Yobu 24
1 “Lwaki Ayinzabyonna tagera biseera? Lwaki abo abamumanyi tebalaba nnaku zaageze?
"Why aren't times made known by Shaddai? Why do not those who know him see his days?
2 Abantu bajjulula amayinja agalamba ensalo, ne balunda ebisolo bye babbye.
There are people who remove the landmarks. They violently take away flocks, and feed them.
3 Batwala endogoyi ya mulekwa ne batwala ennume ya nnamwandu ng’omusingo.
They drive away the donkey of the fatherless, and they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
4 Basindiikiriza omunaku ne bamuggya mu kkubo, ne bawaliriza abaavu bonna mu ggwanga okwekweka.
They turn the needy out of the way. The poor of the earth all hide themselves.
5 Endogoyi ez’omu ddungu nga bwe zeeyisa, n’abaavu bagenda bategana nnyo nga balondalonda obumere; mu ddungu mwe balonderera emmere y’abaana baabwe.
Look, as wild donkeys in the desert, they go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food. The wilderness yields them bread for their children.
6 Essubi eririibwa ensolo zaabwe baliggya ku ttale lye, ne banoga n’emizabbibu gy’aboonoonyi.
They cut their provender in the field. They glean the vineyard of the wicked.
7 Olw’okubulwa engoye, basula bwereere; tebalina kye beebikka mu mpewo.
They lie all night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.
8 Enkuba y’oku nsozi ebatobya, ne banywegera enjazi olw’okubulwa we beggama.
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for lack of a shelter.
9 Omwana atalina kitaawe bamusika ku mabeere; omwana omuwere ow’omwavu bamuwamba olw’ebbanja.
There are those who pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor,
10 Olw’okubulwa engoye bayita bwereere; betikka ebinywa by’emmere naye basigala tebalidde.
So that they go around naked without clothing. Being hungry, they carry the sheaves.
11 Basogolera emizabbibu ku mayinja, ne basambira mu ssogolero, naye ne basigala nga balumwa ennyonta.
They make oil within the walls of these men. They tread wine presses, and suffer thirst.
12 Okusinda kw’abantu kuwulirwa mu kibuga, n’emmeeme z’abafunye ebisago zikaabira obuyambi. Naye Katonda talina gw’asinzisa musango.
From out of the populous city, men groan. The soul of the wounded cries out, yet God doesn't regard the folly.
13 “Waliwo abo abajeemera omusana, abatamanyi makubo ge, abatasigala mu kwaka kwagwo.
"These are of those who rebel against the light. They do not know its ways, nor abide in its paths.
14 Omutemu agolokoka nga obudde buzibye n’atta omwavu n’ali mu kwetaaga; ekiro abbira ddala.
The murderer rises with the light. He kills 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 also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, 'No eye shall see me.' He disguises his face.
16 Mu kizikiza mwe basimira amayumba, kyokka emisana baba beggalidde. Tebaagala kitangaala.
In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They do not know the light.
17 Eri abo bonna ekizikiza ekikutte bwe budde bwabwe obw’oku makya. Kubanga bakola omukwano n’ebitiisa eby’omu nzikiza.
For the morning is to all of them like thick darkness, for they know the terrors of the thick 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 foam on the surface of the waters. Their portion is cursed in the earth. They do not turn into the way of the vineyards.
19 Nga ekyeeya n’ebbugumu bwe bimalawo amazzi agava mu muzira, aboonoonyi bwe batyo bwe bamalibwawo emagombe. (Sheol h7585)
Drought and heat consume the snow waters, so does Sheol those who have sinned. (Sheol h7585)
20 Olubuto lunaamwerabiranga; envunyu eneemulyanga n’ewoomerwa. Tajjukirwenga nate, omukozi w’ebibi amenyeka ng’omuti.
The womb shall forget him. The worm shall feed sweetly on him. He shall be no more remembered. Unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree.
21 Bayiikiriza ne banyaga omugumba atazaala. Tebakolera nnamwandu bya kisa.
He devours the barren who do not bear. He shows no kindness to the widow.
22 Naye Katonda awalula ab’amaanyi olw’obuyinza bwe. Newaakubadde nga bakulaakulana, kyokka tebalina bukakafu ku bulamu bwabwe.
Yet he preserves the mighty by his power. He rises up who has no assurance of life.
23 Ayinza okubaleka ne babeera mu mirembe n’amaaso ge gabeera ku makubo gaabwe.
He gives them security, and they rest in it. 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; yet a little while, and they are gone. Yes, they are brought low, they are taken out of the way as all others, and are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.
25 “Bwe kiba nga si bwe kiri, ani anannumiriza obulimba, n’afuula okwogera kwange okutaliimu?”
If it isn't so now, who will prove me a liar, and make my speech worth nothing?"
