Isaaya 29
1 Zikusanze ggwe Alyeri, Alyeri ekibuga Dawudi kye yabeeramu, yongera omwaka ku mwaka, n’entuuko zo ez’embaga zigende mu maaso.
Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the town where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let the festivals come round in order;
2 Wabula ndizingiza Alyeri, alikuba ebiwoobe era alikungubaga, era aliba gye ndi ng’ekyoto kya Alyeri.
Yet will I distress Ariel, and there shall be groaning and wailing: and it shall be unto me like Ariel.
3 Ndikuba olusiisira okukwetooloola wonna, era ndikwetoolooza eminaala, ne nkusaako ebifunvu.
And I will encamp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with hostile posts, and I will raise up entrenchments against thee.
4 Olikkakkanyizibwa era olyogera ng’oli mu ttaka, n’ebigambo byo biriwulikika nga biri wansi nnyo ng’oli mu nfuufu. Eddoboozi lyo liriba ng’ery’oyo aliko akazimu nga liva mu ttaka, n’ebigambo byo biriba bya kyama nga biva mu nfuufu.
And brought down low, shalt thou speak [as though] out of the earth, and out of the dust shall come forth thy speech; and like one of a familiar spirit out of the earth shall be thy voice, and out of the dust shalt thou whisper forth thy speech.
5 Naye abalabe bo abangi baliba ng’enfuufu eweweddwa, n’ebibinja by’abakozi b’ebibi abasingayo obubi bibe ng’ebisasiro ebifuumuuka.
And like the small dust shall be the multitude of thy barbarian enemies, and like the passing chaff the multitude of tyrants; and [this] shall be at unawares, suddenly.
6 Amangwago mu kaseera katono Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye alikukyalira mu kubwatuuka ne mu musisi, ne mu ddoboozi ery’omwanguka, ne mu kibuyaga ne mu nnimi z’omuliro omukambwe oguzikiriza.
From the Lord of hosts shall the visitation come with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the devouring flame of fire.
7 Awo ebibinja by’amawanga gonna ebirwana ne Alyeri birimulumba, birirumba n’ekigo kye ne bimutaayiza; kiriba ng’ekirooto, ng’okwolesebwa mu kiro
And as a dream of a night-vision shall be the multitude of all the nations that go to war against Ariel, even all that fight against her and raise towers against her, and that distress her.
8 ng’omuntu alumwa enjala bw’aloota ng’alya naye bw’agolokoka n’asigala ng’akyalumwa enjala; oba ng’omuntu alumwa ennyonta bw’aloota ng’anywa naye n’agolokoka nga munafu ng’akyalumwa ennyonta. Ekyo kye kirituuka ku bibinja by’amawanga gonna agalwana n’Olusozi Sayuuni.
And it shall even be as when a hungry man dreameth, that, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty; or as when a thirsty man dreameth, that, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul yet longeth: so shall it be with the multitude of all the nations, that go to war against mount Zion.
9 Muwuniikirire era mwewuunye Muzibirire era muzibe amaaso; Batamiire, naye si na nvinnyo, batagala, naye si lwa mwenge.
Stay but still and wonder; turn your eyes away, and be blinded; they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
10 Mukama akuwadde otulo tungi, azibye amaaso gammwe bannabbi, era abisse emitwe gyammwe abalabi.
For the Lord hath poured out over you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: [over] the prophets, and your chiefs, the seers, hath he cast a vail.
11 Okwolesebwa kuno kwonna tekulina makulu gy’oli okuggyako okuba ebigambo ebissibwako akabonero mu muzingo. Omuzingo bw’oguwa omuntu, asobola okusoma n’omugamba nti, “Nkwegayiridde kino kisome,” ajja kukuddamu nti, “Sisobola, kuliko akabonero.”
And the vision of every thing is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that can read, saying, Read this, I pray thee; and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:
12 Oba omuzingo bw’oguwa omuntu atasobola kusoma, n’omugamba nti, “Nkwegayiridde kino kisome,” ajja kukuddamu nti, “Simanyi kusoma.”
And the book is then delivered to one that cannot read, saying, Read this, I pray thee; and he saith, I cannot read.
13 Mukama agamba nti, “Abantu bano bansemberera n’akamwa kaabwe, ne banzisaamu ekitiibwa n’emimwa gyabwe, naye ng’emitima gyabwe gindi wala. Okunsinza kwe bansinza, biragiro abantu bye baayigiriza.
And the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near with their mouth, and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is but the acquired precept of men;
14 Noolwekyo, laba ŋŋenda kwewuunyisa abantu bano. Amagezi g’abagezi galizikirira, n’okutegeera kw’abategeevu kuliggwaawo.”
Therefore, behold, I will do yet farther a marvelous work with this people, doing wonder on wonder; so that the wisdom of their wise men shall be lost, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hidden.
15 Zibasanze abo abakola kyonna kye basobola okukweka Mukama enteekateeka zaabwe, abo abakola emirimu gyabwe mu kizikiza nga bagamba nti, “Ani atulaba? Ani alimanya?”
Woe unto those that seek to hide deeply their counsel from the Lord, so that their works may be in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
16 Mufuula ebintu ne birabika ng’omubumbi alowoozebwa okwenkanankana n’ebbumba. Ekyakolebwa kiyinza okwogera ku eyakikola nti, “Teyankola”? Ensuwa eyinza okugamba omubumbi nti, “Talina ky’amanyi”?
Oh your perverseness! shall the potter be esteemed as the clay? that the work shall say of its maker, He hath not made me? or shall the thing framed say of its framer, He had no understanding?
17 Mu kiseera kitono, Lebanooni tekirifuulibwa nnimiro ngimu, n’ennimiro engimu n’erabika ng’ekibira?
Lo! but yet a very little while more, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest!
18 Mu biro ebyo abaggavu b’amatu baliwulira ebigambo by’omuzingo, n’amaaso g’abazibe galizibuka okuva mu kiseera ekizibu ne mu kizikiza.
And on that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and out of obscurity, and out of darkness, shall the eyes of the blind see.
19 Abawombeefu balisanyukira mu Mukama nate, n’abeetaaga balisanyukira mu Mutukuvu wa Isirayiri.
And the sufferers shall have abundant joy in the Lord, and the needy among men shall be glad in the Holy One of Israel.
20 Weewaawo asinga obubi aliggwaawo, n’omunyoomi alibula, n’abo bonna abeesunga okukola obutali butuukirivu,
For the tyrant is no more, and consumed is the scorner, and cut off are all that watch for injustice;
21 abo abakozesa ebigambo okufuula omuntu omusobya, abatega eyeerwanako mu mbuga z’amateeka, abawa obujulizi obw’obulimba, ne baleetera abataliiko musango obutawulirwa mu mbuga z’amateeka, balisalibwako.
That cause mankind to sin by [their] word; and lay a snare for him that reproveth [them] in the gate; and pervert through fraud the cause of the just.
22 Noolwekyo Mukama eyanunula Ibulayimu bw’ati bw’ayogera eri ennyumba ya Yakobo nti, Yakobo taliddayo kuswazibwa, n’obwenyi bwabwe tebulisiiwuuka.
Therefore thus hath said the Lord unto the house of Jacob, he who hath redeemed Abraham, Not now shall Jacob be ashamed, and not now shall his face be made pale.
23 Bwe baliraba omulimu gw’emikono gyange mu baana baabwe, balikuuma erinnya lyange nga ttukuvu. Balikakasa obutuukirivu bw’Omutukuvu wa Yakobo era baliyimirira ne beewuunya Katonda wa Isirayiri.
For when he seeth his children, the work of my hands in the midst of him, how they sanctify my name: then will they sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and the God of Israel will they reverence.
24 Abo abaabula mu mwoyo balifuna okutegeera, n’abo abeemulugunya balikkiriza okuyigirizibwa.
They also that were erring in spirit shall acquire understanding, and they that murmured shall obtain instruction.
