Zabbuli 121

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

“A song for the degrees.” I lift up my eyes unto the mountains: whence shall come my help?

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

My help is from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.

3 Taliganya kigere kyo kusagaasagana; oyo akukuuma taabongootenga.

He will not suffer thy foot to slip: thy keeper doth not slumber.

4 Laba, oyo akuuma Isirayiri taabongootenga so teyeebakenga.

Behold, he slumbereth not, and he sleepeth not—the keeper of Israel.

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

The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade, he is on thy right hand.

6 emisana enjuba teekwokyenga, wadde omwezi ekiro.

By day the sun shall not strike thee, nor the moon by night.

7 Mukama anaakukuumanga mu buli kabi; anaalabiriranga obulamu bwo.

The Lord will guard thee against all evil: he will guard thy soul.

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

The Lord will guard thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth and for evermore.