Psalms 74
1 Maschil. Of Asaph. Of God, why have you put us away from you for ever? why is the fire of your wrath smoking against the sheep who are your care?
Zabbuli ya Asafu. Ayi Katonda, lwaki otusuulidde ddala ennaku zonna? Obusungu bwo lwaki bunyookera ku ndiga z’omu ddundiro lyo?
2 Keep in mind your band of worshippers, for whom you gave payment in the days which are past, whom you took for yourself as the people of your heritage; even this mountain of Zion, which has been your resting-place.
Ojjukire abantu bo be wagula edda; ekika kye wanunula okuba ababo. Ojjukire olusozi Sayuuni gye wabeeranga.
3 Go up and see the unending destruction; all the evil which your haters have done in the holy place;
Tambulatambulako mu bifo by’ekibuga olabe bwe byonooneddwa! Olabe omulabe nga bw’azikirizza ennyumba yo.
4 Sending out their voices like lions among your worshippers; they have put up their signs to be seen.
Abalabe bo baleekaanira mu kifo kyo gye twakuŋŋaaniranga; ne bagenda nga bakiramba n’ebendera zaabwe.
5 They are cutting down, like a man whose blade is lifted up against the thick trees.
Beeyisa ng’abantu ababagalidde embazzi abatema emiti mu kibira.
6 Your doors are broken down with hammers and iron blades.
Batemyetemye n’embazzi ebintu ebyole, era ne babissessebbula n’obubazzi.
7 They have put on fire your holy place; they have made the place of your name unclean, pulling it down to the earth.
Bookezza awatukuvu wo; ne bafaafaaganya ekifo kyo eky’Erinnya lyo.
8 They have said in their hearts, Let us put an end to them all together; they have given over to the fire all God's places of worship in the land.
Baateesa nga bagamba nti, “Tujja kubazikiririza ddala!” Baayokya dda amasinzizo ga Katonda gonna agali mu nsi eno.
9 We do not see our signs: there is no longer any prophet, or anyone among us to say how long.
Tetukyalaba ku bubonero bwo; ne bannabbi tewakyali n’omu. So tewali n’omu mu ffe ategeera ebyo lwe birikoma.
10 O God, how long will those who are against us say cruel things? will the hater go on looking down on your name for ever?
Ayi Katonda, omulabe alituusa ddi ng’akuduulira? Omulabe anavvoolanga erinnya lyo ennaku zonna? Bazikirize.
11 Why are you keeping back your hand, and covering your right hand in your robe?
Lwaki totuyambye n’omukono gwo ogwa ddyo? Kiki ekikukuumisa omukono gwo ogwa ddyo mu kifuba kyo?
12 For from the past God is my King, working salvation in the earth.
Naye ggwe, Ayi Katonda, oli Kabaka wange wa dda; gw’oleeta obulokozi mu nsi.
13 The sea was parted in two by your strength; the heads of the great sea-beasts were broken.
Ggwe wayawula mu mazzi g’ennyanja; omulabe n’omuzikiririza mu mazzi.
14 The heads of the great snake were crushed by you; you gave them as food to the fishes of the sea.
Wamenyaamenya emitwe gya lukwata ogunene; n’oguwaayo okuba ekyokulya eri ebitonde eby’omu ddungu.
15 You made valleys for fountains and springs; you made the ever-flowing rivers dry.
Ggwe wazibukula ensulo n’emyala; ate n’okaza n’emigga egyakulukutanga bulijjo.
16 The day is yours and the night is yours: you made the light and the sun.
Obudde bw’emisana bubwo, n’ekiro kikyo; ggwe wakola omwezi n’enjuba.
17 By you all the limits of the earth were fixed; you have made summer and winter.
Ggwe wateekawo ensalo z’ensi; ggwe wakola ebiro eby’ekyeya n’eby’obutiti.
18 Keep this in mind, O Lord, that your haters have said cruel things, and that your name has been looked down on by a people of evil behaviour.
Jjukira ebyo, Ayi Katonda, olabe okuduula kw’omulabe, n’abantu abasirusiru nga bwe banyoomodde erinnya lyo.
19 O give not the soul of your dove to the hawk; let not the life of the poor go out of your memory for ever.
Ayi Katonda, towaayo mwoyo gwa jjiba lyo eri ensolo enkambwe; so teweerabiriranga ddala bulamu bw’abantu bo ababonyaabonyezebwa.
20 Keep in mind your undertaking; for the dark places of the earth are full of pride and cruel acts.
Ojjukire endagaano yo; kubanga ensi ejjudde ekizikiza n’abantu abakambwe.
21 O let not the crushed be turned back in shame; let the low man and the poor give praise to your name.
Tokkiriza abo abajoogebwa okuwangulwa; era leka abaavu n’abeetaaga batenderezenga erinnya lyo ennaku zonna.
22 Up! O God, be the judge of your cause; keep in mind the bitter things which the man of evil behaviour says against you every day.
Yimuka, Ayi Katonda, osalire abalabe baffe omusango. Jjukira abo abatakussaamu kitiibwa, nga bwe bakuduulira obudde okuziba.
23 Keep in mind the voice of your haters; the outcry of those who come against you goes up every day.
Tonyooma luyoogaano lw’abalabe bo, n’okuleekaana okwa buli kiseera.
