Zabbuli 123

1 Oluyimba nga balinnya amadaala. Nnyimusa amaaso gange gy’oli, Ayi ggwe atuula ku ntebe ey’obwakabaka mu ggulu.

A song of ascents. To you I lift up my eyes, you who are enthroned in the heavens.

2 Amaaso g’abaddu nga bwe gatunuulira omukono gwa mukama waabwe; n’amaaso g’omuweereza omukazi nga bwe gatunuulira omukono gwa mugole we, n’amaaso gaffe bwe gatyo bwe gatunuulira Mukama Katonda waffe, okutuusa lw’alitusaasira.

See, as the eyes of servants look to their master's hand, as the eyes of a maid look to her mistress's hand, so our eyes look to Yahweh our God until he has mercy on us.

3 Tusaasire, Ayi Mukama, tusaasire, kubanga tunyoomeddwa nnyo ddala.

Have mercy on us, Yahweh, have mercy on us, for we are filled with humiliation.

4 Emitima gyaffe gijjudde ennaku olw’okuduulirwa abo abeeyagala, n’okunyoomebwa ab’amalala.

We are more than full of the scoffing of the insolent and with the contempt of the proud.