Psalms 69
1 For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Lilies.” By David. Save me, God, for the waters have come up to my neck!
Uniokoe, Mungu; maana maji yameweka uhai wangu hatarini.
2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
Ninazama kwenye kina cha matope, pasipo na hahari pa kusimama; nimekuja kwenye kina kirefu cha maji, ambako mafuriko yananifunika.
3 I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail looking for my God.
Nimechoka sana kwa kulia kwangu; koo langu ni kavu; macho yangu yanafifia wakati namngoja Mungu wangu.
4 Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I did not take away.
Wale wanichukiao bila sababu wako zaidi ya nywele za kichwa changu; wale ambao wangeweza kuniua, wakiwa adui zangu kwa sababu zisizo sahihi, ni wengi mno; wanalazimisha nirudishe kile ambacho sijaiba.
5 God, you know my foolishness. My sins are not hidden from you.
Mungu, wewe unaujua ujinga wangu, na dhambi zangu hazifichiki kwako.
6 Do not let those who wait for you be shamed through me, Lord GOD of Armies. Do not let those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, God of Israel.
Usiwaache wale wanao kungoja wewe waaibishwe kwa sababu yangu, Bwana Yahwe wa majeshi; usiwaache wale wanaokutafuta wewe wadharauliwe kwa sababu yangu, Mungu wa Israeli.
7 Because for your sake, I have borne reproach. Shame has covered my face.
Kwa ajili yako nimestahimili lawama; aibu imeufunika uso wangu.
8 I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother’s children.
Nimekuwa mgeni kwa ndugu zangu, nisiye fahamika wala kuaminika kwa watoto wa mama yangu.
9 For the zeal of your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
Kwa maana bidii ya nyumba yako imenila, na laumu zao wanao kulaumu wewe zimeniangukia mimi.
10 When I wept and I fasted, that was to my reproach.
Wakati nilipolia na kutokula chakula, walinitukana.
11 When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.
Nilipoteneneza mavazi ya gunia, nikawa kituko kwao.
12 Those who sit in the gate talk about me. I am the song of the drunkards.
Wale wakaao katika lango la mji huniseng'enya; mimi ni wimbo wa walevi.
13 But as for me, my prayer is to you, LORD, in an acceptable time. God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me in the truth of your salvation.
Lakini kwangu mimi, maombi yangu ni kwako, Yahwe, wakati ambao wewe utayapokea; unijibu katika uaminifu wa wokovu wako.
14 Deliver me out of the mire, and do not let me sink. Let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters.
Unitoe matopeni, na usiniache nizame; uniondoe mbali na wale wanaonichukia na uniokoe katika kina cha maji.
15 Do not let the flood waters overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up. Do not let the pit shut its mouth on me.
Usiache mafuliko ya maji yanielemee, wala kina kisinimeze. Usiache mdomo wa shimo unimeze.
16 Answer me, LORD, for your loving kindness is good. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, turn to me.
Unijibu, Yahwe, maana uaminifu wa agano lako ni mwema; kwa maana rehema zako kwangu ni nyingi, unigeukie.
17 Do not hide your face from your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me speedily!
Usiufiche uso wako mbali na mtumishi wako, maana niko katika dhiki; unijibu haraka.
18 Draw near to my soul and redeem it. Ransom me because of my enemies.
Uje kwangu na unikomboe. Kwa sababu ya adui zangu, uwe fidia yangu.
19 You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor. My adversaries are all before you.
Wewe wajua kulaumiwa kwangu, kuaibishwa kwangu, na kudharauliwa kwangu; wapinzani wangu wote wako mbele yako.
20 Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; for comforters, but I found none.
Lawama imevunja moyo wangu; nimejawa na huzuni kubwa; nilitafuta mtu wa kunihurumia, lakini hakuwepo; nilitafuta wafariji, lakini sikupata.
21 They also gave me poison for my food. In my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.
Walinipa sumu kwa ajili ya chakula changu; katika kiu yangu walinipa siki ninywe.
22 Let their table before them become a snare. May it become a retribution and a trap.
Meza yao mbele yao na iwe mtego; wafikiripo wako kwenye usalama, iwe kitanzi.
23 Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see. Let their backs be continually bent.
Macho yao na yatiwe giza ili kwamba wasiweze kuona; uvifanye viuno vyao kutetemeka daima.
24 Pour out your indignation on them. Let the fierceness of your anger overtake them.
Wamwagie gadhabu yako, ukali wa hasira yako uwafikie wao.
25 Let their habitation be desolate. Let no one dwell in their tents.
Sehemu yao na iwe ukiwa; mtu yeyote asiishi katika hema yao.
26 For they persecute him whom you have wounded. They tell of the sorrow of those whom you have hurt.
Kwa kuwa walimtesa yule uliyempa adhabu. Mara kwa mara walihesabu maumivu ya wale walioumizwa.
27 Charge them with crime upon crime. Do not let them come into your righteousness.
Wakiwashtaki kuwa wamefanya uovu juu ya uovu; usiwaache waje kwenye ushindi wa haki yako.
28 Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.
Uwafute kwenye Kitabu cha Uzima na wasiandikwe pamoja na wenyehaki.
29 But I am in pain and distress. Let your salvation, God, protect me.
Lakini mimi ni maskini na mwenye huzuni; uruhusu wokovu wako, Mungu, uniweke juu sana.
30 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
Nitalisifu jina la Mungu kwa wimbo na nitamtukuza yeye kwa shukrani.
31 It will please the LORD better than an ox, or a bull that has horns and hoofs.
Nitamsifu Yahwe zaidi kuliko ng'ombe au ndama aliye na mapembe na kwato.
32 The humble have seen it, and are glad. You who seek after God, let your heart live.
Wanyenyekevu wameona na kufurahi; ninyi mnao matafuta Mungu, mioyo yenu itiwe nguvu.
33 For the LORD hears the needy, and does not despise his captive people.
Maana Yahwe husikia wenye uhitaji naye hawadharau wafungwa wake.
34 Let heaven and earth praise him; the seas, and everything that moves therein!
Mbingu na nchi zimsifu yeye, bahari na vyote vitembeavyo majini.
35 For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah. They shall settle there, and own it.
Kwa maana Mungu ataiokoa Sayuni na ataujenga tena mji wa Yuda; watu wataishi huko na kupata umiliki wao.
36 The children also of his servants shall inherit it. Those who love his name shall dwell therein.
Ukoo wa watumishi wake watairithi; nao walipendao jina lake wataishi humo.
