Distress and Help
1Woe to you, destroyer,
you who have not been destroyed!
Woe to you, betrayer,
you who have not been betrayed!
When you stop destroying,
you will be destroyed;
when you stop betraying,
you will be betrayed.
2Lord, be gracious to us;
we long for you.
Be our strength every morning,
our salvation in time of distress.
3At the uproar of your army, the peoples flee;
when you rise up, the nations scatter.
4Your plunder, O nations, is harvested as by young locusts;
like a swarm of locusts people pounce on it.
5The Lord is exalted, for he dwells on high;
he will fill Zion with his justice and righteousness.
6He will be the sure foundation for your times,
a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge;
the fear of the Lord is the key to this treasure.33:6 Or is a treasure from him
7Look, their brave men cry aloud in the streets;
the envoys of peace weep bitterly.
8The highways are deserted,
no travelers are on the roads.
The treaty is broken,
its witnesses33:8 Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text / the cities are despised,
no one is respected.
9The land dries up and wastes away,
Lebanon is ashamed and withers;
Sharon is like the Arabah,
and Bashan and Carmel drop their leaves.
10“Now will I arise,” says the Lord.
“Now will I be exalted;
now will I be lifted up.
11You conceive chaff,
you give birth to straw;
your breath is a fire that consumes you.
12The peoples will be burned to ashes;
like cut thornbushes they will be set ablaze.”
13You who are far away, hear what I have done;
you who are near, acknowledge my power!
14The sinners in Zion are terrified;
trembling grips the godless:
“Who of us can dwell with the consuming fire?
Who of us can dwell with everlasting burning?”
15Those who walk righteously
and speak what is right,
who reject gain from extortion
and keep their hands from accepting bribes,
who stop their ears against plots of murder
and shut their eyes against contemplating evil—
16they are the ones who will dwell on the heights,
whose refuge will be the mountain fortress.
Their bread will be supplied,
and water will not fail them.
17Your eyes will see the king in his beauty
and view a land that stretches afar.
18In your thoughts you will ponder the former terror:
“Where is that chief officer?
Where is the one who took the revenue?
Where is the officer in charge of the towers?”
19You will see those arrogant people no more,
people whose speech is obscure,
whose language is strange and incomprehensible.
20Look on Zion, the city of our festivals;
your eyes will see Jerusalem,
a peaceful abode, a tent that will not be moved;
its stakes will never be pulled up,
nor any of its ropes broken.
21There the Lord will be our Mighty One.
It will be like a place of broad rivers and streams.
No galley with oars will ride them,
no mighty ship will sail them.
22For the Lord is our judge,
the Lord is our lawgiver,
the Lord is our king;
it is he who will save us.
23Your rigging hangs loose:
The mast is not held secure,
the sail is not spread.
Then an abundance of spoils will be divided
and even the lame will carry off plunder.
24No one living in Zion will say, “I am ill”;
and the sins of those who dwell there will be forgiven.
133:1 a Kbk 2:8; Mat 7:2 b Is 21:2Zikusanze ggwe omuzikiriza
ggwe atazikirizibwanga.
Zikusanze ggwe alya olukwe mu balala,
ggwe, gwe batalyangamu lukwe,
bw’olirekaraawo okuzikiriza,
olizikirizibwa.
Bw’olirekeraawo okulya mu balala olukwe,
balikulyamu olukwe.
233:2 a Is 40:10; 51:9; 59:16 b Is 25:9Ayi Mukama tusaasire,
tukuyaayaanira.
Obeere amaanyi gaffe buli makya,
obulokozi bwaffe mu biro eby’okulabiramu ennaku.
333:3 Is 59:16-18Olw’eddoboozi ery’okubwatuka, abantu balidduka,
bw’ogolokoka, amawanga gasaasaana.
4Omunyago gwo, gukungulwa enzige ento,
era abantu bagugwako ng’ekibinja ky’enzige.
533:5 a Zab 97:9 b Is 28:6 c Is 1:26Mukama agulumizibwe, kubanga atuula waggulu,
alijjuza Sayuuni n’obwenkanya n’obutuukirivu.
633:6 a Is 51:6 b Is 11:2-3; Mat 6:33Y’aliba omusingi omugumu mu biro byo,
nga lye tterekero eggagga ery’obulokozi, n’amagezi n’okumanya.
Okutya Mukama kye kisumuluzo kye tterekero ly’obugagga obwo.
733:7 2Bk 18:37Laba abasajja abazira ab’amaanyi bakaabira mu nguudo mu ddoboozi ery’omwanguka,
n’ababaka ab’emirembe bakaaba nnyo.
833:8 Bal 5:6; Is 35:8Enguudo ennene tezitambulirwako,
tewali azitambulirako.
Endagaano yamenyebwa,
n’abajulizi baayo banyoomebwa,
tewali assibwamu kitiibwa.
933:9 a Is 3:26 b Is 2:13; 35:2 c Is 24:4Ensi ekungubaga era eyongobera,
Lebanooni aswadde era awotose;
Saloni ali ng’eddungu,
ng’asuula Basani ne Kalumeeri.
1033:10 Zab 12:5; Is 2:21Mukama agamba nti, “Kaakano nnaagolokoka,
kaakano nnaagulumizibwa,
kaakano nnaayimusibwa waggulu.
1133:11 a Zab 7:14; Is 59:4; Yak 1:15 b Is 26:18 c Is 1:31Ofuna olubuto olw’ebisusunku,
ozaala ssubi,
omukka gwo, muliro ogukusaanyaawo.
1233:12 Is 10:17Abantu balyokebwa nga layimu bw’ayokebwa,
balyokebwa omuliro ng’ebisaka by’amaggwa amasale.”
1333:13 a Zab 48:10; 49:1 b Is 49:1Mmwe abali ewala, mutegeere kye nkoze.
Mmwe abali okumpi, mukkirize amaanyi gange.
1433:14 a Is 32:11 b Is 30:30; Beb 12:29Abakozi b’ebibi ab’omu Sayuuni batidde,
okutya kujjidde abatalina Katonda.
“Ani ku ffe ayinza okubeera awamu n’omuliro ogusaanyaawo?
Ani ku ffe ayinza okubeera awamu n’omuliro ogutaliggwaawo?”
1533:15 a Is 58:8 b Zab 15:2; 24:4 c Zab 119:37Atambulira mu butuukirivu,
n’ayogera ebituufu,
oyo atatwala magoba agava mu bubbi,
n’akuuma emikono gye obutakkiriza nguzi,
aziba amatu ge n’atawulira ntegeka za kutta,
n’aziba amaaso ge obutalaba nteekateeka ezitali za butuukirivu,
1633:16 a Is 25:4 b Is 26:1 c Is 49:10ye muntu alituula waggulu mu bifo ebya waggulu,
n’obuddukiro bwe buliba ebigo eby’omu nsozi.
Aliweebwa emmere,
n’amazzi tegalimuggwaako.
1733:17 a Is 6:5 b Is 26:15Amaaso go galiraba kabaka mu bulungi bwe,
ne galaba ensi eyeewala.
1833:18 Is 17:14Omutima gwo gulifumiitiriza ku ntiisa ng’ogamba nti,
“Omukungu omukulu ali ludda wa?
Ali ludda wa eyasoloozanga omusolo?
Omukungu avunaanyizibwa eminaala ali ludda wa?”
1933:19 Is 28:11; Yer 5:15Toliddayo kulaba bantu abo ab’amalala,
abantu ab’olulimi olutamanyiddwa,
olulimi olutategeerekeka.
2033:20 a Is 32:18 b Zab 46:5; 125:1-2Tunuulira Sayuuni ekibuga eky’embaga zaffe,
amaaso go galiraba Yerusaalemi,
ekifo eky’emirembe, eweema etalisimbulwa
enkondo zaayo tezirisimbulwa,
newaakubadde emiguwa gyayo okukutulwa.
2133:21 Is 41:18; 48:18; 66:12Weewaawo Mukama aliba Amaanyi gaffe
era aliba ekifo eky’emigga emigazi n’ensulo engazi.
Temuliyitamu lyato
newaakubadde ekyombo ekinene tekiriseeyeeyeramu.
2233:22 a Is 11:4 b Is 2:3; Yak 4:12 c Zab 89:18 d Is 25:9Kubanga Mukama ye mulamuzi waffe,
Mukama y’atuwa amateeka,
Mukama ye Kabaka waffe,
y’alitulokola.
2333:23 a 2Bk 7:8 b 2Bk 7:16Emiguwa gyo gisumulukuse
n’omulongooti si munywevu,
n’ettanga si lyanjuluze.
Awo omugabo omungi guligabanyizibwamu,
n’abalala balitwala eby’omunyago.
2433:24 a Is 30:26 b Yer 50:20; 1Yk 1:7-9Tewali abeera mu Sayuuni alyogera nti, “Ndi mulwadde,”
n’abo ababeeramu balisonyiyibwa ekibi kyabwe.
