Zabbuli 50
1 Zabbuli ya Asafu. Oyo Owaamaanyi, Mukama Katonda, akoowoola ensi okuva enjuba gy’eva okutuuka gy’egwa.
A Psalm of Asaph. The God of gods — Jehovah — hath spoken, And He calleth to the earth From the rising of the sun unto its going in.
2 Katonda ayakaayakana ng’ava mu Sayuuni n’obulungi bw’ekitiibwa kye ekituukiridde.
From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shone.
3 Katonda waffe ajja, naye tajja kasirise, omuliro ogusaanyaawo buli kintu gwe gumukulembera, n’omuyaga ogw’amaanyi ne gumwetooloola.
Our God cometh, and is not silent, Fire before Him doth devour, And round about him it hath been very tempestuous.
4 Akoowoola abali mu ggulu ne ku nsi, azze okusalira abantu be omusango.
He doth call unto the heavens from above, And unto the earth, to judge His people.
5 Agamba nti, “Munkuŋŋaanyize abantu bange abaayawulibwa, abaakola nange endagaano nga bawaayo ssaddaaka.”
Gather ye to Me My saints, Making covenant with Me over a sacrifice.
6 Eggulu litegeeza obutuukirivu bwa Katonda kubanga Katonda yennyini ye mulamuzi.
And the heavens 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, O My people, and I speak, O Israel, and I testify against thee, God, thy God [am] I.
8 Sikunenya lwa ssaddaaka zo, oba ebiweebwayo ebyokebwa by’ossa mu maaso gange bulijjo.
Not for thy sacrifices do I reprove thee, Yea, thy burnt-offerings [Are] before Me continually.
9 Sikyakkiriza nte nnume n’emu evudde mu kiralo kyo, wadde embuzi ennume ezivudde mu bisibo byo.
I take not from thy house a bullock, From thy folds he goats.
10 Kubanga buli nsolo ey’omu kibira yange, awamu n’ente eziri ku nsozi olukumi.
For Mine [is] every beast of the forest, The cattle on the hills of oxen.
11 Ennyonyi zonna ez’oku nsozi nzimanyi, n’ebiramu byonna eby’omu nsiko byange.
I have known every fowl of the mountains, And the wild beast of the field [is] with Me.
12 Singa nnumwa enjala sandikubuulidde: kubanga ensi n’ebigirimu byonna byange.
If I am hungry I tell not to thee, For Mine [is] the world and its fulness.
13 Ndya ennyama y’ente ennume, wadde okunywa omusaayi gw’embuzi?
Do I eat the flesh of bulls, And drink the blood of he-goats?
14 “Owangayo ssaddaaka ey’okwebaza eri Katonda; era otuukirizanga obweyamo bwo eri oyo Ali Waggulu Ennyo.
Sacrifice to God confession, And complete to the Most High thy vows.
15 Bw’obanga mu buzibu, nnaakuwonyanga, naawe onongulumizanga.”
And call Me in a day of adversity, I deliver thee, and thou honourest Me.
16 Naye omubi Katonda amugamba nti, “Lekeraawo okwatulanga amateeka gange, n’endagaano yange togyogerangako.
And to the wicked hath God said: What to thee — to recount My statutes? That thou liftest up My covenant on thy mouth?
17 Kubanga okyawa okuluŋŋamizibwa, n’ebigambo byange tobissaako mwoyo.
Yea, thou hast hated instruction, And dost cast My words behind thee.
18 Bw’olaba omubbi, ng’omukwana; era weetaba n’abenzi.
If thou hast seen a thief, Then thou art pleased with him, And with adulterers [is] thy portion.
19 Okolima era olimba; olulimi lwo lwogera ebitali bya butuukirivu.
Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together,
20 Muganda wo omwogerako bibi byereere buli kiseera, era owayiriza omwana wa nnyoko yennyini.
Thou sittest, against thy brother thou speakest, Against a son of thy mother givest slander.
21 Ebyo byonna obikoze, ne nsirika, n’olowooza nti twenkanankana. Naye kaakano ka nkunenye, ebisobyo byonna mbikulage.
These thou didst, and I kept silent, Thou hast thought that I am like thee, I reprove thee, and set in array before thine eyes.
22 “Ggwe eyeerabira Katonda, ebyo bisseeko omwoyo, nneme kukuyuzaayuza nga tewali na wa kukuwonya.
Understand this, I pray you, Ye who are forgetting God, Lest I tear, and there is no deliverer.
23 Oyo awaayo ssaddaaka ey’okwebaza angulumiza, era ateekateeka ekkubo ndyoke mulage obulokozi bwa Katonda.”
He who is sacrificing praise honoureth Me, As to him who maketh a way, I cause him to look on the salvation of God!
