Deuteronomy 31
1 And Moses finished speaking all these words to all the children of Israel;
Awo Musa n’agenda n’abuulira Isirayiri yonna ebigambo bino, n’agamba nti,
2 and said to them, I am this day a hundred and twenty years [old]; I shall not be able any longer to come in or go out; and the Lord said to me, You shall not go over this Jordan.
“Olwa leero mpezezza emyaka kikumi mu abiri egy’obukulu; sikyalina maanyi kusobola kufuluma na kuyingira nga bwe njagala. Sikyasobola kubakulembera. Mukama Katonda antegeezezza nti, ‘Togenda kusomoka mugga guno Yoludaani.’
3 The Lord your God who goes before you, he shall destroy these nations before you, and you shall inherit them: and [it shall be] Joshua that goes before your face, as the Lord has spoken.
Mukama Katonda wo yennyini y’ajja okukukulembera mu kusomoka. Ajja kuzikiriza amawanga ago agali emitala, nga naawe olaba, olyoke obatwaleko ensi yaabwe. Yoswa yennyini naye yajja okukukulembera mu kusomoka, nga Mukama bwe yagambye.
4 And the Lord your God shall do to them as he did to Seon and Og the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond Jordan, and to their land, as he destroyed them.
Era nga Mukama Katonda bwe yakola Sikoni ne Ogi, bakabaka b’Abamoli n’ensi yaabwe, n’abazikiriza, ne bano bw’alibakola.
5 And the Lord has delivered them to you; and you shall do to them, as I charged you.
Mukama Katonda agenda kubagabula gye muli, era kiribagwanira okubakolako nga mugobererera ddala ebiragiro byange bye mbawadde nga bwe biri.
6 Be courageous and strong, fear not, neither be cowardly neither be afraid before them; for [it is] the Lord your God that advances with you in the midst of you, neither will he by any means forsake you, nor desert you.
Beera n’amaanyi era ogume omwoyo. Tobatya wadde okubatekemukira, kubanga Mukama Katonda wo anaagendanga naawe buli w’onoddanga, taakulekenga so taakwabulirenga.”
7 And Moses called Joshua, and said to him before all Israel, Be courageous and strong; for you shall go in before this people into the land which the Lord sware to your fathers to give to them, and you shall give it to them for an inheritance.
Awo Musa n’atumya Yoswa n’amugambira mu maaso ga Isirayiri yenna nti, “Beera wa maanyi era ogume omwoyo; kubanga gw’ojja okugenda n’abantu bano mu nsi Mukama Katonda gye yalayirira bajjajjaabwe okugibawa; era gw’ogenda okugibasalirasaliramu ogibakwase okuba obusika bwabwe obw’enkalakkalira.
8 And the Lord that goes with you shall not forsake you nor abandon you; fear not, neither be afraid.
Mukama Katonda yennyini y’ajjanga okukukulemberanga. Anaabanga naawe bulijjo, taakulekenga so taakwabulirenga. Totya so totekemuka.”
9 And Moses wrote the words of this law in a book, and gave it to the priests the sons of Levi who bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to the elders of the sons of Israel.
Awo Musa n’awandiika amateeka ago, n’agakwasa batabani ba Leevi, bakabona, abaasitulanga Essanduuko ey’Endagaano eya Mukama Katonda, era n’awaako n’abakadde bonna abakulembeze b’abaana ba Isirayiri.
10 And Moses charged them in that day, saying, After seven years, in the time of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,
Musa n’abalagira bw’ati nti, “Ku buli nkomerero ya myaka musanvu, mu mwaka omutegeke ogusonyiyirwamu amabanja, era nga y’Embaga ey’Ensiisira,
11 when all Israel come together to appear before the Lord your God, in the place which the Lord shall choose, you shall read this law before all Israel in their ears,
Isirayiri yenna nga bazze okulabika mu maaso ga Mukama Katonda wo mu kifo ky’aneeronderanga, onoosomeranga Isirayiri yenna amateeka gano gonna nga bawulira.
12 having assembled the people, the men, and the women, and the children, and the stranger that is in your cities, that they may hear, and that they may learn to fear the Lord your God; and they shall listen to do all the words of this law.
Okuŋŋaanyanga abantu: abasajja, n’abakazi, n’abaana, ne bannamawanga abanaaberanga mu bibuga byo, balyoke bawulirizenga era bayigenga okutya Mukama Katonda wammwe, era bagobererenga n’obwegendereza ebigambo byonna ebiri mu mateeka gano.
13 And their sons who have not known shall hear, and shall learn to fear the Lord your God all the days that they live upon the land, into which you go over Jordan to inherit it.
Bwe batyo abaana baabwe abataamanyanga mateeka gano, balyoke bagawulire bayigenga okutyanga Mukama Katonda wammwe, obulamu bwammwe bwonna bwe mulimala nga muli mu nsi gye mugenda okusomokera omugga Yoludaani okugirya.”
14 And the Lord said to Moses, Behold, the days of your death are at hand; call Joshua, and stand you by the doors of the tabernacle of testimony, and I will give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went to the tabernacle of testimony, and stood by the doors of the tabernacle of testimony.
Awo Mukama n’agamba Musa nti, “Obudde bwo obw’okufa busembedde. Yita Yoswa, mujje mu Weema ey’Okukuŋŋaanirangamu.”
15 And the Lord descended in a cloud, and stood by the doors of the tabernacle of testimony; and the pillar of the cloud stood by the doors of the tabernacle of testimony.
Awo Mukama Katonda n’alabikira mu Weema ng’ali mu mpagi ey’ekire; empagi ey’ekire n’eyimirira waggulu w’omulyango gw’Eweema.
16 And the Lord said to Moses, Behold, you shall sleep with your fathers, and this people will arise and go a whoring after the strange gods of the land, into which they are entering: and they will forsake me, and break my covenant, which I made with them.
Mukama Katonda n’agamba Musa nti, “Mu bbanga ttono ojja kugalamira ne bajjajjaabo. Olwo abantu bano nga batandika okusinzanga bakatonda abalala abalibeera mu bo, nga be bakatonda ab’omu nsi eyo mwe bajja okuyingira. Bagenda kunvaako bamenye endagaano gye nakola nabo.
17 And I will be very angry with them in that day, and I will leave them and turn my face away from them, and they shall be devoured; and many evils and afflictions shall come upon them; and they shall say in that day, Because the Lord my God is not with me, these evils have come upon me.
Ku lunaku olwo obusungu bwange bulibabuubuukirako, nange ndibakisa amaaso gange, ne babeera bangu okuzikirizibwa, era ebizibu bingi n’emitawaana biribajjira. Ku lunaku olwo balyebuuza nti, ‘Emitawaana gino tegitutuseeko lwa kubanga Katonda waffe tali wakati mu ffe?’
18 And I will surely turn away my face from them in that day, because of all their evil doings which they have done, because they turned aside after strange gods.
Ku lunaku olwo ndikwekera ddala amaaso gange olw’ebibi byonna bye banaabanga bakoze nga bakyukidde bakatonda abalala.
19 And now write the words of this song, and teach it to the children of Israel, and you shall put it into their mouth, that this song may witness for me amongst the children of Israel to their face.
“Kale nno kaakano wandiika oluyimba luno oluyigirize abaana ba Isirayiri, olubayimbisenga, lulyoke lubeerenga omujulizi wange ku baana ba Isirayiri.
20 For I will bring them into the good land, which I sware to their fathers, to give to them a land flowing with milk and honey: and they shall eat and be filled and satisfy [themselves]; then will they turn aside after other gods, and serve them, and they will provoke me, and break my covenant.
Kubanga bwe ndimala okubaleeta mu nsi omukulukuta amata n’omubisi gw’enjuki, gye nasuubiza bajjajjaabwe nga ngibalayirira, ne balya ne bakkuta ne bagejja, balikyukira bakatonda abalala ne babasinza nga babaweereza, ne bannyooma ne bamenya endagaano yange.
21 And this song shall stand up to witness against them; for they shall not forget it out of their mouth, or out of the mouth of their seed; for I know their wickedness, what they are doing here this day, before I have brought them into the good land, which I sware to their fathers.
Obubenje obw’akabi bwe bunaabajjiranga, oluyimba luno lunaabasoomozanga ng’omujulizi nga lubalumiriza, kubanga bazzukulu baabwe banaabanga bakyalulina mu kamwa kaabwe nga tebannalwerabira. Kubanga mmanyi bye balowooza okukola nga n’okubatuusa sinnaba kubatuusa mu nsi gye nabasuubiza nga ngibalayirira.”
22 And Moses wrote this song in that day, and taught it to the children of Israel.
Bw’atyo, ku lunaku olwo, Musa n’awandiika oluyimba luno n’aluyigiriza abaana ba Isirayiri.
23 And he charged Joshua, and said, Be courageous and strong, for you shall bring the sons of Israel into the land, which the Lord sware to them, and he shall be with you.
Awo Mukama n’awa Yoswa mutabani wa Nuuni ekiragiro kino ng’agamba nti, “Beera wa maanyi era guma omwoyo, kubanga ggw’oliyingiza abaana ba Isirayiri mu nsi gye nabasuubiza nga ngibalayirira; era nange nnaabeeranga naawe.”
24 And when Moses finished writing all the words of this law in a book, even to the end,
Musa bwe yamala okuwandiika mu Kitabo ebigambo eby’amateeka gano, okubiggya ku ntandikwa okubituusa ku nkomerero,
25 then he charged the Levites who bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying,
Musa n’alagira Abaleevi abaasitulanga Essanduuko ey’Endagaano eya Mukama, ng’agamba nti,
26 Take the book of this law, and you shall put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God; and it shall be there amongst you for a testimony.
“Mutwale Ekitabo ky’Amateeka kino mukiteeke awali Essanduuko ey’Endagaano eya Mukama Katonda wammwe, kibeerenga awo ng’omujulirwa gy’oli.
27 For I know your provocation, and your stiff neck; for yet during my life with you at this day, you have been provoking in your conduct towards God: how shall you not also be so after my death?
Kubanga nkumanyi nga bw’oli omujeemu era alina ensingo enkakanyavu. Obanga mubadde mujeemera Mukama Katonda nga nkyaliwo nammwe, kale nga mmaze okufa okujeema kwammwe tekuusingewo nnyo!
28 Gather together to me the heads of your tribes, and your elders, and your judges, and your officers, that I may speak in their ears all these words; and I call both heaven and earth to witness against them.
Munkuŋŋaanyize wano abakadde b’ebika byammwe abakulembeze bammwe bonna, njogere ebigambo bino mu matu gaabwe nga bawulira; era mpita eggulu n’ensi bibeere abajulirwa okubalumiriza.
29 For I know that after my death you will utterly transgress, and turn aside out of the way which I have commanded you; and evils shall come upon you in the latter days, because you will do evil before the Lord, to provoke him to anger by the works of your hands. And Moses spoke all the words of this song even to the end, in the ears of the whole assembly.
Kubanga mmanyi nga bwe nnaamala okufa mujja kwefaafaaganyiza ddala nga mukyama okuleka ekkubo lye mbalagidde okukwatanga. Mu biseera ebijja emitawaana gijjanga kubajjira, nga mukoze ebibi mu maaso ga Mukama Katonda mulyoke mumusunguwaze olw’ebyo emikono gyammwe bye ginaabanga gikoze.”
Awo Musa n’ayogera, ebigambo by’oluyimba luno okuluggya ku ntandikwa yaalwo n’okulutuusa ku nkomerero ng’ekibiina kya Isirayiri yenna kiwulira.
