Psalms 74
1 [A Psalm] of instruction for Asaph. Therefore have you rejected [us], O God, for ever? [therefore] is your wrath kindled against the sheep of your pasture?
Zabbuli ya Asafu. Ayi Katonda, lwaki otusuulidde ddala ennaku zonna? Obusungu bwo lwaki bunyookera ku ndiga z’omu ddundiro lyo?
2 Remember your congregation which you have purchased from the beginning; you did ransom the rod of your inheritance; this mount Sion wherein you have lived.
Ojjukire abantu bo be wagula edda; ekika kye wanunula okuba ababo. Ojjukire olusozi Sayuuni gye wabeeranga.
3 Lift up your hands against their pride continually; [because of] all that the enemy has done wickedly in your holy places.
Tambulatambulako mu bifo by’ekibuga olabe bwe byonooneddwa! Olabe omulabe nga bw’azikirizza ennyumba yo.
4 And they that hate you have boasted in the midst of your feast; they have set up their standards for signs,
Abalabe bo baleekaanira mu kifo kyo gye twakuŋŋaaniranga; ne bagenda nga bakiramba n’ebendera zaabwe.
5 ignorantly as it were in the entrance above;
Beeyisa ng’abantu ababagalidde embazzi abatema emiti mu kibira.
6 they cut down its doors at once with axes as in a wood of trees; they have broken it down with hatchet and stone cutter.
Batemyetemye n’embazzi ebintu ebyole, era ne babissessebbula n’obubazzi.
7 They have burnt your sanctuary with fire to the ground; they have profaned the habitation of your name.
Bookezza awatukuvu wo; ne bafaafaaganya ekifo kyo eky’Erinnya lyo.
8 They have said in their heart, [even] all their kindred together, Come, let us abolish the feasts of the Lord from the earth.
Baateesa nga bagamba nti, “Tujja kubazikiririza ddala!” Baayokya dda amasinzizo ga Katonda gonna agali mu nsi eno.
9 We have not seen our signs; there is no longer a prophet; and [God] will not know us any more.
Tetukyalaba ku bubonero bwo; ne bannabbi tewakyali n’omu. So tewali n’omu mu ffe ategeera ebyo lwe birikoma.
10 How long, O God, shall the enemy reproach? shall the enemy provoke your name forever?
Ayi Katonda, omulabe alituusa ddi ng’akuduulira? Omulabe anavvoolanga erinnya lyo ennaku zonna? Bazikirize.
11 Therefore turn you away your hand, and your right hand from the midst of your bosom for ever?
Lwaki totuyambye n’omukono gwo ogwa ddyo? Kiki ekikukuumisa omukono gwo ogwa ddyo mu kifuba kyo?
12 But God is our King of old; he has wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.
Naye ggwe, Ayi Katonda, oli Kabaka wange wa dda; gw’oleeta obulokozi mu nsi.
13 You did establish the sea, in your might, you did break to pieces the heads of the dragons in the water.
Ggwe wayawula mu mazzi g’ennyanja; omulabe n’omuzikiririza mu mazzi.
14 You did break to pieces the heads of the dragon; you did give him [for] meat to the Ethiopian nations.
Wamenyaamenya emitwe gya lukwata ogunene; n’oguwaayo okuba ekyokulya eri ebitonde eby’omu ddungu.
15 You did cleave fountains and torrents; you dried up mighty rivers.
Ggwe wazibukula ensulo n’emyala; ate n’okaza n’emigga egyakulukutanga bulijjo.
16 The day is your, and the night is your; you have prepared the sun and the moon.
Obudde bw’emisana bubwo, n’ekiro kikyo; ggwe wakola omwezi n’enjuba.
17 You have made all the borders of the earth; you have made summer and spring.
Ggwe wateekawo ensalo z’ensi; ggwe wakola ebiro eby’ekyeya n’eby’obutiti.
18 Remember this your creation: an enemy has reproached the Lord, and a foolish people has provoked your name.
Jjukira ebyo, Ayi Katonda, olabe okuduula kw’omulabe, n’abantu abasirusiru nga bwe banyoomodde erinnya lyo.
19 Deliver not to the wild beasts a soul that gives praise to you: forget not for ever the souls of your poor.
Ayi Katonda, towaayo mwoyo gwa jjiba lyo eri ensolo enkambwe; so teweerabiriranga ddala bulamu bw’abantu bo ababonyaabonyezebwa.
20 Look upon your covenant: for the dark [places] of the earth are filled with the habitations of iniquity.
Ojjukire endagaano yo; kubanga ensi ejjudde ekizikiza n’abantu abakambwe.
21 let not the afflicted and shamed one be rejected: the poor and needy shall praise your name.
Tokkiriza abo abajoogebwa okuwangulwa; era leka abaavu n’abeetaaga batenderezenga erinnya lyo ennaku zonna.
22 Arise, O God, plead your cause: remember your reproaches that come from the foolish one all the day.
Yimuka, Ayi Katonda, osalire abalabe baffe omusango. Jjukira abo abatakussaamu kitiibwa, nga bwe bakuduulira obudde okuziba.
23 Forget not the voice of your suppliants: let the pride of them that hate you continually ascend before you.
Tonyooma luyoogaano lw’abalabe bo, n’okuleekaana okwa buli kiseera.
