Zabbuli 73
1 Zabbuli ya Asafu. Ddala Katonda mulungi eri Isirayiri n’eri abo abalina omutima omulongoofu.
A Psalme committed to Asaph. Yet God is good to Israel: euen, to the pure in heart.
2 Naye nze amagulu gange gaali kumpi okutagala era n’ebigere byange okuseerera.
As for me, my feete were almost gone: my steps had well neere slipt.
3 Kubanga nakwatirwa ab’amalala obuggya; bwe nalaba ababi nga bagaggawala nnyo.
For I feared at the foolish, when I sawe the prosperitie of the wicked.
4 Kubanga tebalina kibaluma; emibiri gyabwe miramu era minyirivu.
For there are no bandes in their death, but they are lustie and strong.
5 Tebeeraliikirira kabi konna ng’abalala. So tebalina kibabonyaabonya.
They are not in trouble as other men, neither are they plagued with other men.
6 Amalala kyegavudde gabafuukira ng’omukuufu ogw’omu bulago, n’obukambwe ne bubafuukira ekyambalo.
Therefore pride is as a chayne vnto them, and crueltie couereth them as a garment.
7 Bagezze n’amaaso gaabwe ne gazimbagatana; balina bingi okusinga bye beetaaga.
Their eyes stande out for fatnesse: they haue more then heart can wish.
8 Baduula era emboozi zaabwe zijjudde eby’okujooga. Batiisatiisa abalala n’okubeeragirako.
They are licentious, and speake wickedly of their oppression: they talke presumptuously.
9 Emimwa gyabwe gyolekedde eggulu; n’ennimi zaabwe zoogera eby’okwewaanawaana buli wantu.
They set their mouth against heauen, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
10 Abantu ba Katonda kyebava babakyukira ne banywa amazzi mangi.
Therefore his people turne hither: for waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
11 Era ne beebuuza nti, “Katonda bino abimanyi atya? Ali Waggulu Ennyo abitegeera?”
And they say, Howe doeth God know it? or is there knowledge in the most High?
12 Aboonoonyi bwe bafaanana bwe batyo; bulijjo babeera mu ddembe, nga beeyongera kugaggawala.
Lo, these are the wicked, yet prosper they alway, and increase in riches.
13 Ddala omutima gwange ngukuumidde bwereere obutayonoona, n’engalo zange ne nzinaaba obutaba na musango.
Certainely I haue clensed mine heart in vaine, and washed mine hands in innocencie.
14 Naye mbonaabona obudde okuziba, era buli nkya mbonerezebwa.
For dayly haue I bene punished, and chastened euery morning.
15 Singa ŋŋamba nti njogere bwe nti, nandibadde mukuusa eri omulembe guno ogw’abaana bo.
If I say, I will iudge thus, beholde the generation of thy children: I haue trespassed.
16 Bwe nafumiitiriza ntegeere ensonga eyo; nakisanga nga kizibu nnyo,
Then thought I to know this, but it was too painefull for me,
17 okutuusa lwe nalaga mu watukuvu wa Katonda, ne ntegeera enkomerero y’ababi.
Vntill I went into the Sanctuarie of God: then vnderstoode I their ende.
18 Ddala obatadde mu bifo ebiseerera; obasudde n’obafaafaaganya.
Surely thou hast set them in slipperie places, and castest them downe into desolation.
19 Nga bazikirizibwa mangu nga kutemya kikowe! Entiisa n’ebamalirawo ddala!
How suddenly are they destroyed, perished and horribly consumed,
20 Bali ng’omuntu azuukuse n’ategeera nti yaloose buloosi; era naawe bw’otyo, Ayi Mukama, bw’oligolokoka olinyooma embeera yaabwe omutali nsa.
As a dreame when one awaketh! O Lord, when thou raisest vs vp, thou shalt make their image despised.
21 Omutima gwange bwe gwanyiikaala, n’omwoyo gwange ne gujjula obubalagaze,
Certainely mine heart was vexed, and I was pricked in my reines:
22 n’aggwaamu okutegeera ne nfuuka ataliiko kye mmanyi, ne mba ng’ensolo obusolo mu maaso go.
So foolish was I and ignorant: I was a beast before thee.
23 Newaakubadde ebyo biri bwe bityo naye ndi naawe bulijjo; gw’onkwata ku mukono gwange ogwa ddyo.
Yet I was alway with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
24 Mu kuteesa kwo onkulembera, era olintuusa mu kitiibwa.
Thou wilt guide me by thy counsell, and afterward receiue me to glory.
25 Ani gwe nnina mu ggulu, wabula ggwe? Era tewali na kimu ku nsi kye neetaaga bwe mba naawe.
Whom haue I in heauen but thee? and I haue desired none in the earth with thee.
26 Omubiri gwange n’omutima gwange biyinza okulemwa; naye Katonda ge maanyi g’omutima gwange, era ye wange ennaku zonna.
My flesh fayleth and mine heart also: but God is the strength of mine heart, and my portion for euer.
27 Kale laba, abo bonna abatakussaako mwoyo balizikirira; kubanga bonna abatakwesiga obamalirawo ddala.
For loe, they that withdrawe themselues from thee, shall perish: thou destroyest all them that goe a whoring from thee.
28 Naye nze kye nsinga okwetaaga kwe kubeera okumpi ne Katonda wange. Ayi Mukama Katonda, nkufudde ekiddukiro kyange; ndyoke ntegeezenga abantu bonna ebikolwa byo eby’ekyewuunyo.
As for me, it is good for me to draw neere to God: therefore I haue put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all thy workes.
