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(A)Okwolesebwa kwa Isaaya, mutabani wa Amozi, kwe yafuna okukwata ku Yuda ne Yerusaalemi mu bufuzi bwa Uzziya, ne Yosamu, ne Akazi ne Keezeekiya, bassekabaka ba Yuda.

Eggwanga Ejjeemu

(B)Wulira ggwe eggulu, mpuliriza ggwe ensi,
    kubanga bw’ati Mukama bw’ayogera nti,
“Nayonsa ne ndera abaana
    naye ne banjeemera.
(C)Ente emanya nannyini yo
    n’endogoyi emanya ekisibo kya mukama waayo,
naye Isirayiri tammanyi,
    abantu bange tebantegeera.”

(D)Woowe! Eggwanga erijjudde ebibi,
    abantu abajjudde obutali butuukirivu,
ezzadde eryabakola ebibi,
    abaana aboonoonyi!
Balese Mukama
    banyoomye Omutukuvu wa Isirayiri,
    basenguse bamuvuddeko bamukubye amabega.

(E)Lwaki mweyongera okujeema?
    Mwagala mwongere okubonerezebwa?
Omutwe gwonna mulwadde,
    n’omutima gwonna gunafuye.
(F)Okuva mu mala g’ekigere okutuuka ku mutwe
    temuli bulamu
wabula ebiwundu, n’okuzimba,
    n’amabwa agatiiriika amasira
agatanyigibwanga, okusibibwa,
    wadde okuteekebwako eddagala.

(G)Ensi yammwe esigadde matongo,
    ebibuga byammwe byokeddwa omuliro,
nga nammwe bennyini mulaba.
    Bannamawanga[a] balidde ensi yammwe,
    era ezise kubanga bannaggwanga bagisudde.
(H)Omuwala wa Sayuuni alekeddwa
    ng’ensiisira esigadde mu nnimiro y’emizabbibu,
ng’ekiwummulirwamu mu nnimiro y’emyungu[b],
    ng’ekibuga ekizingiziddwa.
(I)Singa Mukama ow’Eggye
    teyatulekerawo bantu abatonotono abaasigalawo
twandibadde nga Sodomu,
    twandifuuse nga Ggomola.

10 (J)Muwulirize ekigambo kya Katonda
    mmwe abafuzi ba Sodomu!
Musseeyo omwoyo eri okuyigiriza kwa Katonda waffe
    mmwe abantu b’e Ggomola!
11 (K)“Ssaddaaka enkumu ze munsalira
    zingasa ki?
Nkooye endiga ennume
    enjokye eziweebwayo,
so sisanyukira musaayi gwa nte,
    newaakubadde ogw’abaana b’endiga, newaakubadde ogw’embuzi ennume,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
12 (L)Bwe mujja mu maaso gange,
    ani aba abayise
    ne mujja okulinnyirira empya zange?
13 (M)Mulekeraawo okuleeta ssaddaaka zammwe ezitaliimu;
    obubaane bwammwe bwa muzizo gye ndi.
Omwezi Ogubonese ne Ssabbiiti n’enkuŋŋaana zammwe
    zijjudde obutali butuukirivu.
14 (N)Emyezi gyammwe Egibonese n’embaga zammwe ez’ennaku entukuvu,
    emmeeme yange ebikyaye,
binfuukidde omugugu,
    nkooye okubigumiikiriza.
15 (O)Bwe munaayimusanga emikono gyammwe musabe
    nnaabakwekanga amaaso gange,
era ne bwe munaasabanga ennyo
    siiwulirenga
kubanga emikono gyammwe gisaabaanye omusaayi.

16 (P)Munaabe, mwetukuze
    muggirewo ddala ebikolwa byammwe ebibi gye ndi,
    mulekeraawo okukola ebibi.
17 (Q)Muyige okukola obulungi, musalenga emisango n’amazima,
    mudduukirirenga abajoogebwa,
musalenga omusango gw’atalina kitaawe,
    muwolerezenga bannamwandu.

18 (R)“Mujje nno tukubaganye ebirowoozo,”
    bw’ayogera Mukama;
“ebibi byammwe ne bwe biba ng’olugoye olumyufu
    binaafuuka byeru ng’omuzira,
ne bwe binaaba bitwakaavu nga langi emyufu enkwafu,
    binaatukula ng’ebyoya by’endiga.
19 (S)Bwe munaagondanga ne muwulira,
    munaalyanga ebirungi eby’ensi;
20 (T)naye bwe munaagaananga ne mujeemanga
    ekitala kinaabalyanga,”
kubanga akamwa ka Mukama ke kakyogedde.

21 (U)Laba ekibuga ekyesigwa
    bwe kifuuse ng’omwenzi!
Oyo eyasalanga emisango mu bwenkanya!
    Obutuukirivu bwatuulanga mu ye,
    naye kaakano batemu bennyini nnyini!
22 Effeeza yo efuuse masengere,
    wayini wo afuuse wa lujjulungu.
23 (V)Abafuzi bo bajeemu,
    mikwano gya babbi,
bonna bawoomerwa enguzi,
    era banoonya kuweebwa birabo;
tebayamba batalina ba kitaabwe,
    so n’ensonga za bannamwandu tebazifaako.
24 (W)Noolwekyo kyava ayogera Mukama, Mukama ow’Eggye,
    ow’amaanyi owa Isirayiri nti,
“Ndifuka obusungu ku balabe bange,
    era ne nesasuza abo abankyawa.
25 (X)Era ndikukwatamu n’omukono gwange,
    ne nnoongoosereza ddala amasengere go gonna
    ne nkuggyamu ebitali birungi byonna.
26 (Y)Era ndikomyawo abalamuzi bo ng’olubereberye
    n’abo abakuwa amagezi, nga bwe kyali okusooka.
Olwo olyoke oyitibwe
    ekibuga eky’obutuukirivu,
    ekibuga ekyesigwa.”

27 (Z)Sayuuni alinunulibwa lwa bwenkanya,
    n’abantu baamu abalyenenya mu butuukirivu.
28 (AA)Naye abeewaggula n’abakozi b’ebibi balizikirizibwa wamu,
    n’abo abava ku Mukama Katonda, balimalibwawo.

29 (AB)“Kubanga mulikwatibwa ensonyi olw’emiti
    mwe mwenyumiririzanga,
n’olw’ennimiro
    ze mweroboza.
30 Kubanga mulibeera ng’omuvule oguwotoka
    era ng’ennimiro etaliimu mazzi.
31 (AC)N’omusajja ow’amaanyi alifuuka ng’enfuuzi,
    n’omulimu gwe ng’akasasi akavudde ku lyanda,
era byombi biriggiira wamu
    so tewaliba azikiza omuliro ogwo.”

Footnotes

  1. 1:7 Kino kyogera ku kulumbibwa kw’abantu b’omu Bwasuli mu biro bya Sennakeribu (2Bk 18:13).
  2. 1:8 emyungu ziba bika bya nsujju; emu eyitibwa omungu

The vision(A) concerning Judah and Jerusalem(B) that Isaiah son of Amoz saw(C) during the reigns of Uzziah,(D) Jotham,(E) Ahaz(F) and Hezekiah,(G) kings of Judah.

A Rebellious Nation

Hear me, you heavens! Listen, earth!(H)
    For the Lord has spoken:(I)
“I reared children(J) and brought them up,
    but they have rebelled(K) against me.
The ox knows(L) its master,
    the donkey its owner’s manger,(M)
but Israel does not know,(N)
    my people do not understand.(O)

Woe to the sinful nation,
    a people whose guilt is great,(P)
a brood of evildoers,(Q)
    children given to corruption!(R)
They have forsaken(S) the Lord;
    they have spurned the Holy One(T) of Israel
    and turned their backs(U) on him.

Why should you be beaten(V) anymore?
    Why do you persist(W) in rebellion?(X)
Your whole head is injured,
    your whole heart(Y) afflicted.(Z)
From the sole of your foot to the top of your head(AA)
    there is no soundness(AB)
only wounds and welts(AC)
    and open sores,
not cleansed or bandaged(AD)
    or soothed with olive oil.(AE)

Your country is desolate,(AF)
    your cities burned with fire;(AG)
your fields are being stripped by foreigners(AH)
    right before you,
    laid waste as when overthrown by strangers.(AI)
Daughter Zion(AJ) is left(AK)
    like a shelter in a vineyard,
like a hut(AL) in a cucumber field,
    like a city under siege.
Unless the Lord Almighty
    had left us some survivors,(AM)
we would have become like Sodom,
    we would have been like Gomorrah.(AN)

10 Hear the word of the Lord,(AO)
    you rulers of Sodom;(AP)
listen to the instruction(AQ) of our God,
    you people of Gomorrah!(AR)
11 “The multitude of your sacrifices—
    what are they to me?” says the Lord.
“I have more than enough of burnt offerings,
    of rams and the fat of fattened animals;(AS)
I have no pleasure(AT)
    in the blood of bulls(AU) and lambs and goats.(AV)
12 When you come to appear before me,
    who has asked this of you,(AW)
    this trampling of my courts?
13 Stop bringing meaningless offerings!(AX)
    Your incense(AY) is detestable(AZ) to me.
New Moons,(BA) Sabbaths and convocations(BB)
    I cannot bear your worthless assemblies.
14 Your New Moon(BC) feasts and your appointed festivals(BD)
    I hate with all my being.(BE)
They have become a burden to me;(BF)
    I am weary(BG) of bearing them.
15 When you spread out your hands(BH) in prayer,
    I hide(BI) my eyes from you;
even when you offer many prayers,
    I am not listening.(BJ)

Your hands(BK) are full of blood!(BL)

16 Wash(BM) and make yourselves clean.
    Take your evil deeds out of my sight;(BN)
    stop doing wrong.(BO)
17 Learn to do right;(BP) seek justice.(BQ)
    Defend the oppressed.[a](BR)
Take up the cause of the fatherless;(BS)
    plead the case of the widow.(BT)

18 “Come now, let us settle the matter,”(BU)
    says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
    they shall be as white as snow;(BV)
though they are red as crimson,
    they shall be like wool.(BW)
19 If you are willing and obedient,(BX)
    you will eat the good things of the land;(BY)
20 but if you resist and rebel,(BZ)
    you will be devoured by the sword.”(CA)
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.(CB)

21 See how the faithful city
    has become a prostitute!(CC)
She once was full of justice;
    righteousness(CD) used to dwell in her—
    but now murderers!(CE)
22 Your silver has become dross,(CF)
    your choice wine is diluted with water.
23 Your rulers are rebels,(CG)
    partners with thieves;(CH)
they all love bribes(CI)
    and chase after gifts.
They do not defend the cause of the fatherless;
    the widow’s case does not come before them.(CJ)

24 Therefore the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    the Mighty One(CK) of Israel, declares:
“Ah! I will vent my wrath on my foes
    and avenge(CL) myself on my enemies.(CM)
25 I will turn my hand against you;[b](CN)
    I will thoroughly purge(CO) away your dross(CP)
    and remove all your impurities.(CQ)
26 I will restore your leaders as in days of old,(CR)
    your rulers as at the beginning.
Afterward you will be called(CS)
    the City of Righteousness,(CT)
    the Faithful City.(CU)

27 Zion will be delivered with justice,
    her penitent(CV) ones with righteousness.(CW)
28 But rebels and sinners(CX) will both be broken,
    and those who forsake(CY) the Lord will perish.(CZ)

29 “You will be ashamed(DA) because of the sacred oaks(DB)
    in which you have delighted;
you will be disgraced because of the gardens(DC)
    that you have chosen.
30 You will be like an oak with fading leaves,(DD)
    like a garden without water.
31 The mighty man will become tinder
    and his work a spark;
both will burn together,
    with no one to quench the fire.(DE)

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 1:17 Or justice. / Correct the oppressor
  2. Isaiah 1:25 That is, against Jerusalem