Psalms 40
1 “To the chief musician, a psalm of David.” I had waited patiently for the Lord, when he inclined himself unto me, and heard my cry.
Kwa mwimbishaji. Zaburi ya Daudi. Nilimngoja Bwana kwa saburi, naye akaniinamia, akasikia kilio changu.
2 And he brought me up out of the noiseful deep, out of the miry clay, and he set up my feet upon a rock, making firm my steps.
Akanipandisha kutoka shimo la uharibifu, kutoka matope na utelezi; akaiweka miguu yangu juu ya mwamba na kunipa mahali imara pa kusimama.
3 And he placed in my mouth a new song, a praise unto our God: many will see it, and fear; and they will 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 Happy is the man that maketh the Lord his trust, and turneth not unto the proud, nor such as stray aside unto lies.
Heri mtu yule amfanyaye Bwana kuwa tumaini lake, asiyewategemea wenye kiburi, wale wenye kugeukia miungu ya uongo.
5 Many things hast thou done, O Lord my God; thy wonderful deeds and thy thoughts toward us—there is none to be compared unto thee—will I tell and speak of, [though] they are too numerous to be counted.
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 meat-offering thou desirest not—ears hast thou hollowed out unto me—burnt-offering and sin-offering thou demandest not.
Dhabihu na sadaka hukuvitaka, lakini umefungua masikio yangu; sadaka za kuteketezwa na sadaka za dhambi hukuzihitaji.
7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the roll of the book it is written down for me;
Ndipo niliposema, “Mimi hapa, nimekuja: imeandikwa kunihusu katika kitabu.
8 To fulfill thy will, O my God, do I desire; and thy law is within my heart.
Ee Mungu wangu, natamani kuyafanya mapenzi yako; sheria yako iko ndani ya moyo wangu.”
9 I announce [thy] righteousness in the great assembly: lo, I will not refrain my lips, O Lord, thou well knowest it.
Nimehubiri haki katika kusanyiko kubwa, sikufunga mdomo wangu, Ee Bwana, kama ujuavyo.
10 Thy righteousness have I never hidden within my heart; thy faithfulness and thy salvation have I spoken of openly: I have not concealed thy kindness and thy truth before the great assembly.
Sikuficha haki yako moyoni mwangu; ninasema juu ya uaminifu wako na wokovu wako. Sikuficha upendo wako na kweli yako mbele ya kusanyiko kubwa.
11 Do thou, O Lord, not withhold thy mercies from me: let thy kindness and thy truth continually watch over me.
Ee Bwana, usizuilie huruma zako, upendo wako na kweli yako daima vinilinde.
12 For evils without number have compassed me about; my iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see: they are more numerous than the hairs of my head; and my courage hath forsaken 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 Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me; O Lord, hasten to my help.
Ee Bwana, uwe radhi kuniokoa; Ee Bwana, njoo hima unisaidie.
14 May those be made ashamed and put to the blush together that seek after my soul to take her away: let them be driven backward and be confounded, that wish for my mishap.
Wote wanaotafuta kuuondoa uhai wangu, waaibishwe na kufadhaishwa; wote wanaotamani kuangamizwa kwangu, warudishwe nyuma kwa aibu.
15 May they be astonished in consequence of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha!
Wale waniambiao, “Aha! Aha!” wafadhaishwe na iwe aibu yao.
16 [But] may all those that seek thee be glad and rejoice in thee: may they say continually, The Lord be magnified, —those that love thy salvation.
Lakini wote wakutafutao washangilie na kukufurahia, wale wapendao wokovu wako siku zote waseme, “Bwana atukuzwe!”
17 But though I be poor and needy, the Lord will think of me: my help and my deliverer art thou: O my God, delay not.
Lakini bado mimi ni maskini na mhitaji; Bwana na anifikirie. Wewe ndiwe msaada wangu na Mwokozi wangu; Ee Mungu wangu, usikawie.
