Psalms 44
1 WE have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
Twanaigua na matũ maitũ Wee Ngai, tũkĩĩrwo nĩ maithe maitũ ũrĩa wekire matukũ-inĩ mao, o matukũ macio ma tene.
2 How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
Nĩwaingatire ndũrĩrĩ na guoko gwaku, na ũgĩcooka kũhaanda maithe maitũ kuo; Wee nĩwanyariirire irĩndĩ iria ingĩ, na ũgĩtũma maithe maitũ magaacĩre.
3 For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto 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 Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
Wee nĩwe Mũthamaki wakwa na Ngai wakwa, ũrĩa wathagĩrĩra Jakubu ũhootani.
5 Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
Wee nĩwe ũtũhotithagia kũhoota thũ ciitũ; nĩ ũndũ wa rĩĩtwa rĩaku tũrangagĩrĩria arĩa marĩ muku na ithuĩ.
6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
Ndiĩhokaga ũta wakwa, rũhiũ rwakwa rwa njora ti ruo rũngĩĩhootanĩra;
7 But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.
no Wee nĩwe ũtũtooranagĩria harĩ thũ ciitũ, ũgagĩconorithia acio matũthũire.
8 In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. (Selah)
Ngai nĩwe tũtindaga tũkĩĩrahĩra mũthenya wothe, na tũgũtũũra tũgoocaga rĩĩtwa rĩaku nginya tene.
9 But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.
No rĩu nĩũtũtiganĩirie na ũgatũconorithia; nĩũtigĩte gũtwaranaga na mbũtũ ciitũ cia ita.
10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.
Nĩwatũmire tũũrĩre thũ ciitũ, o icio itũthũire igetahĩra indo ciitũ.
11 Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.
Ũtũrekereirie tũtambuurwo ta ngʼondu, na ũgatũhurunja harĩ ndũrĩrĩ.
12 Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.
Wendetie andũ aku ta kĩndũ tũhũ, ndũrĩ uumithio wonete nĩ ũguo ũmendetie.
13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
Nĩũtũmĩte tũmenwo nĩ andũ arĩa tũhakanĩte nao, tũgatuĩka a kũnyararwo na gũthekererwo nĩ arĩa matũthiũrũrũkĩirie.
14 Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
Nĩũtũmĩte tũtuĩke a kuunagwo thimo nĩ ndũrĩrĩ; tũgagĩtuĩka a kũinainagĩrio mĩtwe nĩ andũ.
15 My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
Ndindaga njonokete mũthenya wothe, ngahumbwo nĩ thoni ũthiũ wothe,
16 For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.
nĩ ũndũ wa inyũrũri cia andũ arĩa maanyũrũragia na makaanuma, tondũ wa thũ ĩrĩa ĩrenda kwĩrĩhĩria.
17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
Twakorirwo nĩ maũndũ macio mothe, o na gũtuĩka tũtiariganĩirwo nĩwe, o na kana tũgĩthaahia kĩrĩkanĩro gĩaku.
18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
Ngoro ciitũ iticookete na thuutha; makinya maitũ matiumĩte njĩra-inĩ yaku.
19 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
No ũtũhehenjete, na ũgatũtua imamo cia mbwe, na ũgatũhumbĩra na nduma nene.
20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
Tũngĩkorwo nĩtwariganĩirwo nĩ rĩĩtwa rĩa Ngai witũ, o na kana tũkĩambararia moko kũrĩ ngai ngʼeni-rĩ,
21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
githĩ Ngai ndangĩamenyire ũhoro ũcio, kuona atĩ nĩamenyaga hitho cia ngoro?
22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
No nĩ ũndũ waku tũtindaga tũngʼetheire gĩkuũ mũthenya wothe; tũtuĩtwo ta ngʼondu cia gũthĩnjwo.
23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
Wee Mwathani, arahũka! Ũgĩkomete nĩkĩ? Wĩyarahũre! Ndũgatũtiganĩrie nginya tene.
24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
Ũhithĩte ũthiũ waku nĩkĩ, na ũkariganĩrwo nĩ mathĩĩna maitũ na kũhinyĩrĩrio gwitũ?
25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
Tũrũndĩtwo rũkũngũ-inĩ; mĩĩrĩ iitũ ĩkĩnyiitanĩte na thĩ.
26 Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies’ sake.
Arahũka ũtũteithie; tũkũũre tondũ wa wendani waku ũtathiraga.
