Isaaya 1
1 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.
The vision of Isaias the son of Amos I which he saw concerning Juda and Jerusalem in the days of Ozias, Joathan, Achaz, and Ezechias, kings of Juda.
2 Wulira ggwe eggulu, mpuliriza ggwe ensi, kubanga bw’ati Mukama bw’ayogera nti, “Nayonsa ne ndera abaana naye ne banjeemera.
Hear, O ye heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the Lord hath spoken. I have brought up children, and exalted them: but they have despised me.
3 Ente emanya nannyini yo n’endogoyi emanya ekisibo kya mukama waayo, naye Isirayiri tammanyi, abantu bange tebantegeera.”
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel hath not known me, and my people hath not understood.
4 Woowe! Eggwanga erijjudde ebibi, abantu abajjudde obutali butuukirivu, ezzadde eryabakola ebibi, abaana aboonoonyi! Balese Mukama banyoomye Omutukuvu wa Isirayiri, basenguse bamuvuddeko bamukubye amabega.
Woe to the sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a wicked seed, ungracious children: they have forsaken the Lord, they have blasphemed the Holy One of Israel, they are gone away backwards.
5 Lwaki mweyongera okujeema? Mwagala mwongere okubonerezebwa? Omutwe gwonna mulwadde, n’omutima gwonna gunafuye.
For what shall I strike you any more, you that increase transgression? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart is sad.
6 Okuva mu mala g’ekigere okutuuka ku mutwe temuli bulamu wabula ebiwundu, n’okuzimba, n’amabwa agatiiriika amasira agatanyigibwanga, okusibibwa, wadde okuteekebwako eddagala.
From the sole of the foot unto the top of the head, there is no soundness therein: wounds and bruises and swelling sores: they are not bound up, nor dressed, nor fomented with oil.
7 Ensi yammwe esigadde matongo, ebibuga byammwe byokeddwa omuliro, nga nammwe bennyini mulaba. Bannamawanga balidde ensi yammwe, era ezise kubanga bannaggwanga bagisudde.
Your land is desolate, your cities are burnt with fire: your country strangers devour before your face, and it shall be desolate as when wasted by enemies.
8 Omuwala wa Sayuuni alekeddwa ng’ensiisira esigadde mu nnimiro y’emizabbibu, ng’ekiwummulirwamu mu nnimiro y’emyungu, ng’ekibuga ekizingiziddwa.
And the daughter of Sion shall be left as a covert in a vineyard, and as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, and as a city that is laid waste.
9 Singa Mukama ow’Eggye teyatulekerawo bantu abatonotono abaasigalawo twandibadde nga Sodomu, twandifuuse nga Ggomola.
Except the Lord of hosts had left us seed, we had been as Sodom, and we should have been like to Gomorrha.
10 Muwulirize ekigambo kya Katonda mmwe abafuzi ba Sodomu! Musseeyo omwoyo eri okuyigiriza kwa Katonda waffe mmwe abantu b’e Ggomola!
Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom, give ear to the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrha.
11 “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.
To what purpose do you offer me the multitude of your victims, saith the Lord? I am full, I desire not holocausts of rams, and fat of fatlings, and blood of calves, and lambs, and buck goats.
12 Bwe mujja mu maaso gange, ani aba abayise ne mujja okulinnyirira empya zange?
When you came to appear before me, who required these things at your hands, that you should walk in my courts?
13 Mulekeraawo okuleeta ssaddaaka zammwe ezitaliimu; obubaane bwammwe bwa muzizo gye ndi. Omwezi Ogubonese ne Ssabbiiti n’enkuŋŋaana zammwe zijjudde obutali butuukirivu.
Offer sacrifice no more in vain: incense is an abomination to me. The new moons, and the sabbaths, and other festivals I will not abide, your assemblies are wicked.
14 Emyezi gyammwe Egibonese n’embaga zammwe ez’ennaku entukuvu, emmeeme yange ebikyaye, binfuukidde omugugu, nkooye okubigumiikiriza.
My soul hateth your new moons, and your solemnities: they are become troublesome to me, I am weary of bearing them.
15 Bwe munaayimusanga emikono gyammwe musabe nnaabakwekanga amaaso gange, era ne bwe munaasabanga ennyo siiwulirenga kubanga emikono gyammwe gisaabaanye omusaayi.
And when you stretch forth your hands, I will turn away my eyes from you: and when you multiply prayer, I will not hear: for your hands are full of blood.
16 Munaabe, mwetukuze muggirewo ddala ebikolwa byammwe ebibi gye ndi, mulekeraawo okukola ebibi.
Wash yourselves, be clean, take away the evil of your devices from my eyes: cease to do perversely,
17 Muyige okukola obulungi, musalenga emisango n’amazima, mudduukirirenga abajoogebwa, musalenga omusango gw’atalina kitaawe, muwolerezenga bannamwandu.
Learn to do well: seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge for the fatherless, defend the widow.
18 “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.
And then come, and accuse me, saith the Lord: if your sins be as scarlet, they shall be made as white as snow: and if they be red as crimson, they shall be white as wool.
19 Bwe munaagondanga ne muwulira, munaalyanga ebirungi eby’ensi;
If you be willing, and will hearken to me, you shall eat the good things of the land.
20 naye bwe munaagaananga ne mujeemanga ekitala kinaabalyanga,” kubanga akamwa ka Mukama ke kakyogedde.
But if you will not, and will provoke me to wrath: the sword shall devour you because the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
21 Laba ekibuga ekyesigwa bwe kifuuse ng’omwenzi! Oyo eyasalanga emisango mu bwenkanya! Obutuukirivu bwatuulanga mu ye, naye kaakano batemu bennyini nnyini!
How is the faithful city, that was full of judgment, become a harlot? justice dwelt in it, but now murderers.
22 Effeeza yo efuuse masengere, wayini wo afuuse wa lujjulungu.
Thy silver is turned into dress: thy wine is mingled with water.
23 Abafuzi bo bajeemu, mikwano gya babbi, bonna bawoomerwa enguzi, era banoonya kuweebwa birabo; tebayamba batalina ba kitaabwe, so n’ensonga za bannamwandu tebazifaako.
Thy princes are faithless, companions of thieves: they all love bribes, the run after rewards. They judge not for the fatherless: and the widow’s cometh not in to them.
24 Noolwekyo kyava ayogera Mukama, Mukama ow’Eggye, ow’amaanyi owa Isirayiri nti, “Ndifuka obusungu ku balabe bange, era ne nesasuza abo abankyawa.
Therefore saith the Lord the God of hosts, the mighty one of Israel: Ah! I will comfort myself over my adversaries: and I will be revenged of my enemies.
25 Era ndikukwatamu n’omukono gwange, ne nnoongoosereza ddala amasengere go gonna ne nkuggyamu ebitali birungi byonna.
And I will turn my hand to thee, and I will clean purge away thy dress, and I will take away all thy tin.
26 Era ndikomyawo abalamuzi bo ng’olubereberye n’abo abakuwa amagezi, nga bwe kyali okusooka. Olwo olyoke oyitibwe ekibuga eky’obutuukirivu, ekibuga ekyesigwa.”
And I will restore thy judges as they were before, and thy counsellors as of old. After this thou shalt be called the city of the just, a faithful city.
27 Sayuuni alinunulibwa lwa bwenkanya, n’abantu baamu abalyenenya mu butuukirivu.
Sion shall be redeemed in judgment, and they shall bring her back in justice.
28 Naye abeewaggula n’abakozi b’ebibi balizikirizibwa wamu, n’abo abava ku Mukama Katonda, balimalibwawo.
And he shall destroy the wicked, and the sinners together: and they that have forsaken the Lord, shall be consumed.
29 “Kubanga mulikwatibwa ensonyi olw’emiti mwe mwenyumiririzanga, n’olw’ennimiro ze mweroboza.
For they shall be confounded for the idols, to which they have sacrificed: and you shall be ashamed of the gardens which you have chosen.
30 Kubanga mulibeera ng’omuvule oguwotoka era ng’ennimiro etaliimu mazzi.
When you shall be as an oak with the leaves falling off, and as a garden without water.
31 N’omusajja ow’amaanyi alifuuka ng’enfuuzi, n’omulimu gwe ng’akasasi akavudde ku lyanda, era byombi biriggiira wamu so tewaliba azikiza omuliro ogwo.”
And your strength shall be as the ashes of tow, and your work as a spark: and both shall burn together, and there shall be none to quench it.
