Isaiah 66
1 This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be?
Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda, “Eggulu y’entebe yange kwe nfugira n’ensi ke katebe kwe mpummuliza ebigere byange, nnyumba ki gye mulinzimbira? Kifo ki kye mulimpa okuwummuliramu?
2 Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.
Ebintu bino byonna emikono gyange si gye gyagikola, noolwekyo ebintu bino byonna byange?” bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda. “Ono ye muntu gwe ntunulako; oyo ow’eggonjebwa era omwetoowaze mu mwoyo, oyo akankanira ekigambo kyange.
3 Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is like one who blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations.
Naye asaddaaka ente aba ng’asse omuntu, oyo awaayo omwana gw’endiga n’aba ng’amenye ensingo y’embwa, n’oyo awaayo ekiweebwayo eky’empeke aba ng’awaddeyo omusaayi gw’embizzi, era oyo anyookeza obubaane bw’ekijjukizo aba ng’asinza ekifaananyi ekikole n’emikono. Abantu bakutte amakubo gaabwe, era emmeeme zaabwe zisanyukira eby’emizizo byabwe.
4 So I will choose their punishment and I will bring terror upon them, because I called and no one answered, I spoke and no one listened. But they did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”
Nange ndisalawo mbatuuseeko ekibambulira, mbaleeteko kye batandyagadde kibatuukeko. Kubanga bwe nayita, teri n’omu yayanukula, bwe nnaayogera tebanfaako. Bakola ebibi mu maaso gange ne bagoberera ebitansanyusa.”
5 You who tremble at His word, hear the word of the LORD: “Your brothers who hate you and exclude you because of My name have said, ‘Let the LORD be glorified that we may see your joy!’ But they will be put to shame.”
Muwulirize ekigambo kya Mukama Katonda mmwe abakankanira ekigambo kye. “Baganda bammwe abatabaagala era ababayigganya olw’erinnya lyange babasekerera nti, ‘Leka Mukama alage obukulu bwe abalokole tulabe bwe musanyuka!’ Naye bo be banaakwasibwa ensonyi.
6 Hear the uproar from the city; listen to the voice from the temple! It is the voice of the LORD, repaying His enemies what they deserve!
Muwulirize. Oluyoogaano oluva mu kibuga, muwulirize eddoboozi eriva mu yeekaalu. Eddoboozi eryo lya Mukama Katonda ng’asasula abalabe be nga bwe kibagwanira.
7 “Before she was in labor, she gave birth; before she was in pain, she delivered a boy.
“Ekibuga kyange ekitukuvu kiri ng’omukazi azaala nga tannatuusa kulumwa, obulumi nga tebunatuuka n’akubawo eddenzi.
8 Who has heard of such as this? Who has seen such things? Can a country be born in a day or a nation be delivered in an instant? Yet as soon as Zion was in labor, she gave birth to her children.
Ani eyali awulidde ekintu bwe kityo? Ani eyali alabye ekiri ng’ekyo? Ensi eyinza okuzaalibwa mu lunaku lumu oba eggwanga okutondebwawo mu kaseera obuseera? Akaseera katono bwe kati, Sayuuni anaaba yakalumwa ng’eggwanga litondebwa.
9 Shall I bring a baby to the point of birth and not deliver it?” says the LORD. “Or will I who deliver close the womb?” says your God.
Nnyinza okutuusa abantu bange ku kuzaalibwa ne batazaalibwa?” bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda. “Ate olubuto ndusiba ntya nga ndutuusizza ku kuzaala?” bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda wo.
10 Be glad for Jerusalem and rejoice over her, all who love her. Rejoice greatly with her, all who mourn over her,
“Mujagulize wamu ne Yerusaalemi era mumusanyukireko mwenna abamwagala, mujaganye nnyo mmwe mwenna abamukaabira.
11 so that you may nurse and be satisfied at her comforting breasts; you may drink deeply and delight yourselves in her glorious abundance.
Kubanga muliyonka munywe n’essanyu mukkutire ddala ku kitiibwa kye ekingi.”
12 For this is what the LORD says: “I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flowing stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm, and bounced upon her knees.
Kubanga bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda nti, “Laba mbaleetera obugagga obutaliiko kkomo, obugagga bw’amawanga bube gye muli ng’omugga ogwanjaala. Muliyonkako, musitulibwe mu mbiriizi era bababuusizebuusize ku mubiri gwe.
13 As a mother comforts her son, so will I comfort you, and you will be consoled over Jerusalem.”
Ng’omwana bw’asanyusibwa nnyina, bwe ntyo bwe ndikuzzaamu amaanyi mu Yerusaalemi.”
14 When you see, you will rejoice, and you will flourish like grass; then the hand of the LORD will be revealed to His servants, but His wrath will be shown to His enemies.
Kino bw’olikiraba omutima gwo gulisanyuka, era kirikufuula w’amaanyi omulamu obulungi ng’omuddo ogukuze. Olwo kiryoke kimanyibwe nti omukono gwa Mukama Katonda guyamba abaweereza be, ate obusungu bwe ne bulagibwa abalabe be.
15 For behold, the LORD will come with fire— His chariots are like a whirlwind— to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire.
“Kubanga laba Mukama Katonda alijjira mu muliro, era n’amagaali ge ag’embalaasi galiba ng’empewo ey’omuyaga. Alijja n’obusungu bwe n’ekiruyi era alibanenya n’ennimi ez’omuliro.
16 For by fire and by His sword, the LORD will execute judgment on all flesh, and many will be slain by the LORD.
Omuliro n’ekitala Mukama Katonda by’alibonerezesa abantu bonna, n’abo abalisaanyizibwawo baliba bangi.
17 “Those who consecrate and purify themselves to enter the groves—to follow one in the center of those who eat the flesh of swine and vermin and rats—will perish together,” declares the LORD.
“Abo abeetukuza balyoke balage mu nnimiro entukuvu okukola eby’emizizo, abatambulira mu nnyiriri nga bwe balya embizzi, omusonso n’emmere ey’omuzizo, bonna balizikirira wamu,” bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda.
18 “And I, knowing their deeds and thoughts, am coming to gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see My glory.
“Olw’ebyo bye bakola ne bye balowooza, nnaatera okujja nkuŋŋaanye amawanga gonna n’ennimi zonna, era balijja balabe ekitiibwa kyange.
19 I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. So they will proclaim My glory among the nations.
“Nditeeka akabonero mu bo. Ndiwonyaako abamu mbasindike mu mawanga, e Talusiisi, e Puuli, n’e Luudi, abaleega omutego, eri Tubali ne Yavani, mu bizinga eby’ewala, abatawuliranga ttutumu lyange, wadde okulaba ekitiibwa kyange.
20 And they will bring all your brothers from all the nations as a gift to the LORD on horses and chariots and wagons, on mules and camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the LORD, “just as the Israelites bring an offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD.”
Balikomyawo baganda bammwe bonna okuva mu mawanga nga ekirabo gye ndi. Balibaleetera ku mbalaasi, ne mu magaali ge mbalaasi n’ebigaali ne ku nnyumbu n’eŋŋamira ku lusozi lwange olutukuvu nga Isirayiri bwe baleeta ebiweebwayo ebirongoofu mu nnyumba ya Mukama Katonda.
21 “And I will select some of them as priests and Levites,” says the LORD.
Era ndifuula abamu ku bo okubeera bakabona n’abaleevi,” bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda.
22 “For just as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, will endure before Me,” declares the LORD, “so your descendants and your name will endure.
“Kubanga nga eggulu eppya n’ensi empya, bye ndikola bwe biribeerawo olw’amaanyi gange, bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda, bwe lityo ezzadde lyammwe n’erinnya lyammwe bwe birisigala.
23 From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come to worship before Me,” says the LORD.
Okuva ku mwezi okutuuka ku mwezi, n’okuva ku ssabbiiti okutuuka ku ssabbiiti, bonna abalina omubiri banajjanga okusinziza mu maaso gange,” bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda.
24 “As they go forth, they will see the corpses of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never be quenched, and they will be a horror to all mankind.”
“Kale bwe baliba bafuluma, baliraba emirambo gy’abasajja abanneewaggulako; kubanga envunyu zaabwe tezirifa, so n’omuliro gwabwe tegulizikizibwa; era baliba kyennyinnyalwa eri abantu bonna.”
