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, IN HIS BEING IN THE WILDERNESS OF JUDAH. O God, You [are] my God, earnestly I seek You, My soul has thirsted for You, My flesh has longed for You, In a dry and weary land, without waters.
2 Nkulabye ng’oli mu kifo kyo ekitukuvu, ne ndaba amaanyi go n’ekitiibwa kyo.
So I have seen You in the sanctuary, To behold Your strength and Your glory.
3 Kubanga okwagala kwo okutaggwaawo kusinga obulamu; akamwa kange kanaakutenderezanga.
Because better [is] Your kindness than life, My lips praise You.
4 Bwe ntyo nnaakutenderezanga obulamu bwange bwonna; nnaayimusanga emikono gyange mu linnya lyo.
So I bless You in my life, I lift up my hands in Your Name.
5 Emmeeme yange enekkutanga ebyassava n’obugagga; nnaayimbanga nga nkutendereza n’emimwa egy’essanyu.
As [with] milk and fatness is my soul satisfied, And [with] singing lips my mouth praises.
6 Nkujjukira nga ndi ku kitanda kyange, era nkufumiitirizaako mu ssaawa ez’ekiro.
If I have remembered You on my bed, I meditate on You in the watches.
7 Olw’okuba ng’oli mubeezi wange, nnyimba nga ndi mu kisiikirize ky’ebiwaawaatiro byo.
For You have been a help to me, And I sing in the shadow of Your wings.
8 Emmeeme yange yeekwata ku ggwe; omukono gwo ogwa ddyo gumpanirira.
My soul has cleaved after You, Your right hand has taken hold on me.
9 Naye abo abannoonya okunzita balizikirizibwa, baliserengeta emagombe.
And they who seek my soul for desolation, Go into the lower parts of the earth.
10 Balisaanawo n’ekitala; ne bafuuka emmere y’ebibe.
They cause him to run on the edge of the sword, They are a portion for foxes.
11 Naye ye kabaka anaajagulizanga mu Katonda; bonna abalayira mu linnya lya Katonda banaatenderezanga Katonda, naye akamwa k’abalimba kalisirisibwa.
And the king rejoices in God, Everyone swearing by Him boasts, But the mouth of those speaking lies is stopped!
