Deuteronomy 31
1 And Moses went, and spake these words unto all Israel;
Awo Musa n’agenda n’abuulira Isirayiri yonna ebigambo bino, n’agamba nti,
2 and said unto them—A hundred and twenty years old, am I to-day, I can no more go out and come in, —Yahweh indeed hath said unto me, Thou shall not pass 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 Yahweh thy God, is passing over before thee, he, will destroy these nations from before thee so shalt thou dispossess them, —Joshua is passing over before thee, as Yahweh hath 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 So will Yahweh do unto them as he did unto Sihon and unto Og, kings of the Amorites, and unto the land of them whom he destroyed.
Era nga Mukama Katonda bwe yakola Sikoni ne Ogi, bakabaka b’Abamoli n’ensi yaabwe, n’abazikiriza, ne bano bw’alibakola.
5 So will Yahweh deliver them up before you, —and ye shall do unto them—according to all the commandment which I have commanded you.
Mukama Katonda agenda kubagabula gye muli, era kiribagwanira okubakolako nga mugobererera ddala ebiragiro byange bye mbawadde nga bwe biri.
6 Be firm and bold, do not fear nor tremble because of them, —for Yahweh thy God, it is who is going with thee, he will not fail thee nor forsake thee.
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 for Joshua, and said unto him, in the sight of all Israel. Be firm and bold, for, thou, shalt go with this people into the land which Yahweh sware unto their fathers to give unto them, and, thou shalt cause them to inherit it.
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 But, Yahweh, it is who is going before thee, he will be with thee, he will not fail thee nor forsake thee, —thou must not fear nor be dismayed.
Mukama Katonda yennyini y’ajjanga okukukulemberanga. Anaabanga naawe bulijjo, taakulekenga so taakwabulirenga. Totya so totekemuka.”
9 And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, who were bearing the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, —and unto all the elders 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 commanded them, saying, —At the end of seven years in the appointed season of the year of release, during the festival of booths;
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 cometh in to see the face of Yahweh thy God, in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel, in their hearing.
Isirayiri yenna nga bazze okulabika mu maaso ga Mukama Katonda wo mu kifo ky’aneeronderanga, onoosomeranga Isirayiri yenna amateeka gano gonna nga bawulira.
12 Call together the people—the men and the women and the little ones, and thy sojourner who is within thy gates, —that they may hear, and that they may learn, so shall they revere Yahweh your God, and observe 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 that their children who know not, may hear and learn, that they may revere Yahweh your God, —all the days that ye are living upon the soil, which ye are passing over the Jordan to possess.
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 Then said Yahweh unto Moses: Lo! thy days have drawn near that thou must die. Call Joshua and station yourselves in the tent of meeting, that I may command him. So Moses went, with Joshua, and they took their station in the tent of meeting.
Awo Mukama n’agamba Musa nti, “Obudde bwo obw’okufa busembedde. Yita Yoswa, mujje mu Weema ey’Okukuŋŋaanirangamu.”
15 And Yahweh appeared in the tent, in a pillar of cloud, —and the pillar of cloud stood, at the entrance of the tent.
Awo Mukama Katonda n’alabikira mu Weema ng’ali mu mpagi ey’ekire; empagi ey’ekire n’eyimirira waggulu w’omulyango gw’Eweema.
16 Then said Yahweh unto Moses, Lo! thou art about to sleep with thy fathers, —and this people will rise up, and go away unchastely after the gods of the foreigners of the land into the midst of whom they are entering, and will forsake me and break my covenant which I solemnised 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 Then will mine anger kindle upon them in that day, and I will forsake them and will hide my face from them and they shall be consumed, and many calamities and misfortunes shall find them out, —and they will say, in that day, Is it not because my God is not in my midst, that these calamities have found me out?
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 But, I, will utterly, hide, my face, in that day, because of all the wickedness which they have done, in that they have turned away unto other gods.
Ku lunaku olwo ndikwekera ddala amaaso gange olw’ebibi byonna bye banaabanga bakoze nga bakyukidde bakatonda abalala.
19 Now, therefore write ye for you this Song, and teach it unto the sons of Israel put it in their mouths, —that this Song may become for me a witness against the sons of Israel.
“Kale nno kaakano wandiika oluyimba luno oluyigirize abaana ba Isirayiri, olubayimbisenga, lulyoke lubeerenga omujulizi wange ku baana ba Isirayiri.
20 When I bring them upon the soil which I sware unto their fathers, flowing with milk and honey, and they shall eat and be filled and wax fat, then will they turn away unto other gods and serve them, and despise 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 it shall come to pass, when many calamities and misfortunes shall find them out, then shall this Song respond to their face, as a witness, for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouth of their seed, for I know their imagination, which they are forming to-day, ere yet I bring them into the land of which I sware unto 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 Moses therefore wrote this Song on that day, —and taught it unto the sons of Israel.
Bw’atyo, ku lunaku olwo, Musa n’awandiika oluyimba luno n’aluyigiriza abaana ba Isirayiri.
23 And he commanded Joshua, son of Nun, and said—Be firm and bold, for, thou shalt bring the sons of Israel into the land which I have sworn to them, —and, I, will be with thee.
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 it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law, upon a scroll, —until he had finished them,
Musa bwe yamala okuwandiika mu Kitabo ebigambo eby’amateeka gano, okubiggya ku ntandikwa okubituusa ku nkomerero,
25 then Moses commanded the Levites, who were bearing the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, saying:
Musa n’alagira Abaleevi abaasitulanga Essanduuko ey’Endagaano eya Mukama, ng’agamba nti,
26 Take this scroll of the law, and put it at the side of the ark of the covenant of Yahweh your God, —so shall it be there in thy midst as a witness.
“Mutwale Ekitabo ky’Amateeka kino mukiteeke awali Essanduuko ey’Endagaano eya Mukama Katonda wammwe, kibeerenga awo ng’omujulirwa gy’oli.
27 For, I, know thy perverseness, and thy stiff neck, —lo! while I am yet alive with you to-day, ye are, quarrelling, with Yahweh, and how much more 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 Call together unto me all the elders of your tribes and your officers, —and let me speak in their hearing these words, and let me take to witness against them the heavens and the earth.
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, ye will break faith, and turn aside out of the way which I have commanded you, —and calamity will befall you in the afterpart of the days, because ye will do the thing that is wicked in the eyes of Yahweh, to provoke him with the work of your own hands.
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.”
30 So Moses spake in the hearing of all the convocation of Israel the words of this Song, until they were ended: —
Awo Musa n’ayogera, ebigambo by’oluyimba luno okuluggya ku ntandikwa yaalwo n’okulutuusa ku nkomerero ng’ekibiina kya Isirayiri yenna kiwulira.
