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Ekibi, Okwatula Ebibi, n’Okusonyiyibwa

59 (A)Mulabe, omukono gwa Mukama teguyimpawadde n’okuyinza ne gutayinza kulokola,
    era si muzibe wa matu nti tawulira.
(B)Naye obutali butuukirivu bwammwe
    bwe bubaawudde ku Katonda wammwe.
Ebibi byammwe bye bimukwesezza amaaso ge,
    n’atawulira.
(C)Kubanga emikono gyammwe gibunye omusaayi
    n’engalo zammwe zibunye obutali butuukirivu,
emimwa gyammwe gyogedde eby’obulimba,
    n’ennimi zammwe z’ogedde eby’ekko.
(D)Tewali awaaba bya nsonga
    so tewali awoza mu mazima;
Beesiga ensonga ezitaliimu, ne boogera eby’obulimba,
    ne baleeta emitawaana ne bazaala obulabe.
(E)Baalula amagi ag’essalambwa
    ne balanga ewuzi za nnabbubi:
alya ku magi gaabwe afa
    n’eryo eriba lyatise livaamu mbalasaasa.
(F)Naye enkwe zaabwe ze bakola tezibayamba,
    ziri ng’engoye enkole mu wuzi za nnabbubi!
Tebasobola kuzeebikka.
    Emirimu gyabwe mirimu gya kwonoona, n’ebikolwa byabwe bulabe.
(G)Ebigere byabwe byanguyirira bikole ebibi
    era bapapirira bayiwe omusaayi ogutalina musango.
Ebirowoozo byabwe birowoozo bya bubi,
    n’okuzika n’okuzikiriza bye biba buli we bagenda.
(H)Ekkubo ery’emirembe tebalimanyi
    wadde okukozesa obwenkanya mu makubo gaabwe.
Beekubidde amakubo,
    tewali n’omu agayitamu afuna emirembe.

(I)Amazima gatuli wala,
    n’obutuukirivu tetubufunye.
Tunoonyezza omusana naye ekizikiza kitwesibyeko,
    we tusuubira obutangaavu, tutambulidde mu bisiikirize byereere.
10 (J)Tuwammantawammanta bbugwe ng’abazibe,
    ne tukwatakwata ng’abatalina maaso;
twesittala mu ttuntu ng’ekiro mu abo abalina amaanyi
    ne tuba ng’abafu.
11 (K)Ffenna tuwuluguma ng’eddubu
    ne tusinda nga bukaamukuukulu.
Tusuubira okuggyibwa mu kunyigirizibwa naye nga bwereere,
    n’obulokozi butuliwala.
12 (L)Kubanga ebisobyo byaffe bingi mu maaso go
    era ebibi byaffe bitulumiriza,
kubanga ebisobyo byaffe biri naffe,
    era tumanyi obutali butuukirivu bwaffe;
13 (M)obujeemu n’enkwe eri Mukama
    era n’okulekeraawo okugoberera Katonda waffe.
Okutegeka obwediimo n’okunyigiriza,
    okwogera eby’obulimba n’emitima gyaffe bye girowoozezza.
14 (N)Obwenkanya buddiridde
    n’obutuukirivu ne bubeera wala.
Amazima geesitalidde mu luguudo, n’obwesimbu tebuyinza kuyingira.
15 Tewali w’oyinza kusanga mazima,
    era oyo ava ku kibi asuulibwa.

Mukama yakiraba n’atasanyuka
    kubanga tewaali bwenkanya.
16 (O)N’alaba nga tewali muntu,
    ne yennyamira nti tewali muntu ayinza kudduukirira.
Noolwekyo kwe kusalawo okukozesa omukono gwe ye kennyini
    okuleeta obulokozi n’obutuukirivu bwe okuwangula.
17 (P)Yayambala obutuukirivu bwe ng’eky’omu kifuba,
    era n’enkuufiira ey’obulokozi ku mutwe gwe;
n’ateekako ebyambalo by’okuwoolera eggwanga
    era n’ayambala obunyiikivu ng’omunagiro.
18 Ng’ebikolwa byabwe bwe biri
    bwalisasula ekiruyi ku balabe be,
n’abamukyawa
    alibawa empeera yaabwe,
    n’abo abali ewala mu bizinga abasasule.
19 (Q)Noolwekyo balitya erinnya lya Mukama okuva ebugwanjuba,
    n’ekitiibwa kye okuva ebuvanjuba,
kubanga alijja ng’omugga ogukulukuta n’amaanyi,
    omukka gwa Mukama gwe gutwala.

20 (R)“Era Omununuzi alijja mu Sayuuni,
    eri abo abeenenya ebibi byabwe mu Yakobo,”
    bw’ayogera Mukama.

21 (S)“Era, eno y’endagaano yange gye nkola nabo,” bw’ayogera Mukama. “Omwoyo wange ali ku ggwe era n’ebigambo byange bye ntadde mu kamwa ko, tebiivenga mu kamwa ko, oba mu kamwa k’abaana bo, wadde mu kamwa k’abaana b’abaana bo, okuva kaakano okutuusa emirembe n’emirembe,” bw’ayogera Mukama.

Separated from God

59 Behold, the Lord’s hand is not (A)shortened,
That it cannot save;
Nor His ear heavy,
That it cannot hear.
But your iniquities have separated you from your God;
And your sins have hidden His face from you,
So that He will (B)not hear.
For (C)your hands are defiled with [a]blood,
And your fingers with iniquity;
Your lips have spoken lies,
Your tongue has muttered perversity.

No one calls for justice,
Nor does any plead for truth.
They trust in (D)empty words and speak lies;
(E)They conceive [b]evil and bring forth iniquity.
They hatch vipers’ eggs and weave the spider’s web;
He who eats of their eggs dies,
And from that which is crushed a viper breaks out.

(F)Their webs will not become garments,
Nor will they cover themselves with their works;
Their works are works of iniquity,
And the act of violence is in their hands.
(G)Their feet run to evil,
And they make haste to shed (H)innocent blood;
(I)Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity;
Wasting and (J)destruction are in their paths.
The way of (K)peace they have not known,
And there is no justice in their ways;
(L)They have made themselves crooked paths;
Whoever takes that way shall not know peace.

Sin Confessed

Therefore justice is far from us,
Nor does righteousness overtake us;
(M)We look for light, but there is darkness!
For brightness, but we walk in blackness!
10 (N)We grope for the wall like the blind,
And we grope as if we had no eyes;
We stumble at noonday as at twilight;
We are as dead men in desolate places.
11 We all growl like bears,
And (O)moan sadly like doves;
We look for justice, but there is none;
For salvation, but it is far from us.
12 For our (P)transgressions are multiplied before You,
And our sins testify against us;
For our transgressions are with us,
And as for our iniquities, we know them:
13 In transgressing and lying against the Lord,
And departing from our God,
Speaking oppression and revolt,
Conceiving and uttering (Q)from the heart words of falsehood.
14 Justice is turned back,
And righteousness stands afar off;
For truth is fallen in the street,
And equity cannot enter.
15 So truth fails,
And he who departs from evil makes himself a (R)prey.

The Redeemer of Zion

Then the Lord saw it, and [c]it displeased Him
That there was no justice.
16 (S)He saw that there was no man,
And (T)wondered that there was no intercessor;
(U)Therefore His own arm brought salvation for Him;
And His own righteousness, it sustained Him.
17 (V)For He put on righteousness as a breastplate,
And a helmet of salvation on His head;
He put on the garments of vengeance for clothing,
And was clad with zeal as a cloak.
18 (W)According to their deeds, accordingly He will repay,
Fury to His adversaries,
Recompense to His enemies;
The coastlands He will fully repay.
19 (X)So shall they fear
The name of the Lord from the west,
And His glory from the rising of the sun;
When the enemy comes in (Y)like a flood,
The Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him.

20 “The(Z) Redeemer will come to Zion,
And to those who turn from transgression in Jacob,”
Says the Lord.

21 “As(AA) for Me,” says the Lord, “this is My covenant with them: My Spirit who is upon you, and My words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your descendants, nor from the mouth of your descendants’ descendants,” says the Lord, “from this time and forevermore.”

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 59:3 bloodshed
  2. Isaiah 59:4 trouble
  3. Isaiah 59:15 Lit. it was evil in His eyes