Yobu 24
1 “Lwaki Ayinzabyonna tagera biseera? Lwaki abo abamumanyi tebalaba nnaku zaageze?
Wherefore, since from the Almighty times are not hid, have, his knowing ones, no vision of his days?
2 Abantu bajjulula amayinja agalamba ensalo, ne balunda ebisolo bye babbye.
Boundaries, men move back, flocks, they seize and consume;
3 Batwala endogoyi ya mulekwa ne batwala ennume ya nnamwandu ng’omusingo.
The ass of the fatherless, they drive off, they take in pledge the ox of the widow;
4 Basindiikiriza omunaku ne bamuggya mu kkubo, ne bawaliriza abaavu bonna mu ggwanga okwekweka.
They turn aside the needy out of the way, at once, are the humbled of the land made to 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.
Lo! [as] wild asses in the wilderness, they go forth with their work, eager seekers for prey, the waste plain, yieldeth them food for their young;
6 Essubi eririibwa ensolo zaabwe baliggya ku ttale lye, ne banoga n’emizabbibu gy’aboonoonyi.
In the field—a man’s fodder, they cut down, and, the vineyard of the lawless, they strip of its late berries;
7 Olw’okubulwa engoye, basula bwereere; tebalina kye beebikka mu mpewo.
Ill-clad, they are left to lodge without clothing, and have no covering in the cold;
8 Enkuba y’oku nsozi ebatobya, ne banywegera enjazi olw’okubulwa we beggama.
With the sweeping rain of the mountains, are they wet, and, through having no shelter, they embrace a rock.
9 Omwana atalina kitaawe bamusika ku mabeere; omwana omuwere ow’omwavu bamuwamba olw’ebbanja.
Men tear, from the breast, the fatherless, and, over the poor, they take a pledge;
10 Olw’okubulwa engoye bayita bwereere; betikka ebinywa by’emmere naye basigala tebalidde.
Naked, they go about without clothing, and, famished, they carry the sheaves;
11 Basogolera emizabbibu ku mayinja, ne basambira mu ssogolero, naye ne basigala nga balumwa ennyonta.
Between their walls, are they exposed to the sun, Wine-presses, they tread, and yet are thirsty;
12 Okusinda kw’abantu kuwulirwa mu kibuga, n’emmeeme z’abafunye ebisago zikaabira obuyambi. Naye Katonda talina gw’asinzisa musango.
Out of the city—out of the houses, they make outcry. and, the soul of the wounded, calleth for help, and, GOD, doth not regard it as foolish.
13 “Waliwo abo abajeemera omusana, abatamanyi makubo ge, abatasigala mu kwaka kwagwo.
They, have become rebels against the light, —they are not acquainted with the ways thereof, neither abide they in the paths thereof.
14 Omutemu agolokoka nga obudde buzibye n’atta omwavu n’ali mu kwetaaga; ekiro abbira ddala.
With the light, riseth the murderer, He slayeth the poor and needy, And, in the night, he becometh like a thief.
15 Eriiso ly’omwenzi lirinda buzibe, ng’agamba nti, ‘Tewali liiso linandaba,’ n’abikka ne ku maaso ge.
And, the eye of the adulterer, watcheth for the evening twilight, saying, Not an eye will see me! A covering for the face, he putteth on;
16 Mu kizikiza mwe basimira amayumba, kyokka emisana baba beggalidde. Tebaagala kitangaala.
He breaketh, in the dark, into houses, —By day, they lock themselves in, They know not the light;
17 Eri abo bonna ekizikiza ekikutte bwe budde bwabwe obw’oku makya. Kubanga bakola omukwano n’ebitiisa eby’omu nzikiza.
For, in the case of all such, morning to them is the death-shade, For, to be recognised, is a death-shade terror.
18 Bali ng’ebyovu ebiri kungulu ku mazzi, era omugabo gwabwe mukolimire mu nsi. Tewali musogozi n’omu alaga mu nnimiro zaabwe ez’emizabbibu.
Swift is he on the face of the waters, Speedily vanished their share in the land, He turneth not to 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, steal away snow water, Hades, them who have sinned. (Sheol h7585)
20 Olubuto lunaamwerabiranga; envunyu eneemulyanga n’ewoomerwa. Tajjukirwenga nate, omukozi w’ebibi amenyeka ng’omuti.
Maternal love shall forget him, the worm shall find him sweet, No more shall he be remembered, but perversity shall be shivered like a tree.
21 Bayiikiriza ne banyaga omugumba atazaala. Tebakolera nnamwandu bya kisa.
He oppresseth the barren who beareth not, and, to the widow, he doeth not good;
22 Naye Katonda awalula ab’amaanyi olw’obuyinza bwe. Newaakubadde nga bakulaakulana, kyokka tebalina bukakafu ku bulamu bwabwe.
Yea he draggeth along the mighty by his strength, He riseth up, and none hath assurance of life;
23 Ayinza okubaleka ne babeera mu mirembe n’amaaso ge gabeera ku makubo gaabwe.
It is given him to be secure, and confident, yet, his eyes, are upon 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 a little, and are not, Yea having been laid low, like all men, are they gathered, Even as the top of an ear of corn, do they hang down.
25 “Bwe kiba nga si bwe kiri, ani anannumiriza obulimba, n’afuula okwogera kwange okutaliimu?”
But, if not, who then can convict me of falsehood? or make of no account my words?
