1The Lord will have compassion on Jacob;
once again he will choose Israel
and will settle them in their own land.
Foreigners will join them
and unite with the descendants of Jacob.
2Nations will take them
and bring them to their own place.
And Israel will take possession of the nations
and make them male and female servants in the Lord’s land.
They will make captives of their captors
and rule over their oppressors.
3On the day the Lord gives you relief from your suffering and turmoil and from the harsh labor forced on you, 4you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon:
How the oppressor has come to an end!
How his fury14:4 Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the word in the Masoretic Text is uncertain. has ended!
5The Lord has broken the rod of the wicked,
the scepter of the rulers,
6which in anger struck down peoples
with unceasing blows,
and in fury subdued nations
with relentless aggression.
7All the lands are at rest and at peace;
they break into singing.
8Even the junipers and the cedars of Lebanon
gloat over you and say,
“Now that you have been laid low,
no one comes to cut us down.”
9The realm of the dead below is all astir
to meet you at your coming;
it rouses the spirits of the departed to greet you—
all those who were leaders in the world;
it makes them rise from their thrones—
all those who were kings over the nations.
10They will all respond,
they will say to you,
“You also have become weak, as we are;
you have become like us.”
11All your pomp has been brought down to the grave,
along with the noise of your harps;
maggots are spread out beneath you
and worms cover you.
12How you have fallen from heaven,
morning star, son of the dawn!
You have been cast down to the earth,
you who once laid low the nations!
13You said in your heart,
“I will ascend to the heavens;
I will raise my throne
above the stars of God;
I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly,
on the utmost heights of Mount Zaphon.14:13 Or of the north; Zaphon was the most sacred mountain of the Canaanites.
14I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High.”
15But you are brought down to the realm of the dead,
to the depths of the pit.
16Those who see you stare at you,
they ponder your fate:
“Is this the man who shook the earth
and made kingdoms tremble,
17the man who made the world a wilderness,
who overthrew its cities
and would not let his captives go home?”
18All the kings of the nations lie in state,
each in his own tomb.
19But you are cast out of your tomb
like a rejected branch;
you are covered with the slain,
with those pierced by the sword,
those who descend to the stones of the pit.
Like a corpse trampled underfoot,
20you will not join them in burial,
for you have destroyed your land
and killed your people.
Let the offspring of the wicked
never be mentioned again.
21Prepare a place to slaughter his children
for the sins of their ancestors;
they are not to rise to inherit the land
and cover the earth with their cities.
22“I will rise up against them,”
declares the Lord Almighty.
“I will wipe out Babylon’s name and survivors,
her offspring and descendants,”
declares the Lord.
23“I will turn her into a place for owls
and into swampland;
I will sweep her with the broom of destruction,”
declares the Lord Almighty.
24The Lord Almighty has sworn,
“Surely, as I have planned, so it will be,
and as I have purposed, so it will happen.
25I will crush the Assyrian in my land;
on my mountains I will trample him down.
His yoke will be taken from my people,
and his burden removed from their shoulders.”
26This is the plan determined for the whole world;
this is the hand stretched out over all nations.
27For the Lord Almighty has purposed, and who can thwart him?
His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?
A Prophecy Against the Philistines
28This prophecy came in the year King Ahaz died:
29Do not rejoice, all you Philistines,
that the rod that struck you is broken;
from the root of that snake will spring up a viper,
its fruit will be a darting, venomous serpent.
30The poorest of the poor will find pasture,
and the needy will lie down in safety.
But your root I will destroy by famine;
it will slay your survivors.
31Wail, you gate! Howl, you city!
Melt away, all you Philistines!
A cloud of smoke comes from the north,
and there is not a straggler in its ranks.
32What answer shall be given
to the envoys of that nation?
“The Lord has established Zion,
and in her his afflicted people will find refuge.”
114:1 a Zab 102:13; Is 49:10, 13; 54:7-8, 10 b Is 41:8; 44:1; 49:7; Zek 1:17; 2:12 c Bef 2:12-19Mukama Katonda alikwatirwa Yakobo ekisa,
addemu alonde Isirayiri
abazze ku ttaka lyabwe.
Ne bannamawanga balibeegattako
era babeere wamu nga babeeyungiddeko ddala.
214:2 a Is 60:9 b Is 49:7, 23 c Is 60:14; 61:5N’amawanga mangi galibayamba
okudda mu nsi yaabwe,
n’ennyumba ya Isirayiri ebeere n’abantu
abamawanga amangi mu nsi ya Mukama Katonda, nga baweereza baabwe abasajja n’abakazi.
Baliwamba abaali babawambye,
bafuge abo abaabakijjanyanga.
314:3 Is 11:10Awo olunaku Mukama Katonda lw’alibawa okuwummula okuva mu kulumwa kwammwe n’okukijjanyizibwa kwe mubaddemu nga mukozesebwa, 414:4 a Kbk 2:6 b Is 9:4oligera olugero luno ku kabaka w’e Babulooni n’oyogera nti:
Omujoozi ng’agudde n’aggwaawo!
Ekibuga ekya zaabu ekibadde kitutigomya nga tekikyaliwo!
514:5 Zab 125:3Mukama Katonda amenye omuggo ogw’abakozi b’ebibi,
omuggo gw’obwakabaka ogw’abo abafuga.
614:6 a Is 10:14 b Is 47:6Ogwakubanga olutata
amawanga n’obusungu,
ogwafugisanga amawanga ekiruyi,
ne gubayigganyanga nga tewali aguziyiza.
714:7 Zab 98:1; 126:1-3Ensi yonna ewummudde eri mu mirembe,
era batandise okuyimba.
814:8 Ez 31:16Si ekyo kyokka n’enfugo n’emivule gya Lebanooni,
nagyo gikuyeeyeereza nti,
“Kasookanga ogwa
tebangayo ajja kututema.”
914:9 Ez 32:21Amagombe wansi gagugumuka ku lulwo
okukusisinkana ng’ojja,
gagolokosa emyoyo gy’abafu ku lulwo,
bonna abaali abakulembeze b’ensi;
gayimusizza bakabaka ku ntebe zaabwe,
bonna abaali bakabaka baamawanga.
1014:10 Ez 32:21Abo bonna balyogera
ne bakugamba nti,
“Naawe oweddemu amaanyi nga ffe!
Naawe ofuuse nga ffe!”
1114:11 Is 51:8Ekitiibwa kyo kyonna kissibbwa emagombe,
awamu n’amaloboozi g’ennanga zo;
bakwalidde envunyu,
n’ensiriŋŋanyi zikubisseeko.
1214:12 a Is 34:4; Luk 10:18 b 2Pe 1:19; Kub 2:28; 8:10; 9:1Ng’ogudde okuva mu ggulu,
ggwe emunyeenye ey’enkya, omwana w’emambya!
Ng’otemeddwa n’ogwa ku ttaka,
ggwe eyamegganga amawanga!
1314:13 a Dan 5:23; 8:10; Mat 11:23 b Ez 28:2; 2Bs 2:4Wayogera mu mutima gwo nti,
“Ndirinnya mu ggulu,
ndigulumiza entebe yange
okusinga emunyeenye za Katonda;
era nditeeka entebe yange waggulu ntuule
ku lusozi olw’okukuŋŋaanirako ku njuyi ez’enkomerero ez’obukiikakkono;
1414:14 Is 47:8; 2Bs 2:4ndyambuka okusinga ebire we bikoma,
ndyoke nfuuke ng’oyo ali waggulu ennyo.”
1514:15 Mat 11:23; Luk 10:15Naye ossibbwa wansi emagombe,
ku ntobo y’obunnya.
1614:16 Yer 50:23Abo abanaakulabanga banaakwekalirizanga
bakwewuunye nga bagamba nti,
“Ono si ye musajja eyayugumyanga ensi,
ng’anyeenyanyeenya obwakabaka!
1714:17 Yo 2:3Eyafuula ensi okuba eddungu
n’asuula ebibuga byayo,
atakkirizanga bawambe kudda waabwe!”
18Bakabaka bonna ab’ensi bagalamidde mu kitiibwa,
buli omu mu ntaana ye,
1914:19 a Is 22:16-18 b Yer 41:7-9naye osuulibbwa okukuggya mu malaalo go
ng’ettabi ery’omuzizo eryakyayibwa,
ng’oteekeddwa wamu n’abattibwa, abaafumitibwa n’ekitala,
abakka eri amayinja g’obunnya;
ng’omulambo ogulinyiriddwa.
2014:20 a Yob 18:19 b Is 1:4 c Zab 21:10Toligattibwa n’abo mu kuziikibwa
kubanga wazikiriza ensi yo n’otta abantu bo;
ezzadde ly’abo abaakola ebibi
teriryongerwako n’akatono.
2114:21 Kuv 20:5; Lv 26:39Mutegeke ekifo batabani be we banattirwa
olw’obutali butuukirivu bwa bakitaabwe,
baleme okugolokoka ne balya ensi,
ne bajjuza ensi yonna ebibuga byabwe.
2214:22 1Bk 14:10; Yob 18:19“Nange ndibagolokokerako,” bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye,
“ne mmalawo mu Babulooni erinnya lye, n’abalifikkawo,
n’omwana n’omuzzukulu,”
bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda.
2314:23 Is 34:11-15; Zef 2:14“Era ndimufuula obutaka bw’ebiwuugulu,
n’entobazzi
era mwere n’olweyo oluzikiriza,”
bw’ayogera Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye.
Obunnabbi bw’Okusuulibwa kwa Bwasuli
2414:24 a Is 45:23 b Bik 4:28Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye alayidde n’ayogera nti,
“Ddala nga bwe nalowooza, bwe kirituukirira bwe kityo
era nga bwe nateesa,
bwe kirinywera bwe kityo.
2514:25 a Is 10:5, 12 b Is 9:4 c Is 10:27Ndimenyera Omwasuli mu nsi yange,
era ndimulinnyirira ku nsozi zange.
Ekikoligo kye kiribavaako,
n’omugugu gwe guliggyibwa ku kibegabega kye.”
2614:26 a Is 23:9 b Kuv 15:12Eno y’entegeka eyategekerwa ensi yonna:
era guno gwe mukono ogwagololwa ku mawanga gonna.
2714:27 2By 20:6; Is 43:13; Dan 4:35Kubanga Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye ye yateesa, kale ani ayinza okukijjulula?
Omukono gwe gugoloddwa, kale ani ayinza okuguzzaayo?
Obunnabbi Obukwata ku Bufirisuuti
2814:28 a Is 13:1 b 2Bk 16:20Mu mwaka kabaka Akazi mwe yafiira ne wabaawo obubaka buno.
2914:29 a 2By 26:6 b Is 11:8Tosanyuka ggwe Bufirisuuti yonna,
kubanga omuggo ogwakukuba gumenyese,
ne ku kikolo ky’omusota kulivaako enswera,
n’ezzadde lyalyo liriba musota ogw’obusagwa oguwalabuka.
3014:30 a Is 3:15 b Is 7:21-22 c Is 8:21; 9:20; 51:19 d Yer 25:16Abasingirayo ddala okuba abaavu balifuna ekyokulya,
n’abali mu kwetaaga balifuna ku tulo
naye ekikolo kyo ndikittisa enjala
ate abo abalisigalawo mbattise ekitala.
3114:31 a Is 3:26 b Yer 1:14Leekaana ggwe wankaaki, kaaba ggwe ekibuga,
osaanuuke olw’entiisa ggwe Bufirisuuti yonna!
Kubanga mu bukiikakkono muvaamu omukka,
eggye ery’abalwanyi omutali munafu.
3214:32 a Is 37:9 b Zab 87:2, 5; Is 44:28; 54:11 c Is 4:6; Yak 2:5Kale kiki kye banaddamu
ababaka b’eggwanga eryo?
“Mukama yassaawo Sayuuni,
ne mu kyo abantu be ababonyaabonyezebwa mwe balifuna obuddukiro.”
