Psalms 38
1 A PSALM OF DAVID. “TO CAUSE TO REMEMBER.” YHWH, do not reprove me in Your wrath, Nor discipline me in Your fury.
Thaburi ya Daudi Wee Jehova, ndũkandũithie ũrĩ na marakara, kana ũũherithie ũrĩ na mangʼũrĩ.
2 For Your arrows have come down on me, And You let down Your hand on me.
Nĩgũkorwo mĩguĩ yaku nĩĩtheceete, na guoko gwaku nĩ kũũhũrĩte mũno.
3 Soundness is not in my flesh, Because of Your indignation, Peace is not in my bones, Because of my sin.
Ndirĩ na ũgima wa mwĩrĩ tondũ wa mangʼũrĩ maku; mahĩndĩ makwa nĩmarũaru nĩ ũndũ wa mehia makwa.
4 For my iniquities have passed over my head, As a heavy burden—too heavy for me.
Mahĩtia makwa nĩmanditũhĩire mũno o ta mũrigo mũritũ itangĩhota gũkuua.
5 Stunk—my wounds have become corrupt, Because of my folly.
Ironda ciakwa nĩitogotete na ikanunga nĩ tondũ wa ũrimũ wakwa wa mehia.
6 I have been bent down, I have been bowed down—to excess, I have gone mourning all the day.
Thiiaga ndĩĩhacĩte, ngakungĩrĩra mũno, mũthenya wothe ndindaga ngĩcakaya.
7 For my flanks have been full of drought, And soundness is not in my flesh.
Mũgongo wakwa ũiyũrĩtwo nĩ ruo ta rwa mwaki; ndirĩ na ũgima wa mwĩrĩ.
8 I have been feeble and struck—to excess, I have roared from disquietude of heart.
Ndĩ mũmocu na ngathuthĩka biũ; ndĩracaaya nĩ ruo rwa ngoro.
9 Lord, all my desire [is] before You, And my sighing has not been hid from You.
Wee Mwathani, wendi wakwa wothe ũrĩ o mbere yaku; gũcaaya gwakwa ti kũhitharu harĩwe.
10 My heart [is] panting, my power has forsaken me, And the light of my eyes, Even they are not with me.
Ngoro yakwa nĩĩratuuma mũno, naguo hinya wakwa nĩgũthira ũrathira; o na ũtheri nĩumĩte maitho-inĩ makwa.
11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from before my plague. And my neighbors have stood far off.
Arata na athiritũ akwa matiendaga kũnguhĩrĩria nĩ ũndũ wa ironda ciakwa; o na andũ a itũũra rĩakwa manjikaraga haraihu.
12 And those seeking my soul lay a snare, And those seeking my evil Have spoken mischievous things, And they meditate [on] deceits all the day.
Andũ arĩa mendaga kũnjũraga nĩ mĩtego mandegagĩra, arĩa mendaga kũnjĩka ũũru maaragia ũrĩa mangĩnyũnũha; mũthenya wothe mathugundaga o maheeni.
13 And I, as deaf, do not hear. And as a mute one who does not open his mouth.
Niĩ haana ta mũndũ gĩtaigua, ũrĩa ũtaiguaga, ngahaana ta mũndũ ũtaaragia, ũrĩa ũtangĩtumũra kanua gake;
14 Indeed, I am as a man who does not hear, And in his mouth are no reproofs.
nduĩkĩte ta mũndũ ũtaiguaga, ũrĩa kanua gake gatarĩ ũndũ kangĩhota gũcookia.
15 Because for You, O YHWH, I have waited, You answer, O Lord my God.
Wee Jehova, Wee nĩwe njetagĩrĩra; Wee Mwathani Ngai wakwa, Wee nĩwe ũkũnjookeria ũhoro.
16 When I said, “Lest they rejoice over me, In the slipping of my foot they magnified themselves against me.”
Nĩgũkorwo ndoigire atĩrĩ, “Ndũkanareke thũ ciakwa ingenerere, o na kana ciĩtũũgĩrie igũrũ rĩakwa rĩrĩa kũgũrũ gwakwa gwatenderũka.”
17 For I am ready to halt, And my pain [is] continually before me.
Nĩgũkorwo ngirie kũgũa, na njikaraga ndĩ na ruo hĩndĩ ciothe.
18 For I declare my iniquity, I am sorry for my sin.
Nĩngumbũra waganu wakwa; nĩthĩĩnĩtio nĩ mehia makwa.
19 And my enemies [are] lively, They have been strong, and those hating me without cause, Have been multiplied.
Thũ ciakwa iria irĩ kĩyo nĩcio nyingĩ; arĩa maathũire hatarĩ gĩtũmi nĩ aingĩ.
20 And those paying evil for good accuse me, Because of my pursuing good.
Andũ arĩa mandĩhaga wega wakwa na ũũru manjambagia rĩrĩa niĩ ngũthingata ũndũ ũrĩa mwega.
21 Do not forsake me, O YHWH, My God, do not be far from me,
Wee Jehova, ndũkandiganĩrie; Wee Ngai wakwa, ndũgaikare haraihu na niĩ.
22 Hurry to help me, O Lord, my salvation!
Ũka narua ũndeithie, Wee Mwathani, Mũhonokia wakwa.
