Psalms 79
1 A Psalm for Asaph. O God, the heathen are come into your inheritance; they have polluted your holy temple; they have made Jerusalem a storehouse of fruits.
Zaburi ya Asafu. Ee Mungu, mataifa yameuvamia urithi wako, wamelinajisi Hekalu lako takatifu, wameifanya Yerusalemu kuwa magofu.
2 They have given the dead bodies of your servants [to be] food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of your holy ones for the wild beasts of the earth.
Wametoa maiti za watumishi kuwa chakula cha ndege wa angani na nyama ya watakatifu wako kwa wanyama wa nchi.
3 They have shed their blood as water, round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury [them].
Wamemwaga damu kama maji kuzunguka Yerusalemu yote, wala hakuna yeyote wa kuwazika.
4 We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them [that are] round about us.
Tumekuwa kitu cha aibu kwa jirani zetu, cha dharau na mzaha kwa wale wanaotuzunguka.
5 How long, O Lord? will you be angry for ever? shall your jealousy burn like fire?
Hata lini, Ee Bwana? Je, wewe utakasirika milele? Wivu wako utawaka kama moto hadi lini?
6 Pour out your wrath upon the heathen that have not known you, and upon the kingdoms which have not called upon your name.
Mwaga ghadhabu yako kwa mataifa yasiyokukubali, juu ya falme za hao wasioliitia jina lako,
7 For they have devoured Jacob, and laid his place waste.
kwa maana wamemrarua Yakobo na kuharibu nchi ya makao yake.
8 Remember not our old transgressions; let your tender mercies speedily prevent us; for we are greatly impoverished.
Usituhesabie dhambi za baba zetu, huruma yako na itujie hima, kwa maana tu wahitaji mno.
9 Help us, O God our Saviour; for the glory of your name, O Lord, deliver us; and be merciful to our sins, for your name's sake.
Ee Mungu Mwokozi wetu, utusaidie, kwa ajili ya utukufu wa jina lako; tuokoe na kutusamehe dhambi zetu kwa ajili ya jina lako.
10 Lets haply they should say amongst the heathen, Where is their God? and let the avenging of your servant's blood that has been shed be known amongst the heathen before our eyes.
Kwa nini mataifa waseme, “Yuko wapi Mungu wenu?” Mbele ya macho yetu, dhihirisha kati ya mataifa kwamba unalipiza kisasi damu iliyomwagwa ya watumishi wako.
11 Let the groaning of the prisoners come in before you; according to the greatness of your arm preserve the sons of the slain ones.
Kilio cha huzuni cha wafungwa kifike mbele zako; kwa nguvu za mkono wako hifadhi wale waliohukumiwa kufa.
12 Repay to our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, with which they have reproached you, O Lord.
Walipize jirani zetu mara saba vifuani mwao aibu walizovurumisha juu yako, Ee Bwana.
13 For we are your people and the sheep of your pasture; we will give you thanks for ever; we will declare your praise throughout all generations.
Ndipo sisi watu wako, kondoo wa malisho yako, tutakusifu milele; toka kizazi hadi kizazi tutasimulia sifa zako.
