Zabbuli 139
1 Ya Mukulu wa Bayimbi. Zabbuli ya Dawudi. Ayi Mukama, okebedde omutima gwange, n’otegeera byonna ebiri munda yange.
[For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.] LORD, you have searched me, and you know me.
2 Bwe ntuula omanya, ne bwe ngolokoka omanya; era otegeera byonna bye ndowooza, ne bwe mbeera ewala ennyo.
You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.
3 Otegeera okutambula kwange kwonna n’okuwummula kwange. Omanyi amakubo gange gonna.
You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.
4 Ekigambo kye nnaayogera, Ayi Mukama, okimanya nga sinnaba na kukyogera.
For there is not a word on my tongue, but, look, LORD, you know it altogether.
5 Ondi mu maaso n’emabega, era ontaddeko omukono gwo.
You encircle me behind and in front, and you place your hand upon me.
6 Okumanya okw’engeri eyo kunsukkiridde, era nkwewuunya nnyo, kunnema okutegeera.
This knowledge is beyond me. It's lofty. I can't attain it.
7 Nnaagenda wa Omwoyo wo gy’atali? Oba nnaagenda wa ggwe gy’otoli?
Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence?
If I ascend up into heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, look, you are there. (Sheol h7585)
9 Bwe nneebagala empewo ez’oku makya ne zintwala ne mbeera mu bitundu by’ennyanja ebisinga okuba ewala;
If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea;
10 era n’eyo omukono gwo gunannuŋŋamya, omukono gwo ogwa ddyo gunannywezanga.
Even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me.
11 Bwe nnaagamba nti, “Ekizikiza kimbuutikire, n’obudde obw’emisana bwe ndimu bufuuke ekiro.”
If I say, "Surely the darkness will overwhelm me; the light around me will be night;"
12 Naye era ekizikiza gy’oli tekiba kizikiza, ekiro kyakaayakana ng’emisana; kubanga gy’oli ekizikiza n’omusana bifaanana.
even the darkness doesn't hide from you, but the night shines as the day. The darkness is like light to you.
13 Ggwe watonda byonna ebiri munda mu nze; ggwe wammumbira mu lubuto lwa mmange.
For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together 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 give thanks to you, for I am awesomely and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful, and my soul knows that very well.
15 Wammanya nga ntondebwa, bwe nakolerwa mu kyama; bwe natondebwa mu buziba bw’ensi n’amagezi go amangi.
My frame wasn't hidden from you, when I was made in secret, woven together in the depths of the earth.
16 Wandaba nga si natondebwa. Ennaku zange zonna ze wanteekerateekera zawandiikibwa mu kitabo kyo.
Your eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written, the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there were none of them.
17 By’ondowooleza nga bya muwendo munene, Ayi Katonda! Omuwendo gwabyo munene!
How precious to me are your thoughts, God. How vast is the sum of them.
18 Singa ngezaako okubibala bisinga omusenyu obungi. Ne bwe ngolokoka mu makya oba okyandowoozaako.
If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I wake up, I am still with you.
19 Abakola ebibi batte, Ayi Katonda; abasajja abassi b’abantu banveeko.
If only you, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men.
20 Abantu abo bakwogerako bibi; bakwegulumiririzaako mu butategeera bwabwe.
For they speak against you wickedly. Your enemies take your name in vain.
21 Abakukyawa, Ayi Mukama, nange mbakyawa; abo abakwegulumiririzaako bansunguwaza.
LORD, do I not hate those who hate you? Am I not grieved with those who rise up against you?
22 Mbakyayira ddala nnyo, era mbayita balabe bange.
I hate them with perfect hatred. They have become my enemies.
23 Nkebera, Ayi Katonda, otegeere omutima gwange. Ngezesa omanye ebirowoozo byange.
Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.
24 Olabe obanga mu nze mulimu engeri yonna enkyamu; era onkulembere mu kkubo erintuusa mu bulamu obutaggwaawo.
See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way.
