Bakatonda b’e Babulooni
146:1 a Is 21:9; Yer 50:2; 51:44 b Is 45:20Beri avunnama,
Nebo akutamye!
Ebifaananyi bya bakatonda baabwe biteekeddwa ku nsolo ez’omu nsiko, era ne ku nte.
Ebifaananyi bya bakatonda baabwe migugu mizito ddala ku ndogoyi ezikooye.
246:2 Bal 18:17-18; 2Sa 5:21Bikutamye byonna bivuunamye.
Tebiyinza kuyamba ku mbeera,
byo byennyini bitwaliddwa mu busibe.
346:3 nny 12“Mumpulire mmwe, ennyumba ya Yakobo
n’abantu bonna abasigaddewo mu nnyumba ya Isirayiri.
Mmwe be nnalera okuva lwe mwava mu lubuto,
be nasitula okuva lwe mwazaalibwa.
446:4 a Zab 71:18 b Is 43:13Ne mu bukadde bwammwe nzija kusigala nga ye nze Nzuuyo.
Ne bwe muliba mulina envi nnaabasitulanga.
Nze nabakola era nze nnaabawekanga.
Nnaabasitulanga era nnaabanunulanga.
546:5 Is 40:18, 25“Ani gwe mulinfaananya era gwe mulinnenkanya
era gwe mulingerageranyaako tufaanane?
646:6 a Is 40:19 b Is 44:17Eriyo abaggya zaabu ennyingi mu nsawo zaabwe
ne bapima ne ffeeza ku minzaani.
Olwo ne bapangisa omuweesi wa zaabu n’agiweesaamu katonda waabwe,
ne bagwa wansi ne basinza.
746:7 a nny 1 b Is 44:17; 45:20Katonda waabwe ne bamusitulira ku kibegabega, ne bamuwa ekifo w’anaayimiriranga.
N’ayimirira awo,
n’atava mu kifo kye.
Oli ne bw’amukaabirira tayinza kumuddamu,
tayinza kumuwonya mu mitawaana gye.
846:8 Is 44:21“Mujjukire kino mmwe, mulowooze mu mitima gyammwe.
Mwekube mu kifuba, mmwe abajeemu.
946:9 a Ma 32:7 b Is 45:5, 21Mujjukire ebigambo ebyasooka eby’edda ennyo.
Kubanga nze Katonda, teri mulala.
Nze Katonda, teri ali nga nze;
1046:10 a Is 45:21 b Nge 19:21; Bik 5:39alanga ku ntandikwa ebigenda okubaawo.
Okuva ku mirembe egy’edda ennyo,
nalanga ebintu ebitannabaawo, nga ŋŋamba nti, ‘Enteekateeka zange zijja kubaawo
era ndituukiriza byonna bye nategeka.’
11Mpita ekinyonyi ekikwakkula ebiramu ebirala.
Omusajja46:11 Kino kyogera ku Kuulo ava ebuvanjuba mu nsi eyewala, anaakola bye njagala.
Weewaawo njogedde era nnaatuukiriza.
Nga bwe nategeka bwe nnaakola.
1246:12 a nny 3 b Zab 119:150; Is 48:1; Yer 2:5Mumpulirize mmwe abalina emitima emikakanyavu,
abakyama ennyo ne bava mu kkubo ly’obutuukirivu.
1346:13 Is 44:23Nsembeza kumpi obutuukirivu bwange,
tebuli wala.
N’obulokozi bwange tebuulwewo.
Ndireeta obulokozi mu Sayuuni,
ne nzizaawo ekitiibwa kyange mu Isirayiri.”
Gods of Babylon
1Bel bows down, Nebo stoops low;
their idols are borne by beasts of burden.46:1 Or are but beasts and cattle
The images that are carried about are burdensome,
a burden for the weary.
2They stoop and bow down together;
unable to rescue the burden,
they themselves go off into captivity.
3“Listen to me, you descendants of Jacob,
all the remnant of the people of Israel,
you whom I have upheld since your birth,
and have carried since you were born.
4Even to your old age and gray hairs
I am he, I am he who will sustain you.
I have made you and I will carry you;
I will sustain you and I will rescue you.
5“With whom will you compare me or count me equal?
To whom will you liken me that we may be compared?
6Some pour out gold from their bags
and weigh out silver on the scales;
they hire a goldsmith to make it into a god,
and they bow down and worship it.
7They lift it to their shoulders and carry it;
they set it up in its place, and there it stands.
From that spot it cannot move.
Even though someone cries out to it, it cannot answer;
it cannot save them from their troubles.
8“Remember this, keep it in mind,
take it to heart, you rebels.
9Remember the former things, those of long ago;
I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and there is none like me.
10I make known the end from the beginning,
from ancient times, what is still to come.
I say, ‘My purpose will stand,
and I will do all that I please.’
11From the east I summon a bird of prey;
from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose.
What I have said, that I will bring about;
what I have planned, that I will do.
12Listen to me, you stubborn-hearted,
you who are now far from my righteousness.
13I am bringing my righteousness near,
it is not far away;
and my salvation will not be delayed.
I will grant salvation to Zion,
my splendor to Israel.
