1Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;3.1 bloody…: Heb. city of bloods 2The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots. 3The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses:3.3 the bright…: Heb. the flame of the sword, and the lightning of the spear 4Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts. 5Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame. 6And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock. 7And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?
8Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?3.8 populous…: or, nourishing, etc: Heb. No Amon 9Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.3.9 thy helpers: Heb. in thy help 10Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains. 11Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy. 12All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater. 13Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars. 14Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln. 15There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts. 16Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.3.16 spoileth: or, spreadeth himself 17Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are. 18Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them.3.18 nobles: or, valiant ones 19There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?3.19 healing: Heb. wrinkling
Ebibi bya Nineeve
13:1 Ez 22:2; Mi 3:10Zikusanze ggwe ekibuga eky’omusaayi!
Kyonna ekijjudde eby’obulimba
n’obunyazi,
ekitaggwaamu banyagiddwa.
2Muwulire okuvuga kw’embooko,
n’okuvuuma kwa namuziga z’amagaali
n’ebigere by’embalaasi nga bwe bivuga
n’amagaali nga gakubaganira mu nguudo!
33:3 2Bk 19:35; Is 34:3Laba eggye ery’embalaasi erirumba,
n’ebitala ebitemagana,
n’amafumu agamyansa.
Abatuukiddwako ebisago nga bayitirivu,
ne ntuumu ennene ez’emirambo
egitamanyiddwa muwendo;
abantu bagirinnyirira.
43:4 a Is 47:9 b Is 23:17; Ez 16:25-29Bino byonna biri bityo kubanga Nineeve yeeweerayo ddala okwetunda eri abalabe ba Katonda obutasalako, nga malaaya omukulu,
kye kibuga ekikyaamu ekitali kyesigwa ekyawubisa ebirala, omukulu w’obufumu,
ekyafuula amawanga abaddu baakyo olw’obwamalaaya bwakyo,
n’olw’obulogo bwakyo.
53:5 a Nak 2:13 b Yer 13:22 c Is 47:3“Laba nkwolekedde,” bw’ayogera Mukama ow’Eggye,
“era nditikka engoye zo ne zidda ku mutwe gwo.
Ensi zonna ziriraba obwereere bwo
n’obwakabaka bwonna bulabe ensonyi zo.
63:6 a Yob 9:31 b 1Sa 2:30; Yer 51:37 c Is 14:16Ndikukanyugira kazambi,
era ndikufuula ekyenyinyalwa
ne nkufuula eky’okwelolera.
73:7 a Nak 1:1 b Yer 15:5 c Is 51:19Awo bonna abalikutunuulira balikwesamba ne bagamba nti,
‘Nineeve kifuuse matongo, ani anakikungubagira?’
Abalikikubagiza baliva wa?”
83:8 a Am 6:2 b Yer 46:25 c Is 19:6-9Ggwe Nineeve ggw’osinga Tebesi
ekyali kizimbiddwa ku mugga Kiyira
ng’amazzi gakyetoolodde okukikuuma ku njuyi zonna?
Olukomera lwakyo gwali mugga
era amazzi ge gaali bbugwe waakyo.
93:9 a 2By 12:3 b Ez 27:10 c Ez 30:5Esiyopya ne Misiri ze zaakiwagiranga.
Ate nga Abapuuti3:9 Abapuuti ne Abapuuli balabika nga baali bantu ba mu kitundu kye kimu. Puuti ye Libiya oba ekitundu ekyetoolodde n’okutuukira ddala ku Somaliya n’ab’omu Libiya nabo nga bakiyamba.
103:10 a Is 20:4 b Is 13:16; Kos 13:16Kyawambibwa, ne kitwalibwa mu buwaŋŋanguse.
Abaana bwakyo abawere babetentebwa mu ntandikwa ya buli luguudo.
Abakungu baakyo baakubirwa obululu,
n’abasajja be ab’amaanyi baasibibwa mu njegere.
113:11 a Is 49:26 b Is 2:10Nineeve naawe olitamiira,
olyekweka
ng’onoonya obuddukiro owone omulabe wo.
123:12 Is 28:4Ebigo byo byonna biri ng’emitiini
egiriko ebibala ebisooka okwengera;
bwe ginyeenyezebwa
ne bigwa mu kamwa k’oyo anaabirya.
133:13 a Is 19:16; Yer 50:37 b Nak 2:6 c Is 45:2Laba abalwanyi bammwe balinafuwa
ne batiitiira ng’abakazi.
Enzigi z’ensi yo
nzigule eri abalabe bo.
Era omuliro gwokezza emikiikiro gyazo.
143:14 a 2By 32:4 b Nak 2:1Weenyweze bajja kukulumba!
Weeterekere ku mazzi g’onoonywako.
Nyweza ebisenge byo.
Noonya ettaka olisambe
oddaabirize ekisenge eky’amatoffaali.
153:15 Yo 1:4Omuliro gulikulya,
ekitala kirikuzikiriza.
Wenna oliriibwa ng’enzige bwe zirya ebirime.
Mweyongere obungi ng’enseenene,
mwale ng’enzige.
16Mwongedde ku bungi bwa basuubuzi bammwe
okusinga emmunyeenye ez’oku ggulu.
Naye ensi baligikaza okufaanana ng’enzige bwe zimalawo ensi
ne ziryoka zibuuka.
173:17 Yer 51:27Abakuumi bammwe bali ng’enzige,
n’abakungu bammwe ng’ebibinja by’enzige
ezibeera ku bisenge ku lunaku olw’obutiti.
Enjuba bw’evaayo zibuuka
ne ziraga etamanyiddwa.
183:18 a Zab 76:5-6 b Is 56:10 c 1Bk 22:17Abasumba bo nga babongoota, ggwe kabaka wa Bwasuli,
n’abakungu abeekitiibwa bagalamidde nga bawumuddeko.
Abantu bo basaasaanira ku nsozi
nga tewali n’omu abakuŋŋaanya.
193:19 a Yer 30:13; Mi 1:9 b Yob 27:23; Kgb 2:15; Zef 2:15Tewali kisobola kuwonya
kiwundu kyo ekinene bwe kityo.
Bonna abawulira ebikuguddeko
bakuba bukubi mu ngalo olw’okugwa kwo.
Ani ataakosebwa
olw’ettima lyo eringi?
Kubanga muntu ki ataatuusibwako bukambwe bwo obwa buli kakedde?
