145:1 a Zab 73:23; Is 41:13; 42:6 b Yer 50:35“Bw’ati Mukama bw’agamba Kuulo gwe yafukako amafuta,
oyo gwe mpadde amaanyi mu mukono gwe ogwa ddyo
okujeemulula amawanga mu maaso ge
era n’okwambula bakabaka ebyokulwanyisa byabwe,
okuggulawo enzigi ezimuli mu maaso,
emiryango eminene gireme kuggalwawo.
245:2 a Is 40:4 b Zab 107:16; Yer 51:30Ndikukulembera
ne ntereeza ebifo ebigulumivu.
Ndimenyaamenya emiryango egy’ebikomo
ne ntemaatema ebisiba eby’ekyuma.
345:3 a Yer 50:37 b Yer 41:8 c Is 41:23 d Kuv 33:12; Is 43:1Era ndikuwa obugagga obwakwekebwa mu bifo ebyekusifu
era n’ebintu ebyakwekebwa mu bifo ebyekyama
olyoke omanye nga nze Mukama,
Katonda wa Isirayiri akuyitira ddala erinnya lyo.
445:4 a Is 41:8-9 b Bik 17:23Ku lwa Yakobo omuweereza wange ne ku lwa Isirayiri omulonde wange
kyenvudde nkuyita erinnya,
ne nkuwa ekitiibwa
wadde nga tonzisaako mwoyo.
545:5 a Is 44:8 b Zab 18:31 c Zab 18:39Nze Mukama, tewali mulala.
Tewali katonda mulala wabula nze.
Ndikuwa amaanyi
wadde nga tonzisaako mwoyo,
645:6 a Is 43:5; Mal 1:11 b nny 5, 18balyoke bamanye nga okuva enjuba gy’eva okutuuka gyegenda
tewali mulala wabula nze.
Nze Mukama,
tewali mulala.
745:7 Is 31:2; Am 3:6Nze nteekawo ekitangaala
ne ntonda ekizikiza.
Nze ndeeta okukulaakulana n’okubonaabona.
Nze Mukama akola ebyo byonna.
845:8 a Zab 72:6; Yo 3:18 b Zab 85:11; Is 60:21; 61:10, 11; Kos 10:12 c Is 12:3“Mmwe eggulu eriri waggulu,
mutonnyese obutuukirivu.
Ebire bitonnyese obutuukirivu.
Ensi egguke n’obulokozi bumeruke,
ereete obutuukirivu.
Nze Mukama nze nagitonda.
945:9 a Yob 15:25 b Is 29:16; Bar 9:20-21*“Zimusanze oyo ayomba n’omutonzi we!
Zimusanze oyo oluggyo mu nzigyo z’ensi.
Bbumba ki eribuuza oyo alibumba nti,
‘Obumba ki?’
Oba omulimu gwo okukubuuza nti,
‘Aliko emikono?’
10Zimusanze oyo agamba kitaawe nti,
‘Wazaala ki?’
Oba nnyina nti,
‘Kiki ky’ozadde?’
1145:11 Is 19:25“Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama Omutukuvu wa Isirayiri
era Omutonzi we nti,
‘Lwaki mumbuuza ebigenda okujja,
oba ebikwata ku baana bange,
oba okumpa ebiragiro ku bikwata ku mirimu gy’emikono gyange?’
1245:12 a Lub 2:1; Is 42:5 b Nek 9:6Nze nakola ensi ne ngitonderamu abantu. Emikono gyange gyennyini gye gyayanjuluza eggulu, era ne ndagira eby’omu bwengula byonna bitondebwewo.
1345:13 a 2By 36:22; Is 41:2 b Is 52:3Ndiyimusa Kuulo mu butuukirivu
era nditereeza amakubo ge gonna.
Alizimba ekibuga kyange
n’asumulula abantu bange abaawaŋŋangusibwa;
naye si lwa mpeera oba ekirabo,”
bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye.
1445:14 a Is 14:1-2 b Yer 16:19; Zek 8:20-23 c 1Ko 14:25Bw’ati bw’ayogera Mukama nti,
“Ebiva mu Misiri n’ebyamaguzi bya Kuusi birireetebwa,
n’abo Abasabeya abawanvu
balijja
babeere abaddu bo,
bajje nga bakugoberera
nga basibiddwa mu njegere.
Balikuvuunamira bakwegayirire nga bagamba nti,
‘Ddala Katonda ali naawe, ye Katonda yekka, tewali Katonda mulala.’ ”
1545:15 Zab 44:24Ddala oli Katonda eyeekweka,
ggwe Katonda wa Isirayiri era Omulokozi we.
1645:16 Is 44:9, 11Bonna abakola bakatonda abakole n’emikono baliswazibwa,
balikwatibwa ensonyi, bonna balikwata ekkubo limu nga baswadde.
1745:17 a Bar 11:26 b Is 26:4Naye Isirayiri alirokolebwa Mukama
n’obulokozi obutaliggwaawo.
Temuukwatibwenga nsonyi,
temuuswalenga emirembe gyonna.
1845:18 a Lub 1:2 b Lub 1:26; Is 42:5 c nny 5Kubanga bw’atyo bw’ayogera Mukama eyatonda eggulu,
ye Katonda eyabumba ensi n’agikola.
Ye yassaawo emisingi gyayo.
Teyagitonda kubeera nkalu
naye yagikola etuulwemu.
Ye yagamba nti, “Nze Mukama so tewali mulala.
1945:19 a Is 48:16 b Is 41:8 c Ma 30:11Soogereranga mu kyama,
oba mu nsi eyeekizikiza.
Sigambanga bazzukulu ba Yakobo nti,
‘Munoonyeze bwereere.’
Nze Mukama njogera mazima,
mbuulira ebigambo eby’ensonga.
2045:20 a Is 43:9 b Is 44:19 c Is 46:1; Yer 10:5 d Is 44:17; 46:6-7“Mwekuŋŋaanye mujje,
mukuŋŋaane, mmwe abasigaddewo mu mawanga.
Tebalina magezi abo abasitula ebifaananyi ebibajje,
abasaba eri katonda atasobola kubalokola.
2145:21 a Is 41:22 b nny 5Mukuŋŋaane muleete ensonga zammwe.
Muteese muyambagane.
Ani eyayogera nti kino kiribaawo?
Ani eyakyogerako edda?
Si nze Mukama?
Tewali Katonda mulala wabula nze,
Katonda omutuukirivu era Omulokozi,
tewali mulala wabula nze.
2245:22 a Zek 12:10 b Kbl 21:8-9; 2By 20:12 c Is 49:6, 12“Mudde gye ndi, mulokoke,
mmwe mwenna abali ku nkomerero z’ensi,
kubanga nze Katonda so tewali mulala.
2345:23 a Lub 22:16 b Beb 6:13 c Is 55:11 d Zab 63:11; Is 19:18; Bar 14:11*; Baf 2:10-11Neerayiridde,
ekigambo kivudde mu kamwa kange mu mazima
so tekiriggibwawo mu maaso gange.
Buli vviivi lirifukamira,
na buli lulimi lulirayira!
2445:24 a Yer 33:16 b Is 41:11Balinjogerako nti, ‘Mu Mukama mwokka mwe muli obutuukirivu n’amaanyi.’ ”
Bonna abaamusunguwalira
balijja gy’ali nga baswadde.
2545:25 Is 41:16Naye mu Mukama ezzadde lyonna erya Isirayiri mwe liriweerwa obutuukirivu
era mwe liryenyumiririza.
1“Cyrus is my anointed king.
I take hold of his right hand.
I give him the power
to bring nations under his control.
I help him strip kings of their power
to go to war against him.
I break city gates open so he can go through them.
I say to him,
2‘I will march out ahead of you.
I will make the mountains level.
I will break down bronze gates.
I will cut through their heavy iron bars.
3I will give you treasures that are hidden away.
I will give you riches that are stored up in secret places.
Then you will know that I am the Lord.
I am the God of Israel.
I am sending for you by name.
4Cyrus, I am sending for you by name.
I am doing it for the good of the family of Jacob.
They are my servant.
I am doing it for Israel.
They are my chosen people.
You do not know anything about me.
But I am giving you a title of honor.
5I am the Lord. There is no other Lord.
I am the one and only God.
You do not know anything about me.
But I will make you strong.
6Then people will know there is no God but me.
Everyone from where the sun rises in the east
to where it sets in the west will know it.
I am the Lord.
There is no other Lord.
7I cause light to shine. I also create darkness.
I bring good times. I also create hard times.
I do all these things. I am the Lord.
8“ ‘Rain down my godliness, you heavens above.
Let the clouds shower it down.
Let the earth open wide to receive it.
Let freedom spring to life.
Let godliness grow richly along with it.
I have created all these things.
I am the Lord.’ ”
9How terrible it will be for anyone who argues with their Maker!
They are like a broken piece of pottery lying on the ground.
Does clay say to a potter,
“What are you making?”
Does a pot say,
“The potter doesn’t have any skill”?
10How terrible it will be for anyone who says to a father,
“Why did you give me life?”
How terrible for anyone who says to a mother,
“Why have you brought me into the world?”
11The Lord is the Holy One of Israel.
He made them.
He says to them,
“Are you asking me about what will happen to my children?
Are you telling me what I should do with what my hands have made?
12I made the earth.
I created human beings to live there.
My own hands spread out the heavens.
I put all the stars in their places.
13I will stir up Cyrus and help him win his battles.
I will make all his roads straight.
He will rebuild Jerusalem.
My people have been taken away from their country.
But he will set them free.
I will not pay him to do it.
He will not receive a reward for it,”
says the Lord who rules over all.
14The Lord says to the people of Jerusalem,
“You will get everything Egypt produces.
You will receive everything the people of Cush
and the tall Sabeans get in trade.
All of it will belong to you.
And all these people will walk behind you as slaves.
They will be put in chains and come over to you.
They will bow down to you.
They will admit,
‘God is with you.
There is no other God.’ ”
15You are a God who has been hiding yourself.
You are the God of Israel. You save us.
16All those who make statues of gods will be put to shame.
They will be dishonored.
They will be led away in shame together.
17But the Lord will save Israel.
He will save them forever.
They will never be put to shame or dishonored.
That will be true for all time to come.
18The Lord created the heavens.
He is God.
He formed the earth and made it.
He set it firmly in place.
He didn’t create it to be empty.
Instead, he formed it for people to live on.
He says, “I am the Lord.
There is no other Lord.
19I have not spoken in secret.
I have not spoken from a dark place.
I have not said to Jacob’s people,
‘It is useless to look for me.’
I am the Lord. I always speak the truth.
I always say what is right.
20“Come together, you people of the nations
who escaped from Babylon.
Gather together and come into court.
Only people who do not know anything
would carry around gods that are made out of wood.
They pray to false gods that can’t save them.
21Tell me what will happen. State your case.
Talk it over together.
Who spoke long ago about what would happen?
Who said it a long time ago?
I did. I am the Lord.
I am the one and only God.
I always do what is right.
I am the one who saves.
There is no God but me.
22“All you who live anywhere on earth,
turn to me and be saved.
I am God. There is no other God.
23I have made a promise in my own name.
I have spoken with complete honesty.
I will not take back a single word. I said,
‘Everyone will kneel down to me.
Everyone’s mouth will make promises in my name.’
24They will say, ‘The Lord is the only one who can save us.
Only he can make us strong.’ ”
All those who have been angry with the Lord will come to him.
And they will be put to shame.
25But the Lord will save all the people of Israel.
And so they will boast about the Lord.
