1Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest? 2For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word. 3He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine’s blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.66.3 lamb: or, kid66.3 burneth: Heb. maketh a memorial of 4I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not.66.4 delusions: or, devices
5¶ Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name’s sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed. 6A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that rendereth recompence to his enemies. 7Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child. 8Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children. 9Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God.66.9 not…: or, not beget? 10Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her: 11That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.66.11 abundance: or, brightness 12For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees. 13As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem. 14And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.
15For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. 16For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many. 17They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine’s flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.66.17 behind…: or, one after another 18For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory. 19And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles. 20And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the LORD out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD.66.20 litters: or, coaches 21And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the LORD. 22For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain. 23And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.66.23 from one new…: Heb. from new moon to his new moon, and from sabbath to his sabbath 24And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.
166:1 a Mat 23:22 b 1Bk 8:27; Mat 5:34-35 c 2Sa 7:7; Yk 4:20-21; Bik 7:49*; 17:24Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda,
“Eggulu y’entebe yange kwe nfugira
n’ensi ke katebe kwe mpummuliza ebigere byange,
nnyumba ki gye mulinzimbira?
Kifo ki kye mulimpa okuwummuliramu?
266:2 a Is 40:26; Bik 7:50* b Is 57:15; Mat 5:3-4; Luk 18:13-14 c Ezr 9:4Ebintu bino byonna emikono gyange si gye gyagikola,
noolwekyo ebintu bino byonna byange?”
bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda.
“Ono ye muntu gwe ntunulako;
oyo ow’eggonjebwa era omwetoowaze mu mwoyo,
oyo akankanira ekigambo kyange.
366:3 a Is 1:11 b Lv 2:2 c Is 57:17Naye asaddaaka ente aba ng’asse omuntu,
oyo awaayo omwana gw’endiga n’aba ng’amenye ensingo y’embwa,
n’oyo awaayo ekiweebwayo eky’empeke
aba ng’awaddeyo omusaayi gw’embizzi,
era oyo anyookeza obubaane bw’ekijjukizo
aba ng’asinza ekifaananyi ekikole n’emikono.
Abantu bakutte amakubo gaabwe,
era emmeeme zaabwe zisanyukira eby’emizizo byabwe.
466:4 a Nge 10:24 b Nge 1:24; Yer 7:13 c 2Bk 21:2, 4, 6 d Is 65:12Nange ndisalawo mbatuuseeko ekibambulira,
mbaleeteko kye batandyagadde kibatuukeko.
Kubanga bwe nayita,
teri n’omu yayanukula,
bwe nnaayogera
tebanfaako.
Bakola ebibi mu maaso gange
ne bagoberera ebitansanyusa.”
566:5 a Zab 38:20; Is 60:15 b Luk 13:17Muwulirize ekigambo kya Mukama Katonda
mmwe abakankanira ekigambo kye.
“Baganda bammwe abatabaagala
era ababayigganya olw’erinnya lyange babasekerera nti,
‘Leka Mukama alage obukulu bwe
abalokole tulabe bwe musanyuka!’
Naye bo be banaakwasibwa ensonyi.
666:6 Is 65:6; Yo 3:7Muwulirize.
Oluyoogaano oluva mu kibuga, muwulirize eddoboozi eriva mu yeekaalu.
Eddoboozi eryo lya Mukama Katonda ng’asasula abalabe be
nga bwe kibagwanira.
766:7 a Is 54:1 b Kub 12:5“Ekibuga kyange ekitukuvu
kiri ng’omukazi azaala
nga tannatuusa kulumwa,
obulumi nga tebunatuuka n’akubawo eddenzi.
866:8 Is 64:4Ani eyali awulidde ekintu bwe kityo?
Ani eyali alabye ekiri ng’ekyo?
Ensi eyinza okuzaalibwa mu lunaku lumu
oba eggwanga okutondebwawo mu kaseera obuseera?
Akaseera katono bwe kati,
Sayuuni anaaba yakalumwa ng’eggwanga litondebwa.
966:9 Is 37:3Nnyinza okutuusa abantu bange ku kuzaalibwa
ne batazaalibwa?” bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda.
“Ate olubuto ndusiba ntya
nga ndutuusizza ku kuzaala?” bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda wo.
1066:10 a Ma 32:43; Bar 15:10 b Zab 26:8“Mujagulize wamu ne Yerusaalemi
era mumusanyukireko mwenna abamwagala,
mujaganye nnyo
mmwe mwenna abamukaabira.
1166:11 Is 60:16Kubanga muliyonka
munywe n’essanyu
mukkutire ddala
ku kitiibwa kye ekingi.”
1266:12 a Is 48:18 b Zab 72:3; Is 60:5; 61:6 c Is 60:4Kubanga bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda nti,
“Laba mbaleetera obugagga obutaliiko kkomo,
obugagga bw’amawanga bube gye muli ng’omugga ogwanjaala.
Muliyonkako, musitulibwe mu mbiriizi
era bababuusizebuusize ku mubiri gwe.
1366:13 Is 40:1; 2Ko 1:4Ng’omwana bw’asanyusibwa nnyina,
bwe ntyo bwe ndikuzzaamu amaanyi
mu Yerusaalemi.”
1466:14 Is 10:5Kino bw’olikiraba omutima gwo gulisanyuka,
era kirikufuula w’amaanyi omulamu obulungi ng’omuddo ogukuze.
Olwo kiryoke kimanyibwe nti omukono gwa Mukama Katonda guyamba abaweereza be,
ate obusungu bwe ne bulagibwa abalabe be.
1566:15 a Zab 68:17 b Zab 9:5“Kubanga laba Mukama Katonda alijjira mu muliro,
era n’amagaali ge ag’embalaasi galiba ng’empewo ey’omuyaga.
Alijja n’obusungu bwe n’ekiruyi
era alibanenya n’ennimi ez’omuliro.
1666:16 a Is 30:30 b Is 27:1Omuliro n’ekitala
Mukama Katonda by’alibonerezesa abantu bonna,
n’abo abalisaanyizibwawo baliba bangi.
1766:17 a Is 1:29 b Lv 11:7 c Zab 37:20; Is 1:28“Abo abeetukuza balyoke balage mu nnimiro entukuvu okukola eby’emizizo, abatambulira mu nnyiriri nga bwe balya embizzi, omusonso n’emmere ey’omuzizo, bonna balizikirira wamu,” bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda.
18“Olw’ebyo bye bakola ne bye balowooza, nnaatera okujja nkuŋŋaanye amawanga gonna n’ennimi zonna, era balijja balabe ekitiibwa kyange.
1966:19 a Is 11:10; 49:22 b Is 2:16 c Ez 27:10 d Lub 10:2 e Is 11:11 f 1By 16:24; Is 24:15“Nditeeka akabonero mu bo. Ndiwonyaako abamu mbasindike mu mawanga, e Talusiisi, e Puuli66:19 Puuli ne Puuti bye bimu. Puuti ye Libiya oba ekitundu ekyetoolodde n’okutuukira ddala ku Somaliya, n’e Luudi, abaleega omutego, eri Tubali ne Yavani,66:19 Yavani ye Buyonaani mu bizinga eby’ewala, abatawuliranga ttutumu lyange, wadde okulaba ekitiibwa kyange. 2066:20 Is 52:11Balikomyawo baganda bammwe bonna okuva mu mawanga nga ekirabo gye ndi. Balibaleetera ku mbalaasi, ne mu magaali ge mbalaasi n’ebigaali ne ku nnyumbu n’eŋŋamira ku lusozi lwange olutukuvu nga Isirayiri bwe baleeta ebiweebwayo ebirongoofu mu nnyumba ya Mukama Katonda. 2166:21 Kuv 19:6; Is 61:6; 1Pe 2:5, 9Era ndifuula abamu ku bo okubeera bakabona n’abaleevi,” bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda.
2266:22 a Is 65:17; Beb 12:26-27; 2Pe 3:13; Kub 21:1 b Yk 10:27-29; 1Pe 1:4-5“Kubanga nga eggulu eppya n’ensi empya, bye ndikola bwe biribeerawo olw’amaanyi gange, bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda, bwe lityo ezzadde lyammwe n’erinnya lyammwe bwe birisigala. 2366:23 a Ez 46:1-3 b Is 19:21Okuva ku mwezi okutuuka ku mwezi, n’okuva ku ssabbiiti okutuuka ku ssabbiiti, bonna abalina omubiri banajjanga okusinziza mu maaso gange,” bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda. 2466:24 a Is 14:11 b Is 1:31; Mak 9:48*“Kale bwe baliba bafuluma, baliraba emirambo gy’abasajja abanneewaggulako; kubanga envunyu zaabwe tezirifa, so n’omuliro gwabwe tegulizikizibwa; era baliba kyennyinnyalwa eri abantu bonna.”
