Zabbuli 63
1 Zabbuli ya Dawudi, bwe yali mu ddungu lya Yuda. Ayi Katonda, oli Katonda wange, nkunoonya n’omutima gwange gwonna; emmeeme yange ekwetaaga, omubiri gwange gwonna gukuyaayaanira, nga nnina ennyonta ng’ali mu nsi enkalu omutali mazzi.
“A psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.” O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry land, and it is faint without water.
2 Nkulabye ng’oli mu kifo kyo ekitukuvu, ne ndaba amaanyi go n’ekitiibwa kyo.
As I have beheld thee in the sanctuary, seeing thy strength and thy glory;
3 Kubanga okwagala kwo okutaggwaawo kusinga obulamu; akamwa kange kanaakutenderezanga.
Because thy kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee:
4 Bwe ntyo nnaakutenderezanga obulamu bwange bwonna; nnaayimusanga emikono gyange mu linnya lyo.
Thus will I bless thee while I live; in thy name will I lift up my hands.
5 Emmeeme yange enekkutanga ebyassava n’obugagga; nnaayimbanga nga nkutendereza n’emimwa egy’essanyu.
As with fat and marrow will my soul be satisfied; and with tuneful lips shall my mouth praise thee.
6 Nkujjukira nga ndi ku kitanda kyange, era nkufumiitirizaako mu ssaawa ez’ekiro.
When I remember thee upon my couch, I meditate on thee in the night-watches.
7 Olw’okuba ng’oli mubeezi wange, nnyimba nga ndi mu kisiikirize ky’ebiwaawaatiro byo.
Because thou hast been a help unto me; and in the shadow of thy wings will I sing rejoicingly.
8 Emmeeme yange yeekwata ku ggwe; omukono gwo ogwa ddyo gumpanirira.
My soul cleaveth unto following thee: me thy right hand upholdeth.
9 Naye abo abannoonya okunzita balizikirizibwa, baliserengeta emagombe.
But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go down into the lowest deeps of the earth.
10 Balisaanawo n’ekitala; ne bafuuka emmere y’ebibe.
They shall be delivered up to the power of the sword: they shall become a prey for jackals.
11 Naye ye kabaka anaajagulizanga mu Katonda; bonna abalayira mu linnya lya Katonda banaatenderezanga Katonda, naye akamwa k’abalimba kalisirisibwa.
But the king shall rejoice in God: every one that sweareth by him shall glorify himself; for the mouth of those that speak falsehood shall be stopped.
