Zabbuli 139
1 Ya Mukulu wa Bayimbi. Zabbuli ya Dawudi. Ayi Mukama, okebedde omutima gwange, n’otegeera byonna ebiri munda yange.
“To the chief musician, by David, a psalm.” O Lord! thou hast searched me through, and thou knowest [me].
2 Bwe ntuula omanya, ne bwe ngolokoka omanya; era otegeera byonna bye ndowooza, ne bwe mbeera ewala ennyo.
Thou indeed knowest my sitting down and my rising up, thou understandest my thinking while yet afar off.
3 Otegeera okutambula kwange kwonna n’okuwummula kwange. Omanyi amakubo gange gonna.
My walking and my lying down hast thou limited, and with all my ways art thou acquainted.
4 Ekigambo kye nnaayogera, Ayi Mukama, okimanya nga sinnaba na kukyogera.
For, while there is not a word on my tongue, lo, thou, O Lord, knowest it entirely.
5 Ondi mu maaso n’emabega, era ontaddeko omukono gwo.
Behind and before hast thou hedged me in, and thou placest upon me thy hand.
6 Okumanya okw’engeri eyo kunsukkiridde, era nkwewuunya nnyo, kunnema okutegeera.
Too wonderful is such knowledge for me: it is too exalted, I cannot attain unto it.
7 Nnaagenda wa Omwoyo wo gy’atali? Oba nnaagenda wa ggwe gy’otoli?
Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee away from thy presence?
If I should ascend into heaven, thou art there; and if I should make my bed in the nether world, behold, thou art there. (Sheol h7585)
9 Bwe nneebagala empewo ez’oku makya ne zintwala ne mbeera mu bitundu by’ennyanja ebisinga okuba ewala;
If I should lift up the wings of the morning-dawn, if I should dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea:
10 era n’eyo omukono gwo gunannuŋŋamya, omukono gwo ogwa ddyo gunannywezanga.
Even there would thy hand lead me, and thy right hand would seize hold of me.
11 Bwe nnaagamba nti, “Ekizikiza kimbuutikire, n’obudde obw’emisana bwe ndimu bufuuke ekiro.”
If I said, Surely darkness shall enshroud me, and into night [be turned] the light about me:
12 Naye era ekizikiza gy’oli tekiba kizikiza, ekiro kyakaayakana ng’emisana; kubanga gy’oli ekizikiza n’omusana bifaanana.
Yet even darkness can obscure nothing from thee; but the night will shine like the day; both the darkness and the light are alike [to thee].
13 Ggwe watonda byonna ebiri munda mu nze; ggwe wammumbira mu lubuto lwa mmange.
For thou possessest my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.
14 Nkutendereza, kubanga wankola mu ngeri ey’entiisa era ey’ekitalo; emirimu gyo gya kyewuunyo; era ekyo nkimanyidde ddala bulungi.
I will thank thee therefore, that I am [so] fearfully [and] wonderfully made: wonderful are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
15 Wammanya nga ntondebwa, bwe nakolerwa mu kyama; bwe natondebwa mu buziba bw’ensi n’amagezi go amangi.
My being was not concealed from thee, when I was made in secret, when I was [so to say] embroidered in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 Wandaba nga si natondebwa. Ennaku zange zonna ze wanteekerateekera zawandiikibwa mu kitabo kyo.
My undeveloped substance did thy eyes see; and in thy book were all of them written down—the days which have been formed, while yet not one of them was here.
17 By’ondowooleza nga bya muwendo munene, Ayi Katonda! Omuwendo gwabyo munene!
And how precious are unto me thy thoughts, O God! how mightily great is their sum!
18 Singa ngezaako okubibala bisinga omusenyu obungi. Ne bwe ngolokoka mu makya oba okyandowoozaako.
Should I count them, they would be more numerous than the sand: I awake, and I am still with thee.
19 Abakola ebibi batte, Ayi Katonda; abasajja abassi b’abantu banveeko.
If thou wouldst but slay the wicked, O God! and ye men of blood, depart from me.
20 Abantu abo bakwogerako bibi; bakwegulumiririzaako mu butategeera bwabwe.
Who speak of thee for a wicked end, thy enemies, that bear [thy name] for a vain purpose.
21 Abakukyawa, Ayi Mukama, nange mbakyawa; abo abakwegulumiririzaako bansunguwaza.
Behold, those that hate thee I ever hate, O Lord; and for those that rise up against thee do I feel loathing.
22 Mbakyayira ddala nnyo, era mbayita balabe bange.
With the utmost hatred do I hate them: enemies are they become unto me.
23 Nkebera, Ayi Katonda, otegeere omutima gwange. Ngezesa omanye ebirowoozo byange.
Search me through, O God, and know my heart; probe me, and know my thoughts:
24 Olabe obanga mu nze mulimu engeri yonna enkyamu; era onkulembere mu kkubo erintuusa mu bulamu obutaggwaawo.
And see if there be a way of perverseness in me, and lead me on the way of eternity.
