A prophecy against Babylon
1A prophecy against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz saw:
2Raise a banner on a bare hilltop,
shout to them;
beckon to them
to enter the gates of the nobles.
3I have commanded those I prepared for battle;
I have summoned my warriors to carry out my wrath –
those who rejoice in my triumph.
4Listen, a noise on the mountains,
like that of a great multitude!
Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms,
like nations massing together!
The Lord Almighty is mustering
an army for war.
5They come from faraway lands,
from the ends of the heavens –
the Lord and the weapons of his wrath –
to destroy the whole country.
6Wail, for the day of the Lord is near;
it will come like destruction from the Almighty.13:6 Hebrew Shaddai
7Because of this, all hands will go limp,
every heart will melt with fear.
8Terror will seize them,
pain and anguish will grip them;
they will writhe like a woman in labour.
They will look aghast at each other,
their faces aflame.
9See, the day of the Lord is coming
– a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger –
to make the land desolate
and destroy the sinners within it.
10The stars of heaven and their constellations
will not show their light.
The rising sun will be darkened
and the moon will not give its light.
11I will punish the world for its evil,
the wicked for their sins.
I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty
and will humble the pride of the ruthless.
12I will make people scarcer than pure gold,
more rare than the gold of Ophir.
13Therefore I will make the heavens tremble;
and the earth will shake from its place
at the wrath of the Lord Almighty,
in the day of his burning anger.
14Like a hunted gazelle,
like sheep without a shepherd,
they will all return to their own people,
they will flee to their native land.
15Whoever is captured will be thrust through;
all who are caught will fall by the sword.
16Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes;
their houses will be looted and their wives violated.
17See, I will stir up against them the Medes,
who do not care for silver
and have no delight in gold.
18Their bows will strike down the young men;
they will have no mercy on infants,
nor will they look with compassion on children.
19Babylon, the jewel of kingdoms,
the pride and glory of the Babylonians,13:19 Or Chaldeans
will be overthrown by God
like Sodom and Gomorrah.
20She will never be inhabited
or lived in through all generations;
there no nomads will pitch their tents,
there no shepherds will rest their flocks.
21But desert creatures will lie there,
jackals will fill her houses;
there the owls will dwell,
and there the wild goats will leap about.
22Hyenas will inhabit her strongholds,
jackals her luxurious palaces.
Her time is at hand,
and her days will not be prolonged.
Obunnabbi Obukwata ku Kugwa kwa Babulooni
1Obubaka bwa Babulooni Isaaya mutabani wa Amozi bwe yalaba.
213:2 Yer 50:2; 51:27Muwanike bbendera ku lusozi olutaliiko bantu,
mubakaabirire
mubawenye bayingire mu miryango gy’abakungu.
313:3 a Yo 3:11 b Zab 149:2Nze Mukama ndagidde abatukuvu bange
mpise abalwanyi bange ab’amaanyi,
babonereze abo abeeyisaawo abeemanyi.
413:4 Yo 3:14Muwulirize oluyoogaano lw’ekibiina ku nsozi,
nga luwulikika ng’olw’ogubiina ogunene!
Wuliriza, oluyoogaano lw’obwakabaka,
olw’amawanga ag’ekuŋŋaanyizza awamu!
Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye ateekateeka
eggye lye okulwana.
513:5 a Is 5:26 b Is 24:1Bava wala mu nsi ezeewala ennya
okuva ku nkomerero y’eggulu.
Mu busungu bwe Mukama Katonda aleese ebyokulwanyisa
eby’okuzikiriza ensi yonna.
613:6 a Ez 30:2 b Is 2:12; Yo 1:15Mukungubage, kubanga olunaku lwa Mukama luli kumpi,
lulijja ng’okuzikirira okuva eri Mukama Katonda bwe kuba!
713:7 Ez 21:7Emikono gyonna kyegiriva giggwaamu amaanyi,
na buli mutima gwa muntu gulisaanuuka;
813:8 a Is 21:4 b Nak 2:10era bakeŋŋentererwe n’okubalagala kulibakwata, balyoke balumwe ng’omukazi alumwa okuzaala.
Balitunulaganako nga bawuniikiridde amaaso gaabwe nga gatangaalirira.
9Laba olunaku lwa Mukama lujja,
olunaku olubi ennyo olw’ekiruyi n’obusungu obubuubuuka
okufuula ensi amatongo,
n’okuzikiriza abakozi b’ebibi okubamalamu.
1013:10 a Is 24:23 b Is 5:30; Kub 8:12 c Ez 32:7; Mat 24:29*; Mak 13:24*Kubanga emmunyeenye ez’omu ggulu n’ebibiina byazo
tebiryaka;
enjuba nayo teryaka nga bw’ekola bulijjo,
n’omwezi nagwo tegulyaka.
1113:11 Is 3:11; 11:4; 26:21Ndibonereza ensi olw’okwonoona kw’ayo,
n’abakozi b’ebibi olw’ebyonoono byabwe.
Era ndimalawo okweyisa kw’ab’amalala
era nzikakkanya okwenyumiriza kw’abo abakambwe.
1213:12 Is 4:1Abantu ndibafuula abebbula
okusinga zaabu ennongoose eya ofiri.
1313:13 Is 34:4; 51:6; Kag 2:6Noolwekyo ndikankanya eggulu,
era n’ensi ngiyuuguumye okuva mu kifo kyayo,
olw’obusungu bwa Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye,
ku lunaku lw’obusungu bwe obungi.
1413:14 a 1Bk 22:17 b Yer 50:16Era ng’empeewo eyiggibwa,
ng’endiga eteriiko agirunda,
buli muntu aliddukira eri abantu be
buli muntu aliddukira mu nsi y’ewaabwe.
1513:15 a Yer 51:4 b Is 14:19; Yer 50:25Buli anaalabwangako ng’ekitala kimuyitamu,
buli gwe banaakwatangako ng’attibwa n’ekitala.
1613:16 Zab 137:9N’abaana baabwe abawere banabetenterwanga mu maaso gaabwe nga balaba;
ennyumba zaabwe zinyagibwe, n’abakazi baabwe bakwatibwe olw’empaka.
1713:17 a Yer 51:1 b Nge 6:34-35Laba, ndibayimbulira Abameedi,
abatafa ku ffeeza
era abateeguya zaabu.
18Emitego gyabwe girikuba abavubuka
era tebaliba na kisa eri abawere.
Amaaso gaabwe tegalisaasira baana bato.
1913:19 a Dan 4:30 b Kub 14:8 c Lub 19:24Ne Babulooni, ekitiibwa eky’obwakabaka,
obulungi obw’okwemanya kw’Abakaludaaya,
kiriba nga Sodomu ne Ggomola
Katonda bye yawamba.
2013:20 a Is 14:23; 34:10-15 b 2By 17:11Tekiriddamu kusulwamu ennaku zonna,
so tekiribeerwamu emirembe n’emirembe,
so teri Muwalabu alisimbayo weema ye,
teri musumba aligalamizaayo ggana lye kuwummulirayo.
2113:21 Kub 18:2Naye ensolo enkambwe ez’omu ddungu ze zinaagalamirangayo;
ennyumba zijjule ebintu ebiwoowoola;
bammaaya banaabeeranga eyo,
n’ebikulekule bibuukire eyo.
2213:22 a Is 25:2 b Is 34:13 c Yer 51:33N’empisi zinaakaabiranga mu bigulumu by’ebigo byabwe,
ebibe bikaabire mu mbiri zaabwe ezitemagana.
Ekiseera kyakyo kinaatera okutuuka,
ennaku ze teziryongerwako.
