Psalms 94
1 O God, in whose hands is punishment, O God of punishment, let your shining face be seen.
Ee Bwana, ulipizaye kisasi, Ee Mungu ulipizaye kisasi, uangaze sasa.
2 Be lifted up, O judge of the earth; let their reward come to the men of pride.
Ee Mhukumu wa dunia, inuka, uwalipize wenye kiburi kama wanavyostahili.
3 How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners have joy over us?
Hata lini, waovu, Ee Bwana, hata lini waovu watashangilia?
4 Words of pride come from their lips; all the workers of evil say great things of themselves.
Wanamimina maneno ya kiburi, watenda mabaya wote wamejaa majivuno.
5 Your people are crushed by them, O Lord, your heritage is troubled,
Ee Bwana, wanawaponda watu wako, wanawaonea urithi wako.
6 They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father;
Wanamchinja mjane na mgeni, na kuwaua yatima.
7 And they say, Jah will not see it, the God of Jacob will not give thought to it.
Nao husema, “Bwana haoni, Mungu wa Yakobo hafahamu.”
8 Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise?
Sikizeni, enyi wajinga miongoni mwa watu; enyi wapumbavu, lini mtakuwa na hekima?
9 Has he by whom your ears were planted no hearing? or is he blind by whom your eyes were formed?
Je, aliyeweka sikio asisikie? Aliyeumba jicho asione?
10 He who is the judge of the nations, will he not give men the reward of their acts, even he who gives knowledge to man?
Je, anayeadhibisha mataifa asiadhibu? Je, awafundishaye wanadamu asiwe na maarifa?
11 The Lord has knowledge of the thoughts of man, for they are only a breath.
Bwana anajua mawazo ya mwanadamu; anajua kwamba ni ubatili.
12 Happy is the man who is guided by you, O Jah, and to whom you give teaching out of your law;
Ee Bwana, heri mtu anayeadhibishwa na wewe, mtu unayemfundisha kwa sheria yako,
13 So that you may give him rest from the days of evil, till a hole is made ready for the destruction of the sinners.
unampa utulivu siku za shida, mpaka shimo litakapokuwa limechimbwa kwa ajili ya mwovu.
14 The Lord will not give up his people, or take away his support from his heritage;
Kwa kuwa Bwana hatawakataa watu wake, hatauacha urithi wake.
15 But decisions will again be made in righteousness; and they will be kept by all whose hearts are true.
Hukumu itasimamishwa tena kwenye haki, wote walio na mioyo minyofu wataifuata.
16 Who will give me help against the sinners? and who will be my support against the workers of evil?
Ni nani atakayeinuka dhidi ya mwovu kwa ajili yangu? Ni nani atakayenikinga dhidi ya watenda maovu?
17 If the Lord had not been my helper, my soul would quickly have gone down into death.
Kama Bwana asingelinisaidia upesi, ningelikuwa ninaishi katika ukimya wa kifo.
18 If I say, My foot is slipping; your mercy, O Lord, is my support.
Niliposema, “Mguu wangu unateleza,” Ee Bwana, upendo wako ulinishikilia.
19 Among all my troubled thoughts, your comforts are the delight of my soul.
Wakati wasiwasi ulipokuwa mwingi ndani yangu, faraja yako ilinipa furaha nafsini mwangu.
20 What part with you has the seat of sin, which makes evil into a law?
Je, kiti cha utawala wa udhalimu kitajiunga nawe, ule utawala uletao taabu kutokana na sheria zake?
21 They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong.
Huungana kuwashambulia wenye haki, kuwahukumu kufa wasio na hatia.
22 But the Lord is my safe resting-place; my God is the Rock where I am safe.
Lakini Bwana amekuwa ngome yangu, na Mungu wangu amekuwa mwamba ninaoukimbilia.
23 And he has made their evil designs come back on themselves, cutting them off in their sin; the Lord our God will put an end to them.
Yeye atawalipa kwa ajili ya dhambi zao na atawaangamiza kwa ajili ya maovu yao; Bwana Mungu wetu atawaangamiza.
