Psalms 48

1 A Song; a Psalm. Of the sons of Korah. Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the hill of his holiness.

Wimbo. Zaburi ya wana wa Kora. Bwana ni mkuu, anayestahili kusifiwa sana, katika mji wa Mungu wetu, mlima wake mtakatifu.

2 Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, [on] the sides of the north, the city of the great King.

Ni mzuri katika kuinuka kwake juu sana, furaha ya dunia yote. Kama vilele vya juu sana vya Safoni ni Mlima Sayuni, mji wa Mfalme Mkuu.

3 God is known in her palaces as a high fortress.

Mungu yuko katika ngome zake; amejionyesha mwenyewe kuwa ngome yake.

4 For behold, the kings assembled themselves, they passed by together;

Wakati wafalme walipounganisha nguvu, waliposonga mbele pamoja,

5 They saw, — so they marvelled; they were troubled, they fled in consternation:

walimwona nao wakashangaa, wakakimbia kwa hofu.

6 Trembling took hold upon them there; anguish, as of a woman in travail.

Kutetemeka kuliwashika huko, maumivu kama ya mwanamke mwenye utungu wa kuzaa.

7 With an east wind thou hast broken the ships of Tarshish.

Uliwaangamiza kama meli za Tarshishi zilizovunjwa na upepo wa mashariki.

8 As we have heard, so have we seen, in the city of Jehovah of hosts, in the city of our God: God doth establish it for ever. (Selah)

Kama tulivyokuwa tumesikia, ndivyo tulivyoona katika mji wa Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote, katika mji wa Mungu wetu: Mungu ataufanya uwe salama milele.

9 We have thought, O God, of thy loving-kindness, in the midst of thy temple.

Ee Mungu, hekaluni mwako tunatafakari upendo wako usiokoma.

10 According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.

Ee Mungu, kama jina lako lilivyo, sifa zako zinafika hadi miisho ya dunia, mkono wako wa kuume umejazwa na haki.

11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.

Mlima Sayuni unashangilia, vijiji vya Yuda vinafurahi kwa sababu ya hukumu zako.

12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her: count the towers thereof;

Tembeeni katika Sayuni, uzungukeni mji, hesabuni minara yake;

13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces: that ye may tell it to the generation following.

yatafakarini vyema maboma yake, angalieni ngome zake, ili mpate kusimulia habari zake kwa kizazi kijacho.

14 For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide until death.

Kwa kuwa huyu Mungu ni Mungu wetu milele na milele; atakuwa kiongozi wetu hata mwisho.