Isaiah 8
1 And Yahweh said unto me: Take thee a large tablet, —and write thereon in plain characters, To Maher-shalal-hash-baz. ["Speed-spoil-hurry-prey".]
Awo Mukama Katonda n’aŋŋamba nti, “Kwata ekipande ekinene okiwandiikeko n’ekkalaamu nti: Kya Makerusalalukasubazi.”
2 That I may take in attestation, faithful witnesses, —even Uriah the priest, and Zechariah son of Jeberechiah.
Ne ndyoka neeyitira abajulirwa abeesigwa, Uliya kabona, ne Zekkaliya omwana wa Yeberekiya.
3 Then approached I unto the prophetess, and she conceived and bare a son, —and Yahweh said unto me, Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
Ne ŋŋenda eri nnabbi omukazi, n’aba olubuto, n’azaala omwana wabulenzi. Mukama Katonda n’alyoka agamba nti, “Mmutuume erinnya Makerusalalukasubazi.
4 For before the boy shall have knowledge to cry, My father! and, My mother! the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be carried away before the king of Assyria.
Kubanga omwana nga tannamanya kugamba nti, ‘Taata’, oba ‘Maama’, obugagga bw’e Ddamasiko n’omunyago gwe Samaliya birinyagibwa kabaka w’e Bwasuli.”
5 And again Yahweh spake unto me yet further saying:
Mukama Katonda n’addamu n’ayogera nange nti,
6 Because this people hath refused the waters of Shiloah which flow softly, —and are rejoicing with Rezin and the son of Remaliah,
“Kubanga abantu bano bagaanye amazzi g’e Sirowa agakulukuta empolampola, ne bajaguza olwa Lezini ne mutabani wa Lemaliya,
7 now therefore, lo! the Lord is about to bring up against them the waters, strong and many, of the River ["Euphrates"], even the king of Assyria and all his glory, —and he shall rise over all his channels, and flow over all his banks;
kale nno Mukama anaatera okubaleetako amazzi ag’Omugga, ag’amaanyi era amayitirivu, ye kabaka w’e Bwasuli n’ekitiibwa kye kyonna; galisukka ensalosalo zonna, ne ganjaala ku ttale lyonna.
8 and roll on throughout Judah—overflow and pass along, till unto the neck, he shall reach, —and it shall be, that, the stretching out of his wings, shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel!
Era galyeyongera ne ganjaala mu Yuda, galyanjaala ne gamuyitamu gakome ne mu bulago, n’emikutu gyago gyegolole okujjuza ensi yo, ggwe Emmanweri.”
9 Rage, O ye peoples, —and be overthrown, And give ear, all ye distant parts of the earth, —Gird yourselves and be overthrown, Gird yourselves, and be overthrown:
Muyimbe ennyimba z’entalo mmwe amawanga naye mwekaabire. Mutege amatu mmwe mwenna ab’ensi ezeewala; mwenyweze naye mwekaabire; mwenyweze naye mwekaabire.
10 Determine a plan, —and it shall be frustrated, —Speak a word, and it shall not stand, For With-us-is-GOD!
Muteese enkola yammwe, naye yakugwa butaka, mwogere ekigambo naye tekirituukirira.
11 For, thus, spake Yahweh unto me like a firm grasp of the hand, —when he admonished me, not to walk in the way of this people, saying:
Kubanga Mukama Katonda yayogera nange ng’antaddeko omukono gwe ogw’amaanyi, ng’andabula nneme okugoberera ekkubo ly’abantu bano, ng’aŋŋamba nti,
12 Ye shall not say—A confederacy! of everything of which this people may say. A confederacy! And their fear, shall ye not fear or regard as awful:
“Ebintu byonna abantu bano bye bayita enkwe, temubiyita nkwe, era temutya bye batya, wadde okutekemuka omutima.
13 Yahweh of hosts, him, shall ye hallow, —And let, him, be your fear, and let, him inspire you with awe;
Naye mujjukire nti nze Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye, nze Mutukuvu, nze gwe muba mutya, era gwe muba mwekengera.
14 So shall he become a hallowed asylum, —But a stone to strike against, and a rock to stumble over unto both houses of Israel A trap and a snare to the dweller in Jerusalem;
Olw’obutukuvu eri ennyumba zombi eza Isirayiri aliba ejjinja era olwazi kwe bagwa, era alibeera omutego era ekyambika eri ab’omu Yerusaalemi.
15 And many, shall stumble among them, —and fall and be torn, and snared, and captured.
Era bangi abaliryesittalako, bagwe, bamenyeke, bategebwe bakwatibwe.”
16 Bind thou up the testimony, —Seal the instruction amongst my disciples.
Nyweza obujulirwa okakase amateeka mu bayigirizwa bange.
17 I will therefore long for Yahweh, Who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob, —And will wait, for him.
Nange nnaalindirira Mukama Katonda akwese amaaso ge okuva ku nnyumba ya Yakobo, mmunoonye n’essuubi.
18 Lo! I and the children whom Yahweh hath given me, are for signs and for wonders in Israel, —from Yahweh of hosts, who is making his habitation in Mount Zion.
Laba, nze n’abaana Mukama Katonda bampadde tuli bubonero n’ebyewuunyo mu Isirayiri obuva eri Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye, abeera ku lusozi Sayuuni.
19 But, when they say unto you—Seek ye unto the necromancers and unto the wizards, who chirp, and who mutter, Should not a people seek, unto its God? In behalf of the living, [should it seek] unto the dead?
Abantu bwe babagamba nti mwebuuze ku abo abaliko emizimu, n’abasamize abakaaba ng’ennyonyi era abajoboja, eggwanga tekirigwanira kwebuuza ku Katonda waalyo? Lwaki ebikwata ku balamu mubibuuza abafu?
20 To the law and to the testimony! If they speak not according to this word, [It is], because they have no dawning day.
Tudde eri amateeka n’obujulirwa! Bwe baba teboogera bwe batyo, mazima obudde tebugenda kubakeerera.
21 Therefore shall they pass through it hard pressed and hungry, —And it shall be when they hunger, then will they rage and revile their king and their god and turn their faces upwards;
Era baliyita mu nsi nga beeraliikirira nnyo nga balumwa enjala; era enjala bweriyitirira okubaluma ne banyiiga era nga batunudde waggulu balikolimira kabaka ne Katonda waabwe.
22 And unto the land, shall they look hard, And lo! distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish, driven away!
Era bwe balitunula ku nsi baliraba nnaku na kizikiza, n’entiisa ey’okubonaabona basuulibwe mu kizikiza ekikutte zigizigi.
