Zabbuli 41
1 Ya Mukulu wa Bayimbi. Zabbuli ya Dawudi. Alina omukisa asaasira omunaku; Mukama amulokola ku lunaku olw’akabi.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Blessed is he who considers the poor. The LORD will deliver him in the day of evil.
2 Mukama anaamukuumanga anaawonyanga obulamu bwe, era anaamuwanga omukisa mu nsi; n’atamuwaayo eri okwegomba kw’abalabe be.
The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive. He shall be blessed on the earth, and he will not surrender him to the will of his enemies.
3 Mukama anaamujjanjabanga nga mulwadde; n’amuwonya mu bulumi.
The LORD will sustain him on his sickbed, and restore him from his bed of illness.
4 Nayogera nti, “Ayi Mukama onsaasire omponye; kubanga nnyonoonye mu maaso go.”
I said, “LORD, have mercy on me! Heal me, for I have sinned against you.”
5 Abalabe bange boogeza obukyayi nti, “Alifa ddi n’okwerabirwa ne yeerabirwa?”
My enemies speak evil against me: “When will he die, and his name perish?”
6 Bwe bajja okundaba beefuula mikwano gyange; naye munda yaabwe bankyawa era basanyuka okulaba nga ngalamidde awo nnumwa. Bwe bansiibula bagenda beesekera nga bwe baduula.
If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.
7 Abalabe bange bonna abo bateesa mu kaama; nga banjogerako ebitali birungi.
All who hate me whisper together against me. They imagine the worst for me.
8 Boogera nti, “Endwadde emukutte mbi nnyo, emukubye wansi tayinza kuwona.”
“An evil disease”, they say, “has afflicted him. Now that he lies he shall rise up no more.”
9 Era ne mukwano gwange gwe neesiganga bwe twalyanga, anneefuukidde.
Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate bread with me, has lifted up his heel against me.
10 Naye ggwe, Ayi Mukama, onsaasire, onzizeemu amaanyi ndyoke nneesasuze.
But you, LORD, have mercy on me, and raise me up, that I may repay them.
11 Mmanyi ng’onsanyukira, kubanga omulabe wange tampangudde.
By this I know that you delight in me, because my enemy doesn’t triumph over me.
12 Onnywezezza mu bwesimbu bwange, ne mbeera mu maaso go ennaku zonna.
As for me, you uphold me in my integrity, and set me in your presence forever.
13 Atenderezebwenga Mukama Katonda wa Isirayiri, oyo eyabaawo okuva edda n’edda lyonna n’okutuusa emirembe gyonna.
Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting! Amen and amen.
