Zabbuli 69
1 Ya Mukulu wa Bayimbi. Mu ddoboozi ery’Amalanga. Zabbuli ya Dawudi. Ondokole, Ayi Katonda, kubanga amazzi gandi mu bulago.
Unto the end, for them that shall be changed; for David. SAVE me, O God: for the waters are come in even unto my soul.
2 Ntubira mu bitosi nga sirina we nnywereza kigere. Ntuuse ebuziba n’amataba gansaanikira.
I stick fast in the mire of the deep: and there is no sure standing. I am come into the depth of the sea: and a tempest hath overwhelmed me.
3 Ndajanye ne nkoowa, n’emimiro ginkaze. Amaaso ganzizeeko ekifu gakooye olw’okutunula enkaliriza nga nnindirira Katonda wange.
I have laboured with crying; my jaws are become hoarse: my eyes have failed, whilst I hope in my God.
4 Abo abankyayira obwereere bangi okusinga enviiri ez’oku mutwe gwange; abalabe bange bangi abannoonya okunzita awatali nsonga; ne mpalirizibwa mbaddizeewo ekyo kye sibbanga.
They are multiplied above the hairs of my head, who hate me without cause. My enemies are grown strong who have wrongfully persecuted me: then did I pay that which I took not away.
5 Ayi Katonda, omanyi obusirusiru bwange, n’okusobya kwange tekukukwekeddwa.
O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my offences are not hidden from thee:
6 Sisaana kuswaza abo abakwesiga, Ayi Mukama, Mukama ow’Eggye. Abo abakunoonya baleme kuswazibwa ku lwange, Ayi Katonda wa Isirayiri.
Let not them be ashamed for me, who look for thee, O Lord, the Lord of hosts. Let them not be confounded on my account, who seek thee, O God of Israel.
7 Ngumiikirizza okuvumwa ku lulwo, n’amaaso gange ne gajjula ensonyi.
Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
8 Nfuuse nga omugwira eri baganda bange, munnaggwanga eri abaana ba mmange.
I am become a stranger to my brethren, and an alien to the sons of my mother.
9 Nzijudde obuggya olw’ennyumba yo, n’abo abakuvuma bavuma nze.
For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up: and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
10 Bwe nkaaba ne nsiiba, ekyo nakyo ne kinvumisa.
And I covered my soul in fasting: and it was made a reproach to me.
11 Bwe nnyambala ebibukutu ne nfuuka eky’okuzanyisa kyabwe.
And I made haircloth my garment: and I became a byword to them.
12 Abo abatuula ku mulyango gw’ekibuga banduulira, era nfuuse luyimba lw’abatamiivu.
They that sat in the gate spoke against me: and they that drank wine made me their song.
13 Naye nze, Ayi Mukama, nsaba ggwe, mu kiseera eky’ekisa kyo. Olw’okwagala kwo okungi, onnyanukule, Ayi Katonda, ondokole nga bwe wasuubiza.
But as for me, my prayer is to thee, O Lord; for the time of thy good pleasure, O God. In the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
14 Onnyinyulule mu ttosi nneme okutubira; omponye abankyawa, onzigye mu mazzi amangi;
Draw me out of the mire, that I may not stick fast: deliver me from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
15 amataba galeme okumbuutikira n’obuziba okunsanyaawo, n’ennyanja ereme okummira.
Let not the tempest of water drown me, nor the deep swallow me up: and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
16 Onnyanukule, Ayi Mukama olw’obulungi bw’okwagala kwo; onkyukire olw’okusaasira kwo okungi.
Hear me, O Lord, for thy mercy is kind; look upon me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
17 Tokisa muddu wo maaso go; yanguwa okunziramu, kubanga ndi mu kabi.
And turn not away thy face from thy servant: for I am in trouble, hear me speedily.
18 Onsemberere onziruukirire, onnunule mu balabe bange.
Attend to my soul, and deliver it: save me because of my enemies.
19 Omanyi bwe nsekererwa, ne bwe nswazibwa ne bwe siteekebwamu kitiibwa, era n’abalabe bange bonna obamanyi.
Thou knowest my reproach, and my confusion, and my shame.
20 Okusekererwa kunkutudde omutima era kummazeemu amaanyi. Nanoonya okusaasirwa ne kumbula, n’ow’okumpooyawooya naye nga simulaba.
In thy sight are all they that afflict me; my heart hath expected reproach and misery. And I looked for one that would grieve together with me, but there was none: and for one that would comfort me, and I found none.
21 Mu kifo ky’emmere bampa mususa, era bwe nalumwa ennyonta bampa nkaatu.
And they gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
22 Emmere yaabwe gye bategese okulya ebafuukire ekyambika, n’embaga zaabwe ez’ebiweebwayo zibafuukire omutego.
Let their table become as a snare before them, and a recompense, and a stumblingblock.
23 Amaaso gaabwe gazibe baleme okulaba, n’emigongo gyabwe gyewetenga ennaku zonna.
Let their eyes be darkened that they see not; and their back bend thou down always.
24 Bayiweeko ekiruyi kyo, obamalewo n’obusungu obw’amaanyi go obungi.
Pour out thy indignation upon them: and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
25 Ebifo byabwe bifuuke bifulukwa, waleme kubaawo n’omu abeera mu weema zaabwe.
Let their habitation be made desolate: and let there be none to dwell in their tabernacles.
26 Kubanga bayigganya oyo gw’ofumise, ne boogera ku bulumi bw’oyo gw’olumizza.
Because they have persecuted him whom thou hast smitten; and they have added to the grief of my wounds.
27 Bavunaane omusango kina gumu, era tobaganya kugabana ku bulokozi bwo.
Add thou iniquity upon their iniquity: and let them not come into thy justice.
28 Bawanduukululwe mu kitabo ky’obulamu; baleme kulabika ku lukalala lw’abatuukirivu.
Let them be blotted out of the book of the living; and with the just let them not be written.
29 Ndi mu bulumi era mu nnaku; obulokozi bwo, Ayi Katonda, bunkuume.
But I am poor and sorrowful: thy salvation, O God, hath set me up.
30 Nnaatenderezanga erinnya lya Katonda nga nnyimba; nnaamugulumizanga n’okwebaza.
I will praise the name of God with a canticle: and I will magnify him with praise.
31 Kino kinaasanyusanga Mukama okusinga okumuwa ente ennume, oba okumuwa seddume n’amayembe gaayo, n’ebigere byayo.
And it shall please God better than a young calf, that bringeth forth horns and hoofs.
32 Abaavu banaakirabanga ne basanyuka; mmwe abanoonya Katonda omutima gwammwe ne gubeera omulamu.
Let the poor see and rejoice: seek ye God, and your soul shall live.
33 Kubanga Mukama awulira abo abali mu kwetaaga, era ababe ne bwe baba mu busibe, tabanyooma.
For the Lord hath heard the poor: and hath not despised his prisoners.
34 Kale eggulu n’ensi bimutenderezenga awamu n’ennyanja zonna n’ebyo ebizirimu.
Let the heavens and the earth praise him; the sea, and every thing that creepeth therein.
35 Kubanga Katonda alirokola Sayuuni, n’ebibuga bya Yuda n’abizimba buggya, abantu ne babibeerangamu nga byabwe.
For God will save Sion, and the cities of Juda shall be built up. And they shall dwell there, and acquire it by inheritance.
36 Abaana b’abaweereza be balikisikira; n’abo abaagala erinnya lya Mukama omwo mmwe banaabeeranga.
And the seed of his servants shall possess it; and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
