Zabbuli 121

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

[When we travel toward Jerusalem], I look up toward the hills [and I ask myself], “Who will help me?”

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

[And my answer is] that Yahweh is the one who helps me; he is the one who made heaven and the earth.

3 Taliganya kigere kyo kusagaasagana; oyo akukuuma taabongootenga.

He will not allow us to fall/stumble; God, who protects us, will not fall asleep.

4 Laba, oyo akuuma Isirayiri taabongootenga so teyeebakenga.

The one who protects us Israeli people never gets sleepy, nor does he sleep [LIT].

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

Yahweh watches over us; he is like the shade [MET] [that protects us from the sun].

6 emisana enjuba teekwokyenga, wadde omwezi ekiro.

[He will not allow] the sun to harm us during the day, and [he will not allow] the moon to harm us during the night.

7 Mukama anaakukuumanga mu buli kabi; anaalabiriranga obulamu bwo.

Yahweh will protect us from being harmed in any manner; he will keep us safe.

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

He will protect us from the time that we leave [our houses in the morning] until we return [in the evening]; he will protect us now, and he will protect us forever.