The Lord Judges Evil Kings
1The Lord said to Jeremiah, “Go down to the palace of the king of Judah. Announce my message there. Tell him, 2‘King of Judah, listen to the Lord’s message. You are sitting on David’s throne. You and your officials and your people come through these gates. 3The Lord says, “Do what is fair and right. Save those who have been robbed. Set them free from the people who have treated them badly. Do not do anything wrong to outsiders or widows in this place. Do not harm children whose fathers have died. Do not kill those who are not guilty of doing anything wrong. 4Be careful to obey these commands. Then kings who sit on David’s throne will come through the gates of this palace. They will come riding in chariots and on horses. Their officials and their people will come along with them. 5But suppose you do not obey these commands,” announces the Lord. “Then I promise you that this palace will be destroyed. You can be as sure of this promise as you are sure that I live.” ’ ”
6The Lord speaks about the palace of the king of Judah. He says,
“You are like the land of Gilead to me.
You are like the highest mountain in Lebanon.
But I will make you like a desert.
You will become like towns that no one lives in.
7I will send destroyers against you.
All of them will come with their weapons.
They will cut up your fine cedar beams.
They will throw them into the fire.
8“People from many nations will pass by this city. They will ask one another, ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this great city?’ 9And the answer will be, ‘This happened because of what its people have done. They have turned away from the covenant the Lord their God made with them. They have worshiped other gods. And they have served them.’ ”
10Don’t weep over dead King Josiah.
Don’t be sad because he’s gone.
Instead, weep bitterly over King Jehoahaz.
He was forced to leave his country.
He will never return.
He’ll never see his own land again.
11Jehoahaz became king of Judah after his father Josiah. But he has gone away from this place. That’s because the Lord says about him, “He will never return. 12He will die in Egypt. That is where he was taken as a prisoner. He will not see this land again.”
13The Lord says, “How terrible it will be for King Jehoiakim!
He builds his palace
by mistreating his people.
He builds its upstairs rooms
with money gained by sinning.
He makes his own people work for nothing.
He does not pay them for what they do.
14He says, ‘I will build myself a great palace.
It will have large rooms upstairs.’
So he makes big windows in it.
He covers its walls with cedar boards.
He decorates it with red paint.
15“Jehoiakim, does having more and more cedar boards
make you a king?
Your father Josiah had enough to eat and drink.
He did what was right and fair.
So everything went well with him.
16He stood up for those who were poor or needy.
So everything went well with him.
That is what it means to know me,”
announces the Lord.
17“Jehoiakim, the only thing on your mind
is to get rich by cheating others.
You would even kill people who are not guilty
of doing anything wrong.
You would mistreat them.
You would take everything they own.”
18So the Lord speaks about King Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah. He says,
“His people will not mourn for him.
They will not say,
‘My poor brother! My poor sister!’
They will not mourn for him.
They will not say,
‘My poor master! How sad that his glory is gone!’
19In fact, he will be buried like a donkey.
His body will be dragged away and thrown
outside the gates of Jerusalem.”
20The Lord says, “People of Jerusalem, go up to Lebanon.
Cry out for help.
Let your voice be heard in the land of Bashan.
Cry out from the mountains of Abarim.
All those who were going to help you are crushed.
21When you felt secure, I warned you.
But you said, ‘I won’t listen!’
You have acted like that ever since you were young.
You have not obeyed me.
22The wind will drive away all your shepherds.
All those who were going to help you will be carried off as prisoners.
Then you will be dishonored and put to shame.
That will happen because you have been so sinful.
23Some of you live in Jerusalem in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.
You are comfortable in your cedar buildings.
But you will groan when pain comes on you.
It will be like the pain of a woman having a baby.
24“King Jehoiachin, you are the son of Jehoiakim,” announces the Lord. “Suppose you were a ring on my right hand. And suppose the ring even had my royal mark on it. Then I would still pull you off my finger. And that is just as sure as I am alive. 25I will hand you over to those who want to kill you. I will hand you over to people you are afraid of. I will give you to Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon. I will hand you over to his armies. 26I will throw you out into another country. I will throw your mother out. Neither of you was born in that country. But both of you will die there. 27You will never come back to the land you long to return to.”
28This man Jehoiachin is like a broken pot.
Everyone hates him. No one wants him.
Why will he and his children be thrown out of this land?
Why will they be sent to a land
they don’t know about?
29Land, land, land,
listen to the Lord’s message!
30The Lord says,
“Let the record say that this man did not have any children.
Let it report that he did not have any success in life.
None of his children will have success either.
None of them will sit on David’s throne.
None of them will ever rule over Judah.
Omusango eri Bakabaka Ababi
1Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama nti, “Serengeta ogende mu lubiri lwa kabaka wa Yuda 222:2 a Yer 17:25; Luk 1:32 b Yer 17:20olangirire obubaka buno nti, Wulira ekigambo kya Katonda ggwe kabaka wa Yuda, ggw’atuula ku ntebe ya Dawudi, mmwe abakungu n’abantu bammwe abayita mu miryango gino. 322:3 a Mi 6:8; Zek 7:9 b Zab 72:4; Yer 21:12 c Kuv 22:22Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama nti, Musale emisango egy’ensonga, mukole ebituufu. Anyagiddwako ebibye mumuggye mu mukono gw’oyo amujooga. Temukola kibi oba eby’obukambwe eri omugwira, newaakubadde atalina kitaawe, newaakubadde nnamwandu so temuyiwa musaayi gw’abantu abataliiko musango mu kifo kino. 422:4 Yer 17:25Kubanga bwe muneegendereza ne mukuuma ebiragiro bino, olwo bakabaka abatuula ku ntebe ya Dawudi baliyita mu miryango gy’olubiri luno nga batudde mu magaali gaabwe n’abo abeebagadde embalaasi nga bawerekerwako n’abakungu baabwe, n’abantu baabwe. 522:5 a Yer 17:27 b Beb 6:13‘Naye bwe mutaagondere biragiro bino, nneelayirira ku lwange nti olubiri luno lulifuuka matongo,’ bw’ayogera Mukama.”
622:6 Mi 3:12Kubanga kino Mukama ky’agamba ku lubiri lwa kabaka wa Yuda nti,
“Newaakubadde ng’oli nga Gireyaadi gye ndi,
ng’entikko y’olusozi Lebanooni,
ddala ddala nzija kukufuula ddungu,
ng’ebibuga ebitaliimu bantu.
722:7 a Yer 4:7 b Is 10:34Ndikusindikira abakuzikiriza,
buli musajja n’ebyokulwanyisa bye,
era balitema emivule gyo egisinga obulungi
ne bagisuula mu muliro.
822:8 Ma 29:25-26; 1Bk 9:8-9; Yer 16:10-11“Abantu abava mu mawanga amangi baliyita ku kibuga kino nga beebuuzaganya bokka ne bokka nti, ‘Lwaki Mukama yakola ekintu ekifaanana bwe kiti ku kibuga kino ekikulu bwe kiti?’ 922:9 2Bk 22:17; 2By 34:25Era eky’okuddamu kibeere nti, ‘Kubanga beerabira endagaano ya Mukama Katonda waabwe ne basinza era ne baweereza bakatonda abalala.’ ”
1022:10 a Mub 4:2 b nny 18Temukaabira kabaka afudde
oba okumukungubagira,
wabula mukaabire nnyo oyo omuwaŋŋanguse,
kubanga taliddayo kulaba nsi ye nate.
1122:11 2Bk 23:31Kubanga kino Mukama ky’agamba ku Sallumu mutabani wa Yosiya kabaka wa Yuda eyasikira Yosiya n’afuuka kabaka wa Yuda naye n’atwalibwa. “Talidda. 1222:12 2Bk 23:34Alifiira eyo gye baamutwala nga musibe, taliraba nsi eno nate.”
1322:13 a Mi 3:10; Kbk 2:9 b Lv 19:13; Yak 5:4“Zimusanze oyo azimba olubiri ku butali butuukirivu,
ebisenge bye ebya waggulu ku butali bwenkanya
abantu b’ensi ye n’abakozeseza bwereere
n’atabasasula mpeera yaabwe.
1422:14 a Is 5:8-9 b 2Sa 7:2Agamba nti, ‘Nzija kwezimbira olubiri olunene
n’ebisenge ebya waggulu ebigazi ennyo.’
Kale nnaakola amadirisa amanene
nnaateekamu emivule
era nnaasiigako langi emyufu.
1522:15 a 2Bk 23:25 b Zab 128:2; Is 3:10“Okweyongerayongera emivule emingi kikufuula kabaka?
Kitaawo teyalina byakulya na byakunywa?
Yakola ebituufu eby’obwenkanya.
Noolwekyo byonna
byamugendera bulungi.
1622:16 Zab 72:1-4, 12-13Yalwanirira abaavu n’abali mu bwetaavu
kale byonna ne bimugendera bulungi.
Ekyo si kye kitegeeza okummanya?”
bw’ayogera Mukama.
1722:17 2Bk 24:4“Naye amaaso gammwe n’emitima gyammwe
biri ku magoba ag’obukuusa,
ne ku kuyiwa omusaayi ogutaliiko musango
ne ku kunyigiriza ne ku kunyaga.”
18Noolwekyo kino Mukama ky’ayogera ku Yekoyakimu omwana wa Yosiya kabaka wa Yuda nti,
“Tebalimukungubagira;
‘Kikafuuwe, mukama wange!’
Kikafuuwe,
obugagga bwe!
1922:19 Yer 36:30Aliziikibwa
nga bwe baziika endogoyi,
akululwe asuulibwe ebweru w’enzigi za Yerusaalemi.”
2022:20 Kbl 27:12“Genda mu Lebanooni okaabe,
leka eddoboozi lyo liwulirwe mu Basani.
Kaabira ku Abalimu,
kubanga bonna ababadde ku ludda lwo bazikiridde.
2122:21 a Yer 3:25; 32:30 b Yer 7:23-28Nayogera gy’oli ng’okyali mu biseera byo eby’obugagga
naye n’ogamba nti, ‘Sijja kuwuliriza!’
Bw’oti bw’obadde okuva mu buto bwo,
togonderanga ku ddoboozi lyange.
22Empewo erikunguzza abalunzi b’ebisibo byo bonna,
n’abawagizi bo batwalibwe mu buwaŋŋanguse.
Olwo okwatibwe ensonyi
oggweemu amaanyi olw’ebibi byo byonna.
2322:23 Yer 4:31Mmwe abali mu Lebanooni,22:23 lwe lubiri oluli mu Yerusaalemi
abesulira mu bizimbe eby’emivule,
nga mulikaaba, ng’obulumi bubajjidde!
Okulumwa ng’okw’omukazi alumwa okuzaala.
2422:24 2Bk 24:6, 8; Yer 37:1“Ddala ddala nga bwe ndi omulamu, wadde ggwe Koniya omwana wa Yekoyakimu, singa wali mpeta ey’obuyinza ku mukono gwange ogwa ddyo, nandikusiseeko,” bw’ayogera Mukama. 2522:25 2Bk 24:16; Yer 34:20“Ndikuwaayo eri abo abanoonya obulamu bwo, abo bootya, Nebukadduneeza kabaka w’e Babulooni era n’eri Abakaludaaya. 2622:26 2Bk 24:8; 2By 36:10Ndikusuula mu nsi endala gye mutaazaalibwa, ggwe ne maama wo eyakuzaala, era eyo mwembi gye mulifiira. 27Temulidda mu nsi gye mwegomba okuddamu.”
2822:28 a Zab 31:12; Yer 48:38; Kos 8:8 b Yer 15:1 c Yer 17:4Omusajja ono Koniya kintu ekinyoomebwa,
ekimenyese, ekitaliiko ayagala?
Lwaki ye n’abaana be balikanyugibwa ebweru,
basuulibwe mu nsi gye batamanyi?
2922:29 Yer 6:19; Mi 1:2Ayi ggwe ensi, ensi,
wulira ekigambo kya Katonda!
3022:30 a 1By 3:18; Mat 1:12 b Yer 10:21 c Zab 94:20Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama nti,
“Omusajja ono mumubale ng’atazaalangako
kubanga tewali ku baana be alikulaakulana,
alituula ku ntebe ya Dawudi
oba aliddayo okufuga mu Yuda.”
