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.
Nakupenda, Yahwe, nguvu yangu.
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.
Yahwe ni mwamba wangu, ngome yangu, yeye ambaye aniwekae kweye usalama; yeye ni Mungu wangu, mwamba wangu; ninapata kimbilio kwake. Yeye ni ngao yangu, pembe ya wokovu wangu, na ngome yangu.
3 Praising, I will call upon the Lord. And I will be saved from my enemies.
Nitamuita Yahwe kwa sababu anastahili kusifiwa, na nitaokolewa kutoka kwa adui zangu.
4 The sorrows of death surrounded me, and the torrents of iniquity dismayed me.
Kamba za mauti zilinizunguka, na mafuriko yakimbiayo yalinielemea.
Kamba za kuzimu zilinizunguka; mitego ya mauti ilininasa. (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.
dhiki yangu nilimuita Yahwe; Niliita msaada kwa Mungu. Naye alisikia sauti yangu kutoka hekaluni mwake; kuita kwangu msaada kulienda mpaka uweponi mwake; na kuingia masikioni pake.
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.
Kisha nchi ikatikisika na kutetemeka; misingi ya milima pia ilitetemeka na kutikiswa kwa sababu Mungu alikuwa amekasirika.
8 A smoke ascended by his wrath, and a fire flared up from his face: coals were kindled by it.
Moshi ulifuka kutoka kwenye pua zake, na moto mkali ulitokea mdomoni mwake. Makaa yaliwashwa kwa moto huo.
9 He bent the heavens, and they descended. And darkness was under his feet.
Yeye alizifunua mbingu na alishuka chini, na giza nene lilikuwa chini ya miguu yake.
10 And he ascended upon the cherubim, and he flew: he flew upon the feathers of the winds.
Alipanda kwenye kerubi na akaruka; alinyiririka kwenye mabawa ya upepo.
11 And he set darkness as his hiding place, with his tabernacle all around him: dark waters in the clouds of the air.
Yahwe alilifanya giza kuwa hema likimzunguka yeye, wingu la mvua zito katika mbingu.
12 At the brightness that was before his sight, the clouds crossed by, with hail and coals of fire.
Mawe ya barafu na makaa ya moto yalianguka kutoka katika mwangaza kabla yake.
13 And the Lord thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice: hail and coals of fire.
Yahwe aliongea katika mbingu! Sauti ya aliye juu ilisikika.
14 And he sent forth his arrows and scattered them. He multiplied lightnings, and he set them in disarray.
Yeye aliifyatua mishale yake na kuwatawanya adui zake; na radi nyingi zenye mwanga alizitawanya katika maeneo tofauti tofauti.
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.
Ndipo mifereji ya maji ilitokea; misingi ya dunia ikadhihirishwa kwa mlio wa pigo lako, Yahwe kwa sauti ya pumzi ya pua zako.
16 He sent from on high, and he accepted me. And he took me up, out of many waters.
Yeye alishuka chini kutokea juu; akanishikilia mimi! Akanivuta nje ya maji yafurikayo.
17 He rescued me from my strongest enemies, and from those who hated me. For they had been too strong for me.
Aliniokoa kutoka kwa maadui zangu wenye nguvu, kutoka kwa wale ambao walinichukia mimi, kwa kuwa walikuwa na nguvu sana kuliko mimi.
18 They intercepted me in the day of my affliction, and the Lord became my protector.
Wao walikuja kinyume na mimi katika siku ile ya dhiki yangu lakini Mungu alikuwa msaada wangu!
19 And he led me out, into a wide place. He accomplished my salvation, because he willed me.
Yeye aliniweka huru katika eneo pana la wazi; yeye aliniokoa kwa sababu alipenezwa nami.
20 And the Lord will reward me according to my justice, and he will repay me according to the purity of my hands.
Yahwe amenitunuku mimi kwa sababu ya haki yangu; yeye amenirejesha mimi kwa sababu mikono yangu ilikuwa misafi.
21 For I have preserved the ways of the Lord, and I have not behaved impiously before my God.
Kwa kuwa nimezitunza njia za Yahwe na sijafanya uovu wa kumgeuka Mungu wangu.
22 For all his judgments are in my sight, and his justice, I have not pushed away from me.
Kwa kuwa amri zake zote za haki zimekuwa mbele yangu; kama asemavyo, sijaenda kinyume nazo.
23 And I will be immaculate together with him, and I will keep myself from my iniquity.
Pia nimekuwa sina hatia mbele zake, na nimejiweka mwenyewe mbali na dhambi.
24 And the Lord will reward me according to my justice and according to the purity of my hands before his eyes.
Hivyo Yahwe amenirejesha kwa sababu ya haki yangu, na kwa sababu mikono yangu ilikuwa safi mbele ya macho yake.
25 With the holy, you will be holy, and with the innocent, you will be innocent,
Kwa yeyote aliye mwaminifu, jionyeshe wenyewe kuwa mwaminifu; kwa mtu asiye na lawama, jionyeshe mwenyewe kuwa usiye na lawama.
26 and with the elect, you will be elect, and with the perverse, you will be perverse.
Kwa yeyote aliye msafi, jionyeshe mwenyewe safi; bali ni mjanja kwa yeyote aliye geuzwa.
27 For you will save the humble people, but you will bring down the eyes of the arrogant.
Kwa kuwa wewe huwaokoa watu walio taabishwa, lakini wewe huwashusha chini wale wenye majivuno, yaani macho yaliyo jinua!
28 For you illuminate my lamp, O Lord. My God, enlighten my darkness.
Kwa kuwa wewe huipa mwanga taa yangu; Yahwe Mungu wangu hutia mwanga giza langu.
29 For in you, I will be delivered from temptation; and with my God, I will climb over a wall.
Kwa kuwa kwa kupitia wewe ninaweza kuruka juu ya kiwazo kilichowekwa; kupitia Mungu ninaweza kuruka juu ya ukuta.
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.
Kama kwa Mungu: njia yake ni kamilifu. Neno la Yahwe ni safi! Yeye ni ngao kwa yeyote anaye kimbilia katika yeye.
31 For who is God, except the Lord? And who is God, except our God?
Kwa kuwa nani ni Mungu ispokuwa Yahwe? Nani ndiye mwamba ispokuwa Mungu wetu?
32 It is God who has wrapped me with virtue and made my way immaculate.
Ni Mungu anitiaye nguvu ndani yangu kama vile mkanda, ambaye humweka mtu mwenye lawama katika njia yake.
33 It is he who has perfected my feet, like the feet of deer, and who stations me upon the heights.
Yeye hunifanya miguu yangu kuwa myepesi kama mbawala na kuniweka mahali pa juu!
34 It is he who trains my hands for battle. And you have set my arms like a bow of brass.
Yeye hufunza viganja vyangu kwa ajili ya vita na mikono yangu kupiga upinde wa shaba.
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.
Wewe umenipa mimi ngao ya wokovu. Mkono wako wa kuume umenisaidia, na neema yako imenifanya kuwa mkubwa.
36 You have expanded my footsteps under me, and my tracks have not been weakened.
Wewe umetengeneza nafasi pana kwa ajili ya miguu yangu ili miguu yangu isiteleze.
37 I will pursue my enemies and apprehend them. And I will not turn back until they have failed.
Ninawashawishi adui zangu na kuwakamata; nami sikurudi nyuma mpaka walipo haribiwa.
38 I will break them, and they will not be able to stand. They will fall under my feet.
Niliwashambulia hata hawakuweza kuamka; nao wameangukia chini ya miguu yangu.
39 And you have wrapped me with virtue for the battle. And those rising up against me, you have subdued under me.
Kwa kuwa unanitia nguvu kama mshipi kwa ajili ya vita; wewe unawaweka chini yangu wale ambao wanainuka kinyume na mimi.
40 And you have given the back of my enemies to me, and you have destroyed those who hated me.
Wewe ulinipa visogo vya maadui zangu; niliwaagamiza wale walio nichukia.
41 They cried out, but there was none to save them, to the Lord, but he did not heed them.
Wao waliita msaada lakini hakuna aliye wasaidia; walimuita Yahwe, lakini hakuwaitikia.
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.
Niliwapiga wao katika vipande vidogo vidogo kama vile vumbi mbele ya upepo; niliwatupa nje kama udongo mtaani.
43 You will rescue me from the contradictions of the people. You will set me at the head of the Gentiles.
Wewe uliniokoa mimi kutoka katika migogoro ya watu. wewe umenifanya kichwa juu ya mataifa. Watu ambao sikuwahi kuwafahamu huntumikia.
44 A people I did not know has served me. As soon as their ears heard, they were obedient to me.
Pindi tu waliposikia kuhusu mimi, wao walinitii; wageni walilazimishwa kunisujudu.
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.
Wageni walitoka kwenye ngome yao wakitetemeka.
46 The Lord lives, and blessed is my God, and may the God of my salvation be exalted:
Yahwe anaishi; mwamba wangu usifiwe. Ainuliwe Mungu wa wokovu wangu.
47 O God, who vindicates me and who subdues the people under me, my liberator from my enraged enemies.
Yeye ni Mungu ambaye hutelekeza visasi kwa ajili yangu, ambaye huwatiisha mataifa chini yangu.
48 And you will exalt me above those who rise up against me. From the iniquitous man, you will rescue me.
Nimewekwa huru kutoka kwa adui zangu! wewe uliniinua juu ya wale walioinuka kunyume na mimi! Wewe uliniokoa kutoka kwa watu wenye vurugu.
49 Because of this, O Lord, I will confess to you among the nations, and I will compose a psalm to your name:
Kwa hiyo nitakushukuru wewe, Yahwe, kati ya mataifa; Nitaliimbia sifa jina lako!
50 magnifying the salvation of his king, and showing mercy to David, his Christ, and to his offspring, even for all time.
Mungu hutoa ushindi mkuu kwa mfalme wake, na yeye huonyesha uaminifu wa agano lake kwa mpakwa mafuta wake, kwa Daudi na ukoo wake milele.
