Zabbuli 74
1 Zabbuli ya Asafu. Ayi Katonda, lwaki otusuulidde ddala ennaku zonna? Obusungu bwo lwaki bunyookera ku ndiga z’omu ddundiro lyo?
An instruction: of Asaph. Why, O God, hast thou cast off for ever? [why] doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
2 Ojjukire abantu bo be wagula edda; ekika kye wanunula okuba ababo. Ojjukire olusozi Sayuuni gye wabeeranga.
Remember thine assembly, which thou hast purchased of old, which thou hast redeemed [to be] the portion of thine inheritance, this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
3 Tambulatambulako mu bifo by’ekibuga olabe bwe byonooneddwa! Olabe omulabe nga bw’azikirizza ennyumba yo.
Lift up thy steps unto the perpetual desolations: everything in the sanctuary hath the enemy destroyed.
4 Abalabe bo baleekaanira mu kifo kyo gye twakuŋŋaaniranga; ne bagenda nga bakiramba n’ebendera zaabwe.
Thine adversaries roar in the midst of thy place of assembly; they set up their signs [for] signs.
5 Beeyisa ng’abantu ababagalidde embazzi abatema emiti mu kibira.
[A man] was known as he could lift up axes in the thicket of trees;
6 Batemyetemye n’embazzi ebintu ebyole, era ne babissessebbula n’obubazzi.
And now they break down its carved work altogether, with hatchets and hammers.
7 Bookezza awatukuvu wo; ne bafaafaaganya ekifo kyo eky’Erinnya lyo.
They have set on fire thy sanctuary, they have profaned the habitation of thy name to the ground.
8 Baateesa nga bagamba nti, “Tujja kubazikiririza ddala!” Baayokya dda amasinzizo ga Katonda gonna agali mu nsi eno.
They said in their heart, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all God's places of assembly in the land.
9 Tetukyalaba ku bubonero bwo; ne bannabbi tewakyali n’omu. So tewali n’omu mu ffe ategeera ebyo lwe birikoma.
We see not our signs; there is no more any prophet, neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
10 Ayi Katonda, omulabe alituusa ddi ng’akuduulira? Omulabe anavvoolanga erinnya lyo ennaku zonna? Bazikirize.
How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy contemn thy name for ever?
11 Lwaki totuyambye n’omukono gwo ogwa ddyo? Kiki ekikukuumisa omukono gwo ogwa ddyo mu kifuba kyo?
Why withdrawest thou thy hand, and thy right hand? [pluck it] out of thy bosom: consume [them].
12 Naye ggwe, Ayi Katonda, oli Kabaka wange wa dda; gw’oleeta obulokozi mu nsi.
But God is my king of old, accomplishing deliverances in the midst of the earth.
13 Ggwe wayawula mu mazzi g’ennyanja; omulabe n’omuzikiririza mu mazzi.
Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength; thou didst break the heads of the monsters on the waters:
14 Wamenyaamenya emitwe gya lukwata ogunene; n’oguwaayo okuba ekyokulya eri ebitonde eby’omu ddungu.
Thou didst break in pieces the heads of leviathan, thou gavest him to be meat to those that people the desert.
15 Ggwe wazibukula ensulo n’emyala; ate n’okaza n’emigga egyakulukutanga bulijjo.
Thou didst cleave fountain and torrent, thou driedst up ever-flowing rivers.
16 Obudde bw’emisana bubwo, n’ekiro kikyo; ggwe wakola omwezi n’enjuba.
The day is thine, the night also is thine; thou hast prepared the moon and the sun:
17 Ggwe wateekawo ensalo z’ensi; ggwe wakola ebiro eby’ekyeya n’eby’obutiti.
Thou hast set all the borders of the earth; summer and winter — thou didst form them.
18 Jjukira ebyo, Ayi Katonda, olabe okuduula kw’omulabe, n’abantu abasirusiru nga bwe banyoomodde erinnya lyo.
Remember this, that an enemy hath reproached Jehovah, and a foolish people have contemned thy name.
19 Ayi Katonda, towaayo mwoyo gwa jjiba lyo eri ensolo enkambwe; so teweerabiriranga ddala bulamu bw’abantu bo ababonyaabonyezebwa.
Give not up the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast; forget not the troop of thine afflicted for ever.
20 Ojjukire endagaano yo; kubanga ensi ejjudde ekizikiza n’abantu abakambwe.
Have respect unto the covenant; for the dark places of the earth are full of the dwellings of violence.
21 Tokkiriza abo abajoogebwa okuwangulwa; era leka abaavu n’abeetaaga batenderezenga erinnya lyo ennaku zonna.
Oh let not the oppressed one return ashamed; let the afflicted and needy praise thy name.
22 Yimuka, Ayi Katonda, osalire abalabe baffe omusango. Jjukira abo abatakussaamu kitiibwa, nga bwe bakuduulira obudde okuziba.
Rise up, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee all the day;
23 Tonyooma luyoogaano lw’abalabe bo, n’okuleekaana okwa buli kiseera.
Forget not the voice of thine adversaries: the tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually.
