Zabbuli 109
1 Ya Makulu wa Bayimbi. Zabbuli ya Dawudi. Ayi Katonda wange gwe ntendereza, tonsiriikirira.
God, you are the one whom I praise, [So please] answer [my prayer],
2 Kubanga abantu abakola ebibi era abalimba, banjogeddeko eby’obulimba.
because wicked people slander me and tell [MTY] lies about me.
3 Banfukumulidde ebigambo eby’obukyayi, ne bannumbagana awatali nsonga.
They are constantly saying that they hate me, and they say evil things about me for no reason.
4 Bwe mbalaga omukwano, bo bandaga bukyayi; kyokka nze mbasabira.
I show them that I want to be their friends and I pray for them, but [instead of being kind to me], they say that I have done evil things.
5 Bwe mbakolera ebirungi bo bansasulamu bibi; bwe mbalaga okwagala bo bankyawa bukyayi.
In return for my doing good things for them and loving them, they do evil things to me and hate me.
6 Mumulabire omuntu omukozi w’ebibi amwolekere; wabeewo amuwawaabira.
They said, “Appoint a wicked [judge] who will judge him, and bring in one of his enemies who will stand up and accuse him.
7 Bwe banaawoza, omusango gumusinge; n’okusaba kwe kufuuke kwonoona.
And cause that when the trial [ends], [the judge will] declare that he is guilty, and that [even] his prayer will be considered to be a sin.
8 Aleme kuwangaala; omuntu omulala amusikire.
[Then], cause that he will soon die and that someone else will have his job/work (OR, possessions).
9 Abaana be basigalire awo nga tebaliiko kitaabwe, ne mukyala we afuuke nnamwandu.
Cause that his children will not have a father any more and that his wife will become a widow.
10 Abaana be bataataaganenga nga bagenda basabiriza; bagobebwe ne mu bifulukwa mwe basula.
Cause that his children will be forced to leave the ruined homes that they have been living in and wander around begging for food.
11 Amubanja ajje awambe ebibye byonna; n’abagwira bamunyageko ebintu bye byonna bye yakolerera.
Cause that all the people to whom he owed money will seize all his property; Cause that strangers will take away everything that he worked to acquire.
12 Waleme kubaawo amusaasira, wadde akolera abaana be ebyekisa.
Cause that [while he is still living] no one will be kind to him, and [after he dies], cause that no one will pity his children.
13 Ezzadde lye lizikirizibwe, n’amannya g’abazzukulu be gasangulwe mu ago ag’omu mulembe oguliddirira.
Cause that all his descendants will die and that his grandchildren will not remember who he [MTY] was.
14 Mukama ajjukirenga ebyonoono bya bakadde be; n’ekibi kya nnyina kireme kwerabirwanga.
Yahweh, remember [and do not forgive] his ancestors for the evil things that they did, and do not [even] forgive the sins that his mother committed;
15 Mukama ajjukirenga ebyonoono byabwe bulijjo, n’ensi ebeerabirire ddala.
think about his sins continually, and cause that his name will be completely forgotten.
16 Kubanga talowoozangako kukolera muntu yenna kya kisa; naye yayigganyanga abaavu, n’abeetaaga, n’abanakuwavu n’abatuusa ne ku kufa.
He never was kind to anyone; he (persecuted/cause problems for) poor and needy [people] and even killed helpless [people].
17 Yayagalanga nnyo okukolima; kale ebikolimo bimwefuulire. Teyayagalanga mikisa; kale gimwesambire ddala!
He liked to curse [people]. [So] cause those terrible things that he requested to happen to others to happen to him! He did not want to bless [others], [so] cause that no one will bless him!
18 Yeeteekako okukolima ng’ekyambalo, ne kumutobya ng’amazzi, ne kuyingira mu magumba ge ng’amafuta.
He cursed other people [as often/easily] as he put on his clothes [SIM]; cause that the terrible things that he wanted to happen to others will [happen to him and] enter his body like water [that he drinks] [SIM], like [olive] oil soaks into a person’s bones [when it is rubbed on his skin] [SIM].
19 Kubeerenga ng’ekyambalo ky’ayambadde, era ng’olukoba lwe yeesibye emirembe gyonna.
Cause that those terrible things will cling to him like his clothes and be around him like the belt that he wears every day.”
20 Ebyo byonna y’eba ebeera empeera, Mukama gy’awa abo abandoopaloopa, era abanjogerako eby’akabi ebyereere.
Yahweh, I want you to punish all my enemies that way, those who say evil things about me.
21 Naye ggwe, Ayi Mukama Katonda wange, nnwanirira olw’erinnya lyo; era omponye olw’okwagala kwo okulungi okutaggwaawo.
But Yahweh, my God, do good things for me in order that I may honor you; rescue me [from my enemies] because your faithfully loving me is good.
22 Kubanga ndi mwavu era ali mu kwetaaga, n’omutima gwange gunyolwa nnyo.
[I ask you to do this] because I am poor and needy and my inner being is (full of pain/very troubled/discouraged).
23 Sikyaliwo, ndi ng’ekisiikirize eky’akawungeezi; mmansuddwa eri ng’enzige.
[I think that] my time [to remain alive] is short, like an evening shadow [that will soon disappear] [SIM]. I will be blown away like a locust/grasshopper is blown [by the wind].
24 Amaviivi gange ganafuye olw’okusiiba; omubiri gwange gukozze ne guggwaamu ensa.
My knees are weak because I have (fasted/abstained from eating food) very often, and my body has become very thin.
25 Abandoopaloopa bansekerera; bwe bandaba nga banyeenyeza omutwe.
The people who accuse me make fun of me; when they see me, they [insult me by] shaking their heads [at me as though I were an evil man].
26 Mbeera, Ayi Mukama Katonda wange! Ondokole ng’okwagala kwo okutaggwaawo bwe kuli.
Yahweh, my God, help me! Because you faithfully love [me], rescue me!
27 Baleke bategeere nti ggwe okikoze, n’omukono gwo Ayi Mukama.
[When you save me], cause my enemies to know that you are the one who has done it!
28 Balikoma, naye ggwe olimpa omukisa! Leka abannumbagana baswale, naye nze omuddu wo nga nsanyuka!
They may curse me, but I ask that you bless me. Cause those who (persecute/cause problems for) me [to be defeated and as a result] to be disgraced/ashamed, and cause me to be glad/happy!
29 Abandoopa baswazibwe, n’ensonyi zaabwe zibabuzeeko obwekyusizo.
Cause those who accuse me to be completely disgraced; cause [other people to see] that they are disgraced, as [easily as they see] the clothes that they wear [SIM]!
30 Nneebazanga Mukama n’akamwa kange; nnaamutenderezanga wakati mu kibiina ekinene.
But I will thank Yahweh very greatly; I will praise him [when I am] among the crowd [of people who are worshiping him].
31 Kubanga alwanirira omunaku ali mu kwetaaga, n’amuwonya abo abaagala afe.
[I will do that] because he defends [MTY] needy [people like me], and saves us from those who have decided/declared that we must be executed.
