The song of the vineyard
1I will sing for the one I love
a song about his vineyard:
my loved one had a vineyard
on a fertile hillside.
2He dug it up and cleared it of stones
and planted it with the choicest vines.
He built a watchtower in it
and cut out a winepress as well.
Then he looked for a crop of good grapes,
but it yielded only bad fruit.
3‘Now you dwellers in Jerusalem and people of Judah,
judge between me and my vineyard.
4What more could have been done for my vineyard
than I have done for it?
When I looked for good grapes,
why did it yield only bad?
5Now I will tell you
what I am going to do to my vineyard:
I will take away its hedge,
and it will be destroyed;
I will break down its wall,
and it will be trampled.
6I will make it a wasteland,
neither pruned nor cultivated,
and briers and thorns will grow there.
I will command the clouds
not to rain on it.’
7The vineyard of the Lord Almighty
is the nation of Israel,
and the people of Judah
are the vines he delighted in.
And he looked for justice, but saw bloodshed;
for righteousness, but heard cries of distress.
Woes and judgments
8Woe to you who add house to house
and join field to field
till no space is left
and you live alone in the land.
9The Lord Almighty has declared in my hearing:
‘Surely the great houses will become desolate,
the fine mansions left without occupants.
10A ten-acre vineyard will produce only a bath5:10 That is, about 22 litres of wine;
a homer5:10 That is, probably about 160 kilograms of seed will yield only an ephah5:10 That is, probably about 16 kilograms of grain.’
11Woe to those who rise early in the morning
to run after their drinks,
who stay up late at night
till they are inflamed with wine.
12They have harps and lyres at their banquets,
pipes and tambourines and wine,
but they have no regard for the deeds of the Lord,
no respect for the work of his hands.
13Therefore my people will go into exile
for lack of understanding;
those of high rank will die of hunger
and the common people will be parched with thirst.
14Therefore Death expands its jaws,
opening wide its mouth;
into it will descend their nobles and masses
with all their brawlers and revellers.
15So people will be brought low
and everyone humbled,
the eyes of the arrogant humbled.
16But the Lord Almighty will be exalted by his justice,
and the holy God will be proved holy by his righteous acts.
17Then sheep will graze as in their own pasture;
lambs will feed5:17 Septuagint; Hebrew / strangers will eat among the ruins of the rich.
18Woe to those who draw sin along with cords of deceit,
and wickedness as with cart ropes,
19to those who say, ‘Let God hurry;
let him hasten his work
so that we may see it.
The plan of the Holy One of Israel –
let it approach, let it come into view,
so that we may know it.’
20Woe to those who call evil good
and good evil,
who put darkness for light
and light for darkness,
who put bitter for sweet
and sweet for bitter.
21Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes
and clever in their own sight.
22Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine
and champions at mixing drinks,
23who acquit the guilty for a bribe,
but deny justice to the innocent.
24Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw
and as dry grass sinks down in the flames,
so their roots will decay
and their flowers blow away like dust;
for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty
and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel.
25Therefore the Lord’s anger burns against his people;
his hand is raised and he strikes them down.
The mountains shake,
and the dead bodies are like refuse in the streets.
Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,
his hand is still upraised.
26He lifts up a banner for the distant nations,
he whistles for those at the ends of the earth.
Here they come,
swiftly and speedily!
27Not one of them grows tired or stumbles,
not one slumbers or sleeps;
not a belt is loosened at the waist,
not a sandal strap is broken.
28Their arrows are sharp,
all their bows are strung;
their horses’ hooves seem like flint,
their chariot wheels like a whirlwind.
29Their roar is like that of the lion,
they roar like young lions;
they growl as they seize their prey
and carry it off with no-one to rescue.
30In that day they will roar over it
like the roaring of the sea.
And if one looks at the land,
there is only darkness and distress;
even the sun will be darkened by clouds.
Olugero lw’Ennimiro y’Emizabbibu
15:1 Zab 80:8-9Ka nnyimbire omwagalwa wange oluyimba
olukwata ku nnimiro ye ey’emizabbibu.
Omwagalwa wange yalina nnimiro ey’emizabbibu
ku lusozi olugimu.
25:2 a Yer 2:21 b Mat 21:19; Mak 11:13; Luk 13:6Era n’agirima n’agiggyamu amayinja gonna,
n’agisimbamu emizabbibu egisinga obulungi.
Era wakati mu yo n’azimbamu ebigulumu okulengererwa.
N’agisimamu n’essogolero
n’agisuubira okubala emizabbibu emirungi
naye n’ebala emizabbibu nga si mirungi n’akatono.
35:3 Mat 21:40“Era kaakano abatuuze b’omu Yerusaalemi n’abasajja b’omu Yuda,
munsalirewo nze n’ennimiro yange ey’emizabbibu.”
45:4 2By 36:15; Yer 2:5-7; Mi 6:3-4; Mat 23:37Ate kiki kye nandikoledde ennimiro yange eno,
kye ssaagikolera?
Bwe naginoonyamu emizabbibu emirungi,
lwaki saalabamu mirungi?
55:5 a Zab 80:12 b Is 28:3, 18; Kgb 1:15; Luk 21:24Kaakano muleke mbabuulire
kye nnaakola ennimiro yange ey’emizabbibu.
Nzija kugiggyako olukomera eyonooneke.
Ndimenya ekisenge kyayo yonna erinnyirirwe.
65:6 Is 7:23, 24; Beb 6:8Era ndigireka n’ezika,
sirigirima wadde okugisalira.
Naye ndigireka n’emeramu emyeeramannyo n’amaggwa.
Ndiragira n’ebire
obutatonnyesaamu nkuba.
75:7 a Zab 80:8 b Is 59:15Ennyumba ya Isirayiri
y’ennimiro ya Mukama Katonda Ayinzabyonna ey’emizabbibu.
Abantu ba Yuda
y’ennimiro gye yasiima.
Yali abasuubiramu bwenkanya naye yabalabamu kuyiwa musaayi.
Yabasuubiramu butuukirivu naye nawulira kukaaba na kulaajana.
85:8 a Yer 22:13 b Mi 2:2; Kbk 2:9-12Zibasanze mmwe aboongera amayumba ku ge mulina,
n’ennimiro ne muzongerako endala
ne wataba kafo konna kasigadde,
ne mubeera mwekka wakati mu nsi!
95:9 a Is 22:14 b Is 6:11-12; Mat 23:38Mukama Katonda alayidde nga mpulira nti,
“Mu mazima ennyumba nnyingi zirifuuka bifulukkwa,
n’ezo ennene ez’ebbeeyi zibulemu abantu.
105:10 Lv 26:26Kubanga yika kkumi ez’ennimiro y’emizabbibu zinaavangamu ekibbo kimu,
n’ogusero ogw’ensigo, kabbo bubbo ak’amakungula.”
115:11 Nge 23:29-30Zibasanze abo abakeera enkya ku makya
banoonye ekitamiiza,
abalwawo nga banywa omwenge ettumbi ly’obudde,
okutuusa omwenge lwe gubalalusa!
125:12 a Yob 34:27 b Zab 28:5; Am 6:5-6Ababeera n’ennanga n’entongooli, ebitaasa n’endere,
n’omwenge ku mbaga zaabwe;
naye ne batalowooza ku mulimu gwa Mukama Katonda,
wadde okussa ekitiibwa mu ebyo bye yatonda.
135:13 a Kos 4:6 b Is 1:3; Kos 4:6Abantu bange kyebavudde bagenda mu buwaŋŋanguse
kubanga tebalina kutegeera.
Abantu baabwe ab’ekitiibwa bafe enjala,
n’abantu aba bulijjo bafe ennyonta.
145:14 a Nge 30:16 b Kbl 16:30Amagombe kyegavudde gagaziya omumiro gwago,
era ne gaasamya akamwa kaago awatali kkomo.
Mu ko mwe munaagenda abakungu baabwe
n’abantu baabwe abaabulijjo, n’ab’effujjo n’abatamiivu.
155:15 a Is 10:33 b Is 2:9 c Is 2:11Buli muntu alitoowazibwa,
abantu bonna balikkakkanyizibwa
era amaaso g’abo abeemanyi nago gakkakkanyizibwe.
165:16 a Is 28:17; 30:18; 33:5; 61:8 b Is 29:23Naye Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye aligulumizibwa olw’obwenkanya,
era Katonda Omutukuvu yeerage nga bw’ali omutukuvu mu butuukirivu bwe.
175:17 Is 7:25; Zef 2:6, 14Endiga ento ziryoke zirye ng’eziri mu malundiro gaazo,
n’ensolo engenyi ziriire mu bifo ebyalekebwa awo, ebyalundirwangamu eza ssava.
185:18 Is 59:4-8; Yer 23:14Zibasanze abo abasikaasikanya ebibi byabwe
ng’embalaasi bw’esika ekigaali.
195:19 Yer 17:15; Ez 12:22; 2Pe 3:4Aboogera nti, “Ayanguyeeko, ayite mu bwangu tulabe ky’anaakola.
Entegeka z’omutukuvu wa Isirayiri nazo zijje,
zituuke nazo tuzimanye.”
205:20 a Mat 6:22-23; Luk 11:34-35 b Am 5:7Zibasanze abo abayita ekibi ekirungi
n’ekirungi ekibi,
abafuula ekizikiza okuba ekitangaala,
n’ekitangaala okuba ekizikiza,
abafuula ekikaawa okuba ekiwoomerera
n’ekiwoomerera okuba ekikaawa.
215:21 Nge 3:7; Bar 12:16; 1Ko 3:18-20Zibasanze abo abeeraba ng’abalina amagezi,
era abagezigezi bo nga bwe balaba.
225:22 Nge 23:20Zibasanze abo abazira mu kunywa omwenge
era mu kutabula ekitamiiza,
235:23 a Kuv 23:8 b Is 10:2 c Zab 94:21; Yak 5:6abejjeereza abatemu olw’enguzi
era abamma abatuukirivu obwenkanya obubagwanidde.
245:24 a Yob 18:16 b Is 8:6; 30:9, 12Kale ng’olulimi lw’omuliro bwe lwokya ekisagazi ekikalu,
era ng’omuddo omukalu bwe guggweerera mu muliro,
bwe gityo n’emirandira gyabwe bwe girivunda,
era n’ebimuli byabwe bifuumuuke ng’enfuufu;
kubanga baajeemera etteeka lya Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye,
era ne banyooma ekigambo ky’Omutukuvu wa Isirayiri.
255:25 a 2Bk 22:13 b 2Bk 9:37 c Yer 4:8; Dan 9:16 d Is 9:12, 17, 21; 10:4Noolwekyo obusungu bwa Mukama Katonda bubuubuukira ku bantu be,
n’agolola omukono gwe n’abasanjaga,
ensozi ne zikankana
era n’emirambo gyabwe ne gibeera ng’ebisasiro wakati mu nguudo.
Naye wadde nga biri bwe bityo, obusungu bwa Mukama Katonda tebunnakakkana
era omukono gwe gukyagoloddwa.
265:26 a Is 7:18; Zek 10:8 b Ma 28:49; Is 13:5; 18:3Era aliyimusiza eggwanga eriri ewala bbendera,
alibakoowoola ng’asinziira ku nkomerero y’ensi,
era laba,
balyanguwako okujja.5:26 Abalirumba baliba Basuuli.
275:27 a Yob 12:18 b Yo 2:7-8Tewali n’omu akooye, tewali n’omu yeesittala.
Tewali n’omu asumagira wadde okwebaka.
Tewali aliba yeesibye lukoba olutanywedde mu kiwato kye,
wadde aliba n’olukoba lw’engatto olulikutuka.
285:28 a Zab 45:5 b Zab 7:12Obusaale bwabwe bwogi,
n’emitego gyabwe gyonna mireege.
Ebinuulo by’embalaasi zaabwe biriba ng’amayinja ag’embaalebaale,
Ne nnamuziga w’amagaali gaabwe ng’adduka ng’embuyaga y’akazimu.
295:29 a Yer 51:38; Zef 3:3; Zek 11:3 b Is 10:6; 49:24-25 c Is 42:22; Mi 5:8Okuwuluguma kwabwe kuliba nga okw’empologoma,
balikaaba ng’empologoma ento:
weewaawo baliwuluguma bakwate omuyiggo gwabwe
bagutwalire ddala awatali adduukirira.
305:30 a Luk 21:25 b Is 8:22; Yer 4:23-28 c Yo 2:10Era ku lunaku olwo baliwuumira ku munyago gwabwe
ng’ennyanja eyira.
Omuntu yenna bw’alitunuulira ensi,
aliraba ekizikiza n’ennaku;
n’ekitangaala kiribuutikirwa ebire ebikutte.
