1‘ “At that time, declares the Lord, the bones of the kings and officials of Judah, the bones of the priests and prophets, and the bones of the people of Jerusalem will be removed from their graves. 2They will be exposed to the sun and the moon and all the stars of the heavens, which they have loved and served and which they have followed and consulted and worshipped. They will not be gathered up or buried, but will be like dung lying on the ground. 3Wherever I banish them, all the survivors of this evil nation will prefer death to life, declares the Lord Almighty.”
Sin and punishment
4‘Say to them, “This is what the Lord says:
‘ “When people fall down, do they not get up?
When someone turns away, do they not return?
5Why then have these people turned away?
Why does Jerusalem always turn away?
They cling to deceit;
they refuse to return.
6I have listened attentively,
but they do not say what is right.
None of them repent of their wickedness,
saying, ‘What have I done?’
Each pursues their own course
like a horse charging into battle.
7Even the stork in the sky
knows her appointed seasons,
and the dove, the swift and the thrush
observe the time of their migration.
But my people do not know
the requirements of the Lord.
8‘ “How can you say, ‘We are wise,
for we have the law of the Lord,’
when actually the lying pen of the scribes
has handled it falsely?
9The wise will be put to shame;
they will be dismayed and trapped.
Since they have rejected the word of the Lord,
what kind of wisdom do they have?
10Therefore I will give their wives to other men
and their fields to new owners.
From the least to the greatest,
all are greedy for gain;
prophets and priests alike,
all practise deceit.
11They dress the wound of my people
as though it were not serious.
‘Peace, peace,’ they say,
when there is no peace.
12Are they ashamed of their detestable conduct?
No, they have no shame at all;
they do not even know how to blush.
So they will fall among the fallen;
they will be brought down when they are punished,
says the Lord.
13‘ “I will take away their harvest,
declares the Lord.
There will be no grapes on the vine.
There will be no figs on the tree,
and their leaves will wither.
What I have given them
will be taken from them.8:13 The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.” ’
14Why are we sitting here?
Gather together!
Let us flee to the fortified cities
and perish there!
For the Lord our God has doomed us to perish
and given us poisoned water to drink,
because we have sinned against him.
15We hoped for peace
but no good has come,
for a time of healing
but there is only terror.
16The snorting of the enemy’s horses
is heard from Dan;
at the neighing of their stallions
the whole land trembles.
They have come to devour
the land and everything in it,
the city and all who live there.
17‘See, I will send venomous snakes among you,
vipers that cannot be charmed,
and they will bite you,’
declares the Lord.
18You who are my Comforter8:18 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain. in sorrow,
my heart is faint within me.
19Listen to the cry of my people
from a land far away:
‘Is the Lord not in Zion?
Is her King no longer there?’
‘Why have they aroused my anger with their images,
with their worthless foreign idols?’
20‘The harvest is past,
the summer has ended,
and we are not saved.’
21Since my people are crushed, I am crushed;
I mourn, and horror grips me.
22Is there no balm in Gilead?
Is there no physician there?
Why then is there no healing
for the wound of my people?
1“Mu kiseera ekyo, bw’ayogera Mukama, amagumba ga bakabaka ba Yuda, n’amagumba g’abalangira, n’amagumba ga bakabona, n’amagumba ga bannabbi, n’amagumba g’abatuuze b’omu Yerusaalemi galiggyibwa mu ntaana zaago. 28:2 2Bk 23:5; Bik 7:42Kale galyanikibwa mu musana, eri omwezi n’emmunyeenye ez’omu ggulu, ze baayagala era ne baaweereza era ze baagoberera ne beebuuzaako ne basinza. Tebalikuŋŋaanyizibwa wadde okuziikibwa naye balibeera ng’ebisasiro wansi ku ttaka. 38:3 Yob 3:22; Kub 9:6N’abantu b’ensi eno ennyonoonyi bw’etyo abalisigalawo, be ndiba nsasaanyizza mu mawanga, balyegomba okufa okusinga okuba abalamu,” bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye.
Ekibi n’Okubonerezebwa
48:4 Nge 24:16“Bategeeze nti, Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama nti,
“Omuntu bw’agwa, tayimuka?
Oba omuntu bw’ava mu kkubo ettuufu, takyusa n’adda?
58:5 a Yer 5:27 b Yer 7:24; 9:6Kale lwaki abantu bange bano
banvaako ne bagendera ddala?
68:6 a Kub 9:20 b Zab 14:1-3Nawuliriza n’obwegendereza
naye tebayogera mazima;
tewali muntu yenna yeenenya bibi byakoze n’okwebuuza nti,
‘Kiki kino kye nkoze?’
Buli muntu akwata kkubo lye
ng’embalaasi efubutuka ng’etwalibwa mu lutalo.
78:7 Is 1:3; Yer 5:4-5Ebinyonyi ebibuukira mu bbanga
bimanyi ebiseera mwe bitambulira;
ne kaamukuukulu n’akataayi ne ssekanyolya
bimanyi ebiseera mwe bikomerawo,
naye abantu bange
tebamanyi biragiro bya Mukama.”
88:8 Bar 2:17Muyinza mutya okwogera nti,
“Tuli bagezi nnyo, n’amateeka ga Mukama tugalina,
ate nga ekkalaamu y’abawandiisi ey’obulimba
yeebikyusizza.
98:9 a Yer 6:15 b Yer 6:19Abagezigezi baliswala ne bakeŋŋentererwa
era balitwalibwa.
Bagaanyi ekigambo kya Mukama,
magezi ki ge balina?
108:10 a Yer 6:12 b Is 56:11Noolwekyo bakazi baabwe
ndibagabira abasajja abalala
n’ennimiro zaabwe
zitwalibwe abantu abalala.
Bonna ba mululu okuva ku asembayo wansi okutuuka ku akomererayo waggulu,
nnabbi ne kabona bonna balimba ne babba abantu.
118:11 Yer 6:14Ebiwundu by’abantu bange babijjanjaba nga tebafaayo,
babikomya kungulu nga boogera nti,
Mirembe, Mirembe, ate nga teri mirembe.
128:12 a Yer 3:3 b Zab 52:5-7; Is 3:9 c Yer 6:15Baakwatibwa ensonyi bwe baakola ebivve?
Nedda tebakwatibwa nsonyi wadde,
so tebamanyi wadde okulimbalimba.
Noolwekyo baligwira mu bagudde,
balikka lwe balibonerezebwa,”
bw’ayogera Mukama.
138:13 a Yo 1:7 b Luk 13:6 c Mat 21:19 d Yer 5:17“Ndimalirawo ddala amakungula gaabwe,”
bw’ayogera Mukama.
Tewaliba zabbibu,
na mutiini,
n’ebikoola byabwe biriwotoka.
Bye mbawadde
biribaggyibwako.
148:14 a Yer 4:5; 35:11 b Ma 29:18; Yer 9:15; 23:15 c Yer 14:7, 20Kiki ekitutuuzizza wano obutuuza?
Mukuŋŋaane.
Tuddukire mu bibuga ebiriko bbugwe
tuzikiririre eyo.
Mukama Katonda atuwaddeyo tuzikirire
era atuwadde amazzi agalimu obutwa tuganywe,
kubanga twonoonye mu maaso ge.
158:15 a nny 11 b Yer 14:19Twasuubira mirembe
naye tewali bulungi bwajja;
twasuubira ekiseera eky’okuwonyezebwa
naye waaliwo ntiisa.
168:16 Yer 4:15Okukaaba kw’embalaasi z’omulabe kuwulirwa mu Ddaani;
ensi yonna yakankana olw’okukaaba kw’embalaasi.
Bajja okuzikiriza
ensi ne byonna ebigirimu,
ekibuga ne bonna abakibeeramu.
178:17 a Kbl 21:6; Ma 32:24 b Zab 58:5“Laba, ndikusindikira emisota egy’obusagwa,
amasalambwa g’otasobola kufuga,
emisota egyo girikuluma,”
bwayogera Mukama.
188:18 Kgb 5:17Nnina ennaku etewonyezeka,
omutima gwange gwennyise.
198:19 a Yer 9:16 b Ma 32:21Wuliriza okukaaba kw’abantu bange
okuva mu nsi ey’ewala.
“Mukama taliimu mu Sayuuni?
Kabaka we takyalimu?”
“Lwaki bansunguwaza n’ebifaananyi byabwe,
bakatonda abalala abatagasa?”
20“Amakungula gayise,
n’ekyeya kiyise,
tetulokolebbwa.”
218:21 Yer 14:17Nnumiziddwa olw’okulumizibwa kwa muwala wange.
Nkaaba ne nzijula ennaku.
228:22 a Lub 37:25 b Yer 30:12Teri ddagala mu Gireyaadi?
Teriiyo musawo?
Lwaki ekiwundu ky’abantu bange
tekiwonyezebwa?
