Psalms 39
1 Unto the end. For Jeduthun himself. A Canticle of David. I said, “I will keep to my ways, so that I will not offend with my tongue.” I posted a guard at my mouth, when a sinner took up a position against me.
Niliamua, “Nitakuwa mwangalifu kwa kile nisemacho ili kwamba nisitende dhambi kwa ulimi wangu. Nitaufumba mdomo wangu niwapo uweponi mwa mtu mwovu.”
2 I was silenced and humbled, and I was quiet before good things, and my sorrow was renewed.
Nilikaa kimya; Nilizuia maneno yangu hata kuongea lolote zuri, na maumivu yangu yalizidi sana.
3 My heart grew hot within me, and, during my (meditation) a fire would flare up.
Moyo wangu ukawaka moto; nilipoyatafakari mambo haya, yaliniunguza kama moto. Ndipo mwishowe niliongea.
4 I spoke with my tongue, “O Lord, make me know my end, and what the number of my days will be, so that I may know what is lacking to me.”
Yahwe, unijulishe ni lini utakuwa mwisho wa maisha yangu na kiwango cha siku zangu. Unioneshe jinsi maisha yangu yalivyo mafupi.
5 Behold, you have made my days measurable, and, before you, my substance is as nothing. Yet truly, all things are vanity: every living man.
Tazama, wewe umezifanya siku zangu kama upana wa kiganja changu tu, sikuzangu za kuishi ni kama si kitu mbele zako. Hakika kila mtu ana pumzi moja. (Selah)
6 So then, truly man passes by like an image; even so, he is disquieted in vain. He stores up, and he knows not for whom he will gather these things.
Hakika kila mtu hutembea kama kivuli. Hakika kila mmoja hufanya haraka kuhusu kukusaya utajiri ingawa hawajui ni nani atazipokea.
7 And now, what is it that awaits me? Is it not the Lord? And my substance is with you.
Sasa, Bwana, ninasubiri kwa ajili ya nini? Wewe ni tumaini langu pekee.
8 Rescue me from all my iniquities. You have handed me over as a reproach to the foolish.
Uniokoe na dhambi zangu; usinifanye laumu ya wabumbavu.
9 I was silenced, and I did not open my mouth, because it was you who acted.
Niko kimya na siwezi kufungua mdomo wangu, kwa sababu ni wewe ndiwe umefanya hivyo.
10 Remove your scourges from me.
Acha kunijeruhi; nimezidiwa na pigo la mkono wako.
11 I fall short at corrections from the strength of your hand. For you have chastised man for iniquity. And you have made his soul shrink away like a spider. Nevertheless, it is in vain that any man be disquieted.
Wewe unapowaadhibu watu kwa ajili ya dhambi, huvila kama nondo vitu vyao wavitamanivyo; hakika watu si kitu bali mvuke. Serah
12 O Lord, heed my prayer and my supplication. Pay attention to my tears. Do not be silent. For I am a newcomer with you, and a sojourner, just as all my fathers were.
Sikia maombi yangu, Yahwe, na unisikilize; usikie kilio changu! Usiwe kiziwi kwangu, kwa maana niko kama mgeni pamoja nawe, kimbilio langu la usalama kama mababu zangu walivyokuwa.
13 Forgive me, so that I may be refreshed, before I will go forth and be no more.
Geuzia furaha yako kwangu ili kwamba niweze kutabasamu kabla sijafa.
