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(A)Woowe singa mbadde n’ekisulo
    ky’abatambuze mu ddungu,
nnandivudde ku bantu bange
    ne mbaleka
kubanga bonna benzi,
    bibiina by’abasajja ab’enkwe.

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Oh, that I had in the desert(A)
    a lodging place for travelers,
so that I might leave my people
    and go away from them;
for they are all adulterers,(B)
    a crowd of unfaithful(C) people.

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34 (A)ensi engimu n’agifuula olukoola olw’olunnyo
    olw’obwonoonyi bw’abantu baamu.

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34 and fruitful land into a salt waste,(A)
    because of the wickedness of those who lived there.

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10 (A)Ndikaaba ne nkungubagira ensozi
    era ne nkungubagira amalundiro ag’omu ddungu.
Galekeddwa awo era tegayitwamu,
    n’okukaaba kw’ente tekuwulirwa.
Ebinyonyi eby’omu bbanga tebikyawulirwa
    n’ensolo ez’omu nsiko zidduse.

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10 I will weep and wail for the mountains
    and take up a lament concerning the wilderness grasslands.(A)
They are desolate and untraveled,
    and the lowing of cattle is not heard.
The birds(B) have all fled
    and the animals are gone.

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(A)Waliwo okukolima, n’okulimba, n’okutta,
    n’okubba, n’okukola eby’obwenzi;
bawaguza,
    era bayiwa omusaayi obutakoma.
(B)Ensi kyeneeva ekaaba,
    ne bonna abagibeeramu ne bafuuka ekitagasa;
n’ensolo enkambwe ez’omu nsiko zirifa, n’ennyonyi ez’omu bbanga nazo zirifa,
    n’ebyennyanja ebiri mu nnyanja ne bifa.

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There is only cursing,[a] lying(A) and murder,(B)
    stealing(C) and adultery;(D)
they break all bounds,
    and bloodshed follows bloodshed.(E)
Because of this the land dries up,(F)
    and all who live in it waste away;(G)
the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky
    and the fish in the sea are swept away.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 4:2 That is, to pronounce a curse on