Okukungubaga
1:1 Ekibuga ekyali kijjudde abantu kituula kitya! ali atya
fuuka nga nnamwandu! oyo eyali omukulu mu mawanga, era omumbejja
mu masaza, afuuse atya omusolo!
1:2 Akaaba nnyo ekiro, n'amaziga ge gali ku matama ge: mu
abaagalwa be bonna talina amubudaabuda: mikwano gye gyonna gye bakoze
mu nkwe, bafuuse abalabe be.
1:3 Yuda agenze mu buwaŋŋanguse olw’okubonaabona n’olw’ekinene
obuddu: abeera mu mawanga, tafuna kuwummula: byonna bye
abayigganya baamutuukako wakati w’ebiwonvu.
1:4 Amakubo ga Sayuuni gakungubaga, kubanga tewali ajja ku mbaga ez'ekitiibwa: byonna
emiryango gyayo gifuuse matongo: bakabona be basiiba, embeerera be babonaabona, era
ali mu busungu.
1:5 Abalabe be be bakulu, abalabe be bakulaakulana; kubanga Mukama alina
yamubonyaabonya olw'okusobya kwe okungi: abaana be bwe bali
bagenze mu buwambe mu maaso g’omulabe.
1:6 Era okuva ku muwala wa Sayuuni obulungi bwe bwonna: abakungu be
bafuuse ng’empologoma ezitasanga malundiro, ne ziggwaawo ebweru
amaanyi mu maaso g’oyo amugoba.
1:7 Yerusaalemi yajjukiranga mu nnaku z’okubonaabona kwe n’ennaku zaayo
ebintu bye byonna ebisanyusa bye yalina mu nnaku ez’edda, ng’abantu be
yagwa mu mukono gw'omulabe, era tewali n'omu yamuyamba: abalabe
yamulaba, n'asekerera ku ssabbiiti ze.
1:8 Yerusaalemi eyonoonye nnyo; n’olwekyo aggyibwawo: ebyo byonna
baamuwa ekitiibwa bamunyooma, kubanga balabye obwereere bwe: weewaawo, ye
asiiba, n’akyuka n’adda emabega.
1:9 Obucaafu bwe buli mu nnyindo ze; tajjukira nkomerero ye esembayo;
kyeyava yakka mu ngeri ey'ekitalo: teyalina mubudaabuda. Ayi Mukama, .
laba okubonaabona kwange: kubanga omulabe yeegulumiza.
1:10 Omulabe agolodde omukono gwe ku bintu bye byonna ebisanyusa: kubanga
alabye ng'amawanga gayingira mu kifo kye ekitukuvu, ggwe
yalagira baleme kuyingira mu kibiina kyo.
1:11 Abantu be bonna basiiba, banoonya emmere; bawaddeyo ebisanyusa byabwe
ebintu eby'okulya okuwummuza emmeeme: laba, ai Mukama, olowooze; kubanga nze ndi
okufuuka ekivve.
1:12 Si kintu gye muli mmwe mwenna abayitawo? laba, mulabe oba waliwo
ennaku yonna ng’ennaku yange, ekolebwa gye ndi, nga n’ennaku
Mukama anbonyaabonya ku lunaku olw'obusungu bwe obw'amaanyi.
1:13 Okuva waggulu yasindika omuliro mu magumba gange, ne guwangula
bo: ayanjudde akatimba ku bigere byange, anzizza emabega: alina
yanfuula amatongo n’okuzirika olunaku lwonna.
1:14 Ekikoligo ky'okusobya kwange kisibiddwa n'omukono gwe: kisibiddwako engule, .
n'olinnya mu bulago bwange: agudde amaanyi gange, Mukama
anwaddeyo mu mikono gyabwe, be sisobola kusituka okuva mu bo.
1:15 Mukama alinnye ebigere abasajja bange bonna ab'amaanyi wakati mu nze;
ayise ekibiina okunziyiza okubetenta abalenzi bange: Mukama
alinnye embeerera, muwala wa Yuda, ng'ali mu ssowaani y'omwenge.
1:16 Ebyo bye nkaaba; eriiso lyange, eriiso lyange likulukuta amazzi;
kubanga omubudaabuda anaawummuza emmeeme yange ali wala okuva gyendi: wange
abaana bafuuse matongo, kubanga omulabe yawangula.
1:17 Sayuuni eyanjuluza emikono gyayo, so tewali amubudaabuda
Mukama alagidde ku Yakobo, abalabe be babeerewo
okwetooloola ye: Yerusaalemi eri ng’omukazi agenda mu nsonga mu bo.
1:18 Mukama mutuukirivu; kubanga njeemedde ekiragiro kye;
muwulire, nkwegayiridde, abantu bonna, mulabe ennaku yange: embeerera zange ne zange
abavubuka bagenze mu buwambe.
1:19 Nayita abaagalana bange, naye ne banlimbalimba: bakabona bange n’abakadde bange
baawaayo omuzimu mu kibuga, nga bwe banoonya ennyama yaabwe okuwummuza
emyoyo gyabwe.
1:20 Laba, ai Mukama; kubanga ndi mu nnaku: ebyenda byange bikankana; omutima gwange
akyusiddwa munda mu nze; kubanga njeemedde nnyo: ekitala ebweru
afiira, awaka waliwo ng’okufa.
1:21 Bawulidde nga nsinda: tewali anbudaabuda: byonna byange
abalabe bawulidde ku buzibu bwange; basanyufu nti okikoze;
ojja kuleeta olunaku lwe wayise, era balifaanana
gyendi.
1:22 Obubi bwabwe bwonna bujje mu maaso go; era obakole nga ggwe
ankoze olw'okusobya kwange kwonna: kubanga okusinda kwange kungi, era
omutima gwange guzibye.