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29 (A)“Kubanga mulikwatibwa ensonyi olw’emiti
    mwe mwenyumiririzanga,
n’olw’ennimiro
    ze mweroboza.

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29 “You will be ashamed(A) because of the sacred oaks(B)
    in which you have delighted;
you will be disgraced because of the gardens(C)
    that you have chosen.

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Isirayiri, Atali Mwesigwa

(A)Mu nnaku z’obufuzi bwa kabaka Yosiya Mukama yayogera nange n’aŋŋamba nti, “Olabye Isirayiri etali neesigwa ky’ekoze? Agenze ku buli kasozi na buli wansi w’omuti oguyimiridde ne yeeyisa ng’omukazi omwenzi.

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Unfaithful Israel

During the reign of King Josiah,(A) the Lord said to me, “Have you seen what faithless(B) Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every spreading tree(C) and has committed adultery(D) there.

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(A)Naye buli lwe nayongeranga okuyita Isirayiri,
    nabo gye beeyongeranga okusemberayo
ne bawaayo ssaddaaka eri Babaali,
    ne bootereza ebifaananyi ebyole obubaane.

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But the more they were called,
    the more they went away from me.[a](A)
They sacrificed to the Baals(B)
    and they burned incense to images.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 11:2 Septuagint; Hebrew them

Isirayiri Ebonerezebwa olw’Okusinza bakatonda abalala

20 (A)Mukama ow’eggye agamba nti,

“Isirayiri, ebbanga ddene eriyiseewo bukya weggya mu buyinza bwange,
    n’ogamba nti, ‘Sijja kukugondera.’
Era ddala, ku buli kasozi era na buli wansi w’omuti oguyimiridde
    wakuba obwamalaaya
    ng’ovuunamira bakatonda abalala.

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20 “Long ago you broke off your yoke(A)
    and tore off your bonds;(B)
    you said, ‘I will not serve you!’(C)
Indeed, on every high hill(D)
    and under every spreading tree(E)
    you lay down as a prostitute.(F)

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17 (A)Mukama kyava akuddamu nti,

“ ‘Mukazi wo alifuuka malaaya mu kibuga
    era n’abaana bo aboobulenzi n’aboobuwala balifa ekitala.
Ettaka lyo lirigabanyizibwamu ne liweebwa abalala
    naawe kennyini olifiira mu nsi ey’abakafiiri.
Ekituufu kiri nti abantu ba Isirayiri balitwalibwa mu buwaŋŋanguse,
    ne baggyibwa mu nsi yaboobwe.’ ”

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17 “Therefore this is what the Lord says:

“‘Your wife will become a prostitute(A) in the city,
    and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword.
Your land will be measured and divided up,
    and you yourself will die in a pagan[a] country.
And Israel will surely go into exile,(B)
    away from their native land.(C)’”

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 7:17 Hebrew an unclean

13 (A)Ndimubonereza olw’ennaku
    ze yayotereza obubaane eri Babaali,
ne yeeyambaza empeta n’ebintu eby’omuwendo ennyo,
    n’agenda eri baganzi be,
    naye nze n’aneerabira,”
    bw’ayogera Mukama.

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13 I will punish her for the days
    she burned incense(A) to the Baals;(B)
she decked herself with rings and jewelry,(C)
    and went after her lovers,(D)
    but me she forgot,(E)
declares the Lord.(F)

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