Isaiah 59
1 Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
Mulabe, omukono gwa Mukama teguyimpawadde n’okuyinza ne gutayinza kulokola, era si muzibe wa matu nti tawulira.
2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
Naye obutali butuukirivu bwammwe bwe bubaawudde ku Katonda wammwe. Ebibi byammwe bye bimukwesezza amaaso ge, n’atawulira.
3 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue has muttered perverseness.
Kubanga emikono gyammwe gibunye omusaayi n’engalo zammwe zibunye obutali butuukirivu, emimwa gyammwe gyogedde eby’obulimba, n’ennimi zammwe z’ogedde eby’ekko.
4 None calls for justice, nor any pleads for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
Tewali awaaba bya nsonga so tewali awoza mu mazima; Beesiga ensonga ezitaliimu, ne boogera eby’obulimba, ne baleeta emitawaana ne bazaala obulabe.
5 They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eats of their eggs dies, and that which is crushed breaks out into a viper.
Baalula amagi ag’essalambwa ne balanga ewuzi za nnabbubi: alya ku magi gaabwe afa n’eryo eriba lyatise livaamu mbalasaasa.
6 Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
Naye enkwe zaabwe ze bakola tezibayamba, ziri ng’engoye enkole mu wuzi za nnabbubi! Tebasobola kuzeebikka. Emirimu gyabwe mirimu gya kwonoona, n’ebikolwa byabwe bulabe.
7 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.
Ebigere byabwe byanguyirira bikole ebibi era bapapirira bayiwe omusaayi ogutalina musango. Ebirowoozo byabwe birowoozo bya bubi, n’okuzika n’okuzikiriza bye biba buli we bagenda.
8 The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their activities: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goes therein shall not know peace.
Ekkubo ery’emirembe tebalimanyi wadde okukozesa obwenkanya mu makubo gaabwe. Beekubidde amakubo, tewali n’omu agayitamu afuna emirembe.
9 Therefore is judgment far from us, neither does justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.
Amazima gatuli wala, n’obutuukirivu tetubufunye. Tunoonyezza omusana naye ekizikiza kitwesibyeko, we tusuubira obutangaavu, tutambulidde mu bisiikirize byereere.
10 We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noon day as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.
Tuwammantawammanta bbugwe ng’abazibe, ne tukwatakwata ng’abatalina maaso; twesittala mu ttuntu ng’ekiro mu abo abalina amaanyi ne tuba ng’abafu.
11 We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
Ffenna tuwuluguma ng’eddubu ne tusinda nga bukaamukuukulu. Tusuubira okuggyibwa mu kunyigirizibwa naye nga bwereere, n’obulokozi butuliwala.
12 For our transgressions are multiplied before you, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them;
Kubanga ebisobyo byaffe bingi mu maaso go era ebibi byaffe bitulumiriza, kubanga ebisobyo byaffe biri naffe, era tumanyi obutali butuukirivu bwaffe;
13 In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
obujeemu n’enkwe eri Mukama era n’okulekeraawo okugoberera Katonda waffe. Okutegeka obwediimo n’okunyigiriza, okwogera eby’obulimba n’emitima gyaffe bye girowoozezza.
14 And judgment is turned away backward, and justice stands far off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
Obwenkanya buddiridde n’obutuukirivu ne bubeera wala. Amazima geesitalidde mu luguudo, n’obwesimbu tebuyinza kuyingira.
15 Yea, truth fails; and he that departs from evil makes himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.
Tewali w’oyinza kusanga mazima, era oyo ava ku kibi asuulibwa. Mukama yakiraba n’atasanyuka kubanga tewaali bwenkanya.
16 And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.
N’alaba nga tewali muntu, ne yennyamira nti tewali muntu ayinza kudduukirira. Noolwekyo kwe kusalawo okukozesa omukono gwe ye kennyini okuleeta obulokozi n’obutuukirivu bwe okuwangula.
17 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak.
Yayambala obutuukirivu bwe ng’eky’omu kifuba, era n’enkuufiira ey’obulokozi ku mutwe gwe; n’ateekako ebyambalo by’okuwoolera eggwanga era n’ayambala obunyiikivu ng’omunagiro.
18 According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.
Ng’ebikolwa byabwe bwe biri bwalisasula ekiruyi ku balabe be, n’abamukyawa alibawa empeera yaabwe, n’abo abali ewala mu bizinga abasasule.
19 So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.
Noolwekyo balitya erinnya lya Mukama okuva ebugwanjuba, n’ekitiibwa kye okuva ebuvanjuba, kubanga alijja ng’omugga ogukulukuta n’amaanyi, omukka gwa Mukama gwe gutwala.
20 And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, says the LORD.
“Era Omununuzi alijja mu Sayuuni, eri abo abeenenya ebibi byabwe mu Yakobo,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
21 As for me, this is my covenant with them, says the LORD; My spirit that is upon you, and my words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, nor out of the mouth of your seed, nor out of the mouth of your seed's seed, says the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.
“Era, eno y’endagaano yange gye nkola nabo,” bw’ayogera Mukama. “Omwoyo wange ali ku ggwe era n’ebigambo byange bye ntadde mu kamwa ko, tebiivenga mu kamwa ko, oba mu kamwa k’abaana bo, wadde mu kamwa k’abaana b’abaana bo, okuva kaakano okutuusa emirembe n’emirembe,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
