Psalms 38
1 O Yhwh, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
Yahwe, usinikemee katika hasira yako; usiniadhibu katika ghadhabu yako.
2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
Kwa kuwa mishale yako hunichoma, na mkono wako huniangusha chini.
3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
Mwili wangu wote unaumwa kwa sababu ya hasira yako; kwa sababu ya dhambi zangu mifupa yangu haina afya.
4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
Kwa maana maovu yangu yamenielemea; yamekuwa mzigo mzito kwangu.
5 My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
Vidonda vyangu vimeoza na vinanuka kwa sababu ya upumbavu wa dhambi zangu.
6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
Nimepindika na kuwa mnyonge kila siku; ninaenenda katika maombolezo siku zote.
7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.
Kwa maana ndani yangu, ninaungua; hakuna afya katika mwili wangu.
8 I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
Nimedhohofika na kulemewa sana; ninaugua kwa sababu ya dhiki yangu.
9 Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
Bwana, wewe unaielewa shauku ya ndani kabisa ya moyo wangu, na kuugua kwangu hakujifichika kwako.
10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
Moyo wangu unapwita pwita, nguvu zangu zinaniisha, macho yangu yanafifia.
11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
Marafiki na ndugu zangu wamenitenga kwa sababu ya hali; majirani zangu hukaa mbali nami.
12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
Wale wanaoutafuta uhai wangu hutega mitego kwa ajili yangu. Wao ambao hutafuta kunidhuru huongea maneno ya uharibifu na husema maneno ya uongo siku nzima.
13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
Lakini, niko kama mtu kiziwi na sisikii lolote; niko kama mtu bubu ambaye hasemi lolote.
14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
Niko kama mtu asiye sikia na mbaye hawezi kujibu.
15 For in thee, O Yhwh, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
Hakika ninakungoja wewe, Yahwe; wewe utanijibu, Bwana Mungu wangu.
16 For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
Ninasema hivi ili kwamba maadui zangu wasije wakafurahia juu yangu. Ikiwa mguu wangu utateleza, watanifanyia mambo mabaya.
17 For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
Kwa kuwa niko karibu mashakani, na niko katika maumivu ya mara kwa mara.
18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
Ninatubu makosa yangu; ninahuzunika kwa dhambi zangu.
19 But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
Lakini maadui zangu ni wengi; wale wanichukiao ni wengi.
20 They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
Wao wananilipa mabaya kwa mema; wanavurumiza shutuma kwangu ingawa nimefuata lililo jema.
21 Forsake me not, O Yhwh: O my God, be not far from me.
Usinitelekeze, Yahwe, Mungu wangu, usikae mbali nami.
22 Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.
Njoo haraka unisaidie, Bwana, wokovu wangu.
