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Ya Mukulu wa Bayimbi. Eyimbibwa n’ebivuga eby’enkoba. Zabbuli ya Dawudi.

55 (A)Owulirize okusaba kwange, Ayi Katonda,
    togaya kwegayirira kwange.
    (B)Ompulire era onziremu,
kubanga ndi mu buzibu, nga nsinda olw’okweraliikirira okunene.
    (C)Mpulira amaloboozi g’abalabe bange;
    ababi bankanulidde amaaso
ne banvuma nga bajjudde obusungu.

(D)Omutima gwange gulumwa nnyo munda yange;
    entiisa y’okufa entuukiridde.
(E)Okutya n’okukankana binnumbye;
    entiisa empitiridde.
Ne njogera nti, Singa nnina ebiwaawaatiro ng’ejjiba,
    nandibuuse ne ŋŋenda mpummulako.
“Nandiraze wala nnyo,
    ne mbeera eyo mu ddungu;
(F)nandiyanguye ne ntuuka mu kifo kyange eky’okuwummuliramu,
    eteri kibuyaga na mpewo ekunta n’amaanyi.”

(G)Mukama tabulatabula ennimi z’ababi, ozikirize enkwe zaabwe;
    kubanga ndaba obukambwe n’okulwanagana mu kibuga.
10 Beetooloola bbugwe waakyo emisana n’ekiro,
    ne munda mu kyo mujjudde ettima n’ebikolwa ebibi.
11 (H)Obutemu n’obussi obwa buli ngeri biri mu kibuga omwo.
    Buli lw’oyita mu nguudo zaakyo osanga bulimba bwereere na kutiisibwatiisibwa.

12 Singa omulabe wange y’abadde anvuma,
    nandikigumiikirizza;
singa oyo atakkiriziganya nange y’annumbaganye n’anduulira,
    nandimwekwese.
13 (I)Naye ggwe munnange,
    bwe tuyita, era mukwano gwange ddala!
14 (J)Gwe twabanga naye mu ssanyu ng’abooluganda,
    nga tutambulira mu kibiina ekinene mu nnyumba ya Katonda.

15 (K)Okufa kubatuukirire,
    bakke emagombe nga bakyali balamu;
    kubanga bajjudde okukola ebibi.

16 Naye nze nkoowoola Mukama Katonda,
    n’andokola.
17 (L)Ekiro, ne mu makya ne mu ttuntu,
    ndaajana nga bwe nsinda;
    n’awulira eddoboozi lyange.
18 Amponyezza mu lutalo
    nga siriiko kintuseeko
    newaakubadde ng’abannwanyisizza babadde bangi.
19 (M)Katonda oyo atudde ku ntebe ye ebbanga lyonna,
    aliwulira n’ababonereza
abo abatakyusa makubo gaabwe
    era abatatya Katonda.

20 (N)Agololera emikono gye ku mikwano gye;
    n’amenya endagaano ye.
21 (O)By’ayogera bigonvu okusinga omuzigo,
    so nga mu mutima gwe alowooza lutalo;
ebigambo bye biweweera okusinga amafuta,
    so nga munda mu mutima gwe asowodde bitala byennyini.

22 (P)Ebizibu byo byonna bireete eri Mukama,
    ajja kukuwanirira;
    kubanga talireka mutuukirivu kugwa.
23 (Q)Naye ggwe, Ayi Katonda,
    olisuula abakola ebibi mu kinnya eky’okuzikirira;
era abatemu n’abalimba bonna
    tebagenda kuwangaala kimu kyakubiri eky’obulamu bwabwe.

Naye nze, neesiga ggwe.

Psalm 55[a]

For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A maskil[b] of David.

Listen to my prayer, O God,
    do not ignore my plea;(A)
    hear me and answer me.(B)
My thoughts trouble me and I am distraught(C)
    because of what my enemy is saying,
    because of the threats of the wicked;
for they bring down suffering on me(D)
    and assail(E) me in their anger.(F)

My heart is in anguish(G) within me;
    the terrors(H) of death have fallen on me.
Fear and trembling(I) have beset me;
    horror(J) has overwhelmed me.
I said, “Oh, that I had the wings of a dove!
    I would fly away and be at rest.
I would flee far away
    and stay in the desert;[c](K)
I would hurry to my place of shelter,(L)
    far from the tempest and storm.(M)

Lord, confuse the wicked, confound their words,(N)
    for I see violence and strife(O) in the city.(P)
10 Day and night they prowl(Q) about on its walls;
    malice and abuse are within it.
11 Destructive forces(R) are at work in the city;
    threats and lies(S) never leave its streets.

12 If an enemy were insulting me,
    I could endure it;
if a foe were rising against me,
    I could hide.
13 But it is you, a man like myself,
    my companion, my close friend,(T)
14 with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship(U)
    at the house of God,(V)
as we walked about
    among the worshipers.

15 Let death take my enemies by surprise;(W)
    let them go down alive to the realm of the dead,(X)
    for evil finds lodging among them.

16 As for me, I call to God,
    and the Lord saves me.
17 Evening,(Y) morning(Z) and noon(AA)
    I cry out in distress,
    and he hears my voice.
18 He rescues me unharmed
    from the battle waged against me,
    even though many oppose me.
19 God, who is enthroned from of old,(AB)
    who does not change—
he will hear(AC) them and humble them,
    because they have no fear of God.(AD)

20 My companion attacks his friends;(AE)
    he violates his covenant.(AF)
21 His talk is smooth as butter,(AG)
    yet war is in his heart;
his words are more soothing than oil,(AH)
    yet they are drawn swords.(AI)

22 Cast your cares on the Lord
    and he will sustain you;(AJ)
he will never let
    the righteous be shaken.(AK)
23 But you, God, will bring down the wicked
    into the pit(AL) of decay;
the bloodthirsty and deceitful(AM)
    will not live out half their days.(AN)

But as for me, I trust in you.(AO)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 55:1 In Hebrew texts 55:1-23 is numbered 55:2-24.
  2. Psalm 55:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
  3. Psalm 55:7 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and in the middle of verse 19.