Zabbuli 74
1 Zabbuli ya Asafu. Ayi Katonda, lwaki otusuulidde ddala ennaku zonna? Obusungu bwo lwaki bunyookera ku ndiga z’omu ddundiro lyo?
[A contemplation by Asaph.] God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?
2 Ojjukire abantu bo be wagula edda; ekika kye wanunula okuba ababo. Ojjukire olusozi Sayuuni gye wabeeranga.
Remember your congregation, which you purchased of old, which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your inheritance; Mount Zion, in which you have lived.
3 Tambulatambulako mu bifo by’ekibuga olabe bwe byonooneddwa! Olabe omulabe nga bw’azikirizza ennyumba yo.
Lift up your feet to the perpetual ruins, all the evil that the enemy has done in the sanctuary.
4 Abalabe bo baleekaanira mu kifo kyo gye twakuŋŋaaniranga; ne bagenda nga bakiramba n’ebendera zaabwe.
Your adversaries have roared in the midst of your assembly. They have set up their standards as signs.
5 Beeyisa ng’abantu ababagalidde embazzi abatema emiti mu kibira.
They behaved like men wielding axes, cutting through a thicket of trees.
6 Batemyetemye n’embazzi ebintu ebyole, era ne babissessebbula n’obubazzi.
Now they break all its carved work down with hatchet and hammers.
7 Bookezza awatukuvu wo; ne bafaafaaganya ekifo kyo eky’Erinnya lyo.
They have burned your sanctuary to the ground. They have profaned the dwelling place of your Name.
8 Baateesa nga bagamba nti, “Tujja kubazikiririza ddala!” Baayokya dda amasinzizo ga Katonda gonna agali mu nsi eno.
They said in their heart, "We will crush them completely." They have burned up all the places in the land where God was worshiped.
9 Tetukyalaba ku bubonero bwo; ne bannabbi tewakyali n’omu. So tewali n’omu mu ffe ategeera ebyo lwe birikoma.
We see no miraculous signs. There is no longer any prophet, neither is there among us anyone who knows how long.
10 Ayi Katonda, omulabe alituusa ddi ng’akuduulira? Omulabe anavvoolanga erinnya lyo ennaku zonna? Bazikirize.
How long, God, shall the enemy mock? Shall the enemy blaspheme your name forever?
11 Lwaki totuyambye n’omukono gwo ogwa ddyo? Kiki ekikukuumisa omukono gwo ogwa ddyo mu kifuba kyo?
Why do you draw back your hand, even your right hand? Take it out of your pocket and consume them.
12 Naye ggwe, Ayi Katonda, oli Kabaka wange wa dda; gw’oleeta obulokozi mu nsi.
Yet God is my King from long ago, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
13 Ggwe wayawula mu mazzi g’ennyanja; omulabe n’omuzikiririza mu mazzi.
You divided the sea by your strength. You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.
14 Wamenyaamenya emitwe gya lukwata ogunene; n’oguwaayo okuba ekyokulya eri ebitonde eby’omu ddungu.
You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces. You gave him as food to people and desert creatures.
15 Ggwe wazibukula ensulo n’emyala; ate n’okaza n’emigga egyakulukutanga bulijjo.
You opened up spring and stream. You dried up mighty rivers.
16 Obudde bw’emisana bubwo, n’ekiro kikyo; ggwe wakola omwezi n’enjuba.
The day is yours, the night is also yours. You have prepared the light and the sun.
17 Ggwe wateekawo ensalo z’ensi; ggwe wakola ebiro eby’ekyeya n’eby’obutiti.
You have set all the boundaries of the earth. You have made summer and winter.
18 Jjukira ebyo, Ayi Katonda, olabe okuduula kw’omulabe, n’abantu abasirusiru nga bwe banyoomodde erinnya lyo.
Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, LORD. Foolish people have blasphemed your name.
19 Ayi Katonda, towaayo mwoyo gwa jjiba lyo eri ensolo enkambwe; so teweerabiriranga ddala bulamu bw’abantu bo ababonyaabonyezebwa.
Do not deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts. Do not forget the life of your poor forever.
20 Ojjukire endagaano yo; kubanga ensi ejjudde ekizikiza n’abantu abakambwe.
Honor your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth.
21 Tokkiriza abo abajoogebwa okuwangulwa; era leka abaavu n’abeetaaga batenderezenga erinnya lyo ennaku zonna.
Do not let the oppressed return ashamed. Let the poor and needy praise your name.
22 Yimuka, Ayi Katonda, osalire abalabe baffe omusango. Jjukira abo abatakussaamu kitiibwa, nga bwe bakuduulira obudde okuziba.
Arise, God. Plead your own cause. Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day.
23 Tonyooma luyoogaano lw’abalabe bo, n’okuleekaana okwa buli kiseera.
Do not forget the voice of your adversaries. The tumult of those who rise up against you ascends continually.
