Zabbuli 48

1 Oluyimba. Zabbuli ya Batabani ba Koola. Mukama mukulu, asaanira okutenderezebwa ennyo mu kibuga kya Katonda waffe, ku lusozi lwe olutukuvu.

A Song [and] Psalm for the sons of Korah. Great [is] the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, [in] the mountain of his holiness.

2 Sayuuni lwe lusozi lwe olulungi olugulumivu, olusanyusa ensi yonna. Ku ntikko Zafoni kwe kuli ekibuga kya Kabaka Omukulu;

Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, [is] mount Zion, [on] the sides of the north, the city of the great King.

3 Katonda mw’abeera; yeeraze okuba ekigo kye.

God is known in her palaces for a refuge.

4 Kale laba, bakabaka b’ensi baakuŋŋaana ne bakyolekera bakirumbe;

For lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.

5 bwe baakituukako ne bakyewuunya, ne batya nnyo ne badduka;

They saw [it], [and] so they wondered; they were troubled, [and] hasted away.

6 nga bakankana, ne bajjula obulumi ng’omukazi alumwa okuzaala.

Fear took hold upon them there, [and] pain, as of a woman in travail.

7 Wabazikiriza ng’omuyaga ogw’ebuvanjuba bwe guzikiriza ebyombo by’e Talusiisi.

Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.

8 Ebyo bye twawuliranga obuwulizi, kaakano tubirabye mu kibuga kya Mukama ow’Eggye, mu kibuga kya Katonda waffe, kyalinywereza ddala emirembe gyonna.

As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. (Selah)

9 Ayi Katonda, tufumiitiriza ku kwagala kwo okutaggwaawo nga tuli mu Yeekaalu yo.

We have thought of thy loving-kindness, O God, 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 [is] thy praise to the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.

11 Sanyuka gwe Sayuuni, musanyuke mmwe ebibuga bya Yuda; kubanga Katonda alamula bya nsonga.

Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.

12 Mutambule mu Sayuuni, mukibune; mubale n’ebigo byakyo.

Walk about Zion, and go round her: number her towers.

13 Mwekalirize nnyo munda wa bbugwe waakyo n’olusiisira lw’amaggye lwamu lwonna; mulyoke mutegeeze ab’emirembe egiriddawo.

Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell [it] to the generation following.

14 Kubanga Katonda ono, ye Katonda waffe emirembe gyonna; y’anaatuluŋŋamyanga ennaku zonna okutuusa okufa.

For this God [is] our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide [even] to death.