Isaaya 1
1 Okwolesebwa kwa Isaaya, mutabani wa Amozi, kwe yafuna okukwata ku Yuda ne Yerusaalemi mu bufuzi bwa Uzziya, ne Yosamu, ne Akazi ne Keezeekiya, bassekabaka ba Yuda.
The vision which Esaias the son of Amos saw, which he saw against Juda, and against Jerusalem, in the reign of Ozias, and Joatham, and Achaz, and Ezekias, who reigned over Judea.
2 Wulira ggwe eggulu, mpuliriza ggwe ensi, kubanga bw’ati Mukama bw’ayogera nti, “Nayonsa ne ndera abaana naye ne banjeemera.
Hear, O heaven, and listen, O earth: for the Lord has spoken, [saying], I have begotten and reared up children, but they have rebelled against me.
3 Ente emanya nannyini yo n’endogoyi emanya ekisibo kya mukama waayo, naye Isirayiri tammanyi, abantu bange tebantegeera.”
The ox knows his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel does not know me, and the people has not regarded me.
4 Woowe! Eggwanga erijjudde ebibi, abantu abajjudde obutali butuukirivu, ezzadde eryabakola ebibi, abaana aboonoonyi! Balese Mukama banyoomye Omutukuvu wa Isirayiri, basenguse bamuvuddeko bamukubye amabega.
Ah sinful nation, a people full of sins, an evil seed, lawless children: you have forsaken the Lord, and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
5 Lwaki mweyongera okujeema? Mwagala mwongere okubonerezebwa? Omutwe gwonna mulwadde, n’omutima gwonna gunafuye.
Why should you be struck [any] more, transgressing more and more? the whole head is pained, and the whole heart sad.
6 Okuva mu mala g’ekigere okutuuka ku mutwe temuli bulamu wabula ebiwundu, n’okuzimba, n’amabwa agatiiriika amasira agatanyigibwanga, okusibibwa, wadde okuteekebwako eddagala.
From the feet to the head, there is no soundness in them; neither wound, nor bruise, nor festering ulcer [are healed]: it is not possible to apply a plaister, nor oil, nor bandages.
7 Ensi yammwe esigadde matongo, ebibuga byammwe byokeddwa omuliro, nga nammwe bennyini mulaba. Bannamawanga balidde ensi yammwe, era ezise kubanga bannaggwanga bagisudde.
Your land is desolate, your cities burnt with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is made desolate, overthrown by strange nations.
8 Omuwala wa Sayuuni alekeddwa ng’ensiisira esigadde mu nnimiro y’emizabbibu, ng’ekiwummulirwamu mu nnimiro y’emyungu, ng’ekibuga ekizingiziddwa.
The daughter of Sion shall be deserted as a tent in a vineyard, and as a storehouse of fruits in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
9 Singa Mukama ow’Eggye teyatulekerawo bantu abatonotono abaasigalawo twandibadde nga Sodomu, twandifuuse nga Ggomola.
And if the Lord of Sabaoth had not left us a seed, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been made like Gomorrha.
10 Muwulirize ekigambo kya Katonda mmwe abafuzi ba Sodomu! Musseeyo omwoyo eri okuyigiriza kwa Katonda waffe mmwe abantu b’e Ggomola!
Hear the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodoma; attend to the law of God, you people of Gomorrha.
11 “Ssaddaaka enkumu ze munsalira zingasa ki? Nkooye endiga ennume enjokye eziweebwayo, so sisanyukira musaayi gwa nte, newaakubadde ogw’abaana b’endiga, newaakubadde ogw’embuzi ennume,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
Of what [value] to me is the abundance of your sacrifices? says the Lord: I am full of whole burnt offerings of rams; and I delight not in the fat of lambs, and the blood of bulls and goats:
12 Bwe mujja mu maaso gange, ani aba abayise ne mujja okulinnyirira empya zange?
neither shall you come [with these] to appear before me; for who has required these things at your hands? You shall no more tread my court.
13 Mulekeraawo okuleeta ssaddaaka zammwe ezitaliimu; obubaane bwammwe bwa muzizo gye ndi. Omwezi Ogubonese ne Ssabbiiti n’enkuŋŋaana zammwe zijjudde obutali butuukirivu.
Though you bring fine flour, [it is] vain; incense is an abomination to me; I can’t bear your new moons, and your sabbaths, and the great day;
14 Emyezi gyammwe Egibonese n’embaga zammwe ez’ennaku entukuvu, emmeeme yange ebikyaye, binfuukidde omugugu, nkooye okubigumiikiriza.
[your] fasting, and rest from work, your new moons also, and your feasts my soul hates: you have become loathsome to me; I will no more pardon your sins.
15 Bwe munaayimusanga emikono gyammwe musabe nnaabakwekanga amaaso gange, era ne bwe munaasabanga ennyo siiwulirenga kubanga emikono gyammwe gisaabaanye omusaayi.
When you stretch forth your hands, I will turn away mine eyes from you: and though you make many supplications, I will not listen to you; for your hands are full of blood.
16 Munaabe, mwetukuze muggirewo ddala ebikolwa byammwe ebibi gye ndi, mulekeraawo okukola ebibi.
Wash you, be clean; remove your iniquities from your souls before mine eyes; cease from your iniquities;
17 Muyige okukola obulungi, musalenga emisango n’amazima, mudduukirirenga abajoogebwa, musalenga omusango gw’atalina kitaawe, muwolerezenga bannamwandu.
learn to do well; diligently seek judgement, deliver him that is suffering wrong, plead for the orphan, and obtain justice for the widow.
18 “Mujje nno tukubaganye ebirowoozo,” bw’ayogera Mukama; “ebibi byammwe ne bwe biba ng’olugoye olumyufu binaafuuka byeru ng’omuzira, ne bwe binaaba bitwakaavu nga langi emyufu enkwafu, binaatukula ng’ebyoya by’endiga.
And come, let us reason together, says the Lord: and though your sins be as purple, I will make them white as snow; and though they be as scarlet, I will make [them] white as wool.
19 Bwe munaagondanga ne muwulira, munaalyanga ebirungi eby’ensi;
And if you be willing, and listen to me, you shall eat the good of the land:
20 naye bwe munaagaananga ne mujeemanga ekitala kinaabalyanga,” kubanga akamwa ka Mukama ke kakyogedde.
but if you be not willing, nor listen to me, a sword shall devour you: for the mouth of the Lord has spoken this.
21 Laba ekibuga ekyesigwa bwe kifuuse ng’omwenzi! Oyo eyasalanga emisango mu bwenkanya! Obutuukirivu bwatuulanga mu ye, naye kaakano batemu bennyini nnyini!
How has the faithful city Sion, [once] full of judgement, become a harlot! wherein righteousness lodged, but now murderers.
22 Effeeza yo efuuse masengere, wayini wo afuuse wa lujjulungu.
Your silver is worthless, your wine merchants mix the wine with water.
23 Abafuzi bo bajeemu, mikwano gya babbi, bonna bawoomerwa enguzi, era banoonya kuweebwa birabo; tebayamba batalina ba kitaabwe, so n’ensonga za bannamwandu tebazifaako.
Your princes are rebellious, companions of thieves, loving bribes, seeking after rewards; not pleading for orphans, and not heeding the cause of widows.
24 Noolwekyo kyava ayogera Mukama, Mukama ow’Eggye, ow’amaanyi owa Isirayiri nti, “Ndifuka obusungu ku balabe bange, era ne nesasuza abo abankyawa.
Therefore thus says the Lord, the Lord of hosts, Woe to the mighty [men] of Israel; for my wrath shall not cease against mine adversaries, and I will execute judgement on mine enemies.
25 Era ndikukwatamu n’omukono gwange, ne nnoongoosereza ddala amasengere go gonna ne nkuggyamu ebitali birungi byonna.
And I will bring my hand upon you, and purge you completely, and I will destroy the rebellious, and will take away from you all transgressors.
26 Era ndikomyawo abalamuzi bo ng’olubereberye n’abo abakuwa amagezi, nga bwe kyali okusooka. Olwo olyoke oyitibwe ekibuga eky’obutuukirivu, ekibuga ekyesigwa.”
And I will establish your judges as before, and your counsellors as at the beginning: and afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful mother-city of Sion.
27 Sayuuni alinunulibwa lwa bwenkanya, n’abantu baamu abalyenenya mu butuukirivu.
For her captives shall be saved with judgement, and with mercy.
28 Naye abeewaggula n’abakozi b’ebibi balizikirizibwa wamu, n’abo abava ku Mukama Katonda, balimalibwawo.
And the transgressors and the sinners shall be crushed together, and they that forsake the Lord shall be utterly consumed.
29 “Kubanga mulikwatibwa ensonyi olw’emiti mwe mwenyumiririzanga, n’olw’ennimiro ze mweroboza.
For they shall be ashamed of their idols, which they delighted in, and they are made ashamed of the gardens which they coveted.
30 Kubanga mulibeera ng’omuvule oguwotoka era ng’ennimiro etaliimu mazzi.
For they shall be as a turpentine tree that has cast its leaves, and as a garden that has no water.
31 N’omusajja ow’amaanyi alifuuka ng’enfuuzi, n’omulimu gwe ng’akasasi akavudde ku lyanda, era byombi biriggiira wamu so tewaliba azikiza omuliro ogwo.”
And their strength shall be as a thread of tow, and their works as sparks, and the transgressors and the sinners shall be burnt up together, and there shall be none to quench [them].
