwekyo bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama ow’Eggye, Katonda wa Isirayiri nti, “Laba ndiriisa abantu bano emmere ekaawa ne mbanyweesa n’amazzi ag’obutwa. 169:16 a Lv 26:33 b Ma 28:64 c Ez 5:2 d Yer 44:27; Ez 5:12Ndibasaasaanya mu mawanga bakitaabwe ge bataamanya; era ndibasindiikiriza n’ekitala, okutuusa nga mbazikirizza.”
179:17 2By 35:25; Mub 12:5; Am 5:16Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye nti,
“Mulowooze kaakano, muyite abakazi abakungubazi, bajje;
era mutumye abasingayo obumanyirivu.
189:18 Yer 14:17Leka bajje mangu
batukaabireko
okutuusa amaaso gaffe lwe ganaakulukuta amaziga,
n’obukoowekoowe bwaffe ne butiiriika amazzi.
199:19 Yer 4:13Kubanga amaloboozi ag’okukungubaga gawuliddwa mu Sayuuni;
‘Nga tunyagiddwa!
Nga tuswadde nnyo!
Tuteekwa okuva mu nsi yaffe
kubanga amayumba gaffe gazikiriziddwa.’ ”
209:20 Is 32:9-13Kaakano 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.
219:21 2By 36:17Kubanga okufa kutuyingiridde mu madirisa,
kuyingidde mu mbiri zaffe,
okugoba abaana okubaggya ku nguudo,
n’abavubuka okubaggya mu bifo ebisanyukirwamu.
229:22 Yer 8:2“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.’ ”
239:23 a Mub 9:11 b 1Bk 20:11 c Ez 28:4-5Bw’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.
249:24 a 1Ko 1:31*; Bag 6:14 b 2Ko 10:17* c Zab 51:1; Mi 7:18 d Zab 36:6Naye 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.
259:25 Bar 2:8-9“Ennaku zijja,” bw’ayogera Mukama, “lwe ndibonereza abo bonna abakomole obukomozi mu mubiri: 269:26 a Yer 25:23 b Lv 26:41; Bik 7:51; Bar 2:28Misiri, 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.”
In Hebrew texts 9:1 is numbered 8:23, and 9:2-26 is numbered 9:1-25. 1Oh, that my head were a spring of water
and my eyes a fountain of tears!
I would weep day and night
for the slain of my people.
2Oh, that I had in the desert
a lodging place for travelers,
so that I might leave my people
and go away from them;
for they are all adulterers,
a crowd of unfaithful people.
3“They make ready their tongue
like a bow, to shoot lies;
it is not by truth
that they triumph9:3 Or lies; / they are not valiant for truth in the land.
They go from one sin to another;
they do not acknowledge me,”
declares the Lord.
4“Beware of your friends;
do not trust anyone in your clan.
For every one of them is a deceiver,9:4 Or a deceiving Jacob
and every friend a slanderer.
5Friend deceives friend,
and no one speaks the truth.
They have taught their tongues to lie;
they weary themselves with sinning.
6You9:6 That is, Jeremiah (the Hebrew is singular) live in the midst of deception;
in their deceit they refuse to acknowledge me,”
declares the Lord.
7Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty says:
“See, I will refine and test them,
for what else can I do
because of the sin of my people?
8Their tongue is a deadly arrow;
it speaks deceitfully.
With their mouths they all speak cordially to their neighbors,
but in their hearts they set traps for them.
9Should I not punish them for this?”
declares the Lord.
“Should I not avenge myself
on such a nation as this?”
10I will weep and wail for the mountains
and take up a lament concerning the wilderness grasslands.
They are desolate and untraveled,
and the lowing of cattle is not heard.
The birds have all fled
and the animals are gone.
11“I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins,
a haunt of jackals;
and I will lay waste the towns of Judah
so no one can live there.”
12Who is wise enough to understand this? Who has been instructed by the Lord and can explain it? Why has the land been ruined and laid waste like a desert that no one can cross?
13The Lord said, “It is because they have forsaken my law, which I set before them; they have not obeyed me or followed my law. 14Instead, they have followed the stubbornness of their hearts; they have followed the Baals, as their ancestors taught them.” 15Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “See, I will make this people eat bitter food and drink poisoned water. 16I will scatter them among nations that neither they nor their ancestors have known, and I will pursue them with the sword until I have made an end of them.”
17This is what the Lord Almighty says:
“Consider now! Call for the wailing women to come;
send for the most skillful of them.
18Let them come quickly
and wail over us
till our eyes overflow with tears
and water streams from our eyelids.
19The sound of wailing is heard from Zion:
‘How ruined we are!
How great is our shame!
We must leave our land
because our houses are in ruins.’ ”
20Now, you women, hear the word of the Lord;
open your ears to the words of his mouth.
Teach your daughters how to wail;
teach one another a lament.
21Death has climbed in through our windows
and has entered our fortresses;
it has removed the children from the streets
and the young men from the public squares.
22Say, “This is what the Lord declares:
“ ‘Dead bodies will lie
like dung on the open field,
like cut grain behind the reaper,
with no one to gather them.’ ”
23This is what the Lord says:
“Let not the wise boast of their wisdom
or the strong boast of their strength
or the rich boast of their riches,
24but let the one who boasts boast about this:
that they have the understanding to know me,
that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness,
justice and righteousness on earth,
for in these I delight,”
declares the Lord.
25“The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will punish all who are circumcised only in the flesh— 26Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab and all who live in the wilderness in distant places.9:26 Or wilderness and who clip the hair by their foreheads For all these nations are really uncircumcised, and even the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.”
