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18 (A)ne basuula bakatonda baabwe mu muliro. Naye abo tebaali Katonda, baali mirimu gy’emikono gy’abantu, nga mbaawo n’amayinja, era kyebaava bazikirizibwa.

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18 They have thrown their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods(A) but only wood and stone, fashioned by human hands.(B)

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(A)Bakatonda baabwe bakole mu ffeeza ne zaabu,
    ebikolebwa n’emikono gy’abantu.
(B)Birina emimwa, naye tebyogera;
    birina amaaso, naye tebiraba.
Birina amatu, naye tebiwulira;
    birina ennyindo, naye tebiwunyiriza.
Birina engalo, naye tebikwata;
    birina ebigere, naye tebitambula;
    ne mu bulago bwabyo temuvaamu ddoboozi n’akamu,
abakozi ababikola,
    n’abo bonna ababyesiga balibifaanana.

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But their idols are silver and gold,(A)
    made by human hands.(B)
They have mouths, but cannot speak,(C)
    eyes, but cannot see.
They have ears, but cannot hear,
    noses, but cannot smell.
They have hands, but cannot feel,
    feet, but cannot walk,
    nor can they utter a sound with their throats.
Those who make them will be like them,
    and so will all who trust in them.

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(A)Ensi yaabwe ejjudde bakatonda ababumbe,
    basinza omulimu gw’emikono gyabwe bo,
    engalo zaabwe gwe zeekolera.

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Their land is full of idols;(A)
    they bow down(B) to the work of their hands,(C)
    to what their fingers(D) have made.

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(A)So tebalirowooza ku byoto bya balubaale baabwe,
    emirimu gy’emikono gyabwe, be beekolera,
oba empagi za katonda wa Baasera
    oba ebyoto kwe bootereza obubaane.

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They will not look to the altars,(A)
    the work of their hands,(B)
and they will have no regard for the Asherah poles[a](C)
    and the incense altars their fingers(D) have made.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 17:8 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah