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Olugero olw’Omuvule gwa Lebanooni

31 (A)Mu mwaka ogw’ekkumi n’ogumu, mu mwezi ogwokusatu ku lunaku olw’olubereberye, ekigambo kya Mukama Katonda ne kinzijira n’aŋŋamba nti, “Omwana w’omuntu, tegeeza Falaawo, ye kabaka w’e Misiri n’olufulube lw’abantu be nti,

“ ‘Ani ayinza okwegeraageranya naawe mu kitiibwa?
(B)Tunuulira Obwasuli, ogwali omuvule mu Lebanooni,
    nga gulina amatabi amalungi agaasiikirizanga ekibira;
ogwali omuwanvu ennyo,
    nga guyitamu ne mu kasolya ak’ekibira.
Amazzi gaaguliisanga,
    n’enzizi ezikka wansi ennyo ne ziguwanvuya,
n’emigga gyagyo
    ne gigwetooloola wonna,
ne giweerezanga n’amatabi gaagyo
    eri emiti gyonna egy’omu ttale.
(C)Kyegwava gukula ne guwanvuwa
    okusinga emiti gyonna egy’omu kibira,
n’amatabi gaagwo amanene
    ne geeyongera obunene,
n’amatabi gaagwo amatono ne gawanvuwa
    ne gasaasaana olw’obungi bw’amazzi.
(D)Ebinyonyi byonna eby’omu bbanga
    ne bizimba ebisu byazo mu matabi gaagwo amanene,
n’ensolo enkambwe ez’oku ttale
    ne zizaaliranga wansi w’amatabi gaagwo,
n’amawanga gonna amakulu
    ne gabeeranga wansi w’ekisiikirize kyagwo.
Gwali gwa kitalo mu bulungi bwagwo,
    n’amatabi gaagwo amanene,
kubanga emirandira gyagwo
    gyasima awali amazzi amangi.
(E)Emivule egyali mu nnimiro ya Katonda
    tegyayinza kuguvuganya,
newaakubadde emiberoosi okwenkana
    n’amatabi gaagwo amanene;
n’emyalamooni nga tegifaanana
    matabi gaagwo amatono,
so nga tewali muti mu nnimiro ya Katonda
    ogugwenkana mu bulungi.
(F)Nagulungiya n’amatabi amangi,
    emiti gyonna egy’omu Adeni
egyali mu nnimiro ya Katonda
    ne gigukwatirwa obuggya.

10 (G)“ ‘Mukama Katonda kyava ayogera bw’ati nti; Kubanga gwegulumiza, ne gwewanika waggulu okuyita mu kasolya ak’ekibira, ate ne guba n’amalala olw’obuwanvu bwagwo, 11 (H)kyendiva nguwaayo mu mukono gw’omufuzi ow’amawanga agukole ng’obutali butuukirivu bwagwo bwe buli, era ngugobye. 12 (I)Era bannaggwanga abasingirayo ddala obukambwe baagutema ne bagusuula. Amatabi gaagwo amanene gaagwa ku nsozi ne mu biwonvu byonna, n’amatabi gaagwo amatono ne gagwa nga gamenyese mu biwonvu byonna eby’ensi. N’amawanga gonna ag’oku nsi gaava wansi w’ekisiikirize kyagwo, ne gagulekawo. 13 (J)Ebinyonyi byonna eby’omu bbanga ne bituula ku matabi agaagwa, era n’ensolo enkambwe ez’oku ttale zonna ne zibeera mu matabi gaagwo. 14 (K)Kyewaliva walema okubaawo emiti okumpi n’amazzi egirikula ne giwanvuwa ne gyegulumiza n’okutuuka okuyita mu kasolya k’ekibira. Era tewalibaawo miti mirala egyafukirirwa obulungi egiriwanvuwa okutuuka awo, kubanga gyonna giweereddwayo eri okufa, okugenda emagombe, mu bantu abaabulijjo, n’abo abakka mu bunnya.

15 “ ‘Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda nti, Ku lunaku lwe gwaleetebwa wansi emagombe, enzizi zaagukaabira, era naziyiza n’emigga gyagwo, n’amazzi gaagwo amangi okukulukuta. Ku lulwe nayambaza Lebanooni obuyinike, n’emiti gyonna egy’oku ttale ne gikala. 16 (L)Naleetera amawanga okukankana olw’eddoboozi ery’okugwa kwagwo bwe naguserengesa emagombe n’abo abaserengeta wansi mu bunnya. Olwo emiti gyonna egya Adeni, egy’amaanyi era egisingayo obulungi egya Lebanooni emiti gyonna egyali gifukiriddwa obulungi amazzi, ne gizzibwamu amaanyi wansi mu nsi. 17 (M)Abo bonna ababeera mu kisiikirize kyagwo, n’amawanga agassanga ekimu nabo, bakirira nabo emagombe ne beegatta ku abo abattibwa n’ekitala.

18 (N)“ ‘Muti ki mu gy’omu Adeni ogw’enkana naawe mu bukulu mu kitiibwa kyo? Era naye, olisuulibwa wamu n’emiti egy’omu Adeni n’oserengeta emagombe, n’ogalamira eyo wamu n’abatali bakomole, n’abo abattibwa n’ekitala.

“ ‘Ono ye Falaawo n’ekibinja kye kyonna, bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda.’ ”

Pharaoh as a Felled Cedar of Lebanon

31 In the eleventh year,(A) in the third month on the first day, the word of the Lord came to me:(B) “Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his hordes:

“‘Who can be compared with you in majesty?
Consider Assyria,(C) once a cedar in Lebanon,(D)
    with beautiful branches overshadowing the forest;
it towered on high,
    its top above the thick foliage.(E)
The waters(F) nourished it,
    deep springs made it grow tall;
their streams flowed
    all around its base
and sent their channels
    to all the trees of the field.(G)
So it towered higher(H)
    than all the trees of the field;
its boughs increased
    and its branches grew long,
    spreading because of abundant waters.(I)
All the birds of the sky
    nested in its boughs,
all the animals of the wild
    gave birth(J) under its branches;
all the great nations
    lived in its shade.(K)
It was majestic in beauty,
    with its spreading boughs,
for its roots went down
    to abundant waters.(L)
The cedars(M) in the garden of God
    could not rival it,
nor could the junipers
    equal its boughs,
nor could the plane trees(N)
    compare with its branches—
no tree in the garden of God
    could match its beauty.(O)
I made it beautiful
    with abundant branches,
the envy of all the trees of Eden(P)
    in the garden of God.(Q)

10 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because the great cedar towered over the thick foliage, and because it was proud(R) of its height, 11 I gave it into the hands of the ruler of the nations, for him to deal with according to its wickedness. I cast it aside,(S) 12 and the most ruthless of foreign nations(T) cut it down and left it. Its boughs fell on the mountains and in all the valleys;(U) its branches lay broken in all the ravines of the land. All the nations of the earth came out from under its shade and left it.(V) 13 All the birds settled on the fallen tree, and all the wild animals lived among its branches.(W) 14 Therefore no other trees by the waters are ever to tower proudly on high, lifting their tops above the thick foliage. No other trees so well-watered are ever to reach such a height; they are all destined(X) for death,(Y) for the earth below, among mortals who go down to the realm of the dead.(Z)

15 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: On the day it was brought down to the realm of the dead I covered the deep springs with mourning for it; I held back its streams, and its abundant waters were restrained. Because of it I clothed Lebanon with gloom, and all the trees of the field withered away.(AA) 16 I made the nations tremble(AB) at the sound of its fall when I brought it down to the realm of the dead to be with those who go down to the pit. Then all the trees(AC) of Eden,(AD) the choicest and best of Lebanon, the well-watered trees, were consoled(AE) in the earth below.(AF) 17 They too, like the great cedar, had gone down to the realm of the dead, to those killed by the sword,(AG) along with the armed men who lived in its shade among the nations.

18 “‘Which of the trees of Eden can be compared with you in splendor and majesty? Yet you, too, will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the earth below; you will lie among the uncircumcised,(AH) with those killed by the sword.

“‘This is Pharaoh and all his hordes, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”