Zabbuli 10
1 Lwaki otwekwese, Ayi Mukama? Lwaki otwekwese mu biseera eby’emitawaana?
Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? [why] hidest thou [thyself] in times of trouble?
2 Omubi, mu malala ge, ayigganya abanafu; muleke agwe mu nkwe ezo z’asaze.
The wicked in [his] pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
3 Kubanga omubi yeewaana ng’anyumya ku bibi ebiri mu mutima gwe, agabula aboomululu n’avuma Mukama.
For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, [whom] the LORD abhorreth.
4 Omubi mu malala ge tanoonya Katonda.
The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek [after God]: God [is] not in all his thoughts.
5 Buli ky’akola kimugendera bulungi. Amateeka go tagafaako, era n’abalabe be abanyooma.
His ways are always grievous; thy judgments [are] far above out of his sight: [as for] all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
6 Ayogera mu mutima gwe nti, “Sikangibwa, nzija kusanyuka emirembe gyonna.”
He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for [I shall] never [be] in adversity.
7 Mu kamwa ke mujjudde okukolima n’obulimba awamu n’okutiisatiisa; ebigambo bye bya mutawaana era bibi.
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue [is] mischief and vanity.
8 Yeekukuma mu byalo okutemula abantu abataliiko musango. Yeekweka ng’aliimisa b’anatta.
He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.
9 Asooba mu kyama ng’empologoma, ng’alindirira okuzinduukiriza abateesobola. Abakwasa n’abatwalira mu kitimba kye.
He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
10 B’abonyaabonya bagwa wansi ne babetentebwa ng’amaanyi g’omubi gabasukkiridde.
He croucheth, [and] humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
11 Ayogera mu mutima gwe nti, “Katonda yeerabidde, amaaso ge agakwese, era takyaddayo kubiraba.”
He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see [it].
12 Golokoka, Ayi Mukama, ozikirize omubi, Ayi Katonda; abanaku tobeerabiranga.
Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thy hand: forget not the humble.
13 Omuntu omubi ayinza atya okukunyooma, Ayi Katonda, n’agamba mu mutima gwe nti “Sigenda kwennyonnyolako?”
Why doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt 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.
Thou hast seen [it]; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite [it] with thy hand: the poor committeth himself to thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
15 Malawo amaanyi g’omwonoonyi, muyite abyogere ebyo ebibadde bitajja kuzuulwa.
Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil [man]: seek out his wickedness [till] thou shalt find none.
16 Mukama ye Kabaka emirembe n’emirembe. Amawanga galizikirizibwa mu nsi ye.
The LORD [is] King for ever and ever: the heathen have perished out of his land.
17 Mukama awulira okwetaaga kw’ababonyaabonyezebwa, ogumye emitima gyabwe; otege okutu kwo obaanukule.
LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thy ear to hear:
18 Olwanirira abataliiko bakitaabwe n’abajoogebwa; omuntu obuntu ow’oku nsi n’ataddayo kubatiisa.
To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
