Zabbuli 64

1 Ya Mukulu wa Bayimbi. Zabbuli ya Dawudi. Ayi Katonda, owulire eddoboozi lyange, ery’okwemulugunya kwange; okuume obulamu bwange eri okutiisibwatiisibwa omulabe.

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice of complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy.

2 Onkweke mpone enkwe z’abakola ebibi, onzigye mu kibinja ky’aboonoonyi, abaleekaana

Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity,

3 abawagala ennimi zaabwe ng’ebitala, ne balasa ebigambo byabwe ng’obusaale obutta.

who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,

4 Beekweka ne bateega oyo atalina musango bamulase; amangwago ne bamulasa nga tebatya.

ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear.

5 Bawagiragana mu kigendererwa kyabwe ekibi ne bateesa okutega emitego mu kyama; ne boogera nti, “Ani asobola okutulaba?”

They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say.

6 Beekobaana okukola ebitali bya bwenkanya, ne boogera nti, “Tukoze enteekateeka empitirivu.” Ddala ddala ebirowoozo by’omuntu n’omutima gwe byekusifu.

They devise injustice and say, “We have perfected a secret plan.” For the inner man and the heart are mysterious.

7 Naye Katonda alibalasa n’obusaale bwe; alibafumita, mangwago ne bagwa ku ttaka.

But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be wounded.

8 Ebyo bye boogera biribaddira, ne bibazikiriza, ababalaba ne babanyeenyeza emitwe.

They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.

9 Olwo abantu bonna ne batya, ne bategeeza abalala omulimu gwa Katonda, ne bafumiitiriza ku ebyo by’akoze.

Then all mankind will fear and proclaim the work of God; so they will ponder what He has done.

10 Omutuukirivu ajagulizenga mu Mukama, era yeekwekenga mu ye. Abo bonna abalina omutima omulongoofu bamutenderezenga!

Let the righteous rejoice in the LORD and take refuge in Him; let all the upright in heart exult.