Zabbuli 71
1 Mu ggwe, Ayi Mukama, mwe neekweka, tondeka kuswazibwa.
In you, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.
2 Mu butuukirivu bwo ondokole, omponye; ontegere okutu ondokole.
Deliver me in your righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline your ear unto me, and save me.
3 Onfuukire olwazi obuddukiro bwange, ekifo eky’amaanyi; ondokole kubanga oli lwazi lwange era ekiddukiro kyange.
Be you my strong habitation, unto which I may continually resort: you have given commandment to save me; for you are my rock and my fortress.
4 Ayi Katonda wange omponye mu mukono gw’ababi, omponye abantu abatali batuukirivu era abakambwe.
Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
5 Kubanga ggwe, Ayi Mukama, ggwe ssuubi lyange; ggwe, ggwe neesiga, okuviira ddala mu buvubuka bwange.
For you are my hope, O Lord GOD: you are my trust from my youth.
6 Neesiga ggwe kasookedde nzalibwa; ggwe wanziggya mu lubuto lwa mmange. Nnaakutenderezanga ennaku zonna.
By you have I been held up from the womb: you are he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of you.
7 Eri abangi nafuuka; naye ggwe kiddukiro kyange eky’amaanyi.
I am as a wonder unto many; but you are my strong refuge.
8 Akamwa kange kajjudde ettendo lyo, nga ntenda ekitiibwa kyo obudde okuziba.
Let my mouth be filled with your praise and with your honour all the day.
9 Tonsuula mu kiseera kyange eky’obukadde. Tondekerera ng’amaanyi gampweddemu.
Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength fails.
10 Kubanga abalabe bange banjogerako; abo abaagala okunzita bansalira olukwe.
For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,
11 Bagamba nti, “Katonda amulese, ka tumugobe tumukwate, kubanga taliiko anaamuwonya.”
Saying, God has forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.
12 Ayi Katonda, tombera wala, Ayi Katonda wange, yanguwa ojje ombeere.
O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
13 Abo abampawaabira bazikirizibwe nga bajjudde ensonyi, abanoonya okunnumya baswale era banyoomebwe.
Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
14 Naye nze nnaabanga n’essuubi ennaku zonna. Era nneeyongeranga okukutenderezanga.
But I will hope continually, and will yet praise you more and more.
15 Akamwa kange kanaayogeranga ku bikolwa byo eby’obutuukirivu obudde okuziba; nnaayogeranga ku bulokozi bwo, wadde siyinza kubupima.
My mouth shall show forth your righteousness and your salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.
16 Nnaatambuliranga mu maanyi go, Ayi Mukama Katonda, era ne ntegeezanga nti ggwe wekka ggwe mutuukirivu.
I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of your righteousness, even of your only.
17 Ayi Katonda, ggwe wanjigiriza okuva mu buvubuka bwange; n’okutuusa leero nkyatenda ebikolwa byo eby’ekitalo.
O God, you have taught me from my youth: and until now have I declared your wondrous works.
18 Ne bwe ndiba nga nkaddiye nga mmeze n’envi, tonjabuliranga, Ayi Katonda, okutuusiza ddala nga mmaze okutendera abo abaliddawo amaanyi go amangi, n’okumanyisa emirembe egigenda okujja obuyinza bwo.
Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have showed your strength unto this generation, and your power to every one that is to come.
19 N’obutuukirivu bwo, Ayi Katonda, butuuka mu ggulu. Ggw’okoze ebikulu, Ayi Katonda, ani akwenkana?
Your righteousness also, O God, is very high, who have done great things: O God, who is like unto you!
20 Newaakubadde wandeka ne mbonaabona nnyo bwe ntyo, ggw’olinzizaamu obulamu, n’ompa amaanyi amaggya, n’onnyimusa okuva mu kinnya ekiwanvu ennyo wansi w’ensi.
You, which have showed me great and sore troubles, shall restore life in me again, and shall bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
21 Olinnyongerako ekitiibwa n’oddamu okunsanyusa.
You shall increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.
22 Nnaakutenderezanga ne nnanga ey’enkoba olw’obwesigwa bwo, Ayi Katonda wange; nnaakutenderezanga n’entongooli, Ayi ggwe Omutukuvu wa Isirayiri.
I will also praise you with the psaltery, even your truth, O my God: unto you will I sing with the harp, O you Holy One of Israel.
23 Nnaayimusanga eddoboozi lyange olw’essanyu nga nkutendereza, nze gw’onunudde!
My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto you; and my soul, which you have redeemed.
24 Olulimi lwange nalwo lunaayogeranga ku bikolwa byo eby’obutuukirivu obudde okuziba, kubanga abo ababadde baagala okunkola akabi otabuddetabudde enkwe zaabwe ne baswazibwa.
My tongue also shall talk of your righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.
