Zabbuli 96
1 Muyimbire Mukama oluyimba oluggya; muyimbire Mukama mmwe ensi yonna.
Sing to Yahweh a new song! [You people] throughout the earth, sing to Yahweh!
2 Muyimbire Mukama; mutendereze erinnya lye, mulangirire obulokozi bwe buli lukya.
Sing to Yahweh and praise him [MTY]! Every day proclaim [to others] that he has saved/rescued us.
3 Mutende ekitiibwa kye mu mawanga gonna, eby’amagero bye mubimanyise abantu bonna.
Tell about his glory/greatness to all people-groups; tell all people-groups the marvelous [things that he has done].
4 Kubanga Mukama mukulu era asaanira nnyo okutenderezebwa; asaana okutiibwa okusinga bakatonda bonna.
Yahweh is great, and he deserves to be praised very much; he should be revered more than for all the gods,
5 Kubanga bakatonda bonna abakolebwa abantu bifaananyi bufaananyi; naye Mukama ye yakola eggulu.
because all the gods that other people-groups [worship] are [only] idols, but Yahweh [is truly great]; he created the skies!
6 Ekitiibwa n’obukulu bimwetooloola; amaanyi n’obulungi biri mu nnyumba ye entukuvu.
Those who are in his presence honor him and can see that he is a great king. They can see in his temple that he is very powerful and is very beautiful.
7 Mugulumize Mukama mmwe ebika eby’amawanga byonna; mutende ekitiibwa kya Mukama awamu n’amaanyi ge.
You people in nations all over the earth, praise Yahweh! Praise Yahweh for his glorious power [HEN]!
8 Mugulumize Mukama mu ngeri esaanira erinnya lye; muleete ekiweebwayo mujje mu mbuga ze.
Praise Yahweh like he deserves to be praised, Bring an offering and come to his temple.
9 Musinze Mukama mu kitiibwa eky’obutuukirivu bwe. Ensi yonna esinze Mukama n’okukankana.
Bow down before Yahweh [when he appears] in his holy/sacred temple; everyone on the earth should tremble in front of him, because he is majestic and holy.
10 Mutegeeze amawanga gonna nti Mukama y’afuga. Ensi nnywevu, tewali asobola kuginyeenyaako; Mukama aliramula abantu mu bwenkanya.
Say to all the people-groups, “Yahweh is the king! He put the world in its place, and nothing will ever be able to move/shake it. He will judge [all] the people-groups fairly.”
11 Kale eggulu lisanyuke n’ensi ejaguze; ennyanja eyire ne byonna ebigirimu.
[All the beings that are in] [MTY] the heavens should be glad, and all [the people on the] earth should rejoice. The oceans and all the creatures that are in the oceans should roar [to praise Yahweh].
12 Ennimiro n’ebirime ebizirimu bijaguze; n’emiti gyonna egy’omu kibira nagyo gimutendereze n’ennyimba ez’essanyu.
The fields and everything that grows in them should rejoice. When they do that, [it will be as though] all the trees in the forests will sing joyfully
13 Kubanga Mukama ajja; ajja okusalira ensi omusango. Mukama aliramula ensi mu butuukirivu, n’abantu bonna abalamule mu mazima.
in front of Yahweh. That will happen when he comes to judge [everyone on] [MTY] the earth. He will judge all the people fairly/justly, according to [what he knows is] true.
