Zabbuli 10
1 Lwaki otwekwese, Ayi Mukama? Lwaki otwekwese mu biseera eby’emitawaana?
Why stand you afar off, O Lord? [why] do you overlook [us] in times of need, in affliction?
2 Omubi, mu malala ge, ayigganya abanafu; muleke agwe mu nkwe ezo z’asaze.
While the ungodly one acts proudly, the poor is hotly pursued: [the wicked] are taken in the crafty counsels which they imagine.
3 Kubanga omubi yeewaana ng’anyumya ku bibi ebiri mu mutima gwe, agabula aboomululu n’avuma Mukama.
Because the sinner praises himself for the desires of his heart; and the unjust one blesses himself.
4 Omubi mu malala ge tanoonya Katonda.
The sinner has provoked the Lord: according to the abundance of his pride he will not seek after [him]: God is not before him.
5 Buli ky’akola kimugendera bulungi. Amateeka go tagafaako, era n’abalabe be abanyooma.
His ways are profane at all times; your judgements are removed from before him: he will gain the mastery over all his enemies.
6 Ayogera mu mutima gwe nti, “Sikangibwa, nzija kusanyuka emirembe gyonna.”
For he has said in his heart, I shall not be moved, [continuing] without evil from generation to generation.
7 Mu kamwa ke mujjudde okukolima n’obulimba awamu n’okutiisatiisa; ebigambo bye bya mutawaana era bibi.
Whose mouth is full of cursing, and bitterness, and fraud: under his tongue are trouble and pain.
8 Yeekukuma mu byalo okutemula abantu abataliiko musango. Yeekweka ng’aliimisa b’anatta.
He lies in wait with rich [men] in secret places, in order to kill the innocent: his eyes are set against the poor.
9 Asooba mu kyama ng’empologoma, ng’alindirira okuzinduukiriza abateesobola. Abakwasa n’abatwalira mu kitimba kye.
He lies in wait in secret as a lion in his den: he lies in wait to ravish the poor, to ravish the poor when he draws him [after him]: he will bring him down in his snare.
10 B’abonyaabonya bagwa wansi ne babetentebwa ng’amaanyi g’omubi gabasukkiridde.
He will bow down and fall when he has mastered the poor.
11 Ayogera mu mutima gwe nti, “Katonda yeerabidde, amaaso ge agakwese, era takyaddayo kubiraba.”
For he has said in his heart, God has forgotten: he has turned away his face so as never to look.
12 Golokoka, Ayi Mukama, ozikirize omubi, Ayi Katonda; abanaku tobeerabiranga.
Arise, O Lord God; let your hand be lifted up: forget not the poor.
13 Omuntu omubi ayinza atya okukunyooma, Ayi Katonda, n’agamba mu mutima gwe nti “Sigenda kwennyonnyolako?”
Therefore, has the wicked provoked God? for he has said in his heart, He will not require [it].
14 Naye ggwe, Ayi Katonda, ennaku zaabwe n’okubonaabona kwabwe obiraba era ojja kubikolako. Ateesobola yeewaayo mu mikono gyo, kubanga gwe mubeezi w’abatalina bakitaabwe.
You see [it]; for you do observe trouble and wrath, to deliver them into your hands: the poor has been left to you; you were a helper to the orphan.
15 Malawo amaanyi g’omwonoonyi, muyite abyogere ebyo ebibadde bitajja kuzuulwa.
Break you the arm of the sinner and wicked man: his sin shall be sought for, and shall not be found.
16 Mukama ye Kabaka emirembe n’emirembe. Amawanga galizikirizibwa mu nsi ye.
The Lord shall reign for ever, even for ever and ever: you Gentiles shall perish out his land.
17 Mukama awulira okwetaaga kw’ababonyaabonyezebwa, ogumye emitima gyabwe; otege okutu kwo obaanukule.
The Lord has heard the desire of the poor: your ear has inclined to the preparation of their heart;
18 Olwanirira abataliiko bakitaabwe n’abajoogebwa; omuntu obuntu ow’oku nsi n’ataddayo kubatiisa.
to plead for the orphan and afflicted, that man may no more boast upon the earth.
