Okulabula abagagga
15:1 Luk 6:24Kale, mmwe abagagga, mukaabe era mwaziirane. Mugenda kujjirwa ennaku. 25:2 Yob 13:28; Mat 6:19, 20Eby’obugagga byammwe bivunze, n’ebyambalo byammwe biriiriddwa ennyenje. 35:3 nny 7, 8Ezaabu yammwe ne ffeeza bitalazze, era obutalagge bwabyo bwe buliba obujulirwa obulibalumiriza omusango, ne bumalawo omubiri gwammwe ng’omuliro. Mweterekera obugagga olw’ennaku ez’oluvannyuma. 45:4 a Lv 19:13 b Ma 24:15 c Bar 9:29Laba abakozi abaakola mu nnimiro zammwe ne mulyazaamaanya empeera yaabwe, bakaaba, n’abaakungula bakungubaga, era amaloboozi g’okwaziirana kwabwe gatuuse mu matu ga Mukama ow’Eggye. 55:5 a Am 6:1 b Yer 12:3; 25:34Mwesanyusiza ku nsi ne mwejalabya mu bugagga bwammwe. Mwagezza emitima gyammwe nga muli ng’abeetegekera olunaku olw’okubaagirako ebyassava. 65:6 Beb 10:38Atasobyanga mwamusalira omusango okumusinga ne mumutta, ng’ate ye talina bwe yeerwanirako.
Okugumiikiriza
75:7 Ma 11:14; Yer 5:24Noolwekyo abooluganda mugumiikirize, okutuusa amadda ga Mukama waffe, ng’omulimi bw’agumiikiriza ng’alindirira enkuba eya ddumbi n’eya ttoggo okukuza ebibala bye biryoke byengere. 85:8 Bar 13:11; 1Pe 4:7Mugumiikirize, era mugume omwoyo, kubanga amadda ga Mukama waffe gali kumpi. 95:9 a Yak 4:11 b 1Ko 4:5; 1Pe 4:5 c Mat 24:33Temwemulugunyizagananga mwekka na mwekka, muleme okusalirwa omusango, kubanga Omulamuzi ayimiridde ku luggi.
105:10 Mat 5:12Ekyokulabirako eky’okugumiikiriza n’okubonaabona, be bannabbi abaayogeranga mu linnya lya Mukama. 115:11 a Mat 5:10 b Yob 1:21, 22; 2:10 c Yob 42:10, 12-17 d Kbl 14:18Laba tubayita ba mukisa abo abaagumiikiriza. Yobu yeesiga Mukama, era obulamu bwe butulaga ng’entegeka ya Mukama bwe yatuukirizibwa obulungi; kubanga Mukama wa kisa era ajjudde okusaasira.
125:12 Mat 5:34-37Naye okusingira ddala byonna, abooluganda, temulayiranga ggulu, oba ensi, oba ekintu kyonna ekirala. Ensonga bw’ebeeranga weewaawo, gamba weewaawo. Bw’ebeeranga si weewaawo gamba si weewaawo, mulyoke mwewale okusalirwa omusango okubasinga.
Okusaba okw’okukkiriza
135:13 a Zab 50:15 b Bak 3:16Waliwo mu mmwe ali mu buzibu? Kirungi asabenga olw’obuzibu obwo. N’abo abeetaaga okwebaza, kirungi bayimbirenga Mukama bulijjo ennyimba ez’okumutendereza. 145:14 Mak 6:13Waliwo omulwadde mu mmwe? Kirungi atumye abakulembeze b’Ekkanisa, bamusabire, era bamusiige amafuta, nga bwe basaba Mukama amuwonye. 15Era okusaba kwabwe nga kuweereddwayo n’okukkiriza, kugenda kumuwonya, kubanga Mukama awonya. Singa obulwadde bwe bwava ku kibi kye yakola, Mukama agenda kumusonyiwa. 165:16 a Mat 3:6 b 1Pe 2:24 c Yk 9:31Noolwekyo mwatulireganenga ebibi byammwe, era buli omu asabirenga munne, mulyoke muwonyezebwe. Okusaba n’omutima omumalirivu ogw’omuntu omutuukirivu, kubeera n’obuyinza bungi, era n’ebivaamu biba bya ttendo.
175:17 a Bik 14:15 b 1Bk 17:1; Luk 4:25Eriya yali muntu ddala nga ffe, naye bwe yeewaayo n’asaba enkuba ereme okutonnya, enkuba teyatonnya okumalira ddala emyaka esatu n’ekitundu! 185:18 1Bk 18:41-45Ate n’asaba enkuba n’etonnya, omuddo n’ebisimbe byonna ne biddamu okumera. 195:19 a Yak 3:14 b Mat 18:15Abooluganda, singa omu ku mmwe akyama n’ava ku mazima, ne wabaawo amukomyawo, 20omuntu oyo akomyawo munne eri Katonda, aba awonyezza omwoyo gwa munne okufa era ng’amuleetedde n’okusonyiyibwa ebibi byonna.
A Warning to Rich People
1You rich people, listen to me. Cry and weep, because you will soon be suffering. 2Your riches have rotted. Moths have eaten your clothes. 3Your gold and silver have lost their brightness. Their dullness will be a witness against you. Your wanting more and more will eat your body like fire. You have stored up riches in these last days. 4You have even failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields. Their pay is crying out against you. The cries of those who gathered the harvest have reached the ears of the Lord. He rules over all. 5You have lived an easy life on earth. You have given yourselves everything you wanted. You have made yourselves fat like cattle that will soon be butchered. 6You have judged and murdered people who aren’t guilty. And they weren’t even opposing you.
Be Patient When You Suffer
7Brothers and sisters, be patient until the Lord comes. See how the farmer waits for the land to produce its rich crop. See how patient the farmer is for the fall and spring rains. 8You too must be patient. You must remain strong. The Lord will soon come back. 9Brothers and sisters, don’t find fault with one another. If you do, you will be judged. And the Judge is standing at the door!
10Brothers and sisters, think about the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. They are an example of how to be patient when you suffer. 11As you know, we think that people who don’t give up are blessed. You have heard that Job was patient. And you have seen what the Lord finally did for him. The Lord is full of tender mercy and loving concern.
12My brothers and sisters, here is what is most important. Don’t make a promise by giving your word. Don’t promise by heaven or earth. And don’t promise by anything else to back up what you say. All you need to say is a simple “Yes” or “No.” If you do more than this, you will be judged.
The Prayer of Faith
13Is anyone among you in trouble? Then that person should pray. Is anyone among you happy? Then that person should sing songs of praise. 14Is anyone among you sick? Then that person should send for the elders of the church to pray over them. They should ask the elders to anoint them with olive oil in the name of the Lord. 15The prayer offered by those who have faith will make the sick person well. The Lord will heal them. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven. 16So confess your sins to one another. Pray for one another so that you might be healed. The prayer of a godly person is powerful. Things happen because of it.
17Elijah was a human being, just as we are. He prayed hard that it wouldn’t rain. And it didn’t rain on the land for three and a half years. 18Then he prayed again. That time it rained. And the earth produced its crops.
19My brothers and sisters, suppose one of you wanders away from the truth. And suppose someone brings that person back. 20Then here is what I want you to remember. Anyone who keeps a sinner from going astray will save them from death. God will erase many sins by forgiving them.
