The Lord Sets His People Free
1People of Israel, the Lord’s arm is not too weak to save you.
His ears aren’t too deaf to hear your cry for help.
2But your sins have separated you from your God.
They have caused him to turn his face away from you.
So he won’t listen to you.
3Your hands and fingers are stained with blood.
You are guilty of committing murder.
Your mouth has told lies.
Your tongue says evil things.
4People aren’t fair when they present cases in court.
They aren’t honest when they state their case.
They depend on weak arguments. They tell lies.
They plan to make trouble.
Then they carry it out.
5The plans they make are like the eggs of poisonous snakes.
Anyone who eats those eggs will die.
When one of them is broken, a snake comes out.
6Those people weave their evil plans together like a spider’s web.
But the webs they make can’t be used as clothes.
They can’t cover themselves with what they make.
Their acts are evil.
They do things to harm others.
7They are always in a hurry to sin.
They run quickly to murder those who aren’t guilty.
They love to think up evil plans.
They leave a trail of harmful actions.
8They don’t know how to live at peace with others.
What they do isn’t fair.
They lead twisted lives.
No one who lives like that will enjoy peace and rest.
9We aren’t being treated fairly.
We haven’t been set free yet.
The God who always does what is right
hasn’t come to help us.
We look for light, but we see nothing but darkness.
We look for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows.
10Like blind people we feel our way along the wall.
We are like those who can’t see.
At noon we trip and fall as if the sun had already set.
Compared to those who are healthy, we are like dead people.
11All of us growl like hungry bears.
We sound like doves as we mourn.
We want the Lord to do what is fair and save us.
But he doesn’t do it.
We long for him to set us free.
But the time for that seems far away.
12That’s because we’ve done so many things he considers wrong.
Our sins prove that we are guilty.
The wrong things we’ve done are always troubling us.
We admit that we have sinned.
13We’ve refused to obey the Lord.
We’ve made evil plans against him.
We’ve turned our backs on our God.
We’ve stirred up conflict and refused to follow him.
We’ve told lies that came from our own minds.
14So people stop others from doing what is fair.
They keep them from doing what is right.
No one tells the truth in court anymore.
No one is honest there.
15In fact, truth can’t be found anywhere.
Those who refuse to do evil are attacked.
The Lord sees that people aren’t treating others fairly.
That makes him unhappy.
16He sees that there is no one who helps his people.
He is shocked that no one stands up for them.
So he will use his own powerful arm to save them.
He has the strength to do it because he is holy.
17He will put the armor of holiness on his chest.
He’ll put the helmet of salvation on his head.
He’ll pay people back for the wrong things they do.
He’ll wrap himself in anger as if it were a coat.
18He will pay his enemies back for what they have done.
He’ll pour his anger out on them.
He’ll punish those who attack him.
He’ll give the people in the islands what they have coming to them.
19People in the west will show respect for the Lord’s name.
People in the east will worship him because of his glory.
The Lord will come like a rushing river that was held back.
His breath will drive it along.
20“I set my people free. I will come to Mount Zion.
I will come to those in Jacob’s family who turn away from their sins,”
announces the Lord.
21“Here is the covenant I will make with them,” says the Lord. “My Spirit is on you and will not leave you. I have put my words in your mouth. They will never leave your mouth. And they will never leave the mouths of your children or their children after them. That will be true for all time to come,” says the Lord.
Ekibi, Okwatula Ebibi, n’Okusonyiyibwa
159:1 a Kbl 11:23; Is 50:2 b Is 58:9; 65:24Mulabe, omukono gwa Mukama teguyimpawadde n’okuyinza ne gutayinza kulokola,
era si muzibe wa matu nti tawulira.
259:2 Is 1:15; 58:4Naye obutali butuukirivu bwammwe
bwe bubaawudde ku Katonda wammwe.
Ebibi byammwe bye bimukwesezza amaaso ge,
n’atawulira.
359:3 Is 1:15Kubanga emikono gyammwe gibunye omusaayi
n’engalo zammwe zibunye obutali butuukirivu,
emimwa gyammwe gyogedde eby’obulimba,
n’ennimi zammwe z’ogedde eby’ekko.
459:4 Yob 15:35; Zab 7:14Tewali awaaba bya nsonga
so tewali awoza mu mazima;
Beesiga ensonga ezitaliimu, ne boogera eby’obulimba,
ne baleeta emitawaana ne bazaala obulabe.
559:5 Yob 8:14Baalula amagi ag’essalambwa
ne balanga ewuzi za nnabbubi:
alya ku magi gaabwe afa
n’eryo eriba lyatise livaamu mbalasaasa.
659:6 a Is 28:20 b Is 58:4Naye enkwe zaabwe ze bakola tezibayamba,
ziri ng’engoye enkole mu wuzi za nnabbubi!
Tebasobola kuzeebikka.
Emirimu gyabwe mirimu gya kwonoona, n’ebikolwa byabwe bulabe.
759:7 a Nge 6:17 b Mak 7:21-22 c Bar 3:15-17*Ebigere byabwe byanguyirira bikole ebibi
era bapapirira bayiwe omusaayi ogutalina musango.
Ebirowoozo byabwe birowoozo bya bubi,
n’okuzika n’okuzikiriza bye biba buli we bagenda.
859:8 Is 57:21; Luk 1:79Ekkubo ery’emirembe tebalimanyi
wadde okukozesa obwenkanya mu makubo gaabwe.
Beekubidde amakubo,
tewali n’omu agayitamu afuna emirembe.
959:9 Is 5:30; 8:20Amazima gatuli wala,
n’obutuukirivu tetubufunye.
Tunoonyezza omusana naye ekizikiza kitwesibyeko,
we tusuubira obutangaavu, tutambulidde mu bisiikirize byereere.
1059:10 a Ma 28:29 b Is 8:15 c Kgb 3:6Tuwammantawammanta bbugwe ng’abazibe,
ne tukwatakwata ng’abatalina maaso;
twesittala mu ttuntu ng’ekiro mu abo abalina amaanyi
ne tuba ng’abafu.
1159:11 Is 38:14; Ez 7:16Ffenna tuwuluguma ng’eddubu
ne tusinda nga bukaamukuukulu.
Tusuubira okuggyibwa mu kunyigirizibwa naye nga bwereere,
n’obulokozi butuliwala.
1259:12 a Ezr 9:6 b Is 3:9Kubanga ebisobyo byaffe bingi mu maaso go
era ebibi byaffe bitulumiriza,
kubanga ebisobyo byaffe biri naffe,
era tumanyi obutali butuukirivu bwaffe;
1359:13 a Nge 30:9; Mat 10:33; Tit 1:16 b Is 5:7 c Mak 7:21-22obujeemu n’enkwe eri Mukama
era n’okulekeraawo okugoberera Katonda waffe.
Okutegeka obwediimo n’okunyigiriza,
okwogera eby’obulimba n’emitima gyaffe bye girowoozezza.
1459:14 a Is 1:21 b Is 48:1Obwenkanya buddiridde
n’obutuukirivu ne bubeera wala.
Amazima geesitalidde mu luguudo, n’obwesimbu tebuyinza kuyingira.
15Tewali w’oyinza kusanga mazima,
era oyo ava ku kibi asuulibwa.
Mukama yakiraba n’atasanyuka
kubanga tewaali bwenkanya.
1659:16 a Is 41:28 b Zab 98:1; Is 63:5N’alaba nga tewali muntu,
ne yennyamira nti tewali muntu ayinza kudduukirira.
Noolwekyo kwe kusalawo okukozesa omukono gwe ye kennyini
okuleeta obulokozi n’obutuukirivu bwe okuwangula.
1759:17 a Bef 6:14 b Bef 6:17; 1Bs 5:8 c Is 63:3 d Is 9:7Yayambala obutuukirivu bwe ng’eky’omu kifuba,
era n’enkuufiira ey’obulokozi ku mutwe gwe;
n’ateekako ebyambalo by’okuwoolera eggwanga
era n’ayambala obunyiikivu ng’omunagiro.
18Ng’ebikolwa byabwe bwe biri
bwalisasula ekiruyi ku balabe be,
n’abamukyawa
alibawa empeera yaabwe,
n’abo abali ewala mu bizinga abasasule.
1959:19 a Is 49:12 b Zab 113:3Noolwekyo balitya erinnya lya Mukama okuva ebugwanjuba,
n’ekitiibwa kye okuva ebuvanjuba,
kubanga alijja ng’omugga ogukulukuta n’amaanyi,
omukka gwa Mukama gwe gutwala.
2059:20 Bik 2:38-39; Bar 11:26-27*“Era Omununuzi alijja mu Sayuuni,
eri abo abeenenya ebibi byabwe mu Yakobo,”
bw’ayogera Mukama.
2159:21 Is 11:2; 44:3“Era, eno y’endagaano yange gye nkola nabo,” bw’ayogera Mukama. “Omwoyo wange ali ku ggwe era n’ebigambo byange bye ntadde mu kamwa ko, tebiivenga mu kamwa ko, oba mu kamwa k’abaana bo, wadde mu kamwa k’abaana b’abaana bo, okuva kaakano okutuusa emirembe n’emirembe,” bw’ayogera Mukama.
