Babulooni Esalirwa Omusango
147:1 a Is 23:12 b Zab 137:8; Yer 50:42; 51:33; Zek 2:7 c Ma 28:56“Omuwala wa Babulooni embeerera,
kakkana wansi otuule mu nfuufu,
tuula wansi awatali ntebe ya bwakabaka,
ggwe omuwala w’Abakaludaaya.
Ekibuga ekitawangulwangako.
Toliddayo nate kuyitibwa kyatika oba nnalulungi.
247:2 a Kuv 11:5; Mat 24:41 b Bal 16:21 c Lub 24:65 d Is 32:11Ddira olubengo ose obutta.
Ggyako akatimba ku maaso,
situla ku ngoye z’oku magulu
oyite mu mazzi.
347:3 a Ez 16:37; Nak 3:5 b Is 20:4 c Is 34:8Obwereere bwo bulibikkulwa;
obusungu bwo bulyeraga.
Nzija kuwoolera eggwanga;
tewali muntu yenna gwe ndirekawo.”
447:4 Yer 50:34Omununuzi waffe Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye lye linnya lye,
ye Mutukuvu wa Isirayiri.
547:5 a Is 13:10 b Is 13:19“Tuula mu kasirise
yingira mu kizikiza ggwe omuwala w’Abakaludaaya,
tebakyakuyita kabaka omukazi
afuga obwakabaka obungi.
647:6 a 2By 28:9 b Is 10:13Nnali nsunguwalidde abantu bange,
ne nyonoonesa omugabo gwange.
Nabawaayo mu mikono gyo,
n’otobasaasira n’akatono.
N’abakadde wabateekako ekikoligo ekinene ennyo.
747:7 a nny 5; Kub 18:7 b Is 42:23, 25 c Ma 32:29Wayogera nti,
‘Nzija kubeera kabaka omukazi emirembe gyonna,’
naye n’otolowooza ku bintu bino
wadde okulowooza ku kyali kigenda okubaawo.
847:8 a Is 32:9 b Is 45:6; Zef 2:15 c Kub 18:7“Kale nno kaakano wuliriza kino,
ggwe awoomerwa amasanyu
ggwe ateredde mu mirembe gyo,
ng’oyogera mu mutima gwo nti,
‘Nze ndiwo era tewali mulala wabula nze.
Siribeera nnamwandu
wadde okufiirwa abaana.’
947:9 a Zab 73:19; 1Bs 5:3; Kub 18:8-10 b Is 13:18 c Nak 3:4 d Kub 18:23Ebintu bino byombi birikutuukako mangu nnyo mu lunaku lumu,
eky’okufiirwa abaana
n’okufuuka nnamwandu.
Birikutuukako mu kigera kyabyo ekituufu,
newaakubadde obulogo bwo nga bungi okuyitirira,
n’eby’obufumu byo nga bigenze wala.
1047:10 a Zab 52:7; 62:10 b Is 29:15 c Is 5:21 d Is 44:20Weesiga obutali butuukirivu bwo,
n’olowooza nti, ‘Siriiko annondoola.’
Amagezi go era n’okumanya kwo byakuwabya,
bwe wayogera nti, ‘Nze ndiwo, era teri mulala wabula nze.’
1147:11 1Bs 5:3Kyokka ensasagge erikujjira
era tolimanya ngeri yakugyeggyako;
n’okuzikirira kw’otoliyinza kweggyako na muwendo gwa nsimbi;
akabi k’otolirabirawo kalikutuukako amangu ddala.
1247:12 nny 9“Weeyongere nno n’obulogo bwo
n’obufumu bwo obwayinga obungi,
bwe wanyiikiriramu okuva mu buto bwo.
Oboolyawo olibaako kyoggyamu,
oboolyawo olikolawo ekyobulabe.
1347:13 a Is 57:10; Yer 51:58 b Is 44:25 c nny 15Amagezi ago g’ofuna gakukooya bukooya.
Abalagulira ku munyeenye basembera,
n’abo abakebera emmunyeenye,
era aboogera ebiribaawo buli mwezi, babadduukirire mu bigenda okubatuukako.
1447:14 a Is 5:24; Nak 1:10 b Is 10:17; Yer 51:30, 32, 58Laba, bali ng’ebisusunku
era omuliro gulibookya!
Tebalyewonya
maanyi ga muliro.
Tewaliiwo manda ga kukubugumya
wadde omuliro ogw’okwota!
1547:15 Kub 18:11Ekyo kye bayinza okukukolera kyokka;
b’obonyeebonye nabo
b’oteganidde okuva mu buto bwo.
Buli muntu alikwata ekkubo lye nga yeeyongera okukola ebibi bye
era tewali n’omu ayinza okukulokola.”
Babylon Will Fall
1“City of Babylon,
go down and sit in the dust.
Leave your throne and sit on the ground.
Queen city of the Babylonians,
your life will not be comfortable
and easy anymore.
2Get millstones and grind some flour like a female slave.
Take off your veil.
Lift up your skirts. Make your legs bare.
Wade through the streams.
3Everyone will see your naked body.
Everyone will see your shame.
I will pay you back for what you did.
I will not spare any of your people.”
4The one who sets us free is the Holy One of Israel.
His name is the Lord Who Rules Over All.
5The Lord says, “Queen city of the Babylonians,
go into a dark prison. Sit there quietly.
You will not be called
the queen of kingdoms anymore.
6I was angry with my people.
I treated them as if they did not belong to me.
I handed them over to you.
And you did not show them any pity.
You even placed heavy loads on their old people.
7You said, ‘I am queen forever!’
But you did not think about what you were doing.
You did not consider how things might turn out.
8“So listen, you who love pleasure.
You think you are safe and secure.
You say to yourself,
‘I am like a god.
No one is greater than I am.
I’ll never be a widow.
And my children will never be taken away from me.’
9But both of these things will happen to you in a moment.
They will take place on a single day.
You will lose your children.
And you will become a widow.
That is what will happen to you.
All your evil magic
and powerful spells will not save you.
10You have felt secure in your evil ways.
You have said, ‘No one sees what I’m doing.’
Your wisdom and knowledge lead you astray.
You say to yourself,
‘I am like a god. No one is greater than I am.’
11So horrible trouble will come on you.
You will not know how to use your evil magic to make it go away.
Great trouble will fall on you.
No amount of money can keep it away.
Something terrible will happen to you all at once.
You will not see it coming ahead of time.
12“So keep on casting your magic spells.
Keep on practicing your evil magic.
You have been doing those things ever since you were a child.
Perhaps they will help you.
Maybe they will scare your enemies away.
13All the advice you have received
has only worn you out!
Let those who study the heavens come forward.
They claim to know what is going to happen
by watching the stars every month.
So let them save you from the trouble
that is coming on you.
14They are just like straw.
Fire will burn them up.
They can’t even save themselves
from the powerful flames.
These are not like coals that can warm anyone.
This is not like a fire to sit by.
15They can’t do you any good.
You have done business with them ever since you were a child.
You have always asked them for advice.
All of them are bewildered and continue in their own ways.
None of them can save you.”
