Psalms 102
1 A Prayer for the Poor; when he is deeply afflicted, and pours out his supplication before the Lord. Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come to you.
Sikia maombi yangu, Ee Yahwe; sikia kulia kwangu kwako.
2 Turn not away your face from me: in the day [when] I am afflicted, incline your ear to me: in the day [when] I shall call upon you, speedily hear me.
Usiufiche uso wako mbali nami wakati wa shida. Unisikilize. Nikuitapo, unijibu upesi.
3 For my days have vanished like smoke, and my bones have been parched like a stick.
Kwa maana siku zangu zinapita kama moshi, na mifupa yangu kama moto.
4 I am blighted like grass, and my heart is dried up; for I have forgotten to eat my bread.
Moyo wangu umeumizwa na niko kama majani yaliyo kauka. Ninasahau kula chakula chochote.
5 By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bone has cleaved to my flesh.
Kwa muendelezo wa kuugua kwangu, nimekonda sana.
6 I have become like a pelican of the wilderness;
Niko kama mwali wa jangwani; nimekuwa kama bundi magofuni.
7 I have become like an owl in a ruined house. I have watched, and am become as a sparrow dwelling alone on a roof.
Ninalala macho kama shomoro faraghani, pekeyake juu ya paa.
8 All the day long mine enemies have reproached me; and they that praised me have sworn against me.
Adui zangu wananilaumu mchana kutwa; wale wanao nidhihaki hutumia jina langu katika laana.
9 For I have eaten ashes as it were bread, and mingled my drink with weeping;
Ninakula majivu kama mkate na kuchanganya kinywaji changu kwa machozi.
10 because of your anger and your wrath: for you have lifted me up, and dashed me down.
Kwa sababu ya hasira yako kali, umeniinua juu kunitupa chini.
11 My days have declined like a shadow; and I am withered like grass.
Siku zangu ni kama kivuli kanachofifia, na ninanyauka kama majani.
12 But you, Lord, endure for ever, and your memorial to generation and generation.
Lakini wewe, Yahwe, unaishi milele, na kumbukumbu lako ni kwa vizazi vyote.
13 You shall arise, and have mercy upon Sion: for [it is] time to have mercy upon her, for the set time is come.
Wewe utasimama na kuirehemu Sayuni. Sasa ni wakati wa mkurehemu yeye. Wakati ulio teuliwa umefika.
14 For your servants have taken pleasure in her stones, and they shall pity her dust.
Maana watumishi wako wameyaridhia mawe yake pendwa na kuyaonea huruma mavumbi ya magofu yake.
15 So the nations shall fear your name, O Lord, and all kings your glory.
Mataifa wataliheshimu jina lako, Yahwe, na wafalme wote wa nchi watauheshimu utukufu wako.
16 For the Lord shall build up Sion, and shall appear in his glory.
Yahwe ataijenga tena Sayuni na ataonekana katika utukufu wake.
17 He has had regard to the prayer of the lowly, and has not despised their petition.
Wakati huo, atajibu maombi ya fukara; hatayakataa maombi yao.
18 Let this be written for another generation; and the people that shall be created shall praise the Lord.
Hii itaandikwa kwa ajili ya vizazi vijavyo, na watu ambao bado hawajazaliwa watamsifu Yahwe.
19 For he has looked out from the height of his sanctuary; the Lord looked upon the earth from heaven;
Maana ametazama chini toka mahali pa juu patakatifu;
20 to hear the groaning of the fettered ones, to loosen the sons of the slain;
Toka mbinguni Yahwe ameiangalia nchi, ili kusikia kuugua kwa wafungwa, kuwafungua waliohukumiwa kufa.
21 to proclaim the name of the Lord in Sion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
Kisha watu watalitangaza jina la Yahwe katika Sayuni na sifa zake katika Yerusalemu
22 when the people are gathered together, and the kings, to serve the Lord.
pindi mataifa na falme watakapokusanyika pamoja kumtumikia Yahwe.
23 He answered him in the way of his strength: tell me the fewness of my days.
Amechukua nguvu zangu katikati ya siku zangu za kuishi, amezifupisha siku zangu.
24 Take me not away in the midst of my days: your years [are] through all generations.
Nilisema, “Mungu wangu, usinichukue katikati ya siku zangu; wewe uko hapa hata kizazi chote.
25 In the beginning you, O Lord, did lay the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of your hands.
Tangu zama za kale wewe uliiweka nchi mahali pake; mbingu ni kazi ya mikono yako.
26 They shall perish, but you remain: and [they all] shall wax old as a garment; and as a vesture shall you fold them, and they shall be changed.
Mbingu na nchi zitaangamia lakini wewe utabaki; zitachakaa kama mavazi; utaziondoa kama watu waondoavyo mavazi yaliyo chakaa, nazo hazitaonekana tena.
27 But you are the same, and your years shall not fail.
Lakini wewe ni yuleyule, na miaka yako haitakuwa na mwisho.
28 The children of your servants shall dwell [securely], and their seed shall prosper for ever.
Watoto wa watumishi wako wataendelea kuishi, na uzao wao utaishi katika uwepo wako.
