Psalms 18
1 Unto the end. For David, the servant of the Lord, who spoke the words of this canticle to the Lord, in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. And he said: I will love you, O Lord my strength.
Thaburi ya Daudi Nĩngwendete, Wee Jehova, o Wee hinya wakwa.
2 The Lord is my firmament, my refuge, and my liberator. My God is my helper, and I hope in him: my protector, and the horn of my salvation, and my support.
Jehova nĩwe rwaro rwakwa rwa ihiga, na rũirigo rwakwa rwa hinya, na mũkũũri wakwa; Mũrungu wakwa nĩwe rwaro rwakwa rwa ihiga, o we rĩũrĩro rĩakwa. Nĩwe ngo yakwa, na rũhĩa rwa ũhonokio wakwa, o na kĩĩhitho gĩakwa kĩrũmu.
3 Praising, I will call upon the Lord. And I will be saved from my enemies.
Ngayagĩra Jehova, ũrĩa wagĩrĩire nĩkũgoocwo, na ngahonokio kuuma kũrĩ thũ ciakwa.
4 The sorrows of death surrounded me, and the torrents of iniquity dismayed me.
Mĩhĩndo ya gĩkuũ nĩyandigiicire; kĩguũ kĩa mwanangĩko gĩkĩĩhubĩkania.
Mĩhĩndo ya mbĩrĩra ĩgĩĩthiororokeria; nayo mĩtego ya gĩkuũ ĩkĩnjĩhotorera. (Sheol h7585)
6 In my tribulation, I called upon the Lord, and I cried out to my God. And he listened to my voice from his holy temple. And my cry in his presence entered into his ears.
Mĩnyamaro-inĩ yakwa ndakaĩire Jehova; ngĩrĩrĩra Ngai wakwa aandeithie. Arĩ hekarũ-inĩ yake nĩ aaiguire mũgambo wakwa; kĩrĩro gĩakwa gĩgĩkinya harĩ we, o matũ-inĩ make.
7 The earth was shaken, and it trembled. The foundations of the mountains were disturbed, and they were shaken, because he was angry with them.
Thĩ ĩkĩinaina na ĩgĩthingitha, nayo mĩthingi ya irĩma ĩkĩenyenya; ĩkĩinaina tondũ aarĩ mũrakaru.
8 A smoke ascended by his wrath, and a fire flared up from his face: coals were kindled by it.
Ndogo ĩkiuma maniũrũ-inĩ make ĩkĩambata na igũrũ; mwaki wa kũniinana ũkiuma kanua-inĩ gake, kanua-inĩ gake hakiuma makara mekũrĩrĩmbũka.
9 He bent the heavens, and they descended. And darkness was under his feet.
Aahingũrire igũrũ agĩikũrũka thĩ; matu matumanu maarĩ rungu rwa makinya make.
10 And he ascended upon the cherubim, and he flew: he flew upon the feathers of the winds.
Aathiire akuuĩtwo nĩ ikerubi akĩũmbũka; akĩambata na igũrũ na mathagu ma rũhuho.
11 And he set darkness as his hiding place, with his tabernacle all around him: dark waters in the clouds of the air.
Aatuire nduma kĩndũ gĩake gĩa kwĩhumbĩra, hema ya kũmũthiũrũrũkĩria, o matu marĩa mathimbu ma mbura.
12 At the brightness that was before his sight, the clouds crossed by, with hail and coals of fire.
Kuuma ũkengi ũrĩa warĩ harĩ we, mbura ya mbembe na heni igũtũrĩkanĩria matu-inĩ make.
13 And the Lord thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice: hail and coals of fire.
Jehova akĩruruma arĩ kũu igũrũ; mũgambo wa Ũrĩa-ũrĩ-Igũrũ-Mũno ũkĩiguuo.
14 And he sent forth his arrows and scattered them. He multiplied lightnings, and he set them in disarray.
Aikirie mĩguĩ yake, akĩharagania thũ, agĩciikĩria heni nene, agĩcingatithia.
15 Then the fountains of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were revealed, by your rebuke, O Lord, by the inspiration of the Spirit of your wrath.
Mĩkuru ya iria ĩkĩguũrio, nayo mĩthingi ya thĩ ĩkĩhumbũrio nĩ ũndũ wa irũithia rĩaku, Wee Jehova, na nĩ ũndũ wa ihurutana rĩa mĩhũmũ ya maniũrũ maku.
16 He sent from on high, and he accepted me. And he took me up, out of many waters.
Agĩtambũrũkia guoko gwake kuuma o kũu igũrũ, akĩĩnyiita; akĩnguucia, akĩnduta maaĩ-inĩ kũrĩa kũriku.
17 He rescued me from my strongest enemies, and from those who hated me. For they had been too strong for me.
Andeithũrire harĩ thũ yakwa ĩrĩ hinya, akĩndeithũra kũrĩ arĩa maathũire, o acio maangĩrĩtie hinya.
18 They intercepted me in the day of my affliction, and the Lord became my protector.
Manjĩhotoreire mũthenya ũrĩa ndaarĩ na mũtino, no Jehova nĩwe warĩ mũtiirĩrĩri wakwa.
19 And he led me out, into a wide place. He accomplished my salvation, because he willed me.
Andeehire kũndũ kwariĩ; akĩndeithũra nĩ tondũ nĩakenetio nĩ niĩ.
20 And the Lord will reward me according to my justice, and he will repay me according to the purity of my hands.
Jehova anjĩkĩire maũndũ kũringana na ũthingu wakwa; andĩhĩte kũringana na ũtheru wa moko makwa.
21 For I have preserved the ways of the Lord, and I have not behaved impiously before my God.
Nĩgũkorwo nĩnũmĩtie njĩra cia Jehova; ndiĩkĩte ũũru ngahutatĩra Ngai wakwa.
22 For all his judgments are in my sight, and his justice, I have not pushed away from me.
Mawatho make mothe marĩ mbere yakwa; ndihutatĩire irĩra cia watho wake wa kũrũmĩrĩrwo.
23 And I will be immaculate together with him, and I will keep myself from my iniquity.
Ngoretwo itarĩ na ũcuuke ndĩ mbere yake, na ngemenyerera ndikehie.
24 And the Lord will reward me according to my justice and according to the purity of my hands before his eyes.
Jehova andĩhĩte kũringana na ũthingu wakwa, akandĩha kũringana na ũtheru wa moko makwa maitho-inĩ make.
25 With the holy, you will be holy, and with the innocent, you will be innocent,
Kũrĩ mũndũ ũrĩa mwĩhokeku ũrĩĩonanagia ũrĩ mwĩhokeku, na kũrĩ ũrĩa ũtarĩ ũcuuke ũrĩĩonanagia ndũrĩ ũcuuke,
26 and with the elect, you will be elect, and with the perverse, you will be perverse.
kũrĩ ũrĩa wĩtheragia, ũrĩĩonanagia ũrĩ mũtheru, no kũrĩ ũrĩa ũrĩ mĩthiĩre mĩogomu, ũrĩĩonanagia ũrĩ mũmũhutatĩri.
27 For you will save the humble people, but you will bring down the eyes of the arrogant.
Wee ũhonokagia andũ arĩa enyiihia, no arĩa marĩ maitho ma mwĩtĩĩo ũkamaconorithia.
28 For you illuminate my lamp, O Lord. My God, enlighten my darkness.
Wee Jehova, ũigaga tawa wakwa wakanĩte; Ngai wakwa atũmaga nduma yakwa ĩtuĩke ũtheri.
29 For in you, I will be delivered from temptation; and with my God, I will climb over a wall.
Ndĩ na ũteithio waku no hote gũtharĩkĩra mbũtũ ya ita; ndĩ na Ngai wakwa no hote kũrũga rũthingo.
30 As for my God, his way is undefiled. The eloquence of the Lord has been examined by fire. He is the protector of all who hope in him.
Mũrungu-rĩ, njĩra ciake nĩnginyanĩru; kiugo kĩa Jehova gĩtirĩ ihĩtia. We nĩwe ngo ya arĩa othe mehithaga harĩ we.
31 For who is God, except the Lord? And who is God, except our God?
Nĩ ũndũ-rĩ, nũũ Mũrungu tiga Jehova? Na nũũ Rwaro rwa Ihiga tiga Ngai witũ?
32 It is God who has wrapped me with virtue and made my way immaculate.
Nĩ Mũrungu ũũheaga hinya na agatũma njĩra yakwa ĩkinyanĩre.
33 It is he who has perfected my feet, like the feet of deer, and who stations me upon the heights.
Atũmaga magũrũ makwa magĩe ihenya ta ma thwariga; aahotithagia kũrũgama kũndũ kũrĩa kũraihu.
34 It is he who trains my hands for battle. And you have set my arms like a bow of brass.
We nĩwe wonagia moko makwa mũrũĩre wa mbaara; moko makwa no mageete ũta wa gĩcango.
35 And you have given me the protection of your salvation. And your right hand sustains me. And your discipline has corrected me unto the end. And your discipline itself will teach me.
Ũũheaga ngo yaku ya ũhootani, guoko gwaku kwa ũrĩo nĩkuo kũndiiragĩrĩra; ũinamagĩrĩra ũkaanenehia.
36 You have expanded my footsteps under me, and my tracks have not been weakened.
Ũnjaramagĩria njĩra ya kũrĩa thiiagĩra, nĩgeetha magũrũ makwa matigatirũke.
37 I will pursue my enemies and apprehend them. And I will not turn back until they have failed.
Ndaingatithirie thũ ciakwa ngĩcikinyĩra; ndiacookire na thuutha nginya rĩrĩa cianiinirwo.
38 I will break them, and they will not be able to stand. They will fall under my feet.
Ndacihehenjire ikĩremwo nĩ gũũkĩra; ciagũire thĩ wa magũrũ makwa.
39 And you have wrapped me with virtue for the battle. And those rising up against me, you have subdued under me.
Wee waheire hinya wa kũrũa mbaara; ũgĩgĩtũma thũ ciakwa ciinamĩrĩre magũrũ-inĩ makwa.
40 And you have given the back of my enemies to me, and you have destroyed those who hated me.
Watũmire thũ ciakwa ihũndũke ciũre, na niĩ ngĩniina arĩa maathũire.
41 They cried out, but there was none to save them, to the Lord, but he did not heed them.
Maakaire mateithio, no hatiarĩ na wa kũmahonokia, maakaĩire Jehova no ndaametĩkire.
42 And I will crush them into dust before the face of the wind, so that I will obliterate them like the mud in the streets.
Ndaamahũũrire makĩhinya ta rũkũngũ rũmbũrĩtwo nĩ rũhuho; ngĩmaita njĩra-inĩ ta ndooro.
43 You will rescue me from the contradictions of the people. You will set me at the head of the Gentiles.
Nĩũũhonoketie ngaaga gũtharĩkĩrwo nĩ andũ; ũnduĩte mũtongoria wa ndũrĩrĩ; andũ itooĩ nĩmandungatagĩra.
44 A people I did not know has served me. As soon as their ears heard, they were obedient to me.
O rĩrĩa maigua ngumo yakwa, nĩmanjathĩkagĩra; andũ a kũngĩ mehetaga marĩ mbere yakwa.
45 The sons of foreigners have been deceitful to me, the sons of foreigners have grown weak with time, and they have wavered from their paths.
Othe makuuaga ngoro; mookaga makĩinainaga moimĩte ciĩhitho ciao cia hinya.
46 The Lord lives, and blessed is my God, and may the God of my salvation be exalted:
Jehova atũũraga muoyo! O we Rwaro rwakwa rwa Ihiga arogoocwo! Ngai o we Mũhonokia wakwa arotũgĩrio!
47 O God, who vindicates me and who subdues the people under me, my liberator from my enraged enemies.
We nĩwe Mũrungu ũrĩa ũndĩhagĩria, agatooria ndũrĩrĩ, agaciiga rungu rwakwa,
48 And you will exalt me above those who rise up against me. From the iniquitous man, you will rescue me.
o we ũũhonokagia kuuma kũrĩ thũ ciakwa. Wandũgĩririe igũrũ rĩa andũ arĩa maathũire; ũkĩndeithũra kuuma kũrĩ andũ arĩa mahũthagĩra hinya.
49 Because of this, O Lord, I will confess to you among the nations, and I will compose a psalm to your name:
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, Wee Jehova, nĩndĩrĩkũgoocaga ndĩ gatagatĩ ka ndũrĩrĩ, ndĩrĩinaga ngagooca rĩĩtwa rĩaku.
50 magnifying the salvation of his king, and showing mercy to David, his Christ, and to his offspring, even for all time.
Aheaga mũthamaki wake ũhootani mũnene; onanagia ũtugi wake ũtathiraga kũrĩ ũcio wake mũitĩrĩrie maguta, kũrĩ Daudi na njiaro ciake nginya tene.
