Zabbuli 141
1 Zabbuli Ya Dawudi. Ayi Mukama nkukaabira; oyanguwe okujja gye ndi! Owulire eddoboozi lyange, nga nkukoowoola.
A psalm of David. Lord, I call to you: hasten, to me, attend to my voice, when I call to you.
2 Okusaba kwange kubeere ng’ebyakaloosa mu maaso go, n’okugolola emikono gyange gy’oli kubeere nga ssaddaaka ey’akawungeezi.
Let my prayer be presented as incense before you, and my uplifted hands as the evening meal-offering.
3 Onkuume, Ayi Mukama, nneme okwasamya akamwa kange, era bwe njogera onkomeko.
Set, O Lord, a watch on my mouth, put a guard on the door of my lips.
4 Okyuse omutima gwange guleme kugoberera kibi, n’okwemalira mu bikolwa ebibi; nneme okwetaba n’abantu abakola ebitali bya butuukirivu, wadde okulya ku mmere yaabwe.
Incline not my heart to an evil matter, to busy myself in deeds of wickedness, in company with workers of evil: never may I partake of their dainties.
5 Leka omuntu omutuukirivu ankube, kubanga anaaba ankwatiddwa ekisa; muleke annenye, ekyo kinaaba ng’amafuta amalungi agafukiddwa ku mutwe gwange; sijja kugagaana. Naye nnaasabanga bulijjo nga sikkiriziganya na babi wadde n’ebikolwa byabwe.
A wound or reproof from a good person in kindness is oil which my head shall never refuse. In their misfortune my prayer is still with them.
6 Abakola ebibi bwe baliweebwayo eri ab’okubasalira omusango, olwo ne balyoka bayiga nti ebigambo byange bya mazima.
Abandoned they are to the hands of their judges: they shall learn that my words are true.
7 Balyogera nti, “Ng’omuntu bw’akabala n’akuba amavuunike, n’amagumba gaffe bwe galisaasaanyizibwa bwe gatyo mu kamwa k’emagombe.” (Sheol h7585)
Like stones on a country road cleft and broken so lie our bones scattered for Death to devour. (Sheol h7585)
8 Naye nze amaaso ngatadde ku ggwe, Ayi Mukama Katonda; mu ggwe mwe neekwese, tondeka nga sirina anambeera!
But my eyes are turned towards you, O Lord. Do not pour out my life, for in you I take refuge.
9 Nkuuma omponye omutego gwe banteze, n’ebitimba by’abo abakola ebitali bya butuukirivu.
Keep me safe from the trap they have laid for me, from the snares of the workers of trouble.
10 Ebitimba bye banteze abakola ebibi abo bonna, baleke babigwemu, kyokka nze mpone.
Into their own nets let wicked people fall; while I pass by in safety.
