Isaaya 47
1 “Omuwala wa Babulooni embeerera, kakkana wansi otuule mu nfuufu, tuula wansi awatali ntebe ya bwakabaka, ggwe omuwala w’Abakaludaaya. Ekibuga ekitawangulwangako. Toliddayo nate kuyitibwa kyatika oba nnalulungi.
Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin, daughter of Babylon! Sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldaeans! For thou shalt no longer be called the tender and delicate!
2 Ddira olubengo ose obutta. Ggyako akatimba ku maaso, situla ku ngoye z’oku magulu oyite mu mazzi.
Take the mill-stones and grind meal; Raise thy veil, lift up thy train; Make bare the leg, wade through the streams!
3 Obwereere bwo bulibikkulwa; obusungu bwo bulyeraga. Nzija kuwoolera eggwanga; tewali muntu yenna gwe ndirekawo.”
Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, And thy shame shall be seen. I will take vengeance; I will make peace with none.
4 Omununuzi waffe Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye lye linnya lye, ye Mutukuvu wa Isirayiri.
Our Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts is his name, The Holy One of Israel.
5 “Tuula mu kasirise yingira mu kizikiza ggwe omuwala w’Abakaludaaya, tebakyakuyita kabaka omukazi afuga obwakabaka obungi.
Sit thou in silence; go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldaeans! For thou shalt no more be called the mistress of kingdoms.
6 Nnali nsunguwalidde abantu bange, ne nyonoonesa omugabo gwange. Nabawaayo mu mikono gyo, n’otobasaasira n’akatono. N’abakadde wabateekako ekikoligo ekinene ennyo.
I was angry with my people; I profaned my inheritance, And gave them into thy hand; Thou didst show them no mercy; Even upon the aged didst thou lay a very grievous yoke.
7 Wayogera nti, ‘Nzija kubeera kabaka omukazi emirembe gyonna,’ naye n’otolowooza ku bintu bino wadde okulowooza ku kyali kigenda okubaawo.
Thou saidst, “I shall be mistress forever”; So that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, Nor consider what would be the end of them.
8 “Kale nno kaakano wuliriza kino, ggwe awoomerwa amasanyu ggwe ateredde mu mirembe gyo, ng’oyogera mu mutima gwo nti, ‘Nze ndiwo era tewali mulala wabula nze. Siribeera nnamwandu wadde okufiirwa abaana.’
But hear thou this, thou that art given to pleasure! That sittest in security, And sayest in thy heart, “I am, and there is none besides me; I shall not be a widow, Nor see myself childless!”
9 Ebintu bino byombi birikutuukako mangu nnyo mu lunaku lumu, eky’okufiirwa abaana n’okufuuka nnamwandu. Birikutuukako mu kigera kyabyo ekituufu, newaakubadde obulogo bwo nga bungi okuyitirira, n’eby’obufumu byo nga bigenze wala.
Behold, both these things shall come upon thee suddenly, in one day, Loss of children, and widowhood; In full measure shall they come upon thee, In spite of thy many sorceries, And the great abundance of thy enchantments.
10 Weesiga obutali butuukirivu bwo, n’olowooza nti, ‘Siriiko annondoola.’ Amagezi go era n’okumanya kwo byakuwabya, bwe wayogera nti, ‘Nze ndiwo, era teri mulala wabula nze.’
Thou didst trust in thy wickedness, and saidst, “No one seeth me”; Thy wisdom and thy knowledge have led thee astray; Thou saidst in thy heart, “I am, and there is none besides me”;
11 Kyokka ensasagge erikujjira era tolimanya ngeri yakugyeggyako; n’okuzikirira kw’otoliyinza kweggyako na muwendo gwa nsimbi; akabi k’otolirabirawo kalikutuukako amangu ddala.
Therefore shall evil come upon thee, of which thou shalt not know the dawn; And mischief shall fall upon thee, which thou shalt not be able to expiate; Suddenly shall desolation come upon thee, when thou thinkest not of it.
12 “Weeyongere nno n’obulogo bwo n’obufumu bwo obwayinga obungi, bwe wanyiikiriramu okuva mu buto bwo. Oboolyawo olibaako kyoggyamu, oboolyawo olikolawo ekyobulabe.
Persevere now in thy enchantments; In the multitude of thy sorceries, in which thou hast labored from thy youth; Perhaps thou mayst be profited by them! Perhaps thou mayst make thyself feared!
13 Amagezi ago g’ofuna gakukooya bukooya. Abalagulira ku munyeenye basembera, n’abo abakebera emmunyeenye, era aboogera ebiribaawo buli mwezi, babadduukirire mu bigenda okubatuukako.
Art thou wearied with thy many devices? Let them stand up, then, and save thee, The observers of the heavens, the star-gazers, They that prognosticate at every new moon The things that shall come upon thee!
14 Laba, bali ng’ebisusunku era omuliro gulibookya! Tebalyewonya maanyi ga muliro. Tewaliiwo manda ga kukubugumya wadde omuliro ogw’okwota!
Behold, they shall be like stubble; the fire shall burn them up; They shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame; Not a coal shall be left of them to warm one, Nor a spark of fire to sit by.
15 Ekyo kye bayinza okukukolera kyokka; b’obonyeebonye nabo b’oteganidde okuva mu buto bwo. Buli muntu alikwata ekkubo lye nga yeeyongera okukola ebibi bye era tewali n’omu ayinza okukulokola.”
Thus shall it be with them with whom thou hast labored; Thus with them with whom thou hast trafficked from thy youth; They shall go every one his own way; None shall help thee.
