Zabbuli 16
1 Ya Dawudi. Onkuume, Ayi Katonda, kubanga ggwe buddukiro bwange.
Michtam. Of David. Keep me safe, O God: for in you I have put my faith.
2 Nagamba Mukama nti, “Ggwe Mukama wange, ebirungi byonna bye nnina biva gy’oli.”
O my soul, you have said to the Lord, You are my Lord: I have no good but you.
3 Abatukuvu abali mu nsi be njagala era mu bo mwe nsanyukira.
As for the saints who are in the earth, they are the noble in whom is all my delight.
4 Ennaku y’abo abagoberera bakatonda abalala yeeyongera. Siriwaayo ssaddaaka zaabwe ez’omusaayi, wadde okusinza bakatonda baabwe.
Their sorrows will be increased who go after another god: I will not take drink offerings from their hands, or take their names on my lips.
5 Mukama, ggwe mugabo gwange, era ggw’oliisa obulamu bwange; era ggw’olabirira ebyange.
The Lord is my heritage and the wine of my cup; you are the supporter of my right.
6 Ensalo zange ziri mu bifo ebisanyusa, ddala ddala omugabo omulungi.
Fair are the places marked out for me; I have a noble heritage.
7 Nnaatenderezanga Mukama kubanga annuŋŋamya ne mu kiro ayigiriza omutima gwange.
I will give praise to the Lord who has been my guide; knowledge comes to me from my thoughts in the night.
8 Nkulembeza Mukama buli kiseera, era ali ku mukono gwange ogwa ddyo, siinyeenyezebwenga.
I have put the Lord before me at all times; because he is at my right hand, I will not be moved.
9 Noolwekyo omutima gwange gusanyuka, n’akamwa kange ne kajaguza; era n’omubiri gwange gunaabeeranga mu mirembe.
Because of this my heart is glad, and my glory is full of joy: while my flesh takes its rest in hope.
For you will not let my soul be prisoned in the underworld; you will not let your loved one see the place of death. (Sheol h7585)
11 Olindaga ekkubo ery’obulamu; w’oli we wanaabanga essanyu erijjuvu, era mu mukono gwo ogwa ddyo nga mwe muli ebisanyusa emirembe gyonna.
You will make clear to me the way of life; where you are joy is complete; in your right hand there are pleasures for ever and ever.
