Isaiah 1
1 The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
Okwolesebwa kwa Isaaya, mutabani wa Amozi, kwe yafuna okukwata ku Yuda ne Yerusaalemi mu bufuzi bwa Uzziya, ne Yosamu, ne Akazi ne Keezeekiya, bassekabaka ba Yuda.
2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD hath spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
Wulira ggwe eggulu, mpuliriza ggwe ensi, kubanga bw’ati Mukama bw’ayogera nti, “Nayonsa ne ndera abaana naye ne banjeemera.
3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: [but] Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
Ente emanya nannyini yo n’endogoyi emanya ekisibo kya mukama waayo, naye Isirayiri tammanyi, abantu bange tebantegeera.”
4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil-doers, children that deal corruptly: they have forsaken the LORD, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are estranged [and gone] backward.
Woowe! Eggwanga erijjudde ebibi, abantu abajjudde obutali butuukirivu, ezzadde eryabakola ebibi, abaana aboonoonyi! Balese Mukama banyoomye Omutukuvu wa Isirayiri, basenguse bamuvuddeko bamukubye amabega.
5 Why will ye be still stricken, that ye revolt more and more? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
Lwaki mweyongera okujeema? Mwagala mwongere okubonerezebwa? Omutwe gwonna mulwadde, n’omutima gwonna gunafuye.
6 From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; [but] wounds, and bruises, and festering sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with oil.
Okuva mu mala g’ekigere okutuuka ku mutwe temuli bulamu wabula ebiwundu, n’okuzimba, n’amabwa agatiiriika amasira agatanyigibwanga, okusibibwa, wadde okuteekebwako eddagala.
7 Your country is desolate; your cities are burned with fire; your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
Ensi yammwe esigadde matongo, ebibuga byammwe byokeddwa omuliro, nga nammwe bennyini mulaba. Bannamawanga balidde ensi yammwe, era ezise kubanga bannaggwanga bagisudde.
8 And the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
Omuwala wa Sayuuni alekeddwa ng’ensiisira esigadde mu nnimiro y’emizabbibu, ng’ekiwummulirwamu mu nnimiro y’emyungu, ng’ekibuga ekizingiziddwa.
9 Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
Singa Mukama ow’Eggye teyatulekerawo bantu abatonotono abaasigalawo twandibadde nga Sodomu, twandifuuse nga Ggomola.
10 Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
Muwulirize ekigambo kya Katonda mmwe abafuzi ba Sodomu! Musseeyo omwoyo eri okuyigiriza kwa Katonda waffe mmwe abantu b’e Ggomola!
11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats.
“Ssaddaaka enkumu ze munsalira zingasa ki? Nkooye endiga ennume enjokye eziweebwayo, so sisanyukira musaayi gwa nte, newaakubadde ogw’abaana b’endiga, newaakubadde ogw’embuzi ennume,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to trample my courts?
Bwe mujja mu maaso gange, ani aba abayise ne mujja okulinnyirira empya zange?
13 Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; new moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies, —I cannot away with iniquity and the solemn meeting.
Mulekeraawo okuleeta ssaddaaka zammwe ezitaliimu; obubaane bwammwe bwa muzizo gye ndi. Omwezi Ogubonese ne Ssabbiiti n’enkuŋŋaana zammwe zijjudde obutali butuukirivu.
14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.
Emyezi gyammwe Egibonese n’embaga zammwe ez’ennaku entukuvu, emmeeme yange ebikyaye, binfuukidde omugugu, nkooye okubigumiikiriza.
15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Bwe munaayimusanga emikono gyammwe musabe nnaabakwekanga amaaso gange, era ne bwe munaasabanga ennyo siiwulirenga kubanga emikono gyammwe gisaabaanye omusaayi.
16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil:
Munaabe, mwetukuze muggirewo ddala ebikolwa byammwe ebibi gye ndi, mulekeraawo okukola ebibi.
17 learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Muyige okukola obulungi, musalenga emisango n’amazima, mudduukirirenga abajoogebwa, musalenga omusango gw’atalina kitaawe, muwolerezenga bannamwandu.
18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
“Mujje nno tukubaganye ebirowoozo,” bw’ayogera Mukama; “ebibi byammwe ne bwe biba ng’olugoye olumyufu binaafuuka byeru ng’omuzira, ne bwe binaaba bitwakaavu nga langi emyufu enkwafu, binaatukula ng’ebyoya by’endiga.
19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
Bwe munaagondanga ne muwulira, munaalyanga ebirungi eby’ensi;
20 but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
naye bwe munaagaananga ne mujeemanga ekitala kinaabalyanga,” kubanga akamwa ka Mukama ke kakyogedde.
21 How is the faithful city become an harlot! she that was full of judgment! righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.
Laba ekibuga ekyesigwa bwe kifuuse ng’omwenzi! Oyo eyasalanga emisango mu bwenkanya! Obutuukirivu bwatuulanga mu ye, naye kaakano batemu bennyini nnyini!
22 Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water.
Effeeza yo efuuse masengere, wayini wo afuuse wa lujjulungu.
23 Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
Abafuzi bo bajeemu, mikwano gya babbi, bonna bawoomerwa enguzi, era banoonya kuweebwa birabo; tebayamba batalina ba kitaabwe, so n’ensonga za bannamwandu tebazifaako.
24 Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:
Noolwekyo kyava ayogera Mukama, Mukama ow’Eggye, ow’amaanyi owa Isirayiri nti, “Ndifuka obusungu ku balabe bange, era ne nesasuza abo abankyawa.
25 and I will turn my hand upon thee, and throughly purge away thy dross, and will take away all thy tin:
Era ndikukwatamu n’omukono gwange, ne nnoongoosereza ddala amasengere go gonna ne nkuggyamu ebitali birungi byonna.
26 and I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called The city of righteousness, the faithful city.
Era ndikomyawo abalamuzi bo ng’olubereberye n’abo abakuwa amagezi, nga bwe kyali okusooka. Olwo olyoke oyitibwe ekibuga eky’obutuukirivu, ekibuga ekyesigwa.”
27 Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.
Sayuuni alinunulibwa lwa bwenkanya, n’abantu baamu abalyenenya mu butuukirivu.
28 But the destruction of the transgressors and the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.
Naye abeewaggula n’abakozi b’ebibi balizikirizibwa wamu, n’abo abava ku Mukama Katonda, balimalibwawo.
29 For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
“Kubanga mulikwatibwa ensonyi olw’emiti mwe mwenyumiririzanga, n’olw’ennimiro ze mweroboza.
30 For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.
Kubanga mulibeera ng’omuvule oguwotoka era ng’ennimiro etaliimu mazzi.
31 And the strong shall be as tow, and his work as a spark; and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.
N’omusajja ow’amaanyi alifuuka ng’enfuuzi, n’omulimu gwe ng’akasasi akavudde ku lyanda, era byombi biriggiira wamu so tewaliba azikiza omuliro ogwo.”
