< Zabbuli 48 >

1 Oluyimba. Zabbuli ya Batabani ba Koola. Mukama mukulu, asaanira okutenderezebwa ennyo mu kibuga kya Katonda waffe, ku lusozi lwe olutukuvu.
A Melodious Song. For the Sons of Korah. Great is Yahweh, and worthy to be mightily praised, In the city of our God, His holy mountain.
2 Sayuuni lwe lusozi lwe olulungi olugulumivu, olusanyusa ensi yonna. Ku ntikko Zafoni kwe kuli ekibuga kya Kabaka Omukulu;
Beautiful in elevation, the joy of all the land, Is Mount Zion, in the recesses of the north, —The city of a great king.
3 Katonda mw’abeera; yeeraze okuba ekigo kye.
God, in her palaces, is to be known as a high tower.
4 Kale laba, bakabaka b’ensi baakuŋŋaana ne bakyolekera bakirumbe;
For lo! Kings—Met as appointed, Passed by together;
5 bwe baakituukako ne bakyewuunya, ne batya nnyo ne badduka;
They themselves, saw, So, were they amazed, Dismayed—they hurried way!
6 nga bakankana, ne bajjula obulumi ng’omukazi alumwa okuzaala.
Trembling, seized them, there, Pangs. like hers who is in travail.
7 Wabazikiriza ng’omuyaga ogw’ebuvanjuba bwe guzikiriza ebyombo by’e Talusiisi.
With an east wind, wilt thou shatter the ships of Tarshish.
8 Ebyo bye twawuliranga obuwulizi, kaakano tubirabye mu kibuga kya Mukama ow’Eggye, mu kibuga kya Katonda waffe, kyalinywereza ddala emirembe gyonna.
Just as we have heard, So, have we seen, In the city of Yahweh of hosts, In the city of our God, God himself, will establish her, unto times age-abiding. (Selah)
9 Ayi Katonda, tufumiitiriza ku kwagala kwo okutaggwaawo nga tuli mu Yeekaalu yo.
We have thought, O God, upon thy lovingkindness, In the midst of thy temple:
10 Erinnya lyo nga bwe liri ekkulu, Ayi Katonda, bw’otyo bw’otenderezebwa mu nsi yonna. Omukono gwo ogwa ddyo gujjudde obuwanguzi.
According to thy Name, O God, So, be thy praise, unto the ends of the earth, With righteousness, is, thy right hand, filled.
11 Sanyuka gwe Sayuuni, musanyuke mmwe ebibuga bya Yuda; kubanga Katonda alamula bya nsonga.
Let Mount Zion rejoice, Let the daughters of Judah exult, Because of thy judgments.
12 Mutambule mu Sayuuni, mukibune; mubale n’ebigo byakyo.
Go round Zion, and compass her about, Reckon up her towers;
13 Mwekalirize nnyo munda wa bbugwe waakyo n’olusiisira lw’amaggye lwamu lwonna; mulyoke mutegeeze ab’emirembe egiriddawo.
Apply your mind to her rampart, Pass between her palaces, That ye may recount them to an after generation;
14 Kubanga Katonda ono, ye Katonda waffe emirembe gyonna; y’anaatuluŋŋamyanga ennaku zonna okutuusa okufa.
For, this God, is our God, to times age-abiding and beyond, He himself, will conduct us till death.

< Zabbuli 48 >