Zabbuli 50
1 Zabbuli ya Asafu. Oyo Owaamaanyi, Mukama Katonda, akoowoola ensi okuva enjuba gy’eva okutuuka gy’egwa.
A psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, has spoken and called the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.
2 Katonda ayakaayakana ng’ava mu Sayuuni n’obulungi bw’ekitiibwa kye ekituukiridde.
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shone.
3 Katonda waffe ajja, naye tajja kasirise, omuliro ogusaanyaawo buli kintu gwe gumukulembera, n’omuyaga ogw’amaanyi ne gumwetooloola.
Our God comes and does not stay silent; a fire devours before him, and it is very stormy around him.
4 Akoowoola abali mu ggulu ne ku nsi, azze okusalira abantu be omusango.
He calls to the heavens above and to the earth so that he may judge his people:
5 Agamba nti, “Munkuŋŋaanyize abantu bange abaayawulibwa, abaakola nange endagaano nga bawaayo ssaddaaka.”
“Gather my faithful ones together to me, those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”
6 Eggulu litegeeza obutuukirivu bwa Katonda kubanga Katonda yennyini ye mulamuzi.
The heavens will declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge. (Selah)
7 “Muwulirize, mmwe abantu bange, nange nnaayogera. Ggwe Isirayiri bino bye nkuvunaana: Nze Katonda, Katonda wo.
“Hear, my people, and I will speak; I am God, your God.
8 Sikunenya lwa ssaddaaka zo, oba ebiweebwayo ebyokebwa by’ossa mu maaso gange bulijjo.
I will not reprove you for your sacrifices; your burnt offerings are always before me.
9 Sikyakkiriza nte nnume n’emu evudde mu kiralo kyo, wadde embuzi ennume ezivudde mu bisibo byo.
I will take no bull out of your house, or male goats out of your folds.
10 Kubanga buli nsolo ey’omu kibira yange, awamu n’ente eziri ku nsozi olukumi.
For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 Ennyonyi zonna ez’oku nsozi nzimanyi, n’ebiramu byonna eby’omu nsiko byange.
I know all the birds of the mountains, and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
12 Singa nnumwa enjala sandikubuulidde: kubanga ensi n’ebigirimu byonna byange.
If I were hungry, I would not tell you; for the world is mine, and everything in it.
13 Ndya ennyama y’ente ennume, wadde okunywa omusaayi gw’embuzi?
Will I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?
14 “Owangayo ssaddaaka ey’okwebaza eri Katonda; era otuukirizanga obweyamo bwo eri oyo Ali Waggulu Ennyo.
Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and pay your vows to the Most High.
15 Bw’obanga mu buzibu, nnaakuwonyanga, naawe onongulumizanga.”
Call on me in the day of trouble; I will rescue you, and you will glorify me.”
16 Naye omubi Katonda amugamba nti, “Lekeraawo okwatulanga amateeka gange, n’endagaano yange togyogerangako.
But to the wicked God says, “What have you to do with declaring my statutes, that you have taken my covenant in your mouth,
17 Kubanga okyawa okuluŋŋamizibwa, n’ebigambo byange tobissaako mwoyo.
since you hate instruction and throw my words away?
18 Bw’olaba omubbi, ng’omukwana; era weetaba n’abenzi.
When you see a thief, you agree with him; you participate with those who commit adultery.
19 Okolima era olimba; olulimi lwo lwogera ebitali bya butuukirivu.
You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue expresses deceit.
20 Muganda wo omwogerako bibi byereere buli kiseera, era owayiriza omwana wa nnyoko yennyini.
You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.
21 Ebyo byonna obikoze, ne nsirika, n’olowooza nti twenkanankana. Naye kaakano ka nkunenye, ebisobyo byonna mbikulage.
You have done these things, but I have kept silent, so you thought that I was someone just like yourself. But I will reprove you and bring up, right before your eyes, all the things you have done.
22 “Ggwe eyeerabira Katonda, ebyo bisseeko omwoyo, nneme kukuyuzaayuza nga tewali na wa kukuwonya.
Give this careful consideration, you who forget God, otherwise I will tear you to pieces, and there will be no one to come to help you!
23 Oyo awaayo ssaddaaka ey’okwebaza angulumiza, era ateekateeka ekkubo ndyoke mulage obulokozi bwa Katonda.”
The one who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving praises me, and to anyone who plans his path in the right way I will show God's salvation.”
