132:1 Is 1:2Tega okutu ggwe eggulu, nange nnaayogera,
wulira ebigambo by’omu kamwa kange.
232:2 a Is 55:11 b Zab 72:6Okuyigiriza kwange ka kutonnye ng’enkuba,
n’ebigambo byange bigwe ng’omusulo,
bigwe ng’obufuuyirize ku muddo,
ng’oluwandagirize ku bisimbe ebito.
332:3 a Kuv 33:19 b Ma 3:24Kubanga ndirangirira erinnya lya Mukama;
mutendereze ekitiibwa kya Katonda waffe!
432:4 a nny 15, 18, 30 b 2Sa 22:31 c Ma 7:9Lwe lwazi, emirimu gye mituukirivu,
n’ebikolwa bye byonna bya bwenkanya.
Ye Katonda omwesigwa, ataliiko bukuusa,
omwenkanya era omutereevu mu byonna.
532:5 Ma 31:29Beeyisizza ng’abagwenyufu gy’ali,
baswavu era tebakyali baana be,
wabula omulembe omukyamu era ogw’amawaggali.
632:6 a Zab 116:12 b Zab 74:2 c Ma 1:31; Is 63:16 d nny 15Bwe mutyo bwe musasula Mukama Katonda,
mmwe abantu abasirusiru era abatalina magezi?
Si ye kitaawo eyakutonda,
n’akussaawo n’akunyweza?
732:7 Kuv 13:14Jjukira ebiseera eby’edda,
fumiitiriza ku myaka egyayita edda.
Buuza kitaawo ajja kukubuulira
ne bakadde bo abakulembeze bajja kukutegeeza.
832:8 Lub 11:8; Bik 17:26Ali Waggulu Ennyo bwe yagabanyiza amawanga ensi zaago
abantu bonna bwe yabayawulayawulamu,
yategeka ensalo z’amawanga
ng’omuwendo gw’abaana ba Isirayiri bwe gwali.
932:9 a Yer 10:16 b 1Bk 8:51, 53Omugabo gwa Mukama Katonda be bantu be,
Yakobo bwe busika bwe bwe yagabana.
1032:10 a Yer 2:6 b Zab 17:8; Zek 2:8Yamuyisanga mu ddungu,
mu nsi enkalu eya kikuŋŋunta.
Yamuzibiranga, n’amulabiriranga,
n’amukuumanga ng’emmunye ey’eriiso lye.
1132:11 Kuv 19:4Ng’empungu bw’enyegenya ku kisu kyayo,
n’epaapaalira waggulu w’obwana bwayo,
era nga bw’eyanjuluza ebiwaawaatiro byayo, n’ebusitula,
n’ebutumbiiza ku biwaawaatiro byayo,
1232:12 nny 39Mukama Katonda yekka ye yamukulemberanga;
so tewabangawo katonda mulala.
1332:13 a Is 58:14 b Yob 29:6Yamuteeka ku ntikko z’ensozi ez’ensi eyo,
n’amuliisanga ku bibala by’omu nnimiro.
Yamukulizanga ku mubisi gw’enjuki ogw’omu njatika z’enjazi
n’amafuta agaavanga mu mayinja amagumu
1432:14 a Zab 81:16; 147:14 b Lub 49:11ne bbongo eyavanga mu biraalo, n’amata okuva mu bisibo,
n’amasavu ag’endiga ento n’ennume,
n’embuzi ennume n’enduusi ez’e Basani,
awamu n’eŋŋaano esinga obulungi,
wanywanga wayini ow’ejjovu eyavanga mu mizabbibu.
1532:15 a Ma 31:20 b nny 6; Is 1:4, 28 c Is 1:4Yesuluuni yakkuta n’agejja n’asambagala;
ng’ojjudde emmere nga weezitoowerera n’oggwaamu amaanyi.
Yava ku Katonda eyamukola,
n’alekulira Olwazi olw’Obulokozi bwe.
1632:16 a 1Ko 10:22 b Zab 78:58Baamukwasa obuggya olwa bakatonda abalala
ne bamusunguwaza ne bakatonda abalala.
1732:17 a Ma 28:64 b Bal 5:8Baawaayo ssaddaaka eri baddayimooni, so si eri Katonda,
eri bakatonda be batamanyangako,
bakatonda abaggya abaali baakatuuka
bakatonda abo bajjajjammwe be bataatyanga.
1832:18 Is 17:10Weerabira Olwazi eyakuzaala,
weerabira Katonda eyakuzaala.
1932:19 a Yer 44:21-23 b Zab 106:40Mukama Katonda bwe yakiraba n’abeegobako
kubanga yasunguwazibwa batabani be ne bawala be.
2032:20 a Ma 31:17, 29 b nny 5N’agamba nti, Nzija kubakweka amaaso gange
ndabe ebinaabatuukako;
kubanga omulembe gwabwe mwonoonefu,
abaana abatalinaamu bwesigwa.
2132:21 a 1Ko 10:22 b 1Bk 16:13, 26 c Bar 10:19*Bankwasa obuggya ne bakatonda abalala,
ne banyiiza n’ebifaananyi byabwe omutali nsa.
Ndibakwasa obuggya olw’abo abatali ggwanga,
ndibakwasa obusungu olw’eggwanga eritategeera.
2232:22 Zab 18:7-8; Yer 15:14; Kgb 4:11Kubanga obusungu bwange bukumye omuliro,
ne gwaka okutuukira ddala wansi mu magombe,
gusenkenya ensi n’ebibala byayo,
ne gwokya amasozi okutandikira ku bikolo byago.
2332:23 a Ma 29:21 b Zab 7:13; Ez 5:16Nzija kubatuumangako emitawaana
ne mbayiwangako obusaale bwange.
2432:24 a Ma 28:22 b Zab 91:6 c Lv 26:22 d Am 5:18-19Nnaabasindikiranga enjala namuzisa,
n’obulwadde obwokya, ne kawumpuli omuzikiriza;
ndibaweereza ebisolo eby’amannyo amasongovu
n’ebyewalula mu nfuufu eby’obusagwa.
2532:25 a Ez 7:15 b 2By 36:17; Kgb 2:21Ekitala kinaabamalangako abaana baabwe
ne mu maka gaabwe eneebanga ntiisa njereere.
Abavubuka abalenzi n’abawala balizikirira
abaana abawere n’abasajja ab’envi bonna batyo.
2632:26 a Ma 4:27 b Zab 34:16Nalowoozaako ku ky’okubasaasaanya
wabulewo akyabajjukiranga ku nsi.
2732:27 Is 10:13Naye ne saagala abalabe baabwe kubasosonkereza,
kubanga abaabalumbagana bandiremeddwa okukitegeera,
ne beewaana nti, “Ffe tuwangudde,
Mukama ebyo byonna si ye yabikoze.”
28Lye ggwanga omutali magezi,
mu bo temuliimu kutegeera.
2932:29 Ma 5:29; Zab 81:13Singa baali bagezi ekyo bandikitegedde,
ne balowooza ku biribatuukako ku nkomerero.
3032:30 a Lv 26:8 b Zab 44:12Omusajja omu yandisobodde atya okugoba abantu olukumi,
oba ababiri okudumya omutwalo ne badduka,
wabula nga Lwazi waabwe y’abatunzeeyo,
Mukama Katonda ng’abawaddeyo?
31Kya mazima lwazi waabwe tali nga Lwazi waffe,
abalabe baffe bakiriziganya naffe.
32Wayini waabwe ava mu terekero lya wayini wa Sodomu,
n’ennimiro z’emizabbibu za Ggomola;
ezzabbibu zaabwe zabbibu za butwa,
ebirimba byazo bikaawa;
3332:33 Zab 58:4wayini waazo bwe butwa bw’emisota
obusagwa obukambwe obw’amasalambwa.
3432:34 Yer 2:22; Kos 13:12Ekyo saakyeterekera,
nga kuliko n’envumbo mu mawanika gange?
3532:35 a Bar 12:19*; Beb 10:30* b Yer 23:12 c Ez 7:8-9Okuwoolera eggwanga kwange, nze ndisasula.
Luliba lumu ebigere byabwe ne biseerera,
obudde bwabwe obw’okuzikirira busembedde,
n’okubonerezebwa kwabwe kubafubutukirako.
3632:36 Ma 30:1-3; Zab 135:14; Yo 2:14Mukama Katonda alisalira abantu omusango mu bwenkanya,
alisaasira abaweereza be,
bw’aliraba ng’amaanyi gonna gabaweddemu,
omuddu n’ow’eddembe nga tewasigadde n’omu.
3732:37 Bal 10:14; Yer 2:28N’alyoka abuuza nti, Kale nno bakatonda baabwe bali ludda wa,
olwazi mwe beekweka.
38Baani abaalyanga amasavu ku ssaddaaka zaabwe,
ne banywa envinnyo ey’ekiweebwayo ekyokunywa?
Basituke bajje babayambe,
kale babawe obubudamo babakuume!
3932:39 a Is 41:4 b Is 45:5 c 1Sa 2:6; Zab 68:20 d Kos 6:1 e Zab 50:22Mulabe kaakano, nga nze kennyini, nze Ye!
Tewali katonda mulala wabula Nze;
nzita era ne nzuukiza,
nfumita era ne mponya;
era tewali atangira mukono gwange nga gukola.
40Ngolola omukono gwange eri eggulu ne nangirira nti,
ddala ddala nga bwe ndi omulamu emirembe gyonna
4132:41 a Is 34:6; 66:16; Ez 21:9-10 b Yer 50:29bwe mpagala ekitala kyange ekimasamasa,
n’omukono gwange ne gukikwata nga nsala emisango,
nnaawalananga abalabe bange,
ne neesasuzanga eri abanaankyawanga.
4232:42 a nny 23 b Yer 46:10, 14Obusaale bwange ndibutamiiza omusaayi,
n’ekitala kyange kirirya ennyama,
n’omusaayi gw’abattiddwa n’abawambiddwa,
n’ogw’emitwe egy’abakulembeze b’abalabe.
4332:43 a Bar 15:10* b 2Bk 9:7 c Zab 65:3; 85:1; Kub 19:2Mujaguze mmwe amawanga awamu n’abantu be,
kubanga aliwalanira omusaayi gw’abaweereza be,
aliwalana abalabe be,
era alitangirira olw’ensi ye n’abantu be.
4432:44 Kbl 13:8, 16Awo Musa n’ajja awamu ne Yoswa mutabani wa Nuuni, n’addamu ebigambo byonna eby’oluyimba olwo ng’abantu bonna bawulira. 45Musa bwe yamala okuddamu ebigambo ebyo byonna eri abaana ba Isirayiri, 4632:46 Ez 40:4n’abagamba nti, “Mukwate ku mutima gwammwe ebigambo byonna bye mbategeezezza leero n’obuwombeefu obungi, mulyoke mulagire abaana bammwe bagonderenga n’obwegendereza ebigambo byonna eby’amateeka gano. 4732:47 Ma 30:20Ebigambo ebyo si bya kusaagasaaga, wabula bye bigambo ebikwatira ddala ku bulamu bwammwe bwennyini. Okusinziira ku bigambo bino, mugenda kuwangaala nga muli mu nsi gye mugenda okusomokera omugga Yoludaani okugifuna.”
Okufa kwa Musa Kulangibwa
48Ku lunaku olwo lwennyini Mukama Katonda n’agamba Musa bw’ati nti, 4932:49 Kbl 27:12“Yambuka olinnyerinnye ku Lusozi Nebo oluli mu nsozi za Abalimu mu nsi ya Mowaabu, osusse amaaso Yeriko olengere ensi ya Kanani gy’empa abaana ba Isirayiri okuba obutaka bwabwe obw’enkalakkalira. 5032:50 Lub 25:8Ku lusozi olwo lw’ojja okulinnya kw’olifiira okuŋŋaanyizibwe eri abantu bo, nga muganda wo Alooni bwe yafiira ku lusozi Koola, n’akuŋŋaanyizibwa eri abantu be. 5132:51 a Kbl 20:11-13 b Kbl 27:14Kubanga mwembi mwanziggyamu obwesige mu maaso g’abaana ba Isirayiri ku mazzi g’e Meriba-Kadesi mu ddungu ly’e Zini, olw’okulemwa okussa ekitiibwa ekituukiridde mu butukuvu bwange mu maaso g’abaana ba Isirayiri. 5232:52 a Ma 34:1-3 b Ma 1:37Noolwekyo ensi ojja kugirengera bulengezi, so toligiyingiramu, ensi gye mpa abaana ba Isirayiri.”
1Heavens, listen to me. Then I will speak.
Earth, hear the words of my mouth.
2Let my teaching fall like rain.
Let my words come down like dew.
Let them be like raindrops on new grass.
Let them be like rain on tender plants.
3I will make known the name of the Lord.
Praise God! How great he is!
4He is the Rock. His works are perfect.
All his ways are right.
He is faithful. He doesn’t do anything wrong.
He is honest and fair.
5Israel, you have sinned against him very much.
It’s too bad for you that you aren’t his children anymore.
You have become a twisted and evil nation.
6Is that how you thank the Lord?
You aren’t wise. You are foolish.
Remember, he’s your Father. He’s your Creator.
He made you. He formed you.
7Remember the days of long ago.
Think about what the Lord did through those many years.
Ask your father. He will tell you.
Ask your elders. They’ll explain it to you.
8The Most High God gave the nations their lands.
He divided up the human race.
He set up borders for the nations.
He did it based on the number of the angels in his heavenly court.
9The Lord’s people are his share.
Jacob is the nation he has received.
10The Lord found Israel in a desert.
He found them in an empty and windy land.
He took care of them and kept them safe.
He guarded them as he would guard his own eyes.
11He was like an eagle that stirs up its nest.
It hovers over its little ones.
It spreads out its wings to catch them.
It carries them up in the air on its feathers.
12The Lord was the only one who led Israel.
No other god was with them.
13The Lord made them ride on the highest places in the land.
He fed them what grew in the fields.
He gave them the sweetest honey.
He fed them olive oil from a rocky hillside.
14He gave them butter and milk from the herds and flocks.
He fed them the fattest lambs and goats.
He gave them the best of Bashan’s rams.
He fed them the finest wheat.
They drank the bubbling red juice of grapes.
15When Israel grew fat, they became stubborn.
When they were filled with food, they became fat and heavy.
They left the God who made them.
They turned away from the Rock who saved them.
16They made him jealous by serving false gods.
They made him angry by worshiping statues of gods.
He hated those gods.
17The people sacrificed to those false gods, not to God.
They hadn’t known anything about those false gods.
Those gods were new to them.
Their people of long ago didn’t worship them.
18But then they deserted the Rock. He was their Father.
They forgot the God who created them.
19When the Lord saw this, he turned away from them.
His sons and daughters made him angry.
20“I will turn my face away from them,” he said.
“I will see what will happen to them in the end.
They are sinful people.
They are unfaithful children.
21They made me jealous by serving what is not even a god.
They made me angry by worshiping worthless statues of gods.
I will use people who are not a nation to make them jealous.
A nation that has no understanding will make them angry.
22My anger will start a fire.
It will burn all the way down to the kingdom of the dead.
It will eat up the earth and its crops.
It will set the base of the mountains on fire.
23“I will pile troubles on my people.
I will shoot all my arrows at them.
24I will send them hunger. It will make them weak.
I will send terrible sickness. I will send deadly plagues.
I will send wild animals that will tear them apart.
Snakes that glide through the dust will bite them.
25In the streets their children will be killed by swords.
Their homes will be filled with terror.
The young men and women will die.
The babies and old people will die.
26I said I would scatter them.
I said I would erase their name from human memory.
27But I was afraid their enemies would make fun of that.
I was afraid their attackers would not understand.
I was sure they would say, ‘We’re the ones who’ve beaten them!
The Lord isn’t the one who did it.’ ”
28Israel is a nation that doesn’t have any sense.
They can’t understand anything.
29I wish they were wise. Then they would understand what’s coming.
They’d realize what would happen to them in the end.
30How could one person chase a thousand?
How could two make ten thousand run away?
It couldn’t happen unless their Rock had deserted them.
It couldn’t take place unless the Lord had given them up.
31Their rock is not like our Rock.
Even our enemies know that.
32Their vine comes from the vines of Sodom.
It comes from the vineyards of Gomorrah.
Their grapes are filled with poison.
Their bunches of grapes taste bitter.
33Their wine is like the poison of snakes.
It’s like the deadly poison of cobras.
34The Lord says, “I have kept all those terrible things stored away.
I have kept them sealed up in my strongbox.
35I punish people. I will pay them back.
The time will come when their feet will slip.
Their day of trouble is near.
Very soon they will be destroyed.”
36The Lord will come to the aid of his people.
He’ll show tender love to those who serve him.
He will know when their strength is gone.
He’ll see that no one at all is left.
37He’ll say, “Where are their gods now?
Where is the rock they went to for safety?
38Where are the gods who ate the fat of their sacrifices?
Where are the gods who drank the wine of their drink offerings?
Let those gods rise up to help you!
Let them keep you safe!
39“Look! I am the One!
There is no other God except me.
I put some people to death. I bring others to life.
I have wounded, and I will heal.
No one can save you from my power.
40I raise my hand to heaven. Here is the promise I make.
You can be sure that I live forever.
41And you can be just as sure
that I will sharpen my flashing sword.
My hand will hold it when I judge.
I will get even with my enemies.
I will pay back those who hate me.
42I will make my arrows drip with blood.
My sword will destroy people.
It will kill some. It will even kill prisoners.
It will cut off the heads of enemy leaders.”
43You nations, be full of joy. Be joyful together with God’s people.
The Lord will get even with his enemies.
He will pay them back for killing those who serve him.
He will wipe away the sin of his land and people.
44Moses spoke all the words of this song to the people. Joshua, the son of Nun, was with him. 45Moses finished speaking all these words to all the Israelites. 46Then he said to them, “Think carefully about all the words I have announced to you today. I want you to command your children to be careful to obey all the words of this law. 47They aren’t just useless words for you. They are your very life. If you obey them, you will live in the land for a long time. It’s the land you are going across the Jordan River to take as your own.”
Moses Will Die on Mount Nebo
48On that same day the Lord said to Moses, 49“Go up into the Abarim mountains. Go to Mount Nebo in Moab. It is across from Jericho. From there look out over Canaan. It is the land I am giving the Israelites to take as their own. 50You will die there on the mountain you have climbed. You will join the members of your family who have already died. In the same way, your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor. He joined the members of his family who had already died. 51You and Aaron disobeyed me in front of the Israelites. It happened at the waters of Meribah Kadesh in the Desert of Zin. You did not honor me among the Israelites as the holy God. 52So you will see the land, but only from far away. You will not enter the land I am giving to the Israelites.”
