Isaaya 59
1 Mulabe, omukono gwa Mukama teguyimpawadde n’okuyinza ne gutayinza kulokola, era si muzibe wa matu nti tawulira.
Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.
2 Naye obutali butuukirivu bwammwe bwe bubaawudde ku Katonda wammwe. Ebibi byammwe bye bimukwesezza amaaso ge, n’atawulira.
But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.
3 Kubanga emikono gyammwe gibunye omusaayi n’engalo zammwe zibunye obutali butuukirivu, emimwa gyammwe gyogedde eby’obulimba, n’ennimi zammwe z’ogedde eby’ekko.
For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.
4 Tewali awaaba bya nsonga so tewali awoza mu mazima; Beesiga ensonga ezitaliimu, ne boogera eby’obulimba, ne baleeta emitawaana ne bazaala obulabe.
No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
5 Baalula amagi ag’essalambwa ne balanga ewuzi za nnabbubi: alya ku magi gaabwe afa n’eryo eriba lyatise livaamu mbalasaasa.
They hatch the eggs of vipers and weave a spider’s web. Whoever eats their eggs will die; crack one open, and a viper is hatched.
6 Naye enkwe zaabwe ze bakola tezibayamba, ziri ng’engoye enkole mu wuzi za nnabbubi! Tebasobola kuzeebikka. Emirimu gyabwe mirimu gya kwonoona, n’ebikolwa byabwe bulabe.
Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands.
7 Ebigere byabwe byanguyirira bikole ebibi era bapapirira bayiwe omusaayi ogutalina musango. Ebirowoozo byabwe birowoozo bya bubi, n’okuzika n’okuzikiriza bye biba buli we bagenda.
Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.
8 Ekkubo ery’emirembe tebalimanyi wadde okukozesa obwenkanya mu makubo gaabwe. Beekubidde amakubo, tewali n’omu agayitamu afuna emirembe.
The way of peace they have not known, and there is no justice in their tracks. They have turned them into crooked paths; no one who treads on them will know peace.
9 Amazima gatuli wala, n’obutuukirivu tetubufunye. Tunoonyezza omusana naye ekizikiza kitwesibyeko, we tusuubira obutangaavu, tutambulidde mu bisiikirize byereere.
Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.
10 Tuwammantawammanta bbugwe ng’abazibe, ne tukwatakwata ng’abatalina maaso; twesittala mu ttuntu ng’ekiro mu abo abalina amaanyi ne tuba ng’abafu.
Like the blind, we feel our way along the wall, groping like those without eyes. We stumble at midday as in the twilight; among the vigorous we are like the dead.
11 Ffenna tuwuluguma ng’eddubu ne tusinda nga bukaamukuukulu. Tusuubira okuggyibwa mu kunyigirizibwa naye nga bwereere, n’obulokozi butuliwala.
We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but find none, for salvation, but it is far from us.
12 Kubanga ebisobyo byaffe bingi mu maaso go era ebibi byaffe bitulumiriza, kubanga ebisobyo byaffe biri naffe, era tumanyi obutali butuukirivu bwaffe;
For our transgressions are multiplied before You, and our sins testify against us. Our transgressions are indeed with us, and we know our iniquities:
13 obujeemu n’enkwe eri Mukama era n’okulekeraawo okugoberera Katonda waffe. Okutegeka obwediimo n’okunyigiriza, okwogera eby’obulimba n’emitima gyaffe bye girowoozezza.
rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart.
14 Obwenkanya buddiridde n’obutuukirivu ne bubeera wala. Amazima geesitalidde mu luguudo, n’obwesimbu tebuyinza kuyingira.
So justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.
15 Tewali w’oyinza kusanga mazima, era oyo ava ku kibi asuulibwa. Mukama yakiraba n’atasanyuka kubanga tewaali bwenkanya.
Truth is missing, and whoever turns from evil becomes prey. The LORD looked and was displeased that there was no justice.
16 N’alaba nga tewali muntu, ne yennyamira nti tewali muntu ayinza kudduukirira. Noolwekyo kwe kusalawo okukozesa omukono gwe ye kennyini okuleeta obulokozi n’obutuukirivu bwe okuwangula.
He saw that there was no man; He was amazed that there was no one to intercede. So His own arm brought salvation, and His own righteousness sustained Him.
17 Yayambala obutuukirivu bwe ng’eky’omu kifuba, era n’enkuufiira ey’obulokozi ku mutwe gwe; n’ateekako ebyambalo by’okuwoolera eggwanga era n’ayambala obunyiikivu ng’omunagiro.
He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on His head; He put on garments of vengeance and wrapped Himself in a cloak of zeal.
18 Ng’ebikolwa byabwe bwe biri bwalisasula ekiruyi ku balabe be, n’abamukyawa alibawa empeera yaabwe, n’abo abali ewala mu bizinga abasasule.
So He will repay according to their deeds: fury to His enemies, retribution to His foes, and recompense to the islands.
19 Noolwekyo balitya erinnya lya Mukama okuva ebugwanjuba, n’ekitiibwa kye okuva ebuvanjuba, kubanga alijja ng’omugga ogukulukuta n’amaanyi, omukka gwa Mukama gwe gutwala.
So shall they fear the name of the LORD where the sun sets, and His glory where it rises. For He will come like a raging flood, driven by the breath of the LORD.
20 “Era Omununuzi alijja mu Sayuuni, eri abo abeenenya ebibi byabwe mu Yakobo,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
“The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,”
21 “Era, eno y’endagaano yange gye nkola nabo,” bw’ayogera Mukama. “Omwoyo wange ali ku ggwe era n’ebigambo byange bye ntadde mu kamwa ko, tebiivenga mu kamwa ko, oba mu kamwa k’abaana bo, wadde mu kamwa k’abaana b’abaana bo, okuva kaakano okutuusa emirembe n’emirembe,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
“As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not depart from you, and My words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and grandchildren, from now on and forevermore,” says the LORD.
