Omulokozi wa Isirayiri Ali Omu Yekka
143:1 a nny 7 b Lub 32:28; Is 44:21 c Is 44:2, 6 d Is 42:6; 45:3-4Naye kaakano bw’atyo bw’ayogera Mukama oyo eyakutonda,
ggwe Yakobo,
eyakukola ggwe Isirayiri:
“Totya kubanga nkununudde,
nakuyita nga mpitira ddala erinnya lyo, oli wange.
243:2 a Is 8:7 b Ma 31:6, 8 c Is 29:6; 30:27 d Zab 66:12; Dan 3:25-27Bw’onooyitanga mu mazzi amawanvu
nnaabeeranga naawe,
ne bw’onooyitanga mu migga
tegirikusaanyaawo;
bw’onooyitanga mu muliro
tegukwokyenga,
ennimi z’omuliro tezirikwokya.
343:3 a Kuv 20:2 b Is 20:3 c Nge 21:18Kubanga nze Mukama Katonda wo,
Katonda Omutukuvu owa Isirayiri; Omulokozi wo.
Mpayo Misiri ggwe osobole okuteebwa,
era Kuusi ne Seba mbiwaayo gwe ofune emirembe gyo.
443:4 Is 63:9Kubanga oli wa muwendo gye ndi, ow’ekitiibwa,
era kubanga nkwagala,
ndiwaayo abasajja ku lulwo
mpeeyo n’abantu ku lw’obulamu bwo.
543:5 a Is 44:2 b Yer 30:10-11 c Is 41:8Totya, kubanga nze ndi nawe,
ndireeta ezzadde lyo okuva ebuvanjuba
era nkukuŋŋaanye okuva ebugwanjuba.
643:6 a Zab 107:3 b 2Ko 6:18Ndigamba obukiikakkono nti, ‘Waayo b’olina,’
n’obukiikaddyo nti, ‘Tobagaanira.’
Leeta batabani bange okuva ewala
ne bawala bange okuva ku nkomerero y’ensi.
743:7 a Is 56:5; 63:19; Yak 2:7 b nny 1, 21; Zab 100:3; Bef 2:10Buli muntu yenna ayitibwa erinnya lyange,
gwe natonda olw’ekitiibwa kyange,
gwe nakola gwe natonda.”
Eggwanga erirondeddwa nga Omujulirwa
843:8 a Is 6:9-10 b Is 42:20; Ez 12:2Fulumya abo abalina amaaso naye nga tebalaba,
abalina amatu naye nga tebawulira.
943:9 a Is 41:1 b Is 41:26Amawanga gonna ka gakuŋŋaane
n’abantu bajje.
Ani ku bo eyali ayogedde ku bintu bino?
Ani ku bo eyali alangiridde ebyaliwo?
Leka baleete abajulizi okukakasa nti baali batuufu
abawulira bagambe nti, “Ddala bwe kiri.”
1043:10 a Is 41:8-9 b Is 44:6, 8“Muli bajulirwa bange,” bw’ayogera Mukama,
“omuweereza wange gwe nalonda:
mulyoke mummanye, munzikirize,
mutegeere nga Nze wuuyo:
Tewali Katonda eyansooka
era teriba mulala alinzirira.
1143:11 Is 45:21Nze, Nze mwene, nze Mukama;
okuggyako nze tewali Mulokozi.
1243:12 a Ma 32:12; Zab 81:9 b Is 44:8Nze naleeta okwolesebwa ne nangirira ne ndokola;
nze so si katonda mulala mugwira mu mmwe.
Muli bajulirwa bange,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
1343:13 a Zab 90:2 b Yob 9:12; Is 14:27“Weewaawo, okuva mu nnaku ez’edda Nze Nzuuyo;
tewali n’omu ayinza okuwonya omuntu mu mukono gwange.
Kye nkola ani ayinza okukikyusa?”
1443:14 a Is 13:14-15 b Is 23:13Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama,
Omununuzi wammwe, Omutukuvu wa Isirayiri nti,
“Ku lwammwe nditumya e Babulooni,
ndeetere ab’e Babulooni bonna nga bawambe
mu byombo ebyabeewanya.
15Nze Mukama, Omutukuvu wammwe,
Omutonzi wa Isirayiri, Kabaka wammwe.”
1643:16 Zab 77:19; Is 11:15; 51:10Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama,
oyo eyakola ekkubo mu nnyanja,
n’oluguudo mu mazzi amangi ennyo,
1743:17 a Zab 118:12; Is 1:31 b Kuv 14:9eyaleetera amagaali, n’embalaasi n’eggye, n’abaali bazze okubayamba,
byonna awamu okugwa omwo,
ne bitaddamu kusituka, nga bizikiridde,
nga bikomye ng’akatambi akabadde kaaka:
18“Mwerabire eby’emabega,
so temulowooza ku by’ayita.
1943:19 a 2Ko 5:17; Kub 21:5 b Kuv 17:6; Kbl 20:11Laba, nkola ekintu ekiggya!
Kaakano kitandise okulabika, temukiraba?
Nkola oluguudo mu ddungu
ne ndeeta emigga mu lukoola.
2043:20 a Is 13:22 b Is 48:21Ensolo ez’omu nsiko zinzisaamu ekitiibwa,
ebibe n’ebiwuugulu;
kubanga nze ngaba amazzi mu ddungu,
n’emigga mu lukoola,
okunywesa abantu bange, abalonde bange,
2143:21 Zab 102:18; 1Pe 2:9abantu be nnekolera
balangirire ettendo lyange.
2243:22 Is 30:11“So tonkowodde ggwe, Yakobo,
era teweekooyeza ggwe Isirayiri.
2343:23 a Zek 7:5-6; Mal 1:6-8 b Am 5:25 c Yer 7:22 d Kuv 30:35; Lv 2:1Tondeetedde ndiga ey’ebiweebwayo ebyokebwa,
wadde okunzisaamu ekitiibwa ne ssaddaaka zo.
Sikukaluubirizanga nga nkusaba ebiweebwayo ebyempeke
wadde okukukooya n’obubaane.
2443:24 a Kuv 30:23 b Is 1:14; 7:13 c Mal 2:17Tondeeteddeeyo bubaane buwunya kawoowo
wadde okunzikusa n’amasavu ga ssaddaaka zo,
naye onkoyesezza n’ebibi byo,
era n’onteganya n’obutali butuukirivu bwo.
2543:25 a Bik 3:19 b Is 37:35; Ez 36:22 c Is 38:17; Yer 31:34“Nze, Nze mwene,
nze wuuyo asangula ebyonoono byo ku lwange nze,
so sirijjukira bibi byo.
2643:26 a Is 1:18 b Is 41:1; 50:8Nzijukiza eby’edda, tuwoze ffembi,
jjangu ensonga tuzoogereko fembi,
yogera ebiraga nga toliiko musango.
2743:27 Is 9:15; 28:7; Yer 5:31Kitaawo eyasooka yasobya,
abakulembeze bo baanjemera.
2843:28 Yer 24:9; Ez 5:15Kyendiva ndiswaza abakungu ba yeekaalu yo,
era ndiwaayo Yakobo azikirizibwe
ne Isirayiri aswazibwe.”
The Lord Saves Israel
1Family of Jacob, the Lord created you.
People of Israel, he formed you.
He says, “Do not be afraid.
I will set you free.
I will send for you by name.
You belong to me.
2You will pass through deep waters.
But I will be with you.
You will pass through the rivers.
But their waters will not sweep over you.
You will walk through fire.
But you will not be burned.
The flames will not harm you.
3I am the Lord your God.
I am the Holy One of Israel.
I am the one who saves you.
I will give up Egypt to set you free.
I will give up Cush and Seba for you.
4You are priceless to me.
I love you and honor you.
So I will trade other people for you.
I will give up other nations to save your lives.
5Do not be afraid. I am with you.
I will bring your people back from the east.
I will gather you from the west.
6I will say to the north, ‘Let them go!’
And I will say to the south, ‘Do not hold them back.’
Bring my sons from far away.
Bring my daughters from the farthest places on earth.
7Bring back everyone who belongs to me.
I created them to bring glory to me.
I formed them and made them.”
8Lead my people into court.
They have eyes but can’t see.
Bring those who have ears but can’t hear.
9All the nations are gathering together.
All of them are coming.
Which one of their gods said ahead of time
that the people of Israel would return?
Which of them told us anything at all about the past?
Let them bring in their witnesses to prove they were right.
Then others will hear them. And they will say,
“What they said is true.”
10“People of Israel, you are my witnesses,” announces the Lord.
“I have chosen you to be my servant.
I wanted you to know me and believe in me.
I wanted you to understand that I am the one and only God.
Before me, there was no other god at all.
And there will not be any god after me.
11I am the one and only Lord.
I am the only one who can save you.
12I have made known what would happen.
I saved you. I have told you about it.
I did this. It was not some other god you worship.
You are my witnesses that I am God,” announces the Lord.
13“And that is not all! I have always been God,
and I always will be.
No one can save people from my power.
When I do something, who can undo it?”
The Lord Is Full of Mercy but Israel Is Unfaithful
14The Lord sets his people free.
He is the Holy One of Israel. He says,
“People of Israel, I will send an army to Babylon to save you.
I will cause all the Babylonians to run away.
They will try to escape in the ships they were so proud of.
15I am your Lord and King.
I am your Holy One.
I created you.”
16Long ago the Lord opened
a way for his people to go through the Red Sea.
He made a path through the mighty waters.
17He caused Egypt to send out its chariots and horses.
He sent its entire army to its death.
Its soldiers lay down there.
They never got up again.
They were destroyed.
They were blown out like a dimly burning flame.
But the Lord says,
18“Forget the things that happened in the past.
Do not keep on thinking about them.
19I am about to do something new.
It is beginning to happen even now.
Don’t you see it coming?
I am going to make a way for you to go through the desert.
I will make streams of water in the dry and empty land.
20Even wild dogs and owls honor me.
That is because I provide water in the desert
for my people to drink.
I cause streams to flow in the dry and empty land
for my chosen ones.
21I do it for the people I made for myself.
I want them to sing praise to me.
22“Family of Jacob, you have not prayed to me as you should.
People of Israel, you have not worn yourselves out for me.
23You have not brought me sheep for burnt offerings.
You have not honored me with your sacrifices.
I have not loaded you down
by requiring grain offerings.
I have not made you tired
by requiring you to burn incense.
24But you have not bought any sweet-smelling cane for me.
You have not given me the fattest parts
of your animal sacrifices.
Instead, you have loaded me down with your sins.
You have made me tired with the wrong things you have done.
25“I am the one who wipes out your lawless acts.
I do it because of who I am.
I will not remember your sins anymore.
26But let us go to court together.
Remind me of what you have done.
State your case.
Prove to me that you are not guilty.
27Your father Jacob sinned.
The people I sent to teach you refused to obey me.
28So I put the high officials of your temple to shame.
I let Jacob’s family be totally destroyed.
And I let people make fun of Israel.
