Isaaya 51 – LCB & NIVUK

Luganda Contemporary Bible

Isaaya 51:1-23

Okukubirizibwa Okwesiga Katonda

1“Mumpulirize,

mmwe abanoonya obutuukirivu, mmwe abanoonya Mukama:

Mutunuulire olwazi lwe mwatemebwako,

n’obunnya bw’ekirombe gye mwasimibwa.

2Mulowooze ku Ibulayimu jjajjammwe

ne Saala eyabazaala.

Kubanga we namuyitira yali bw’omu

ne mmuwa omukisa ne mmwaza.

3Kubanga ddala Mukama alikubagiza Sayuuni;

akwatirwe ekisa ebifo byakyo byonna ebyazika

era afuule olukoola lwe lwonna okuba Adeni,

n’eddungu libeere ng’ennimiro ya Mukama;

Essanyu n’okujaguza biryoke bibeere omwo,

okwebaza n’amaloboozi ag’okuyimba.

4“Mumpulirize, mmwe abantu bange;

era muntegere okutu mmwe ensi yange.

Kubanga etteeka lifuluma okuva gye ndi,

obwenkanya bwange bubeere omusana eri amawanga.

5Obutuukirivu bwange

busembera mangu nnyo,

obulokozi bwange buli mu kkubo.

Era omukono gwange gujja kuleeta obwenkanya eri amawanga.

Ebizinga birinnindirira era birindirire n’essuubi omukono gwange okubirokola.

6Muyimuse amaaso gammwe eri eggulu,

mutunuulire ensi wansi!

Kubanga eggulu lirivaawo ng’omukka

n’ensi ekaddiwe ng’ekyambalo.

Abagituulamu balifa ng’ensowera.

Naye obulokozi bwange bunaabeereranga emirembe gyonna,

so n’obutuukirivu bwange tebujjulukukenga.

7“Mumpulirize,

mmwe abamanyi obutuukirivu,

eggwanga eririna amateeka gange

mu mitima gyammwe.

Temutya kuvumibwa bantu

wadde okukeŋŋentererwa olw’okuyomba kwabwe.

8Kubanga ennyenje ziribalya nga bwe zirya ebyambalo.

N’obuwuka bubalye ng’obulya ebyoya by’endiga.

Naye obutuukirivu bwange bunaabeereranga ennaku zonna.

Obulokozi bwange bunywere emirembe gyonna.”

9Zuukuka,

zuukuka oyimuke otuyambe Ayi Mukama Katonda.

Kozesa amaanyi go otuyambe.

Gakozese nga edda.

Si ggwe wuuyo eyatemaatemamu Lakabu obufiififi?

Si ye ggwe eyafumita ogusota?

10Si ggwe wuuyo eyakaliza ennyanja,

amazzi ag’obuziba obuwanvu ennyo

ne gafuuka ekkubo

abantu be wanunula bayitewo?

11N’abo Mukama be wawonya

balikomawo

ne bajja mu Sayuuni nga bayimba.

Essanyu ery’emirembe n’emirembe liriba nga ngule ku mitwe gyabwe.

Balisanyuka ne bajaguza; ennaku n’okusinda bibadduke.

Mukama Alinunula Abantu be

12“Nze, nze mwene, nze nzuuno abawa amaanyi.

Mmwe baani abatya omuntu alifa,

n’omwana w’omuntu ali ng’omuddo,

13ne weerabira Mukama Omutonzi wo

eyabamba eggulu,

n’ateekawo n’emisingi gy’ensi,

ebbanga lyonna ne mubeera mu kutya

obusungu bw’abo abakunyigiriza,

oyo eyemalidde mu kuzikiriza?

Kubanga kale buliruddawa obulabe bw’oyo abanyigiriza?

14Abo be bawamba ne basibibwa banaatera okuteebwa,

tebalifiira mu bunnya,

era tebalibulwa mmere gye balya.

15Kubanga nze Mukama Katonda wo,

asiikuula amayengo g’ennyanja ne gawuluguma:

Mukama ow’Eggye lye linnya lye.

16Ntadde ebigambo byange mu kamwa ko,

era nkubisse mu kisiikirize ky’omukono gwange.

Nze nakola eggulu ne nteekawo emisingi gy’ensi;

era nze wuuyo agamba Sayuuni nti,

‘Muli bantu bange!’ ”

Ekikopo ky’Obusungu bwa Mukama

17Zuukuka, zuukuka, oyimirire ggwe Yerusaalemi

eyanywa okuva eri Mukama ekikompe eky’obusungu bwe,

eyanywa n’omaliramu ddala

ekibya ekitagaza.

18Ku baana aboobulenzi bonna be yazaala

tewali n’omu wa kumukulembera.

Ku baana bonna aboobulenzi be yakuza

tewali n’omu wa kumukwata ku mukono.

19Ebintu bino ebibiri bikuguddeko

ani anaakunakuwalirako?

Okuzika n’okuzikirira, enjala, n’ekitala,

ani anaakubeesabeesa?

20Batabani bo bazirise,

bagudde ku buli nsonda y’oluguudo

ng’engabi egudde mu kitimba.

Babuutikiddwa ekiruyi kya Mukama,

n’okunenyezebwa kwa Katonda wo.

21Noolwekyo wulira kino ggwe, atamidde naye si lwa mwenge.

22Bw’atyo bw’ayogera Mukama Ayinzabyonna,

Katonda wo alwanirira abantu be.

“Laba mbaggyeeko ekikompe kye nabawa

olw’ekiruyi kye nalina, ekyabatagaza.

Temuliddayo

kukinywa nate.

23Ndikiteeka mu mikono gy’abo abaababonyaabonya abaabagamba nti,

‘Mugwe wansi mwegolole tubatambulireko.’

Emigongo gyammwe gibe ng’ettaka,

ng’oluguudo olw’okulinnyirira.”

New International Version – UK

Isaiah 51:1-23

Everlasting salvation for Zion

1‘Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness

and who seek the Lord:

look to the rock from which you were cut

and to the quarry from which you were hewn;

2look to Abraham, your father,

and to Sarah, who gave you birth.

When I called him he was only one man,

and I blessed him and made him many.

3The Lord will surely comfort Zion

and will look with compassion on all her ruins;

he will make her deserts like Eden,

her wastelands like the garden of the Lord.

Joy and gladness will be found in her,

thanksgiving and the sound of singing.

4‘Listen to me, my people;

hear me, my nation:

instruction will go out from me;

my justice will become a light to the nations.

5My righteousness draws near speedily,

my salvation is on the way,

and my arm will bring justice to the nations.

The islands will look to me

and wait in hope for my arm.

6Lift up your eyes to the heavens,

look at the earth beneath;

the heavens will vanish like smoke,

the earth will wear out like a garment

and its inhabitants die like flies.

But my salvation will last for ever,

my righteousness will never fail.

7‘Hear me, you who know what is right,

you people who have taken my instruction to heart:

do not fear the reproach of mere mortals

or be terrified by their insults.

8For the moth will eat them up like a garment;

the worm will devour them like wool.

But my righteousness will last for ever,

my salvation through all generations.’

9Awake, awake, arm of the Lord,

clothe yourself with strength!

Awake, as in days gone by,

as in generations of old.

Was it not you who cut Rahab to pieces,

who pierced that monster through?

10Was it not you who dried up the sea,

the waters of the great deep,

who made a road in the depths of the sea

so that the redeemed might cross over?

11Those the Lord has rescued will return.

They will enter Zion with singing;

everlasting joy will crown their heads.

Gladness and joy will overtake them,

and sorrow and sighing will flee away.

12‘I, even I, am he who comforts you.

Who are you that you fear mere mortals,

human beings who are but grass,

13that you forget the Lord your Maker,

who stretches out the heavens

and who lays the foundations of the earth,

that you live in constant terror every day

because of the wrath of the oppressor,

who is bent on destruction?

For where is the wrath of the oppressor?

14The cowering prisoners will soon be set free;

they will not die in their dungeon,

nor will they lack bread.

15For I am the Lord your God,

who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar –

the Lord Almighty is his name.

16I have put my words in your mouth

and covered you with the shadow of my hand –

I who set the heavens in place,

who laid the foundations of the earth,

and who say to Zion, “You are my people.” ’

The cup of the Lord’s wrath

17Awake, awake!

Rise up, Jerusalem,

you who have drunk from the hand of the Lord

the cup of his wrath,

you who have drained to its dregs

the goblet that makes people stagger.

18Among all the children she bore

there was none to guide her;

among all the children she brought up

there was none to take her by the hand.

19These double calamities have come upon you –

who can comfort you? –

ruin and destruction, famine and sword –

who can51:19 Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; Masoretic Text / how can I console you?

20Your children have fainted;

they lie at every street corner,

like antelope caught in a net.

They are filled with the wrath of the Lord,

with the rebuke of your God.

21Therefore hear this, you afflicted one,

made drunk, but not with wine.

22This is what your Sovereign Lord says,

your God, who defends his people:

‘See, I have taken out of your hand

the cup that made you stagger;

from that cup, the goblet of my wrath,

you will never drink again.

23I will put it into the hands of your tormentors,

who said to you,

“Fall prostrate that we may walk on you.”

And you made your back like the ground,

like a street to be walked on.’