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Zabbuli ya Asafu.

82 (A)Katonda akubiriza olukiiko lwe olukulu olw’omu ggulu,
    ng’alamula bakatonda.

(B)Mulituusa ddi okusala emisango n’obukuusa,
    nga musalira abanafu?
(C)Abanafu n’abatalina bakitaabwe mubalamulenga mu bwenkanya;
    abaavu n’abanyigirizibwa mubayambenga mu bwenkanya.
Mulwanirire abatalina maanyi n’abali mu kwetaaga, mubawonye;
    mubanunule nga mubaggya mu mikono gy’ababi.

(D)Tebalina kye bamanyi, era tebategeera.
    Batambulira mu kizikiza;
    emisingi gy’ensi gyonna ginyeenyezebwa.

(E)Njogedde nti, Muli bakatonda,
    era mwenna muli baana b’oyo Ali Waggulu Ennyo.
(F)“Naye mugenda kufa ng’abantu obuntu;
    muliggwaawo ng’abafuzi abalala bonna bwe baggwaawo.”

(G)Ogolokoke, Ayi Katonda, olamule ensi;
    kubanga amawanga gonna gago.

Psalm 82

A psalm of Asaph.

God presides in the great assembly;
    he renders judgment(A) among the “gods”:(B)

“How long will you[a] defend the unjust
    and show partiality(C) to the wicked?[b](D)
Defend the weak and the fatherless;(E)
    uphold the cause of the poor(F) and the oppressed.
Rescue the weak and the needy;
    deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

“The ‘gods’ know nothing, they understand nothing.(G)
    They walk about in darkness;(H)
    all the foundations(I) of the earth are shaken.

“I said, ‘You are “gods”;(J)
    you are all sons of the Most High.’
But you will die(K) like mere mortals;
    you will fall like every other ruler.”

Rise up,(L) O God, judge(M) the earth,
    for all the nations are your inheritance.(N)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 82:2 The Hebrew is plural.
  2. Psalm 82:2 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.