Yobu 24
1 “Lwaki Ayinzabyonna tagera biseera? Lwaki abo abamumanyi tebalaba nnaku zaageze?
“Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment? Why may those who know Him never see His days?
2 Abantu bajjulula amayinja agalamba ensalo, ne balunda ebisolo bye babbye.
Men move boundary stones; they pasture stolen flocks.
3 Batwala endogoyi ya mulekwa ne batwala ennume ya nnamwandu ng’omusingo.
They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge.
4 Basindiikiriza omunaku ne bamuggya mu kkubo, ne bawaliriza abaavu bonna mu ggwanga okwekweka.
They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding.
5 Endogoyi ez’omu ddungu nga bwe zeeyisa, n’abaavu bagenda bategana nnyo nga balondalonda obumere; mu ddungu mwe balonderera emmere y’abaana baabwe.
Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.
6 Essubi eririibwa ensolo zaabwe baliggya ku ttale lye, ne banoga n’emizabbibu gy’aboonoonyi.
They gather fodder in the fields and glean the vineyards of the wicked.
7 Olw’okubulwa engoye, basula bwereere; tebalina kye beebikka mu mpewo.
Without clothing, they spend the night naked; they have no covering against the cold.
8 Enkuba y’oku nsozi ebatobya, ne banywegera enjazi olw’okubulwa we beggama.
Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks for want of shelter.
9 Omwana atalina kitaawe bamusika ku mabeere; omwana omuwere ow’omwavu bamuwamba olw’ebbanja.
The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.
10 Olw’okubulwa engoye bayita bwereere; betikka ebinywa by’emmere naye basigala tebalidde.
Without clothing, they wander about naked. They carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.
11 Basogolera emizabbibu ku mayinja, ne basambira mu ssogolero, naye ne basigala nga balumwa ennyonta.
They crush olives within their walls; they tread the winepresses, but go thirsty.
12 Okusinda kw’abantu kuwulirwa mu kibuga, n’emmeeme z’abafunye ebisago zikaabira obuyambi. Naye Katonda talina gw’asinzisa musango.
From the city, men groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out, yet God charges no one with wrongdoing.
13 “Waliwo abo abajeemera omusana, abatamanyi makubo ge, abatasigala mu kwaka kwagwo.
Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths.
14 Omutemu agolokoka nga obudde buzibye n’atta omwavu n’ali mu kwetaaga; ekiro abbira ddala.
When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.
15 Eriiso ly’omwenzi lirinda buzibe, ng’agamba nti, ‘Tewali liiso linandaba,’ n’abikka ne ku maaso ge.
The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face.
16 Mu kizikiza mwe basimira amayumba, kyokka emisana baba beggalidde. Tebaagala kitangaala.
In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.
17 Eri abo bonna ekizikiza ekikutte bwe budde bwabwe obw’oku makya. Kubanga bakola omukwano n’ebitiisa eby’omu nzikiza.
For to them, deep darkness is their morning; surely they are friends with the terrors of darkness!
18 Bali ng’ebyovu ebiri kungulu ku mazzi, era omugabo gwabwe mukolimire mu nsi. Tewali musogozi n’omu alaga mu nnimiro zaabwe ez’emizabbibu.
They are but foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one turns toward their vineyards.
19 Nga ekyeeya n’ebbugumu bwe bimalawo amazzi agava mu muzira, aboonoonyi bwe batyo bwe bamalibwawo emagombe. (Sheol h7585)
As drought and heat consume the melting snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned. (Sheol h7585)
20 Olubuto lunaamwerabiranga; envunyu eneemulyanga n’ewoomerwa. Tajjukirwenga nate, omukozi w’ebibi amenyeka ng’omuti.
The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is like a broken tree.
21 Bayiikiriza ne banyaga omugumba atazaala. Tebakolera nnamwandu bya kisa.
They prey on the barren and childless, and show no kindness to the widow.
22 Naye Katonda awalula ab’amaanyi olw’obuyinza bwe. Newaakubadde nga bakulaakulana, kyokka tebalina bukakafu ku bulamu bwabwe.
Yet by His power, God drags away the mighty; though rising up, they have no assurance of life.
23 Ayinza okubaleka ne babeera mu mirembe n’amaaso ge gabeera ku makubo gaabwe.
He gives them a sense of security, but His eyes are on their ways.
24 Bayimusibwa akaseera katono, oluvannyuma nga tebakyaliwo. Bakkakkanyizibwa ne bakala ne baggyibwawo nga abalala bonna. Basalibwa ng’emitwe gy’ebirimba by’eŋŋaano.
They are exalted for a moment, then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.
25 “Bwe kiba nga si bwe kiri, ani anannumiriza obulimba, n’afuula okwogera kwange okutaliimu?”
If this is not so, then who can prove me a liar and reduce my words to nothing?”
