Zabbuli 121

1 Oluyimba nga balinnya amadaala. Nnyimusa amaaso gange eri ensozi, okubeerwa kwange kuva wa?

A Song of Degrees. I lifted up mine eyes to the mountains, whence my help shall come.

2 Okubeerwa kwange kuva eri Mukama, eyakola eggulu n’ensi.

My help [shall come] from the Lord, who made the heaven and the earth.

3 Taliganya kigere kyo kusagaasagana; oyo akukuuma taabongootenga.

Let not your foot be moved; and let not your keeper slumber.

4 Laba, oyo akuuma Isirayiri taabongootenga so teyeebakenga.

Behold, he that keeps Israel shall not slumber nor sleep.

5 Mukama ye mukuumi wo; Mukama y’akusiikiriza ku mukono gwo ogwa ddyo;

The Lord shall keep you: the Lord is your shelter upon your right hand.

6 emisana enjuba teekwokyenga, wadde omwezi ekiro.

The sun shall not burn you by day, neither the moon by night.

7 Mukama anaakukuumanga mu buli kabi; anaalabiriranga obulamu bwo.

May the Lord preserve you from all evil: the Lord shall keep your soul.

8 Mukama anaakukumanga amagenda go n’amadda, okuva leero n’okutuusa emirembe gyonna.

The Lord shall keep your coming in, and your going out, from henceforth and even for ever.