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(A)Eriyo abaggya zaabu ennyingi mu nsawo zaabwe
    ne bapima ne ffeeza ku minzaani.
Olwo ne bapangisa omuweesi wa zaabu n’agiweesaamu katonda waabwe,
    ne bagwa wansi ne basinza.

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Some pour out gold from their bags
    and weigh out silver on the scales;
they hire a goldsmith(A) to make it into a god,
    and they bow down and worship it.(B)

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(A)Bagunyiriza ne ffeeza ne zaabu,
    bagukomerera n’enninga n’ennyondo
    guleme okunyeenyanyeenya.

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They adorn it with silver(A) and gold;
    they fasten it with hammer and nails
    so it will not totter.(B)

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17 (A)Ekitundu ekisigaddewo akikolamu katonda,
    ekifaananyi ekikole n’emikono,
era n’akivuunamira n’akisinza n’akyegayirira n’agamba nti,
    “Mponya, kubanga ggwe katonda wange.”
18 (B)Tebaliiko kye bamanyi so tebaliiko kye bategeera,
    amaaso gaabwe gazibye n’okuyinza ne batayinza kulaba,
    n’okutegeera ne batayinza kutegeera.
19 (C)Tewali n’omu ayimirira n’alowooza,
    tewali n’omu amanyi wadde ategeera okugamba nti,
“Ekimu ekyokubiri ekyakwo nkyokezza mu muliro,
    era ne nfumba n’obugaati ku manda gaakyo,
    njokezzaako n’ennyama n’engirya.
Ekitundu kyakyo kifuuse eky’omuzizo?
    Nvuunamire ekisiki ky’omuti?”
20 (D)Alya vvu. Omutima gwe gumulimbalimba,
    tasobola kwerokola wadde okwebuuza nti,
    “Kino ekiri mu mukono gwange ogwa ddyo si bulimba?”

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17 From the rest he makes a god, his idol;
    he bows down to it and worships.(A)
He prays(B) to it and says,
    “Save(C) me! You are my god!”
18 They know nothing, they understand(D) nothing;
    their eyes(E) are plastered over so they cannot see,
    and their minds closed so they cannot understand.
19 No one stops to think,
    no one has the knowledge or understanding(F) to say,
“Half of it I used for fuel;(G)
    I even baked bread over its coals,
    I roasted meat and I ate.
Shall I make a detestable(H) thing from what is left?
    Shall I bow down to a block of wood?”(I)
20 Such a person feeds on ashes;(J) a deluded(K) heart misleads him;
    he cannot save himself, or say,
    “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?(L)

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