Yobu 24
1 “Lwaki Ayinzabyonna tagera biseera? Lwaki abo abamumanyi tebalaba nnaku zaageze?
Times are not hid from the Almighty: but they that know him, know not his days.
2 Abantu bajjulula amayinja agalamba ensalo, ne balunda ebisolo bye babbye.
Some have removed landmarks, have taken away flocks by force, and fed them.
3 Batwala endogoyi ya mulekwa ne batwala ennume ya nnamwandu ng’omusingo.
They have driven away the ass of the fatherless, and have taken away the widow’s ox for a pledge.
4 Basindiikiriza omunaku ne bamuggya mu kkubo, ne bawaliriza abaavu bonna mu ggwanga okwekweka.
They have overturned the way of the poor, and have oppressed together the meek of the earth.
5 Endogoyi ez’omu ddungu nga bwe zeeyisa, n’abaavu bagenda bategana nnyo nga balondalonda obumere; mu ddungu mwe balonderera emmere y’abaana baabwe.
Others like wild asses in the desert go forth to their work: by watching for a prey they get bread for their children.
6 Essubi eririibwa ensolo zaabwe baliggya ku ttale lye, ne banoga n’emizabbibu gy’aboonoonyi.
They reap the field that is not their own, and gather the vintage of his vineyard whom by violence they have oppressed.
7 Olw’okubulwa engoye, basula bwereere; tebalina kye beebikka mu mpewo.
They send men away naked, taking away their clothes who have no covering in the cold:
8 Enkuba y’oku nsozi ebatobya, ne banywegera enjazi olw’okubulwa we beggama.
Who are wet, with the showers of the mountains, and having no covering embrace the stones.
9 Omwana atalina kitaawe bamusika ku mabeere; omwana omuwere ow’omwavu bamuwamba olw’ebbanja.
They have violently robbed the fatherless, and stripped the poor common people.
10 Olw’okubulwa engoye bayita bwereere; betikka ebinywa by’emmere naye basigala tebalidde.
From the naked and them that go without clothing, and from the hungry they have taken away the ears of corn.
11 Basogolera emizabbibu ku mayinja, ne basambira mu ssogolero, naye ne basigala nga balumwa ennyonta.
They have taken their rest at noon among the stores of them, who after having trodden the winepresses suffer thirst.
12 Okusinda kw’abantu kuwulirwa mu kibuga, n’emmeeme z’abafunye ebisago zikaabira obuyambi. Naye Katonda talina gw’asinzisa musango.
Out of the cities they have made men to groan, and the soul of the wounded hath cried out, and God doth not suffer it to pass unrevenged.
13 “Waliwo abo abajeemera omusana, abatamanyi makubo ge, abatasigala mu kwaka kwagwo.
They have been rebellious to the light, they have not known his ways, neither have they returned by his paths.
14 Omutemu agolokoka nga obudde buzibye n’atta omwavu n’ali mu kwetaaga; ekiro abbira ddala.
The murderer riseth at the very break of day, he killeth the needy, and the poor man: but in the night he will be as 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 observeth darkness, saying: No eye shall see me: and he will cover his face.
16 Mu kizikiza mwe basimira amayumba, kyokka emisana baba beggalidde. Tebaagala kitangaala.
He diggeth through houses in the dark, as in the day they had appointed for themselves, and they have not known the light.
17 Eri abo bonna ekizikiza ekikutte bwe budde bwabwe obw’oku makya. Kubanga bakola omukwano n’ebitiisa eby’omu nzikiza.
If the morning suddenly appear, it is to them the shadow of death: and they walk in darkness as if it were in light.
18 Bali ng’ebyovu ebiri kungulu ku mazzi, era omugabo gwabwe mukolimire mu nsi. Tewali musogozi n’omu alaga mu nnimiro zaabwe ez’emizabbibu.
He is light upon the face of the water: cursed be his portion on the earth, let him not walk by the way of the vineyards.
19 Nga ekyeeya n’ebbugumu bwe bimalawo amazzi agava mu muzira, aboonoonyi bwe batyo bwe bamalibwawo emagombe. (Sheol h7585)
Let him pass from the snow waters to excessive heat, and his sin even to hell. (Sheol h7585)
20 Olubuto lunaamwerabiranga; envunyu eneemulyanga n’ewoomerwa. Tajjukirwenga nate, omukozi w’ebibi amenyeka ng’omuti.
Let mercy forget him: may worms be his sweetness: let him be remembered no more, but be broken in pieces as an unfruitful tree.
21 Bayiikiriza ne banyaga omugumba atazaala. Tebakolera nnamwandu bya kisa.
For he hath fed the barren that beareth not, and to the widow he hath done no good.
22 Naye Katonda awalula ab’amaanyi olw’obuyinza bwe. Newaakubadde nga bakulaakulana, kyokka tebalina bukakafu ku bulamu bwabwe.
He hath pulled down the strong by his might: and when he standeth up, he shall not trust to his life.
23 Ayinza okubaleka ne babeera mu mirembe n’amaaso ge gabeera ku makubo gaabwe.
God hath given him place for penance, and he abuseth it unto pride: but his eyes are upon his 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 lifted up for a little while and shall not stand, and shall be brought down as all things, and shall be taken away, and as the tops of the ears of corn they shall be broken.
25 “Bwe kiba nga si bwe kiri, ani anannumiriza obulimba, n’afuula okwogera kwange okutaliimu?”
And if it be not so, who can convince me that I have lied, and set my words before God?
