Psalms 28

1 A Psalm of David. Unto thee, O LORD, do I call; my Rock, be not Thou deaf unto me; lest, if Thou be silent unto me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

Zaburi ya Daudi. Ninakuita wewe, Ee Bwana, Mwamba wangu; usiwe kwangu kama kiziwi. Kwa sababu ukinyamaza nitafanana na walioshuka shimoni.

2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto Thee, when I lift up my hands toward Thy holy Sanctuary.

Sikia kilio changu unihurumie ninapokuita kwa ajili ya msaada, niinuapo mikono yangu kuelekea Patakatifu pa Patakatifu pako.

3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity; who speak peace with their neighbours, but evil is in their hearts.

Usiniburute pamoja na waovu, pamoja na hao watendao mabaya, ambao huzungumza na jirani zao maneno mazuri, lakini mioyoni mwao wameficha chuki.

4 Give them according to their deeds, and according to the evil of their endeavours; give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.

Walipe sawasawa na matendo yao, sawasawa na matendo yao maovu; walipe sawasawa na kazi za mikono yao, uwalipe wanavyostahili.

5 Because they give no heed to the works of the LORD, nor to the operation of His hands; He will break them down and not build them up.

Kwa kuwa hawaheshimu kazi za Bwana, na yale ambayo mikono yake imetenda, atawabomoa na kamwe hatawajenga tena.

6 Blessed be the LORD, because He hath heard the voice of my supplications.

Bwana asifiwe, kwa maana amesikia kilio changu nikimwomba anihurumie.

7 The LORD is my strength and my shield, in Him hath my heart trusted, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth, and with my song will I praise Him.

Bwana ni nguvu zangu na ngao yangu, moyo wangu umemtumaini yeye, nami nimesaidiwa. Moyo wangu unarukaruka kwa furaha nami nitamshukuru kwa wimbo.

8 The LORD is a strength unto them; and He is a stronghold of salvation to His anointed.

Bwana ni nguvu ya watu wake, ngome ya wokovu kwa mpakwa mafuta wake.

9 Save Thy people, and bless Thine inheritance; and tend them, and carry them for ever.

Waokoe watu wako na uubariki urithi wako; uwe mchungaji wao na uwabebe milele.