< Psalms 6 >
1 TO THE OVERSEER. WITH STRINGED INSTRUMENTS, ON THE EIGHTH. A PSALM OF DAVID. O YHWH, do not reprove me in Your anger, Nor discipline me in Your fury.
Yahweh, usinikemee ukiwa na hasira au usiniadhibu katika gadhabu yako.
2 Favor me, O YHWH, for I [am] weak, Heal me, O YHWH, For my bones have been troubled,
Unihurumie, Yahwe, kwa maana ni dhaifu; uniponye, Yahweh, kwa kuwa mifupa yangu ina tikisika.
3 And my soul has been troubled greatly, And You, O YHWH, until when?
Moyo wangu pia umesumbuka sana. Lakini wewe, Yahweh, mpaka lini hali hii itaendelea?
4 Turn back, O YHWH, draw out my soul, Save me for Your kindness’ sake.
Rudi, Yahweh! uniokoe. Uniokoe kwa sababu ya uaminifu wa agano lako!
5 For in death there is no memorial of You, In Sheol, who gives thanks to You? (Sheol )
kwa kuwa kifoni hakuna kumbukumbu lako. Kuzimuni ni nani atakaye kushukuru? (Sheol )
6 I have been weary with my sighing, I meditate [on] my bed through all the night, I dissolve my couch with my tear.
Nimechoshwa na kuugua kwangu. Ninalowanisha kitanda changu kwa machozi usiku kucha; ninaosha kiti changu kwa machozi.
7 My eye is old from provocation, It is old because of all my adversaries,
Macho yangu yanafifia kwa kulia sana; yanazidi kuwa dhaifu kwa sababu ya adaui zangu.
8 Turn from me all you workers of iniquity, For YHWH heard the voice of my weeping,
Ondokeni kwangu, nyote mtendao maovu; kwa kuwa Yahweh amesikia sauti ya kilio changu.
9 YHWH has heard my supplication, YHWH receives my prayer.
Yahweh amesikia malalamiko yangu kwa ajili ya huruma; Yahweh ameyapokea maombi yangu.
10 All my enemies are greatly ashamed and troubled, They turn back—ashamed [in] a moment!
Maadui zangu wote wataaibishwa na kuteswa sana. Watarudi nyuma na ghafra kufedheheshwa.