Isaaya 43
1 Naye kaakano bw’atyo bw’ayogera Mukama oyo eyakutonda, ggwe Yakobo, eyakukola ggwe Isirayiri: “Totya kubanga nkununudde, nakuyita nga mpitira ddala erinnya lyo, oli wange.
But now the LORD who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel, says: “Don’t be afraid, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name. You are mine.
2 Bw’onooyitanga mu mazzi amawanvu nnaabeeranga naawe, ne bw’onooyitanga mu migga tegirikusaanyaawo; bw’onooyitanga mu muliro tegukwokyenga, ennimi z’omuliro tezirikwokya.
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burnt, and flame will not scorch you.
3 Kubanga nze Mukama Katonda wo, Katonda Omutukuvu owa Isirayiri; Omulokozi wo. Mpayo Misiri ggwe osobole okuteebwa, era Kuusi ne Seba mbiwaayo gwe ofune emirembe gyo.
For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Saviour. I have given Egypt as your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in your place.
4 Kubanga oli wa muwendo gye ndi, ow’ekitiibwa, era kubanga nkwagala, ndiwaayo abasajja ku lulwo mpeeyo n’abantu ku lw’obulamu bwo.
Since you have been precious and honoured in my sight, and I have loved you, therefore I will give people in your place, and nations instead of your life.
5 Totya, kubanga nze ndi nawe, ndireeta ezzadde lyo okuva ebuvanjuba era nkukuŋŋaanye okuva ebugwanjuba.
Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. I will bring your offspring from the east, and gather you from the west.
6 Ndigamba obukiikakkono nti, ‘Waayo b’olina,’ n’obukiikaddyo nti, ‘Tobagaanira.’ Leeta batabani bange okuva ewala ne bawala bange okuva ku nkomerero y’ensi.
I will tell the north, ‘Give them up!’ and tell the south, ‘Don’t hold them back! Bring my sons from far away, and my daughters from the ends of the earth—
7 Buli muntu yenna ayitibwa erinnya lyange, gwe natonda olw’ekitiibwa kyange, gwe nakola gwe natonda.”
everyone who is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yes, whom I have made.’”
8 Fulumya abo abalina amaaso naye nga tebalaba, abalina amatu naye nga tebawulira.
Bring out the blind people who have eyes, and the deaf who have ears.
9 Amawanga gonna ka gakuŋŋaane n’abantu bajje. Ani ku bo eyali ayogedde ku bintu bino? Ani ku bo eyali alangiridde ebyaliwo? Leka baleete abajulizi okukakasa nti baali batuufu abawulira bagambe nti, “Ddala bwe kiri.”
Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the peoples be assembled. Who amongst them can declare this, and show us former things? Let them bring their witnesses, that they may be justified, or let them hear, and say, “That is true.”
10 “Muli bajulirwa bange,” bw’ayogera Mukama, “omuweereza wange gwe nalonda: mulyoke mummanye, munzikirize, mutegeere nga Nze wuuyo: Tewali Katonda eyansooka era teriba mulala alinzirira.
“You are my witnesses,” says the LORD, “With my servant whom I have chosen; that you may know and believe me, and understand that I am he. Before me there was no God formed, neither will there be after me.
11 Nze, Nze mwene, nze Mukama; okuggyako nze tewali Mulokozi.
I myself am the LORD. Besides me, there is no saviour.
12 Nze naleeta okwolesebwa ne nangirira ne ndokola; nze so si katonda mulala mugwira mu mmwe. Muli bajulirwa bange,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
I have declared, I have saved, and I have shown, and there was no strange god amongst you. Therefore you are my witnesses”, says the LORD, “and I am God.
13 “Weewaawo, okuva mu nnaku ez’edda Nze Nzuuyo; tewali n’omu ayinza okuwonya omuntu mu mukono gwange. Kye nkola ani ayinza okukikyusa?”
Yes, since the day was, I am he. There is no one who can deliver out of my hand. I will work, and who can hinder it?”
14 Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama, Omununuzi wammwe, Omutukuvu wa Isirayiri nti, “Ku lwammwe nditumya e Babulooni, ndeetere ab’e Babulooni bonna nga bawambe mu byombo ebyabeewanya.
The LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says: “For your sake, I have sent to Babylon, and I will bring all of them down as fugitives, even the Kasdim, in the ships of their rejoicing.
15 Nze Mukama, Omutukuvu wammwe, Omutonzi wa Isirayiri, Kabaka wammwe.”
I am the LORD, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.”
16 Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama, oyo eyakola ekkubo mu nnyanja, n’oluguudo mu mazzi amangi ennyo,
The LORD, who makes a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters,
17 eyaleetera amagaali, n’embalaasi n’eggye, n’abaali bazze okubayamba, byonna awamu okugwa omwo, ne bitaddamu kusituka, nga bizikiridde, nga bikomye ng’akatambi akabadde kaaka:
who brings out the chariot and horse, the army and the mighty man (they lie down together, they shall not rise; they are extinct, they are quenched like a wick) says:
18 “Mwerabire eby’emabega, so temulowooza ku by’ayita.
“Don’t remember the former things, and don’t consider the things of old.
19 Laba, nkola ekintu ekiggya! Kaakano kitandise okulabika, temukiraba? Nkola oluguudo mu ddungu ne ndeeta emigga mu lukoola.
Behold, I will do a new thing. It springs out now. Don’t you know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
20 Ensolo ez’omu nsiko zinzisaamu ekitiibwa, ebibe n’ebiwuugulu; kubanga nze ngaba amazzi mu ddungu, n’emigga mu lukoola, okunywesa abantu bange, abalonde bange,
The animals of the field, the jackals and the ostriches, shall honour me, because I give water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen,
21 abantu be nnekolera balangirire ettendo lyange.
the people which I formed for myself, that they might declare my praise.
22 “So tonkowodde ggwe, Yakobo, era teweekooyeza ggwe Isirayiri.
Yet you have not called on me, Jacob; but you have been weary of me, Israel.
23 Tondeetedde ndiga ey’ebiweebwayo ebyokebwa, wadde okunzisaamu ekitiibwa ne ssaddaaka zo. Sikukaluubirizanga nga nkusaba ebiweebwayo ebyempeke wadde okukukooya n’obubaane.
You have not brought me any of your sheep for burnt offerings, neither have you honoured me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, nor wearied you with frankincense.
24 Tondeeteddeeyo bubaane buwunya kawoowo wadde okunzikusa n’amasavu ga ssaddaaka zo, naye onkoyesezza n’ebibi byo, era n’onteganya n’obutali butuukirivu bwo.
You have bought me no sweet cane with money, nor have you filled me with the fat of your sacrifices, but you have burdened me with your sins. You have wearied me with your iniquities.
25 “Nze, Nze mwene, nze wuuyo asangula ebyonoono byo ku lwange nze, so sirijjukira bibi byo.
I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake; and I will not remember your sins.
26 Nzijukiza eby’edda, tuwoze ffembi, jjangu ensonga tuzoogereko fembi, yogera ebiraga nga toliiko musango.
Put me in remembrance. Let us plead together. Declare your case, that you may be justified.
27 Kitaawo eyasooka yasobya, abakulembeze bo baanjemera.
Your first father sinned, and your teachers have transgressed against me.
28 Kyendiva ndiswaza abakungu ba yeekaalu yo, era ndiwaayo Yakobo azikirizibwe ne Isirayiri aswazibwe.”
Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary; and I will make Jacob a curse, and Israel an insult.”
