Isaiah 41
1 Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.
“Musirike mumpulirize mmwe ebizinga, amawanga gaddemu amaanyi. Mwetegeke okuleeta emisango gyammwe mu mbuga mujja kufuna obwogerero. Tukuŋŋaane tulabeko omutuufu.
2 Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.
“Ani eyayita omuweereza we okuva mu buvanjuba, eyamuyita akole emirimu gye amuweereze mu butuukirivu? Ani eyamuwa obuwanguzi ku bakabaka ne ku mawanga, n’abafuula ng’enfuufu n’ekitala kye, obusaale bwe ne bubafuula ebisasiro ebitwalibwa empewo?
3 He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet.
N’agenda ng’abagoba embiro n’ayita bulungi mu makubo ebigere bye gye by’ali bitayitanga.
4 Who has wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.
Ani eyakola kino ng’ayita emirembe gy’abantu okuva ku lubereberye? Nze Mukama ow’olubereberye era ow’enkomerero, nze wuuyo.”
5 The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.
Ebizinga by’alaba ne bitya; n’ensi yonna n’ekankana: baasembera kumpi ne batuuka.
6 They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage.
Buli muntu yayamba muliraanwa we ng’agamba nti; “Guma omwoyo!”
7 So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smoothes with the hammer him that stroke the anvil, saying, It is ready for the soldering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
Awo omubazzi n’agumya omuweesi wa zaabu omwoyo, n’oyo ayooyoota n’akayondo n’agumya oyo akuba ku luyijja ng’ayogera ku kyuma ekigatta nti, “Nga kirungi,” era ne bakikomerera n’emisumaali kireme okusagaasagana.
8 But you, Israel, are my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
“Naye ggwe Isirayiri omuweereza wange, Yakobo gwe nalonda, ezzadde lya Ibulayimu mukwano gwange,
9 You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called you from the chief men thereof, and said unto you, You are my servant; I have chosen you, and not cast you away.
ggwe, gwe naggya ku nkomerero y’ensi ne nkuyita okuva mu bitundu by’ensi ebikomererayo ddala, ne nkugamba nti, ‘Oli muddu wange,’ nze nakulonda so sikusuulanga:
10 Fear you not; for I am with you: be not dismayed; for I am your God: I will strengthen you; yea, I will help you; yea, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
Totya kubanga nze ndi wamu naawe; tokeŋŋentererwa, kubanga nze Katonda wo. Nnaakuwanga amaanyi. Wewaawo nnaakuyambanga n’omukono ogwa ddyo ogw’obutuukirivu bwange.”
11 Behold, all they that were incensed against you shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with you shall perish.
“Laba, abo bonna abakukambuwalidde balikwatibwa ensonyi ne balaba ennaku. Abo abakuwakanya balifuuka ekitagasa ne baggwaawo.
12 You shall seek them, and shall not find them, even them that contended with you: they that war against you shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nothing.
Olibanoonya abo abaakukijjanyanga naye n’otobalaba. Abo abaakulwanyisanga baliggwaamu ensa.
13 For I the LORD your God will hold your right hand, saying unto you, Fear not; I will help you.
Kubanga nze Mukama Katonda wo akukwata ku mukono ogwa ddyo, nze nkugamba nti, Totya nze nzija kukuyamba.
14 Fear not, you worm Jacob, and all of you men of Israel; I will help you, says the LORD, and your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
Wadde ng’oli lusiriŋŋanyi totya, ggwe Isirayiri, kubanga nnaakuyamba,” bw’ayogera Mukama Omununuzi wo, Omutukuvu wa Isirayiri.
15 Behold, I will make you a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: you shall thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shall make the hills as chaff.
“Laba ndikufuula ng’ekyuma ekiggya ekisala ennyo, ekyogi eky’amannyo amangi. Muliwuula ensozi ne muzimementulira ddala, obusozi ne mubufuula ebisusunku.
16 You shall fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and you shall rejoice in the LORD, and shall glory in the Holy One of Israel.
Oliziwewa empewo n’ezifuumula, embuyaga ezifuumuka zizisaasaanye. Era naawe olisanyukira mu Mukama, era mu Mutukuvu wa Isirayiri mw’olyenyumiririza.”
17 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue fails for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
“Abaavu n’abali mu bwetaavu bwe baneetaganga amazzi ne baganoonya naye ne gababula, ate nga ennimi zaabwe zikaze, nze Mukama ndibawulira, nze Katonda wa Isirayiri siribaleka.
18 I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Ndikola emigga ku busozi obutaliiko kantu, era n’ensulo wakati mu biwonvu. Olukoola ndirufuula ennyanja, n’eddungu lirivaamu enzizi z’amazzi.
19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:
Ndisimba mu lukoola omuvule ne akasiya, omumwanyi n’omuzeyituuni, ate nsimbe mu ddungu enfugo n’omuyovu awamu ne namukago.
20 That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD has done this, and the Holy One of Israel has created it.
Abantu balyoke balabe bamanye, balowooze era batuuke bonna okutegeera nti omukono gwa Mukama gwe gukoze kino, nti Omutukuvu wa Isirayiri yakikoze.”
21 Produce your cause, says the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, says the King of Jacob.
Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda gye muli mmwe nti, “Mmwe bakatonda baamawanga, mujje nammwe mwogere. Muleete ensonga zammwe tuziwulire,” bw’ayogera Kabaka wa Yakobo.
22 Let them bring them forth, and show us what shall happen: let them show the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things in order to come.
“Baleete bakatonda bwabwe batubuulire ebigenda okubaawo. Batubuulire n’ebyaliwo emabega, tusobole okubimanya, n’okubirowoozaako n’okumanya ebinaavaamu oba okutubuulira ebigenda okujja.
23 Show the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that all of you are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
Mutubuulire ebigenda okubaawo tulyoke tumanye nga muli bakatonda. Mubeeko kye mukola ekirungi oba ekibi tulyoke tutye era tukeŋŋentererwe mu mutima.
24 Behold, all of you are of nothing, and your work of nothing: an abomination is he that chooses you.
Laba, temuliiko bwe muli ne bye mukola tebigasa. Abo ababasinza bennyamiza.
25 I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon mortar, and as the potter treads clay.
Nonze omuntu alifuluma mu bukiikakkono akoowoola erinnya lyange, abeera mu buvanjuba. Alirinnyirira abafuzi ng’asamba ettaka, abe ng’omubumbi asamba ebbumba.
26 Who has declared from the beginning, that we may know? and in time past, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that shows, yea, there is none that declares, yea, there is none that hears your words.
Ani eyakyogera nti kiribeerawo tulyoke tumanye, eyakyogera edda tulyoke tugambe nti, ‘Wali mutuufu?’ Tewali n’omu yakyogerako, tewali n’omu yakimanya era tewali n’omu yawulira kigambo na kimu okuva gye muli.
27 The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that brings good tidings.
Nasooka okubuulira Sayuuni era ne mpeereza omubaka e Yerusaalemi ababuulire amawulire amalungi.
28 For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.
Naye tewali n’omu mu bakatonda bammwe eyabategeeza kino. Tewali n’omu awa bigambo biruŋŋamya, tewali n’omu addamu bwe mbuuza.
29 Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.
Laba, bonna temuli nsa! Bye bakola byonna tebigasa. Ebifaananyi byabwe byonna ebibajje, mpewo na butaliimu.”
