Zabbuli 121

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

I have lifted up my eyes to the mountains, from whence help shall come to me.

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

My help is from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

3 Taliganya kigere kyo kusagaasagana; oyo akukuuma taabongootenga.

May he not suffer thy foot to be moved: neither let him slumber that keepeth thee.

4 Laba, oyo akuuma Isirayiri taabongootenga so teyeebakenga.

Behold he shall neither slumber nor sleep, that keepeth Israel.

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

The Lord is thy keeper, the Lord is thy protection upon thy right hand.

6 emisana enjuba teekwokyenga, wadde omwezi ekiro.

The sun shall not burn thee by day: nor the moon by night.

7 Mukama anaakukuumanga mu buli kabi; anaalabiriranga obulamu bwo.

The Lord keepeth thee from all evil: may the Lord keep thy soul.

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

May the Lord keep thy going in and thy going out; from henceforth now and for ever.