Psalms 87

1 A Psalm of a Song for the sons of Core. His foundations are in the holy mountains.

Zaburi ya wana wa Kora. Wimbo. Ameuweka msingi wake katika mlima mtakatifu;

2 The Lord loves the gates of Sion, more than all the tabernacles of Jacob.

Bwana anayapenda malango ya Sayuni kuliko makao yote ya Yakobo.

3 Glorious things have been spoken of you, O city of God. (Pause)

Mambo matukufu yanasemwa juu yako, ee mji wa Mungu:

4 I will make mention of Raab and Babylon to them that know me: behold also the Philistines, and Tyre, and the people of the Ethiopians: these were born there.

“Nitaweka kumbukumbu ya Rahabu na Babeli miongoni mwa wale wanaonikubali mimi: Ufilisti pia na Tiro, pamoja na Kushi, nami nitasema, ‘Huyu alizaliwa Sayuni.’”

5 A man shall say, Sion [is my] mother; and [such] a man was born in her; and the Highest himself has founded her.

Kuhusu Sayuni itasemwa hivi, “Huyu na yule walizaliwa humo, naye Aliye Juu Sana mwenyewe atamwimarisha.”

6 The Lord shall recount [it] in the writing of the people, and of these princes that were born in her.

Bwana ataandika katika orodha ya mataifa: “Huyu alizaliwa Sayuni.”

7 The dwelling of all within you is [as the dwelling] of those that rejoice.

Watakapokuwa wanapiga vinanda wataimba, “Chemchemi zangu zote ziko kwako.”