Zabbuli 148
1 Mutendereze Mukama! Mumutendereze nga musinziira mu ggulu, mumutenderereze mu bifo ebiri waggulu.
Alleluia. Praise the Lord from the heavens. Praise him on the heights.
2 Mumutendereze mmwe mwenna bamalayika be, mumutendereze mmwe mwenna eggye lye ery’omu ggulu.
Praise him, all his Angels. Praise him, all his hosts.
3 Mmwe enjuba n’omwezi mutendereze Mukama, nammwe mwenna emmunyeenye ezaaka mumutendereze.
Praise him, sun and moon. Praise him, all stars and light.
4 Tendereza Mukama ggwe eggulu eriri waggulu ennyo, naawe amazzi agali waggulu w’eggulu.
Praise him, heavens of the heavens. And let all the waters that are above the heavens
5 Leka byonna bitendereze erinnya lya Mukama! Kubanga ye yalagira, ne bitondebwa.
praise the name of the Lord. For he spoke, and they became. He commanded, and they were created.
6 Yabinywereza ddala mu bifo byabyo ennaku zonna, n’ateekawo etteeka eritaliggwaawo.
He has stationed them in eternity, and for age after age. He has established a precept, and it will not pass away.
7 Mumutendereze nga musinziira ku nsi, mmwe balukwata n’ebifo byonna eby’omu buziba bw’ennyanja,
Praise the Lord from the earth: you dragons and all deep places,
8 mmwe okumyansa, n’omuzira ogw’amakerenda, n’omuzira ogukutte era n’olufu, naawe kikuŋŋunta, mugondere ekiragiro kye,
fire, hail, snow, ice, windstorms, which do his word,
9 mmwe agasozi n’obusozi, emiti egy’ebibala n’emivule;
mountains and all hills, fruitful trees and all cedars,
10 ensolo ez’omu nsiko era n’ente zonna, ebyewalula n’ebinyonyi ebibuuka,
wild beasts and all cattle, serpents and feathered flying things,
11 bakabaka b’ensi n’amawanga gonna, abalangira n’abafuzi bonna ab’ensi,
kings of the earth and all peoples, leaders and all judges of the earth,
12 abavubuka abalenzi n’abawala; abantu abakulu n’abaana abato.
young men and virgins. Let the older men with the younger men, praise the name of the Lord.
13 Bitendereze erinnya lya Mukama, kubanga erinnya lye lyokka lye ligulumizibwa; ekitiibwa kye kisinga byonna eby’omu nsi n’eby’omu ggulu.
For his name alone is exalted.
14 Abantu be abawadde amaanyi, era agulumizizza abatukuvu be, be bantu be Isirayiri abakolagana naye. Mutendereze Mukama.
Confession of him is beyond heaven and earth, and he has exalted the horn of his people. A hymn to all his holy ones, to the sons of Israel, to a people close to him. Alleluia.
