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Ya Mukulu wa Bayimbi. Zabbuli ya Dawudi.

14 (A)Omusirusiru ayogera mu mutima gwe nti,
    “Tewali Katonda.”
Aboogera bwe batyo boonoonefu,
    bakola ebitasaana tekuli n’omu ku bo akola kirungi.

(B)Mukama atunuulira abantu bonna mu nsi
    ng’asinziira mu ggulu,
okulaba obanga mulimu mu bo ategeera,
    era abanoonya Katonda.
(C)Naye bonna bakyamye
    boonoonese;
teri akola kirungi,
    era teri n’omu.

(D)Abo bonna abakola ebibi tebaliyiga?
    Kubanga basaanyaawo abantu bange ng’abalya emmere;
    so tebakoowoola Mukama.
Balitya nnyo!
    Kubanga Katonda abeera wamu n’abatuukirivu.
(E)Mulemesa entegeka z’omwavu,
    songa Mukama kye kiddukiro kye.

(F)Singa obulokozi bwa Isirayiri butuuse mu kiseera kino nga buva mu Sayuuni!
    Mukama bw’alirokola abantu be,
    Yakobo alijaguza ne Isirayiri alisanyuka.

Psalm 14(A)

For the director of music. Of David.

The fool[a] says in his heart,
    “There is no God.”(B)
They are corrupt, their deeds are vile;
    there is no one who does good.

The Lord looks down from heaven(C)
    on all mankind
to see if there are any who understand,(D)
    any who seek God.(E)
All have turned away,(F) all have become corrupt;(G)
    there is no one who does good,(H)
    not even one.(I)

Do all these evildoers know nothing?(J)

They devour my people(K) as though eating bread;
    they never call on the Lord.(L)
But there they are, overwhelmed with dread,
    for God is present in the company of the righteous.
You evildoers frustrate the plans of the poor,
    but the Lord is their refuge.(M)

Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!(N)
    When the Lord restores(O) his people,
    let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad!

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 14:1 The Hebrew words rendered fool in Psalms denote one who is morally deficient.