Isaaya 55
1 “Kale mujje, mmwe mwenna abalumwa ennyonta, mujje eri amazzi. Mujje mmwe abatalina ssente zigula, mujje muweebwe bye mwagala, envinnyo oba amata ebitali bya kugula ebitaliiko miwendo gya kusasula.
All you who thirst, come to the waters. And you who have no money: hurry, buy and eat. Approach, buy wine and milk, without money and without barter.
2 Lwaki musaasaanya ensimbi zammwe ku ebyo ebitali bya kulya muteganira ebyo ebitakkusa? Mumpulirize, mumpulirize n’obwegendereza mulye ebyo ebirungi, emmeeme yammwe eneesanyuka nnyo.
Why do you spend money for what is not bread, and expend your labor for what does not satisfy? Listen very closely to me, and eat what is good, and then your soul will be delighted by a full measure.
3 Mumpulirize mujje gye ndi. Muwulirize mubeere balamu; nnaabakolera endagaano ey’olubeerera, era egyo gy’emikisa gyange n’okwagala bye nasuubiza Dawudi.
Incline your ear and draw near to me. Listen, and your soul will live. And I will make an everlasting covenant with you, by the faithful mercies of David.
4 Laba namufuula omujulirwa eri abantu, omukulembeze era omugabe w’abantu.
Behold, I have presented him as a witness to the people, as a commander and instructor to the nations.
5 Laba oliyita amawanga g’otomanyi, era amawanga g’otomanyi galyanguwa okujja gy’oli. Kiribaawo olw’obuyinza bwa Mukama Katonda wo era Omutukuvu wa Isirayiri kubanga akugulumizza.”
Behold, you will call to a nation that you did not know. And nations that did not know you will rush to you, because of the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel. For he has glorified you.
6 Munoonye Mukama nga bw’akyayinzika okulabika, mumukaabirire nga bw’akyali okumpi.
Seek the Lord, while he is able to be found. Call upon him, while he is near.
7 Omubi aleke ekkubo lye, n’atali mutuukirivu aleke ebirowoozo bye. Leka adde eri Mukama naye anaamusaasira, adde eri Katonda waffe kubanga anaamusonyiyira ddala.
Let the impious one abandon his way, and the iniquitous man his thoughts, and let him return to the Lord, and he will take pity on him, and to our God, for he is great in forgiveness.
8 “Kubanga ebirowoozo byange si birowoozo byammwe era n’amakubo gammwe si ge makubo gange,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways, says the Lord.
9 “Ng’eggulu bwe liri waggulu okukira n’ensi, bwe gatyo amakubo gange bwe gali ewala ennyo n’amakubo gammwe, n’ebirowoozo byange bwe biri eri ebirowoozo byammwe.
For just as the heavens are exalted above the earth, so also are my ways exalted above your ways, and my thoughts above your thoughts.
10 Era ng’enkuba bwetonnya n’omuzira ne gugwa okuva mu ggulu n’ebitaddayo, wabula ne bifukirira ettaka, ebirime ne bikula, ne bimerusa ensigo z’omusizi, era ne biwa omuli emmere,
And in the same manner as rain and snow descend from heaven, and no longer return there, but soak the earth, and water it, and cause it to bloom and to provide seed to the sower and bread to the hungry,
11 bwe kityo ekigambo kyange ekiva mu kamwa kange bwe kiri; tekiriddayo bwereere, naye kirikola ekyo kye njagala era kirituukiriza ekyo kye nakituma.
so also will my word be, which will go forth from my mouth. It will not return to me empty, but it will accomplish whatever I will, and it will prosper in the tasks for which I sent it.
12 Kubanga mulifuluma n’essanyu ne mugenda mirembe, ensozi n’obusozi nabyo ne bitandika okuyimba nga bibalabye, n’emiti gyonna ne gitendereza n’essanyu.
For you will go forth rejoicing, and you will be led forward in peace. The mountains and the hills will sing praise before you, and all the trees of the countryside will clap their hands.
13 Mu kifo ky’omweramannyo mulimeramu olusambya, ne mu kifo ky’omutovu mulimeramu omumwanyi. Era kino kiribaawo erinnya lya Mukama limanyibwe era ako ke kaliba akabonero akataliggwaawo ak’emirembe n’emirembe.”
In place of the shrub, the pine tree will arise, and in place of the nettle, the myrtle tree will grow. And the Lord will be named with an eternal sign, which will not be taken away.
