12:1 Zab 36:4Zibasanze mmwe abateesa okukola ebitali bya butuukirivu
era abateesa okukola ebibi nga bali ku buliri bwabwe;
Obudde bwe bukya ne batuukiriza entegeka zaabwe,
kubanga kiri mu nteekateeka yaabwe.
22:2 a Is 5:8 b Yer 22:17Beegomba ebyalo ne babitwala,
ne beegomba ennyumba nazo ne bazitwala.
Banyigiriza omuntu ne batwala amaka ge olw’amaanyi,
ne bamubbako ebyobusika bwe.
32:3 a Yer 18:11; Am 3:1-2 b Is 2:12Mukama kyava agamba nti,
“Laba, ndireeta akabi ku bantu abo,
ke mutagenda kweggyamu.
Temuliddayo kubeera n’amalala nate
kubanga kiriba kiseera kya mitawaana.
42:4 Yer 4:13Olwo abantu balikusekerera;
Balikuyeeyereza nga bayimba oluyimba luno olw’okukungubaga nti:
‘Tugwereddewo ddala;
ebintu by’abantu bange bigabanyizibbwamu.
Mukama anziggirako ddala ettaka lyange,
n’aliwa abo abatulyamu enkwe.’ ”
52:5 Yos 18:4Noolwekyo tewalisigalawo muntu n’omu mu kuŋŋaaniro lya Mukama,
aligabanyaamu ettaka ku bululu.
62:6 a Mi 6:16 b Am 2:12Bannabbi baabwe boogera nti, “Temuwa bunnabbi,
Temuwa bunnabbi ku bintu ebyo;
tewali kabi kagenda kututuukako.”
72:7 a Zab 119:65 b Zab 15:2; 84:11Ekyo kye ky’okuddamu ggwe ennyumba ya Yakobo?
Olowooza Omwoyo wa Mukama asunguwalira bwereere, si lwa bulungi bwo?
Ebigambo bye tebiba birungi eri abo abakola obulungi?
8Ennaku zino abantu bange bannyimukiddeko
ng’omulabe.
Basika ne bambula eminagiro emirungi
ne baggigya ku migongo gy’abayise ababa beetambulira mu mirembe,
ng’abasajja abakomawo okuva mu lutabaalo.
92:9 Yer 10:20Bakazi b’abantu bange mubagoba
mu mayumba gaabwe amalungi,
abaana baabwe ne mubaggyirako ddala buli mukisa
oguva eri Katonda.
102:10 a Ma 12:9 b Lv 18:25-29; Zab 106:38-39Muyimuke mugende,
kubanga kino tekikyali kiwummulo kyammwe;
olw’ebikolwa ebibi bye mukijjuzza,
kyonoonese obutaddayo kuddaabirizika.
112:11 a Yer 5:31 b Is 30:10Omuntu bw’ajja n’omwoyo ogw’obulimba, n’agamba nti,
“Ka mbabuulire ku ssanyu ly’omwenge gwe baagala era gwe banoonya,”
oyo y’aba nnabbi w’abantu abo.
122:12 Mi 4:7; 5:7; 7:18“Ddala ddala ndibakuŋŋaanya mwenna, ggwe Yakobo;
ndikuŋŋaanya abo abaasigalawo ku Isirayiri.
Ndibakuŋŋaanya ng’akuŋŋaanya endiga ez’omu ddundiro,
ng’ekisibo mu ddundiro lyakyo,
ekifo kirijjula abantu.
132:13 Is 52:12Oyo aggulawo ekkubo alibakulembera okubaggya mu buwaŋŋanguse,
abayise mu mulyango abafulumye.
Era kabaka waabwe alibakulembera,
Mukama alibakulembera.”
Human plans and God’s plans
1Woe to those who plan iniquity,
to those who plot evil on their beds!
At morning’s light they carry it out
because it is in their power to do it.
2They covet fields and seize them,
and houses, and take them.
They defraud people of their homes,
they rob them of their inheritance.
3Therefore, the Lord says:
‘I am planning disaster against this people,
from which you cannot save yourselves.
You will no longer walk proudly,
for it will be a time of calamity.
4In that day people will ridicule you;
they will taunt you with this mournful song:
“We are utterly ruined;
my people’s possession is divided up.
He takes it from me!
He assigns our fields to traitors.” ’
5Therefore you will have no-one in the assembly of the Lord
to divide the land by lot.
False prophets
6‘Do not prophesy,’ their prophets say.
‘Do not prophesy about these things;
disgrace will not overtake us.’
7You descendants of Jacob, should it be said,
‘Does the Lord become2:7 Or Is the Spirit of the Lord impatient?
Does he do such things?’
‘Do not my words do good
to the one whose ways are upright?
8Lately my people have risen up
like an enemy.
You strip off the rich robe
from those who pass by without a care,
like men returning from battle.
9You drive the women of my people
from their pleasant homes.
You take away my blessing
from their children for ever.
10Get up, go away!
For this is not your resting-place,
because it is defiled,
it is ruined, beyond all remedy.
11If a liar and deceiver comes and says,
“I will prophesy for you plenty of wine and beer,”
that would be just the prophet for this people!
Deliverance promised
12‘I will surely gather all of you, Jacob;
I will surely bring together the remnant of Israel.
I will bring them together like sheep in a sheepfold,
like a flock in its pasture;
the place will throng with people.
13The One who breaks open the way will go up before them;
they will break through the gate and go out.
Their King will pass through before them,
the Lord at their head.’
