Ezera 9
1 Oluvannyuma lw’ebintu ebyo okukolebwa, abakulembeze ne bajja gye ndi ne boogera nti, “Abantu ba Isirayiri, omwo nga mwe muli bakabona n’Abaleevi, tebeeyawudde ku mawanga agabaliraanye n’ebikolwa byabwe eby’emizizo. Tebeeyawudde ku Bakanani, ne ku Bakiiti ne ku Baperizi ne ku Bayebusi ne ku Bamoni ne ku Bamowaabu ne ku Bamisiri ne ku Bamoli.
Then, after these things were completed, the leaders came to me, saying: “The people of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, have not been separated from the peoples of the lands and from their abominations, especially those of the Canaanites, and Hittites, and Perizzites, and Jebusites, and Ammonites, and Moabites, and Egyptians, and Amorites.
2 Bawasizza abamu ku bawala baabwe, n’abawala ne bafumbirwa abamu ku batabani baabwe, bwe kityo eggwanga ettukuvu ne lyetabula n’amawanga agabeetoolodde. Ku nsonga eyo abakulembeze n’abakungu, be basinze okwonoona.”
For they have taken from their daughters for themselves and for their sons, and they have mixed a holy lineage with the peoples of the lands. And even the hand of the leaders and the magistrates has been first in this transgression.”
3 Awo bwe nawulira ebigambo ebyo, ne njuza ekkanzu yange n’omunagiro gwange, ne nkunyuula enviiri ku mutwe gwange ne mu kirevu kyange ne ntuula wansi nga nnakuwadde.
And when I had heard this word, I tore my cloak and my tunic, and I pulled out the hairs of my head and beard, and I sat in mourning.
4 Bonna abatya ebigambo bya Katonda wa Isirayiri ne bakuŋŋaanira we ndi, olw’obutali bwesigwa obw’abaawaŋŋangusibwa. Ne ntuula wansi nga nnakuwadde okutuusa ekiseera eky’ekiweebwayo eky’akawungeezi bwe kyatuuka.
Then all those who feared the word of the God of Israel gathered to me, because of the transgression of those who had arrived from the captivity. And I sat in sorrow, until the evening sacrifice.
5 Awo mu kiseera eky’ekiweebwayo eky’akawungeezi ne ngolokoka okuva we nnali ntudde, n’ekkanzu yange enjulifu n’omunagiro gwange omuyulifu, ne nfukamira ne ngolola emikono gyange eri Mukama Katonda wange,
And at the evening sacrifice, I rose up from my affliction, and, having torn my cloak and my tunic, I fell to my knees, and I reached out my hands to the Lord, my God.
6 ne nsaba nti: “Ayi Katonda wange, nkwatiddwa ensonyi, era sisobola kuyimusa maaso gange eri gwe Katonda wange, kubanga obutali butuukirivu bwaffe busukiridde emitwe gyaffe, n’omusango gwaffe gutuuse mu ggulu.
And I said: “My God, I am confounded and ashamed to lift up my face to you. For our iniquities have been multiplied over our heads, and our offenses have increased, even up to heaven,
7 Okuva mu biro bya bajjajjaffe n’okutuusa leero, omusango gugenze gweyongera; era olw’obutali butuukirivu bwaffe, bakabaka baffe, ne bakabona baffe baweereddwayo mu mukono gwa bakabaka ab’ensi, n’eri ekitala, n’eri obusibe, n’eri obunyazi, n’eri obuswavu obungi, nga bwe kiri mu nnaku zino.
from the days of our fathers. But also, we ourselves have sinned gravely, even to this day. And for our iniquities, we ourselves, and our kings and our priests, have been delivered into the hands of the kings of the lands, and to the sword, and to captivity, and to plunder, and to confusion of face, just as it is also in this day.
8 “Naye kaakano, akaseera katono, Mukama Katonda waffe atulaze ekisa n’atulekawo ffe abatono, n’atuwa ekifo ekisooka era ekinywevu mu watukuvu we, Katonda waffe n’amulisa amaaso gaffe, n’atuwa okuweeraweerako akatono mu busibe bwaffe.
And now, to a small extent and for a moment, our petition has been made with the Lord our God, so that they may leave us a remnant, and so that a secure place in his holy land may be given to us, and so that our God may illuminate our eyes, and may give us a little life in our servitude.
9 Newaakubadde nga tuli baddu, Katonda waffe tatulekulidde mu busibe bwaffe, naye atulaze okusaasirwa mu maaso ga bakabaka b’e Buperusi. Atuwadde obulamu obuggya okuzimba ennyumba ya Katonda waffe, n’okuddaabiriza ebyo ebyayonooneka, era atutaddeko Bbugwe okutwetooloola okutukuuma mu Yuda ne mu Yerusaalemi.
For we are servants, yet in our servitude our God has not forsaken us, but he has inclined mercy upon us in the sight of the king of the Persians, so that he may give us life, and may raise up the house of our God, and repair its desolations, and give us a hedge in Judah and Jerusalem.
10 “Kaakano Katonda waffe tunaayogera ki oluvannyuma lw’ebyo? Twaleka amateeka go
And now, our God, what should we say after these things? For we abandoned your commandments,
11 ge watuwa ng’oyita mu baddu bo bannabbi, bwe wayogera nti, ‘Ensi gye mugenda okulya, nsi ejjudde obutali bulongoofu olw’abantu baamu, era bagijjuzizza ebikolwa eby’obugwagwa enjuuyi zonna.
which you instructed by the hand of your servants, the prophets, saying: ‘The land, which you shall enter so that you may possess it, is an unclean land, due to the uncleanness of the peoples and of the other lands, the abominations of those who have filled it, from mouth to mouth, with their filth.’
12 Noolwekyo temuwaayo bawala bammwe kufumbirwa batabani baabwe newaakubadde batabani bammwe okuwasa bawala baabwe. Temwongeranga ku bulungi bwabwe newaakubadde obugagga bwabwe, mulyoke mube n’amaanyi mulye ebirungi by’ensi, ate era mubirekere n’abaana bammwe okuba omugabo ogw’emirembe n’emirembe.’
Now therefore, you should not give your daughters to their sons, nor should you receive their daughters for your sons. And you should not seek their peace, nor their prosperity, even forever. So shall you be strengthened, and so shall you eat the good things of the land, and have your sons as your heirs, even for all time.
13 “Bino byonna bitutuuseeko olw’ebikolwa byaffe ebitali bya butuukirivu n’olw’omusango omunene gwe tulina, ate nga Katonda waffe totubonerezza ng’ebikolwa byaffe bwe biri, naye otuleseewo nga bwe tuli kaakano.
And after all that has happened to us because of our very wicked works and our great offense, you, our God, have freed us from our iniquity, and you have given us salvation, just as it is this day,
14 Tunaayinza nate okumenya ebiragiro byo ne tuwasa mu mawanga ago agakola ebitasaana? Tolitunyiigira nnyo n’okusingawo n’otuzikiriza obutalekaawo muntu yenna?
so that we would not turn away and make your commandments void, and so that we would not unite in marriage with the peoples of these abominations. Could you be angry with us even to the very end, so that you would not leave us a remnant to be saved?
15 Ayi Mukama Katonda wa Isirayiri oli mutuukirivu, era otuleseewo ffe ekitundu kino leero. Laba tuli mu maaso go nga tuzzizza omusango, newaakubadde nga tewali eyandisobodde okuyimirira mu maaso go.”
O Lord, the God of Israel, you are just. For we have been left behind to be saved, just as it is this day. Behold, we are before your sight in our offense. And it is not possible to withstand you in this matter.”
