Psalms 44
1 For the music director. A psalm (maskil) of the sons of Korah. God, we have heard with our own ears—our forefathers have told us—all you did in their times, long ago.
Twanaigua na matũ maitũ Wee Ngai, tũkĩĩrwo nĩ maithe maitũ ũrĩa wekire matukũ-inĩ mao, o matukũ macio ma tene.
2 Through your power you drove out the other nations so you could settle our ancestors there; you defeated the nations and you sent our ancestors to occupy the land.
Nĩwaingatire ndũrĩrĩ na guoko gwaku, na ũgĩcooka kũhaanda maithe maitũ kuo; Wee nĩwanyariirire irĩndĩ iria ingĩ, na ũgĩtũma maithe maitũ magaacĩre.
3 They did not conquer the land using their swords; it was not through their own strength that the victory was won—it was by your strength, your power, and your presence with them, because you loved them.
Matiegwatĩire bũrũri ũcio na hinya wa rũhiũ rwao, o na ti icoka ciao ciamaheire ũhootani; no nĩ guoko gwaku kwa ũrĩo, ĩĩ nĩ gĩcoka gĩaku, na ũtheri wa gĩthiithi gĩaku, nĩgũkorwo nĩwamendete.
4 God, you are my King; command victories for Jacob!
Wee nĩwe Mũthamaki wakwa na Ngai wakwa, ũrĩa wathagĩrĩra Jakubu ũhootani.
5 Only through you can we repel our enemies; only in your name can we defeat our opponents.
Wee nĩwe ũtũhotithagia kũhoota thũ ciitũ; nĩ ũndũ wa rĩĩtwa rĩaku tũrangagĩrĩria arĩa marĩ muku na ithuĩ.
6 I do not trust my bow; I do not have confidence in my sword to save me.
Ndiĩhokaga ũta wakwa, rũhiũ rwakwa rwa njora ti ruo rũngĩĩhootanĩra;
7 You are the one who saves us from our enemies; you defeat those who hate us.
no Wee nĩwe ũtũtooranagĩria harĩ thũ ciitũ, ũgagĩconorithia acio matũthũire.
8 God, we proudly thank you all day long, and praise your name forever. (Selah)
Ngai nĩwe tũtindaga tũkĩĩrahĩra mũthenya wothe, na tũgũtũũra tũgoocaga rĩĩtwa rĩaku nginya tene.
9 But now you have rejected and disgraced us; you no longer accompany our armies.
No rĩu nĩũtũtiganĩirie na ũgatũconorithia; nĩũtigĩte gũtwaranaga na mbũtũ ciitũ cia ita.
10 You made us run from our enemies, and those who hate us have taken whatever they wanted.
Nĩwatũmire tũũrĩre thũ ciitũ, o icio itũthũire igetahĩra indo ciitũ.
11 You have handed us over like sheep to be slaughtered; you have scattered us among the other nations.
Ũtũrekereirie tũtambuurwo ta ngʼondu, na ũgatũhurunja harĩ ndũrĩrĩ.
12 You have sold your own people for next to nothing, making no profit on the sale.
Wendetie andũ aku ta kĩndũ tũhũ, ndũrĩ uumithio wonete nĩ ũguo ũmendetie.
13 You have made a mockery of us before our neighbors, we are ridiculed and laughed at by those around us.
Nĩũtũmĩte tũmenwo nĩ andũ arĩa tũhakanĩte nao, tũgatuĩka a kũnyararwo na gũthekererwo nĩ arĩa matũthiũrũrũkĩirie.
14 You have made us a joke to the other nations; they scornfully shake their heads at us.
Nĩũtũmĩte tũtuĩke a kuunagwo thimo nĩ ndũrĩrĩ; tũgagĩtuĩka a kũinainagĩrio mĩtwe nĩ andũ.
15 We are humiliated all day long; we hold our heads in shame,
Ndindaga njonokete mũthenya wothe, ngahumbwo nĩ thoni ũthiũ wothe,
16 because of all the insults from the people mocking us, because our vengeful enemies are right in front of us.
nĩ ũndũ wa inyũrũri cia andũ arĩa maanyũrũragia na makaanuma, tondũ wa thũ ĩrĩa ĩrenda kwĩrĩhĩria.
17 All this has happened to us even though we didn't forget you; we haven't been unfaithful to the promises we made to you.
Twakorirwo nĩ maũndũ macio mothe, o na gũtuĩka tũtiariganĩirwo nĩwe, o na kana tũgĩthaahia kĩrĩkanĩro gĩaku.
18 We have not turned away from you, not in thought, nor in action.
Ngoro ciitũ iticookete na thuutha; makinya maitũ matiumĩte njĩra-inĩ yaku.
19 Even so, you crushed us, and made us into a jackal's den. You have covered us with the darkness of death.
No ũtũhehenjete, na ũgatũtua imamo cia mbwe, na ũgatũhumbĩra na nduma nene.
20 If we had forgotten the name of our God, or worshiped other gods,
Tũngĩkorwo nĩtwariganĩirwo nĩ rĩĩtwa rĩa Ngai witũ, o na kana tũkĩambararia moko kũrĩ ngai ngʼeni-rĩ,
21 wouldn't God have been aware of this, because he knows everyone's thoughts?
githĩ Ngai ndangĩamenyire ũhoro ũcio, kuona atĩ nĩamenyaga hitho cia ngoro?
22 But because of you we are killed all day long; we're considered just sheep to be slaughtered.
No nĩ ũndũ waku tũtindaga tũngʼetheire gĩkuũ mũthenya wothe; tũtuĩtwo ta ngʼondu cia gũthĩnjwo.
23 Lord, wake up! Why are you sleeping? Get up! Don't turn your back on us forever!
Wee Mwathani, arahũka! Ũgĩkomete nĩkĩ? Wĩyarahũre! Ndũgatũtiganĩrie nginya tene.
24 Why do you look away from us and take no notice of our suffering and misery?
Ũhithĩte ũthiũ waku nĩkĩ, na ũkariganĩrwo nĩ mathĩĩna maitũ na kũhinyĩrĩrio gwitũ?
25 We lie ruined in the dust, our bodies face down in the dirt.
Tũrũndĩtwo rũkũngũ-inĩ; mĩĩrĩ iitũ ĩkĩnyiitanĩte na thĩ.
26 Stand up! Come and help us! Save us because of your trustworthy love!
Arahũka ũtũteithie; tũkũũre tondũ wa wendani waku ũtathiraga.
