Isaaya 50
1 Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama nti, “Ebbaluwa egoba nnyammwe, kwe namugobera eri ludda wa? Oba nabatunda eri ani? Mwatundibwa lwa bikolwa byammwe ebibi; olw’obutali butuukirivu bwammwe nnyammwe kyeyava agobwa.
Thus saith Jehovah: Where is the bill of your mother's divorce, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, through your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.
2 Lwaki bwe najja tewaali muntu n’omu? Bwe nakoowoola lwaki tewaali muntu n’omu annyanukula? Omukono gwange gwali mumpi nnyo okukununula? Mbuliddwa amaanyi agakununula? Laba nnyinza okwogera obwogezi ennyanja n’ekalira, emigga ne ngifuula eddungu, ebyennyanja byamu ne bifa ennyonta, ne bivunda olw’okubulwa amazzi.
Wherefore did I come, and there was no man? I called, and there was none to answer? Is my hand at all shortened that I cannot redeem, or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make rivers a wilderness; their fish stink because there is no water, and die for thirst.
3 Nyambaza eggulu, n’ekizikiza ne nkiwa ebibukutu okulibikka.”
I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.
4 Mukama Ayinzabyonna ampadde olulimi oluyigirizibbwa, mmanye ebigambo ebigumya abo abakooye. Anzukusa buli nkya, buli nkya anzukusa okuwulira by’anjigiriza.
The Lord Jehovah hath given me the tongue of the instructed, that I should know how to succour by a word him that is weary. He wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the instructed.
5 Mukama Ayinzabyonna azibudde okutu kwange ne siba mujeemu. Sizzeeyo mabega.
The Lord Jehovah hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious; I turned not away back.
6 N’awaayo omugongo gwange eri abankuba, n’amatama gange eri abo abankunyuulako ekirevu. Saakweka maaso gange eri abo abansekerera n’eri abo abanfujjira amalusu.
I gave my back to smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair; I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
7 Kubanga Mukama Ayinzabyonna anyamba kyennaava siswazibwa. Noolwekyo kyenvudde n’egumya era mmanyi nti siriswazibwa.
But the Lord Jehovah will help me: therefore shall I not be confounded; therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
8 Kubanga oyo ampolereza ali kumpi. Ani alinnumiriza omusango? Twolekagane obwenyi. Ani annumiriza? Ajje annumbe.
He is near that justifieth me: who will contend with me? let us stand together; who is mine adverse party? let him draw near unto me.
9 Mukama Ayinzabyonna y’anyamba. Ani alinsalira omusango? Bonna balikaddiwa bayulike ng’ekyambalo; ennyenje ziribalya.
Behold, the Lord Jehovah will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? Behold, they all shall grow old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.
10 Ani ku mmwe atya Mukama, agondera ekigambo ky’omuweereza we? Oyo atambulira mu kizikiza, atalina kitangaala yeesige erinnya lya Mukama era yeesigame ku Katonda we.
Who is among you that feareth Jehovah, that hearkeneth to the voice of his servant? he that walketh in darkness, and hath no light, — let him confide in the name of Jehovah, and stay himself upon his God.
11 Naye mmwe mwenna abakoleeza omuliro, ne mwekoleereza ettaala z’omuliro, mutambulire mu kitangaala ky’omuliro gwammwe, ne mu kitangaala kye ttaala ze mukoleezeza. Naye kino kye munaafuna okuva mu mukono gwange; muligalamira mu nnaku.
Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and among the sparks [that] ye have kindled. This shall ye have of my hand: ye shall lie down in sorrow.
