1‘At that time,’ declares the Lord, ‘I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.’
2This is what the Lord says:
‘The people who survive the sword
will find favour in the wilderness;
I will come to give rest to Israel.’
3The Lord appeared to us in the past,31:3 Or Lord has appeared to us from afar saying:
‘I have loved you with an everlasting love;
I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.
4I will build you up again,
and you, Virgin Israel, will be rebuilt.
Again you will take up your tambourines
and go out to dance with the joyful.
5Again you will plant vineyards
on the hills of Samaria;
the farmers will plant them
and enjoy their fruit.
6There will be a day when watchmen cry out
on the hills of Ephraim,
“Come, let us go up to Zion,
to the Lord our God.” ’
7This is what the Lord says:
‘Sing with joy for Jacob;
shout for the foremost of the nations.
Make your praises heard, and say,
“Lord, save your people,
the remnant of Israel.”
8See, I will bring them from the land of the north
and gather them from the ends of the earth.
Among them will be the blind and the lame,
expectant mothers and women in labour;
a great throng will return.
9They will come with weeping;
they will pray as I bring them back.
I will lead them beside streams of water
on a level path where they will not stumble,
because I am Israel’s father,
and Ephraim is my firstborn son.
10‘Hear the word of the Lord, you nations;
proclaim it in distant coastlands:
“He who scattered Israel will gather them
and will watch over his flock like a shepherd.”
11For the Lord will deliver Jacob
and redeem them from the hand of those stronger than they.
12They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion;
they will rejoice in the bounty of the Lord –
the grain, the new wine and the olive oil,
the young of the flocks and herds.
They will be like a well-watered garden,
and they will sorrow no more.
13Then young women will dance and be glad,
young men and old as well.
I will turn their mourning into gladness;
I will give them comfort and joy instead of sorrow.
14I will satisfy the priests with abundance,
and my people will be filled with my bounty,’
declares the Lord.
15This is what the Lord says:
‘A voice is heard in Ramah,
mourning and great weeping,
Rachel weeping for her children
and refusing to be comforted,
because they are no more.’
16This is what the Lord says:
‘Restrain your voice from weeping
and your eyes from tears,
for your work will be rewarded,’
declares the Lord.
‘They will return from the land of the enemy.
17So there is hope for your descendants,’
declares the Lord.
‘Your children will return to their own land.
18‘I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning:
“You disciplined me like an unruly calf,
and I have been disciplined.
Restore me, and I will return,
because you are the Lord my God.
19After I strayed,
I repented;
after I came to understand,
I beat my breast.
I was ashamed and humiliated
because I bore the disgrace of my youth.”
20Is not Ephraim my dear son,
the child in whom I delight?
Though I often speak against him,
I still remember him.
Therefore my heart yearns for him;
I have great compassion for him,’
declares the Lord.
21‘Set up road signs;
put up guideposts.
Take note of the highway,
the road that you take.
Return, Virgin Israel,
return to your towns.
22How long will you wander,
unfaithful Daughter Israel?
The Lord will create a new thing on earth –
the woman will return to31:22 Or will protect the man.’
23This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘When I bring them back from captivity,31:23 Or I restore their fortunes the people in the land of Judah and in its towns will once again use these words: “The Lord bless you, you prosperous city, you sacred mountain.” 24People will live together in Judah and all its towns – farmers and those who move about with their flocks. 25I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint.’
26At this I awoke and looked around. My sleep had been pleasant to me.
27‘The days are coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘when I will plant the kingdoms of Israel and Judah with the offspring of people and of animals. 28Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, and to overthrow, destroy and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,’ declares the Lord. 29‘In those days people will no longer say,
“The parents have eaten sour grapes,
and the children’s teeth are set on edge.”
30Instead, everyone will die for their own sin; whoever eats sour grapes – their own teeth will be set on edge.
31‘The days are coming,’ declares the Lord,
‘when I will make a new covenant
with the people of Israel
and with the people of Judah.
32It will not be like the covenant
I made with their ancestors
when I took them by the hand
to lead them out of Egypt,
because they broke my covenant,
though I was a husband to31:32 Hebrew; Septuagint and Syriac covenant / and I turned away from them,31:32 Or was their master’
declares the Lord.
33‘This is the covenant that I will make with the people of Israel
after that time,’ declares the Lord.
‘I will put my law in their minds
and write it on their hearts.
I will be their God,
and they will be my people.
34No longer will they teach their neighbour,
or say to one another, “Know the Lord,”
because they will all know me,
from the least of them to the greatest,’
declares the Lord.
‘For I will forgive their wickedness
and will remember their sins no more.’
35This is what the Lord says,
he who appoints the sun
to shine by day,
who decrees the moon and stars
to shine by night,
who stirs up the sea
so that its waves roar –
the Lord Almighty is his name:
36‘Only if these decrees vanish from my sight,’
declares the Lord,
‘will Israel ever cease
being a nation before me.’
37This is what the Lord says:
‘Only if the heavens above can be measured
and the foundations of the earth below be searched out
will I reject all the descendants of Israel
because of all they have done,’
declares the Lord.
38‘The days are coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘when this city will be rebuilt for me from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate. 39The measuring line will stretch from there straight to the hill of Gareb and then turn to Goah. 40The whole valley where dead bodies and ashes are thrown, and all the terraces out to the Kidron Valley on the east as far as the corner of the Horse Gate, will be holy to the Lord. The city will never again be uprooted or demolished.’
131:1 Yer 30:22“Mu kiseera ekijja, ndiba Katonda w’ebika byonna ebya Isirayiri, era balibeera bantu bange,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
231:2 a Kbl 14:20 b Kuv 33:14Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama nti,
“Abantu abawona ekitala
baliraba ekisa mu ddungu.
Ndijja n’empa Isirayiri ekiwummulo.”
331:3 a Ma 4:37 b Kos 11:4Mukama yatulabikira edda ng’agamba nti,
“Nkwagadde n’okwagala okutaliggwaawo,
kyenvudde nkusembeza gye ndi n’ekisa ekijjudde okwagala.
431:4 Yer 30:19Ndikuzimba nate, era olizimbibwa,
ggwe Omuwala Isirayiri.
Era oliddamu okuyonjebwa okwate ebitaasa byo
ofulume ozine n’abo abasanyuka.
531:5 a Yer 50:19 b Is 65:21; Am 9:14Oliddamu okusimba emizabbibu ku lusozi Samaliya,
abalimi baligisimba balye ebibala byakwo.
631:6 Is 2:3; Yer 50:4-5; Mi 4:2Walibeerawo olunaku
abakuumi lwe balikoowoola ku busozi bwa Efulayimu nti,
‘Mujje, tugende ku Sayuuni,
eri Mukama Katonda waffe.’ ”
731:7 a Ma 28:13; Is 61:9 b Zab 14:7; 28:9 c Is 37:31Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama nti,
“Muyimbe n’essanyu olwa Yakobo
Muleekaanire waggulu olw’ensi esinga zonna.”
Ettendo lyammwe liwulikike, era mugambe nti,
“Ayi Mukama, lokola abantu bo,
abaasigalawo ku Isirayiri.”
831:8 a Yer 3:18; 23:8 b Ma 30:4; Ez 34:12-14 c Is 42:16 d Ez 34:16; Mi 4:6Laba, ndibakomyawo okuva mu nsi ey’obukiikakkono,
ne mbakuŋŋaanya okuva ku nkomerero y’ensi.
Mu bo mulibaamu abazibe b’amaaso, n’abalema,
n’abakyala ab’embuto, n’abalumwa okuzaala,
era abantu bangi balikomawo.
931:9 a Zab 126:5 b Is 63:13 c Is 49:11 d Kuv 4:22; Yer 3:4Balikomawo nga bakaaba,
balisaba nga mbakomyawo.
Ndibakulembera ku mabbali g’emigga,
mu kkubo eggolokofu mwe batalyesittalira
kubanga nze Kitaawe wa Isirayiri,
era Efulayimu ye mutabani wange omubereberye.
1031:10 a Is 66:19; Yer 25:22 b Yer 50:19 c Is 40:11; Ez 34:12“Muwulire ekigambo kya Mukama mmwe amawanga,
mukyogere mu nsi ezeewala.
‘Oyo eyasaasaanya Isirayiri alibakuŋŋaanya
era alirabirira ekisibo kye ng’omusumba w’endiga.’
1131:11 a Is 44:23; 48:20 b Zab 142:6Kubanga Mukama aligula Yakobo
era abanunule okuva mu mukono gw’oyo abasinga amaanyi.
1231:12 a Ez 17:23; Mi 4:1 b Yo 3:18 c Kos 2:21-22 d Is 58:11 e Is 65:19; Yk 16:22; Kub 7:17Balijja baleekaana olw’essanyu ku nsozi za Sayuuni;
balisanyukira okugabula kwa Mukama:
emmere ey’empeke, ne wayini omusu, n’omuzigo,
n’abaana b’endiga era n’ebisibo.
Balibeera ng’ennimiro efukiririddwa obulungi,
era tebalyongera kulaba nnaku.
1331:13 a Is 61:3 b Zab 30:11; Is 51:11Abawala balizina beesiime,
n’abavubuka, n’abakadde.
Okukaaba kwabwe ndikufuula essanyu;
ndibawa emirembe n’essanyu okusinga ennaku.
1431:14 nny 25Ndikkusa bakabona ebintu ebingi,
n’abantu bange mbajjuze ebintu,”
bw’ayogera Mukama.
1531:15 a Yos 18:25 b Lub 37:35 c Yer 10:20; Mat 2:17-18*Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama nti,
“Eddoboozi liwulirwa mu Laama,
nga likungubaga n’okukaaba okungi.
Laakeeri akaabira abaana be
era agaanye okusirisibwa,
kubanga abaana be baweddewo.”
1631:16 a Is 25:8; 30:19 b Lus 2:12 c Yer 30:3; Ez 11:17Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama nti,
“Ziyiza eddoboozi lyo lireme okuwulikika ng’okaaba
n’amaaso go galeme okujja amaziga,
kubanga omulimu gwo gulisasulibwa,”
bw’ayogera Mukama.
Balikomawo okuva mu nsi y’omulabe.
17Waliwo essuubi,
bw’ayogera Mukama.
Abaana bo baliddayo mu nsi yaabwe.
1831:18 a Yob 5:17 b Kos 4:16 c Zab 80:3“Ddala mpulidde Efulayimu ng’akungubaga nti,
‘Wankangavvula ng’ennyana endalu
era kaakano nkangavvuddwa.
Nziza, n’akomawo gy’oli
kubanga ggwe Mukama Katonda wange.
1931:19 a Ez 36:31 b Ez 21:12; Luk 18:13Nga mmaze okubula,
neenenya,
nga nzizeemu amagezi agategeera
ne neekuba mu kifuba.
Nakwatibwa ensonyi era ne nswala,
kubanga naliko ekivume ky’obuvubuka bwange.’
2031:20 a Kos 4:4; 11:8 b Is 55:7; 63:15; Mi 7:18Efulayimu si mwana wange omwagalwa,
omwana gwe nsanyukira?
Wadde nga ntera okumunenya
naye nkyamujjukira.
Noolwekyo omutima gwange gumuyaayaanira;
nnina ekisa kingi gy’ali,”
bw’ayogera Mukama.
2131:21 a Yer 50:5 b Is 52:11 c nny 4“Muteeke ebipande ku nguudo;
muteekeeko ebipande.
Mwetegereze ekkubo eddene,
ekkubo mwe muyita.
Komawo ggwe Omuwala Isirayiri,
komawo mu bibuga byo.
2231:22 a Yer 2:23 b Yer 3:6Olituusa ddi okudda eno n’eri,
ggwe omuwala atali mwesigwa?
Mukama alikola ekintu ekiggya ku nsi,
omukazi aliwa omusajja obukuumi.”
2331:23 a Yer 30:18 b Is 1:26 c Zab 48:1; Zek 8:3Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama ow’Eggye, Katonda wa Isirayiri nti, “Bwe ndibakomyawo okubaggya mu busibe, abantu b’omu nsi ye Yuda ne mu bibuga byamu bajja kuddamu okukozesa ebigambo bino nti, ‘Mukama akuwe omukisa, ggwe ekifo ekitukuvu, ggwe olusozi olutukuvu.’ 2431:24 Zek 8:4-8Abantu balibeera wamu mu Yuda ne mu bibuga byakyo byonna, abalimi n’abo abatambula n’amagana gaabwe. 2531:25 Yk 4:14Abalumwa ennyonta ndibanywesa, nzizeemu amaanyi abazirika.”
2631:26 Zek 4:1Awo we nazuukukira ne ntunulatunula. Otulo twange twali tunnyumidde.
2731:27 Ez 36:9-11; Kos 2:23“Ennaku zijja,” bwayogera Mukama, “lwe ndisimba ennyumba ya Isirayiri ne nnyumba ya Yuda n’ezzadde ly’abantu n’ery’ensolo. 2831:28 a Yer 18:8; 44:27 b Yer 1:10Nga bwe nabalabirira nga bakuulibwa era nga bayuzibwayuzibwa, nga babetentebwa, era nga bazikirizibwa ne beeleetako ekikangabwa, bwe ntyo bwe ndibalabirira nga bazimbibwa era nga basimbibwa,” bw’ayogera Mukama. 2931:29 a Kgb 5:7 b Ez 18:2“Mu nnaku ezo abantu banaaba tebakyagamba nti,
“ ‘Bakitaabwe balidde emizabbibu egikaawa31:29 emizabbibu gitera okuba nga giwoomerera noolwekyo tukisome nti giwoomerera,
n’amannyo g’abaana ne ganyenyeera.’ ”
3031:30 Is 3:11; Bag 6:7Wabula buli muntu alifa olw’obutali butuukirivu bwe ye, buli muntu alya ezabbibu erinyenyeeza amannyo, amannyo ge galinyenyeera.
3131:31 Yer 32:40; Ez 37:26; Luk 22:20; Beb 8:8-12*; 10:16-17Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama nti, “Ekiseera kijja,
lwe ndikola endagaano empya
n’ennyumba ya Isirayiri
era n’ennyumba ya Yuda.
3231:32 a Kuv 24:8 b Ma 5:3Teribeera ng’endagaano eri
gye nakola ne bajjajjaabwe
bwe nabakwata ku mukono
okubakulembera okubaggya mu nsi y’e Misiri,
kubanga baamenya endagaano yange nabo
wadde nga nze nnali nga omwami waabwe,”
bw’ayogera Mukama.
3331:33 a 2Ko 3:3 b Yer 24:7; Beb 10:16“Eno y’endagaano gye nnaakola
n’ennyumba ya Isirayiri mu kiseera ekyo,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
“Nditeeka amateeka gange mu birowoozo byabwe,
ne ngawandiika ku mitima gyabwe.
Ndibeera Katonda waabwe,
nabo balibeera bantu bange.
3431:34 a 1Yk 2:27 b Yk 6:45 c Is 54:13; Yer 33:8; 50:20 d Mi 7:19; Bar 11:27; Beb 10:17*Omuntu taliddayo kuyigiriza muliraanwa we,
oba omusajja muganda we ng’agamba nti, ‘Manya Mukama,’
Kubanga bonna balimmanya,
okuva ku asokerwako wansi okutuuka ku akomererayo waggulu,”
bw’ayogera Mukama.
“Kubanga ndisonyiwa obutali butuukirivu bwabwe,
n’ekibi kyabwe ne siddamu kukijjukira.”
3531:35 a Zab 136:7-9 b Lub 1:16 c Yer 10:16Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama nti,
Oyo ateekawo enjuba
okwaka emisana,
n’alagira omwezi n’emmunyeenye okwaka ekiro, asiikuula ennyanja
amayengo gaayo ne gawuluguma;
Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye lye linnya lye.
3631:36 a Is 54:9-10; Yer 33:20-26 b Zab 89:36-37“Amateeka gano
nga bwe gavudde mu maaso gange,
n’ezzadde lya Isirayiri we linaakoma okubeera eggwanga
olw’ebyo byonna bye bakoze,” bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda.
3731:37 a Yer 33:22 b Yer 33:24-26; Bar 11:1-5Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda nti,
“Okuggyako ng’eggulu lisobola okupimibwa
n’emisingi gy’ensi wansi okunoonyezebwa,
olwo lw’endigoba ezzadde lya Isirayiri
olw’ebyo bye bakoze,”
bw’ayogera Mukama.
3831:38 a Yer 30:18 b Nek 3:1 c 2Bk 14:13; Zek 14:10“Ennaku zijja,” bw’ayogera Mukama, “ekibuga lwe kinaazimbibwa okuva ku Munaala gwe Kananeri okutuuka ku Mulyango gw’oku Nsonda. 39Omuguwa ogupima gujja kupima okuva eyo okutuuka ku lusozi lw’e Galebu n’oluvannyuma gupime okuva eyo okutuuka e Gowa. 4031:40 a Yer 7:31-32 b Yer 8:2 c 2Sa 15:23; Yk 18:1 d 2Bk 11:16 e Yo 3:17; Zek 14:21Ekiwonvu kyonna emirambo n’evvu gye bisuuliddwa, era n’ennimiro zonna okutuuka ku kagga Kidulooni ku bukiikakkono n’okutuuka ku nsonda eyitibwa Omulyango gw’Embalaasi, kinaaba kitukuvu eri Katonda. Ekibuga tekigenda kuddayo kusimbulwa wadde okusaanyizibwawo.”
