Zabbuli 44
1 Ya mukulu wa bayimbi. Zabbuli ya Batabani ba Koola. Ayi Katonda, twawulira n’amatu gaffe, bajjajjaffe baatubuulira, ebyo bye wakola mu biro byabwe, mu nnaku ez’edda ezaayita.
We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work you did in their days, in the times of old.
2 Nga bwe wagoba amawanga mu nsi n’ogiwa bajjajjaffe, wasaanyaawo amawanga n’okulaakulanya bajjajjaffe.
How you did drive out the heathen with your hand, and planted them; how you did afflict the people, and cast them out.
3 Ekitala kyabwe si kye kyabaleetera okuwangula ensi, n’omukono gwabwe si gwe gwabalokola; wabula baawangula n’omukono gwo ogwa ddyo awamu n’obulungi bwo, kubanga wabaagala.
For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your countenance, because you had a favor to them.
4 Ggwe oli Kabaka wange, era Katonda wange; awa Yakobo obuwanguzi.
You are my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
5 Ku lulwo tunaawangulanga abalabe baffe; ku lw’erinnya lyo tunaalinnyiriranga abalabe baffe.
Through you will we push down our enemies: through your name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
6 Ddala ddala omutego gwange ogw’obusaale si gwe neesiga, n’ekitala kyange si kye kimpa obuwanguzi.
For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
7 Wabula ggwe otulokola mu balabe baffe, n’oswaza abo abatuyigganya.
But you have saved us from our enemies, and have put them to shame that hated us.
8 Twenyumiririza mu Katonda olunaku lwonna. Era tunaatenderezanga erinnya lyo emirembe gyonna.
In God we boast all the day long, and praise your name for ever. (Selah)
9 Naye kaakano otusudde ne tuswala; era tokyatabaala na magye gaffe.
But you have cast off, and put us to shame; and go not forth with our armies.
10 Watuzza emabega okuva mu bifo mwe twali ng’abalabe baffe balaba, abatuyigganya ne batunyaga.
You make us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.
11 Watuwaayo okuliibwa ng’endiga; n’otusaasaanya mu mawanga.
You have given us like sheep appointed for meat; and have scattered us among the heathen.
12 Watunda abantu bo omuwendo mutono nnyo, n’otobaako ky’oganyulwa.
You sell your people for nothing, and do not increase your wealth by their price.
13 Watufuula ekivume eri baliraanwa baffe, ekinyoomebwa era ekisekererwa abo abatwetoolodde.
You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
14 Otufudde ekinyoomebwa mu mawanga gonna; era abantu banyeenya emitwe gyabwe.
You make us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
15 Nswazibwa obudde okuziba, amaaso gange ne gajjula ensonyi,
My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face has covered me,
16 olw’abo abangigganya, abanvuma nga tebandabamu ka buntu, olw’omulabe amaliridde okuwoolera eggwanga.
For the voice of him that reproaches and blasphemes; by reason of the enemy and avenger.
17 Ebyo byonna bitutuseeko, newaakubadde nga tetukwerabidde, wadde obutagondera ndagaano yo.
All this is come on us; yet have we not forgotten you, neither have we dealt falsely in your covenant.
18 Omutima gwaffe tegukuvuddeeko, so tetugaanyi kutambulira mu kkubo lyo.
Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from your way;
19 Naye ggwe otubonerezza n’otulekera emisege, n’otuleka mu kizikiza ekikutte.
Though you have sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
20 Ddala singa twerabira erinnya lya Katonda waffe, ne tusinza katonda omulala,
If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
21 ekyo Katonda waffe teyandikizudde? Kubanga ye amanyi n’ebikisibwa mu mutima.
Shall not God search this out? for he knows the secrets of the heart.
22 Katonda waffe, tetukuvuddeeko, kubanga ku lulwo tuttibwa obudde okuziba, era tuli ng’endiga ez’okusalibwa.
Yes, for your sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Golokoka Ayi Mukama, lwaki weebase? Zuukuka! Totusuula Ayi Mukama!
Awake, why sleep you, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
24 Lwaki otwekwese? Lwaki tofaayo ku kulumwa kwaffe n’okujoogebwa?
Why hide you your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?
25 Ddala ddala tusuuliddwa mu nfuufu; tuli ku ttaka.
For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly sticks to the earth.
26 Golokoka otuyambe; tulokole olw’okwagala kwo okutaggwaawo.
Arise for our help, and redeem us for your mercies’ sake.
