Isaiah 48
1 Hear ye these things, O house of Jacob, you that are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Juda, you who swear by the name of the Lord, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in justice.
“Muwulire kino, mmwe ennyumba ya Yakobo, abayitibwa erinnya lya Isirayiri, era abaava mu nda ya Yuda. Mmwe abalayirira mu linnya lya Mukama, era abaatula Katonda wa Isirayiri, naye si mu mazima wadde mu butuukirivu.
2 For they are called of the holy city, and are established upon the God of Israel: the Lord of hosts is his name.
Kubanga beeyita ab’ekibuga ekitukuvu, abeesiga Katonda wa Isirayiri, Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye lye linnya lye.
3 The former things of old I have declared, and they went forth out of my mouth, and I have made them to be heard: I did them suddenly and they came to pass.
Okuva ku ntandikwa, nayasanguza ebyali bigenda okubaawo; byava mu kamwa kange ne mbyogera. Amangwago ne tubikola ne bituukirira.”
4 For I knew that thou art stubborn, and thy neck is as an iron sinew, and thy forehead as brass.
Kubanga namanya obukakanyavu bwammwe; ebinywa by’ensingo nga bikakanyavu ng’ekyuma; ekyenyi ng’ekikomo.
5 I foretold thee of old, before they came to pass I told thee, lest thou shouldst say: My idols have done these things, and my graven and molten things have commanded them.
Nabamanyisizaawo edda ebyali bigenda okujja nga tebinnabaawo, muleme kugamba nti, “Bakatonda bange be baabikola: Ekifaananyi kyange ekyole n’ekifaananyi ekisaanuuse bye byakikola.”
6 See now all the things which thou hast heard: but have you declared them? I have shewn thee new things from that time, and things are kept which thou knowest not:
Mulabe ebintu bino nabibagamba dda, era temubikkirize? “Okuva leero nzija kubabuulira ku bintu ebiggya ebigenda okujja, eby’ekyama bye mutawulirangako.
7 They are created now, and not of old: and before the day, when thou heardest them not, lest thou shouldst say: Behold I knew them.
Mbikola kaakano, so si ekiseera ekyayita: mwali temubiwulirangako mu biseera eby’emabega si kulwa nga mugamba nti, ‘Laba nnali mbimanyi.’
8 Thou hast neither heard, nor known, neither was thy ear opened of old. For I know that transgressing thou wilt transgress, and I have called thee a transgressor from the womb.
Towulirangako wadde okutegeera. Okuva edda n’edda okutu kwo tekuggukanga. Kubanga namanya nti wali kyewaggula, okuva ku kuzaalibwa kwo wayitibwa mujeemu.
9 For my name’s sake I will remove my wrath far off: and for my praise I will bridle thee, lest thou shouldst perish.
Olw’erinnya lyange ndwawo okusunguwala. Olw’ettendo lyange ndwawo okukusunguwalira nneme okukuzikiriza.
10 Behold I have refined thee, but not as silver, I have chosen thee in the furnace of poverty.
Laba nkugezesezza naye si nga ffeeza. Nkugezesezza mu kirombe ky’okubonaabona.
11 For my own sake, for my own sake will I do it, that I may not be blasphemed: and I will not give my glory to another.
Ku lwange nze, ku lwange nze ndikikola. Erinnya lyange nga livumiddwa. Ekitiibwa kyange sirikiwa mulala.
12 Hearken to me, O Jacob, and thou Israel whom I call: I am he, I am the first, and I am the last.
“Mpuliriza ggwe Yakobo. Isirayiri gwe nalonda. Nze Nzuuyo. Nze ow’olubereberye era nze ow’enkomerero.
13 My hand also hath founded the earth, and my right hand hath measured the heavens: I shall call them, and they shall stand together.
Omukono gwange gwe gwateekawo omusingi gw’ensi, era omukono gwange ogwa ddyo ne gwanjuluza eggulu. Bwe mbiyita byombi bijja.
14 Assemble yourselves together, all you, and hear: who among them hath declared these things? the Lord hath loved him, he will do his pleasure in Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.
“Mwekuŋŋaanye mwenna mujje muwulire! Ani ku bo eyali alangiridde ebintu bino? Mukama amwagala; ajja kutuukiriza ekigendererwa kye e Babulooni, era omukono gwe gwolekere Abakaludaaya.
15 I, even I have spoken and called him: I have brought him, and his way is made prosperous.
Nze; Nze nzennyini nze njogedde. Nze namuyita. Ndimuleeta era alituukiriza omulimu gwe.
16 Come ye near unto me, and hear this: I have not spoken in secret from the beginning: from the time before it was done, I was there, and now the Lord God hath sent me, and his spirit.
“Munsemberere muwulirize bino. “Okuva ku lubereberye saayogera mu kyama. Nze mbaddewo okuviira ddala ku ntandikwa.” Era kaakano Mukama Ayinzabyonna n’Omwoyo we antumye.
17 Thus saith the Lord thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am the Lord thy God that teach thee profitable things, that govern thee in the way that thou walkest.
Bw’atyo bw’ayogera Mukama, Omununuzi wammwe, Omutukuvu wa Isirayiri nti, “Nze Mukama Katonda wo akuyigiriza okukulaakulana, akukulembera mu kkubo ly’oteekwa okutambuliramu.
18 O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments: thy peace had been as a river, and thy justice as the waves of the sea,
Singa kale wali owulirizza ebiragiro byange! Wandibadde n’emirembe egikulukuta ng’omugga! Era n’obutuukirivu bwo ng’amayengo g’ennyanja,
19 And thy seed had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof: his name should not have perished, nor have been destroyed from before my face.
ezzadde lyo lyandibadde ng’omusenyu abaana bo ng’obuweke bwagwo. Erinnya lyabwe teryandivuddewo wadde okuzikirira nga wendi.”
20 Come forth out of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, declare it with the voice of joy: make this to be heard, and speak it out even to the ends of the earth. Say: The Lord hath redeemed his servant Jacob.
Muve mu Babulooni, mudduke Abakaludaaya. Mugende nga mutegeeza amawulire gano n’essanyu. Mugalangirire wonna wonna n’okutuusa ku nkomerero y’ensi. Mugambe nti, “Mukama anunudde omuddu we Yakobo!”
21 They thirsted not in the desert, when he led them out: he brought forth water out of the rock for them, and he clove the rock, and the waters gushed out.
So tebaalumwa nnyonta bwe yabayisa mu malungu. Yabakulukusiza amazzi mu lwazi: yayasa olwazi amazzi ne gavaamu.
22 There is no peace to the wicked, saith the Lord.
“Tewali mirembe eri aboonoonyi,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
