Psalms 40
1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. I Waited paciently for the Lord, and he inclined vnto me, and heard my cry.
Kwa mwimbishaji. Zaburi ya Daudi. Nilimngoja Bwana kwa saburi, naye akaniinamia, akasikia kilio changu.
2 Hee brought mee also out of the horrible pit, out of the myrie clay, and set my feete vpon the rocke, and ordered my goings.
Akanipandisha kutoka shimo la uharibifu, kutoka matope na utelezi; akaiweka miguu yangu juu ya mwamba na kunipa mahali imara pa kusimama.
3 And he hath put in my mouth a new song of praise vnto our God: many shall see it and feare, and shall trust in the Lord.
Akaweka wimbo mpya kinywani mwangu, wimbo wa sifa kwa Mungu wetu. Wengi wataona na kuogopa na kuweka tumaini lao kwa Bwana.
4 Blessed is the man that maketh the Lord his trust, and regardeth not the proude, nor such as turne aside to lyes.
Heri mtu yule amfanyaye Bwana kuwa tumaini lake, asiyewategemea wenye kiburi, wale wenye kugeukia miungu ya uongo.
5 O Lord my God, thou hast made thy wonderfull workes so many, that none can count in order to thee thy thoughts toward vs: I would declare, and speake of them, but they are moe then I am able to expresse.
Ee Bwana Mungu wangu, umefanya mambo mengi ya ajabu. Mambo uliyopanga kwa ajili yetu hakuna awezaye kukuhesabia; kama ningesema na kuyaelezea, yangekuwa mengi mno kuyaelezea.
6 Sacrifice and offering thou didest not desire: (for mine eares hast thou prepared) burnt offring and sinne offering hast thou not required.
Dhabihu na sadaka hukuvitaka, lakini umefungua masikio yangu; sadaka za kuteketezwa na sadaka za dhambi hukuzihitaji.
7 Then said I, Lo, I come: for in the rolle of the booke it is written of me,
Ndipo niliposema, “Mimi hapa, nimekuja: imeandikwa kunihusu katika kitabu.
8 I desired to doe thy good will, O my God: yea, thy Lawe is within mine heart.
Ee Mungu wangu, natamani kuyafanya mapenzi yako; sheria yako iko ndani ya moyo wangu.”
9 I haue declared thy righteousnesse in the great Congregation: loe, I will not refraine my lippes: O Lord, thou knowest.
Nimehubiri haki katika kusanyiko kubwa, sikufunga mdomo wangu, Ee Bwana, kama ujuavyo.
10 I haue not hidde thy righteousnesse within mine heart, but I haue declared thy trueth and thy saluation: I haue not conceiled thy mercy and thy trueth from the great Congregation.
Sikuficha haki yako moyoni mwangu; ninasema juu ya uaminifu wako na wokovu wako. Sikuficha upendo wako na kweli yako mbele ya kusanyiko kubwa.
11 Withdrawe not thou thy tender mercie from mee, O Lord: let thy mercie and thy trueth alway preserue me.
Ee Bwana, usizuilie huruma zako, upendo wako na kweli yako daima vinilinde.
12 For innumerable troubles haue compassed mee: my sinnes haue taken such holde vpon me, that I am not able to looke vp: yea, they are moe in nomber then the heares of mine head: therefore mine heart hath failed me.
Kwa maana taabu zisizo na hesabu zimenizunguka, dhambi zangu zimenikamata, hata nisiweze kuona. Zimekuwa nyingi kuliko nywele za kichwa changu, nao moyo unazimia ndani yangu.
13 Let it please thee, O Lord, to deliuer mee: make haste, O Lord, to helpe me.
Ee Bwana, uwe radhi kuniokoa; Ee Bwana, njoo hima unisaidie.
14 Let them be confounded and put to shame together, that seeke my soule to destroye it: let them be driuen backward and put to rebuke, that desire mine hurt.
Wote wanaotafuta kuuondoa uhai wangu, waaibishwe na kufadhaishwa; wote wanaotamani kuangamizwa kwangu, warudishwe nyuma kwa aibu.
15 Let them be destroyed for a rewarde of their shame, which say vnto me, Aha, aha.
Wale waniambiao, “Aha! Aha!” wafadhaishwe na iwe aibu yao.
16 Let all them, that seeke thee, reioyce and be glad in thee: and let them, that loue thy saluation, say alway, The Lord be praysed.
Lakini wote wakutafutao washangilie na kukufurahia, wale wapendao wokovu wako siku zote waseme, “Bwana atukuzwe!”
17 Though I be poore and needie, the Lord thinketh on mee: thou art mine helper and my deliuerer: my God, make no tarying.
Lakini bado mimi ni maskini na mhitaji; Bwana na anifikirie. Wewe ndiwe msaada wangu na Mwokozi wangu; Ee Mungu wangu, usikawie.
