Psalms 81
1 Unto the end, for the winepresses, a psalm for Asaph himself. Rejoice to God our helper: sing aloud to the God of Jacob.
Mwimbieni Mungu aliye nguvu yetu kwa sauti; pigeni kelele za furaha kwa Mungu wa Yakobo.
2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel: the pleasant psaltery with the harp.
Imbeni wimbo na pigeni matari, kinubi chenye sauti nzuri pamoja na kinanda.
3 Blow up the trumpet on the new moon, on the noted day of your solemnity.
Pigeni panda mwandamo wa mwezi, katika siku ya mbalamwezi, mwanzoni mwa sikukuu.
4 For it is a commandment in Israel, and a judgment to the God of Jacob.
Kwa kuwa ni agizo kwa Israeli, amri iliyotolewa na Mungu wa Yakobo.
5 He ordained it for a testimony in Joseph, when he came out of the land of Egypt: he heard a tongue which he knew not.
Aliitoa kama maelekezo kwa Yusufu alipoenda katika nchi ya Misri, ambako nilisikia sauti ambayo sikuweza kuitambua:
6 He removed his back from the burdens: his hands had served in baskets.
“Niliutua mzigo kutoka mabegani mwake; mikono yake ilipumzishwa kubeba kikapu.
7 Thou calledst upon me in affliction, and I delivered thee: I heard thee in the secret place of tempest: I proved thee at the waters of contradiction.
Katika dhiki yako uliniita, nami nikakusaidia; nilikujibu kutoka katika wingu jeusi la radi. Nilikujaribu kwenye maji ya Meriba. (Selah)
8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify to thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken to me,
Sikilizeni, watu wangu, nami nitawaonya, Israeli, kama tu ugalinisikiliza!
9 There shall be no new god in thee: neither shalt thou adore a strange god.
Lazima kati yenu kusiwepo na mungu wa kigeni; haupaswi kumwabudu mungu wa kigeni.
10 For I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
Mimi ni Yahwe niliyekutoa katika nchi ya Misri, fungua sana kinywa chako, nami nitakijaza.
11 But my people heard not my voice: and Israel hearkened not to me.
Lakini watu wangu hawakusikiliza maneno yangu; Israeli hawakunitii.
12 So I let them go according to the desires of their heart: they shall walk in their own inventions.
Nikawaacha waende katika katika njia yao wenyewe ya ukaidi ili kwamba waweze kufanya kinachoonekana sahihi kwao.
13 If my people had heard me: if Israel had walked in my ways:
Oh, laiti watu wangu wangenisikiliza mimi; oh, watu wangu wangelitembea katika njia yangu.
14 I should soon have humbled their enemies, and laid my hand on them that troubled them.
Kisha ningewatiisha adui zao haraka na kugeuzia mkono wangu dhidi ya watesi wao.
15 The enemies of the Lord have lied to him: and their time shall be for ever.
Wale wanaomchukia Yahwe katika hofu na waanguke chini mbele zake! Wawe wanyonge milele.
16 And he fed them with the fat of wheat, and filled them with honey out of the rock.
Ningewalisha Israeli kwa ngano bora; Ningewatosheleza kwa asali itokayo mwambani.”
