Zabbuli 121

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

song to/for step to lift: raise eye my to(wards) [the] mountain: mount from where? to come (in): come helper my

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

helper my from from with LORD to make heaven and land: country/planet

3 Taliganya kigere kyo kusagaasagana; oyo akukuuma taabongootenga.

not to give: allow to/for yoke foot your not to slumber to keep: guard you

4 Laba, oyo akuuma Isirayiri taabongootenga so teyeebakenga.

behold not to slumber and not to sleep to keep: guard Israel

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

LORD to keep: guard you LORD shadow your upon hand right your

6 emisana enjuba teekwokyenga, wadde omwezi ekiro.

by day [the] sun not to smite you and moon in/on/with night

7 Mukama anaakukuumanga mu buli kabi; anaalabiriranga obulamu bwo.

LORD to keep: guard you from all bad: evil to keep: guard [obj] soul: life your

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

LORD to keep: guard to come out: come you and to come (in): come you from now and till forever: enduring