Kaabakuuku
1:1 Omugugu Kaabakuuku nnabbi gwe yalaba.
1:2 Ai Mukama, ndituusa wa okukaaba, so towulira! wadde okukaaba
ggwe ow'effujjo, era tojja kulokola!
1:3 Lwaki onlaga obutali butuukirivu, n'ondeetera okwemulugunya? -a
okunyaga n'obutabanguko biri mu maaso gange: era waliwo abaleeta enkaayana
n’okukaayana.
1:4 Amateeka n’olwekyo gakendedde, n’omusango tegugenda, kubanga...
omubi yeetooloola abatuukirivu; n’olwekyo okusalawo okukyamu
agenda mu maaso.
1:5 Mulabe mu mawanga, mutunuulidde, ne muwuniikirira mu ngeri eyeewuunyisa: kubanga nze
balikola omulimu mu nnaku zammwe, gwe mutakkiriza, newakubadde nga bwe guli
bwe yakugambye.
1:6 Kubanga, laba, nzuukusa Abakaludaaya, eggwanga eryo erikaawa era ery’amangu
balitambula mu bugazi bw’ensi, okutwala
ebifo eby’okubeeramu ebitali byabwe.
1:7 Bitiisa era bya ntiisa: omusango gwabwe n'ekitiibwa kyabwe biri
okugenda mu maaso ku bo bennyini.
1:8 Embalaasi zazo nazo zisinga engo, era za bukambwe
okusinga emisege egy'akawungeezi: n'abeebagala embalaasi baabwe balibuna, era
abeebagala embalaasi baabwe baliva wala; balibuuka ng’empungu eyo
ayanguwa okulya.
1:9 Bonna balijja lwa butabanguko: amaaso gaabwe galijjula ng'ebuvanjuba
empewo, era balikuŋŋaanya abasibe ng'omusenyu.
1:10 Era balisekerera bakabaka, n'abalangira balivumwa
bo: balisekerera buli kigo; kubanga balituuma enfuufu, era
kitwale.
1:11 Olwo endowooza ye erikyuka, n’asomoka, n’asobya ng’abalirira
gano amaanyi ge eri katonda we.
1:12 Si ggwe okuva emirembe gyonna, ai Mukama Katonda wange, Omutukuvu wange? tujja kukikola
si kufa. Ai Mukama, ggwe wabateekawo okusalirwa omusango; era, ggwe ow’amaanyi
Katonda, ggwe wazinyweza okutereeza.
1:13 Oli wa maaso malongoofu okusinga okulaba ekibi, so tosobola kutunuulira
obutali butuukirivu: ky'ova otunuulira abo abalya enkwe, era
kwata olulimi lwo omubi bw'alya omuntu asinga
omutuukirivu okusinga ye?
1:14 N’afuula abantu ng’ebyennyanja eby’omu nnyanja, ng’ebyewalula, nti
tebalina mufuzi ku bo?
1:15 Bonna babitwala n’enkoona, ne babikwata mu katimba kaabwe, .
era mubakuŋŋaanyize mu kusika kwabwe: kye bava basanyuka era ne basanyuka.
1:16 Noolwekyo bawaayo ssaddaaka eri akatimba kaabwe, ne bookeereza obubaane
okusika; kubanga ku bo omugabo gwabwe guba mugejjo, n'ennyama yaabwe mungi.
1:17 Kale balimalamu akatimba kaabwe, ne batasonyiwa kutta buli kiseera
amawanga?